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The Photo Hut - Thursday

Liz was still extremely tired and still hadn't been able to fall asleep, even though she did take some comfort in knowing that it wasn’t just her. She still felt really unsettled about the lack of sleep she was having since she knew how bad it could be for her.

She was trying to focus on finishing some general admin tasks before her class later that morning but she was finding it extremely difficult to concentrate and found that she was mostly just staring at the computer rather than actually doing any work.

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At some point, Liz would get an email from Prompto, simple and to the point:

!!!!!!

Read this article, and call me after you do!!

You know it had to be important if he was emailing her about it and told her to call him instead of just texting, right? But, either way, the short and simple email included a link to an article from an Insomnia newspaper with a big headline that read "TREATY TALKS" and, slightly smaller below it, the subheadline: "Crown Prince of Lucis to Wed Oracle in Historic Negotiations for Peace!" The article itself went on to detail the announcement made earlier that day from King Regis himself that there is a treaty being considered between Lucis and Niflheim that would involve a ceasefire, an exchanging in holdings, an annexation of lands around the Crown City, and, as a show of their newfound alliance, a marriage between Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum, and Lady Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, former princess of Tenebrae and current Oracle of Eos. Negotiations between King Regis of Lucis and Emperor Aldercapt of Niflheim are expected to take place sometime in the weeks ahead.

And the email itself, of course, was simply closed out with:

Love you. Miss you! <3 Prompto

It shouldn't have taken Liz as long as it had to read such a short article but she was finding it extremely difficult to focus but she did eventually finish reading it and of course immediately called Prompto as soon as she did like he asked.

To be fair, there were a lot of names and details and locations in there, and even the most average Eosian would probably agree that all their names were kind of ridiculous.

But when Prompto heard his phone ringing, he jumped on it, and, shirking anything as formal as a hello or anything like that, just eagerly, almost wildly, blurted into it, "o did you read it? Did you read the article?"

“…” it took Liz a few moments for the words to catch up with her and realise she hadn’t said anything when Prompto asked, “hi…” she managed to say, wincing when she realised she sounded even worse after talking to Summer yesterday, “I did read the article,” she told him, “this is a good thing right?” the article seemed to suggest it was but Liz didn’t know nearly enough about Eosian politics to know otherwise.

Prompto was just about to think there was something wrong with the connection or maybe his phone when he didn't get a response for a little bit, but, just as he was about to take a closer look at it, he heard Liz's voice and frowned a little. It sounded a little...distant? No, something else, but he wouldn't quite put his finger on it. All he knew was that, in the mix of already erratic and wild emotions tumbling through hi at the moment, he could now add a little bit of concern in there.

"I mean," he said, "yeah! It's amazing! I mean, all the details aren't really out yet, obviously, Igs pretty much said it's way more complicated than what they can tell the public, but they're talking about peace, Liz! Or at least a cease-fire! This is HUUUUUUUUGE! And more importantly: Noct's getting hitched!"

There was a small burst of a disbelieving laugh; he shook his head a little and chuckled. "I think he's still shellshocked, to be honest. But it's kind of hard to tell with him, he's sort of always like that."

"Oh wow...congratulations, that's definitely incredible news," Liz tried to sound more positive and happy, which she normally would have been but she found it hard to do with how exhausted she felt, "I ..." a yawn escaped before she could stop it and she winced, "sorry, I ..." another yawn quickly followed.

"Is...is everything okay?" At first, it was the lack of enthusiasm from Liz that kind of threw him off, but maybe he'd just sort of overestimated how interested she'd be in it? But they'd talked about her possibly moving here. Finding out that the place you were moving to wasn't going to be mired in its centuries-deep war after all seemed like it would be a pretty big deal to anyone...But then there were the yawns, and his frown deepened, as he took a moment to check what time it was.

It was a totally reasonable hour here, but maybe there was a weird time difference? He knew from other people that, sometimes, time didn't really cooperate very well between dimensions.

"Did I catch you at a bad time? I didn't wake you up or anything, did I?"

Prompto, she called you, so....

“No, no … “ Liz felt bad, she knew how important this was to Prompto and she didn’t even have the energy to be happy for him, “I … I haven’t been sleeping well,” she admitted, which she knew would make him worry, “I think … I think it’s an island thing, a lot of people …” there was another yawn, “haven’t been able to sleep for the last few days,”

Well, Liz was definitely right about it making Prompto worry, as he felt an odd mix of wondering if it was because of him and his lack of self-confidence telling him that of course it wasn't because of him, so he didn't know whether to feel relieved or disappointed when she mentioned it was probably an island thing.

