The specialty of K-pop lies in its endless dating rumors among idols. Regardless of whether the news is true or not, any kind of connection between male and female idols can easily spark widespread romantic speculation. In particular, the more famous the idols are, the more frequently they become the main characters in such stories.

Recently, V and Winter have “taken the lead roles” in a series of dating rumors going viral on social media. Both have been linked to various other idols before, but this time, they were paired together simply because they were seen chatting for a while at the annual Love Your W charity event hosted by W кσяєα on October 15.

After the event’s dinner party, a short video showing the two idols sitting close to each other and interacting in a rather friendly way was shared online. From there, many people began claiming that they looked like a real couple and were actually dating.

To further reinforce this accusation, some fans pointed out that the two stayed in close proximity throughout the gathering and were even comfortable taking photos together.

Beyond the moments captured at the recent event, some “pieces of evidence” were also mentioned, said to further strengthen the dating hypothesis. Specifically, a person wrote that: "Previously, V used a sunflower on his Instagram story and Winter posted one too a day later. With just a one-day gap, they both posted photos just showing their eyes. Do they think fans are dumb?" when sharing the capture.

These coincidences made many people believe that they were deliberate hints from the two idols about a possible romantic relationship. However, these claims were also met with strong opposition from many other fans. Those who disagreed argued that such reasoning was unfounded and lacked any solid basis.

Moreover, the way V and Winter behaved naturally like friends actually proved the opposite — that their relationship was nothing sensitive or secretive. Fans pointed out that the two appeared more like siblings than lovers. Many called on online users to stop spreading false rumors until there was real evidence or an official confirmation from the artists themselves.

Meanwhile, they also noted that over the years, V has repeatedly been dragged into countless dating rumors with almost… half the entertainment industry, even when he’s done nothing. Besides the latest rumor involving Winter, not long ago, he was rumored to be dating Jang Won Young simply because of some coincidences in the places and dishes they experienced in fяαи¢є during Paris Fashion Week.

That’s not to mention the long-standing obsession some fans and media have had with the rumored relationship between V and BLACKPINK’s Jennie over the past few years.

Winter has faced a similar situation. She hasn’t even escaped the wave of toxic comments on Instagram just because she was rumored to be dating Jungkook. Some users accused them of being in a romantic relationship merely based on a few similar items they owned.

Seeing these increasingly absurd rumors flooding the online community, true fans couldn’t help but feel tired. Instead of arguing with those spreading baseless news, they preferred to enjoy the cute, natural interactions between artists:

- how do koreans seeing taehyung and winter talking for like 10 secs and the first thing in their head is "they're dating". even kpop stans are not that deranged im ctfu

- If this was Jungkook those shippers wouldn’t shut up, so according to shippers taehyung is dating winter bc they actually interacted you guys are friendless losers

- Bro is dating the whole kpop together and the fact that just few days ago jungkook was dating winter and now taehyung is. Stop making false allegations and let jungkook and taehyung live. free taehyung

- Why taehyung looks like a big brother who listens to his sister whining. How can people say they're a couple

- They could be friends, so what? I feel bad for the artists for being targeted by crazy fans

- They work in the same industry, what’s wrong with being friends? What’s so ѕнσ¢кing about this? It’s not that they work in different fields

- It’s not strange because it’s V. He’s a total insider

- Can’t even see the video clearly…why is everyone trying to confirm if they know each other?

- Just share the tea guys. If I were them, I’d probably laugh in disbelief at this news — what a bunch of fools.

- my Kims, siblings behaviour, I love the way they interact, so adorable

- you know a man is safe to stan when so many female idols are comfortable around him

- BTS and aespa are friends in real life argue on the wall if you disagree. Winter and taehyung is insane again karina and taehyung is crazyyyy.