History Main / OffScreenRomance

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** Downplayed by Asuma and Kurenai since they at least have one moment where they're walking together and Kakashi accused them of dating (which they try to deny). After the TimeSkip, we only see they're married after we see Kurenai with a wedding ring... and not long after that, Asuma died in battle by Hidan's hands.

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* Fanfic/TheEchoRanger: In the Kyoto Arc, Telos was planning to distract Toshinori with Rhian's sexy, but the opportunity was missed due to a monster attack dragging All Might away. And Rhian was mad. Eight months later when the Dai Clan shows up to help with Melissa's Power Coin, Rhian and Toshinori are calling each other by nicknames, she is very flirty with him, and Aleia notes that Rhian has been spending a lot of time in Tokyo.

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* ''Series/CornerGas'' has Brent and Lacey in a relationship for two years by the time of Recap/CornerGasTheMovie

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* [[spoiler: Dark Star and Phala]] of ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'' had no hint of attraction to one another when they met. Cue two weeks later, and they had a son off-screen (the mechanics behind the conception and fast pregnancy were {{Handwaved}} with "we were drunk at the time").

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* In ''Manga/RandomWalk'', Touko's relationship with her on-and-off boyfriend Tsukasa oscillates between this trope and OffscreenBreakup. The couple first meet when Tsukasa foils Touko's plan to trick the guys into paying for their entertainment, and Touko complains about the incident when she encounters him again at school. The next time she talks about him, she reveals they're together. Then they break up because of an off-screen argument. This happens several time, and the audience only gets to see the end-result after Touko announces the fact to her friends and their reactions toward it.

** WordOfGod pairs up several characters who have no romantic arc in the series proper, such as George Weasley with Angelina Johnson, and Neville Longbottom with Hannah Abbott. The latter is particularly notable; while George and Angelina are Quidditch teammates and part of the same social circle[[note]]Though some fans find it a bit awkward that George marries his dead twin brother's girlfriend.[[/note]], Neville and Hannah basically have zero interaction while in school.

* In ''[[Literature/RamonaQuimby Ramona Forever]]'', Aunt Bea mentions that she and Mrs. Quimby used to go to the same school as Howie's visiting uncle, Hobart, but otherwise made no indication that the two personally know each other -- and, as far as Ramona is concerned, her aunt is seeing a man named Michael. Partway through the book, there are talks about Howie's uncle dating a teacher, whom Ramona suspects is Aunt Bea. This is later confirmed on-screen when Uncle Hobart and Aunt Bea shows up at dinner and announce that they're getting married. Even though the readers are given plenty of {{foreshadow|ing}} regarding the couple's relationship before its reveal, they still did not see how exactly their romance unfold. At least the wedding takes place on-screen though, and the occasion serves as the book's climax.

* Most pairings in ''Manga/DragonBall'' and its continuities (though Gohan/Videl actually averts it, since the two take a while to develop their feelings). A few characters marry and have kids during the series's frequent time skips with little on-screen development. To the author's credit, the reason for the lack of development is because he's stated in interviews that he doesn't care for romance, and most of the couples hook up during a TimeSkip of several years, allowing the readers' imaginations to run wild.

** Tonks and Lupin are revealed to be in love at the end of ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]''. Neither Harry nor the audience saw the relationship develop, so this comes as quite a surprise -- especially since, in the beginning of the book, Harry actually thought that Tonks was in love with ''[[KissingCousins Sirius]]'' instead (because she started behaving strangely after [[spoiler:his death]]). The two got married some time between the sixth and seventh book, but the event is only given a brief mention in the prologue of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''. This is largely understandable since with very few exceptions the story is told solely from Harry's perspective, so the audience only sees what Harry sees. Tonks and Lupin's romance was off-page because it happened while Harry was at school and neither of them had a job at Hogwarts, so naturally he didn't see any of it until they were already an established couple.

** WordOfGod pairs up several characters who have no romantic arc in the series proper, such as George Weasley with Angelina Johnson, and Neville Longbottom with Hannah Abbott. The latter is particularly notable; while George and Angelina are Quidditch teammates and part of the same social circle, Neville and Hannah basically have zero interaction while in school.

