Raymond Romanov/3.0/Relationships

== Romantic ==
Current 	
{| class="mw-collapsible article-table" style="width: 100%" 	Kit Archer (Fiancé) - Sep 27, 2023 to Present
Kit Archer is the second cop, after Juno Sweeney, that Raymond had an intimate relationship with. His relationship with Kit seems to be the most promising ever since Kitty Dream and Kit seems to be his "end game". They are now engaged and currently planning to have their wedding take place in the near future. He ran into her on the streets while she was on her motorcycle, and they immediately bonded over their mutual love for bikes. They quickly became official at the end of their first date at the Bryce Miller's Love Tour. It is in this relationship that Raymond has demonstrated significant growth and maturity. He appeared to have taken on board all the lessons from all his previous failed relationships into the current one with Kit. Just like all his previous relationships, there were still issues in this relationship, ie. communication, jealousy, and conflict of interest due to their job. Unlike before, Raymond did not brush off any issues between them. Instead, he had mainly been the one who took charge in guiding them both through tough times. Raymond always showered Kit with kindness, empathy, patience, love and care which were noticeably absent in her life from those around her, especially her family. He is the only person who would stand up for her against her sisters whenever they treat her poorly and call her bad names. He accepted her for who she was, loved her and had always chosen to stick by her despite her flaws, insecurities and the adverse reactions he encountered from those around them. He had also been helping Kit to build up her self-confidence and to believe in her abilities, which she struggled with a lot. He often encouraged her to do things that were outside of her comfort zone and to take on new experiences and challenges together. As for Kit, she had grown significantly since she started dating Raymond. In the beginning, she struggled to cope with the criticism and opinions from others due to the nature of their professions: Kit as a cop and Raymond as a gang leader and criminal. However, she had learned to deal with them, knowing that "he will always do what he does regardless of whether [they] are dating or not." Unlike many of his exes, Kit had never once tried to change him but had always accepted him for who he was. She understood the importance of boundaries and gave him the space to grow and to be the best version of himself and the "good man" she saw in him. What Raymond and Kit have with each other is what many people spend their whole lives searching for and some never do. On December 5, 2023, despite being a stormy day and them almost breaking up, Raymond pulled off "The Save of The Century" with his "Circle Rizz" to save their relationship, got down on one knee (not to tie his shoes this time) and asked Kit to marry him under the Christmas tree at the Courthouse. Since it was an impromptu proposal, there was no ring prepared. However, despite it all, the stars lined up perfectly and the moment felt right, she said yes. Raymond eventually reproposed a few days later on December 10, that time at Broker Park, the place they first met [1] [2] [3] [4], and with a ring. The ring was designed and engraved with some of the most intimate details of their relationship, ie. a diamond in a "box", the date of their engagement, and the Christmas tree that Raymond proposed under. Their wedding was also set to be hosted on a beach, just as Kit wanted, on December 15, 2023.	
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Nunu El Nene (Ex-Girlfriend) - Apr 12, 2023 to Jun 28, 2023 (~2 month)
Nunu started hanging out with R.U.S.T as a potential prospect in March 2023. During that time, Juno had just broken up with Raymond, while Nunu revealed that she was also single, having ended her relationship with Tony and that things between Baas and her had also ended. With both being newly single, Nunu and Raymond started flirting with each other while she was hanging out with RUST.
Raymond and Nunu became official on April 12, 2023. Although the two seemed close at first, their relationship began to take a bad turn as Nunu’s relationship with RUST worsened. Some of the reasons were her temper, her habit of using RUST's resources without permission and RUST constantly taunting and gaslighting her and her relationship with Raymond, while Raymond chose to stand by his gang in almost every argument. Their relationship finally ended shortly after Chem hospitalised her after pushing her down a flight of stairs at the Scrapyard.	
== Family ==
Cleanbois 	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%" 	Lang Buddha
Lang Buddha is a father figure to Raymond. He is one of the first people Raymond always turn to for advices and guidance. Lang had taught Raymond many lessons about survival in the criminal world whenever they were together, hanging out or during their jobs. Although Lang had always seemed to treat Raymond harshly, Lang had always seen Raymond as one of his child. Raymond's undying loyalty to him and the fact that Raymond had rescued or attempted to rescue him out of many unfavorable situations without any second thoughts had never gone unnoticed by Lang. He is also impressed by Raymond's commitment to improve and to learn. Hence, Lang decided to recruit Raymond into the Cleanbois.	
