Guys I'm back with a new multi-chapter fic! This one is looking to be about 6-7 chapters long, and filled with lots of angst.

*Trigger warning* for the series there are scenes with an abusive parent in chapter 2, and throughout the rest of the story there are mentions of it, so be prepared for that.

Anyway hope you all enjoy the story!

Chapter 1

Noctis wasn't in the mood for school that day well he was never in the mood for school mostly because it happened to start in the morning—which is when Noctis liked to sleep.

Noctis stretched out his arms, approaching the start of the school grounds. Fixing his tie, Noctis reached into his pocket to grab his phone.

Prompto had been absent from school the past three days and Noctis was starting to get worried. He'd texted him back the first day saying he'd been sick, but Prompto had been ignoring Noctis's text since. Noctis wondered if he should stop by his house this afternoon and drop off something sweet—just as an excuse to see him of course.

Noctis sighed putting his phone back in his school bag.

"Yo, hey there buddy," Prompto said coming up from behind Noctis. He tapped him on the shoulder lightly walking up beside him.

Noctis turned his head, a smile perching his lips. "I was wondering when you'd be back," Noctis said tapping him back on the shoulder. "Of course a cold can't keep you down that long."

Despite Noctis saying that he couldn't help but notice the paleness to Prompto's cheeks, and was that make-up on the side of his chin?

"Dude do you have foundation on?" Noctis asked reaching to touch Prompto's face. Prompto pulled back, biting into his lip.

"No," he muttered in an obvious fashion, he couldn't lie to a baby if he tried.

Noctis sighed and decided to withhold asking more, maybe Prompto was trying to hide his multiple freckles, he had mentioned a few times how much he hated the spots that covered his face—though Noctis thought they were kind of cute.

Prompto walked a few steps ahead of Noctis. Both were heading inside the school building with all the other high school students. Noctis noticed there was a bit of a sway to Prompto's walk, and that Prompto was going to rub his arm every few beats. Noctis thought about asking but decided to keep his mouth shut, if he saw it recurring he'd ask, but for now Noctis just wanted to talk with his best friend.

"So I sort of tried to keep notes for you," Noctis mentioned as they both walk to their homeroom. "I mean I may have fallen asleep in a few of the main classes, but I figure your smart enough anyway as it is." Noctis handed the notebook over.

Prompto gives Noctis another reassuring smile. "Don't worry Noct, I've got most of my homework figured out." Prompto adds the notebook to his bag. "But more importantly I've missed our Kings Knight tournament, we better re-schedule a new one—you and me both Noct are going to kick butt."

Noctis agreed as they both head into their homeroom, the teacher giving Prompto some new slips of paper for homework as they came inside.

The morning passes by fairly quickly for Noct, every so often he glanced over to Prompto as he's writing down his notes, but Prompto's doing much the same Noct is, as he writes—though Noct notices that Prompto's hand is shaking a little. Half way through the lesson Prompto even gives up on writing. Noct's now a little worried, he's wondering if he should say anything but he doesn't want to upset Prompto unnecessarily by bringing it up. Maybe he injured it while sick.

Their next course is physical education and as Prompto and Noctis are both walking Noctis decides to bring up the injury to Prompto.

"So Prompto. . . is your arm okay, I saw it shaking in class?"

Noctis waited for Prompto to reply as they walked at kind of a slow pace—but Prompto doesn't answer.

"Hey Prompto?" Noctis asked brushing Prompto's shoulder, the small action though causes Prompto to sway to the wall. Prompto grabs his head as he bangs into the wall, falling to his knees. "Hey?" Noctis asked, bending over to him. "Are you okay?"

Prompto nodded, though it was a slow response. "Yeah," he muttered. "Just have a rather large headache if I'm being honest." Prompto grabbed at his head, a spasm of pain going through him. Noctis held his back.

"Hey we should head to the nurse," Noctis suggested.

Prompto shook his head, using the wall to bring himself up, though the action of using his injured hand made Prompto spasm in pain again. Noctis rubbed his back. He felt Prompto's forehead and noticed that it didn't particularly feel hot, but Noctis wasn't used to feeling for fevers, if anything Ignis would be better at this.

"I'm going to take you to the nurse," Noctis said grabbing Prompto's arm and helping him get up. Prompto looked ready to protest again.

