Chapter 26 - Gut Check

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"HEY you two!" Gladio shouted through the window. "Are you done or what? We're burning daylight."

Slowly Ignis stepped back as he tried to steady himself as he removed his lips from yours. His heart was racing and his whole body tingling as he tried to calm back down. He looked back at you as you stood there with your eyes closed. You seemed to be frozen in place from the contact. He smiled, then stopped and looked behind you and saw that the water was still running.

"Let's shut that water off before we run out of hot water, shall we." Ignis tried to say in a calm voice as he reached behind you and turned the faucet off.

His words brought you back out of your trance. You blinked your eyes a few times as you looked around as if you forgot where you were. Then you were slightly startled when Ignis reached behind you to turn the water off. Then you caught your breath as his body brushed up against yours as he reached around you. Your heart raced as you caught a faint hint of his cologne as he leaned past you.

"Perhaps these dishes can wait until after we're done." Ignis quietly said as he stood back up.

"Yeah." You said as you shook your head as you tried to focus again.

"Come on." Ignis said as he started to head out of the kitchen. "Let's head back out to the ranges."

"Right." You absently responded.

Then you turned and followed him out of the house. You both walked out of the house and around to the side where everyone else was waiting.

"Well it's about damn time." Gladio said. "I was hoping that we could finished up today before it gets late." Gladio said as he turned and started heading up the hill.

"Lay off Gladio." Noctis said. "Not everyone is as much into this as you."

"Well you better be if your think that your going to be king someday.  Your highness." Gladio said back to Noctis.

Noctis glared at Gladio.

"Being strong isn't the only thing he has to be Gladio." Ignis interjected. "He needs to be able to think as well."

"Like you?" Gladio asked in a irritated tone. "You can't even concentrate on training."

Ignis gave him a stern look.

"Now that's not fair Gladio." You interjected.

"Ohhhh." He said as he half laughed through the sound as he turned around to look at you while walking backwards. "Don't get me started with you."

"You know what..." You started as you felt your temper starting to sky rocket.

"Enough Gladiolus!" Cor sternly said. "Save it for the range."

Gladiolus grunted then turned back around. Everyone glared at him as the group walked back over to the ranges.

"What the fuck is his problem?" You asked Ignis under your breath.

"It's hard to tell sometimes with him." Ignis said.

"But I suppose it might have something to be due with the fact that he set up this whole training session and has been trying to impress Cor, and even perhaps Monica." Ignis said as he nodded towards Gladio who kept looking over at Monica as she was walking with Gina towards the range.

"Are you sure he's not just being an ass, just to be an ass?" You asked.

Ignis smiled back as he tried to stifle a laugh. "I suppose that could be as well. But in this case I doubt it."

"Well I say we take him down a peg on this next drill." Noctis said from the other side of Ignis.

"And how to you propose we do that?" You asked Noctis.

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