*in whispers*
'Pretend you know me'
'I....do know you'
'....right, of course. Pretend you're acquainted with me'
'.....um ok?'
'I may have misplaced my security and this person has been following me for a time'
SO
heres the story
plops on Proms lap 'heyyy sorry to bother you on your break Prom, I just saw you and had to pop in'
Prompto's like 'right in front of my salad (coworkers????)
Noct read the name tag and figured an employee could hide him in the back of the dafe
Prom does of course and Gladio arrives 15 minutes later and he gets to watch the king of Lucis get cussed out by his bodyguard
Also gets thanked profusely for his help
And away they go
the thing is
the media pick it up and its almost 100% positive reception
So Ignis is like 'I don't normally suggest things like this but, despite your good work, regular people have such a dislike of the establishmnet so...what if we had a plblicity relationship with teh barista'
Proms been going along with it carefully when reporters appear for Nocts sake
A lot of 'No comment' and 'I dont think he would appreciate me spilling secrets'
So yes
A fake relationship
where feelings get very real
ignis telling Noct about the ratings
'Im not surprised'
'...what?'
'He was really cute'
Imagine
Its Polyship
And Prom has caught feelings big time
And theyre hanging out and he goes to ask Noctis something
and sees Gladio leaning down to kiss him
And just reverses
and waits for him to come back
Heart officially shattered
The other 3 are full on discussing how cute Prom is and that he really feels like a good fit
when theyre together
But theyre very careful with tehir affection because that wouldnt be so well received
But Prom has now 'realised' that Nocts off limits and this is all a cover up