Disclaimer: Nope! Still don't own.

Summary : My attempt at a fan fiction post game. . Maybe some Balthier/Vaan ? mwahahahaha

A/N: .o.o….Why do I have a dead pixel…and why does my little sister keep biting me?

Chapter One

Carrots

It had been a quiet morning in most of Ivalice in gerneral within the village itself it had been even more so that usual. Nothing had suggested chaos would soon ensue. The Green Word had not mentioned that there would be any annoyances today but then, the Green Word had no control over the will, or rather, stubbornness of the Humes. Still, Jote HAD warned this particular annoyance before about his "adventures" within the village. And yet, it seemed a waste of breath, for this hume-child didn't get the message despite how many times she repeated herself. The other Viera watched, from a distance of course, as she paced the ground of her hut, expect her to find source of divine wisdom. All she could do was glare at the intruder.

Two wood warders, two of few whom were brave enough to make contact, had grabbed the boy by the wrists and dragged him of her. But not without a fight.

"Hey, let go, OW! Stop it. I only asked a quest-owwwww!"

Jote heard them approach from inside. She had to think quickly and carefully lest she make a mistake.

"Why are you here? Have we not warned you humes to refrain from entering our village? How did you get in? Is Fran here again?"

Vaan looked at her quizzically, or he would have if he knew the meaning of the word. How many questions was that? He wondered hiding a smirk.

"I was bored. I wanted to see Myrn," he said dumbly.

"…I…Mjrn," she corrected "is not to be consorting with the humes and neither must you consort with us. LEAVE." She was growing impatient.

"You need the permission of the wood to enter here. Is Fran with you?"

"Sort of…" Vaan replied with a lopsided grin.

"I did," replied a quiet yet firm voice from behind one of the trees, a wood warder with black armour approached.

"Rael? Why?" Jote probed. It was no secret that the Viera were not permitted to invite strange creatures into the village. If this was true it would result in the most severe of punishments.

"We passed each other in the jungle, though I ignored him, spoke persistently did he and I, searching for the village shake him loose I could not. Immediately afterwards, he comments on my ears, mocks my armour and-"

"I didn't mock-"

"SILENCE. Rael, please continue."

"He….asked me if I would like a carrot.." Rael looked at the floor. The Viera holding Vaan exchanged looks. Jote sighed. Loudly.

"Do you-"

"VAAAN!!" A males voice broke the silence. The Viera turned. The voice belonged to a sky pirate and a following Viera who stood there, looking impatiently at the hume-child. "Do we even want to know what you've done this time?"

Vaan didn't both to speak knowing full well that Jote would yell at him again. He shot her a look. The look was returned tenfold. It was worse than Lady Ashe's.

Balthier narrowed his eyebrows.

"Judging by the look of things you brought up carrots again, Vaan?"

"I-"

"Quiet Hume-child," Jote looked at Balthier and approached him making sure not to stray to close. "You were supposed to be watching him I presume?"

"I turn around for one second-" Balthier said simply spreading his hands in an "I don't know" gesture.

Fran placed a finger on her lip and signalled for him to be quiet. Balthier rolled his eyes and put a hand on his hip. Not at her, but at the situation.

"Jote, he means no harm of it, well enough you know to ignore small irritations, come!" In an attempt to avoid any worse confrontations, she grabbed Vaan's ear and dragged him from the village. The other Viera gasped to see her willing touch another hume but later Jote revealed that grabbed one by the ear meant putting them in their place. Technically, she was right.

Balthier attempted a smile, he did not receive one back.

"Right…we have things to do, you know…people to see…Vaan's to punish…graves to dig…"

The Viera still did not smile. Balthier ran.

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"OWWWWW…FRAAAAAN!! OWWW, OWWWWWWW" Vaan's moaning echoed across the whole of Golmore as Fran practically kicked across half of it.

"Wow…" Balthier said casually, he ran his hands through his hair, "that has to be he most uncomfortable I've ever felt in a crowd of women…Viera must be unsusceptible to my charms."

