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Okay, so for those of you who aren't familiar with my stories. I offer an option within my story that it less explicit for those who aren't comfortable with reading that kind of stuff.  Just look for the ******Start****** to know when to start to skip over the part. Then simply look for ******Stop****** to know when you can safely start to read it again.

For everyone else. I hope that you enjoy the first of many private moments with our handsome prince. Enjoy.

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DURING dinner there was a lot of talking and catching up for everyone. You had told Ignis all about Altissia and the people that you got to meet there. This also included you working with Weskham at the Maagho restaurant. This seemed to really interest him since you learned several new receipts.

You told him that you would share a few with him when the two of you start to work in the kitchen together. This made both of you smiled since you hadn't actually worked in the same kitchen with each other yet. Each time you had cooked, he had either been watching or doing something else. Which meant that this would be the first time that you had a chance to share the kitchen with him. Which was started to make you nervous.

While talking with Ignis, you kept glancing at your dad and noticed that he seemed to be enjoying himself for the first time in a long time. He was actually smiling again as he talked to King Regis, Clarus, and Korn. You smiled at him when he glanced your way. He smiled back then went back to talking again.

You looked over at Monica and Gladio as they talked to Noctis and Gina when Gina come in for something about Talcott. You wanted to ask Monica more about Talcott, but you figured that you would wait until you were away from the adults. You didn't want to upset anyone, and right now that seemed to be what it did.

Which slightly bothered you that they would be upset. But then again, it did kind of make sense since they were still in high school. Sure they were seniors. But still.

You tried to catch Noctis' gaze as you ate. But he almost seemed to be avoiding you as he would quickly look away from you. Even though you could have sworn that he was staring at you the whole time. Perhaps he was upset about something. He was yelling at his dad when he came in.

I hope he's not upset about me? You thought as you dropped your gaze before you continued to talk to Ignis.

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Once dinner was over, Monica, Gladio, Talcott, Clarus, and even Korn all decided to head home. Ignis had been allow to crash in Noctis' room for the night. Which was fine by you, since you wanted to talk to both of them anyway. There were about a million questions that you had now, and you hoped that between the two of them, they could answer them.

Especially after seeing how much everything had changed since you left for Altissia.

But first, you wanted to see how Marge and the kitchen staff were doing. So once everyone was done with desert, you helped gather up the dirty dishes and carried them into the kitchen so that you could help cleanup. But what you had intended wasn't exactly what happened.

For the instant that you walked into the kitchen, all you heard was cheers and tears from Marge as she came running from the back of the kitchen to give you a huge hug. All you had time for was Ignis grabbing the dirty dishes from you, before you were engulfed in Marge's arms as she weep tears of joy.

You hugged her back as you watched Ignis walk away as he carried the dirty dishes to the dish area. He smiled at you as you felt like you were being smothered by Marge's excited grip. But you returned the same grip since you had truly missed her and Jim. Even though your heart ached that you weren't hugging both of them. Of course it didn't help that you never got to see or talk to them after you left. In fact you hadn't talked to anyone over the last three years.

"Let me take a look at you dear." Marge said through her tears.

She held out your arms as a means of looking at your dress and shoes.

"You look absolutely radiant darling. It's hard to believe that your the same young lady that use to get so flustered with Korn's dinner requests." She said as she brought your hands in front of you. "You have turned into a beautiful young woman."

"Thank you very much." You quietly said as you bowed your head to hide the red in your cheeks.

"I can see why your dad has to keep a close eye on you." Marge said as Ignis walked back into the room after dropping off the dishes.

"And why does everyone keep saying that?" You asked as you looked back at her.

"Because, love," Marge started to say in a hushed voice as Ignis walked back over to you. "in case you haven't noticed. You have started to attract a bit of attention."

"I don't see how." You said as you nervously looked at your hands.

"Perhaps your just not looking correctly." Marge said as she released your hands as Ignis came and stood beside you.

