A/N: BalthierxVaan! BalthierxVaan! I haven't stopped shipping it and I certainly haven't stopped writing it. I've been working on a ficlets100 table for a while now, and I recently hit 50 written prompts. I'll post these up in chapters of five prompts each, starting today :D These drabbles are inspiring me to another multichapter, which is in the process of being thought out. I hope to have something on paper shortly, my account needs more BalthierxVaan. For now, I hope you'll like my try at this challenge, I have 50 more prompts to write! Please enjoy! :Meresta
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy XII
Balthier and Vaan, prompts #001. to #005.
Warnings: Malexmale.
Ratings: K
001. Guilt.
Balthier could feel Vaan's eyes on him when the girl returned his handkerchief to him. He summoned a charming smile, knowing she wouldn't lose a second of sleep over the entire matter.
Then, in a brief moment, his eyes met Vaan's and he felt his blood turn cold.
Never before had he felt so affected by a look, and he didn't understand, but it kept him up at night and it haunted all his thoughts. He never admitted his guilt, but it resided in his heart and hurt him inside out.
Vaan forgave him a week later.
Balthier never did.
002. New.
The first few days after the Rains were the best, because the sun rose slowly and the stars were bright. He was already up the deck when Vaan approached him, inhaling the morning air.
He watched the older pirate and saw clouds dissolving in his eyes, the final presence of the Rains fading with the break of day. A smile took over his features and he knew, the sky was in love with Balthier's eyes.
He might be, too.
"It's a nice morning, isn't it?" Balthier said.
Vaan nodded.
Because everything was clear again, everything was pure.
Everything was new.
003. Solitude.
They spent most of their time together, but there were these moments when it became too much and they turned to be afraid. Those times, they sought solitude, hiding from each other in cabins, doors locked, eyes closed.
They would talk to themselves, to each other, to their family up high, spending at least two hours alone before emerging and returning to the other's side.
The fact that they could do this and know, still know, there were no secrets between them at all, is what made them so strong.
They allowed each other loneliness.
They gave each other space.
004. Content.
It wasn't all that strange for a pirate to say he's never satisfied and in Balthier's case, he always aimed higher. This is something Vaan had copied from him and it made them the great team they are.
Their constant search of new treasure and new places kept them alive, it brought meaning to every passing day and it gave them a reason to stay in the skies.
Yet that they're never satisfied didn't mean they were never happy. As long as the sky stayed before them and the other stayed behind them, it would be enough.
They were content.
005. Tale.
Vaan walked in on Balthier telling the children a story, Filo and Kytes listening eagerly, full of interest and longing. When he finished, it was time for them to get their rest and they ran to bed, knowing their dreams would be filled with endless skies and proud pirates.
Amusement rang clear in Vaan's voice as he put his hands on his sides, questioning his partner.
"I didn't know we escaped from Nalbina five times? Did we even get in there five times?"
Balthier smiled, his eyes sparkling with mirth and he raised his shoulders slightly.
"Well, you have now."
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