History Main / SubordinateExcuse

** Fram Nara from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' was transferred from Second Moon to CharClone Zeheart Galette's unit as a spy for commander Zanald Beihart [[spoiler:and to evaluate if Zeheart was worthy of her brother Dole Frost's sacrifice in the previous second arc]]. Originally resentful of Zeheart, she eventually [[DefrostingIceQueen warms up to him]] and considers herself a MoralityPet to her [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope increasingly unstable]] commander. Before she dies in an attempt to lead the Gundams into La Gramis' line of fire [[spoiler:which fails]], both share a mutual vision and poignant last conversation. Made more explicit in ''Memory Of Eden'', where Zeheart outright calls her his precious and [[spoiler:Fram actually ''[[LastKiss kisses]]'' him during their mutual vision]]. The revelation that Zeheart's dearest dream was to fall in love, get married and raise a family (as he tells Asemu before his death) may have been partially attributed to her.

* In ''[[Fanfic/LostInCamelot The Lost Kingdom]]'', after Merlin and Morgana accompany Bo to the palace of the Blood King, they both affirm that they're willing to stay with Bo even if that means being "officially" her property rather than leave the kingdom to seek their relative freedoms elsewhere.

** In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Inferno views himself as a loyal drone completely devoted to his - well - queen. The fact that his CatchPhrase is "For the Royalty!" says it all. Megatron is well aware of this and is frequently irritated by it, though having a devoted minion (that's actually useful) makes up for it.

* Nakai, a supporting character from ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'' is passionate about drawing manga for Aoki, the script-writer he has a crush on. [[spoiler:He eventually tells her that he'll draw for her only if she becomes his girlfriend, leading her to slap him and work solo]].

* ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund'' has Mina Tepes, a descendant of Dracula and ruler of all vampires, apparently enlisting Akira Regendorf of the Earth Clan (a family of werewolves) as her personal bodyguard because she loves him and the rest of the vampire covenant wouldn't approve of such a relationship. [[spoiler:It turns out that even he knows but thinks he is unworthy and monstrous (never mind his crush is an ancient vampire queen)]].
* Riley in ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' seems to be this to Yamaki. Although is it the same if they're apparently dating?
* Kinkan from ''Anime/DotHackSign'' with regard to Subaru.

* ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'':
** The anime has both Louise and Saito ineffectually use this excuse because of the 'familiar/master' thing.
** When Saito is knighted early in the second season and Siesta is assigned to be his personal maid, she uses it too.
** Towards the end of the third season Tabitha tries to become [[LadyAndKnight Saito's new Bright Lady]], complete with a contract kiss.
* In the Yaoi manga series (and OVA) ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'' the relationship between the protagonists uses a lot of this.

* In ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob'', Kanoko has an unrequited love for her OnlyFriend Hime but doesn't confess it out of fear that she'll lose Hime's friendship. She envisions herself becoming Hime's maid when Hime marries a wealthy husband, so she can stay close to Hime. Sumika points out that in that scenario, Hime will be married to someone else, but Kanoko says she's fine with that since she knows it will be a loveless marriage of convenience.

* In "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33823474/ Apex Predator]]", this is basically the reason Hermione agrees to become a "vessel" to the Delacour family, as it justifies her spending time with Harry after he becomes involved with Fleur. In Veela society, non-Veela women can be chosen as servants as they aren't a "threat" to Veela as they wouldn't be able to seduce their mates away but they can be useful assets, Fleur in particular speculating that Hermione's intelligence will be useful in making plans regarding Harry's role in Veela society in future.

* Innumerable ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fics have the relationship between [[TheHero Twilight Sparkle]] and [[BigGood Celestia]] as this, from one or both directions, with ''Fanfic/{{Eternal}}'' and ''Fanfic/{{Composure}}'' probably being the most popular.

* Grace in the original version of ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', for sure. Aside from her joblessness due to the chaos in Ansur, the reason why she wishes to become Kyril's retainer is to [[IOweYouMyLife repay the knight who escorted her and her friends to safety]], [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys while getting close to the man beneath his exterior as a merciless killer]].

* Al-Cid's assistant is revealed to have a crush on him in ''Fanfic/TheTaintedGrimoire''.
* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': Arlo theorizes that Cliff only joined Team Rocket because he was attracted to Giovanni, their boss.

* ''{{Film/Monte Carlo|1930}}:'' After having no success wooing Countess Helene in more conventional ways, Count Rudolph poses as her new hairdresser in order to get close to her.

* In the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' Kamigawa novels, Toshi at one point asks for payment for helping Michiko even though he wanted to. He says this was for the sake of professionalism.

