History Main / InnocentCohabitation

%%* In ''Manga/KimiNoIruMachi'', Yuzuki initially lives with Haruto.

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Kaoru lived with three guys, [[LoveInterest Kenshin]], [[BigBrotherMentor Sano]] and [[KidSamurai Yahiko]]. And later in the series, when she is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Enishi]], she was forced to live alone with the latter.

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* Sherlock and Joan in ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' live together since Joan is Sherlock's sober companion and needs to make sure that he is clean from drugs. Even when [[spoiler: Joan's six weeks were up and Sherlock's father ordered her to leave]], Joan decides to continue living with Sherlock. She does move out for a while, but returns later, and WordOfGod says there will be no romance between them.

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* In the ''Literature/GoodOmens'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/1630271 A Precise and Accurate History of Monday, Eleven Years Later,]]'' Crowley recounts how Aziraphale let him move into his flat to make it easier to keep track of each other's interventions with humans. Aziraphale subsequently became mortified when everyone in the neighborhood assumed them to be homosexual lovers, and Crowley had to explain to him that everyone [[MistakenForGay already thought he was gay]], so this misinterpretation was really inevitable. Like the above example, the cohabitation becomes [[OneThingLedToAnother much less innocent later on]].
** The authors have also fallen into this; apparently the two are sharing a cottage now. Cue the {{Squee}}.

* The entire cast of the ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' does this, despite there eventually being three married couples out of the seven individuals in question. Since the entire story is told from the point of view of a very proper Victorian English girl's diary entries, it doesn't get described even when the cohabitation stops being innocent.

* In the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/SoulHunter'', Ichigo shares a room with the all-female Team RWBY.

* Mob and Reigen in the ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13226631/1/Shigeko-Kageyama-AKA-Mob Shigeko Kageyama AKA Mob]]'' after Mob(gender swapped)runs away from home. The only problem is that the rest of the world doesn't see a man in his late twenties living with an unrelated teenage girl as innocent.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19196998 on arkanis it rains every day]]'', Rey lives together with Hux for ten or so years after he buys her, without the relationship ever turning romantic or sexual. They do end up courting, but not until several years after they go their separate ways.

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* Since ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' is in the body of a six-year-old, any romantic relationship with his actually-of-equal-age LoveInterest is out of the question. She, for her part, is genuinely interested in Shinichi but regards Conan as a surrogate little brother. Things get awkward for Conan when the two do things like talk about Shinichi or share a bath together.

* Mob and Reigen in the ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13226631/1/Shigeko-Kageyama-AKA-Mob Shigeko Kageyama AKA Mob]]'' after Mob(gender swapped)runs away from home. The only problem is that the rest of the world doesn't see a man in his late twenties living with an unrelated teenage girl as innocent.

* [[ZigZaggingTrope ZigZagged]] in ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': Bell and Hestia live together in the crypt of an abandoned church. Their arrangement is essentially master and servant since Hestia is Bell's "Familia" goddess, though Heastia wants more from their relationship. Unfortunately for her, Bell [[SelectiveObliviousness never notices]] because he only has feelings [[SingleTargetSexuality for Aiz]].

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

* In ''Manga/ShugoChara'', Ikuto has extended stays in Amu's room on two separate occasions. They even sleep [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed in the same bed.]] However, it is justified within the fact that [[spoiler: Ikuto was within extraordinary physical pain due towards both being supposedly assaulted via easter's minions and the X egg energy corrupting his violin, which he had recently stole from their laboratories, as well as being severely ill. Becomes even more apparent the second time he stays there, before which he apparently had completely nothing to eat, nor the same towards drinking, as welfl as sleeping without a resting place.]]
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke ends up in a living arrangement of being under the same roof as Nami and Lemon. They all sleep in separate places (Nami in the bed, Lemon on the couch, and [[CrazySurvivalist Sousuke]] [[ProperlyParanoid under the bed]]). Of course, it's completely innocent cohabitation with no ulterior motives for [[ChasteHero Sousuke]]. However, it's made clear that Nami had ulterior motives for wanting [[ChickMagnet Sousuke]] to live together with her and sleep under the bed she's sleeping in.

* ''Manga/MNegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Negi Springfield 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''.

* In ''Series/NewGirl'', Jessica Day is living with three guys, mostly through the knowledge that she's friends with a model who's friends with yet more models. When the men realize how well the arrangement works, they make a pact that none of them will try to hook up with Jess and mess things up. [[spoiler: Jess and Nick kiss and the other guys give him a massive WhatTheHellHero for it.]]

** Thomas, an ally of Harry's, needs a place to stay. Things are complicated by the fact that Thomas can literally ''control people’s minds'' through sex, so anyone hearing about it simply ''wouldn't'' believe it was innocent. Harry keeps it quiet, [[spoiler: especially because he can't say the real reason it's completely innocent--that they're half-brothers--without rousing unwanted attention from his enemies.]]

* ''Manga/YakumoSanWaEdzukeGaShitai'': When Yamato gets locked out of his apartment one night, he ends up spending the evening at Yakumo's apartment. Aside from some initial embarrassment, nothing remotely flirtatious happens.

* Enforced in Vol. 1 of ''Manga/MaiHime'', when an Orphan damages the boys' dorm, pushing Yuuichi to shack up with Mai and Mikoto. The girls are less than pleased (''especially'' Mikoto). Later, damage to Natsuki's apartment forces her to move in as well, causing no small amount of [[LoveDodecahedron tension]].

