AN: Hey guys! Here's the next chapter. I know it has taken me a bit longer than usual to update, but sometimes life just gets in the way :)

I hope you like it, it's quite fluffy again, haha. I just couldn't stop myself :P

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Chapter Ten

As it turned out, organising the trip back to Eden with the guys and Vanille didn't involve Fang as much as she would've thought and so she had much time to make appointments with real estate agents to view some apartments in Bodhum in the days before their departure.

And she was content and also felt a bit of relief as she finally found one that suited her needs and expectations. She had a good feeling about this, everything just went according to plan.

Now, it was finally Friday, the day of their departure, and as they had agreed to drive to Vanille's house and pick her up there with their tour bus, they were currently on their way to her home.

Fang couldn't help but be almost overly excited about all of this. She grinned to herself as she noticed how she felt so much like a child that eagerly awaited to finally receive its Christmas presents. It was exactly the same kind of excitement and she loved it right now.

She noticed the bus stopping all of a sudden and as she glanced out of the window, she saw they had in fact already arrived at Vanille's home.

Fang looked around a bit and saw no reporters or anyone waiting outside, which caused her to lift her brows in question. She was sure the driver had made no attempts to shake anyone off - and even if so it would've been nearly impossible to lose pursuers with a huge bus - so why had no one followed them?

"I sent out another fake tour bus as a decoy for the press before we drove off so that they don't find out just yet where your girlfriend lives. Saves her and her family a little trouble, I supposed. And as it seems my little trick worked", Sazh said to Fang, chuckling, which made the brunette smile herself and nod in thanks.

"Yeah, that's pretty cool. I'll better go and get her, then", Fang said to the others, smirking lazily. She quickly got out of the car and approached the house before ringing the doorbell.

"Have you got everything?", Serah nervously asked as Vanille went through her checklist for probably the twentieth time today.

"I guess so..", she said slowly, her gaze still on the sheet of paper in her hands.

"Then let's get your stuff downstairs, come on", Serah urged her friend, who folded the sheet and put it away, before they took the quite heavy bag down the stairs together.

"What the hell Vanille, what have you got in there? Stones? Or gold bars?", Serah asked breathlessly as they put down the bag with a heavy thud.

Vanille could only giggle. Serah was right, it was really quite heavy. "Well, I just made sure that I've got everything important with me, you see", she smiled.

"I'll be in Eden for quite some weeks, I don't want to miss anything there!"

Serah smiled warmly. "Sure, everything must be perfect, huh?", she winked and Vanille nodded enthusiastically.

The girl cast another glance at the clock. Fang would be here in about five minutes if she was on time.

"Well, guess Fang should be here any minute now, so we better say goodbye for now. I'll call you as soon as we're there and I find the time, okay?", Vanille said while drawing Serah into a tight hug.

Serah couldn't help but grin impishly. "Sure, if you're not too distracted to call. But I would understand". She put extra suggestive emphasis on the word 'distracted'.

"Serah!", Vanille exclaimed and playfully smacked her shoulder.

But Serah's grin, now more purely suggestive than impish, was still there as they broke apart again, gazing into each other's eyes.

"Oh come on, as if you guys won't do it", she winked, smirking widely.

Maybe it wasn't so bad for the immensely blushing and obviously embarrassed Vanille that right in that moment, Lightning walked down the hallway, approaching the girls to say goodbye to Vanille.

Just when Lightning came to a stand in front of the girl and opened her mouth to say something, she was rudely interrupted by the doorbell.

The older Farron's gaze immediately shot to the entrance door, and there was a frown visible on her face for the better part of a second before she quickly hid it again so as to not ruin Vanille's mood.

"Well, this must be your girlfriend, so I'll make it quick.", Lightning said calmly as she drew Vanille into a firm embrace.

"I hope you have a good time with her, and you know that you can call me at any time if you need help or if anything's not alright, okay?", Lightning told Vanille seriously before they broke apart again.

This wasn't the first time she was saying this to the girl. She had done so more than once during the last days.

Because even though Vanille had reassured her everything was alright again with Fang, Lightning was still suspicious towards the self-confident brunette. The thing was simply that she did not trust her. And as far as Lightning was considered, Fang had to really prove all over again that she was a trustworthy person.

Vanille was a kind of second sister to the older Farron, and therefore, the policewoman felt the need to be on alert all the time, ready to come and protect Vanille if the need should arise.

"I know, Light. Thank you and I will do so if it should become necessary", Vanille answered thankfully. She had a feeling it wouldn't become necessary, though.

But she wanted to let Lightning know she appreciated the offer and that she could rely on her using it should anything go the wrong way with Fang.

"You should probably be going and answer the door, she's waiting for you", Lightning remarked with a quick glance over to the door a few metres behind Vanille.

