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BIRTHNAME ✧ Kim Ara, 김아라.

OTHER NAMES

 ♡ Kimmy ◇ Her family calls her Kimmy as a play on her last name. Since she is the one who looks least like her mother.

NICKNAMES ✧

 ♡ Bloo ∶ Some of her group members started calling her bloo because of the show fosters home for imaginary friends. She liked the show and since she would dye her hair blue most of the time (for the company and for herself), the name just stuck. 

 ♡simjang (심장): Gongchan started calling her Simjang which means heart. Simjang is part of her id for video games (ie. yuri simjang (유리 심장) which means glass heart

 ♡고양이 (goyangi) ∶ Her group members have told her on occasion that she looks like a cat so she earned the nick name goyangi as well as started collecting cat stuffed animals.

 

BIRTHDATE ✧ June 25, 1996.

BIRTHPLACE ✧ Jeju City, South Korea.

HOMETOWN ✧ Jeju City, South Korea.

NATIONALITY ✧Korean.

ETHNICITY✧Korean American  LANGUAGES ✧

　» English : 100%. Since Ara's mother is from the States, She made it a bilingual household. She would have to speak both korean and English to one another to practice how well they could converse with one another. She is proud to be able to speak a universal language

  » Korean : 100%. Since her homeland is Korea, she is fluent in the language             

    » Japanese : 49%. Because the group was going to be global, she began studying Japanese on her free time as well as during language class at the company. She's working on getting to conversational Japanese so she could speak to the Japanese members freely and only worry about her sentence structure.

 

FACECLAIM ✧ Elly of Weki Meki.

BACKUP ✧ Sihyeon (Everglow) or Haeyoon (Cherry Bullet)

HEIGHT ✧ 161cm.

WEIGHT ✧ 46kg.

APPEARANCE ✧ At 161cm, she is at slightly below average height.. Aralikes to dye her hair different colors depending on her mood. She lets her hair rest and take a breather from being dyed so for now, her hair is her natural black hair color. .

STYLE ✧ Ara loves to be comfortable yet girlyish at the same time. color wise, she likes bright primary colors as well as anything dark.She is usually seen wearing pleated skirts, flowy dresses/skirts or suspender like dresses. She likes to wear tshirts, tanktops or flowy shirts when she goes out or stays in. She matches the shirts with shorts, skirts, dresses or pants along with platform shoes or sneakers.She loves to wear accessories with her outfits and lways has a sweater, cardigan or jacket. She'll occasionally wear hats with her outfits as well as headphones when she wants to be stylish.

DON’T BE SUCH A TIRED CLICHÉ

TRAITS ✧

 

▸ (+) | charismatic, energetic, organized, clever, athletic

▸ (=) | amusing, mellow, private, artful 

▸ (-) |  nervous, tough, rowdy, possessive

 

PERSONALITY ✧ 

 

▸ energetic, athletic

Ara is a very athletic person. She loves to wake up early to either get some exercise done to start her day  or drink tea or coffee, depending on  how she feels that time of the day. She also loves to go outside and be active by running, playing basketball She loves to just play sports to keep being active and feel like she did something during the day.She is very energetic as well. Once she has her coffee or exercises, she is great the rest of the day.She is one of the members who is always in a good mood (or tries to be) and is always trying to keep the energy up. She has been labeled the happy pill/happy virus on occasions

 

▸ charismatic, organized

Ara  is charismatic on and off stage. She has a strong and charming personality that captivates people depending on their likes. She isn't everyones type which she understands but when someone likes her, it's cause of her charming/charismatic side of her that they first see. She calls this a strength of hers since she is able to show this side without even knowing. She uses this onstage while she is performing to her strengths. 