* Sancho Panza from ''Literature/DonQuixote'', especially TheMusical adaptation, where he gets his own song about it.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Brienne of Tarth joins King Renly Baratheon's personal bodyguard in order to stay close to him; besides being married, after crowning himself he's above her station and [[IncompatibleOrientation inconveniently gay]].

* One unnamed novel has a young, honorable hero who has no idea he's noble, but a "native" young man he meets on his journey recognises the hero's nobility and voluntarily becomes the hero's "slave", shocking the hero when he realises the situation.
* In ''[[Literature/AmaranthineSaga Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox]]’’, Jaques volunteers to become Stately House's butler as a way to stay near to Argent, who he has a [[IncompatibleOrientation hopelessly unrequited]] infatuation for (and is married, besides).

* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'': silent Norma serves Red quite devotedly, like dying her hair or shaving her legs. Since Norma does not need anything from Red and is shown to be as tough as she is in later episodes, fans have to wonder if Norma just likes to serve Red.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. [[AscendedExtra Braca]]. [[MagnificentBastard Scorpius]]. A relationship founded on hard work, loyalty, and occasional licking.
* In the latter ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' movies, this may be an explanation for why Spock continues to serve as Kirk's first officer even after he is promoted to Captain himself.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. When Captain Janeway tells her NumberTwo Chakotay that they need to "define some parameters" about their relationship, he responds with an "ancient legend" about a warrior who could not find peace, until the day he met a beautiful woman warrior whom he swore to serve for the rest of his days.
-->'''Janeway:''' Is that really an ancient legend?\\
'''Chakotay:''' No. But that made it easier to say.
* ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}'' fans theorize that this is why Arthur keeps Merlin around, despite claiming that he's the "worst servant ever". Combined with their copious HoYay...
* Josh and his assistant Donna on ''Series/TheWestWing''. A few seasons on, Donna has acquired sufficient political savvy that she gets multiple job offers from the outside. She claims it's the White House she's attached to, but truthfully it's Josh. After a conversation in which CJ says that Donna has outgrown her job and she's allowing Josh to take advantage of her (after several seasons of {{UST}} that doesn't look like it'll be resolved anytime soon), Donna decides to leave and pursue a career away from him.
* On ''Series/{{CSI}}'', Sara is heavily implied to have been in love with Grissom since before the start of the show and took the job in Las Vegas deliberately to be with him.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'':
** It's been noted that Martin doesn't need a ''live-in'' physical therapist or housekeeper, being quite spry enough to take care of himself as long as Frasier's around, but he liked Daphne so much when he met her that he offered her a live-in position, and she became so attached to the Crane family that she never moved out or switched to a client who didn't treat her like a servant. In one episode where she did miserably prepare to leave after realizing that Martin was doing so well physically she wasn't needed, she [[RiddleForTheAges may or may not]] have unconsciously tripped Martin up, which injured him and gave her an excuse to stay.
** Roz has turned down an offer for a higher-level job more than once because Frasier's her best friend.
* In ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', Vince follows Stuart around from club to club like a loyal puppy because he's had a crush on him for years. A few characters accuse [[ReallyGetsAround Stuart]] of purposely ''not'' sleeping with Vince because he wants to keep him in this "sidekick" role indefinitely.
* On ''Series/TheInspectorLynleyMysteries'', the eponymous Inspector Lynley uses this to call his partner Sergeant Havers in on every case he can possibly manage after [[spoiler:she is demoted]] in series 3. Oh, she's a brilliant officer and works very well with him, but that [[TrueCompanions has nothing to do]] [[TheNotLoveInterest with why]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension he wants her around]].
* On ''Series/{{House}}'', Cameron left House's department twice, and both times he tried to get her to come back. [[BlatantLies For purely professional reasons, of course]].
* Despite her strait-laced personality, Sakura Nishihori / Bouken Pink in ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' has a rather obvious crush Satoru Akashi / Bouken Red, to the point where at the end of the series [[spoiler:she tags along with him when he leaves the team to go into space to go on a new adventure for [[{{Macguffin}} Precious]].]]

* In ''VisualNovel/SongsOfAraiah'', this is one of the reasons Jason decides to remain as Melissa's servant, especially after it becomes clear that he can leave whenever he wants.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', many fans attribute such feelings to Pronyma (toward [[BigBad Yggdrasill]]) and/or Botta (toward [[LaResistance Yuan]]).
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', it's made clear the Legretta the Quick has feelings for Van Grants, which is part of the reason she stays by his side and helps his cause. As it turns out, her love for him was preordained by a prophecy called the Score, which she hates as she doesn't want her actions to be controlled by destiny. She wants to destroy the influence that the Score has on the world; thankfully, Van Grants wants the same thing, giving her a reason to follow him beyond affection.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' had an unintentional example in the original Japanese version. Creator/MaayaSakamoto admitted to voicing Lightning during her scenes with Lieutenant Amodar as though there were affections being harboured. However, Amodar's design hadn't been finalized at this point, and his beta design was a MrFanservice in trunks. His ''final'' design is... [[StoutStrength bigger]]. [[BigFun Way bigger]]. Creator/AliHillis understandably made no effort to repeat the vocal implications for the English version, but Lightning is still wearing a [[WhenSheSmiles somewhat uncharacteristic smile]] during the cutscene where she speaks with him.