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* When [[JapaneseDelinquents Oga]] is chosen as the [[PromotionToParent foster father]] for a baby demon, Manga/{{Beelzebub}}, the baby and his nursemaid [[NinjaMaid Hilda]] move into Oga's house. Everyone (including Oga's [[ParentalObliviousness parents]]) thinks Beel is their biological child and that Oga and Hilda are engaged, but in reality they hate each other, with Hilda only putting up with it for Beel's sake and Oga constantly trying to get rid of them both. Their relationship improves over time but they're still not a couple.

* Speaking of Naruto, hw and [[StreetFighter Cammy]] share his apartment in ''FanFic/TheNewestChallenger''.

--> ''' Shibi Aburame:''' "I am glad I was able to help, Uzumaki Hinata."
--> ''' Hinata:''' "W... w... w... w... WHAT!?"
--> ''' Shibi:''' "Is that disagreeable? You have discarded the name Hyuuga and currently live in the domicile owned by Uzumaki Naruto. To call you by your given name would be rude."
--> '''Hinata:''' ([[LuminescentBlush embarrassed blush]] and exasperated sigh)
* ''FanFic/TimeWillTell'' is about Jorryn, a modern girl who falls into ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and lives with Bilbo and Frodo at Bag End. After Bilbo leaves, only Frodo (male hobbit) and Jorryn (female human) live there. They cohabit for years, until events force both of them to flee the Shire.

* In the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fanfiction ''FanFic/SoulHunter'', Ichigo shares a room with the all-female Team RWBY.
* In the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' fanfic ''FanFic/WalkingInCircles'', for two years after their escape from Ostwick, Solas and Evelyn live together; but, due to her being [[spoiler: a Tranquil]], nothing affectionate or sexual happens between them despite them having previously been lovers. Solas forces himself to only touch her when he needs to do things like taking care of her hair, or giving her warmer clothes, or guiding her around.

* In the ''Literature/GoodOmens'' fanfic ''[[http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/8/aprecise.html A Precise and Accurate History of Monday, Eleven Years Later,]]'' Crowley recounts how Aziraphale let him move into his flat to make it easier to keep track of each other's interventions with humans. Aziraphale subsequently became mortified when everyone in the neighborhood assumed them to be homosexual lovers, and Crowley had to explain to him that everyone [[MistakenForGay already thought he was gay]], so this misinterpretation was really inevitable. Like the above example, the cohabitation becomes [[OneThingLedToAnother much less innocent later on]].

* Enforced in Vol. 1 of ''Manga/MaiHime'', when an Orphan damages the boys' dorm, pushing Yuuichi to shack up with Mai and Mikoto. The girls are less than pleased (''[[LesYay especially]]'' Mikoto.). Later, damage to Natsuki's apartment forces her to move in as well, causing no small amount of [[LoveDodecahedron tension]].

* In ''Manga/LivingGame'', Izumi has to move in with Raizo when her old apartment is torn down, as no one will rent to a 15 year old. Nothing happens [[spoiler: for the first 2 years of story time, at least...]]

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': [[ZigZaggingTrope ZigZagged]]. Bell and Hestia live together in the crypt of an abandoned church. Their arrangement is essentially master and servant since Hestia is Bell's "Familia" goddess, though Heastia wants more from their relationship. Unfortunately for her, Bell [[SelectiveObliviousness never notices]] because he only has feelings [[SingleTargetSexuality for Aiz]].

* Thoroughly averted in ''Manga/OkusamaGaSeitoKaichou''. The series is very honest about the fact that if two teenagers in love start living together with no adult supervision they would be all over each other in no time flat. Interestingly, this is not treated as a problem but as something healthy and natural to go with the series theme of liberalization of love.

* During part 2 of the Fanfic/AlternateTailSeries , Levy moves in [[spoiler: with Gajeel and Lily]] after being kicked out of her apartment following the return from Tenrou Island.

* The Naruto fanfiction [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3371184/1/Blind "Blind"]] has Sasuke and Sakura staying in the same house, the same room, and eventually the same ''bed''... all perfectly innocently. [[spoiler: Until they have a major NotWhatItLooksLike moment...]]

* Speaking of Naruto, him and [[StreetFighter Cammy]] share his apartment in ''FanFic/TheNewestChallenger''.
* Naruto, once again, in ''Naruto:Asunder'' with Hinata after she emancipates herself from the Hyuuga. Unlike most examples on this page the villagers just assume they are lovers and treat it as them merely moving in together. Which led to this conversation with Shino's dad.

* The Franchise/StarWars fic, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19196998 on arkanis it rains every day]]'', Rey lives together with Hux for ten or so years after he buys her, without the relationship ever turning romantic or sexual. They do end up courting, but not until several years after they go on separate ways.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Team JNPR consists of two boys and two girls sharing a room together. Not entirely innocent as Pyrra harbors feelings for the oblivious Jaune and Nora CannotSpitItOut in regards to her feelings with Ren. Regardless, they are far from the only mixed-gender team, and no one ever bats an eye.

* While on the run in ''[[Literature/Only Ashes Remain]]'', Nita and Kovit talk Kovit's ally Adair into letting them stay in an apartment above his shop. There's only one room, bathroom, and bed, which they share without hesitation. Although they fall in love later, they're not when they move in and have no desire to have sex (sex education was likely not a part of their abuse-filled {{Dark And Troubled Past}}s).