Ara likes to be organized. She likes to have a place for everything and everything to have a place. She keeps her area in the dorms neat and sometimes labels the area so she can know where to look if she needs something specific. She gets made of of this by her group members, which she doesn't mind, but if they ever need or misplace something, Ara always has their back

 

▸ clever

She is considered to be clever. She is able to problem solve any word problems she is given. Sometimes it is automatic but other times, it can be a little bit of a wait. She is proud of being able to problem solve questions since it's something she enjoys

 

▸ artful, mellow

Ara loves art. Her favorite form of art is drawing and painting although she only has it as a hobby at home or in her spare time. She doesn't care what type of paint she uses if it's painting but Oils are her favorite. She always feels the calmest when she is able to paint or draw whatever is in her mind or sometimes in front of her. Because of this, Ara's nature is mellow. She is able to have a level head though many things even if it frustrates everyone. She is able to play the middle man/calm one in the group if there is arguments and can help out the mom of the group with keeping things calm and peaceful. Because of this, Ara is the 2nd mom of the group.

 

▸ private, amusing

Although she is very rowdy and loves attention, she is very private about her life or other's lives. She doesn't think everyone needs to know what everyone is doing every minute of everyday. She only talks to her parents as well as her close friend in the group about personal things. The rest, she likes to be talkative about it since she doesn't think it's the most interesting in the world. She is very "amusing" according to others. She knows jokes yet sometimes how she words things makes her just naturally tell the joke or a funny story in its place. She likes that trait about her because she is able to make others smile and helps to set her happy virus nick name as well

 

▸ rowdy

Although she is usually calm, she can be rowdy as well. Out in public especially she always has soo much energy that everyone always asks how is that possible when just in the dorms she was calm. She's noisy to the point that sometimes she has to be called out by the managers (and has been punished for it) but once she's out of the public eye or away from others, she reverts to her calm and mellow self

 

▸ possessive

When i say possessive, Ara fits the word to a t. She likes to have attention on her which is why she can be loud or rowdy when she wants or doesn't want to. She's like that with her members as well. She loves them and just likes to show affection towards them but if they leave, she gets pouty until she's able to be with them again or if someone else gives her attention

 

▸nervous,tough

Ara is a nervous person by nature. although she learned to make her outward appearance seem confident as well as take up hobbies that calm her down, she is always nervous before big events or auditions. In the past, her nervousness would make her anxious, fidgety and insomniatic at times but as of now, She has learned to control it by practicing, art and keeping her mind busy. she still gets nervous and fidgets but not as much as in the past. Once the nervousness passes though, she is perfectly fine like the nerves never happened. 

 

despite how she looks, Ara is tough.Not like stone cold tough though. She is tough when it comes to herself. She knows how hard and harsh the world can be so she has put a small wall up. everytime something bad happens, she makes sure it doesn't show on her face. She grows from each instance like adding a new brick onto the wall. She wants to make sure that no matter what happens, she keeps a good face on while also being able to grow as a person

 

BACKGROUND ✧ 

Kim Ara was born on June, 25 1996. She was the youngest in the family which consisted of an older brother (Youngmin) and sister (Yoonjo). Her mother and father met during a study abroad trip during college. Her father took a study abroad program in the states (America) for a year. During the first month there, he became friends with a small group of people at school and Ashley (her english name), being one of them. She caught his eye by being one of the few people there who knew about the Korean culture because of her family. She helped him with his English while they hung out in school and in time meet socially outside of the school environment. They tiptoed around their feelings for a good few months before Inchul had the courage to aske Ashely to be his girlfriend. Although he would have to go home in 3 months time, they spent the remaining time he had there together. They made plans to stay in a long distance relationship while they both saved up money to visit each other often. Within 6 months, Ashley went to visit him and stay in Korea for a month before she had to leave. It would be the same for inchul, staying with her for a month at a time. While this was hard for them in the beginning, once graduation happened, Inchul was able to stay with her in Korea for 6 months while on a visa. although many people said they were moving to fast,  they got engaged a few weeks before the 6 months were up and married in korea the day before she had to leave. They  had to seperate for a brief period of time while they were getting her paperwork ready for her to come live in korea permemntly with him while she was getting her things ready from the states, paperwork and all. Once everything was approved (tests and all), she was able to proudly call herself a citizen of korea and be able to stay with her husband. 