* In the backstory of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', [[MadDoctor Eirin Yagokoro]] made the Hourai Elixir, a potion for CompleteImmortality forbidden by [[SpaceElves Lunarian]] law and punishable by exile, solely because her mistress, [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Kaguya Houraisan]], asked her to. When Kaguya's exile was deemed over Eirin joined the entourage that was sent to retrieve her... and she ''murdered'' the rest of them, abandoning her home and position just so she could be with Kaguya and serve her. She even hides most of her abilities from Kaguya, not wanting to embarrass her by having a subordinate more powerful than her.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' has this with both the [[{{Meido}} maids]]. Hisui, who is [[TheHero Shiki's]] maid, is very fond of him [[EmotionlessGirl despite her appearance]], and while very straight-laced, often helps him more than is strictly necessary and even bends the rules to assist him sometimes. Kohaku, Hisui's sister, and in most story paths [[TheOjou Akiha's]] maid, switches places so that she attends to Shiki due to their growing relationship in the path where Kohaku is the LoveInterest, in the most blatant example of this trope in-game. Less blatantly, [[spoiler:Akiha made Kohaku her maid in the first place in an attempt to show her kindness and friendship so as to atone for her father's horrible abuse to Kohaku.]]

* This is the main reason why Laharl promoted Etna to be his right-hand demon in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''. Having been raised alongside each other, he looks up to her as an older sister and [[WellDoneSonGuy craves recognition from her]] above all else ([[NobleDemon not that he'd ever admit it]]).
* In ''VideoGame/AkaneTheKunoichi'', Akane is in love with the samurai Goro, whom she serves. Rescuing him from his kidnapper is the point of the game. If you get all the collectables before rescuing him, he falls in love with Akane and they live happily ever after.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'': Gwin nurses an unrequited crush on his commanding officer, [[IronLady Irina]], due to her [[DoesNotLikeMen bad history with men.]] So he's content to serve under her and tries to protect her [[spoiler: like her brother, Leon, used to]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'': Frankenstein initially joked about being Raizel's butler when they first met in order to shake off a couple of clan leaders. Something happened that made Frankenstein passionately dedicated to Raizel, spending over 800 years looking for him when he went missing & immediately returning to his service upon finding him.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Nioi apparently serves [[EvilTwin Lord Tedd]] because she likes him a lot and thinks he needs watching over. Lavender (the Uryuom secretary of Mr. Edward Verres) was hinted to be another case and now [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-12 confirmed]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Romantically Apocalyptic}}'', [[CloudCuckooLander Pilot]] seems to have a crush on {{The Captain}}. Case in point: when [[OnlySaneMan Sniper]] gets [[spoiler:swallowed by a whale]], Pilot sends him a note saying "Ha ha ha, now Captain and me can finally be together '''forever'''."
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': Shala Val'Sharen has an obvious crush on her squad's officer [[TheStoic Sarnel Tions Sarghress]]. She [[TheTease teases]] him, constantly seeks his attention, and generally annoys him. [[spoiler:The two entered into a relationship as of Chapter 38, though how deep it goes is unknown, given the way drow society works in regards to relationships.]]
* ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' has Sir Tomato, leader of [[GoldfishPoopGang the BLT Trio]] and Dame Lettuce. Lettuce not only defects because Tomato did, she [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretends to be as dumb as he is]].

* A popular fan reason for why Shego stayed with Drakken in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' (that, and being a DeadpanSnarker presented with [[SarcasticDevotee the equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet]]). The creators applied AscendedFanon for the GrandFinale.

