Tomorrow Only Knows [Chapter 12] - Ignis Scientia x FemReader
I swear I curse myself every time I say I finally have “free time” to update this fic regularly, I had this chapter drafted up and ready to edit 3 weeks ago and suddenly my parents dropped on me that they’re moving so the last couple of weeks we’ve been struggling to help them get moved and packed up. SO I’M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING HOPEFULLY I JUST END UP GETTING THE TIME TO KICK OUT CHAPTERS FASTER lol
Chapter Warnings/Themes - Anxiety, mentions of blood
Word Count - 4,893
Chapter 12 Recipe - Toasty Rice Balls (Tuna Mayo Onigiri)
Series Master List - Tomorrow Only Knows
Screenshot Credit - @metapoodle
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The next morning had crept up soon after and you shivered in your sleeping bag from the chill of dawn. The evening had rolled over agonizingly slow and you were already eager to get back on the trail. Not that it helped any bit, you all had collectively spoke a total of twenty words amongst each other since you awoke. But the sound of sloshing swamp water and crumbling walkway had filled the noiseless hole enough to keep you from screaming.
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CONTINUE TO AO3 FOR CHAPTER 12
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Toasty Rice Balls (Tuna Mayo Onigiri)
Keep Reading for Chapter 12 Recipe
There’s all kinds of fillings and seasonings you can use with onigiri. This is a recipe for one of the most common types you will see in “konbini” (convenience stores).
**yields about 4-6 onigiri
Ingredients
4 cups cooked sushi rice (warm or at room temp)
2 nori (seaweed) sheets
1 can tuna in water
2 tbsps Japanese mayo (or to preference)
Salt and pepper to taste
Black toasted sesame seeds
Kitchen Tools
Medium bowl
Rice Spatula
Paper towel or cheese cloth
Cling wrap
Onigiri shaping tool or bowl with salt water
Measuring tools
1. Cook sushi rice and transfer to medium bowl. Fluff rice with rice spatula and cover bowl with damp paper towel or cheesecloth and let cool to room temperature.
2. Combine tuna, mayo, salt and pepper in separate bowl. Mix until well combined. Add additional mayo and spices to preferences. Set aside.
3. IF USING ONIGIRI TOOL: cut a sheet of cling wrap and line both sides of tool. Add light amount of salt to each side. Scoop rice and fill one side of tool, press a small indentation in the middle. Fill hole with tuna filling. Scoop rice and fill other side of tool. Close tool shut and open. Carefully remove onigiri from tool with cling wrap and press onigiri with hands to ensure onigiri does not fall apart. Remove cling wrap and roll edges in sesame seeds. When ready to eat, wrap in nori sheet.
4. IF FORMING WITH HANDS: prepare a bowl of warm/room temp salt water. Dip clean hands in salt water (this prevents the rice from sticking to your hands), scoop rice from bowl and carefully form into a triangle with hands. Press small indentation in the center and fill with tuna filling. Scoop rice and cover filling, forming into a firm triangle with hands (rewet with salt water if rice is sticking). Roll in sesame seeds. When ready to eat, wrap in nori sheet.
**if not eating right away, wrap each onigiri individually in cling wrap separate from nori sheet
It took me a lot to write this I don't know why I had practically all the chapter!! :'v
Afita is a side character I made too with her own story too, history which will be included here.
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Chapter 4: Kings, Queens, and Kingslaives
Even though I heard it from Cor, I didn't want to believe it... My father was dead... The King of Insomnia Perished and as his daughter, I had become Queen without asking for it. It was planned for me to marry Ravus Nox Fleuret and making Insomnia and Niflheim an only country... And yet... They lied and killed my father and so many people from Insomnia... How can they?... HOW COULD THEY? They wanted to fight... And fight they will get. "Aria" I look up to see Ignis Worried... Or kind of worried, he had his serious face. He put his hand on my shoulder to calm me "everything will be alright, you understand? you can't lose concentration now" and he was right... This cave contains a sword used for one of the thirteen Kings of Yore my ancestors to have it on my weaponry always we have to get them from their tombs. I need to concentrate... And at least... He's with mom now... But it hurts me, our families hurt or dead... If my dad is dead then Gladio's too, and ignis's uncle too probably... Prompto's adoptive parents... My friends
The only good thing about all this is...
"Hey Cor... Realizing now that Niflheim attacks us... Does that mean the wedding is called off?" he looked at me with a frown "you really don't want to marry him" "is that so obvious?" "I'll say yes the wedding is called off, but take in consideration that he helped Insomnia for you and not Niflheim, he saved some Glaives, and he must have the ring of Lucii, that's the last time I heard of him"
"Well, shit..." "close but not enough" Prompto laughed "shut up" then something hard fall to the floor and all of us stop "... Did you hear that?"