"What charms?" Fran replied still pulling at Vaan's ear.

Balthier ignored the comment and glared at Vaan.

"What possessed you to go in there Vaan? Wasn't it bad enough the first time?" Balthier asked. Fran looked at him out of the corner of one eye.

"You help matters not. You have respect for nought." she said sternly.

"That's different," Balthier said, a hint of a grin in his voice, "I'm the leading man."

Vaan grinned too.

"Nuh-uh, you're nothing compared to me."

Balthier blinked.

"That's correct, you are certainly something in your league." It wasn't a compliment.

Vaan grinned.

"Nevertheless, you are a grounded sky-pirate in training." The grin disappeared. "You deserve it, you can't just sneak it to play with the bunny girls." Fran's face was priceless.

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By the time the trio made it back to the Strahl, parked on the Ozmone Plain, it was already dark. The hills looked sinister as the tried not to disturb anything in their attempts to return to the Strahl. They walked in quietly, at least, Fran and Balthier did. Vaan tripped over the threshold and almost flew into the controls. Balthier's quick reactions went into effect and he grabbed Vaan's waist just in time to stop the boy from knocking the Strahl into Warp Speed.

"Vaan, haven't you caused enough trouble for one day? Now get to bed. And make sure it's yours and not mine."

Vaan decided not to comment deciding the next comeback would be worse. He stormed off to his quarters. Although Penelo had slept in the same room as Fran usually did something must've happened while Vaan was off torturing rabbits. Anyway, normally Vaan had a room to himself but tonight was different and he refused to share with a girl. Anyway, he could always ask Fran to bunk with Balthier right? Surely it had happened before right? He couldn't quite recall but last year when the Lady Ashe and Basch fon Ronsenburg had accompanied them surely they had to make do? Vaan hoped that at least one person was sharing then because the bathroom was not comfy.

As he walked along the lower deck in the darkness to Fran's quarters in the left hand side of the airship he began to wonder about Fran. Did she sleep with all that gear on? That had to be uncomfortable but there didn't seem to be any clasps or things…was she welded in? He cast that last thought from his mind as soon as it entered, laughing nervously.

He knocked on her bedroom door loudly thinking that even if he rapped quietly those ears would stop her missing anything anyway.

"Yes?" Fran answered the door, she either hadn't gotten ready for bed - as her armour was still on - or she really did sleep in it.

"Penelo kinda snuck in my bed and…I'm not a girl.."

"You wish me to go?"

"…Hey…Fran…" Vaan's curiosity got the better of him. "Can I ask you a question?" Fran folded her arms.

"It's not about carrots is it?"

"No-"

"Or big teeth?"

"No, I-"

"Or my age?"

"Nope…."

"Then what is it?"

"Um…Do you sleep naked or with your armour on?"

Fran slammed the door.

"Oops…"

Vaan sighed and turned to walk away. Perhaps - he shuddered at the thought - Balthier would let him sleep with him? NO. BESIDE HIM! He corrected his thoughts quickly, blushing in spite of himself and grateful that only he could read his own thoughts.

He knocked on Balthier's room door and when there was no reply, walked right in. It was small yet larger than his and there was space for a bed, a wardrobe, (Who's, Vaan thought sniggering) and a little more.

"Hey Fran, I've come across some nasties in the bathroom…it might be a good idea to get some more toothpaste….I fear they've eaten it," Balthier walked into view out of the en-suite bathroom staring a what was once a tube of toothpaste, now green.

Vaan articulated his thoughts on the situation accordingly.

"Huh?"

Balthier looked up.

"Oh, Vaan…if I knew you were so confused off about my previous ORDER I would have asked you to write down any questions in a letter, which I won't read." Vaan sighed.

"Penelo stole my bed." Balthier nodded and walked back through the bathroom.

"Alright, but I refuse to spoon with you." he replied. Vaan was beginning to wonder what exactly it was that he admired about the sky pirate.

Should I continue? Yes, No, Frog? Tell me!