"It seems as if everything is in order." Ignis said as he stopped in front of you. "Except perhaps one thing."

"And what would that be?" You nervously asked as you looked at him.

"Well you know that there is truly only one way to celebrate your return miss (y/n)?" Marge said as she gave you both a grin.

"And what does that entail?" You asked as you looked between the two of them.

"With a dance dear." Marge said with a loving grin.

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Next thing you knew, you were all walking to the back loading dock area. You felt your heart start to pound as you walked beside Ignis before the two of you stopped in the center of the open area used to receive the daily deliveries. You suddenly felt very nervous as you stood before him since you hadn't danced with him, or anyone for that matter, since the night of the school dance. And that had been three years ago.

And even the night of the school dance, you never even stepped foot on the dance floor. Which was mainly because of a spilled drink on your dress. Which lead to you being attacked in the hallway as you headed to the bathroom to clean up. A guy in all black attacked you as you tried to help out some girl. Unfortunately the girl ended up working with him, and they tried to kidnap you. Which fortunately, they both failed to accomplish, as you knocked them both to the floor before you ran from them.

But ever since that night, you hadn't attended any school dances, not even in Altissia. Although your dad never did enroll you in their middle or high school. Instead he had you do all of your courses online through a private tutor who worked for the Insomnia school district. And even they only knew you as Insom217. Which was your school ID. Of course even that was encrypted, your dad had made sure of that himself. He knew everything about the tutor, but the tutor had no idea who either of you were. All she knew was your student ID.

"And this love, is where I will leave you." Ignis said as he stepped to the side.

"Wait. What...?" Was all you got out before you watched Noctis walk up to you.

"I hope you don't mind if I steal you for a moment." Noctis said as he smiled at you with his bright blue eyes. "We weren't exactly given any time to talk at dinner."

"I don't mind at all." You said as you got a big grin on your face.

"Good." Noctis said as he gently grabbed your hand and pulled you into your stance.

"Because I don't plan on letting you leave me alone again." He whispered to you in a deep voice as he leaned into you.

You felt your heart racing as Noctis stood in front of you and gave you a gentle smile as he lifted your hand above. Then he turned you around slowly so that you twirled in front of him before coming to a stop as you faced him again. Your heart flutter as you skirt flared out and away from you as you spun around. You were breathless when you stopped in front of him as he gave you a heated gaze. He then reach out pulled you closer to him.

Then as if in a dream, you heard the music start in the background. Then with one smooth sweep, you felt like you were skating as he slowly started to moved you across the floor. But as the music sped up, so did the dance. But you didn't seem to really notice, since all you were aware of was him. Everyone and everything else seemed to disappear. All you saw and felt was him as you both seemed to become consumed by the dance with each spin and moment against each other.

Your heart was pounding with each twirl. And your body was heating up more and more with each touch from him as he brought you closer to his body. He would move you across the floor, before twirling you. Then he would slid his arm around your waist and pull you back towards him and was starting to grind harder and harder against you. But you couldn't take your eyes off of his eyes as they were starting to get darker and darker with each move. 

 You had never seen him like this before. But it made you feel more connected to him then ever.  Even as your body seemed to tremble every time he pulled you against him.  Which sent a thrill through you as he would pull you close.

When the song ended, he pulled you in once again. Both of you were frozen for a moment as you panted at each other. But you weren't sure if it was from the aggressive dance. Or from the heat that you felt radiating between the two of you. Your heart was pounding as his eyes turned bright blue with a faint of purple around the edges. But neither of you moved. All you could do was get lost in his beautiful eyes.

Suddenly the silence was shattered as you heard clapping from the side. You both blinked as you moved away from each other. Then you looked over and saw that your dad and King Regis had showed up and were standing by Marge and Ignis as they all clapped. You quickly dropped your gaze and got really nervous as you stepped away from Noctis. You had actually forgotten that Marge and Ignis were even in the room. And you certainly didn't expect your dad to show up. Let alone King Regis.

