HI HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OMG ok let me just preface this with the confession that i know less abt them than i do sungseok so i won't be able to present any damning evidence like how i usually do with sungseok BUT!!! let me explain the ways i love gyubgeonrik and every pair that make up this very wonderful triangulation:

• gyubrik: like sungseok, they're soulmates by choice. they met each other, became friends, and chose to stay by each other's side. like have you heard the insane things they've said to/about each other? things like "there's not one second where i didn't like you" !??!?!? and i love how they bicker but in the end they would always give in and do what the other wants. their love is playful, pure, and true. i don't think there's anything else i need to say about them because SOULMATES already encapsulates all that they are to each other

• geonrik: they're very very interesting to me especially more recently because ricky has been very forward abt how he feels/thinks about gunwook - saying that he wishes to go back in time so he could meet gunwook earlier... telling gunwook "you have me 🥺" when gunwook said he wants to take care of a cat (!!!!!)... i think ricky is very comfortable with gunwook, and gunwook cares a lot for ricky - the way he loves listening to ricky's yapping and he's always the first one to defend ricky !! they also have kinda of a lowkey flirty vibe between them if you look at them closely... i think there's still a lot of things that need to be discovered about them!! and i do think that they're still at that stage of like... getting to know each other deeper ehe

• gyubgeon: WHERE DO I EVEN START !!! god my friends/idiots to lovers... they dont even realize that they're already falling for each other FOR REAL with every "jagiya" that comes out of their mouths. they're like when two bros keep making jokes abt dating eo or kissing and end up catching very real feelings for each other skfdskfd but i love love loveee that they're such a good match?? they have similar energies and personalities, similar interests too. they're almost the same person lol. they communicate very well w each other even while in their official standing positions and they're at the opposite ends of the line !!

GYUBGEONRIK:

i think what's interesting abt this triangulation is that gyuvin's energy is high almost all the time, ricky is rather calm and soft but there's still a lot of playfulness in him, and gunwook is the one who can balance and/or seamlessly adjust to their energies. i also think that the dynamic changes a little depending on who you put in between/in the middle?? like if gyuvin's in the middle they get so loud and energetic and playful because gyuvin will pull them in, when it's gunwook i like thinking that gyubrik enjoy locking him up in a compliment prison because they love seeing his reactions when they tell him he's pretty, and when it's ricky they treat him like a princess who is meant to be loved and adored and worshipped. i think as a trio they really match each other's vibe a LOT because they're also really good friends who are very very fond of each otherrrr 🥺🥺🥺

my theory is that gyuvin and ricky fell for gunwook at different times - gyuvin obviously during boys planet, and for ricky it was more of a slow burn because it's like he slowly became interested in gunwook bc of forced proximity (they're next to eo in the official standing positions) until they became closer and closer~ and then the slowest burn of all is gunwook towards both of them bc he's still trying to figure out what his feelings for them mean ehe

this is longer than i expected it to be but ackkkk i love gyubgeonrik so much, they're just so gorgeous together ♡♡♡