Rin Miki

**Rin Miki** is the main protagonist of the Knowing Rin series.

### Appearance

Rin is a slender girl with a soft, pale complexion. She has long, dark brown hair with see-through bangs swept to the side, and big, emotionless purple eyes. Rin doesn't care much for appearances and never wears makeup, but Nana loves to doll her up in sweaters and plaid skirts that she picked out, insisting on "bringing out her inner beauty". Rin has a dark academia aesthetic. She's soft-spoken, with a slightly feminine and monotone voice.

### Personality

Rin is an INTJ (introverted, intuitive, thinking, judging) according to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, and according to the Big 5 personality test, is high in openness and conscientiousness, and low in extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. She has a phlegmatic temperament.

Slow to warm, it takes Rin a very long time to trust and open up to people. She doesn't have many friends, but she cares deeply for the few she does have. With strangers, she's reserved, cold, and emotionally closed off. She seems boring since she keeps to herself, but when spoken with she's surprisingly blunt and witty, with a dry sense of humor.

When Rin trusts another person enough to be herself around, she blossoms and shows her true nature. She's tomboyish and open, following her impulsive thoughts, leading to silly little moments. Rin is honest and trustworthy with those she cares for, and is a reliable and responsible person in both her relationships and academic life. She's independent with a very strong sense of self, she doesn't care what anyone thinks of her. Intuitive and a deep thinker, she hates small talk and is known to walk away from conversations without a word if she deems what the other person is saying as boring or useless. She struggles with communication, especially communicating her feelings, but she'll ruminate on thoughts for days, living more in her head than the real world.

Stubborn when it comes to her core beliefs, she can become fearlessly confrontational.

### Relationships

Rin values depth in all aspects of her life, and that goes double for relationships. Her independent and seemingly cold demeanor makes it difficult for her to build new relationships with others, however she allows a special few whom she connects with on a deeper level to get to know the Rin beneath the surface.

Professor Satoru was Rin's Language and Literature professor the previous Spring semester, where on the last day of classes he asked her to be his Teaching Assistant for him for the Fall semester (Where our story takes place). She accepts, and slowly gets to know Satoru as more than just her college professor. With their shared love for literature and philosophy, Rin and Satoru hit it off, and Satoru's able to break through Rin's hard exterior and develop a deep and meaningful connection with her. She still doesn’t know Satoru’s first name, not until the confession scene.

Rin likes talking with Satoru because they’re both passionate about philosophy, and Satoru loves listening to Rin open up and talk about her passion for poetry. She doesn’t share her own work, however. She usually writes about philosophical topics or other deep and meaningful topics, but once she met Satoru, she found herself writing about love and the little things in life.

The more Rin starts to realize her feelings towards Satoru, the more flustered she becomes around him. She’s cold to everyone else/brushes off what others think of her, but he drives her crazy. Satoru opens her up emotionally. She’s confused and a little scared by her emotions, but she likes them.

Rin was an outcast in middle school for being so closed off. Nana took the time to get to know her because they were in the school's literature club together. Nana’s popular, but still makes time for Rin. Rin appreciates this, and shows her appreciation through her actions rather than words. They've been best friends since then.

Kairi and Rin’s parents were good friends, so the two of them grew up as family/childhood friends. Rin was still quiet, but over the years, Kairi got her out of her shell around him, and they had a playful, close relationship up until middle school when Kairi's family moved to another neighborhood. She hasn't seen him since their elementary school days, so she doesn't realize that they go to the same university at first. Kairi recognized Rin right away. He quickly develops feelings for Rin, which are unrequited.

### Background

Rin is ¼ French: Her grandmother is full blooded French, her mother is half French, half Japanese. Rin is ¾ Japanese, ¼ French.

She comes from a lower-middle class family, living as an only child.

### Trivia

She has undiagnosed mild ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).

* Sensitive to sudden and extreme external stimuli, like loud noises or bright lights
* Trouble with interpersonal skills
* Stims by fiddling with her hair, clothes, fingers
* Prefers to be alone

Rin loves...

* Writing and reading poetry!
* Animals. She gets so giddy around them! Her favorite animal is a cat, although she doesn't have one due to her landlord's policies.
* Children. She's very good with kids, and genuinely enjoys playing with them. Their imaginative minds go well together.
* Water. The sensation of being underwater where every movement flows smoothly and every sound is muffled is calming to her. Standing in the rain is less calming due to the rush of raindrops, but she loves it for its constant tickles on her skin.

Daydreams/"checks out" often. She will often miss chunks of what people are saying because of it.

She needs glasses, but just never bothered to get any.

Rin has never drank a sip of alcohol and doesn't care to try it. Not until Jirou's birthday.

When she feels embarrassed, she often tries to flee or hide her face.

Rin's the type to master a single art than dabble in them all.