R.U.S.T 	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%" 	Seano Blackthorne, aka The Chemist
Seano Blackthorne, aka The Chemist or Chem, is Raymond's most trusted and loyal friend and partner in crime. He is R.U.S.T's Second-in-command. His passiveness balanced out Raymond's aggressiveness perfectly and he is often referred to as the "Yin" to Ray's "Yang".During the early days, he was a meth cook and he was involved in a low-key group/crew that no one knew about, known as The Obscure Collective. Ray met Chem through Kitty Dream while he was looking to bring someone into Betta Life to be their 100-grade meth supplier when they gain access to a meth lab in the future. While working on Betta Life, Ray started to invite Chem to jobs but Chem's reputation caused issues with some southside gangs which was helped dealt with by Ray himself after getting to know him better. As a result, Chem is very loyal to Raymond because Raymond saved his life and gave him plenty of resources and opportunities no one had.	
Adoptive Family 	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table"	La Flare Davis (Adopted Son)
La Flare Davis is also a member of R.U.S.T.	
==Friends==
Gangs and Factions
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Benji Ramos
A broken friendship reforged into close allies. Ray and Benji were friends until Seaside suspected Ray of attempting to kidnap Joaquin Jimenes at the request of Arush Patel Santana. During a tense confrontation, Benji demanded the truth and Ray denied the accusation. Tensions simmered to a boiling point and a lengthy war followed. Trust in tatters, it would take months until the duo became ‘Habibis’ again. Nine months after being bitter enemies, their respective gangs now consider the other their closest ally in Los Santos.
Unified Police Department	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Jackie Snow
TBA 	
Other	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Jay Que
During the early days of Jay Que, it was Raymond who showed him the ropes to become one of the best bank robbers. Raymond had introduced him to many connections and shared with him the many of the knowledge he acquired. They had also pulled off many successful heist together. 
After their first and successful vault heist on June 24, 2021, which saw them securing two "Gold Dongle", Jay agreed to trade the "Gold Dongle"s to Raymond in exchange for information about the Lower Vault. 
A few days later, on June 28, 2021, Jay told Raymond that he happened to be a hostage in Chang Gang (CG)'s Lower Vault heist during their phone call. He told him that CG learned that they need four people to simultaneously key in four unique passwords to open the vault and he was chosen to be brought down as the fourth to assist them. However, Jay had forgotten details about the pay-out because he was hit in the head by CG. Jay then proceeded to tell Raymond to keep these information close to his chest as he had already made an agreement with CG to keep his mouth sealed. 
The very next day, Raymond told the Cleanbois (CB) Jay had given him but he failed to communicate to Yuno Sykk about Jay's agreement with the CG. As usual, Yuno's friendly nature towards everyone accidentally spilled the information during a phone call with Ramee El-Rahman. As a result, this had put Jay into a life threatening situation as Ramee proceeded to threatens Jay's life unless he secure CG a "Gold Dongle" for compensation. Jay contacted Raymond and the CB for help but they refused to give out any "Gold Dongle". Raymond had also asked the CB if they even cared about Jay, with Lang Buddha and Tony Corleone responded with "Jay is a nice guy, but it's not [their] problem" and they would not want to start a war over this. Raymond called Jay to check on him later that day but Jay seemed upset and shrugged him off with "we'll talk another time".	
== Neutral ==
Irwin Dundee
Irwin Dundee and Raymond's friendship has always been up and down due to Dundee's gullible and erratic behavior. Although most of the jobs Raymond did with Dundee brought him much joy and excitement, they are also very risky. Raymond eventually stopped doing jobs with Dundee for a while but they remained friends. When Dundee reappeared after he was presumed dead, due to an attempted murder on his life by 3 suspects being Sam Baas, Tony Andrews and Four Tee, Raymond was delighted to see him again and was prepared to seek vengeance on those responsible. They had a fallout after the incident involving the Dundee's prospect, Channing Turner, shooting down Benji Ramos, Chino Gonzalez and Ash Ketchup at the Clean Manor. A few meetings took place later and Raymond joined them to offer his support. However, his words were misunderstood and Dundee refused to give up his prospect, leading to a war between Bondi Boys MC (BBMC) and Vagos. Sometime later, Dundee found out that Raymond had supplied the ammo to Benji's gun prior to their meetings, which was used to shoot Dundee himself. Dundee confronted Raymond about it and they both ended the meeting with them walking their separate ways.
