Rina

"Ricky intrigues me... And I don't get intrigued"

- Gina

Rina is the het ship between Ricky Bowen and Gina Porter from the High School Musical fandom.

Canon
Season One

Most people seem intimidated by Gina, but that is not Ricky's case. A few episodes in, Ricky tries to quit acting, he feels like he doesn't belong on stage, and then he talks about it with Gina. Gina convinces EJ to take her to the homecoming, to make Nini jealous so she'd quit the musical. Ricky sees them and thinks they are dating, he scolds her and tells her she could do better. They get into a fight, and he tries to apologize for the hurtful things he said. She asks him to driver her home and he does.

Ricky sees her house for the first time, and they talk for a little bit. Ricky tells her she is the reason he stayed at the show, he stayed because of her advice at the skate park. He also finds out Gina "doesn't do dates". She kisses him on the cheek, they stare at each other and she leaves.

After that evening they seem to start growing on each other. Nini and EJ start to notice something is going on between these two. Big Red also makes comments about it to Ricky. Before they go to Carlos' party, Gina stops at Ricky's and gives him a present - hand-knitted hat. He puts it on and Gina giggles as it is too big for him. After that night, Gina has to leave as her mother has to move to a different state for her job. Ricky tries texting her, but Gina doesn't respond.

Fanon
The fandom of this ship consists of people who have supported Rina from the very beginning and people who just started liking them.

On the other hand, there is also viewers that didn't see it coming at all and were hoping for Ricky and Nini to get back together.

It is often discussed the fact that these two had a slow-burn relationship of three seasons. The fans are hoping to see more of them on Season 4.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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YOUTUBE
 * https://youtu.be/sgZtew4jQMc