Both of which made you nervous and self-conscious.  There was already enough tension with the whole Gladio and Monica Thing.  You really didn't want to add fuel to the fire the first night you returned.  Especially since you weren't even certain if Noctis even felt the same way about you that you did him.

"When the kitchen staff told me that you two were back here dancing, I was a bit surprised." Paul said as he crossed his arms in front of himself. "Although to be honest, I wasn't expecting that."

"Dad, let me explain.." You started to fumble.

"There's no need." King Regis said with a smile. "I have already filled him in."

"Oh." You nervously replied. Filled him in?  What exactly did he tell him to fill him in?

"And you don't have to explain anything to me anyway." Your dad said as he hooked his thumbs in his front pockets. "You two looked amazing."

You looked down shyly.

"Thank you." You quietly said before as you looked over at Noctis. "Noctis had learned from Mrs. Marge and Mr. Jim when he was younger. Then they all taught me before a school dance."

"Well you all did a great job." Paul said as he turned to Marge.

Marge had a very proud look on her face as she continued to look at the two of you.

"Jim and I simply showed them the different dance moves." Marge said as she beamed at the two of you. "They are the ones who brought it to life."

Marge stood there for a few minutes as she recalled those nights before the dance and how you worked so hard to learn the moves. But you never realizing that you would actually be pleasing Noctis at the same time. And it reminded her of her time with Jim when they use to do the dance competitions.

Sure they had done it for years before they stopped. But they didn't stop because they weren't good at them. It was that the competitions were starting to take the love of dancing away for them. Something that they never wanted to happen. Which was why they had stopped competing all together.

But that love of dancing never died. In fact it was fully rekindled again when Ignis had asked Jim for lessons. Then it was like adding fuel to the fire when you had asked her the same thing. Although, when Ignis found out that you were taking lessons, he asked for them to keep his lessons a secret.

Marge had a feeling though, that the reason was because he was a bit embarrassed that he didn't already know how to dance. So they kept it a secret, all the while their hearts filled with the love of watching the two of you learn each move. Then after seeing you dance with Noctis, they knew that you were more than ready.

Never in a million years though, could anyone have foreseen that you would never be able to step foot on the school dance floor that night. Which was why after they saw you back at the citadel later the incident, they had to give you and Ignis a chance to show the other how hard you had each worked on it. But the dance that you two had shared wasn't just a dance. They could see something much deeper starting between the two of you.  But as she watched Noctis now and how he kept his eyes on you the whole time, she could already see the turmoil that was just on the edge between the three of you.

"I do hate to break this up." Your dad said as he looked at his watch. "But it is getting late. And I'm sure we're all tired after today's events."

You dropped your head as you slightly nodded. You agreed only to please your dad. But the truth was that you knew that neither you nor Noctis were going to get much sleep. How could you when you were still too excited about being back? Besides, you still had a millions questions to ask Noctis.

"Come on you two." Paul ordered you and Noctis. "Thank you Marge.  That was certainly something to see."

"Any time Paul." Marge said with a smile. "Good night your highness. Will we see you at lunch tomorrow?" She asked Noctis.

"Don't worry." You replied with a smile before you turned to him.  "He'll be there."

"Yeah. We'll see."  Noctis said as he rolled his eyes and headed back towards the living quarters.

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So after saying goodnight to the whole kitchen staff and Ignis, the four of you headed upstairs for bed. Your dad made you turn in for the night though. He said that he didn't want you up all night talking. But little did he know, that you would sneak out of your room after getting changed. For after you saw your dad's bedroom light turn off, you headed over to Noctis' room where the light was still on.

You stood outside his door in your nightshirt and sleep pants as you quietly rapped your knuckles against his door. The door then quietly opened up as Noctis opened the door up to see who it was. Then after seeing that it was you, he quickly let you in. You quietly slipped into the room before he silently closed the door behind you.

