LauKi

Lauki is the het ship between Lauren Sinclair and Kieran White from the Purple Hyacinth fandom.

Canon
Lauren and Kieran are the protagonist and deuteragonist of Purple Hyacinth. LauKi is the most important and frequently appeared relationship in Purple Hyacinth, they're partnership is usually used to move the plot and develop characters. Through their relationship, the creators tackle themes such as: trust, trauma, humanity and many more.

At first, their relationship is only a partnership for Lauren to gain information on the Phantom Scythe that the police aren't able to find and vice versa for Kieran, but throughout the course of the series it gradually gets more complicated than that. They start to reveal things about themselves to only those who are dear to them and will not hesitate to help one another in a crisis. At the end of S2, their partnership doesn't feel like just a mere partnership anymore.

LauKi interact quite differently every season. In S1, their relationship grows from their Lune missions. Lauren went from not trusting him at all to fixing his bandages and Kieran from seconds away to murdering Lauren to letting some of his gaurd down arounf her; at the start of S2 they have a horrible start. After the incident in EP43, Lauren absolutely despises Kieran and it seems like it'll be impossible to get nice moments of them again, but their relationship starts to get better over the course of the season. At the end of S2, they become Lune once again. S3's LauKi finally has back the banter they had in S1 but this time much more authentic after the time they spent together in S2.

The more flirtatious Kieran likes to call Lauren many nicknames, such as 'Darling' or 'Love' while Lauren prefers to just give him the title 'Subordinate'.

Moments
EP0-PROLOGUE

A future Lauren rethinks that she never thought she'd team up with Kieran to find 'it'.

EP1-LOVELY LADY Kieran observes Lauren with her date in a cafe and smirks.

EP2-SOMBER SILHOUETTE Lauren and a few patrol unit members are investigating a case when a loud gunshot can be heard. She leaves with 2 other patrol unit officers but speeds ahead. Suddenly, the assassin she's chasing stops and gives her a mocking smirk. She reaches out in an attempt to catch him, but the assassin spreads his arms out and leans forward to jump off of the roof. Lauren follows after him, not wanting to let him slip through her fingers. The assassin reaches a dead end and Lauren is sure that she finally had him cornered. However, he jumps onto the wall and grabs hold of a ledge, which Lauren imitates to jump above him and kicks him down during the process. The murderer grabs her boot with his bloodied glove to pull her down with him. This action causes Lauren to scratch her forearm along a sharp edge, resulting in her uniform ripping and her forearm to bleed. With the assassin still holding onto her, they both fall onto the ground; he falls on his back while Lauren quickly recovers to stand up, but loses her gun in the process. She sweeps her leg underneath him but the assassin agilely dodges and does the same when the officer aims for a punch. With her hand now reached out, the assassin uses this as an opportunity to grab it, using his right fist to punch her square on the back. The impact slams her body onto the wall, and she was sure that he would kill her. She yells as she turns around to confront him once more, most likely to further engage in combat. Instead, the assassin kicks her mask off and unsheathes his sword. Lauren narrates that on that night, [he] could have killed [her]. She is wide-eyed and shocked, with a smudge of blood on her right cheek, presumably where he kicked her. But [he] hesitated. And [Lauren] didn’t know why. The assassin’s sword is pressed onto Lauren’s neck as they both look at each other with an equally stunned expression. If only [she] did, everything would have been different.

EP3-ELUSIVE ENCOUNTER Continuing from the last episode, Lauren is shocked that Kieran isn't moving even though she's completely open and uses this chance to kick him in the face and handcuffs him onto the ground. Lauren tells him that he has the right to be silent but he replies that he'll be gone before he gets triald. Kieran continues to mock her serious tone and soon she learns that he's from the Phantom Scythe which causes her decision to keep him alive to force everything Kieran knows about the PS. Kieran easily discoveres that Lauren has personal hatred towards the PS and uses it to find out why. Kieran shares his goal of eliminating the PS leader and gives Lauren a chance to associate with him but Lauren refuses and bangs his head on the floor with her gun with reasoning that she believes that those in the PS are monsters. Kieran reveals that he's already known about her lie-detecting ability and uses it to continue their deal. This partnership lets Lauren gain information on the Phantom Scythe that the police aren't able to find and vice versa for Kieran. He breaks through the handcuffs and pins Lauren onto the ground with his sword pointing at her face. He leaves, telling her they can meet at the bridge midnight tommorow.

Quotes
"I just want you to know that I will not cause you any more harm than I already did."

- Kieran White to Lauren Sinclair, Painful Proximity

"Only for you~"

- Kieran White to Lauren Sinclair, Casual Creep

"Have you even seen a doctor?! You could be bleeding internally after a beating like that!"

- Lauren Sinclair to Kieran White, Coming Clean

"Let's go stop them... Shall we? Partner."

- Lauren Sinclair to Kieran White, Coming Clean

"So genuinely...thank you, Kieran."

- Lauren Sinclair to Kieran White, Hollow Hope

Fanon
LauKi is the most popular ship in the Purple Hyacinth fandom due to it's recurrence and tropes. Fans enjoy the well-crafted development and care put into the ship.

Metaphors
In Episode 26, Lauren takes off her mask when she's talking to Kieran and puts it back when she leaves.

Some fans believe that Lauren dropping her mask infront of him means that she's showing him her genuine and vulnerable state. She is showing him a part of herself that she doesn't typically to others around her and express herself without being concerned of keeping an image.

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Trivia

 * Shippers use 🌙✨ to represent Lauki
 * LauKi are both bisexual.