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starless_skyIt had been a rough few weeks. Noctis and Prompto were doing their best to get back to normal life after the attack. The student body's response had been polarized. Some called Noctis a hero and championed him for putting down criminals. Others called him a future tyrant and threatened to leave Lucis as soon as they turned eighteen.
The glaives were on patrol at the school every day even when Noctis and Prompto didn't attend class. They were responding to a 'clear opportunity to improve student safety' as one of them put it. The school hadn't been upholding their security obligations to Noctis and as such was in breechof a contract. When that came up, it was asked 'if it isn't good enough for the prince, why is it good enough for other kids?' and so the school was overhauling its security plans with the kingsglaive's supervision. Arctus was expelled, he'd be marked as a sex offender for life. Regis left it to Prompto if he wanted to press charges for his own case.
The parents of these kids were livid, but they couldn't say much. There was a lot of fuss in the meetings about it, Noctis heard. A lot of talk trying to slander Noctis as a thug and even implying Prompto was a slut who seduced the kids. Anything to try to express the helplessness and rage they felt. Regis had let them simply air their anger in closed session meetings. It changed nothing, their children were dead and the photo evidence made it hard to refute these kids were rapists. Not to mention the sudden influx of other victims coming forward. A lot of whom had started to form a pseudo therapy group where they talked about it. The school, under pressure from the citadel, hired several counselors to lead this group and even some classes for the general student population. The leader of said group, Celerita, had reached out to Prompto online. He offered this group to him too. He was a senior, the head of the boy's track team, and he had been trying to recruit Prompto since he started high school.
The news had printed nothing, the radio was silent on it, even online traffic was being censored. Noctis was waiting for it to become old news but things were different in high school now. Probably forever. It made it nice to just stay at home and forget all that mess. But today, and just for now... Noctis had to leave Prompto's side. He had a couple packages that needed signing for downstairs and also he wanted to pick up the mail. And maybe call Uber Eats. He was in dire need of pizza.
In the apartment all was quiet, the world was normal. Except for a weird high pitched noise coming from outside.
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Date: 2019-07-26 03:27 am (UTC)She will never get tired of playing with mama. But she will learn to make her own toys like chasing around bottle caps. And also the little plushes like the cactuar. she loves it already and grips it with her tiny razor claws.
"She'll get plenty, there are lots of flavors and-- wait, picky like-- hey I am not that bad." he is that bad and then some. He knows this. "You saying I'm a bad influence?"
Well, he was sort of trying it out and he had mixed feelings on it. On the one hand, it was cheesy but on the other hand, he did like it? But only if Prompto liked it too. If Prompto laughed at it he'd swear it off forever. But if he was into it then he'd want to hear it fairly frequently. It reminded him of times they were naked and tangled in the sheets, both of them incoherent with lust.
"Right, she's clever but I don't want her house shopping. I dunno about her having balcony privileges either." not to be controlling but she might fall or worse. And the photo was cute. He turned his phone around to show Prompto. He was adorable in the pic, blushing, grinning at the cat, the cat stretching her legs out, meowing at him. Noct would keep it even if Prompto said it looked awful. Today was the beginning of a new chapter and this was a milestone photo. He decided that.
Cali inhaled the treats and meowed at Prompto for more. The whole bag, please. Do not make a princess wait. "She's got to be starving. She can have food once we check out." that or she's a bit of a pig which may also be true.
Noctis smiled at the star charm. It looked nice on Cali's collar and it combined with the bell and tapped it to make it ring when she moved. "There's no losing her anymore. Good. You look pretty, don't you think?" he took a photo of her with the collar, bell, and tag on. She was looking more and more like a domestic pet.
"Just need a couple scratching posts and we're finished. We can pile it in the car and go get curry. You still up for all that?" he looked to Prompto, he was pretty sure he'd be in a good mood. The cat looked so proud of herself.
Noctis paid for the items and they could leave in the car, now loaded up with cat items. "Ready to go eat?" he asked softly once they were all in the vehicle. "I can go in and pick it up so you don't have to get out with her."
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Date: 2019-07-26 05:36 am (UTC)"Not picky hmm? I'll have to let Iggy know," Prompto's smile became more mischievous and he gave Noct a gentle elbow. "I'm sure he'll be overjoyed to hear that."
Bad influence? Well, not bad, but he had a feeling that with how much Noct already liked spoiling the cat and how bad Prompto was at being the responsible one... yeah she was definitely going to be running the place before the month was out.
"Definitely balcony-banned," Prompto agreed. It was worrying enough that they'd found her out there, it was way too dangerous for a full-sized animal, let alone one who barely knew how cruel gravity could be.
Prompto's blush didn't diminish at all when Noct showed him the picture, if anything it only intensified. He looked like such a nerd! It was sappy and... utterly adorable that Noct liked it so much. It honestly made him happy, even if it was hard to admit.
Well, clearly those treats were acceptable, he was sure Cali would probably like any and every treat put in front of her, but she was a growing girl, and Prompto was happy to oblige. He did it in little bits though, tapping out just a few treats at a time.
"Slow down, it's alright little one," he assured, petting her a few times before offering a few more of the bite-size pieces. "No more going hungry! We'll feed you again when we're home, okay? Real food, so don't fill up on snacks."
The collar was nice though, and the more he looked, the more he approved. "A regular fashionista."
He couldn't believe how fast things had gone since finding her. While they'd had to run so many errands, it felt like hardly any time had passed. He'd been so nervous going out lately, but with both Cali and Noct, he'd felt at ease.
"Mmm, you know I won't say no to curry. We'll wait in the car, but you better hurry, you don't wanna miss out on prime kitty-snuggling time," Prompto teased.