"I think we all heard that Prompto the question is what it was?" We all looked around and Cor got his katana To then block a leg... A spider leg, instantly we all got our weapons and another bigger spider tried to attack me so I jumped back then run fastly at it to slash it, it screamed in pain, while Prompto and Noctis Helped Cor, Ignis, Gladio and me killed the other one. "huf... I knew I didn't like this cave!" Noctis says angrily "at least they're dead now..." Prompto said worried less.
"let's go" Cor says while walking to a white door with some symbols on them, then gets a key out and show it to me "this opens all of the doors containing the swords of the other kings of Lucis" then put it on the keyhole and move it so the doors open when he get it out, inside was a Body of stone with a Sword on it, he then gives me the key so I keep it in a pocket. And we get closer to it another tomb another sword and another soul... I touched the sword and it became white to then shiny and get through me with the other swords. Now two swords... Only eleven more...
"time to get back," Cor said while going to the door. We all followed him, at the end we got out of the cave. Cor came with us and led us to a Caem little base where some Kingslaves where, and I Could see Monica on the distance, we stopped and got out of the car.
"Monica! Is good to see you alright"
"is good to see you alright too princess" then looked at the guys "you too prince Noctis, guys"
"P-PRINCEEEEEEESS!!!!"
I looked around and got hugged strongly and fastly. Almost without air.
"oof"
"Princess I'm so glad you're okay I was worried sick! , withtheattackat thecitadeltherewasnocommunicationthereforewecouldn'tcontactyounorprinceNoctisandwedidn'tknowwetheryouwereokayornotand I WAS SO WORRIED"
"let her breath Afita" Cor say sternly.
She let me go with tears on her eyes.
"I'm... I'm sorry, I got emotional..." I smiled, she always worried about me so much, from all the people who protect me she's the only one who expresses her worry so strongly. Even though she's my maid she learned how to fight for my sake, that's what Cor told me at least. And she has been with me since I can remember.
"it's okay don't worry about it"
"P-Princess..." "I'm also glad you're okay" she cried again Ignis took out a Napkin and gave it to her, she took it gladly and clean on it. "when Cor told me he was going for you I got so happy! Niflheim attacked Insomnia and the news were telling you and Prince Noctis died and you didn't answer your phone and and and..." she keep crying while I smiled and put a hand over her shoulder. "we're all here now, so don't cry anymore please" she sniffed and cleaned one last time "O-okay..." I turned around to see Cor. "something else you have to tell me?" "there's a Nif base close from here, we got some map and found a back entrance we could go and turn it off" a way to attack them "that sounds good we should start tomorrow" I look at the Dawn "it's late and we should rest" Cor nods "then we'll prepare for everything" i look at the guys "we'll do too"
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"you know when you said an Adventure outside of Insomnia I thought we'll meet new people, live adventures, fight monsters... And we have just fight some Wolf like things... And spiders" "I told you I was going with Aria to Protect her in her travel from Insomnia to Altissia" Noctis leaned at Gladio and Prompto's talk "and besides I did tell you they were escorting her to Altissia" Prompto sighed or at least that was what I heard out of the Tent. "So this Nyx Ulric was the one to save Luna and Ravus?" I asked at Cor we both seat on different rocks.
"he did, he risked his life and helped Ravus to get the ring" "I see" maybe he knows if my father... "is he here?" "he's with the kingsglaive who's leg is broken" "mhm. I'll pay a visit to him, I believe I have to thank him..." I got up and clean my jeans "Thanks Cor" "is nothing Aria" I smile at him and start walking, from the few places where kingsglaives where sleeping I remembered the one of that man with a broken leg, he fight in that state and that's very honored from him. I got close to the half-destroyed house. "did you see the Princess? She was talking with the marshall" I heard a man talk surprised "Queen you asshat she's the Queen now" and a woman got offended. "I saw her before her departure remember? I took her together with Mr. Scientia and the Prince to her apartment" "how is she?" the woman asked "very Humble, she thanked me for using my time to take her at her apartment"
I think I better knock now... They all stay on silence and a chair move. Then the door opened revealing a Woman with black hair. "yes? Oh... Your majesty!" she bows at me, still so strange... "hi, I'm searching for a man his name is Nyx Ulric" she looked inside then move "Nyx!" he gets up and goes to the door
"Your Majesty" he bows at me, that must be him "you're Nyx Ulric aren't you?" he got up "I am, it's an honor that you know my name" damn... So many formalities...
