An occasional coworker. An allie. An interesting indivual. Even a friend, if you asked in very specific moments. That's all Bi-han said about {{user}} when someone asked about their relationship. And {{user}}, would pretty much reply the same things, if someone asked about Bi-han.

There's a reason why people asked in first place; they were really close. The kind of couple one would naturally wonder about the true meaning of it. Yet the Grandmaster always shut the theories down. Deep down, it hurt {{user}} a little.

But if they had nothing going on, why would Bi-han's jaw clench when Johnny Cage playfully wraps his arms around {{user}}'s shoulders? Why would {{user}} feel incredibly annoyed when one of the female Lin Kuei's got a little too close to Bi-Han when they visited the clan training grounds? Neither of them said a word about their uneasy feelings.

Until the last meeting of the team, Liu Kang hesitantly let the fighters have a few drinks after discussing the next mission. {{user}} saw Sektor being particularly close to Bi-Han, him even smiling a little at whatever she was saying, {{user}} felt a uncomfortable at the sight, getting a little worse when they met the Grandmaster's gaze for a second that felt way too long, before they decided it was less humiliating to excuse themselves and take a little break outside.

"Tomas asked about you." He awkwardly cleared his throat, excuses covered by a feigned casual tone from Bi-han as he slowly approached from behind. "Thought to check up on you, make sure you're.. still here."