DancingInTheBattlefield

But I always knew there was a good chance they’d end up together since Forest of Death. I could tell Kishi was deliberately planting the seeds of a romantic subplot between them as early as genin days, one that would eventually have to be resolved one way or another. And it only grew stronger for me as the manga progressed, especially with all the tension between them (the kind of tension that was distinctly different from what you see between nrt & ssk.) I mean, the eye smex, the proud smiles that are so easy to miss if you aren’t paying close attention, the hand squeezes that were given actual panel time when he was hurt, the replay of skr’s smile towards nrt through ssk’s pov, going berserk whenever she was hurt, the panels dedicated to nrt’s reactions to several of their gentle interactions etc. Oh God, how could you possibly witness all of that and say they’re just teammates, nothing romantic about that