"ah...it's okay you can leave the formality I feel strange being called your majesty I know I'm the queen but I don't feel ready yet to have that surname so by meantime call me Aria or Princess if you want that's what I'm accustomed" "if you say so. Princess" the Woman got inside next to her friend the man with a broken leg. "that's more like it, now changing the subject" I got outside and motion him to come, "Cor told me you saved Lunafreya and...um...my betrothed... Prince Ravus" he follow me and closed the door "well I'll say it was more the other way around, Prince Ravus saved me from the death a few times out there in Insomnia" "that's good, but Cor said that you fight with General Glauca which was the one who killed my father" "that's... Correct" "I see... Did... Did my father suffer?" they keep on silence while he looked away and then back " I would say that the only thing he did suffer about was not being with his family at the moment, General Glauca got a sword through him... It wasn't a little sword...." "I see..." he must have felt so much pain... Yet he stands up like any king... Dad... "Thank you Nyx for all you have done" "is nothing Princess..." he hesitates he wanted to say something... "can I say something else?" I nod "of course no need to ask" "is something without importance but... Had we known in the time it would have been very valuable" "what was it?" ".... General Glauca he... He was Titus Drautos" what?! "What?!" "while we fought his helmet got destroyed and I could see his face" "he..." He killed dad...
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"take care of my father for me"
he bowed "will do your highness"
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I... I trust him... And he fooled me... Dad... Dad and all of us who trusted him...
"Princess?" I finally look back "i... Thank you for your honesty... I... I'll go now... It was a pleasure to meet you Nyx Ulric" "me too princess" I go around and go to the Regalia, it wasn't too far away but...
"Aria?" I look behind me, Iggy was there with a bag of supplies probably for tomorrow's breakfast, but he leaves it on the floor and goes to me. "what happened, why are you crying?" when he gets in front of me I let more tears go off and hug him. "Aria?" he finally hugs me back "... I want him back Ignis..." I feel him move his head and give a kiss to my hair "we all lose someone who we want back..." "that... Doesn't make me feel better" "if I were to lose you I would give everything to avoid so"..... Iggy... "don't, you should do that with the person you love, or your child, not your... Queen" he keeps silent while I got away. "but thanks for the intention Ignis" I go and kiss his cheek. "always so helpful" he smiles "what can I say?"
“You did it! It’s even more beautiful in its raw form.”
“Dino will be quite satisfied with this find,” Ignis replied as he examined the stone.
You grinned at the thought of your successful treasure hunt before your eyes lingered up to Ignis’ face. Your smirk quickly faded as you were suddenly entranced by another amazing sight.
As Ignis was busy studying the geological find, you stared at his jade eyes that caught the brilliant blue reflection of the stone. The colors mated together like the sea glass you had seen so often washed upon the shore. It was like a glimpse at the world from outer space, the deepest blues of the ocean converging with the emerald greens of land— a view of life and everything contained within its chaotic and tranquil form. You inhaled a sharp breathe causing him to avert his attention from the stone.
“What’s wrong?” His tone becoming worried.
You jerked your arms causing a small splash of waves to radiate outwards, “S-sorry, its nothing. It's just… your eyes,” you began, as your heart fluttered against your chest walls, “They capture the light so well. I wish I could take a picture to show you.”
He remained silent, staring at you with no discernible shift in his expression.
Chapter 4: Tenebraen Berry Opera
Tomorrow Only Knows
by the-knees-of-the-bees (both on tumblr and AO3)
Hey y’all! I’m not dead! I’ve been drawing more, too! Which makes me so happy~ Plus, besides that I’ve been reading a lot of fanfics lately! Something I haven’t indulged in since high school (ha! Take that depression!) (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
This piece is from one of my favourite pieces I’m reading right now! ≧◡≦ It’s an IgnisxReader fic and the writing is so awesome! Plus I couldn’t help but draw this part! Ah~! I hope you like it @the-knees-of-the-bees
As for the piece itself, forgive me. I’m still learning! It’s the first time I put really concious effort in figuring out where the lighting was, and I was trying to do a glow effect (that I don’t think worked out well). But I like the stone! ... Ish....
Could I have an ignis fic where his s/o has been so so busy with work that they didn't even have time to put up xmas decorations so Xmas eve night Ignis puts some up when she's asleep for her to wake up to as a surprise on xmas day please!
I maaaaaaaaaay have gotten carried away…
Word Count: 1,624
Assumed it was afemale s/o because you’ve said “she” in your request :3
also it’s in 2nd person so enjoy being iggy’ss/o for christmas! lol
Christmas, for the most part, was a time ofcelebration and relaxation. It was a holiday to spend time with your loved onesand close friends, to eat good food and feel happy. At least, that was what itwas supposed to be. Not for you.
You worked in a retail store; it was a prettyboring job most of the time, and you always aspired of doing something bigger.Still, it was good enough for the time, and it was a good enough pay to keepyou on your feet. Last year’s Christmas was easy; you took some time off andenjoyed the holiday with your boyfriend, Ignis, and he cooked the mostdelicious Christmas dinner for you and your family (he got along well with yourparents, he was the dream guy for you in their eyes).
This year, however,was going to be different. Only recently, you’d gotten a promotion; it was suchan exciting thing that you hadn’t even considered holidays or the like. Youwere the branch manager now, and it hit you just a few minutes after callingIgnis to give him the news that Christmas was your problem to sort out now.
