⇥ 𝚎𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" eun-hyun "
bond: best friends 💛 - sisters 💗
eunchae and raehyun met through their mutual friend and lover; san, back in 2019 when eunchae and san appeared on we got married. when they both met one another, the two of them got along instantly and shared many common interests in their lives - one of them being the fact that both girls debuted in male dominate groups and were considered to be 'weighing the boys down' according to knetz. the two girls also got along in regards to their love towards their family and how passionate both of them was about their careers in music. commonly, if you couldn't find one of them, it was highly likely that both girls were together - talking about something in their lives or hanging out in public at the mall or in a cafe just relaxing from their stressful schedules. oftentimes, both eunchae and raehyun enjoy doing v lives together that were either dancing-related or sitting and talking to their fans. while raehyun has many people she can go to when in need of ranting and opening up about her feelings, eunchae is the number one person she goes to when in dire need of doing so. they listen to one another's rants and problems, give advice to each other and helping one another when in trouble. honestly speaking, the two of them consider each other as not only each other's best friend but almost like their sister that they never had - that's how close their relationship is. when the two of them end up bickering, it is commonly over dumb and little things such as doing terrible actions or eating one another's food without permission or wearing each other's clothes without permission. additionally, when in focus mode on their careers, both have no mind in asking each other on their opinion about what they are working on - for eunchae, it would be about the songs she plans on putting on her newest album and raehyun with choreography that she's been working on, together - it would be working together with the other pandora members in the studio. they both take their jobs seriously which is one of the reasons why they get along so well with one another.
⇥ 𝚓𝚘𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" joo-rae "
bond: best friends 💛
raehyun had known joochan the longest out of everyone she has a close relationship with. both their mothers attended the same middle school and have been best friends since. because of their closeness, it was evident that both females would want their children to be best friends, which they are. both of them have known each other since being born and were always over at each other's house many times - they really cannot remember how many times they've gone over to each other's houses. their closeness comes to the point where they are considered family to one another's family and hardly speaks formally to each other's family members. along with their close relationship, both raehyun and joochan attended the same school for many years and were seatmates every single year of schooling that they did up until when raehyun temporarily went to sopa for a few weeks before transferring to hanlim in order to be with joochan. when it comes to their idol careers, a known fact about raehyun is the fact that she initially did not want to be an idol but rather a doctor or florist, mostly a doctor due to her father being her biggest inspiration, but it was joochan who inspired her to start striving to be an idol - and because of this, both of them start training towards their dreams of being on the stage. although she was the first one to be scouted, she at first was going to reject the offer from cube since she wanted to start training at the same company as joochan, however, he told her to take it - wanting her to not waste more time in waiting for him. so, with his approval, she started training under cube entertainment however as soon as he was accepted into a company, she made an effort to transfer companies in order to train with him for a few years before being offered a spot at kq entertainment where she transferred to. when they both debuted in their respective groups, they attended each other's showcases and showed one another the support they had always promised to give one another - this going on for every comeback each group had and every event they had. one big promise both raehyun and joochan made to one another, was the promise to meet on the stage and perform together once in their careers as idols.
⇥ 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" bo-hyun "
bond: siblings 💘
raehyun and bomin met as trainees under woolim and hung out often until she moved companies, and despite moving, the two of them met often thanks to her relationship with joochan. from her perspective, she views him to be similar to her younger brother due to many things - things such as their height, their love of teasing her height and having similar personality traits. because of this, she finds herself projecting herself to be an older sister and wanting to protect him from anything harmful, which she does. raehyun has no issue in going online and protecting bomin very hate comments that are being left under golden child posts or youtube videos of his drama and constantly talks about her proud she is of the members of golden child and how amazing it is that they are gaining attention from their individual schedules, especially bomin who works extra hard with his drama filming schedules and promotions. and although he is younger, he sees himself being the younger brother who wants to grow up big and strong in order to protect his older sister - similar to hyunjun and frankly, he did his part. since raehyun's actually brother can't be around her always, bomin does his part as the little brother and defends her from any hate that she receives and acts like the little brother whenever around her. additionally, everyone knows that she has slight favouritism towards him, so he uses it to his advantage whenever they're hanging out with the other golden child members - using the favouritism of raehyun in protecting himself from being scolded by the older members. raehyun always has his side when the members of golden child are bickering with one another about something.
⇥ 𝚢𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚗 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" yeon-hyun "
bond: best friends 💛 - siblings 💘
raehyun and yeonjun both met back when they were trainees for cube entertainment for a little while until they both moved to different companies - big hit and woolim respectively. while they lost contact when they moved, they'd gain contact again after their debuts and meeting at an event where they exchanged their new numbers and kept in contact. since re-meeting one another at that event, both of them hung out often and talked about their lives since debuting and what happened during their absence in each other's trainee lives. at some point in their friendship, both of them did end up developing feelings for each other and have confessed these feelings however nothing serious ever happened between them. they shared a mature conversation both over text and in person and concluded that both of them were better off as friends rather than lovers, however, their fans continue to ship them whenever the pair are seen in public either, hanging out as friends or interacting at a show. despite this, they still maintain their friendship and often hang out around cafes or with a group of friends that considering consist of mutual friends - friends such as yeosang and wooyoung. the two of them also bicker a lot like siblings, and this is commonly over food that they still from one another or wanting a bite of each other's food whilst the other refused to provide the other with a bite. their sibling dynamic is something many of their non-shipping fans enjoy watching on v lives and in general when sharing stories about their hangouts - added to the fact that raehyun constantly holds onto the factor that she had known yeonjun first, prior to wooyoung and teases her member about it, saying she is yeonjun's best friend instead of wooyoung - although we all know the truth behind who yeonjun's best friend is.
