"You want watermelon... dipped in soy sauce?" Noctis asked with severe hesitation, looking up from his work papers to see his wife more clearly.

The request seemed absurd. Ignis had warned him that strange cravings would occur throughout the pregnancy, but Noctis had dismissed it as a joke or an attempt to scare him. Now, faced with this unusual request, he realized Ignis had been completely serious.

His queen was not yet three months along, yet her cravings were already intense and unusual. He supposed he should be grateful that she was only asking for watermelon and soy sauce, rather than something impossible to find or outright bizarre, like pickles and ice cream.

Despite his internal turmoil over the request, she sat there innocently, rubbing her growing bump in soothing circles and pouting with duck lips. Noctis couldn't help but smile at her endearing yet peculiar request.

As he set aside his work, Noctis got up from his desk, walked over to her, and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. "Alright, my queen. Watermelon and soy sauce it is," he said with a chuckle, heading to the kitchen to fulfill her craving, fully aware that this was only the beginning of many unusual requests to come.