The lead-up toChristmas was hectic. Frantic fathers and flustered mothers rushed in and outof the store, picking up bits here and there, only a few items, or sometimesenough to empty the stockroom. You were doing everything and anything to try tohelp; working the till, helping picky customers find exactly what they were looking for (Gods forbid youshowed them the wrong item, they’d demand to see the manager and then go palewhen they realised you werethe manager), bagging and wrapping gifts, mopping the aisles and having a heartattack when one determined customer would ignore the sign and march downanyway.
It was madness in the stockroom out back.Staff rushed in and out, trying to organize things as best they could. Itemswere depleting so fast you could barely stay on top of the stock, and youprayed the stock management systems were still functioning otherwise you’d haveto do a manual restock and Gods, that would take far too long.
But, of course– it failed in the busiest weekof the year.
You were there even after the store closed.Some of the other employees offered to help, but it was Christmas Eve; youdidn’t have the heart to keep them behind, so close to the holiday. And so,high off caffeine and straining your eyes to keep them open, you worked in theback room, checking prices, organizing what stock was left.
You didn’t even realise the time when yourphone rang. Scrambling, you almost dropped it in your hurry to answer it,pressing it to your ear without even checking who the caller ID was.
“Hello?” you slurred, your voice heavy. Youstifled a yawn with the back of your hand.
“Y/N, where on earth are you?”
Ah, it was Ignis. Of course he was checking upon you; it was almost midnight.
“Oh, I’m in work,” you answered honestly,pressing your shoulder into the back of your phone so you could continueworking. The faster you got this done the faster you could go home.
Ignis spluttered onthe other end. “W-Work?” hedemanded, “At this time of night?”
“I’ll be done soon, I promise.”
Sighing, he sounded almostdisappointed. “My dear, you work too much.”
The endearing tone in his voice had yousmiling. “Says you, Royal Advisor.”
“My boss doesn’t have me working this late atnight so close to Christmas.”
“Of course not, Prince Noctis has a reputationto hold up, no?”
“Call me when you’re finished,” he murmured,dismissing your previous jab at the prince. “I don’t want you walking homeon your own at this time of night.”
“Yeah, okay.”
Ignis always took care of you; it was hard tobelieve you ever ended up with such a great guy. You felt like the times youtried to take care of him barely ever worked the way you wanted them to. Didn’tmean you gave up on trying.
It took another hour,but finally, finally, you were done. You’dnever felt so tired, but there was a feeling of satisfaction at seeingeverything organized and clean. It was ready for the new year as soon as newstock rolled in to replace the Boxing Day sales. You could go home, thank theGods.
Ignis was waiting in the car outside, and itwas a relief as you settled into the comfortable reclined chair next to him; itwas so warm in here, just the way you liked it.
“I don’t like it when you work so late,” hechided as you began the way home, “You shouldn’t have to do that, it’sawful that you’re… Y/N?”
“Yes, yes, I’mlistening,” you mumbled in a really convincing tone. You weren’t at all; youreyelids were as heavy as dumbbells right now.
He sighed, and you felt his handaffectionately pat your head. “I think you should head straight to bedwhen we get home.”
“But I haven’t even baked anything yet,” youargued, “There’s things I’ve gotta wrap up for my parents still. I need toget a bath. I should help you decorate–”
“No, none of that, my darling,”
“But Ignis–”
“You’re on the vergeof collapsing you’re so tired. No buts.”
He was in one of those moods; there was gonna be no changing his mind now. You’d just have to go without those things this year.
As soon as you got home, you kicked off your shoes as you stumbled into the hallway. Before he even took his own off, Ignis helped you with your coat, closing the door behind you as he hung the coats up by the door.
You took a little look around; it was so dismal in here. You’d think it wasn’t even Christmas by the looks of things. You’d kept on saying you’d decorate but with how busy the both of you got, it was hard to do anything. Ignis hadn’t attempted either since you had said you had wanted to do it. Since you two moved into this place together, you’d had an image of what you wanted it to look like; there was a spot in the corner of the lounge that would be perfect for a short, stout Christmas tree, decorated with warm lights and pretty baubles and nicknack’s. There were so many different decorations and wreathes you had in storage you wanted to decorate the place with. It was such a shame it was so dark and silent in here now.
“Off to bed,” he murmured, giving your back a gentle push and placing a kiss on the top of your head.
“You’re coming?” you mumbled sleepily, tugging on his dress shirt.
“I will be in a few minutes,” Ignis promised.
You tried to wait up for him, but minutes after settling down in your bed, you were out cold. You wasn’t sure when, but you woke up partly a little while later, maybe, maybe a few hours later, to the feeling of his arm curling around your midsection and pulling you in close.
