History Main / NowOrNeverKiss

-->'''Phillips:''' I'm not kissing you!

-->'''Anakin:''' I thought that we had decided not to fall in love. That we would be forced to live a lie, and that it would destroy our lives.
-->'''Padmé:''' I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway. I truly, deeply love you, and before we die I want you to know.
-->''(cue passionate kiss and dramatic swell in the soundtrack.)''

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Felicity Smoak, who has becomes somewhat estranged from Oliver Queen, gives him a BigDamnKiss in the season 5 finale "Lian Yu".

* [[spoiler: Holy Roman Empire and young Italy ("Chibitalia")]] in ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' kiss as [[spoiler: HRE leaves the manor Chibitalia works in, not knowing if he'll ever come back.]]. They meet as adults ''and'' get together again, but whether [[spoiler: Italy's partner and boyfriend Germany and HRE ''truly'' are the same person]] is still foggy.

* Subverted in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6051938/1/The_Sealed_Kunai The Sealed Kunai]]. Right before they go out to fight [[{{Immortality}} Hidan]] and [[NighInvulnerable Kakuzu]], Yugito Nii kisses Naruto, then firmly tells him that it was ''not'' any sort of last act, and they ''were'' both going to survive.
* Implied in ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'' between [[spoiler:Applejack and Rarity]] during the climactic battle/storm; while it's interrupted before the actual kiss, they are described as moving closer after very brief (lip-read and unexplained to the reader) dialogue, then are very startled when the storm clears up and show embarrassment around each other for most of the rest of the story.

* Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehog gives Sally a kiss before leaving on a suicide run to shut down a weapon. [[NotQuiteDead He isn't dead]], [[HesJustHiding he's just]] [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]]!

* Han and Leia's kiss in ''Franchise/StarWars'', right before he was lowered into the carbonite freezing chamber and an uncertain fate.
** [[spoiler:Leia's mother]] did the same thing! Padmé and Anakin kiss in ''Attack of the Clones'' right before they are led into an execution arena.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ("Lovers Walk"). Although it [[YourCheatingHeart isn't their first kiss]], Willow and Xander start kissing after they're kidnapped by the vampire Spike and think they're going to die. At that moment Oz and Cordelia bust in on them intent on rescue, only to find their significant others kissing ([[NotHelpingYourCase on a bed, no less]]).

* In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', Sarah kisses Chuck when they fail to deactivate an artifact they thought was a large biological bomb, showing her true feelings for him for the first time. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Cue incredibly awkward silence when the timer finishes counting down...and nothing happens.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''Far From Home'', [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] kisses Brainiac 5 before going into battle against the entire [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes plus GreenLantern which is foretold to lead to her death.

Then the BigDamnHeroes burst in, save the day, and they survive to either get a RelationshipUpgrade (even GladToBeAliveSex) or insist ThatDidntHappen. Often times, the revelation drives the pair to do something about their current situation, as they now have [[WorthLivingFor something to live for]].

Then the BigDamnHeroes burst in, save the day, and they survive to either get a RelationshipUpgrade (even GladToBeAliveSex) or insist ThatDidntHappen.

The LastKiss, except [[{{Dissimile}} it's not the last]]. But the characters don't know that. Death appears imminent -- [[SaunaOfDeath the temperature is rising]], [[DrowningPit the room is filling up with water]], the plane is about to hit the ground, the rope they're dangling from is about to break and drop them off the cliff, the room is on fire and the door's locked, [[ItIsTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world is coming to an end]]... The point is, this is no place for {{UST}}. The [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Not-A-Couple]] don't want to go out without revealing how they really feel. It's now or never. They kiss.

The LastKiss, except [[{{Dissimile}} it's not the last]]. But the characters don't know that. Death appears imminent -- [[SaunaOfDeath the temperature is rising]], [[DrowningPit the room is filling up with water]], the plane is about to hit the ground, the rope they're dangling from is about to break and drop them off the cliff, the room is on fire and the door's locked, [[ItsTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world is coming to an end]]... The point is, this is no place for {{UST}}. The [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Not-A-Couple]] don't want to go out without revealing how they really feel. It's now or never. They kiss.

The LastKiss, except [[{{Dissimile}} it's not the last]]. But the characters don't know that. Death appears imminent -- [[SaunaOfDeath the temperature is rising]], [[DrowningPit the room is filling up with water]], the plane is about to hit the ground, the rope they're dangling from is about to break and drop them off the cliff, the room is on fire and the door's locked... The point is, this is no place for {{UST}}. The [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Not-A-Couple]] don't want to go out without revealing how they really feel. It's now or never. They kiss.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Literature/ColdDays'' has a BigDamnKiss between [[spoiler: Harry]] and [[spoiler: Murphy]] based at least partly on this reasoning, though it was less the prospect of imminent death that brought it about ([[EverythingTryingToKillYou which they deal with on a practically daily basis]],) and more a determination not to miss out on a possible RelationshipUpgrade a second time.

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'''Ron:''' ''(ungluing himself from Hermione)'' I know, mate... So it's now or never, right?

* In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', Sarah kisses Chuck when they fail to deactivate an artifact they thought was a large biological bomb, showing her true feelings for him for the first time. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Cue incredibly awkward silence when the timer finishes counting down...and nothing happens.]]

* In the penultimate episode of ''Series/Runaways2017'', the team learns that what their parents are doing could potentially [[spoiler: cause a massive earthquake and who knows what else.]] Just before they head out to try and stop it, Karolina kisses Nico...who kisses her back.

* In ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'', Mikaela Hyakuya is on the verge of death. Having been just decapitated by Ferid, with Yuu escaping and the bodies of his family around him, it looks like his time is over....but [[https://weheartit.com/entry/221184709 then THIS happens]]

* In ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'', Mikaela Hyakuya is on the verge of death. Having been just decapitated by Ferid with Yuu escaping and the bodies of his family around him, it looks like his time is over, but [[https://weheartit.com/entry/221184709 then THIS happens]]

* In ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'', Mikaela Hyakuya is on the verge of death. Having been just decapitated by Ferid with Yuu escaping and the bodies of his family around him, it looks like his time is over, but then THIS happens