 

It wasn't long after that they had the oldest child, Youngmin and soon after Yoonjo. They met the requirement of always getting Ashley's paperwork done everyyear to be renewed as well as being able to be financially stable for the visa paperwork. Although it was a bit tough at first, Inchul was able to move up in his job and is now the CEO of a popular car brand, KIA. When Ara was born, she had it easier than her siblings. For Youngmin, they were strict on him since he was the first born. It was why he was able to go to go to school for law and eventually make it into law school. For Yoonjo, she was treated nicer than Youngmin but still had a strict upbringing since their parents just wanted was was best for them. She went into the makeup industry and became a stylist like she wanted. Although it wasn't what her parents wanted, they were fine with it since it's something that made her happy. Ara on the other hand, was babied by her parents. She was the youngest as well and the one who didn't want to go to college at first. She knew from a young age when she saw BOA on stage on tv that she wanted to become an idol.  They signed Ara up for dance classes and singing classes as well to help her get enough practice for future auditions. Her siblings were a bit envious on how they let Ara go through with trying to become an idol that they didn't talk to her much for a  year or two while auditions were hapening for her. It was during this time when she started feeling isolated when it came to her siblings. To help over come it, even though she was still young, she began trying to write songs as well as raps. It was the one thing that would bring her peace of mind while fighting was going on between her siblings and herself. It began affecting her parents too since they began getting after them for not encouraging Ara to be what she wants to be. 

 

It wasn't until Ara auditioned for JYP that her siblings had a change of heart. They saw how much work Ara put into her audition and for her to not be allowed to even finish showing her potential, she was cut from the audition list. She was broken hearted that she stayed in her room for a few days, missing her classes as well. Yoonjo and Youngmin went in and comforted Ara for the rest of the day as their parents smililed knowing everything would be alright. Youngmin began helping her sister with fun rap battles (apparently, he has always been good at rapping...who'd have thought.) while her sister helped her with dancing and making choreography with Ara. She still took classes for singing and dance but became an individual trainee and began practicing with her famliy. it became a group effort.

 

While Ara was in 3rd year in high school (about to graduate), she still auditioned for several companies but began focusing on school more. Her music teacher, as a last effort, filmed an audition video for Ara in the practice room. Ara was able to showcase everything she's been working on and was able to do the video in a one shot. Sshe felt thankful to her music teacher for helping her out and rooting for her when many people gave up on her even making it passed the first round of auditions. It was a Saturday morning when Ara recieved a phone call from Cube. At first she thought it was a joke but apparently her music teacher posted the video of Ara and sent it to Cube. They were scouting different places for new trainees that when one took a look at Ara's video, they wanted to get in contact with her. Her music teacher  (Mrs. Lee) gave the contact information to Cube and they reached out to her the very next day with news of her becoming a trainee. After 2 years, Ara was transfered to MIK, an up and coming entertainemnt company, where she kept up with her training and worked harder everyday towards her debut.   

  

LIKES ✧
|| color purple and blue
|| Video games 
|| cats
|| anime 
|| horror movies and horror attractions
|| cooking
|| sad songs/ballads
|| dancing
|| tea and coffee.

DISLIKES ✧ 

|| logging off her computer if she's on a roll in a game
|| rude people
|| nails on a chalkboard sounds
|| being left alone for long periods of time.
|| false hope 

HOBBIES ✧

|| drawing
|| painting
|| exercising or playing sports
|| gaming. (LOL, Fortnite, Overwatch, halo, elt)
|| having mukbangs from time to time with her members
|| going on tumblr
|| reading fanfictions
|| recording covers she's done and posting it on youtube (ex. seventeen boom boom x )
|| going out with friends

HABITS ✧

|| popping knuckles
|| posting on her SNS 
|| not sleeping at times. IF she has energy, she'll try and work it off but if her schedules sometimes make her stay up till 2 am and wake up at 4, she'll stay up and nap through the day. 
|| won't blink if she is concentrating on something
|| if she gets something wrong, she will begin like she is going to curse but turn it into a pouty face. If she is alone tho, she will curse.

FEARS ✧

　» Entomophobia - fear of bugs. 

    » Agoraphobia - fear of heights.

