' What If They Ending Me?

And if I do… What if they reject me?” his voice quivered out in fear and tightly gripped the skewers. “What if Noct ends up hating me?”
“They won’t.”
“And how would you know?”
“They let you stick around for this long. What makes you think they’re gonna back down now?”

Prompto looked up to finally meet (Y/N) with a small smile, finding solace in her words.

“Yeah, I guess,” he finally spoke and breathed a sigh of relief. “Sorry I got so serious there.”
“It’s fine,” she dismissed with a light shake of her head. “I get how you feel… When you have someone that matters in your life who validates your existence, you’d do anything for them. Even if you have to keep some things in the dark…” she trailed off.

He felt her shoulders slump down as …show more content…

“We’re making meat skewers tonight.”
“Man, (Y/N). You’re a gal after my heart,” Gladio swooned with a content grin.
“Heel, you beast.”
“I don’t do well with cutting, but I can skewer,” Prompto chimed in.

While the two boys busied themselves with prep work, (Y/N) grabbed the packs of beer and placed them into the freezer to chill.

“What the hell happened to your fingers?” Gladio asked.
“Arts and crafts is what happened.”
“From making our stuff?”
“Making what now?” Prompto’s ears perked up.
(Y/N) groaned followed with a small glare.
“Way to keep it quiet.”
“Hey, you didn’t say not to say anythin’,” he defended.

She rolled her eyes and shoved the bowl of washed vegetables she picked up from the counter and into Gladio’s hands.

“Just get to cutting.”

She left the kitchen and quickly checked her phone. There was no reply from Ignis yet. Softly sighing to herself, she placed it back onto its charging station. It can’t be helped. They’re busy preparing for their trip and was sure he’s stuck at the Citadel with a ton of loose ends to tie up. At the same time, she couldn’t help but feel he was avoiding her since their accidental kiss.

(Y/N) mentally froze for a second. Was she actually pining after him like a lovesick puppy?! She scoffed.

“Y’alright there, fun size?” Gladio asked.
“Yes,” she crisply replied and straightened her back. “Just had a very irritating thought about something.” She paused for a