"Really Noctis I'm fine, don't worry about me," Prompto said once he was standing on his two feet.

"No way am I letting you go to P.E with how you were just walking, either you go home or we go to the nurse." Noctis could feel Prompto shiver at the mention of taking him home. Noctis bit into his lip, he didn't feel comfortable with Prompto walking home by himself either.

"I think—"

"I'm taking you to the nurse," Noctis confirmed. Prompto looked about to protest again, but instead he sighed and nodded, looking like he wasn't ready to admit to anything.

Noctis helped walk Prompto to the nurse's office, hoping that this was a good enough excuse for his gym teacher when he got back.

The nurse's office was empty except for the nurse herself, who was at the corner on her computer to be looking over what looked like files. When Noctis walked in with Prompto she instantly shot up, looking a little nervous to have Noctis walk in. He got that with new teachers a lot, even the occasional student. It was what came with being a prince.

"Prince Noctis," she said, it seeming to be a greeting but also out of perplexity.

Usually Noctis would correct someone at school when they used Prince in front of his name, but at the moment he was more worried about his friend.

"My friend's not feeling that great," Noctis said, setting Prompto to sit on one of the beds at the side.

Prompto followed Noctis's lead and sat on the white sheets. He was still grasping his head when Noctis sat him down, his right arm dangling at the side.

"What seems to be the matter?" the nurse asked, already going and grabbing a rolling chair to come sit in front of Prompto.

"It's just a headache," Prompto muttered a bit of defiance to his tone. Noctis could see Prompto had been hoping Noctis wouldn't take him here, probably embarrassed about the whole thing.

The nurse grabbed a flashlight out of her shirt pocket, moving Prompto's hand so she could check out his eyes. "Watch the light," she told Prompto.

Prompto looked up doing as the nurse said. In a few seconds the nurse dropped the flashlight, emitting a large sigh as she put it back in her pocket. "You my dear have a minor concussion." The nurse got up from her chair grabbing a bottle of pills off a counter. "I suggest to maybe sleep here for a few hours before going home." The nurse shook the pills she was holding. "Also take two of these; they should help with the pain."

"A concussion?" Noctis repeated a little unsure what to make with the diagnosis. Noctis looked at Prompto, he didn't see the surprise on his face like he wore. So this hadn't been a surprise for Prompto. Had he banged his head? Plus his arm was hurting and he was wearing foundation. Was Prompto covering up a bruise?

"Does your friend have a ride home?" the nurse asked, a little bit of nervousness in her tone talking with Noctis.

Noctis shook his head. "No he usually walks, though I can call one of my retainers to give him a ride," Noctis said grabbing his phone from his pocket.

The nurse nodded. "Alright." She turned to Prompto, who was already shaking the pill bottle to get the pain medication out. The nurse gave Prompto a puzzled look before going to grab some water from the sink. Passing the cup over Prompto gave a small thank you, using the water to take the medicine. Handing the pill bottle back the nurse went to go make some notes on her computer. Prompto laid down on the bed, already ready to take a nap. Noctis couldn't help but feel a bit jealous Prompto got to sleep. Still Noctis couldn't help but wonder what Prompto had gotten into the three days he was gone.

"Thanks," Noctis said as he got ready to leave for his P.E class, or well the end of it.

The nurse nodding added some extra notes on her file. "Oh Prince Noctis," the nurse said before Noctis got a chance to leave. "When he gets up make sure he eats something, judging by the colour in his cheeks I can tell he's low on blood sugar."

Noctis nodded. "You got it," he said as he left the office.

Once outside Noctis dialed Ignis's number.

"Noct?" Ignis answered from the other side.

"Hey," Noctis said answering it. "Do you mind picking Prompto and I up today, Prompto isn't feeling so hot so it'd be great if we could give him a ride home."

Noctis slid his foot along the ground. "I don't see the problem, are you sure he'll be alright on his own."

Noctis bit into his lip. How was he supposed to answer that? "Ah yeah, he's asleep in the nurses office right now, but I think he'll be fine after a nap," Noctis said uncertainty to his own voice. "See you after school Ignis."

"Alright see you then Noct," Ignis said hanging up the phone.