Bah, even if you didn’t have all the stupid decorations up, at least you had this. This was what mattered; Ignis mattered, more than anything else. You smiled contentedly, and fell back asleep.
The next morning, it was snowing. The view outside your bedroom was a beautiful sight; the city was covered in a pearly white blanket which spared nothing from its cold embrace. The sky was bright, and Ignis wasn’t next to you when you woke up; you must’ve slept in.
Yawning, you dragged your feet in your slippers out of the bedroom. You noticed you weren’t wearing the uniform you fell asleep in; Ignis must’ve changed you, and thank god he did because you were incredibly uncomfortable in those work clothes.
“Good morning, my darling Y/N,” he greeted warmly as he almost bumped into you in the hall, a steaming cup of coffee in his hand, “Sleep well?”
“Almost too well,” you murmured, and gave him a sheepish smile. Then, you jolted upright, “Oh!” you chirped, “Merry Christmas!”
Ignis gave you a warm smile, subconsciously brushing the back of a finger against his glasses to push them further up his nose. “Merry Christmas,” he replied in the like, and took your hand. You loved his hands; he rarely ever took his gloves off, and when he did, his hands were as soft as a baby’s. They were even softer than yours.
“I know you asked me not to touch anything,” he began in a soft voice as you entered the lounge behind him, “But I couldn’t help myself. I got a little… carried away, shall we say?”
“Oh, Ignis…”
It was just how you imagined it. The tree was exactly how you’d pictured, barely fit into the corner of the room with colourful string lights lining the branches, various decorations and baubles hanging off each strand, a small star atop it which almost hit the roof. Underneath the tree sat a multitude of neatly wrapped parcels (and he must’ve found your gifts for him, for the slightly messy, rushed ones were there too).
“Do you like it?” Ignis asked cautiously, swallowing as his eyes flickered away under his taut brows. “You asked me not to, so I was worried you’d be upset with me.”
“Upset?” you repeated, incredulous. “Ignis it’s wonderful. Thank you, it means a lot.”
He smiled, and reached out to brush the loose strand of your bedridden hair behind your ear. “You deserve it after working so hard.”
Shuffling your feet forward so you could close the gap between the two of you, you wrapped your arms around him and buried your face in his shoulder.
(y/n) came into her house without making any noise. Then, she tiptoed her way to the kitchen where she found her loving husband preparing dinner. Grinning, the (h/c) haired woman walked stealthily towards the taller man. Just when she was about to place her hands on his shoulders, he surprised her with his baritone voice.
“Welcome home, sweetheart.” (y/n) squeaked and whined.
“Ugh! Iggy! How did you know I was here?” He turned around and chuckled. “I made sure not to make a single noise!” She pouted.
“I may be blind but I am certainly able to sense you, my dear.” His wife wrapped her arms around his torso, nuzzling her head into his neck.
“You know, Iggy…” He hugged her in return.
“Hm?”
“I’m really proud of you.” She confessed softly.
“You are proud of me?” He asked astonished. “How so?” She looked up at him. He wasn’t wearing his glasses and his eyes were closed.
“Well, I’ve always admired the way you overcame your disability and the way you always held your head up high even when Noctis…” Her voice trailed away. She kissed his lips tenderly and continued speaking. “Of course, it wasn’t easy for you, at first. I remember you kept stumbling and bumping into things and people, even when you were using the cane!” She chuckled mirthlessly. “But now,” She sighed contently. “Now you are able to do so many things! You are able to walk without the cane, fight against demons and you are even able to cook!” She smiled light-heartedly. “You are such a strong man. I am very proud of you.” She rested her head on his chest.
“That strength you are talking about…” He sighed and held her tighter in his solid arms. “You are right, honey. It was not easy for me at the beginning. I could do so few things without anyone’s assistance and I felt like a burden to you and everyone else. However, you were always there reassuring and encouraging me. You made me realise that I was still needed and that I was still able to help the King. Most of all, you made me realise that they would always care about me because they are my friends. No, they are not merely friends. They are my family.” The shorter woman hid her face on his neck. “And yes, now I am able to do many things on my own. For crying out loud, I am able to cook without assistance!” He chuckled. "Even though I am not quite fond of cooking, I have to admit that I missed doing it...” He started rubbing circles with his thumbs on her lower back. “It’s all thanks to you, (y/n). You are the only reason why I kept going forward by that time. I thought of giving up so many times, but you were always there cheering me up. I don’t have words to describe how thankful I am to you, my dear, how glad I am that you were by my side all those years and that you still are walking this path beside me.”
“I-Iggy...” She sniffed and hugged him tighter.
“You have made my path easier and filled it with a marvellous light. Thank you for loving me unconditionally. Thank you for marrying me. Thank you... for being my strength.”
“Jesus C-Christ, Ignis!” Finally, she broke down in tears. They stood there for a few minutes as she cried loudly on his chest. When she calmed down, she raised her head and trailed butterfly kisses on his jaw-line. “I love you, Iggy. I will always love you.”