The redhead nodded before quickly turning to her best friend once more.

"Just go already! Lightning is right, Fang will be waiting!", Serah urged her, gesturing wildly towards the door.

"You're right", Vanille answered, feeling utterly unused to this situation. She'd never been on holiday with someone else than Light and Serah.

But her best friend was right, she shouldn't be wasting time now. So she quickly hugged both Lightning and Serah again before going to the door with the Farron sisters closely behind her.

As she opened it, she found Fang standing there, smiling at her as their gazes met.

"Hey love. You ready to go?", she bluntly asked, pointing at the tour bus on the street behind her.

"Yep! Let's go! I could just need some help with carrying my bag, it's quite heavy.."

"No problem, I'll take it", Fang said before walking inside, straight to the bag and picking it up effortlessly, which earned her surprised gazes from both Serah and Vanille.

The brunette stopped in the doorway, turning around to her girlfriend.

"Alright, I'll be in touch once we arrive in Eden and I have a minute!", Vanille repeated her earlier promise to the Farrons.

Lightning only nodded with a faint smile on her lips before shooting a brief but nevertheless powerful reminding gaze towards Fang. The message was clear: hurt her and I will hurt you.

Serah, on the other hand, used the opportunity to give Vanille another hug before wishing her a great time.

After that, Vanille and Fang went to the tour bus together and the guitarist stored the girl's bag in the trunk before they got into the car.

"Guys, this is Vanille. You might remember her from the last autograph session", Fang introduced her girlfriend quickly before Vanille sat down and the guitarist went to the front of the large bus to tell the driver they were ready to leave.

The drive to Eden wasn't as boring as one might imagine as they had a lot to talk about and everyone was eager to get to know the girl that had managed to make Fang fall in love with her seemingly without much effort.

Needless to say, Vanille felt both overly nervous and excited because she was talking to the members of her favourite band and was getting to know them as the normal average people they were offstage.

This was an opportunity so many fans of them hoped for and she, of all people, was sitting here in a big, comfortable bus with them, speaking to them as if it was completely normal for her to do so.

She had a great time, and therefore she was slightly surprised when they arrived in Eden after five hours. It had felt like merely two to her.

As Fang's apartment was closest, they drove there first. It wasn't long until the driver stopped and parked right in front of the skyscraper where the guitarist's apartment was located. Outside, you could already see a bunch of reporters eagerly awaiting them, as well as many fans, a lot of them dressed in Fighting Fate merchandise.

Having been informed of their arrival time beforehand, police was also there and had quickly cordoned off a small area between bus and building for their safety.

Before leaving the bus, Sazh told Fang they would have a lot of planning to do for their move on Monday and that he would expect her to arrive at their workplace at eight before wishing her and Vanille a great weekend.

After that was settled, the two girlfriends left the bus, accompanied by two bodyguards. It made Vanille stare in wonder once they stepped outside and she laid eyes upon the crowd of fans and reporters and saw the flashing lights of the cameras as photos of them were taken while fans - mostly girls - screamed excitedly, so loud it almost hurt the girl's ears.

She merely had a second to take it all in, though, as Fang hastily dragged her with her towards the skyscraper, the women followed closely by the two bulky bodyguards with their luggage.

Police took care to hold back anyone who tried to get closer to them as allowed, but most if not all people accepted the clearly indicated line by the barrier tape and didn't try anything.

Vanille was astonished when they entered the building. It looked very expensive to live here, she could judge that already from the looks of the entrance hall. Hell, there were even two guards at the door!

They got inside the elevator and went up to floor fifteen. Fang led her through the corridor until she stopped in front of a door and opened it. She nodded to her bodyguards, gesturing for them to drop the luggage right there for her to take care of. The guards did as told and were dismissed by the woman afterwards.

And Vanille found herself even more amazed than she'd already been at the sight of the skyscraper's entrance hall as she entered the apartment with her girlfriend.

Now that she saw Fang's standard of living, she imagined it must've been quite hard for her to look for a comparable place in Bodhum, even though Vanille knew they had luxurious apartments and houses there as well, though not as many as in Eden.

But as Fang had told her on the way to the capital city she'd found a place in Bodhum already, this was certainly nothing the girl had to worry about any longer.

However, she found herself wondering how Fang could afford to live here, seeing that the band had only been successful and famous for about a year. But then again she didn't know how much they'd earned in that time span. They obviously had a huge crowd of fans, she was well aware of that, so surely they must be quite wealthy after all these months.

She followed Fang down the short entrance area until they stood in a big room which was apparently the living room.

"Wow", Vanille could only say at the sight of the room. There was a comfortable-looking couch in the middle and a big TV right before the wall she was facing.

"You like it?", Fang asked with a slightly amused smirk.