It definitely sounded like a thing the island would do, too.

So he frowned a little, thoughtfully, as he considered this, everything about the forthcoming treaty and Noctis' nuptials taking a firm backseat.

"Do you want to come stay here this weekend?" he offered. "If it's an island thing, maybe it'll help to just be...you know...not on the island?"

Especially if...well...these things sometimes tended to build into something, and so now he was worried about what kind of weekend they might be having there. Which made him wonder...

"I mean, or I could go there, too! I mean, with everything going on, I wasn't sure...I mean, there's a good chance they'll need me to...but they know I try to make it there on the weekends, anyway. And if something's going on, maybe me being here means I won't be affected by it or as affected by it as everyone else, just in case it...you know, becomes something way worse...."

"I ..." Liz stopped and it took her a moment to figure out what she wanted to say, "I ... maybe not being here for a few days would help, I haven't slept since Monday," she admitted and then right on cue yawned again, "I mean, if you're sure you wouldn't mind me being with you while you've got everything happening that is," she added.

"I..." Prompto breathed out a sort of self-deprecating laugh, "I'm not even really sure I'll be around much, with everything going on. Or maybe I will, who knows, I have no idea what something like this is going to entail. I'll probably just be in the way, anyway, it's definitely more of an Ignis thing at this point, I'm pretty much just going to go where they tell me to or try to keep Noct from freaking out too much."

Because, yeah, it was definitely Noct who was going to have massive spastic flails over all of this and not Prompto.

Noctis would be flailing, of course, but he was definitely going to keep all of that firmly locked up inside.

But then the fact that Liz had said since Monday started to really sink into his brain, through all the fog of all the news of the treaty, and that stab of worry grew sharper and twisted a little, remembering the last time she'd had trouble sleeping.

"I'll come pick you up tonight?" he offered, a new determination and certainty now in his voice. "Or tomorrow. But, yeah, no, you need sleep, Liz. And if being in Insomnia helps with that," HOW IRONIC!, "then that's what we'll do."

And if it doesn't...

....he wasn't going to think about that right now.

He then added, much softer, "And I never mind being with you. I love being with you. I miss being with you..."

So maybe all of this wasn't so much heroics and concern as just pure, simple selfishness.

“Um…maybe tonight would be best,” Liz considered, at least she hoped that would mean she would be able to get one good nights sleep since she definitely didn’t want a repeat of last time and fainting and needing to end up in the clinic, “oh and is it okay if I bring Rain as well?” she didn’t think there’d be an issue but she didn’t like the idea of leaving Rain alone in the apartment.

She paused for a moment and then quietly added, “I miss being with you as well,” she told him, “I really miss you,” just in case her tiredness didn’t make that clear when she said it.

And that last part just had Prompto softening all that much more.

"Tonight, then," he promised. "I'll be by to pick you up tonight, as soon as I can manage to pry myself away from everything, okay? And of course Rain can come, too. It..."

He hesitated a moment on that thought, lip caught between his teeth with uncertainty, because, sure, yeah, okay, they'd talked about it, but that didn't mean that Prompto could let himself believe it when Liz said that her moving here was a possibility...

...but now, if even the war was finally getting setting, even that concern about dragging her from nice, relatively peaceful Earth to war-torn Eos wasn't even going to hold him back...

"It might be good," he finally managed to continue, "...for her to start getting used to the place....right?"

“Okay I’ll see you tonight,” Liz told him and then managed a smile at that last part, not that Prompto could see that, “it would be nice for her to do that,” she agreed, “especially if it will one day be her home,”

She still hadn’t changed her mind about moving with him, in fact these last few days had made her more determined to follow through with the move when it happened.

And Prompto's grin broadened at that last part, even though Liz couldn't see it, and all the excitement of this morning's news now paired with the excitement of getting to see her tonight and maybe for the weekend, swept up in the buzzing energy of it all...it almost managed to completely supersede his concern and worry about what might be going on back at the island right now.

"Especially if it will be," he agreed, then just sort of sighed a little bit, a happier, contented sort of sigh, and just wanting to hold onto that moment for a while because he knew that it was probably pretty fleeting, but, man, was it nice.

"Okay," he then said. "I should let you get back to work. I should get back to work." A little bit of a laugh there. "But I'll see you later. Soon as I can get free, okay?"

Liz managed a tired laugh at that and nodded, which again was a bit of a moot point, “sounds like a plan,” she agreed, “I’ll see you tonight then, “ there was a pause and then added, “I love you,”

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