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"What anime's that?"
Soyeon turns to look at her room door and Yuqi's standing there again.
"It's a western show this time, someone recommended it. She-ra."
"Hmm."
Yuqi walks in and lifts up the covers. Soyeon briefly feels the cold air hit her side, before Yuqi nestles herself in the spot next to her and covers the both of them again. She wordlessly joins, she always does. After the first few times they did this, Yuqi caught on to the fact that Soyeon didn't like to answer too many questions while she was watching tv; and since tired late-night Yuqi has the ability to shut her mouth, she chooses to be thoughtful enough to do that.
Soyeon always finds herself a little bit more tense, a little bit more distracted when she's watching shows with Yuqi, rather than alone. She knows why, obviously she does, and it only gets confirmed for her more when a few minutes in, Yuqi rests her head on Soyeon's shoulder. Soyeon has a formal and manageable crush on the girl. A crush that will pass with time, just like they always do, without Yuqi ever having to know it. It's something that Soyeon prides herself in, even if others have called it cold or disturbing or sometimes even downright sociopathic before: her ability to hide all emotions. It's something that Yuqi is hilariously bad at. It's something she loves about Yuqi. The way she laughs with her mouth wide open, the way she stomps when she's angry, the way she grunts whenever something happens in a tv show. They're not exactly traditionally cute or charming qualities, but they're the things that make Yuqi feel so real, to anyone that meets her. She's an open book, in a way that Soyeon could only ever aspire to be. It's hard to be insecure around Yuqi, since you know that she'll always tell you the truth, no matter how brutal. It's that raw honesty that makes praise from Yuqi the best feeling in the world. When she admires you, you can feel that it's real. It's that honesty that makes Soyeon's heart beat faster whenever Yuqi catches glances at her body, like she can't move her eyes away. She wonders if Yuqi herself even knows that she does that.
"Unnie, who's that?"
Soyeon is snapped back to the TV and has to take a few seconds to process what's happening again.
"Uh. Scorpia. She's really charming, but Catra's mean to her."
"Hmm. Yeah you're a far better boss than Catra."
Soyeon hisses and hits Yuqi in the side, who lets out a low chuckle. "Don't call me your boss. That's weird."
"Alright. Miss Jeon."
Soyeon rolls her eyes, but lets it all slide regardless. Yuqi subtly wraps her arms around Soyeon's waist and as they slouch down throughout the next minutes, their seated position turns more into a cuddle, with Yuqi pulling her tighter and closer. She doesn't ever want her to let go.
She continues to deadpan at the TV show in front of her, but her mind melts away with Yuqi being this close and up and personal under her covers. It's then that Yuqi adjusts her grip, laying one of her hands near the middle of Soyeon's chest. Soyeon's eyes widen and she swallows. As good as Soyeon might be at hiding her emotions, she can't change her biology; her heart is beating insanely fast and with Yuqi's hand right on the exposed surface under her neck, Yuqi can feel everything. She hopelessly wishes that Yuqi would somehow just ignore it, but Yuqi never hides anything.
"Woah. Soyeon, your heart is beating crazy fast." And then follows a smirk. "Are you in love with me, baby?"
"You're disgusting."
Yuqi's smirk doesn't fade as she traces her hand along Soyeon's upper body to feel her heart beat in every different artery and vein, like a taunt.
"You keep telling yourself that, Soyeon, I know I'm wildly attractive to women." She chuckles and Soyeon feels like she could sink right through the bed about now. Keep telling yourself that. She TRIES. Oh how desperately she tries to just get over this all and have it soon be a silly memory of remember when you had that crush on Yuqi? Weird, right?
"Nah, but, Soyeon, seriously. Your heart shouldn't be beating like that. I know you drink coffee sometimes instead of sleeping when you're overworked. If I can do anything to lighten your load, you tell me, right?" Yuqi looks into her eyes, seriously and distinctly lovingly.
She's gonna have a hard time getting over this silly crush.