"Of course I do! It's amazing", Vanille stated truthfully, her astonishment to all of this blatantly obvious in her voice as she wandered around a little in the room.

She liked the way Fang had had her room decorated. It was a very simple and plain design. There were not many things in the room but it was just the right amount that it did neither look empty nor too full with furniture.

The walls were a bright clean white while the ground was wooden, and left and right of the wall with the TV before it there were big windows that allowed her a sneak peek on the terrace.

Vanille turned around a little. There was a door to her left and one to her right and she discovered the kitchen and the small dining area on her right behind her.

She turned back to Fang as she heard the woman noisily clear her throat behind her.

"Now that I got your attention back", she chuckled a little, "I'll let you know that there's only one bed here, so I hope you don't mind sharin'. It's a double bed, though, so there's more than enough room for two people", she explained, smirking a little.

"But for now, I'll take our bags to the bedroom", she pointed to the door on the left, "and you can unpack your stuff and store it wherever you want. There's enough room in the closets for all your stuff, even though I still suspect you got half your house in here", Fang grinned before she carried the bag into said bedroom.

Vanille could only giggle at this. And somehow, Fang was right. She had really taken a lot of things with her.

She decided she wanted to look around a bit first. The unpacking could wait, she wanted to explore this great penthouse apartment Fang called her home.

"Can I look around a bit?", she called out.

"Sure, sweetie", Fang replied from the bedroom.

And so Vanille did, starting with the kitchen and dining area behind her she'd already looked at briefly moments ago.

It was a modern kitchen with granite counters. She also liked the dining table which was out of some bright wood and had a modern style to it as well.

There were chairs for six people and Vanille immediately imagined how the band would probably sit here sometimes and have dinner together or throw a party.

Turning away from the kitchen again, her curiosity quickly drew her to the door to her right and as she went inside the yet unknown room, she gasped in surprise. This, apparently, was Fang's workroom.

There were two guitars hanging on the wall before her she had never seen Fang playing live or in videos so she concluded these were the ones she only used for practising at home.

As Fang had also two guitars Vanille had seen her using on stage, that meant she had at least four guitars the girl knew about now.

Quite impressive, she thought, only now wondering why she hadn't seen Fang take any of her other two guitars up to the apartment with her. But she probably stored them in their studio, the girl figured.

She turned around a little in the rather big room and saw a computer on a desk to her right as well as some other sound equipment, obviously for her job as well.

When she had taken everything in, she left the room again and decided to have a look at the bedroom which was behind the left door in the living room.

And she sighed in content when she entered the room and saw the big, very comfortable-looking bed she would be sleeping in.

There was a door to another room which must be the bathroom. She neared the open door and found Fang inside, currently busy putting her toothbrush and toothpaste to their respective places.

The brunette turned around when she saw Vanille in the mirror. "So, have ya explored everything?", she asked with a smirk.

"Yep! It's great. You must be sad that you'll have to leave this place soon". The girl leaned in the doorway casually, smiling.

"I am a bit, yeah. But it's alright, the place I've chosen in Bodhum will be just as good as this, I'm sure of it.", Fang replied.

"It certainly will be", Vanille said before going back into the bedroom, followed by Fang.

"So ... I've unpacked everything now. You should maybe do the same, love.", the woman suggested and Vanille was startled when suddenly, her girlfriend almost sprinted the short distance to the bed and let herself fall on it with a loud thud before sighing in content.

"Ahh... I've missed this! Nothing beats sleeping in your own bed", she sighed as she lay on her back, just enjoying herself.

Vanille giggled as she went over to her bag and opened it before she began unpacking her things, occasionally asking Fang where to put it best.

When she asked her girlfriend another question after about an hour of unpacking, however, she didn't receive a reply. It made her smile lovingly when she turned around and saw Fang soundly asleep.

She had an utterly peaceful expression on her face. Her hands were folded on her stomach and her chest heaved in the slow rhythm that was her breathing.

Vanille hadn't imagined that seeing the woman sleep would look so gorgeous, and she felt a deep peace and calm within herself, too, the longer she stared at the sleeping form of Fang.

The redhead was pulled out of the beautiful moment, however, when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket.

She wasn't surprised when she saw that Serah had written her a text message, asking if they'd already arrived and how she was doing.

As Fang was asleep anyway, she decided now was a good moment to call Serah and give her the update she was probably dying for.

She silently left the bedroom, sat down on Fang's couch and dialled Serah's number.

The friends spent a good hour talking to each other before they rang off, wishing each other a good night. Having felt the need to do so, Vanille hadn't forgotten to tell Serah to inform Lightning she was alright and was having a great time with Fang.

Vanille sighed when she put her phone back in her pocket. It was already eight and she wondered if she should wake Fang up so they could spend the rest of the evening together. It was probably for the better.

