Our Little Secret [Ignis x Gladiolus]

If I share it, I dont have it.

 Gladiolus had managed to get his lover to the safety of the haven they had been heading to. He bandaged him up and laid him down before sitting near the blue fire hugging his knees. The shield couldn't believe he let this happen. He cursed himself for not staying awake so they could leave before the sun set. Gladio gently took Iggy's hand and held it hoping he would pull through the major wound. 

 It seemed calm till Gladio heard it, footsteps and talking. It was getting close. The man quickly stood and crystallized his weapon. Looking out into the darkness he saw Prompto and Noctis letting out a sigh of relief he put his weapon away.

 "Hey! Over here!" Gladio yelled and grabbed the attention of the two. They ran up onto the rock and stopped as soon as they saw Ignis. 

 "What the hell happened?" Noctis asked in a angry tone. "And why do you two keep running off?" 

 Gladio didn't know how to respond. Something inside told him he needed to tell the prince about the relationship but the other half wanted to respect his lover's wishes. 

 "We needed to get food for tonight's dinner and we got side tracked. Soon we found it growing dark so we headed here but a demon cut us off and got Ignis." 

 "Why didn't you just take us with you? You know we don't mind to hunt." Prompto asked. He was concerned for both of them just as was Noctis. Gladio just stayed silent. He didn't know what to say. This made Noctis suspicious.

Gladiolus sighed and looked at the prince. He knew he couldn't keep this a secret for much longer. Noctis was growing more suspicious. The Prince leaned to Prompto and started whispering before both glared at Gladio. Gladio only glared back. This was getting bad for Gladio. He had to think of something and fast.

"W-We... are in love." Ignis weakly said. Gladio looked over at the injured man and took a deep breath. Prompto  and Noctis were in complete shock.

"You didn't have to hid this from us." The prince said. He was hurt.

"Iggy said that you had to much going on. He didn't want to stress you out more." The crownsguard replied. Noctis said nothing but just ran off with tears in his eyes.

"Noct!" Prompto yelled as he started after him but Gladio stopped him and shook his head.

"Just let him go"