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The main character lives with the romantic interest for whatever reason. For some reason, everyone they tell this to will [[Freud Was Right|hear "lives with" as "has sex with"]]. For [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|some other reason]], this is never the case.

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Used in ''[[Bleach]]'', without romantic overtones. Rukia, at first being the only facilitator of Ichigo's [[Shinigami]] transformation, stayed in [[Closet Sublet|his bedroom closet]] during the first season, simply for the convenience of being close enough to act should a Hollow appear. Later in the series (Filler Arc in the Anime and Arrancar In Karakura Arc in the Manga) Rukia puts on her Schoolgirl facade for [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Isshin]] and is awarded a bed in Yuzu and Karin's room. She reluctantly accepts the bed to allay suspicion even though she would have preferred the closet, simply because she thought it was more cozy and had even brought along several items to help brighten the decor.

** Though only the audience and about three characters in the story ever learn this, {{spoiler|anything more...intimate would wipe out Chii's memory and personality. Design flaw, or deliberate maleficence? You decide.}}

* Misato and Shinji in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', although this doesn't quite fit because the relationship is supposed to be parental rather than romantic; like most relationships in the series, it's a bit more awkward and complicated due to the discrepancies of age and personality and their personal problems.

** Later played closer to the trope when Asuka moves in. Of course, [[Those Two Guys]] and the [[Class Representative]] assume the worst when they come calling during the ''synchronization'' training she and Shinji must participate in.

*** Didn't help that they said, in unison, that they had to train, eat, play and sleep together. Come to think of it, [[Squick|those activities are not mutually exclusive.]]

* Similarly, Negi Springfield in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' was supposed to room with two of his students (the female lead and the Headmaster's granddaughter) in the dorm where 90% of the rest of his students live, until they could arrange some proper quarters for him. Six months later, he's still there, and the UST keeps increasing. Keep in mind, ''he's only ten''.

** Additionally, Negi's friend/rival Kotaro ends up living with three of Negi's other students, having all but been adopted by one of them, and under the assumed identity of another's little brother. It remains to be seen how long those feelings are going to remain motherly/sisterly. Considering that the one who adopted him did so by ''brainwashing him with a [[Marshmallow Hell]]'', most bets are "not very long". Not to mention that his [[Not Blood Siblings|supposed sister]] has been acting in a rather [[Tsundere]] fashion towards him lately...

** Every member of the harem is related and as such, is a family (sometimes distantly related, and oftentimes very distant with ''very'' flimsy reasoning).

** Same logic applies to his (many) [[Expy|Expies]] throughout the Tenchi Multiverse.

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Tohru, the female lead, lives with the extremely popular Yuki Sohma.

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Maka and Soul share an apartment together. It's possible this is standard for Techs and their Weapon Partners; but not outright stated.

** Black Star and Tsubaki also live together, and one may or may not count them as romantic interest to each other. However, it does seem to be pretty standard, because most Techs and Weapons seen in the series indeed do live together.

*** It is quite interesting to note that it is usually the Techs' houses that are occupied.

**** Justified in Liz and Patti's case, because they otherwise lived on the street. But still an interesting point on living arrangements.

* In ''[[Sekirei]]'', Minato's had a few issues with this. He was kicked out of his old apartment because the landlord saw him and Musubi there and jumped to the conclusion in the trope description. Later, at his new place of living, after gathering four Sekirei of his own, he sleeps in the same room as all of them (same bed, too). So everyone gets shuffled off to different rooms in the Izumo mansion.

** Though Touma has, on numerous occasions, been quite aware of Index's presence, if you know what I mean.

** And after his memory loss, he doesn't even know ''why'' Index lives with him.

*** Later the things come more steamy when {{spoiler|Itsuwa}} moves to Touma's room, much to the chagrin of Index.

* In ''[[Shugo Chara]]'', Ikuto has extended stays in Amu's room on two separate occasions. They even sleep [[There Is Only One Bed|in the same bed.]]