⇥ 𝚋𝚎𝚘𝚖𝚐𝚢𝚞 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" rae-gyu "
bond: best friends 💛
raehyun and beomgyu met through her friend and his bandmate; yeonjun, and frankly, the boy dreaded having the two of them meet for one simple reason. this being the fact that the way these two get along with one another is by annoying and mocking the eldest member of txt on past things he has done. an example would be his famous 'yeonjunie' aegyo he did for the show, his parts in txt's songs; blue hour and loser lover - there is nothing more enduring than raehyun and beomgyu using these moments to tease yeonjun, being their most favourite activity to do together. aside from their love of teasing yeonjun, the two of them actually often talk via text messages and phone calls more than they do with most people. in most cases, the messages and calls are often them talking about their next schedules, what they plan to do for their next day-offs and how their days are going so far - additionally sometimes planning hangout days without their other friends or group mates. the two have been seen in public together before, but most fans see their relationship as siblings or friends. in regards to that, much like her relationship with the maknae of golden child, she sees beomgyu as a younger brother and has somewhat clear favouritism towards him when she sees the txt members arguing over something - most of the time she sides with either daye or beomgyu. on their free days, when they plan a meet up with one another, she'll often treat him with a treat and other times he will pay in return for the days where she's treated him to food.
⇥ 𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" rae-kwan "
bond: siblings 💘
seungkwan and raehyun met on a variety show when she was doing solo schedules as a member of pandora, and the two of them got along fairly well. much like others, these two's relationship is similar to one of a pair of siblings who are actually siblings not like the one she has with her actual brother; hyunjun. seungkwan additionally, has also met her younger brother once when hyunjun and a group of his friends attended a seventeen concert a year or two ago. when raehyun first heard of this, she was surprised by the fact her brother met him prior to them befriending each other - telling this story to her brother who found it hilarious and coincidental. when the two of them go on a variety show together, one thing most fans can and will expect from this pair is the chaotic energy they bring to the show and the many clips that can go viral from their interactions. in public, the two share a standard sibling-like relationship - having small bickers during event ending stages and on variety shows that they appear on. in private, seungkwan is actually a large influence in raehyun's life. he gives her advice every now and then when she asks for it and the two sometimes hang out and talk about their careers, where they see themselves going and what they'd changed if they could relive their lives again - in general, they do deep talks about life. he also always makes sure she is taking care of her health during promotions times - even going as far as having a timed message to tell her to take vitamins.
⇥ 𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚠𝚘𝚘 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" seung-hyun "
bond: romantic ❤️
seungwoo and raehyun both met through their mutual friend; yohan, who is a former member of x1 with seungwoo and an old school friend of raehyun's. they both met when she accidentally got lost behind the stages pf kcon thailand and yohan offered her to stay with the x1 members until she was needed on the stage, from there the two's relationship began developing. in the beginning, the two of them were shy in interacting with one another but over time of messaging each other, their relationship developed where they spoke comfortably together - although they go between speaking informally and formally to each other when talking to each other. as they spent more time together, they both ended up developing having feelings for each other and after talking to their friends and having them encourage them both, seungwoo and raehyun began seeing one another romantically. in general, the two of them are very much so in love with each other and have an insanely healthy relationship - one where they show support to each other publicly through social media and v lives and constantly communicating. there is not a single day where the two do not message or call each other, even if it's a reminder to eat or to stay hydrated. for dates, the couple mostly spends their time in his studio at plan m either cuddling or working on a song that he has been working on, other times, they go on dinner or lunch dates. he is also fairly protective of her, especially after her hiatus back in early 2020 where she struggled a lot with anxiety and self-love - during this time, he spent a lot of time with her and reassuring her of her beauty and encouraging her to move forward from the criticism and show how strong she could be - which she did thanks to him and her members.
⇥ 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗𝚋𝚒𝚗 𝚡 𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 ⇤
" rae-bin "
bond: best friends 💛
moonbin and raehyun are both childhood friends, much like her and joochan. the two's families lived around the same area and attended the same dance academy unintentionally which is how and when they began close to one another. the two of them bonded over their love of dance and did many choreographies together as children. as they grew up, the two of them stayed in contact and talked however rarely met up due to their schedules as trainees under their respective groups. when astro debuted, raehyun was one of the first people moonbin informed about the debut and asked for her presence at the debut showcase, which she attended and did the same for all of the group's comeback showcases - him doing the same when ateez debuted. the two of them interacted a few times in public, especially whenever they had been promoted around the same time or whenever they would attend the same event and performed. the two also like making fun of each other's performances lightheartedly, especially about one another's facial expressions that have been captured on screen for fans viewing. the two often bicker and their bickering has been captured a few times on camera, and yet despite this - moonbin is ready to defend his friend from anything and the same goes for raehyun.