TALENTS ✧
|| Pikachu beatbox x (fastfoward to 1:00)
|| mimic pikachu
|| can take a photo with her foot x
|| double jointed

TRIVIA ✧ 

|| always seen practicing 
|| likes doing puzzles and crossword puzzles for fun
||  she is double jointed
|| Halloween is her favorite holiday
|| Has a gaming computer and does streams where she will play for a few hours at a time (if lucky)

|| knows a few people (famous and not) because of her hobby
|| her first concert was a Shinee concert in 2010 because her sister wanted to see them live. She tagged along and started listening to them more
||  tries to talk to her famliy on the phone whenever she can

||  B1A4 is her favorite Boy Group (pentagon being 2nd) while her favorite Girl Group is Oh My Girl

|| always seen with a cup or tumblr in hand. it either has water, coffee or tea in it at all times. 

SNS ✧ 

　» twitter - @daisy062596

　» instagram @daisy062596

　» tiktok - uses the groups tiktok account mostly.

I WANT IT MORE

PRE-DEBUT ✧

　» ex cube trainee

   » "pretty pretty"  - pentagon music video

FUTURE ACTIVITIES ✧

    » sub unit ∶ "Get It" ∶ summer 2021

    » Solo ∶ title track: Stay Tonight early 2022 (maybe)

             b-side track: 자각몽 (Abracadabra) 

SCANDALS ✧

- Ara is in bad terms with her Group Mates (2021)

False. This rumor started when Ara was seen being in her own world. It's common for Ara to not want to talk or just think over things when they are in a car ride or even be napping. One day she got out of the car with her members and smiled shyly as they were getting ready to go and take a photo together. Everyone was talking to one another except Ara. She was asleep in the car since she didn't sleep the night before. When she wakes from a nap, sometimes it takes some time for the groggyness to completely go away and the fog to lift. She was in this type of state while the photos were being taken. Once these photos were released, everyone started to throw shade at the others. To make this stop, Ara posted on instagram and weibo to make sure to let others know it was a misunderstanding. Once she responded, the conversation died down quickly and she made sure to keep her attitude up even if she just woke up from a nap

 

- Ara and Hongseok too close for comfort? (2022)

During a variety show where Pentagon and Razzle Dazzle were on together, it was talked about how Ara and Pentagon were close. They started to joke around like they would when she would hang out in Cube Ent and some fans weren't happy with how touchy they were. Some were happy that Someone matches Hongseok's jokes and energy but some were debating if they were dating. besides it making to the news about them maybe dating, it was pushed aside by other news making it disappear the next day.

 

-Ara and Gongchan seen in public together (2022)

  During one of their amusement park hangouts, Chanshik and Ara were seen a little to close for comfort according to fans. He had his arm around her shoulder or she'd hold onto his arm while walking or talking. They were even seen taking selcas together. Although nothing is confirmed or denied, both parties are getting hate as of late from fans

 

HEADLINES ✧

　» i'm not sure what would be said for her headlines so anything you might come up with would be appreciated :) 

I LIKE IT NOW

NAME ✧ Gongchan Shik.

BIRTHDATE ✧ August 14,1993

OCCUPATION ✧ idol, actor.

 

PERSONALITY✧ Gong Chanshik Is a variety of things if honest. He is a cute, aegyo filled guy at times (even tho he's not used to doing it much). He is very mischevious as well as sneaky according to his friends since he likes to play around and pull pranks on those close to him. He can be shy at first glance as well as chic because of his looks but once he begins talking, he becomes confident and talks to others as if he's known them for years. He has a dorky side that comes out sometimes but usually only with those he is the closest and most comfortable with. He's not exactly a loud individual but he does love competing and games which in turn do make him loud. Although he is all of this, he is quiet and pondering as well. He usually is talkative to others but once he is in the car or sitting down somewhere, he will stay quiet and pensive, just calm for a lack of a better word. He likes to just think about the day or moments that happened which make him smile. 

 

While he shows his positive traits to the public, the ones close to him knows the other side of him. Gong Chanshik always holds in everything until he's at the breaking point. He tries to not cry in front of others often but when he breaks down, he will break down for a good while. Gongchan is proud of the fact that it takes quite a bit to irritate him  but once he starts to feel like he's going to be frustrated, angry or feels like he wants to say some not so great words, he secludes himself or pushes people away until he feels calmer. It's something he's trying to fix by telling his friends or loved ones his emotions but it's something that takes time. He is very good at holding a grudes as well. He doesn't forget easily so if someone says something to him, he will hold it in and bring it up in later conversations or bickerings. 