You followed Noctis over to the couch where his latest racing game was showing on his tv screen. You sat down next to him after he grab his controller and started to play again.  You watched him for a few minutes as he had his car flying through the race as he sped towards the finish line. You ended up getting caught up in the race as you cheered him on. It felt like forever since you had last played any video games.

Your dad had had you so busy in Altissia, that you never had time to slow down and play. Not that there was a gaming system anywhere on the estate to speak of. But either way, you would spend most of the time working on your research papers from Korn or on your homework. For during the day, you spent most of the day working at the restaurant, while your dad was at work. Then there was your early morning workouts and runs, along with your afternoon training sessions with your dad. You had actually forgotten how nice it felt to just sit and relax.

"Why don't you grab a controller and join in." Noctis said as he gestured towards the additional controller that was on the charging station that sat on the coffee table. "Just let me save. Then we can race."

"Okay." You said with a smile as you grabbed the controller. "But are you sure that your ego won't get injured if I beat you again?"

"I let you win last time." He said without looking over at you.

"You sure about that?" You teased back as you smirked at him.

"Yeah.  I'm sure."  He replied before he looked over at you. 

His sapphire eyes slowly scanned over you before they meet yours again.  They seemed to turn cold as he looked at you.  That was when you could see the hurt in him as he stared at you. You slightly sighed as you put a hand on his arm. You hated to see the pain in his eyes.

"I'm sorry that we didn't get to talk at dinner." You quietly said as you looked at him. "But it seemed like Monica was talking your ear off down there."

"She usually does." Noctis responded as he glanced away.

"Does she have dinner here a lot?"  You asked as you tried to keep him talking.

"Not usually."  He answered in a flat tone.  "Her father is usually to ashamed of her to allow her over here."

"I don't see why."  You replied as you turned your attention to the game as the race was about to begin.  "He should be thrilled to have a grand baby."

"Talcott isn't the problem."  Noctis answered flatly as the count down began.

"Oh."  You quietly replied.

Which made you miss the green light and put you quickly into last place.  But you quickly started making up for it as you weaved around the rest of the pack as you headed for Noctis who was out in front.  You glanced at him a couple times to see if you could figure out what was bothering him.  He seemed to be fine during the dance.  But now he was distant from you.

"Is everything okay?"  You asked as you turned back to the game as they cars flew over a long straight away of road.

"I don't know.  You tell me."  He said without looking at you as he started to slow down for the sharp turn ahead.

"I thought that everything was okay."  You replied as you drifted around the turn as you quickly gained on him.  "But you starting to make me think that I'm wrong."

"And why would you think that?"  He said as he hit the boost as the finish line came into view.

"Okay. That's it."  You returned as you took both of your controllers and set them on the table.

"Hey!"  Was all that Noctis got out as you quickly straddled him so that you were facing him.

"Don't hey me."  You replied as you settled on his lap so that you were blocking his view.

"But I was winning!"  He argued back as he tried to sit up.

But you pushed him back into the couch with both of your hands on his shoulders.  "No.  You were purposely trying to brush me off."

Noctis gave you a stern look as you stared him down.  But you didn't let up.  In fact you gave him a stern look back as you leaned forward more.

"What do you think your doing?"  He asked in a bored tone.

"I'm getting you to talk to me."  You replied as the roar of cars came from behind you as the other racers crossed the finish line.

"And this is how your doing it?"  He replied as he placed his hands on your hips.

"Well I got your attention didn't I?"  You returned with a smirk.

"You did."  He replied in a deep tone.  "But is this the attention you were looking for?"

Noctis then quickly pulled you further onto his lap.  Which made you slightly gasp as you suddenly felt something underneath you that certainly wasn't his legs.  And you could see his eyes starting to get dark again as his eyes dropped and lingered on your lips.  You couldn't help the thrill that ran through you as you started to wonder if his lips were as soft as they looked.