Noctis put his phone back in his pocket, looking at the door with a bit of worry in his heart. He was going to ask Prompto about his injuries more sufficiently later.

Finishing up with the rest of his classes, Noctis grabbed his and Prompto's stuff at the end of the day, heading to the nurse's office once he was done. Finding Prompto still asleep, Noctis felt tempted to just let him keep resting, but instead he knew it was best to wake Prompto up.

"Hey Prompto," Noctis said shaking him awake.

Prompto let out a shudder before blinking his eyes open. As he brought himself up Prompto noticed the pale colour to the sky. "It's the end of the day," Prompto said rubbing his eye.

"Yeah you slept most of the day," Noct said with a bit of playfulness in his voice. "Can't say I'm not jealous, I'd give anything to sleep a whole day through class."

Prompto offered a soft giggle. "Yeah well, don't worry I'm sure you'll find the excuse later." Prompto brought the blanket off himself, reaching at the bottom of the bed to put his school shoes back on.

"How are you feeling?" Noctis asked, knowing that Prompto would probably say okay either way. Even though they'd only been friends for about four months now Noctis felt a lot closer to Prompto then he'd really ever felt with anyone at his previous schools. Plus they'd pretty much been spending everyday together, which helped them get to know each other on a personal level.

"Actually my head feels a lot better," Prompto said, a smile on his face. "All up for a night of photography." He laughed, finishing the

"Haha, I think it best if you just head home for the night," Noctis said.

Prompto sighed, pointing out the window. "But don't you see that Noct, that's golden hour, are you really going to let me miss golden hour?"

"You can take photos from your bedroom window; they'll be plenty of other golden hours." Noct flicked at Prompto's forehead playfully.

Prompto frowned, the mention of his bedroom sending bad vibes through his body.

"Right, well let's just wait for then." Prompto grabbed at his injured arm. Noctis noticed the action.

"Hey Prompto, did you get into a fight or something?" Noctis asked, hoping his friend would give some kind of good explanation.

Prompto wiped a hand across his face, the action taking off some of the foundation he was wearing and showing the shine of purple. Prompto squeezed his hand regretting his action.

"No it's just me being clumsy, you know me Noct." Prompto laughed. "Don't worry; I'm fine, let's just get going I've already been at school long enough today."

Noctis wanted to ask more, but instead he accepted his friend's lame excuse. "Alright," Noct said a little doubtfully. "Ignis is waiting with a car outside, will give you a ride home."

"For real!" Prompto said, hoping off the bed with a large smile plastered over his face. "Let's get going then, maybe we can stop at the arcade first on the way there and—"

"If we're stopping anywhere it's to get you food, the nurse said you're low on blood sugar."

Prompto frowned the comment seeming to bug him a bit. Prompto nodded slowly, looking a bit unsure on how to respond. "Alright, yeah," he mumbled. "You know maybe home is the best option right now." His voice cracked on the last words. "Let's go," he said soulfully.

Noctis nodded. Passing Prompto his bag, the two headed outside to where Ignis was waiting with a car for the two boys. Prompto and Noctis hopped in the back, the car already heated as they got inside.

"You feeling better?" Ignis asked as they drove him home. Prompto bantered Iggy with small talk, but Noctis could tell through his voice that Prompto was lying when he said he was feeling better. Maybe he felt a little better but Noct knew something was missing from this big picture.

Ignis parked in front of Prompto's house, and Noctis thought he saw a level of fear in Prompto's eyes as the car finally went into park. "Will you be okay on your own?" Ignis asked, noticing the few seconds it was taking for Prompto to get out of the vehicle.

"Yeah," Prompto muttered a little less emphasis in his voice. "My dad's actually home at the moment so I should be good," Prompto confirmed opening the passenger door. Prompto looked over at Noctis, a flutter to his eye. "See you tomorrow, Noct," he said getting out.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow," Noctis said in reply watching Prompto close the car door and walking to his front steps. Noctis almost felt like going with him, but instead he stayed in the car waiting for Iggy to drive away.

Prompto had said his father was home, that had to mean that Prompto had someone to look after him. So Noctis knew Prompto would be fine, right?

Hope you all liked the first chapter! Reviews bring life to me and make me smile so even if it's just a 'good job' I'll appreciate it!