So… My first Xenoblade Chronicles X fanfic. I recently got some inspiration to write this and I hope that inspiration will stay with me until I have finished the whole thing. Wish me luck!

Also, I've only played through the game once, it's been a while, and the characters are probably going to be at least somewhat ooc.

Please review and tell me what you think.

Little moments 1: Paperwork

Irina and Gwin were just about to enter the BLADE headquarters to turn in their latest mission rapport. It was early evening and the sun was slowly sinking toward the horizon. It had been an especially tough mission, but they had succeeded in finding and securing another piece of the lifehold and gotten tree more people to NLA. It was a small victory, but everything counted.

"As soon as this report is turned in, I'm hitting the showers," Gwin complained while poking at his shirt that was drenched in indigen-guts and threatening to stick to his skin.

The Lifehold piece had been surrounded by some insect-like creatures that had taken a fancy to it for some reason and hadn't been very keen on letting them just waltz in and take it. The biggest bug had been just about to attack Gwin when Irina had blasted it and Gwin had been covered in its guts, which he was yet to stop complaining about.

"You could have waited for me to move away before blowing it up" he grumbled to Irina's back, as he was walking right behind her. She had refused to walk next to him because of the smell.

"Well, maybe you shouldn't have been standing so close to it" Irina threw back at him, barely bothering to turn her head to look at him. Gwin just grumbled something in response, knowing there would be no winning against her.

As they entered Nagi and Vandham's office the first thing they noticed was the gigantic pile of paperwork on Vandham's desk, and the considerably smaller pile on Nagi's desk. Vandham was bent over his paperwork, cursing quietly to himself, not even lifting his head when Irina knocked on the doorframe to announce themselves and Nagi was the first to notice them.

"Ah, miss Akulov and mr Evans. I take it the mission was a success?" He asked while getting up and making his way over to them. He took in Irina's proud stance and raising an eyebrow at Gwin's slime-covered clothes.

"Yes, sir" Irina reports. "We recovered a piece of the Lifehold, rescued tree people and got rid of some ingen. We were supposed to come here to turn in our report to the commander." She showed him the four-page long report as proof.

"I'm sure it's all right if I take it of your hands" Nagi told her, casting a glance at Vandham while talking. "Vandham is finally doing all the paperwork he let pile up, and interrupting him with more paperwork would probably not be the best motivation to get him to continue" he explains.

"I didn't let it pile up" Vandham grumbled from his seat. "I just had a lot of other things to take care of" He paused long enough to look up and glare at Nagi for a couple of seconds, undoubtly hearing Nagi's quietly mumbled "sure you did", before turning back to his paperwork. That lasted for a whole two seconds before he slammed his hands on the desk and leaned back in his chair "God dammed paperwork! At this rate I won't be done until tomorrow morning!"

It did really seem like it, was the thought of both Irina and Gwin as they took in the pile of unfinished paperwork on the commander's desk which almost reached his shoulder when he was sitting down.

"All right, then" Nagi mumbled to himself, before going over to Vandham's desk and dumping Irina and Gwin's report on top of the pile. Before Vandham had time to do more than open his month to argue, he scooped up about half of the pile, plucked Vandham's pen from his hand and took it all over to his own desk. "You can at least handle those if I help you, right? But only this once, and don't let it pile up like that again" he told Vandham who was just staring at him.

Irina and Gwin were both alternating between staring at Nagi, staring at Vandham and staring at each other with matching 'did that just happen' faces. Vandham recovered quickly from his shock and grinned at Nagi, who had just sat down behind his own desk.

"Couldn't leave me here the entire night, could you Nagi?" he asked.

"Jack, focus" Nagi mumbled in a warning tone. "Maybe I just didn't want to hear you complaining the entire day tomorrow" He looked over at Irina, who had just recomposed herself and Gwin, who was still gaping. "You can go now, miss Akulov and mr Evans. You might want to take an early night and get cleaned up properly."

He picked up a pen and started to focus on the first paper in front of him, which Irina and Gwin took as a que to leave. They had just left the room when they heard Nagi's voice through the not-quite closed door, making them stop to listen.

"Just so you know, you owe me breakfast AND lunch tomorrow, Jack" and they also heard Vandham grumbling a "Yeah, sure" before the door closed.

They waited until they had gotten out and over to the barracks before saying a word to each other.

"That sure was something, huh?" Gwin voiced his thoughts first. Irina glanced at him before replying.

"Yeah. Commander Vandham is lucky Secretary Nagi was willing to help him with his paperwork. He must have been in a good mood." She mused, before heading inside. Even though she was not the one covered in insect guts, she was still looking forward to a hot shower.

"Yeah, I suppose" Gwin muttered to himself, as he was left by himself outside the front door. The feeling of the slime starting to harden on him, he decided it was time for him to head inside as well. Maybe he could still manage to save his clothes if he got them washed right away.

The next morning they went on their next assignment, everything from the previous day forgotten.

Neither of them had noticed Nagi caressing Vandham's hand when grabbing the pen, the teasing tone in Vandham's voice when he asked Nagi if he hadn't wanted to make him stay at work all night, or the fond glances the men had both sent each other once the door had closed.

A/N: I like to think Vandham hates doing paperwork, and sometimes just lets it stack while doing something else that's also important, just not paperwork. Nagi on the other hand always has his paperwork done on time, so sometimes he helps Vandham out even though he knows he should let the man do it himself. That's my head-canon and I'm sticking to it unless proven otherwise.

Also, I just noticed today that Nagi is nine years older than Vandham. He looks pretty good for his age. Did I just say a 57-year-old man looks good? Yes, yes I did. Wow…

Also, also, I'm so hyped for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and hopefully many of you guys are as well!