 

FIRST MEETING✧ (2015)

Ara and Gong Chanshik met entirely by chance.She was playing Leauge of Legends one day and left the random fill section on without her knowing as she left to get some water. As she returned, she put her headphones on and began humming a small tune when she heard a voice on the other end. 

 

"Are you singing "Only One" By Boa sunbaenim?"

 

Her eyes went wide as she realized she left the random fill on and was debating if she should talk to this guy or not. She didn't want to be rude and spoke back,

 

"Yes, she's my role model."

 

The stranger and her began talking about random songs they favorited while waiting for the game to start. Once the game began, it switched from talking about songs to talking about the game. They spoke to one another of there they wanted to land, go and stuck to one another to make sure the other was alive and well in the game. It wasn't until they won that they calmed down and became so happy.

 

"We won! I can't believe it!"

 

They both said at the same time. They both smiled before Gongchan sent her a friend request. "If it's alright with you, do you wanna play another round? I already sent you a friend request."

 

Without warning, he left to the lobby so she followed suit. She accepted his friend request and joined his party so they could play more. They ended up playing for a good few hours (when she should've been asleep).They talked about everything when they weren't focused on the game and realized they enjoyed each others company. It didn't feel awkward at all, just comfortable. She chalked it up to being able to thank fortnite for finding her a good friend. When it was about time for both of them to call to quits, he asked her what other games she plays and if he could add her there if she didn't mind. She gave him her id and said good night  before saying i'll be on tomorrow to play again and logging off. 

 

LOVESTORY ✧

 

 As time went on, they began chatting more and more during games until they began talking in messaging.They became best friends that would always like to know what is going on in their lives. The only thing was that Ara didn't know who Chanshik was until a few months later. Ara was upfront about what she was doing and how she was training to become an idol. Gongchan on the other had, kept his identity a secret for the first few months of their friendship. It's happened once or twice before that once people find out they are talking to him, they start to treat him different and he didn't want that.He made a private instagram and other sns sites so he could talk and post there without having to worry about anyone fangirling about him. Everything was going well for awhile until she noticed when he would post a selca, he would never post one of his face. She asked him for a selca or if he could post one on insta and he said okay. She instantly liked it and said "You look so cute. Funny thing is you remind me of gongchan from b1a4." He was stunned for a moment before he replied back. "I keep hearing that. I have a few friends that call me his twin." She didn't ask or say anything after that, just agreed with him and moved foward.

 

*When she went to B1A4's 5th anniversary fanmeeting, she told Gongchan how excited she was. She normally didn't fangirl but she felt like this would be fine, to just let chanshik know how she has been wanting to see them. They had a nice conversation until she had to log off and head to the concert hall. He told her to message her once she reached there to make sure she was safe. He smiled to himself as he realized she liked his group before getting up and heading out as well to meet with his group members.  He was searching for her as they performed on stage, spotting her in the 4th row and doing a grand amount of fanservice in that area. At the end of the night after the concert, the members were talking about how the fanmeet went. They noticed how Gongchan kept heading over to one area more often than not. Gongchan doesn't like to talk about his personal relationships much but he started to talk about how he might be interested in a girl he has been talking to. they were happy but when they found out he hasn't told her about his work life, they scolded him. 

 

CNU: "I know it's not our relationship but you need to be open with her and tell her what you do for a living."

 

Jinyoung: "She'll like you even if she finds out you're a celebrity."

 

"Yeah and if not, then Sunwoo and I will go bother her until she accepts you" Sandeul said jokingly.

 

He laughed at his hyung's words before saying he would do it

 

That night, he got on the computer late and noticed Ara was online.  He began talking to her and asked if he could video chat with her. She thought it was weird  since they never actually video chatted before but agreed to it. He surprised her with an enthusiastic greeting as they saw one another on the computer and began talking about how their day went. 

 

"How was the concert?"

 

"It was amazing. Gongchan kept coming over to my side...i think he became my bias from that." Ara said shyly.

 

"I'm glad you said that actually.I've been wanting to tell you something for sometime now but never knew how to tell you.I'm Gong Chanshik from B1A4."

 

Ara didn't believe him since she thought it wasn't possible that she just so happened to befriend gongchan. "Yeah right. Quit fooling around and tell me what you wanted to tell me chanshik.