"Well?"  He asked as he pulled you closer as he slightly leaned towards you.

"Maybe."  You slightly whispered as you felt your heart rate pickup.

"Maybe?"  He replied as his breath gently brush against you as he leaned up enough for his lips to slightly brush against yours.  "Isn't this what you want?  My full attention?"

You slightly bit your bottom lip as you tried to think.  But the heat from his breath and the cool musk of his cologne seemed to fill your mind with nothing but pure lust.  Until the only thing that you wanted more than anything was to kiss him.  Which he seemed to sense as he slightly smirked back at you before he closed his eyes and placed his lips on yours.

You closed eyes as you both took a deep breath as you felt a thrill run through your entire body.  Your whole body seemed to ignite as he ran his hand up your back before he kissed you again.  You reached up and ran your fingers through his hair.  He moaned in response as he pulled you closer and kissed you harder.

*****Start*****

The sound of him made a pearl slightly vibrate as the urge to feel some friction started to build up in you.  So you rocked your hips towards him as you leaned in more and kissed him just as hard back.  The slightly friction of the thin fabric made both of you moan in response.  The sound was thrilling and made you want to hear him do it again.  So you rocked your hips again.

Noctis answered you by tightly gripping your hips and sliding his tongue past your lips as he deepened the kiss.  You eagerly welcomed him as you wrapped your arms around his neck and slowly started to rock your hips against him as you longed for more.  Noctis moaned under you as you moved back and forth on his lap.  The sound and friction made you moan in response as you started to pick up the pace.

Suddenly Noctis shifted under you and turned towards the couch.  Then he slowly lowered you down on your back as he continued to kiss you.  Your heart started to pound as he laid down on you with his hard bulge right on your aching pearl.  He continued to kiss you as he slowly started to rock his hips in between your legs.

You leaned back and gasped from the eager sensation.  Noctis then started to kiss your neck as he slowly and deliberately rub himself against your wet center.  You moaned as you ran your fingers through the hair on the back of his head.  Which encouraged him to press harder before he looked at you.

"Fuck."  He said in a husky tone.  "I don't know how much more of this I can take before I rip your pants off."

You felt your whole body shiver from his words.  "And what's stopping you?"

Noctis paused and looked at you.  "What?"

"What's stopping you?"  You said as you ran your finger through his hair.  "I obviously want the same thing that you do.  So what's stopping you?"

"Are you sure?" Noctis asked as leaned back and searched your face.

You gave him a heated smile as you ran your hand down his chest and to the top of his Pajama pants.  He responded by slightly moving off of you.  You let the lust take over then as you slid your hand inside his pants and over the outline of his hard cock as it fought to break out of his underwear.  His eyes fluttered closed as he gave you a deep groan.

You felt your pearl vibrate in response to him.  So you bit your bottom lip as you slowly started to rub up and down on him.  His deep groans made his whole body tense up.  You marveled at his arms as they flexed with each stroke.

After a few more strokes he opened his eyes back up and gave you burning look.  His hot gaze seemed to ignite a furnace in you as you felt the heat start to build in between your legs.  Even in your wildest dreams you couldn't have pictured how much you would ache as you watched him enjoying the pleasure that you were giving him.  Which made you wonder how it would feel to have his hand sliding through your heated folds.

"Fuck that feels good."  He said in a deep husky voice before his slightly shifted above you so that he had a hand loose.  "But I want you to feel good too."

You slightly trembled as he slowly slid his fingers under your shirt.  Then your skin seemed to be on fire as his fingers slid up to your chest.  Noctis watched you shuddered against his hand as his fingers gently slid around your breast.  You couldn't help the moan that escaped your lips as he slightly squeezed your breast.

"God are you hot right now."  He said in a deep whisper before he captured your lips again as he slightly squeezed it again.

