rina and her friendships ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 .ᐟ
⋆‧°𓏲ּ𝄢 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺
- they go way back to when rina was just a trainee in the HYBE building.
-for two days straight they saw each other at 3am,maki was in korea because they were going to be learning the choreo for ‘Run Wild’,and it just so happened to be rina who co-choreographed it and was stressing out
-this wasn’t the first time she made a choreo for &team the first one was for their song ‘Deer Hunter’,that went viral,so their performance director asked rina to choreo another one
-did hybe use her for choreos and not let her pass monthly evolutions?yes,yes they did,you shouldn’t be surprised,they suck.
-anyways,even tho she made the choreo this was her first time actually meeting them and teaching them the choreo herself
-and let me tell you maki was gagged when he found out this girl was 2009,he dead ass laughed in her face when she said it
-apologising profusely but rina just laughed with him,it was funny how if a strangers spoke to her she’d be so wise worded you’d think she’s fifty and not fifteen
-they would talk during breaks because the rest were just sitting and staring at the ceiling,and just like that she made the usually unbearable 10h practice a little less unbearable
-maki adores this girl,he gets cuteness aggression when ever she’s near even tho she dresses so swag he can’t help it,knowing what she went through (yes she told him,only him) it’s just a second nature at this point
-this dude even met her mom and almost made it to the family vacation if it weren’t for his busy schedule,he’s rina’s first friend of course he’d get special treatment
-the first person to congratulate rina on her debut and stand by her side through and through after everything and she’s so grateful for him
-just like with maki they met when rina was still a trainee under hybe,most of the friends she has now she met while at hybe
-rina was actually in the elevator carrying like 3 thick lyric books in her hands,when yunjin walked in and smiled at her “are those yours?” she asked her.
-rina was flustered but answered quietly “yeah..” “if you’d like,maybe I could help you analyse them?” yunjin asked and that was the start of their friendship.
-since yunjin is so big on self-production,she’d often sneak her into the dorm and they spend hours perfecting the bridge of one of rinas songs
-yunjin is her unnie,their conversations very from politics to who’s team stefan or damon,yunjin also talked about rina on a weverse live not long after rina’s debut
-someone asked her “who’s your favorite rookie so far?” to which yunjin replied in an instant “my ririiii,rina from lngshot she’s literally my baby and she’s so talented I love her” with the biggest smile on her face.
-after rina left hybe,she moved to jyp where she didn’t really try to make any friends,also given that she didn’t stay there very long and quickly moved to starship entertainment
-rina was ‘killing it there’ she was really good and soon enough she made it to the high-staking evolution period for the group that eventually became kiiikiii
-they met at the said evolution period after being paired up for a dance break together,and even though many other trainees were competitive during this time kya and rina clicked instantly
-they would laugh and talk mid practice,still dancing to the music,they were very alike and were pretty close in age compared to maki and yunjin
-everyone was sure the two were gonna debut together,they worked so well together and were some of the top trainees
-so when the kiiikiii line up was announced they were thrilled to be debuting together,but of course that didn’t last very long because about a month before they debuted the company cut rina from the line up
-their excuse was that she didn’t fit the concept,and let me tell you my girl kya was hysterical
-she didn’t want to believe it but it was the final decision the company made so there was nothing the two could do even tho they spent so long getting excited about debuting
-but to this day they have no ‘bad blood’ towards each other,kya was actually the first person rina did a tiktok challenge with,and their both very loud about their friendship.
-this might be cliche but martin and rina met after he came into a practice room to get his zip up that he carelessly forgot about,and rina was practicing a dance she couldn’t get right no matter how much she tried
-to which martin threw a comment at her about how she should straighten her feet to which she scuffed at him and told him to do it if he was so confident,and he did and it lead to them spending the next hour and a half just doing random shit teens do
-they also became friends after finding out they were both from canada,all patriotic and stuff, they would always tease each other though martin teased her more just to annoy her,it worked everytime
-they even had this running tradition where whoever got a C or lower on their weekly vocal check-in had to buy the other a specific peach soda from the 3rd-floor vending machine.
-fans also spotted rina holding that same soda during a lngshot behind-the-scenes vlog.
-before they debuted in their respective groups they would always joke about forming a co-ed busking duo if they ever got cut.
-another thing they loved to do after they debuted was send each other memes of one another just for the fun of rage baiting each other
-even though rina was only eleven when years old when I-land aired,she was a dedicated engene who voted for niki every week,using her moms phone.
-so after she became a trainee at hybe she saw him in the cafeteria and was like ‘this is your only shot’,so she went up to him startling him a bit as she said hi
-and then randomly started rambling about voting for him and being an engene and thanking him for existing and how much she looks up to him
-and niki being the maknae of his group he rarely gets to be the “senior” figure
-so, after that interaction niki made it his personal mission to guide her,he took her under his wing,often giving her advice and leaving her snacks
-and fans clocked it that they would frequently wear the same niche japanese streetwear brand
-in one particular vlog rina could be seen wearing chrome hearts beanie that fans tracked back to a photo of niki from 2023 wearing the same one,which lead to some theories
-but fans didn’t push it after niki the notorious perfectionist in dance mentioned her by name in a very recent live she was one of the few junior idols who “actually understands the texture of hip-hop”
-also given the fact he was 4 years older than her fans avoided pushing crazy rumors taking it as they have a very close friendship
-after the fans found out about the friendship rina didn’t hold back on making fun of his age she even showed a video on live from a while back where she was trying to explain some slang to him and he just looked at her confused
-during lngshots first fansign a fan asked rina if she had any idol friends like ohyul,and rina said yes and mentioned that her and leeseo were close and always talk
-and the fan asked how they met and rina laughed and said
-the first time they met was about 2 weeks into rina being a trainee at starship she was just sitting in the cafeteria when leeseo walked passed and complimented her shoes “those or so cool,where’d you get them” and then they talked for a bit
-and later on starship asked rina to co-choreograph ives song rebel heart,turns out leeseo was the one advocating for her saying how she has choreographed before and apparently “rina’s style is exactly what this song needs”
-even tho leeseo was the senior she completely trusted rina’s vision,and they spent weeks in the studio perfecting the dance
-you could really see leeseos “starship elegance” rubbing off on rina’s style,while rina’s “hybe street” roots rubbing off on leeseo
-rina also shared a photo of her in in pink ribbons and leg warmer, “leeseo unnie said ‘i’m slowly turning you into an ive member one accessory at a time’ it was really funny”
-sometimes during the weeks they were practicing the dance,they would often be the last people to leave talking about their struggles
-leeseo sharing stories of here eleven era and rina talking about how hybe used her,trauma bonding
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