RinNiki

RinNiki is the slash ship between Rinne Amagi and Niki Shiina from the Ensemble Stars fandom.

Canon
Rinne and Niki first meet at 17 and 14 years old respectively. Niki approaches Rinne, who ran away from his hometown, and Rinne faints mid-conversation. In fear that Rinne had died and he would be deemed a murderer, Niki brings Rinne back to his apartment and even offers Rinne some of his food after Rinne wakes up. Rinne accepts the food and compliments Niki's cooking, much to his delight. Niki ends up fainting, and Rinne is touched that Niki offered him food despite the fact that he was in poor condition. Rinne begs the neighbors for food, but after Niki wakes up, he tells him that he stole the food from the neighbors. It isn't until much later that Niki discovers the truth, that Rinne had gone door to door begging for food.

After their fateful meeting, Niki and Rinne start living together. Niki decides to get a job being a chef instead of going to high school. Rinne expresses his desire to become an idol, and the two conduct research. One of the customer's at Niki's part-time job mentions being an executive for COSMIC PRODUCTIONS. The same customer helps Rinne and Niki debut as a duo, though they do not have much luck. The two then debut in a group unit, Crazy:B, along with HiMERU and Kohaku Oukawa.

Niki and Rinne often exchange playful banter and teasing, though the two have a very close relationship where they care about each other. Rinne asks Niki to marry him several times.

Hot Limit
Rinne anonymously enters Niki into confectionery competitions in order to allow Niki to professionally work in a kitchen without having to worry about his father. Niki says he loves Rinne and asks to kiss him, but Rinne tells him to wait until marriage. Rinne explains that if he were to get married to Niki and become family, Niki wouldn't have to worry about causing problems for him. Rinne says that he is determined to make Niki happy no matter what.

Quotes
"I used to be a chef, but I'm an idol now 'cuz of Rinne-kun, or I guess, 'cuz he made me. Seriously, isn't Rinne-kun aways so horrible!? The other day, he asked me to lend him money 'cuz he lost all his money playing pachinko, sayin' he'd pay me back double, but if I did that it'd all be gone in a matter of seconds, without a doubt! Ahh, I've really run into no good people I should've never met... Rinne-kun's always telling me things like how it's fate that we've met, too. Luck is luck, but I must have bad luck in that case…"

- Niki on Rinne's official profile

Fanon
RinNiki is quite a popular ship within its fandom. On AO3, the ship has 745+ works, making it the most written ship for both characters as well as the fourth most written ship for ''Ensemble Stars! (Video Game)''. RinNiki also has lots of fanart on various platforms. Fans enjoy their playful banter whilst they are best friends. The ship is also fueled by Rinne asking Niki to marry him. Fan content often depicts Rinne showing affection to Niki. RinNiki is sometimes shipped alongside other ships like HiiAi and TatsuMayo.

Some people find the ship controversial since the two met when Rinne was 17 and Niki was 14. However most people acknowledge that Rinne and Niki are both adults with only a two year age gap, with Rinne being 20-21 and Niki being 18-19.

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