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The Photo Hut; Monday [10/31].

Prompto was a little bit late coming down to get the store opened that morning, and when he did, he had a cat with him. Liz hadn't been feeling very well, so naturally, he couldn't help fussing and trying to do everything he could to help her feel better that he was probably having the opposite effect and just making her want to throw him out the window. And then there was trying to make sure Rain didn't eat any of the plastic spiders; he felt maybe he should avoid the candy, too, almost as if in a sign of solidarity, but that also meant that he didn't want Liz to worry about it, so he'd be keeping Rain with him so she wouldn't have to.

It was never a bad thing, after all, to have an adorable fluffy assistant for the day, although if Rain really wanted to assist him, she'd do so by taking his phone away, as he'd started looking up symptoms to try and determine what was normal for a person in this stage of pregnancy, whether or not it was something they should worry about....and everyone knew how that sort of thing usually went....

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Liz had slept a lot longer than she had planned to and even with the extra sleep she was still feeling extremely tired by the time she made it downstairs that morning, she had felt bad that she had caused Prompto to be late for his shift and she originally did have plans to go and get coffee for them but by the time she had gotten downstairs she didn’t feel up to going outside. She had at least remembered to put on clothes but that was as far as she had gotten energy wise.

She gave a small tired smile as she watched him on his phone, “hi,” she said softly.

Prompto looked up from where his eyebrows were frowning deeply at his phone to where they could now frown deeply over at Liz instead. "Hey," he answered back, just as soft, his concern growing a little sharper as he pulled himself up a little. But maybe she was feeling better? She didn't look better, he had to admit, and now, not only was her worried, but now he also felt bad for thinking that on top of it. "Everything okay? Did you need something?"

He almost went on to chide her about how, if she did, she could have just texted him, but managed to stop himself. He'd probably been plenty overbearing enough as it was, no need to make it worse.

“I wanted to get coffee,” Liz admitted, shifting awkwardly as she tried to get comfortable where she was standing, “I thought I could manage walking to the Perk, I must be more tired than I thought,” she paused, "I don't think I'll be getting my daily exercise in for the day," she said, rather apologetically because she had been trying to take better care of herself and their daughter,

"Hey," Prompto said, trying to give Liz a soft, encouraging smile, "sometimes you just gotta take it easy, right? You're doing a lot of work right now, growing a whole person."

He hesitated a moment, and then, moving to actually walk around the counter instead of just hopping over it (if anyone needed an idea of just how concerned he was), went over to Liz, so gently try to guide her over to the chair to have a seat.

"Did you want coffee? I can go get some, if you want. Or make Gladio get it. Or I bet Iggy's already there, probably, I could have him bring something for you."

Hey, if the gang was all (mostly) together again, might as well tap into those resources, right?

Liz managed a tired laugh at that one as she gratefully followed Prompto to the char, “I would still like some coffee,” she admitted, “I …” she hesitated, a hand reaching out for Prompto’s arm, “I … can you stay? I don’t want to be here alone, I mean … “ she looked apologetically over at Rain, “I mean I want you here with me,” she clarified. “Maybe ask Gladio or Ignis?” she added quietly.

Rain met that apologetic look with a confused meow back; Prompto met that meow with an air of admittedly petty triumph, because ha, ha, take that, cat!

And then immediately felt bad for it, and mentally promised himself to extra cat snuggles once Liz was back upstairs and resting again, plus two extra treats to make up for it.

But for now, he smiled reassuringly down at Liz, planted a kiss on the top of her head, and shifted his attention to the task at hand.

"I'm on it."

First by texting Gladio, who basically informed Prompto that he was not his errand boy, though before Prompto finished rolling his eyes, an offer came through that he'd get the coffees if Prompto did an extra training session at the gym this week.

Since that wasn't happening, he took to calling Ignis instead. "Hey, Igs," he said, "it's Prompto. Where are you right now?"

The broad grin at the response and the wink he threw down at Liz was one of victory. "Great. Perfect. Can I ask you a favor? Can you pick up a small cappuccino and a PSL for me and swing by the PH to drop it off? ....yes, really, it's Halloween, and pumpkin spice lattes are delicious, and....yeah, yeah...mmhmm...yeah, okay, Iggy, I got it, can you bring the coffee or not? Okay, fine. Great. Yeah, I know, don't worry. Thank you."

With that, he ended the call and grinned proudly at Liz, with just a touch of apology. "He might be a moment," he said, "but he'll be on his way."

Liz smiled in relief, “I can wait,” she told him, “thank you, and I’m sorry for not being in the holiday spirit with it being Halloween,” she had been looking forward to dressing up and now she mostly just wanted a cup of coffee and then to go back to bed.

Prompto gave Liz another soft smile, shaking his head. "Don't even worry about it," he assured her, before that smile went a little crooked, as he pushed himself up on to the counter facing her, settling into a comfortable position there. "Maybe it's just her," he nodded toward the bump, "way of saying she's not really a fan.