“I love you too, my gorgeous wife, my love, my everything.” He leant down and placed a sweet kiss on her delicate lips. “I will be a strong man as long as we are together.”
“I will be with your forever, Iggy.” She kissed him again.
“And so will I, my sweet (y/n).” He smiled gently. "Now, now...I should finish preparing dinner."
"Can I help you, Iggy?" She smiled back.
"It's almost ready, could you set the table for me?"
"Yes, my love." She was about to leave when he called out to her. "Yes?"
"You are not as stealthy as you think you are."
"What? I am!" She frowned.
"Oh, please. I knew you were here since you set foot in the house." He smirked.
"Oh, man..." She walked away frustratedly. 'Gotta keep trying.' She smiled to herself.
Hello! Here is my first ever request for a special follower, @cho-cho-chocobros. It definitely came out longer then expected but I had a great time writing it. The ask was a writing about an S/O who is afraid of thunder storms and being stuck in the Regalia when it happens. Please enjoy! And feel free to drop me asks and requests!
You felt like you had been sitting in the regalia forever, it felt like the roads never ended. Your legs felt cramped and your butt had long since been asleep, you really wanted a break from the car.
You were squeezed in the back seat with Prompto on your left, and Gladio on your right side. Gladio had been asleep for the past hour his head bobbing as the car rolled down the roads hitting bumps, he was a twitcher when he slept and kept accidentally smacking you, it just made you laugh. Of course Prompto was being, well Prompto, he was taking all the pictures he could, and wouldn’t stop talking about everything and anything, he was incredibly hyped.
Currently Prompto and Noctis were in a deep conversation about the moogle chocobo carnival that you were currently driving too. You all were incredibly excited, it was a much needed break from all the other hardships you had all been dealing with recently, everyone needed a reprieve and to just have fun.
“Dude! I will so win that Chocobo racing game” Prompto talked with his hands and nearly smacked you in the face
“Whatever, let’s not forget who won at Wiz’s” Nocitis said with a smirk
“Uh yeah Iggy” Prompto motioned to the man sitting silently driving the ever regal Regalia “he made you look like you’d never understood the concept of a race!” Prompto said heaving with laughter at the memory, you laughed along as Noctis turned back in his seat and facing forward.
“Do you think there’ll actually be any Moogles there?” You asked your fingers fidgeting at the Moogle charm on your phone. They all knew you had a thing for Moogles like Prompto did with Chocobos.
“I am not sure, but for your sake I really do hope there are” Ignis said looking in the rear view mirror back at you. You sighed, he just made your heart melt.
Conversations kept up between the four of you that were still awake. You jumped when you heard the roof of the Regalia start to move and close up. Gladio jumped awake for a moment looked around with a frown and laid his head back down falling fast asleep again with a groan.
“Why are you closing it?” You asked with slight hesitation
“Storm, we are going to drive into one” Ignis said pointing at the horizon.
Your heart began to race and you felt your face flush. Storms were not your thing. You actually hated them. The rain falling was something you could handle but as soon as lightning and thunder began, you became a mess. On top of that you were never the biggest fan of tight enclosed spaces. You knew things were about to get rough for you.
“Rain rain go away” Prompto sung out as the little drops started to form on the windshield and make the road wet. The car became quite as Noctis fell asleep in the front seat, his feet up on the dash, and Prompto was playing on his phone.
You watched out the window as the rain started to fall with vigor, you clenched your fists and your breathing was heavier. You prayed to the six that it was just rain and no thunder or lightning. Prompto turned his phone to your face to show you something funny on it and all you could do was muster a small chuckle, he looked at you with confusion.
“Huh I thought you’d think that was good…” Prompto said in defeat. You just shrugged your shoulders never taking your eyes away from the window. Everyone sat in silence.
A loud sudden boom from the sky made you jump, and in the process made Prompto jump.
“Woah it got me too haha” Prompto chuckled as he picked up his phone he had dropped in his scare.
You had completely tensed up, you couldn’t clench your fists any tighter, you felt your nails digging into the palms of your hands. Another boom from the sky and a flash of light made your heart stop, your breathing became short and shallow as you held back tears. Prompto was watching you out to the corner of his eye and knew something was wrong.
“Uh you ok?” He had leaned over and whispered in your ear, you just nodded slowly, but he knew you better.
“Is it the storm?” He had figured it out, and you did nothing but sit there and began to panic more.
“Hey Ignis” Prompto started in but you punched him in the leg knowing he was going to inform the others “ouch!”
“Yes?” Ignis questioned he was very focused on driving as it was becoming harder to see through the windshield with the downpour.
