#hanarin

1. Love

Rin has pretty much been in love with Hanayo since the day they met. Being naturally demonstrative and rambunctious she never thought anything of showing her friendship with hugs and cuddles and even kisses. Then, of course, when they became idols yuribait is sort of encouraged so she was more than happy to be able to continue to hug and smish Hanayo and see their fans cheer for them!! However once they were in college and no longer had to obey the “no dating” idol rules Rin got sort of confused. She wanted to date, but could never think of anyone she’d rather spend time with than Hanayo. She couldn’t figure out where the line between “romantic partner” and “whatever Hanayo is to me” was drawn, because the fact was she had been in love with Hanayo so long, she never realized that’s what it was. Eventually it’s Hanayo who asks her if they can date and be more than friends and everything clicks.

5. Crying

Rin hates anyone seeing her cry and she’ll do anything to hide it. Partly because it hurts her so much to see Hanayo sad and can’t imagine letting anyone feel that way about her. Plus her idol persona is supposed to be bubbly and nya~ and energetic!! A few tears of happiness are okay, but she’ll find an excuse to run away and hide when she feels like she’ll cry for real. Eventually her friends figure it out though and all work together to respect her space, but make sure that they raise her spirits and help her work through whatever it is when she’s ready. (Hanayo, of course, is the only one who knows all her hiding places and is able to get her talk when she’s upset)

17. Scars

Being naturally sporty, Rin has quite a few scars from sports accidents and crashing her bike and falling down rollerskating and such. As an idol she uses make-up and things like gloves and nude tights and accessories to hide them, feeling kind of sad that she’ll never have naturally perfect skin. Then one day a gossip mag gets a picture of her with scars visible and she’s embarrassed, until she starts getting fans mailing her and coming up to her at meet-and-greets after lives to tell her they feel better about their own scars because of seeing that she has them too!

33. Safe

Rin knows she’s lucky in that her friends and family all supported her and Hanayo. Unfortunately, the world isn’t always kind of people who are LGBTA. I (thanks to the fanfic you wrote me <3) imagine Rin becoming a PE teacher and working at a school for more troubled students, teaching them to use both sports and singing to deal with their problems constructively. She eventually becomes known as the teacher you can talk to about anything, and has several students who talk to her about their sexuality or being trans and how their friends or family don’t support them. More than once, she and Hanayo have let students borrow their spare room for a night when they didn’t feel safe at home, or helped direct them to counselors and groups that can help them. Some of her former students have contacted her years later to thank her for saving their lives when they felt alone.

39. Secret

Koizumi Hanayo x Hoshizora Rin