She entered the bedroom again before walking to Fang slowly and almost in a sneaking manner.

"Faang?", she almost whispered while poking her on the shoulder lightly. No reaction.

She tried again. "FAANG?", she said, more loudly this time while poking her again, harder and more firmly.

But Fang only stirred a little, muttering something.

Vanille shook her head. So Fang was apparently not a light sleeper. But what was she going to do about it? She couldn't hit her to make her wake up, could she? No, that wasn't right.

Her face lightened up, however, when an idea hit her. This was probably quite a rude way to wake someone as well, but better than hitting her.

She'd already done this a few times with Serah in the past, sometimes accompanied by some tickling, and it had served its purpose well enough.

Vanille sighed before she stepped back a little and ran towards the bed full force, pouncing on Fang who immediately opened her eyes in shock, only to see Vanille sitting on her.

"What the...?", she asked sleepily.

The girl giggled. "I tried to wake you, but it didn't work! So I tried this rather ... unconventional method.", she explained, shrugging her shoulders in an apologetic manner.

Fang, slowly feeling more awake, could only smirk before shaking her head in disbelief. This was just too cute.

"Yeah, I'm sometimes hard to wake", she chuckled.

Vanille smiled, leaning down and giving her a peck on the lips.

Just as she drew away again, she was taken by surprise herself, however, when Fang decided to go for a deep kiss, dragging her down to her again immediately.

Once their lips made contact, she wasted no time, sliding her tongue into Vanille's waiting mouth quickly to intensify the kiss.

Vanille placed her hands beside Fang's head, one entangling in her messy hair while the other found its way to her girlfriend's cheek, holding her softly.

They were kissing for some more moments before they broke apart, both smiling at the other.

"So, now that you're obviously fully awake - do you want to watch some TV?", Vanille asked a little cheekily.

"Sure, I'd like that. How late is it, anyway?", Fang asked, rubbing her eyes.

"It's a little after eight", Vanille replied after she'd crawled down from Fang to let her get up.

They went back into the living room and watched some action movie Fang had a DVD of at home.

While they were watching, they could see the sun slowly disappear through the big windows beside the TV - it was a fantastic sight.

It was already past ten when the movie was over and Vanille persuaded Fang to go outside onto the apartment's terrace for a little while and just enjoy the warm summer night together before going to bed.

Vanille sighed contentedly as they stood there and stared down at Eden. The buildings were lit brightly and if you looked a little further, you were still able to see the very last sunrays disappearing behind the horizon.

It seemed like aeons passed as the two girlfriends just took it all in, no one saying a single word - it would've just disturbed the special moment they had right now, right there.

The silence was only interrupted when Vanille yawned tiredly.

Fang couldn't help but chuckle. "Guess it's time for you to go to bed, huh?"

Vanille smacked her on her shoulder playfully. "Fang!"

The brunette laughed even harder at the reaction. "What?"

An impish smile found its way on Vanille's lips. "I wasn't the one to fall asleep on the bed earlier", she pointed out.

The brunette smiled sheepishly. "Guess so, yeah ... well played, sweetie"

"But you're right, I am tired. Let's go and hit the sac", Vanille suggested, followed by another yawn.

So they went inside and prepared for bed. Vanille, wearing her favourite blue pyjamas, was the first to lie down and closed her eyes.

It wasn't long until she heard the bathroom door close and some moments later, she felt Fang's presence behind her - directly behind her.

Fang shifted a little until she was with her front against Vanille's back and could wrap her arm around the girl's abdomen.

Unused to such close contact and totally caught off guard, not expecting the action from her girlfriend, Vanille tensed immediately.

"You alright there, love?", Fang asked concernedly as she felt her stiffen.

"I- I don't know ... I'm not used to ... lying in bed like this with someone", she said, her voice shaky.

But after a moment passed by and she got accustomed to it, she felt herself relaxing again, beginning to enjoy the closeness, the warm body right behind her. And ... the feeling of Fang's breasts pressing against her back.

"If you don't want it, tell me and I'll back off. I said I won't force myself on you in any way.", Fang replied calmly before placing a soft kiss on the girl's neck.

Vanille blushed now as she felt herself getting increasingly turned on by the bodily contact with Fang and she even had to stifle a relishing sigh when she felt her kiss her neck. But she brushed these feelings aside for now.

"No, it's alright. It just took me by surprise and this is all new to me, so I felt a bit strange at first.", Vanille explained herself while placing her hand on Fang's that rested on her stomach.

"Please stay, it feels good", she said softly and stroked over the brunette's hand.

"Then that's what I do", Fang smiled and placed another two quick kisses on the girl's neck.

"Good night Vanille", she whispered into her ear.

"Good night, Fang", the girl replied and gently pressed against her girlfriend before drifting off into a deep sleep.