** To be clear, this went on for ''fifty years''. Innocent indeed... {{spoiler|As of 2002, they still haven't done it despite being married.}}

* In ''[[Umisho]]'', Amuro lives in Kaname's house after hers is damaged in a typhoon.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild|Joshua]] and [[Meido|Fiore]] of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' are staying in what's noted as [[Big Bad|Aion]]'s house, but since he's often away on business they seem to spend several months living together without anything happening. (But not if [[Fanfic]] has anything to say about it.) Considering that Fiore is an [[Emotionless Girl]] who's more concerned with trying to serve Joshua ([[Freud Was Right|not that way]]) than date him, and Joshua is a creepily innocent teenager that usually [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|isn't]] [[Power Incontinence|all]] [[Hearing Voices|there]], it's not that far-fetched to think that it never occurred to either of them to ''do'' anything.

* ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'': Sun, Maki, and Lunar all move into Nagasumi's house, just because. Sun makes some sense, as she's Nagasumi's fiancée, Maki is Sun's bodyguard, so that's still logical, Lunar...moved in solely to bother Sun.

* Ikuto and Suzu in ''[[Nagasarete Airantou]]'' live together and sleep in futons right next to each other. An interesting variation in that the guy is the [[Pretty Freeloader]]. Nothing happens between them because Ikuto is a [[Celibate Hero]], although seeing as Suzu is an [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] we get many moments of [[Please Put Some Clothes On]] and she really wants to [[Fetish Fuel|bathe]] with him, but not for sexual reasons, like most of the girls she probably does not know what sex is, she just wants to bathe with him for company. Another interesting subversion is that everyone [[Genre Savvy|knows]] that they are not doing anything. Some are in fact [[I Want Grandkids|angry about it]].

* Two of the five members of Yuuto's [[Unwanted Harem]] in ''[[Omamori Himari]]'' live with him. A third has a magic portal from her apartment to his bedroom, and a fourth lives next door. The only reason this qualifies as ''innocent'' cohabitation is because none of the girls can get Yuuto alone long enough to do anything naughty to him.

* This trope is the reason [[Fruits Basket|Tohru Honda]] only tells her closest friends that she's living with the Sohma family. The other girls are insanely jealous when they see her walking to school with Yuki. She rightly figures that if they knew she was living with him, their heads would explode. Her relatives later jump to similar conclusions when they reveal that they knew where Tohru was temporarily living ("Those men, they didn't do anything...improper to you, did they?") and when they see how pretty Yuki is. Played with in that Yuki isn't her love interest, but she still is living with Kyo, who is.

 

 

== Comic Books ==

* French comic ''[[Le Royaume]]'' (The Kingdom) has a maid ''sleeping in the king's bed'' innocently. No, really. Like when parents allow their children in their bed because they are afraid of the storm.

 

 

** The authors have also fallen into this, apparently the two are sharing a cottage now. Cue the [[Squee]].

 

 

== Film ==

* In [[Sydney White]], the titular character ends up sharing a house with seven boys with none of them being the [[Love Interest]].

 

 

== Literature ==

* In [[Teresa Edgerton]]'s ''[[Celydonn|The Castle of the Silver Wheel]]'', [[Kissing Cousins]] [[The Wise Prince|Prince Tryffin]] and Gwenlliant marry to prevent an [[Arranged Marriage]] that her father has set up for her with an abusive man (quite possibly to force [[The Wise Prince|Tryffin]] to [[Altar the Speed]]). Since Gwenlliant is only twelve years old and was sexually molested some years before, Innocent Cohabitation is the order of the day for a long time. [[Subverted Trope]] in that ''everyone'' knows it (having servants and staff around constantly tends to eliminate privacy).

* The ''Bindaf 3000'' in ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' has a men's and women's quarters, provided only as a courtesy. Since Stationery beings can't get as much pleasure out of sex as humans without the aid of Eros toxin, the Xylien Society is pretty confident that a co-ed crew will not not encounter any serious problems. And except for the one time that Marlack and Neone are gassed, these assumptions prove to be pretty safe. Even when the Voyagers get an apartment in Illontin City, and in spite every girl Voyager having one of the male crew members for a boyfriend, hardly anything interesting ever happens.

 

 

* ''[[Mork and Mindy]]''.

* ''[[Spaced]]'' Tyres refuses to believe that Tim and Daisy are "friends" who live together. Also, they had to pretend to be in a relationship to get their apartment in the first place. After the series end, inevitably, they hook up.

