Relationships
Gaku Yaotome
Embarrassingly and devastatingly in love with each other, and mad that it took them so long to admit it to each other. They are incredibly supportive of each other and their careers, and Robin refused to abandon him when TRIGGER went through a turmulent time and had to discard their contract with Yaotome Productions. She often took time out of her schedule to go around and promote them.
Tenn Kujo
Tenn is difficult to get along with,
and sometimes his attitude is a little unnerving to Robin, but otherwise she admires his work ethic and they're civil/mildly friendly with one another. Tenn respects Robin's dedication to her career, and her skills as a fellow idol.
Ryunosuke Tsunashi
Ryuu and Robin get along quite well, with both of them having friendly dispositions and a fierce sense of loyalty. Robin envies Ryuu's positive relationship with his family, but also admires it. They can definitely share a laugh together, and have been seen drinking and joking around together many times.
Momose Sunohara
Robin loves how funny and charismatic Momo is, and how easily he can make a room of people feel at ease just because he's there talking to them. She suffers from some issues with confidence and self-esteem due to personal problems (issues with her family relationships, and other relationships that became unhealthy and toxic), and frequently asks him for advice on how she should present herself as an idol.
Yukito Orikasa
Autism to autism communication. They're both incredibly passionate about writing and creating music, and have spent entire evenings during group outings discussing concepts for songs. They also both suffer from a chronic fatigue/pain condition so they have an understanding and can tell when the other is just about at their limit.
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Q&A/Lore
how did they meet?
Robin has always been interested in performing and singing, particularly in becoming an idol as she loves the idea of making people smile with a song. She ended up becoming an independant artist, deeply inspired by idol groups that she supported in Japan, where she was able to travel frequently around the world to do concerts and started to gain a modest cult following. She came up with the name HAUNTEDLily to represent the dark/gothic nature to her music while emphasising a sense of light and cuteness at the same time.She ended up finding a large fanbase in Japan, where she decided to end up living for a while on a work visa, doing self-promotion and trying to make connections with the idol industry there and wanting to connect with her fans there in order to not stop paying homage to the idol culture that inspired her.She met Gaku when she performed as an opening act for a special concert involving TRIGGER to celebrate international connections between musicians. Grateful for her ability to be involved in this, she sought TRIGGER out to thank them individually for allowing her to participate but ended up only managing to find Gaku. They sat and had coffee while they waited for Tenn and Ryuu and surprisingly ended up hitting it off. They would bump into each other frequently as Robin tried her hardest to network, and he began to root for her to succeed and introduced her to many of the other idols he was friends with as they started to develop a genuine friendship and mutual respect for one another. They hung out often, although they would make sure they were in disguise to avoid any particularly nasty rumours forming.
what was the confession like?
They ended up being unable to spend as much time together or meet in secret because of the public's sudden heavy scrutiny, and the busy schedules they both had to adhere to, so all they could do was text each other to check in. It was a sad time for the both of them, as they had always considered their relationship something casual/not quite romantic but also not quite unromantic... a bit of a question mark?People around them started to notice that they weren't in the best of moods, and would appear down or irritable for reasons difficult to explain, although they could be professional for their idol duties.Robin took it really hard, and started to realise just how much she'd come to depend on seeing Gaku every chance that she could to lift her mood, and spent a lot of time venting (and drunkenly crying) to Yuki and Momo, who encouraged her to just talk to him about it and tell him how she feels.One day, she was out for a walk in the rain to clear her head when, out of nowhere, it turned out that Gaku had decided to do that very same thing and all it took was one look from each other for everything to click and for them to both realise that they really loved and needed each other and couldn't stand stepping around it anymore. They ran to each other and had their first kiss, getting absolutely soaked in the rain and not caring even the slightest bit - and then they just held each other for a little while, until Robin asked if he'd like to go somewhere to eat. The decision to start being seen together in public on dates was a quietly and unanimous one. They were just tired of hiding.
what was their first date like?
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have they ever collaborated on an idol project
They have! They formed a small subunit together when they went to karaoke on a date night and realised how much fun they were having singing together!
Their first single together, "ALIEN", was a big success with many fans of both TRIGGER and HAUNTEDLily
Their halloween special, "Danger In The Moonlight", was deemed an experimental and fun project.
(Art by @LeechKiss)
how did they end up moving in together?
Gaku endlessly appreciated Robin's constant support and encouragement during a rough time in his career, and they were increasingly spending more and more time together. Robin especially spent a lot of her time staying over at the place that Gaku shared with Tenn and Ryuu to the point that somebody joked that she may as well live there, and that one small joke led to a much larger discussion about moving in together. They both seemed to be on board and, with the consent of Tenn and Ryuu, Robin started staying over 5 days in the week on a trial basis to see whether the four of them would be okay living together.
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