There were a couple of disputes after this, neither bringing them closer to a resolution. But a random encounter in the south side lead them to realize they still did care for each other, and they'd still be down to do things for one another. Since then Ray had helped Dundee on several occasions, picking him up when he was in trouble and even helping Dundee save a VIN scratched car while he was trying to screw with the time trials. This showed that ray was still down to help Dundee after everything they went through, and Dundee admitted he appreciated his effort. When everything seemed fine with their relationship, and the road had seemed to flatten out, Wingman's death occurred. 
Ray had known about the BBMC hunting Wingman for snitching out their meth operation, so he had his suspicions that Dundee had something to do with it. Ray had a meeting with Dundee to see if he could find out any information about the death, telling Dundee that even if he did kill Wingman he wouldn't do anything about it because Dundee was his friend too. Dundee lies and tells him that it was the Marabunta Grande who went after Wingman. Even with Dundee's words Ray has his suspicions about the Australian and keeps his distance for some time. 
They met back up again when Ray went to Dundee's warehouse to purchase meth. Dundee decides to come clean to Ray and tell him the truth about Wingman's death. With Dundee's explanation Ray accepts that it happened and does nothing with the information, keeping true to his word. Dundee and Ray have had many bumps in their relationship but they are still good friends to this day.
Cydney Lune
TBA
Four Tee (Acquaintance)
In Raymond's earlier days in the city, Four Tee was one of Raymond's friends due to her friendly outlook. However, their relationship hit a bump after leaning her relationship with the Blocks and that Mike Block is her Number 1 during a shootout with the Blocks.
Mando Thompson (Acquaintance)
Raymond had an unpleasant first encounter with Mando Thompson down at the cul-de-sac in Grove Street. They since ammended their relationship after they both came to a mutual understanding after some conversation and Mando gave him a rare trading card of Raymond, himself.
Grove Street Families (GSF) (Acquaintance)	
Due to incidents involving Dexx Martin and him being the leader of Grove Street Families (GSF), GSF was seen as an enemy for a while until Raymond and Dexx agreed to leave all the bad blood between them in the past.
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Dexx Martin (Acquaintance)
While doing some Oxy runs with Mickey S, Dexx Martin did a drive by on Mickey due to gang war between Chang Gang (CG) and The Families, aka Grove Street Families (GSF). Unfortunately, Raymond was also caught it the middle of it and they were robbed them and trash talked at them immediately, even though he told them that he is affiliated to Cleanbois.
This information was brought to Tony, Nino, Donnie and Lang's attention and they organized a meet up with Dexx at a parking lot near Maze Bank Arena.
The conversation heated up after Dexx refuses to cooperate and kept lying. This resulted in Nino shooting Dexx.
Some time later at the Vanilla Unicorn, Raymond and Dexx managed to talk again. They both agreed that they got off the wrong foot and to leave all the bad blood between them in the past.	
The Chaos, aka "Demons"	
The Chaos, aka "Demons", is one Raymond's and the Cleanbois's main supplier for weapons and thermites.
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	The First Encounter (7th and 8th April 2021)
Raymond received an anonymous phone call during his shift at the Rooster's Rest asking to meet, potentially for a job. Reluctant at first, but Harry Brown encouraged him to go to explore more of the criminal world.
Later that day, Raymond went to meet the anonymous group, later known as the "Demons" according to Nino Chavez and many others. They offered him a guaranteed laptop the next day for $20k and if he pulls off a bank heist successfully, he will be rewarded with a Micro SMG, aka Uzi, with value of $8.5k. Raymond agreed to the terms and brought a team together which include himself, Lang Buddha, Eddie Delish and Humberto Antonio Donato Pecorino, aka Donnie.
The next morning, Raymond went and collected the laptop but the heist was a failure. He did not manage to escape and lost his cut for the heist and did not hear from the "Demons" since.	
== Foes ==
Sai Carter (Enemy)
Sai Carter was on a mission to hurt Ash Ketchup's co-workers from the Burger Shot to hurt her. He eventually spotted Kitty Dream at the hospital while accompanying Bucky as he received treatment. He messaged Ash to threaten her and Ash informs Raymond of the situation. He didn't manage to hurt Kitty but Raymond and Benji Ramos started hunting him down ever since. They both later kidnapped Sai during a Paleto heist.
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Gheto Kaiba
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Wren Draider
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Alta Street Ruff Rydaz (Enemy)
Raymond is on a revenge arc with Benji Ramos and Ash Ketchup against the Alta Street Ruff Rydaz, aka Block Gang, after learning the incidents involving Ro Block and Kitty Dream near Dean World and the beach house and then the kidnapping and robbing of Kitty by members of the Block (Mike Block, Holden D. Block and Cyndah Block), in which she lost the binoculars Nino Chavez gave her and the money Raymond gave her. He had already kidnapped, tortured and burned Hunter Skye alive, even though he wasn't directly involved in any of the incidents. More incidents took place later when Mike robbed Yuno Sykk after a successful escape from a vault heist and a group of Blocks robbed Rooster's Ranch. Raymond's hatred towards the Blocks is further deepened after they stole Kitty's car and then kidnapped her and Mickey S.