Noctis seemed to swallow your moan as his tongue once again slipped into your mouth before tangling with yours.  You slightly squeezed him as you continued to stroke him through the thin fabric on his boxer-briefs.  He moaned in response and started to message your breast as he deepened the kiss even more.  Which threw you into a heating urge as you rocked your hips up towards his manhood as you fought for friction to relieve the growing tension in you.

But the fabric seemed to be in the way.  So you slid your hand under his waist band.  The soft skin of his cock felt like silk as you ran your fingers down his hard shaft.  He couldn't help but to pull back.

"Fuck!"  He groaned as he fought to keep his eyes from rolling in the back of his head.

You bit your lip again as you wrapped your fingers completely around him and started to quickly stroke him.  He shuddered against you as he let out a labored breath.  Your whole body was tense and eager for more of him as you watched him become totally engulfed with pleasure.  The sight was beyond erotic, to the point that it was torture to you.

Suddenly he grabbed your hand and yanked it out of his pants.  You then gasped as he pinned your hand above your head.  His action surprised you since you hadn't expected him to do that.  That was until he opened his eyes to reveal the dark purple rings around his eyes as he fought to gain control again.

"Fuck your good."  He said as he moved his other hand to your waist band.  "But I'm not cumming until I've heard you call out my name."

You then slightly gasped as he slid his hand inside your pants.  Only for it to turn into a moan as his fingers started to slid up and down your sensitive folds.  Then it was your turn for your eyes to roll in the back of your head as he rubbed his thumb across your pearl as he rubbed his fingers across your clit. You started to squirm under him as you felt your whole body quiver from him eager fingers.

Then you felt him insert one finger.  "I can't wait to feel how good you feel around my fingers."

You arched your back as your eyes rolled all the way back.  "Oh god."

But that was the only thing that you got to say before his lips captured yours again.  He started out kissing you slowly and passionately as he slowly slid his finger in and out of you.  But then he added in a second finger.  You arched against him again which made him slightly pull away.

*****Stop*****

"Fuck, I want you so bad right now."  He groaned before he gave you a hungry kiss on your neck.

"Then take me."  You replied in a low voice that was heavily laced with lust.  "I want you to."

"But aren't you still a virgin?"  He asked as he slightly pulled away before he continued to heavily kiss your neck.

"Yes.  But I still want you."  You said as you shuddered as his warm breath brew across the wet skin on your neck.

"Are you sure that you want me to take that from you?"  He replied as he leaned back as gave you a very serious look.

"Your not taking something that I'm willing to give to you."  You replied as you reached up your loose hand and started to rub him again.

"Hmmm.  Then I gladly accept."  He replied as he reached down and was about to lower his pants down when there was a knock on his door which made you both freeze.

"Your highness.  You really should be getting some rest."  You heard your dad say from behind the closed door.

"Tst."  Noctis said as he looked up towards the door.

"And you to (y/n)."  He continued which made your heart stop.

"Fuck."  You whispered.  "How did he know?"

"Perhaps he's just trying to trick us."  Noctis said as he looked back down at you with heated smirk.  "I highly doubt that he really knows that your in here with me."

"I know your in there (y/n).  Your room was empty."

"Fuck!"  You cursed under your breath.

"Now (y/n)."  Your dad said in a firm tone.

"I better go."  You said as you removed your hand from his pants.

"Fine."  Noctis groaned as he sat back so that you could get up.

You sat up and gave him a quick kiss on his cheek.  "We can continue this later."

"But what about now?  I'll never be able to sleep like this."  He said with a hurt look as he gestured to the well defined bulge in his pants.

"I'll call you once I'm back in my room."  You replied as you gave him a heated look.

"You better." He replied in a firm tone.

"Don't worry."  You said as you got up gave him a quick peck.  "I will."

"Let's go (y/n).  Don't make me break down this door."

You then quickly headed for the door before your dad did just that.  Now sure, you didn't really think that he could break down solid oak doors.  But then again, you really didn't want to push the issue.  You had a feeling that you were going to get crewed out enough as it was.

