my favorite Team Xbalanque headcanon
is that Och-Kan and Yupanqui were close, closer than most other members
that at first, Yupanqui mostly followed to demand Och-Kan rematches him without tricks and was greatly annoyed by him that at first, Och-Kan didn't even want to bring Yupanqui along and thought he might be dead weight considering how quickly he got mire'd that at first, Yupanqui found Och-Kan's standoffishness and way of ignoring him really annoying. and Och-Kan similarly found Yupanqui's constant noisiness and recklessness irritating and Lianca found watching them the funniest shit ever
but as the team went through some shit, they got closer,
i like to think Yupanqui saw Och-Kan as his best friend and was closest to him, even though he loved all of them and I like to think that Och-Kan was kinda fond of Yupanqui
I wonder, also, if even after Och-Kan became a tyrant he still had fondness towards Yupanqui even if a speck of it that he might not even be aware of anymore I mean, I guess "interferring" with Och-Kan's orders would be enough to get most people killed, at least when he went full erratic tyrant. Yupanqui resolved to never interfere again after all tribes were under Och-Kan's control. I wonder if his last interference was right before his resolve to never interfere, so when Och-Kan was already going full erratic tyrant, long after he'd ordered the death of Lianca