The Park; Friday Afternoon [12/11].

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Prompto knew that if he left the island to return to Insomnia again after talking to Liam without seeing Nina, he would be in big, big, BIG trouble. But he wasn't going to just come out and TELL her he was here. Where was the fun in that? Instead, he headed right to the park after the trooper station, pulled out his camera, and started snapping some sick photos.

Then posting them to his socials with cute commentary, confident that it wouldn't take too long for certain people who followed him to recognize where his little photoshoot was located.

He was a little disappointed, though, that nothing obnoxiously Christmasy seemed to be going down on the day he managed to visit, if he was honest. But maybe he could swing by T&C, see if they happened to have any duck-sized Santa hats....

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[bookbeltof_love]

He would be a smear on the ground or he'd wish he was, once she was done being upset at him.

But this? This was fine!

It... it really didn't take long for her to a) notice and b) be summoned.

"Eeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Incoming hug!

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Well, at least it came with plenty of warning! So Prompto was able to brace himself...

...and get a pretty sweet action shot of the incoming Nina before his camera was tucked away and his arms opened for impact.

"Oof!" he said, more dramatics than anything, and squeezed her tight. "Careful. Greet me like that, I'm gonna think you missed me or something."

[bookbeltof_love]

"Of course I missed you!!!!!!!!" she protested, though that was muffled since she was busy squeezing the stuffing out of him right back.

Nina was wearing the winter coat that Liam had bought her.

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One that would look extremely fashionable back home, at that!

Prompto dutifully set his chin on the top of Nina's head because obviously the hug wasn't going anywhere for a while.

"So what's up, Nina? Staying out of trouble?"

Har har.

[bookbeltof_love]

That was also a plus!

Nina sort of hoped the guys liked her wearing it but, like, she wasn't going to share that with her brother...

"The moose approved my class proposal for next semester," Nina said happily. "And I'm working on organizing a book club!!!!!!!!!!"

And one other thing but, like, she hadn't heard back from the moose yet. SO.

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"Do I get to know what the class proposal is?" Prompto asked, pulling away now to look at her. "Or do you not want the squirrels to ruin any surprises?"

The book club thing was...kinda meh for him, though, ngl.

[bookbeltof_love]

Yeah, yeah. She didn't really expect him to care about it.

"It's a secret," she said, giggling. "But it's going to be great!!!!!!!!! Especially if Iggy's present falls into place!!!!!!!"

Mostly because she could just picture Iggy's faceplaming at what she was, ah, going to be teaching...

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"I'm really looking forward to hearing about it," said Prompto, who then snickers. "Especially with Iggy's present!"

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Nina laughed.

"Is Gladio on board yet??????? Does Iggy suspect anything??????"

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"Oh, Gladio is totally on board!" Prompto assured her. "Also, he thinks we're insane, but I mean, come on. What else is new? And Iggy is totally oblivious, he's not going to see this coming from a mile away."

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Nina laughed, doing a spin just because she could.

"He's going to be so gobsmacked!!!!!!!! All the paperwork's almost ready on this end too!!!!!"

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"Almost?" asked Prompto, who snorted, and hit Nina with a grin. "You're slacking!"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina smacked him, lightly, on the arm.

"It's Noct's fault!!!!!!!!!!" she complained. "I need to shake him down for some answers and, like, can you believe he's told me I should ask Ignis for the answers to some of the questions?????????"

Noct was almost 100% doing this to mess with her, she was pretty sure, and it was working.

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"Yes," Prompto chuckled a little, after wincing and rubbing his arm after that smack, even if it didn't really hurt, "I can believe that, because I've met Noctis...

"I can't even tell you how thrilled he is about this, by the way. I'm pretty sure he'll like this even more than his actual present."

Well, to be fair, his actual present was ridiculous.

[bookbeltof_love]

"Okay, but like, his real gift is seriously impressive!!!!!!! I'm going to have to ambush him one night and corner him for the answers," she groused. "Tell me when you're not hanging out with him in the evening okay?????????"

She paused.

"And don't give him a heads up!!!!!!!!"

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"I'm pretty sure all of that is in direct violation of my job description, Nina," Prompto pointed out.

[bookbeltof_love]

"I'm not a threat to him," she said, eyes wide.

...

"And if you don't tell me..........."

Well.

Nina could totally engineer an evening with the prince all alone by herself.

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Which didn't sound threatening at all!

"If Noct is giving you trouble with anything, Nina," Prompto said, amused, "just go through me or Gladio. We've got your back, sis."

[bookbeltof_love]

What? It was romantic, geez!

She beamed at him.

“I think he’s doing it just to tease me,” she admitted. “If it actually gets to the point where it’s more than that, I’ll call in the the big guns, promise!!!!!!!!”

It was really too bad that Noctis knew she wasn’t the sort of girl who’d cry over something like this. Because that would be an instant win button she was sure.

On the other hand, it meant if she ever did start crying...