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Plausible Deniability

Summary:

“I’m talking about that,” Yuri said, pointing across the room at the two people huddled close together on a sofa.
“Baam and Khun? What about them?” Endorsi questioned, once again taking a sip from her glass of lemonade.
“I’m asking when they finally got together and why Baam never told me.”
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Yuri has finally reunited with Team Baam after her time away. Some things have changed, like Baam's hair cut and Evankhell's sudden appearance, but those changes don't concern her. What does is that Khun and Baam are obviously dating, yet everyone vehemently denies it -- no one more so than the two people involved.

(In which Yuri slowly loses her sanity over these two losers being oblivious.)

Chapter 1: Prologue

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

“So, when did that happen?” 

Yuri watched Endorsi's expression morph into confusion as her question registered. “Uh, when did what happen?”

Yuri lightly bopped the top of the younger Princess’s head, which was easy to do given her superior height. “Come on, you have eyes and a brain. Put them to use.” She didn’t miss the murderous glare her sister shot in her direction as Endorsi took another sip of her drink. 

“I didn’t know you knew what a brain was.”

“Do you have a death wish?”

“I thought I was your ‘dear sister’ or whatever.”

“I have twenty others who can take your place. I like Anaak better anyway -- at least she doesn’t backtalk me like you do.”

Endorsi opened her mouth to say something, but just sighed and rested her head up against the wall she was leaning into. Yuri settled her gaze back across the large living room they were occupying. After the entire group from before the Last Station had reunited, they had all decided to lay low in a residential area of the floor they were on. Some things had changed during her time away: Baam’s hair was longer, the Khun kid had a new fire… fish… thingy, Ehwa had reunited with the rest of them at last, Endorsi had stopped looking at Baam with a longing in her eyes, and Evankhell was also there. How that last one came about, Yuri had no clue, but each time that woman met her gaze, Yuri fought back the urge to bolt. 

But neither of those was the change that concerned Yuri. 

“I’m talking about that ,” Yuri said, pointing across the room at the two people huddled close together on a sofa. 

“Baam and Khun? What about them?” Endorsi questioned, once again taking a sip from her glass of lemonade.

“I’m asking when they finally got together and why Baam never told me .”

Endorsi sputtered, choking on her drink. She coughed violently, trying desperately to catch her breath. It caught Yuri completely off guard as she lightly whacked Endorsi’s back. “God, I didn’t expect that question to kill you!”

“T-They’re not dating! Who said they were?” Endorsi finally replied, her voice a hiss only loud enough for Yuri to hear. 

Yuri raised an eyebrow and turned her attention back to the men in question.

They sat next to each other on the sofa, huddled close together. The Khun kid -- Yuri had heard his cousin call him A.A. -- was saying something to Baam, who had rested his head on the other’s shoulder, looking up while A.A rambled with unabashed fondness in his golden eyes. Baam replied, too quiet and too far away from Yuri for her to pick up, but apparently it was amusing to the both of them as they softly laughed. Gentle expressions of contentment were on both of their faces as they sat there, completely oblivious to the rest of the world.

“Yeah, no,” Yuri said, “I’m calling bullshit on that one.”

Notes:

me @ myself: you can't just post a 499 snippet/prologue of a fic where you have nothing planned except for a few scenes
also me: it's my birthday i'm 18 now i do what i want
This is a fic just for fun and I'll update it just kind of... whenever. It won't be a long work - 4 or 5 chapters at most, so don't worry about it going unfinished. I have enough people to bully me into finishing it ksdjhfsdkj
Either way, I'm officially moved out of my house and in a dorm room! It's a little weird, but I'll get used to it.
Thank you for reading! See you back here in a bit <3

Chapter 2: Can I Get an F in the Chat for Shibisu

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Yuri thought that maybe it was her reading too much into things. She’d been gone for a while, about two years, and it wasn’t like she’d been observing every single micro-interaction between Khun and Baam before she’d found herself getting court-martialed. Maybe they’d always been that touchy and disgustingly soft on each other. She didn’t consider herself the most perceptive person when it came to relationships - she could buy herself missing it.

Then, when Baam was cooking dinner for them with Khun “helping”, which was really just him standing there awkwardly because no one trusted him with anything more intensive than vegetable cutting, it happened again. Khun had his hand resting on Baam’s shoulder as he looked over, watching the mushrooms sauteing in the pan. Baam said something Yuri couldn't hear as she peeked her head in at the doorway.