 

He frowned and began trying to convince her that what he said is the truth. She still didn't believe him fully, she was just skeptical.

 

"Look. tomorrow i have the day off and i know you have lunch breaks between practices. Let's meet up at xx park and i'll bring someone who will prove to you that i'm who i say i am."

 

She agreed to it and said good night to him since she had to be up in 2 hours.The next day passed quickly and before she knew it, it was lunch time. she left the company to go grab a quick bite to eat with "Gongchan"  but first had to meet him at the place he said the other day. When she reached the park, she just sat down in the swing set and waited for his arrival. She heard a cough coming from behind her so she turned to look. Behind her was two men with facemasks on. She was going to say something but Chanshik pulled his mask down and greeted her. She was confused about the other person next to him but he said he'd introduce them when they reached a resturant nearby for lunch. Once they sat down in a booth, Chanshik introduced the man as sandeul. She was in shock for a few minutes before she stood up and bowed to both of them. "I'm sorry i didn't believe you." she said loudly to him before he told her to calm down and to relax. The rest of the lunch, they were all talking and laughing as if they'd known each other for years(in which case gongchan and ara had). 

 

They kept on talking, having meet ups and playing games together, despite their busy schedules. They enjoyed being in each others company even if they weren't able to physically meet one another. Ara went to a few B1A4 concerts and she made Chanshik promise to come to her debut stage whenever it did happen. Everything was going well until one of his fans noticed he'd been out and about recently with a mystery girl. After that small slip up, they had to lay low for quite a bit. They didn't have outings as much anymore and only conversed on the phone, messages, video calls and games.

 

After that close call, they waited a month before they were able to have secret outings again. It was around that time that Ara realized she liked him since absence does make the heart grow fonder. She kept it a secret though since she didn't want to lose her best friend. She did her best to keep her feelings pushed down and to herself while only focusing on her friendship and on her dream to be able to debut. It was around this time (December 2018-January 2019) when she recieved news from gongchan about the possible contract renewals that all the members of his group had. Three of the members were ready to resign their contract and stay with their company but the other 2 members were on the fence, wanting to be able to do more than just their music and branch out into acting and etc. He started to take it to heart and didn't know who else to talk to besides s. He called her up and they had a long phone call.He talked about his worries, fears, hopes and wishes with everything happening with their contracts and team. She did her best to calm him down and told him that although it wasn't what he wanted, he needed to be happy for them. Enjoy the time they had together until they did have to go their seperate ways but just know that your friendship will always live on. Just always support one another. IT was all she could say to calm him down since she hadn't gone through what he was going through at that moment. He agreed and the following day, they met up so she could comfort him and help him enjoy his day instead of overthinking and being emotional

 

 

STATUS ✧ best friends with crushes on one another.
ENDING ✧ dating but not in an official relationship yet till a year or two later.

 

After everything calmed down slightly in their lives, Gongchan went to the debut stage of Razzle Dazzle. He kept his word to her and would always be there to support her, even if he was busy. They kept in touch and would still try and do meet ups on the days they both had off. He ended up confessing to her after her 2 year mark in the group since any earlier would have been bad timing on his part and would probably be bad for her and her company as well as group.

 

TRIVIA ✧

　» They like to text each other good morning and good night everyday. If one is going to be busy, they always message them in the morning saying they will call or message them during their free time or at night. They sometimes go throught times of not talking cause of their schedules, but they always send each other random pictures during the to just show the other that they are thinking about them.

  »they have matching hoodies and bracelets. Gongchan bought her a hoodie that matched his when he was out shopping with his group mates on their off day before their concert. Ara ended up seeing the bracelets while strolling past some venders in meongdong one day and bought them both.  

    » nickname she gave him: fool (pabo) 바보. His group, B1A4, sang a song called fool, which is one of her favorites. She though is part was cute and decided that would be his nickname. She secretly likes that if you put his nickname and hers together, it says "fool heart".

 

BACKUP ✧ officially dating.

 

FACECLAIM ✧ Pentagon's Hongseok.

BACKUP ✧ crushes that might turn into something more: a love triangle between Ara, gongchan and him.