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Heard it's your birthday

WHO: Gladio

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WHERE: Yes
WHAT: Friendly neighbourhood spar
WHEN: Backdated to April 2, Gladio's birthday
WARNINGS: None, will change if needed

The only thing Noctis could come up with was a cake, all chocolate. But he held off on picking that up at the local diner and woke up with a start. Somehow the day felt different and he had to figure out why that was. So he decided to take a look at a calendar.

And it dawned on him. Right, he had to pick the cake up because today was Gladio's birthday. But other than a cake he was pretty blank on what to get the shield. Back home (provided he was still alive which he decidedly wasn't) they could've gone shopping or something. Noctis also had a 'to go' dinner planned out to pick up as well, but that was just dinner and dessert.

He had no idea what to try and get the shield and was stumped for ideas without outwardly asking. So the king decided that asking in a different way might work. After locating Gladio, he managed a smirk at him.

"You ready to get your ass kicked today?"

Before candles and food.

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Whoever had done the conversation of the training center had been pretty smart. Gladio enjoyed coming by on the regular to work out, lift weights, and of course, run the obstacle course there.

It was the last of these that he was currently occupied with, going through some hanging bars, swinging from one to the next.

He didn't even look his friend as he swung, even though he heard him.

"Don't know. You find someone who can actually manage to fight me for a change?"

He couldn't help but admire how much energy Gladio had. Sometimes Noct wished he had half of what the shield had. But instead he just smiled.

"Smart ass. Even with being a year older you still haven't changed. But I'm going to kick your ass since today is your birthday."

Gladio snorted. Of course he hasn't changed. All this time, all these... wait.

"Year older?" he says, a bit shocked. "Birthday? What, it can't be... No way it's April."

Could it really be that already?

Noctis nodded. "Afraid so. You're a year older now, like it or not."

It was nice to see that Gladio was shocked because that was a hard thing to do. "And I've got cake waiting for you, plus we can get dinner at the diner."

"Well fuck, how'd that happen?" Gladio said, truly seeming off guard. Well, he supposed he didn't have a way to complain about it, now did he?

"Sounds like you've got a plan, Princess," he grins. Not like he's going to turn down food, or sparring.

"Come on then, let's get your ass kicked so I can eat."

"Uh well.." Noctis began hesitatingly. But then the shield turned it on its head and called him by that damn name.

Fine.

"My ass kicked? You're lucky I don't have access to all of my stuff here. But ya let's get your spanking over with birthday boy."

He smirked and summoned a sword.

"Or should I call you old man?"

Gladio smirks, a twinkle in his eyes. What a line, Noctis. Going to make him blush.

"You don't got it in you to spank me," he said, and then he held his hand out to the side, summoning... Well, not the sword he'd arrived with, but a a large shield like one back home, made for him by Tony.

"Bring it."

He summoned his father's sword and noticed the look. What was with that look? Why was Gladio looking at him like that? And was that a blush? No, it couldn't be, why would that even be happening?

But then the shield spoke and noticed the shield. Well, Noct hadn't seen that one before, so that too caught him off guard. What the hell was going on here?

"I don't have it in me? Ya right." There was more confusion in his tone. Something was definitely off, but he held onto the sword, and got ready even if it felt like his head suddenly went for a swim.

No, that was not a blush. Don't think about it, man. That's reading too much. He smirks and adjusts the shield.

"Guess you're going to help me test out this shield Tony made me," he said, smirking. It was worth seeing if this thing could hold up.

Noctis shook his head. "Tony helped make that shield? Let's see how good it is then." He knew he was in for a hell of a fight here, but he had to see this through. Of course he wished he had everything in his Armiger but he didn't.

So he readied his sword and moved slightly, waiting on the other.

"He did," Gladio said with a grin, tapping the shield briefly.

Then he smirks, taking a bit of cover behind it, and slowly advancing on Noctis. Not like they haven't done this a hundred times.

"Bigger shield than I remember, does that mean you're afraid of me?" Noct asked, smirking.

He waited for the shield to come close, because he was going to have to move or risk getting bashed by that damn thing. And if Tony made it, the man had the king's respect even if they didn't see eye to eye on things.

"Nah," Gladio said. Tony got the dimensions off just a hair, but Gladio's pleased with it. Very pleased.

So he kept advancing toward the guy, using the shield to pace himself and advance defended.

"You still know how to handle me like this, right?"

The king shook his head. And as much as he wanted to be perceived as threatening, there was something in what Gladio asked him and it threw Noct's focus off again.

He kept a distance between them because he knew the other could use that huge shield and try to bash his head in. But with that damned question in his ears, he kept his guard up.

"Are you flirting with me, or are you going to fight me?"

Flirting? Gladio almost flinched at the words.

"No," he said, because it was important to stress that it wasn't happening. That wasn't right. This was his king, his friend, not... Well, not anything else.

"Seems like you're the one avoiding the chance to fight."

"Fine by me." Noct replied with a shrug. Well that was a mistake he wouldn't make again. For now, Gladio was advancing on him and the king smirked. He raised his sword and threw it behind the shield, reappearing at that exact point a moment later. Tommy might be faster than him, but here he was faster than Gladio.

"Then come get me."

Damn but Gladio was going to regret that statement later. It would have been so much easier to establish that now, but he was a coward bound by tradition, as his father had been.

A lot easier.

"You know I'm gonna," Gladio said, spinning on one foot to keep the shield between him and the target. "Not gonna go easy on you this time."

Noctis swung his father's sword at Gladio but it ended up hitting the shield. It was nice to see the other coming towards him and he had to laugh. "You never went easy on me."

Not even when they met.

"Can't allow for a weak king," Gladio answered. "Not with all the line of Lucian kings has done to protect us."

He wasn't going to fail.

Noctis almost winced at hearing about the kings he should've rightly joined, but didn't have the chance to. He'd really been looking forward to seeing his own father in those ranks, and he'd wondered if Regis would be proud of him.

However, he landed here which he couldn't regret now because his shield showed up and at least he got to see him one last time. That had never entered his mind that he would ever have the chance to interact with those who had been so loyal to him all the way to the end.

Gladio too seemed put out by being tasked to look after and train Noct. As a boy it always seemed the other was not trying to train him so much as having to play babysitter.

That had changed a little when Iris had gone missing.

But he raised his sword and went at Gladio, smiling as those memories raced through his mind.

"There you go, I can see the eager energy there," Gladio said, just before he moved forward to try and slam his shield against Noctis. Yep, that's what he's going to do.

"Time to take you down a few pegs, Princess."

Noct expected the shield and let his back hit it and worked to move around it in an attempt to get Gladio around the back.

"You wish."

Damn him, moving with the shield. That was a mess.

"I wish a lot of things, my King."

Noctis held his father's sword at Gladio's back, but didn't have the heart to hit him as those words hit his heart. So he lowered it, but would be ready again if needed.

That tone went got right to him and it bugged him on a level he wasn't sure that he knew what to do with.

"Ya? I got time to hear that wish list of yours."

That... wasn't what he wanted, Noctis. Gladio sighs. "How about we just take a walk and then I watch you fish, like old times."

He just wants that quiet with Noctis right now. That peace.

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