No, she wasn’t creeping. She was displaying a healthy interest in her surrogate younger brother’s relationships.

Baam turned his head towards Khun, their gaze meeting. Khun smiled softly - something Yuri didn’t know those damn blue-haired kids could do - and gently ran his fingers through the lock of hair that was hanging loose from Baam’s ponytail. He did so absentmindedly, like he didn’t realize he was doing it. Then, Yuri saw it. She saw Baam freeze ever so slightly, how he looked like he’d been knocked off kilter for a fraction of a second, how his breath caught, before time started moving again and they both moved on like nothing had happened. 

Yuri quickly moved past the kitchen. No, she was convinced now. She had been right, despite Endorsi’s insistent denial. Maybe the brat was too dense to pick up on it. Yuri needed to talk to someone smart, someone clever. Someone who wouldn't miss something as glaringly obvious as whatever it was Yuri was looking at. 

That’s how she found herself alone in the living room with the track-suit scout from Endorsi’s team. Shibisu had always been one of the brightest of the bunch from that test group on the second floor, save for Khun. And she couldn’t just go ask Khun if he was dating Baam, now could she? No. If they were playing an elaborate prank on her, she couldn’t show weakness. 

“Yo, Shibisu,” she called, quickly walking into the room as soon as she’d spotted him.

The man froze where he was standing. He turned slightly, addressing her. “Yeah?”

“Are Baam and Khun, like, a thing now?”

“Uh, what do you-?”

“Oh my god, are they dating ?”

The look that passed over Shibisu’s face was of someone whose rational train of thought had crashed and burned. He blinked once, then twice, opening and closing his mouth a few times. He struggled to recollect himself.

“Why do you think they are?” he asked.

Yuri sighed, closing the distance between them. She rested both hands on Shibisu’s shoulders, looking him evenly in the eyes. 

“Shibisu. You’re smarter than this.”

Shibisu just sighed. “I know what you’re getting at, but that’s just how they’ve always been.”

Yuri resisted the urge to shake some sense into him. “Shibisu. Shibisu, dearest teammate of my beloved little sister. I’m not the most observant, but I can definitely see that something has changed in my time away.”

He shrugged. “Not much, really. Khun’s always been in love with Baam, as long as I can remember, honestly.”

“Yeah, no I picked up on that a while ago.”

“Oh.”

“I have eyes. I doubt anyone who has a working pair can't deny that Khun’s absolutely taken with Baam. Even Endorsi knows that - keep up.”

Shibisu coughed into his elbow awkwardly. “Well, tell me what you think has changed.”

“God, I don’t know, everything? I mean I knew Baam had more affection for Khun that the rest of you - no offense.”

“None taken. That’s… that’s also kind of obvious.”

“Anyway, when I left, there was something going on. But then I come back and they’re giving each other smitten looks, casually leaning on each other, Baam looks at Khun like he’s seeing him for the first time each instance their eyes meet, and now they’re doing tender hair-touching and shit .”

“Oh. Oh, okay. I see.”

Yuri sighed, letting him go. “At least someone else does. I can’t believe I had to spell that out for you. They went from the second chapter of a slow burn romance to the end and I’m just confused how it happened so fast.”

“Nearly dying multiple times will do that to a relationship.”

Yuri groaned into her hands. “They dance around each other for ten years and then just, speedrun through the last parts when I’m not looking. And then I come back and everyone is all ‘Oh I have no clue what you’re talking about, Ms. Yuri.’ I’m gonna go ballistic. I’m gonna go apeshit.”

Shibisu cleared his throat, drawing her attention back to the present. “In our defense, when you have to live with them for a long period of time, you learn to tune it out. But, uh…” his voice trailed off.

Yuri looked at him between her fingers, stare even. “ ‘Uh’ what?”

“Uh, they actually aren’t dating. I understand where you’re coming from, and it’s really obvious, I agree. But they aren’t together. I don’t even think they’re aware the other person likes them romantically.”

Yuri’s hands dropped from her face as her mind went blank. Instead of any coherent thoughts, any intelligible response, all that came to mind was the following. 

“I’m going to die. This is going to kill me.”

Notes:

Hi.
This has really just turned into Ashe Projecting on Yuri: The FanFiction. Now featuring twice as many nonsensical scenarios and typos.
This degree is killing me and I wrote this bit to de-stress. I have four exams next week. Wish me luck 😭