Following their viral TikTok challenge together in which they seem to be close, ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Hanbin and aespa’s Karina came under dating suspicions.
On December 18th, Sung Hanbin shared a photo of peeled tangerines arranged horizontally, accompanied by the message “Can I get married?” to his fans on Bubble.
Just two days later, on December 20th, Karina also posted photos of tangerines. The first caption read “tangerines are love,” and the second featured peeled tangerines arranged horizontally, along with the caption “high-end tangerine peeler.”
Despite her tagging NingNing, NingNing’s response was simply “rwi~.” The synchronized tangerine posts have raised eyebrows.
During a fansign event, Sung Hanbin (born in 2001) expressed a preference for older people, while Karina (born in 2000) revealed a liking for younger ones.
Sung Hanbin recently sang “Bye bye my blue,” coincidentally matching Karina’s Instagram username, which is katarinabluu.
Adding to the intrigue, Sung Hanbin was spotted wearing a ring that is famously associated with Karina. The two also did the same challenge.
Under this post on Pann, other netizens left comments not buying the rumor:
- What’s with this nonsense? Literally everyone is eating mandarins in the winter.
- Let me set the record straight – Karina, Winter, and NingNing all shared posts about mandarins, but you’re only focusing on Karina’s.
- Because Winter, Karina, and NingNing all posted about mandarins, does that mean Sung Hanbin is dating them all?
- It’s not like he was continuously always wearing that ring. These are just stage accessories that idols wear, provided by the stylists. Why would anyone think they’re dating based on this?
- You sound ridiculous. First, Sung Hanbin was the one who posted about peeling mandarins, and Karina and NingNing were simply enjoying mandarins together. Karina probably doesn’t even know that Sung Hanbin ate a mandarin. Second, that challenge is popular nowadays, and fans asked Karina to do it.
