The Photo Hut - Thursday

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It was the last Thursday of the month, so Liz was spending the morning busy working on making sure that the final end of month report was finished and that the spreadsheets were being finalised. Once the end of month admin work was finalised, she thought she'd get a head start and work on setting up the spreadsheets and reports for September so that she could get them ready as well.

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Promoto came down from the apartment with Noctra around noon with lunch as usual that dau, but it was plain to see that his mind was elsewhere, and that elsewhere was making him anxious and low-key frantic.

"Hey, babe," he said, smiling his best through his nerves and he set the sandwiches and salads down and swooped in for the usual kiss as well, always one to try and put his best face forward. "Ready for a lunch break?"

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"Hi, I'm definitely ready for a lunch break," Liz smiled happily at the kiss as she turned from the computer to look up at Prompto, "is ... is everything alright?" she asked gently, noticing that he seemed a bit distracted.

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"Yeah!" Prompto said, in that bright way that Liz would recognize as exactly the opposite of that. But she would also likely know that he would convince his way out into the truth of the matter. He laughed a little, a familiar, nervous chuckle and shook his head. "Sure! Definitely! Just, you know, been spending some time this morning getting everything ready for the trip tomorrow."

You know, that nice, normal trip that would be his first time home in over two years...after being stuck there for ten! Totally normal! No big deal at all!

"Just....worried, you know? About forgetting something important..."

Yup. Just that! Definitely just that!

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Liz understood and reached up to give him a hug, “we can definitely double check everything this afternoon and in the morning,” she reassured him, knowing that it wasn’t what was entirely worrying him but she wanted to try and make it as stressful as possible free as possible.

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Like Prompto was ever going to say no to a hug, especially from Liz. He just hoped she wouldn't mind if it was slightly more clinging and tight than usual.

"You still feel like you'll be up to it?" he asked, maybe with that small hope that she'd changed her mind and therefore he'd have a convenient excuse to duck put of it after all. But then he'd also feel bad about ditching Iggy and Gladio, and...

Fine. It would be fine! Right? Totally, totally fine...

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Liz did not mind that the hug was tight as she hugged him, she nodded, “I think so,” she said, “at the moment I don’t feel too bad,” she told him.

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"At the moment," Prompto said, and there was that faint, nervous sort of chuckle again. "But if you wake up tomorrow and you're not feeling well, you'll tell me, right?"

He already knew he was going to be feeling pretty sick to his stomach about everything, but he didn't have pregnancy to blame for it. Just a big fat trauma baby that had been gestating for over a decade.

Which was why it was probably important for him to finally try to confront it, sure, but it was much more difficult to see it that way now that the actual trip was looming over them.

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“I will,” Liz promised, “as soon as I wake up tomorrow, if I’m not feeling well, I’ll tell you,”

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"Good," said Prompto, with a nod, and already feeling bad about what would happen if Liz woke up and did feel pretty bad tomorrow, almost as if by even mentioning it, he had cursed her with having a rough time because he was nervous. So, contrary to...well, everything felt contrary right now...but, either way, he was already thinking of stuff he could do that evening to make sure that Liz felt as good as she could tomorrow....even if it ended up leading to their ultimate doom.

Wait, no, that'd be worse! A small sound escaped him, a distressed and nauseous little grunt, and he made himself think about something else. Or at least something he could control, producing from his pocket a crumpled up piece of paper.

"I have a checklist!" he announced, somewhat proudly, and started shoving it her way. "Do you want to look it over and see if I missed anything?"

It was long enough to suggest that he apparently was bringing with them half the apartment and a good entire section of Turtle & Canary. It was a list that even Ignis would probably said was 'a bit much.'

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Liz gave a smile at that, “I can have a look over it, if you’d like,” she said as he handed the paper towards her, “I know it will be great,” she assured him, even as she noted the length of the paper but it was better to be prepared right?