Jason Corn (Enemy)
After Kitty Dream told Raymond that Jason Corn gave her an engagement ring and may have proposed to her, Raymond then took away the ring and planned to find and kidnap Jason before killing him. A few days later, Kitty informed Raymond that Jason called her to talk about the ring but only to break down in tears after Kitty rejected him. This only further fuelled Raymond's anger towards Jason.
Randyll Threepwood (Enemy)
Randyll Threepwood intentionally crashed into Kitty Dream's AMG multiple times as well as her colleagues' and friends' cars from the Burger Shot, resulting in Hunter Skye, aka Wingman, hunting and gunning him down. Raymond and Wingman questioned him before Wingman threw him off a bridge.
Basem Shahin ♰ (Deceased - July 31, 2021)
Basem Shahin flirted with Kitty Dream when they were hanging out. Raymond then learned about it through a phone call with Kitty which infuriated him. As a result, Raymond made it a mission to kidnap and assassinate him. Before Raymond can carry out his mission, Denzel Williams hold him off for a week because Basem still owed Denzel money. A few days later, through Kitty, Raymond was rather pleased to learn that Basem was assassinated before he could follow through his mission.
Jan Pšenička (Enemy)
After getting shot down and robbed during an oxy run by Jan Pšenička, Raymond went on and hunted Jan, with the help of Ai Musori, aka Betch and Brad Bett. They found Jan eventually and made him pay back the things he was robbed off. Just as Jan was about to be let go, Jan said some things which angered Raymond, resulting in Raymond shooting him down and dumped his body into the bottom of the ocean via a plane. Jan survived and ran into Raymond again later on the same day, where he was once again kidnapped and used as a hostage for one of the second Power "Ganger" Heist.
Boldi Erdenebud (Enemy)
During Raymond's and Hunter Skye's two successful back-to-back convenience store robberies, Boldi Erdenebud showed up to and recorded on tapes the crime scenes. Boldi then passed on the evidences to Jim Underwood, which resulted in the arrest of both Raymond and Hunter. Raymond remembered Boldi's appearance from the crime scenes and attempted to track down Boldi for revenge as soon as they were released from jail. With the help of Hunter and Rex Luther, Boldi was kidnapped and burned alive and his Weazel News van was exploded. Boldi was taken to the hospital in time but he did not report the incident.
Summer Mersion (Enemy)
Raymond was chilling in an alley near the Vanilla Unicorn Strip Club when Summer Mersion pulled up beside him in her vehicle during her normal patrol around the Grove Street Families (GSF) territory. Raymond began to move around as she started to question him and pulling out her gun. This encounter became more unpleasant when Summer continued to mock him, which was greatly disliked by him.
Randy Wrangler (Enemy)
Randy Wrangler tased Raymond off a bike after Raymond complimented his undercover vehicle. Raymond took him to court, in which the hearing took place on June 2, 2021 but it ended up losing the case.
Jeffrey Price (Enemy)
Jeffrey Price shot "Bucky" for trying to retrieve Kenneth Foreman's, aka Ken-sama, car in front of Burger Shot. Kitty Dream, feeling displeased, hit Jeff with a flashlight and she was shot consequently. Ryan Walker then stepped in and he was shot as a result before Yevgeni Ivanov shot back at Jeff, taking him out in the process. Everyone was sent to the hospital for treatment and Jeff was arrested and jailed. Raymond was angered by this incident and he is planning a revenge on Jeff with Ryan's help, going against Kitty's wishes.
Blaine Burke (Enemy)
Blaine Burke accidentally pitted Raymond's car during a street race and severely injured Spencer Smith in the process. Since then, Raymond had threatened to murder him and destroy his car.
Odessa Glafx (Enemy)
TBA
 
== Victims ==
Truth Flores ♰ (Deceased - March 21, 2021)
Raymond, Miles Landon and Harry Brown rolled up on Truth Flores during a hunting trip on March 21, 2021. Truth lied about his identity and consequently he was forced to drive off a cliff from the mountain. He did not survive the fall and died on scene. News came out later that his body was found by EMS in a valley below the cliff. He is Raymond's first murder victim.
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