When you opened the door, your dad was stand in the hallway with a very firm look on his face and his arms across his chest.  "And would you mind telling what you were doing in there?"

"We were just talking dad."  You replied as you closed the door before you started to head towards your room.

You kept your gaze from his so that he couldn't see the flustered look that you knew was covering your face at that moment. It was bad enough to be caught out of your room.  If your dad really knew what had almost happened in there, he would probable ground you for life.  Which would certainly piss off Noctis to high hell.

"Talking?"  He questioned as he quickly fell in step with you.  "About what?"

"Oh you know, just this and that."  You quickly replied as you tried to make it seem like it was nothing.

"Uh-huh."  He replied with a skeptical tone.  "Are you sure that was all that you were doing?"

 "Of course."  You quickly replied as you tried to get him to drop it.  "We hadn't had a chance to talk at dinner.  And I couldn't sleep.  So I stopped by to keep him company for a bit and talk."

"I suppose that makes sense."  Your dad replied as you stopped outside of your room and grabbed your door handle.

"Night dad."  You said as you opened up your door.

Then before he could say anything else, you quickly slipped into your room and closed the door.

Fuck that was close.  You thought as you put your head against the door for a moment.

You then walked over to the bathroom and got ready for bed.  Once you were done, you turned off your lights and crawled into bed. Then when you were settled in your bed you picked up your phone.  But before you could call Noctis, your dad walked into your room.

"Let's make sure that the two of you get some sleep tonight."  He said as he calmed over and grabbed your phone out of your hands.

"Wait dad!  What are you doing?"  You said as you quickly sat up as you tried to grab your phone.

"I'm making sure that you get some sleep."  He replied as he walked away from you and left your room.

"Fuck!"  You said as you flopped back onto your pillow in a huff.  "Noctis is going to kill me."

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After a few hours of tossing and turning, you gave up and went out to the patio to look out at the garden.  You hoped that the calm warm air of the greenhouse would help you relax so that you could sleep.  The smell of tropical flowers filled your room as you silently opened your door.  Then you tiptoed over to the railing.

But right after you sat down on the edge, you heard a slightly hurt tone from two balconies over.  "I'm sorry that I couldn't come visit you in Altissia."

You looked over and saw Noctis sitting on the edge with his feet dangling over the edge.  "I had tried several times to come up with an excuse to go. But every time, it got shot down by my dad or Korn. They kept saying that there just wasn't any safe way for us to come see you without raising suspicions."

"It's fine." You quietly said to him as a smile slowly came to your face.

"I would have been worried that they would try to come after you while you were over there any way.  Besides,"  You said as you dropped your eyes.  " I don't know what I would have done if you had gotten hurt just trying to visit me.  After all, they were planning on using me against you. And the last thing that I want is to give them that chance."

"But all that didn't matter anyway. They still figured out a way." Noctis said as he looked over at you.

You felt your heart drop as you sensed the pain starting to surface more.  "Yeah. I suppose they did."

"And it was because of them you had to leave." Noctis said in a low tone as he stared out into the garden.

"But that was more our choice." You said as you dropped your head down.

"Well actually my dad did." You said as you leaned heavily on the railing. "But trust me when I say that it wasn't an easy decision for him to make. He had told me that once during one of our heating arguments."

"He told me that he hated the fact that he had to uproot us like that." You continued as Noctis looked towards you as you spoke. "But he didn't see any other option for us to take."

"I still wish there had been another way." Noctis said as he looked back at the garden.

"Me too." You replied with a frown.

"I've really missed our talks." You quietly said as you felt the tears starting to form in your eyes. "You have no idea how many nights I laid in bed wishing that I could talk to you. Just so that I could hear your voice."

"Yes I do." Noctis said as he looked over and slightly smiled at you.  "And that's why I'm not letting you ever leave me again."

You couldn't help but to slightly smile as you felt the tears starting to fall.  "I don't plan on going anywhere."

