Short Story : Chapter 1

“I never got your names, by the way,” (Y/N) brought up. “Well, I know you’re Prompto. Ig’s mentioned you’re a big fan of ‘King’s Knight.’” The blond chuckled uneasily. “And you…” She slowly walked up to the brawny man, analyzing his physique. “Foreboding presence, giant muscles, steel trap glare… You’re an Amicitia… Gladiolus, right?” “Lucky guess,” the burly man replied in amusement with a cocked eyebrow and crossed his arms. “Just Gladio’s fine. So what’s the plan, fun size?” “Fun size?” She quickly whipped her head up at the tall, muscular man, slightly offended. “Don’t mind him. He’s like that with everyone who’s shorter than him,” Prompto coaxed. “Which is pretty much everybody…” he meekly finished. “Meh, whatever,” she spoke with …show more content…

He then turned to (Y/N) and Gladio to snap a shot. After the first four minutes passed, (Y/N) casually walked out, stilling paying brief attention to Noct’s stiff delivery and was sure Ignis wrote it; the vocabulary and sentence structure gave it all away. Nearing the exit, she discreetly grabbed two bottles of wine as she passed by a table and hid them on the insides of her forearm. Using the dimly lit room to her advantage, (Y/N) slipped them into the hidden pockets of her dress before disappearing from sight. “Damn, she’s good,” Gladio complimented under his breath with an impressed look. “Guess one of us gotta get glasses.” “It’s not gonna be me!” Prompto quickly stated in a panicked whisper. “Obviously.” After waiting the strategized grace period, Prompto went next and tried to act casual by nervously waving at Noct from the distance. “You idiot,” Gladio mumbled to himself and face palmed his slow shaking head. As the blond boy got near the exit, he grabbed another handful of hors d'oeuvres before exiting the premises. The burly man gave it three minutes before he made his exit, gave Noct a nod and left the room. He thought it’d be best for Ignis to grab the hardware for the drinking vessels. Seeing the two at the end of the hallway, he quickened his pace to rejoin the party. “This way,” (Y/N) tilted her head left and walked on ahead. “Where’d you learn to grab something like that without people noticing?” Gladio enquired and caught up to her