** The time that Joey and Rachel live together also qualifies.

* Played with in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' episode "Some Must Sleep, While Some Must Watch." The episode focuses on Sarah's dreams and nightmares, and includes insights into her own fears and insecurities. One such moment implies that she's afraid John Connor and [[Robot Girl|Cameron]] are sleeping together.

** Averted in the episode "A Good Man Goes to War", where it's revealed the Doctor's newlywed companions conceived a child in the TARDIS on their wedding night.

* In ''[[Dollhouse]]'', Paul and Echo lived together for three months, sleeping in the same room, without anything sexual happening between them - {{spoiler|though not for lack of trying on Echo's part}}. When Alpha tries to {{spoiler|pull his [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] plot, Paul assumes it's because he believes they were sleeping together. However, Alpha points at the fact that they weren't as ''proof'' that Paul loves Echo, because otherwise he would have no problem having sex with her.}}

* [[Castle|Beckett's]] apartment is {{spoiler|blown up by a serial killer}}. This exchange occurs.

'''Castle''': (calmly) [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Yes, you do]]. }}

* [[Affirmative Action Girl|Abby]] and [[Butt Monkey|Connor]] on ''[[Primeval]]''.

** ''[[Oh My Lady]]'': Gae Hwa is staying in Min Woo's apartment to take care of his daughter.

** ''[[Pul Hauseu|Full House]]'': Ji Eun's house was illegally sold and she moves in with the new owner to establish her claim.

* In ''[[New Girl]]'', Jess moves in with 3 guys after breaking up with her boyfriend.

 

 

** This was only innocent at the beginning (with Tedd making an effort "not to treat her as eye candy"). It is averted as the series progresses when they're seen cuddling together in bed and physical developments in their relationship are implied more than once. Whether they've gone all the way is unknown, but even Tedd's dad gave up on trying to keep things as stated in the trope.

** The reason Ellen warns Grace not to talk about is because it would attract attention. The "impression" people would get would be pretty much ''right''.

"Many things about L33t Master Junpei not know." }}

** Ping has also been known to answer the door in various states of undress (including what looked like a [[Sexy Shirt Switch]]). Kimiko was not amused.

** Additionally, [[Genius Ditz|Largo's]] inability to properly explain his and Piro's relationship with Ping has gotten them in trouble at least once.

** And then there's [http://megatokyo.com/strip/221 the time] when Piro's conscience comments on his attempts to explain Ping's behavior.

"Uh-huh, sounds so much less pathetic. I'd quit while you're ahead, hon."" }}

* Inverted in the [[Ciem Webcomic Series]]. Candi starts losing her powers in ''Ciem 2'' because she is unknowingly pregnant. (Though she does begin to wager a guess.) She went to great pains to keep Donte from actually cohabiting with her before their marriage; but her hypersexuality prevented them from being chaste. So he would visit often and the visits would turn into whole afternoons of sex. She realizes at the comic's beginning that her being so sexually active defeated the purpose of why she was trying to avoid cohabiting.

** Also averted pretty hard with Miriam and Steve. In fact, one of Steve's old friends was actually planting hidden cameras in the cabin and shooting unauthorized porn videos. Not hard to capture, as Miriam had the same hypersexuality problem as Candi.

* Martin and Faye from ''[[Questionable Content]]''. Faye kinda burnt down her apartment shortly after meeting him, so she moved in. Faye's unresolved issues prevented the inherent [[UST]] from resolving.

* Torg and Zoe live together for a while in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', though romantic/sexual interpretations are largely allayed since the rest of their friends are ''also'' sharing the apartment.

* In ''Under the Lemon Tree'', the precursor to ''[[Goblin Hollow]]'', Lily moved into Ben's house for security against a serial killer. The cartoonist-narrator pointed out that, in response to many readers' requests, they were now "sleeping together". Clad, on a couch, and in no suggestive positions.

* Although not lovers per se, Ryan and Randie do this in ''[[Squid Row]]''.

* Ginger and Ryan in ''[[Gingers Bread]]''. They've been roommates since college (and best friends even before that).

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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