Monday Night at Nell and Gladio's

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was rather cheerful today. After work and class she'd thrown together two noodle casseroles - one with sausage and the other meatless - and then headed up to the roof to care for her bees. They seemed to have made it through the winter well and were happily buzzing around. Once everything was taken care of she settled into one of the chairs and curled up with a book to enjoy the quiet before any guests arrived.

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[hashtag_chocobro]

Promtpo didn't come bearing any adorable unique beverages or any ridiculous fancy cakes today! He just brought himself and a baby!

....please, no one try to drink or eat the baby.

[mylandmyrules]

"Hello, sweet thing," Nell said to Noctra and then smiled at Prompto. "And greetings to you ascwell. I'm glad you both were able to make it today!"

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Hey, Nell," Prompto said, with a soft laugh as Noctra lifted her hand in her still-not-having-it-down-yet grabby-hand sort of wave and joined in with a "Eyeeeee Auwn'ell!" And then immediately, hopefully, "'Itkies?"

Prompto shook his head. "You leave those poor kittens alone until after we've said hi to everyone, Nugget, you know how this goes by now! And thanks, Nell. We'll see how it goes, she's had a pretty big weekend between the picnic and Mother's Day which has me holding my breath that she won't have an overdue meltdown while we're here tonight."

[mylandmyrules]

"If she does we can just tuck her right down in the spare bedroom," Nell said. "And yes, Noctra, once you've said hello to everyone, I'm sure you can see the kitties. Just remember to be gentle.

And when the kittens had had enough they were remarkably good at leaping onto shelves where little hands couldn't reach.

[deathsmajesty]

If asked, Liliana would reply that babies were delicious but hardly worth the bother, and then sit back and enjoy watching people decide whether or not she was fucking around.

"Good evening, Prompto," Liliana said, offering a grave nod to Noctra. "And how was your class today?"

[hashtag_chocobro]

It would probably go over as well with Prompto as their last text conversation, really! Which had clearly stuck with him even through to today, as the smile gave Liliana was a little light and uncertain.

Thankfully, Noctra was quick to demand some attention anyway, as she held out her hand in what may have been a wave, but with Liliana was probably still reaching out for something, as she called out, "Eye, Auwn [Utterly Indeciperable Babble]! Itty? Pwease?"

Prompto had an urge to just lightly nudge Noctra's hand down and tell her not to do that now every time she saw Liliana, but, instead, he just gave her a half-hearted sort of grin. "Looks like you created a monster, huh? But class was good. Thanks. A little weird having it on Monday instead of being in the shop all day, but I'm doing extra duty there tomorrow now. Yours isn't until Thursday, right?"

[deathsmajesty]

Pfft, Liliana was going to stride through that uncertainty like it, and the text messages that had caused it, never existed. It was one of the things she was best at.

"Only a tiny monster, I'm sure," Liliana declared. "Thank you for using your manners, sweeting. They are very pretty." She shrugged off a pretty gold chain link bracelet and handed it over.

"Yes, mine is on Thursday and, thankfully, second period, not first." Which was still insupportable, but at least slightly less insulting. "I--" She paused and looked at Noctra thoughtfully for a moment.

"Sweeting, might I play with your hair?" she asked the girl.