“Never mind”
“If you’re sure”
“Yeah I’m good I’ve got it” Prompto said with a frown looking at you with worry
You gave him a small smile in thanks, you weren’t able to muster any words. The storm was getting worse and the thunder was becoming more frequent with the lighting. The sweat was forming on your forehead, you literally felt sick to your stomach.
Prompto was racking his brain on what to do, he could tell you were getting worse, he decided to throw his arm over your shoulder and pulled you in. You reluctantly put your face into his chest. You tried your best to focus on the way he smelled, and his breathing. He smelled like summer to you, if it had had a smell. He smelt like warm sunshine and flowers. It began to relax you but one of the booms of thunder was right above the car and shook the road.
You bolted upright in your seat your eyes brimming with tears.
“Hey Ignis I gotta pee really bad let’s pull over” Prompto leaned forward setting his hands on the back of front seat, he thought getting out of the car would help you, he glanced at you with a reassuring smile. You shook your head quickly no.
“I told you to go at the last stop” Ignis sighed shaking his head as if he were a parent with little children
“Uh well ok yeah I’m good never mind. Never mind ” Prompto said starting to panic not knowing what to do for you
“Prompto you’re acting rather odd” Ignis stated “more than usual”
Prompto laughed, he reached for your hand to try and comfort you.
You’re heart was racing and all you wanted to do was scream every time the lightning struck, but you didn’t want them to know about your fear and didn’t want to inconvenience them. You wanted to be as strong as they were in every situation.
Prompto was starting to feel panic, he wanted nothing more then to help you, and he could see you weren’t ok in the least. He was incredibly scared.
“Ignis!” Prompto yelled without meaning to
It made everyone in the car jump and woke up the sleeping ones.
“Yes…?” Ignis said slowly
“Hey I wanna hook up my phone to play music it’s my turn” he said as he messed with his phone, a blush forming on the apples of his cheeks
“As you wish” Ignis agreed as he pushed a few buttons on the dash.
He was playing your favorite song and he turned it up as loud as he could. He smiled at you and sang the song as loud as possible and began to dance in his seat, the others in the car were staring at him like he had lost his mind. He grabbed your hands and pumped them up and down, he was trying to distract your mind and drown out the chaos going on outside the car. It was helping some, you began to smile a little feeling some hope for yourself, you started signing the song quietly along with Prompto.
The song ended and he kept playing music, hoping to help you but the storm was getting worse outside and you could hear the thunder again.
Prompto could see the panic in your eyes worsening, as you stopped singing, and knew something had to be done, he looked around quickly and out the window, up on a hill he saw what looked like a shack.
“Ignis stop the car!” Prompto yelled
Ignis slammed on the brakes everyone lurching forward, Gladio cursed loudly.
“What is it!?” Ignis said with shock as he turned in his seat to look back at Prompto, but when he say your face he knew something was horribly wrong.
“We just need to rest is all I’m getting all bugged out sitting in the car” Prompto said opening the car door and stepping out “I saw a shack up on the hill”
Prompto had no idea that getting out of the car was a horrible idea, you didn’t like being in the car but it felt a million times safer then out in the open with the storm.
Noctis and Gladio got out of the car and stretched both of them yawning. Ignis stepped out and began to stretch his sore legs. Prompto leaned back in the car holding out his hand for you a smile reassuring smile on his face
“Let me help you” he said with a smile
“This isn’t gonna help” you muttered through ragged breathes, he looked down and sighed.
You sat there trying to gather all the strength you could to get out of the regalia, you inched forward on the seat towards the door, grabbing the drivers seat digging your nails into the leather. You stepped out of the car and as your foot hit the wet asphalt a loud bang of thunder and lighting lite up the sky.
You jumped with a scream and fell right on the ground, you were done for. This was it, you couldn’t hold it together anymore.
Ignis heard you scream, he turned around abruptly and ran to your side and knelt down, reaching for you.
“My dear what is wrong?” He said with a sweet calming voice, he took your head in his hands and made you look at him
“Storm” was all you could breathe out as tears were rolling uncontrollably down your face
Ignis scooped you up into his arms and held you close and started to walk with determination towards the cabin.
“Prompto, your jacket, lay it over her head” Ignis demanded
“Sure.” Prompto said as he took off his jacket gently laying it over your head, you closed your eyes, blocking out the lightning.
Gladio and Noctis followed closely behind with worry on their faces, ready to help in any way they could.
The group walked up to the shack and Gladio opened up the door and checked to make sure it was safe before letting the others inside. Ignis walked in and walked to the corner furthest away from the one window and sat down on the floor with you in his lap.
“Gladio please run back to the car and get the camping equipment and all the blankets we have” Ignis asked, he was caressing your arm, your head still under the jacket.
Gladio ran out of the door and down the hill for all the gear. Noctis took off his jacket and put it up over the window hoping to block out the rain and flashes of lightning.
Gladio opened the door slowly hoping to not startle you. Ignis raised Promptos jacket off your head and set it to the side, he was watching you carefully. All you could do was ugly sob into his chest, you didn’t want to look at him, you were pretty embarrassed on top of being terrified.
