fandomtownies | The Photo Hut; Monday [08/21].

Being forced out of his little moping shell to go to class on Thursday and then forcing himself to go to work on Friday had been pretty helpful for Prompto to start feeling at least more...normal, although he was still far from his typical effervescent, bubbly self. And the weekend had been spent making up for the fact that he'd missed Nocta's six-month mark and just spending more time with pushing through to be cheerful and happy for her sake and trying to move on from all the complicated feelings his time in the house had inspired with relation to that.

And now, it was Monday, and back to striving for routine again and going to down to the store as usual. Thankfully, it's not like the store was ever that busy. He thought of maybe trying to focus on some of the paperwork as a good distraction and a way to help Liz out more, but he was never really good at that kind of thing in the first place, let alone when he wasn't really feeling all that present. So he was mostly just going through inventory idly, sort of hoping that one dude who was always breaking his camera would show up because that would be something he could really sink his attention into.

Maybe he might even just bust a camera open and take it apart just so he could put it back together again, since that was much easier and far less complicated than putting himself back together, it seemed.

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Mondays Liz normally came downstairs to visit with Noctra but she didn’t want to overwhelm Prompto so thought she’d check first before she came down.

So a bit before lunchtime Liz sent a text message.

hi, how is everything going? Is there anything you’d like me to bring down for you? I love you! 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️💕

And even though he knew how distant he'd been lately, how unlike his usual self he was, Prompto had to admit that there was a little pang of sadness in him that Liz had texted down to him instead of just coming down like usual, but that was a good thing, right? It seemed to mean, to him, that he really was ready for a return to normalcy. He might not be able to just let go and move on, but there was clearly a part of him, in that moment, that wanted to.

So he just sort of smiled sadly at his phone for a moment before typing out his response.

i love u too ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

is there any more of that spicy chicken curry and rice that iggy made or did i eat it all this weekend?

It wasn't quite the same as the daggerquill rice he used to make back home, but it was close enough, and Prompto really appreciated that some of the meals Ignis had put together for Liz included some of his favorites as well. But he'd been in too much of a fog this last week to really pay much attention to what they actually had in their freezer still.

There is still some spicy curried chicken left. I can bring down some for you if you’d like? 🥰🥰🥰🥰

It felt weird to be sending the texts with Prompto downstairs but it did feel good seeing Prompto asking about food again.

that sounds kinda nice right now thank you 😊

plus its kind of boring down here and it feels weird not having u and noctra come down and visit for lunch anyway

Aww, look at that, he was actually putting a voice to his feelings, now, too!

Well, words, but it was easier over text, Prompto couldn't deny that.

Liz smiled at that when she saw the text and wrote back, You’re welcome! Then when Noctra wakes up we’ll both come down and there’ll be spicy curried chicken as well 🥰🥰🥰

Perfect ❤️

And there was a soft smile at his phone, and even though he sighed, even though everything still felt impossibly heavy, even if it still seemed difficult to just even lift his thumb to type out more, he still did.

she get to sleep okay?

Then we will see you soon 💕💕🥰. Liz promised she was a little bit fussy but I did get her to fall asleep, I'm just going to let her sleep a bit more before we come down, we shouldn't be too much longer.

Take your time, no rush, I'm super busy with customers right now anyway

Was that a little bit of a sense of humor starting to creep back in, too? It just may be!

Liz took a moment to smile at the message before she quickly wrote back

We definitely don't want to keep all those customers waiting 😁 I hope it won't be that busy when Noctra and I come downstairs

oh i'm sure it'll clear up by then 😆 like magic

Prompto definitely wasn't nearly as expressive about it as the emoji might suggest, but there may have at least been the tiniest smile at his phone.

The Photo Hut; Monday [08/21].

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