"Good.  And so that you know,"  Noctis started to say as he stood up.  "I never blamed you for leaving like that." 

"I blame the Nif for forcing you to have to make the decision to leave. And I know how many nights you were awake. Because I was awake, thinking of you too."

All you could do was smile at him as you felt your throat starting to close up on you.

"I've missed you, princess." He said in a tender tone.

"I've missed you too." You said back to him as you returned with the same. "I never wanted to hurt you."

"I know." He said as he leaned up against the wall as he spoke.

"Well, I guess we should get some sleep now." You quietly said as you slowly stood up and headed to your room.  

"See you tomorrow?" You asked as you paused outside your door.

"Of course."  He replied with a smile.

You nodded back with a smile before you reentered your room and headed to bed.

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Several hours, and a few nightmares later, you found yourself back on the balcony with your legs dangling over the garden. Your heart sank as you blankly stared at the beautiful garden as the delicate scent of fresh flowers filled your senses. It seemed that even being back here, just wasn't enough to shake you out of your recurring dreams.

So much for getting some sleep. You thought as you stroked your cat's fur as she laid right beside you. I was really hoping that being here would help me get some sleep.

But I guess not. You continued as you dropped your gaze.

But at least you still remembered me after all of this time. You thought as you looked down at Snowball and gave her a slight smile.

You hated that you had had to leave her behind when you left. But that had been your choice. You didn't want her to get lost in Altissia. And besides, Snowball didn't really care to travel by any means other then by her own paws. She would spaze-out if you put her in a cage.

Your fear though, was that she would forget all about you. Yet there she was, curled up beside you as you gently stroked her soft fur. You smiled down at her as you noted that she still in good health. She had filled out a bit and was now a huge ball of fur as she had her tail curled up under her head. You smiled big at her as she purred quietly as you stroked her.

You turned back to the garden as you continued to pet her. You started to think about how different everything was in Insomnia. Now you were glad that certain things hadn't changed. But it was the ones that had that made you concerned. Plus there were still several things that you were still unsure of.

One of them being high school, which was a major one for you. For you were a sophomore this year, which means that everyone else in your grade had already been there for about a year now. Where you haven't even set foot in the building yet. This itself made you nervous since the last time you walked into a new school building, you ended up spending the night in the hospital. Which you really didn't want a repeat again any time soon.

Although this year would be different either way, since Noctis was a freshman, while Gladio, Monica and Ignis were seniors. This would be the only year where all of you would be in the same school at the same time. You smiled to yourself as you thought about that fact. And besides, this year, you already had friends to hang out with, even before you stepped foot inside the school. Perhaps this year might actually be fun for once. Especially since you would be with Noctis.

With that happy thought in your head, you got up and re-entered the bedroom. Snowball woke up and followed you in and hopped up on the bed as you crawled back up under the covers. Then once you were settled, she curled up by you feet and fell back to sleep. You slowly rubbed you smooth cool crystal necklace as you smiled to yourself.

You pictured yourself and Noctis walking through the hallways, holding hands. Perhaps heading to swim practice. You smiled to yourself as you felt your eyelids get heavy. To you it didn't matter where you were walking to. Just as long as he was with you, that was all you needed.

******Author Note******

I think that it is just as hard to adjust to a new place as it is when you return to something old and familiar. In fact in some cases, it's harder to return then to start something new. I've returned to my home town several times in my life to try it over again. But each time just wasn't the same. The streets and sights were the same. But the people all changed. Some for the good, while others seemed to take a turn for the worst. They say that you can always go back home. Ultimately you can, but there's no guarantee that the changes will be in your favor.

I do hope that you like this chapter. I had to put in some fun though. I simply couldn't resist. 😉 Even if there were a lot of changes to face. But I hope that you will continue onto the next chapter as we finally head back to the house where your whole world seemed to crash down.

Thanks for reading. :)

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