Gladio brought over all the sleeping bags and opened them up and made what looked like a nest in the corner next to Ignis. Ignis picked you up and laid you down in the nest covering you and him up, he wanted to stay close to you and hold you. His heart was breaking seeing you so scared and hurting, he wanted to do everything and anything to help.
He took your head into his hands and made you look him in his big beautiful green eyes,
“My love, I wish you had told me about the storms” Ignis whispered as he wiped away your tears with his thumbs.
“I want you to tell me anything and everything” he leaned forward giving your forehead a long tender kiss
The other boys were setting up the shack for the night, trying their best to make it as cozy as possible, and trying to make sure any crack of lightning could be seen through were covered.
Ignis held you close and let you cry on his shoulder, he cooed softly into your ear as he stroked your hair softly.
“Darling please stop sobbing, I promise you are safe” Ignis said as your sobs let up a little “I would never let anything ever happen to you, you are my world and my everything, I am here to protect you always”
You looked at him with puffy eyes and smiled a little, you felt so bad
“Don’t feel bad” he said almost reading your mind “as long as I breathe in this lifetime I will never not be here for you through anything” he leaned back against the wall and held you tightly, leaving kisses on your head. “I love you far to much” his breathe on your ear as he whispered to you.
Your mind was completely distracted from the storm, he said he loved you, you never daydreamed it happening this way with you being an utter mess, but you couldn’t be happier.
“I love you too Iggy” you whispered with a croak in your voice. He smiled and lifted your chin and kissed your lips softly.
Gladio plopped down right next to you, making Ignis break the kiss and look at him.
“Closeness is comforting” Gladio shrugged with a smirk as he threw his arm around you two love birds.
Prompto smiled and dog piled into the sleeping bags and laid across your lap, Noctis sighed and joined, sitting at your feet.
“Iggy isn’t the only one who loves ya, we all do” Gladio said poking at your side, making you giggle.
“Yeah! You’re like the best” Prompto grinned pulling out his camera
“What they said” Noctis looked down with a smile
You had never felt so much love, they did everything to take care of you and make you feel safe. You felt utterly luckily to be surrounded by the ones you loved most.
“Thank you all so much” you looked at them all “I’m so sor-” you began to say and Ignis put his finger over your lips
“Don’t you dare” he said cheekily
Your eyes got big and you laughed a little.
“Smile!” Prompto said raising his camera, snapping a pic of the gang all cozied up together.
They had distracted you from the storm, they made you feel loved and safe, you heard another loud crack outside and shuddered.
Gladio noticed and starting talking as loud as he could in his booming deep voice, he started telling a story, one at the expense of Noctis.
Ignis held you close and stroked your hair and kissed your head frequently as you all listened in on Gladio’s story of the time Noctis got drunk for the first time.
You ended up falling asleep with a smile on your face listening to all the boys telling embarrassing stories of each other. You awoke the next morning to birds singing outside and the sun shining through the open door. The only one left asleep was Noctis who was at your feet.
You stood up and stretched and walked outside, the cold breeze sending chills up your spine. You saw the boys all loading up the Regalia, except for Ignis.
You felt strong arms wrap around your middle and a warm breathe on your neck
“good morning my princess” he tickled your ear
You turned and looked at him and planted a kiss on his lips, your kiss telling him how much you appreciate him.
“Thank you” you whispered about last night to him and kissed him again
“Yo! Love birds! Let’s go!” Gladio roared as he walked up the hill
You two broke the kiss and your face blushed, you stepped away from Ignis and grabbed his hand.
“Who’s turn is it to wake prince grumpy?” Prompto asked as he peeked inside the shack
You laughed and touched your nose
“nose goes!” You yelled walking away down the hill
Prompto swiftly touched his nose and Ignis already had his on his nose as he followed closely behind you.
“It’s up to you Gladio” Ignis mused “and be quick, we have a carnival to go to”
For the first time in my life I am going to write a fanfic. I wanted to do this stuff for so long and now I will definitely do it!
- The fanfic will include teenager Ignis, adult Ignis and older adult Ignis who is blind.
(I will make him a few years older than he is in the game and his s/o will be 5 years younger than him.)
- I will make up a story how he lost his eyesight with his s/o being present.
- Ignis s/o is the princess of Lucis.
- It will include everything like their first kiss, their first time sleeping with each other and their engagement. (Probably nsfw stuff but no excessive language. I want to keep it decent but still sexy.)
It’s going to be huuuuge thing and I am not sure yet how many chapters I will do. I will probably just write right away and share it with you guys bit by bit!
I hope some of you are interested! I will probably share the first chapter this weekend! Stay tuned, my dear soulmates!
UPDATE: I uploaded the Prologue of my fanfic. You can read it here.