* In ''[[Literature/RamonaQuimby Ramona Forever]]'', Aunt Bea mentions that she and Mrs. Quimby used to go to the same school as Howie's visiting uncle, Hobart, but otherwise made no indication that the two personally know each other -- and, as far as Ramona is concerned, her aunt is seeing a man named Michael. Partway through the book, there are talks about Howie's uncle dating a teacher, whom Ramona suspects is her Aunt. This is later confirmed on-screen when Uncle Hobart and Aunt Bea shows up at dinner and announce that they're getting married. Even though the readers are given plenty of {{foreshadow|ing}} regarding the couple's relationship before its reveal, they still did not see how exactly their romance unfold. At least the wedding takes place on-screen though, and the occasion serves as the book's climax.

* ''VideoGame/{{Aveyond}} 3'': If the player doesn't marry [[TheProtagonist Mel]] to Edward at the end of ''The Darkthrop Prophecy'', the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue would mention that she'd eventually marry a man named Lars VIII, who never actually show up in the games proper. WordOfGod says that this is actually the canon OfficialCouple she had in mind.

* ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' has Nube eventually marry Yukime, leaving Miss Ritsuko heartbroken. A year later, after Nube moves to Kyushu, his students write to him, revealing that Ritsuko has moved on and is now dating someone else.

* Tonks and Lupin are revealed to be in love at the end of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. Neither Harry nor the audience saw the relationship develop, so this comes as quite a surprise -- especially since, in the beginning of the book, Harry actually thought that Tonks was in love with ''[[KissingCousins Sirius]]'' instead (because she started behaving strangely after [[spoiler:his death]]). The two got married some time between the sixth and seventh book, but the event is only given a brief mention in the prologue of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''. This is largely understandable since with very few exceptions the story is told solely from Harry's perspective, so the audience only sees what Harry sees. Tonks and Lupin's romance was off-page because it happened while Harry was at school and neither of them had a job at Hogwarts, so naturally he didn't see any of it until they were already an established couple.

* Tonks and Lupin are revealed to be in love at the end of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. Neither Harry nor the audience saw the relationship develop, so this comes as quite a surprise -- especially since, in the beginning of the book, Harry actually thought that Tonks was in love with ''[[KissingCousins Sirius]]'' instead (because she started behaving strangely after [[spoiler:his death]]). The two got married some time between the sixth and seventh book, but the event is only given a brief mention in the prologue of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': Jerry and Elaine dated at some point prior to the series and are now {{Just Friends}}. The reason why they broke up is never explained.

* ''VideoGame/{{Aveyond}} 3'': If the player doesn't marry [[TheProtagonist Mel]] to Edward at the end of ''The Darkthrop Prophecy'', she would mention in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue that she would eventually marry a man named Lars VIII, who never actually show up in the games proper. WordOfGod says that this is actually the canon OfficialCouple she had in mind.

Two characters are, as far as the audience are concerned, not romantically involved with each other. Maybe they're JustFriends, co-workers, or perhaps even strangers. Then those characters get PutOnABus, or become OutOfFocus, or the story gets a TimeSkip. And when the audience see those two characters again, they're already a couple, maybe even married.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' when it was casually revealed during the culture festival that Osaragi had been dating the captain of the cheer team for the past several weeks (whom she had previously interacted with onscreen a grand total of ''once''). This comes as a complete shock to her best friend Miko. And then they break up a week or so later (also off-screen). [[spoiler:It's later implied that the only reason she was dating him was because [[ShipperOnDeck she viewed him as a threat to Ishigami getting together Tsubame]], which explains why she ended the relationship so soon after Ishigami's confession.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' characters form friendly/romantic bonds by fighting side by side. The protagonist Chrom is in a special case because the plot will force him to be married by end of the eleventh main story-related battle no matter what. If the player didn't already marry him off at that point, the game will automatically give him a wife. Olivia becomes an available combatant during the very battle at the end of which he has to be married, in contrast to the 3-4 [[labelnote:note]]three of them are available no matter what, number four is a female Avatar who doesn't exist if the male one is picked[[/labelnote]] other candidates with whom a proper romance is possible. That battle is Chrom's only chance to befriend Olivia before his wedding and they need to fight side by side a minimum number of times to get married, making them a very narrowly averted case of this trope [[labelnote:note]]marrying them adds a support chain between them in the log[[/labelnote]]. There is however a straight case in the game: if Chrom can marry neither Olivia nor the "proper romance" candidates, the mother of his baby daughter after the two-year TimeSkip will be a SatelliteLoveInterest simply known as "Maiden" depicted with a generic female villager portrait and with literally no other role in the story. Dialogue will imply that Chrom met, romanced and married her, all during the TimeSkip.