"Trust me, kiddo," he added, now clearly addressing said bump, "once you're out of there, you're going to love it. I mean, just the candy alone...!"

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Liz managed a tired smile at that, “she probably doesn’t want us having fun without her, wants to wait until she can get dressed up to,” she placed a hand on her bump, “I think she’ll also be a big fan of the candy,” she added looking fondly down at her bump before looking up at Prompto, still with the same fond expression, wishing that she had a bit more energy.

"I mean," Prompto offered, glad to see Liz smiling, even if it was a little tired and listless, "if a sweet tooth is an inheritable train, then I'd say definitely. She'd get that from us both."

Although, really, the less she got from his side of things, the better...

Liz couldn’t help but giggle at that, wincing at the effort that took, “I think she will definitely be fond of candy and dessert,” she agreed softly, “especially ice cream,” she added.

"Especially ice cream," Prompto echoed, wincing a little at Liz's wince and his smile going apologetic. And he might have made a joke there, too, about maybe being born in the winter, or about her only liking vanilla, but that wince made him worry that making her laugh would also just make it worse now.

He found himself glancing, impatiently, over his shoulder to the door, wondering how long Ignis was going to be, but knowing he couldn't be mad if it took a while, all things considered.

His attention shifted back to Liz. "Want any water or anything? This okay?"

“This is okay,” Liz assured him, “thank you,” she said softly, “I think I just need to rest a bit more,” she added apologetically, “I think I may head back to bed though after coffee,” she said quietly.

"I think," Prompto informed her, with a soft, encouraging smile, "that's a great idea. Rest is good. I'll put Rain to work down here, too, so she won't even bother you, either."

Liz gave a small tired smile at that, looking over at Rain got a moment before she turned back to Prompto, “thank you, I hope she hasn’t been been too much trouble for you,” she said quietly.

"She's been a sweetheart," Prompto assured Liz, "as always. It's mostly just been making sure she doesn't try gobbling up any of these plastic spiders that have been showering down out of no where."

He have her another smile, wishing he could just text Ignis to see what the hold up was, but of course he knew, and of course it wouldn't make a difference, and he couldn't even really be mad or irritated about it, either.

"If anything, I can just have her do some screenshot tests for her eventual holiday film debut, right?"

“I did wonder if anything unusual had been happening for Halloween,” Liz said with a small laugh as she imagined how much Rain would love plastic spiders falling from the sky.

“Screen tests will definitely be good practice for her,” she nodded with a small smile.

"It's pretty much just been candy showers and the occasional spider sprinkle so far," Prompto said, "so pretty light, but it's still early. I could probably do without the spiders, though, to be honest..."

Bugs were still definitely not his favorite, but what a relief it had been to find out they weren't real.

“I must admit I’m rather glad I haven’t come across the spider showers myself,” Liz admitted, “the candy showers do sound more appealing,” she said with a small smile.

"At least," Prompto started to say with a grin, "until one pelts you particularly hard on the head, anyway."

Right near the end of that observations, the door to the shop opened, a honking goose waddled in proudly, having successfully lead Ignis and a tray of coffees into the Photo Hut. "Prompto?"

"Oh, sweet," Prompto flashed a grin at Liz. "Coffee's here."

He hopped off the counter on Liz's side, bending over to drop off a quick kiss, before hopping over the counter to the other side to hop over and take the drinks off Ignis' hands, especially as he seemed to bed struggling with the door, between drinks, cane, and the goose at his feet who seemed to be trying to help while forgetting that he couldn't.

"Thanks, Iggy" Prompto said.

"Don't mention it," Ignis said with a nod. "It's a good path to know. I daresay, the stairs are turning out to be quite the unexpected boon. Most of the paths will end up being just a matter of remembering how many steps between one place and the next.

"I take it the cappuccino's for Liz?" he continued. "Is she here now?"

"Yeah," Prompto nodded, "straight ahead, by the counter."

Ignis nodded, then shifted his face that way. "Hello, Liz," he offered. "I believe congratulations are long overdue."

Liz did smile when Prompto her a quick kiss that she gladly returned and watched him go over to Ignis.

Her smile widened at that, it was the happiest she’d looked all morning despite her tiredness
, “thank you Ignis,” she told him as he turned towards her, “and welcome back, how have you been settling in?”

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"As well as can be expected," Ignis offered in response, as Promtpo brought the tray over and made a dramatic show out of plucking the smaller cup up and presenting it to Liz, fully confident about not having to worry about looking ridiculous around Ignis. "On the one hand, I arrived just in time to have already secured lodging. On the other hand..."

He gestured down in the general direction of Shane.

"I have temporarily acquired a goose. It's Shane, by the way," he added, with a honk to confirm, "lest you merely assume I've stumbled upon just a random waterfowl."

Liz blinked a bit at Goose who was now an actual Goose as she accepted Prompto’s dramatic presentation with the cappuccino and giggled but had to stop when that hurt.

“I hadn’t realised, how long has he been a goose for?” she wondered.

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