Noctis blinked a couple times, setting down the mug. He heard that correctly, right?

"And here I thought you'd say that about Cindy, considering." You know, waking him up at the crack of dawn to try and get a picture of her. Without her knowledge. And talking about her all the time.

Yet regardless of the tease, he almost seemed... flattered? Despite not really knowing what to do with that confession. "You're important to me too, Prompto."

They all were, which is what made knowing what's to come all the more painful.