[It's okay, he can deal with the hug being a little tighter and longer. He had the same thing happen with Ignis when he arrived, so it's not a huge deal. It's a little awkward on his end because he's holding his muffin out to one side so it doesn't get squished in the hug.
Once they break apart, he laughs, giving the chocobo a little pet on the head with two fingers.]
[Something strange happens when you stumble upon your best friend's dead body and you have to ask a third member of the former boy band to come help with the burial.
But there is a delicious muffin to be eaten and a cute little stuffed chocobo to cuddle.]
Yeah. [This really, really isn't the conversation he wanted to be having this morning. Especially on Prompto's birthday.] I kind of... found someone else before she got here.
[You know when someone looks you dead ass in the eye and tells you something that you never thought you'd hear them say? Congrats, Prompto, you're currently having that moment with Noctis. And he doesn't even look a little bit embarrassed.]
[To be fair, that name isn't entirely surprising. Definitely a little strange, though, and Prompto feels an odd pang of sadness. That he wasn't picked? He's not sure, but Noctis has been quasi-flirting with him off and on since he arrived, and so he's not sure what to think of this revelation.]
Of course, of course. Should've expected that, too. You've always been super close.
[It wasn't like that. Not really. He didn't put their names into a hat and whichever was lucky enough to be drawn would be his chosen. Things just happened.
Like flirting with Prompto just kept happening. Because it was something that seemed to come exceptionally naturally now for some reason that he really didn't quite understand.]
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Once they break apart, he laughs, giving the chocobo a little pet on the head with two fingers.]
You did a great job on it. Thanks.
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But there is a delicious muffin to be eaten and a cute little stuffed chocobo to cuddle.]
Of course. Anything for you, Prom.
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Hey, you don't have to do all that. You didn't really have to get me a birthday present, even.
[Do birthdays still really count if one is dead?]
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[Aren't you so glad he's your bff?]
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I wouldn't! I didn't even think birthdays were really a thing anymore, since...y'know...
[Vague handwave with the muffin.]
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He's going to dive in a steal a bite of that muffin.]
You know if you don't want it, you can always give it back.
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[The loss of part of the muffin is an acceptable one, but he still sadfaces at it, cradling the stuffed present to his chest.]
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[Just be thankful that he didn't start singing it.]
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[He'd sing along if he did.]
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[You actually have the voice for it, Prom.]
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[Don't encourage him, he'll sing it when it's most inconvenient.]
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[Is he? Is he winking at you right now? He definitely is.]
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Well, there's also Cindy, but she's...
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...I should've expected that.
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[He hadn't told a single soul. Which means either Luna is a blabber mouth or Prompto just figured it out by basic powers of deduction.]
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I--really? I figured since you guys didn't seem very close anymore and uh--
[Y'know what, he's just going to stuff the rest of the muffin into his mouth to shut himself up. He assumed, and it was apparently right.]
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Yeah. [This really, really isn't the conversation he wanted to be having this morning. Especially on Prompto's birthday.] I kind of... found someone else before she got here.
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Okay, but who?
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Ignis.
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Of course, of course. Should've expected that, too. You've always been super close.
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Like flirting with Prompto just kept happening. Because it was something that seemed to come exceptionally naturally now for some reason that he really didn't quite understand.]
What is that supposed to mean?
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