* Smithers towards Mr. Burns in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Zhu Li turns out to be this for Varrick.
* Harley Quinn to ComicBook/TheJoker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. The comics and the to this date only live-action movie featuring her upgrade her relationship as to be the Joker's lover but in the series, she was basically a mook with a crush.
* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Rose's Scabbard" reveals, in the most {{Tear Jerk|er}}ing way possible, that this was the reason Pearl stayed with Rose on Earth to fight against [[spoiler:the Homeworld Gems.]]
-->'''Rose''': Pearl...
-->'''Pearl''': Yes?
-->'''Rose''': I'm going to stay and fight for this planet. You don't have to do this with me...
-->'''Pearl''': But I want to!
-->'''Rose''': I know you do. Please, please understand: if we lose, we'll be killed. And if we win, we can never go home.
-->'''Pearl''': Why would I ever want to go home if you're here?\\

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' had an unintentional example in the original Japanese version. Creator/MaayaSakamoto admitted to voicing Lightning during her scenes with Lieutenant Amodar as though there were affections being harboured. However, Amodar's design hadn't been finalized at this point, and his beta design was a MrFanservice in trunks. His ''final'' design is... [[StoutStrength bigger]]. ''[[{{Gonk}} Way]]'' [[BigFun bigger]]. Creator/AliHillis understandably made no effort to repeat the vocal implications for the English version, but Lightning is still wearing a [[WhenSheSmiles somewhat uncharacteristic smile]] during the cutscene where she speaks with him.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}'': Liliana Kranjčar insists that she only wants to serve [[TheHero Godou]] as his knight and [[BlatantLies is not in love with him]]. Somehow, in addition to protecting him, her duties involve preparing his meals, cleaning, mending his clothes, and keeping other women away from him.

* In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', Kayneth Archibald's fiancee Sola-Ui falls in love with his Servant, Lancer, and she becomes [[{{Yandere}} increasingly desperate]] to become [[spoiler:(and later remain)]] his Master instead.
* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' Commander Amaro towards Lieutenant Kitsurubami. [[spoiler: Subverted when he tries to make a pass at her, and she makes it very clear that she can't stand him romantically.]]

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandaloneComplex: 2nd Gig''. Gohda suggests this is the reason Batou followed his former military superior, Major Kusanagi, into Section 9. As he's saying this in front of Bateau's colleagues (with the Major listening in) this leads to a NotSoStoic moment on the part of Batou.

* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' has Conrad Weller, while he would certainly serve under whoever was Maou (unless they were so evil he fled the country like Adalbert), assigns himself away from all his normal duties to more or less babysit the new king 24/7. Because he is, not to put too fine a point on it, obsessed. When he was a kid this seems to have been [[BigBrotherInstinct Wolfram]], but Wolfram wounded him deeply by repudiating him for his human ancestry. So he was bitter for a while until Gunter straightened him out about arrogance, and then he attached himself to Julia. They didn't ''allow'' that to be romantic because she was engaged, but then she died, and Shinou set Conrad up to fixate on Yuri instead.
* In ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', this is the reason that Teita continues to serve as Tigre's maid.

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'':

* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'':

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** The [[AllThereInTheManual manga companion books]] state this is the situation between Kyouraku and his vice-captain Nanao, with the excuses apparently going both ways. The reason Nanao is never seen on the front lines? Well, no-one knows for certain, but the in-universe rumour mill believes it's because Kyouraku simply can't bear to have her there. And when the readers learn what happened to his previous vice-captain, this begins to make sense. When Nanao's kido barriers are all that stands between Kyouraku and Haschwalth, Kyouraku very nearly admits it, but Nanao hastily cuts him off.

* ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}'': Liliana Kranjčar insists that she only wants to serve [[TheHero Godou]] as his knight and [[BlatantLies is not in love with him]]. Somehow, in addition to protecting him, her duties involve preparing his meals, cleaning, mending his clothes and keeping other women away from him.

* ''Manga/ExcelSaga'': Excel wants to conquer the world, or so she claims. It's really more of an excuse to be with Il Palazzo. In her words, she "writes 'love' and reads 'loyalty'". On the other hand, Hyatt only really follows Il Palazzo because Excel believes in him. Not quite so in the manga, where Il Palazzo seems to have subjected all his underlings to some idiosyncratic form of brainwashing, with funky side-effects on their personalities.

* In ''Manga/{{Mouse}}'', the main cast uses it in a way convoluted and straightforward at once: officially Sorata Muon is regularly berated by three hottest ladies in his art school. Secretly, Mouse's female sidekicks play submissive games with their boss when they're in the mood for this (when they weren't, he got simply tackle-glomped instead).

* Hak from ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' will simply state that it's his job to stick by and protect Princess Yona when questioned about his loyalty for her. That being said, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt nobody besides Yona herself seems to actually believe that justification]].
* In ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob'', Kanoko has an unrequited love for her OnlyFriend Hime, but doesn't confess it out of a fear that she'll lose Hime's friendship. She envisions herself becoming Hime's maid when Hime marries a wealthy husband, so she can stay close to Hime. Sumika points out that in that scenario, Hime will be married to someone else, but Kanoko says she's fine with that, since she knows it will be a loveless marriage of convenience.

* In ''Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGateLies'', [[spoiler:the [=DxD=] version of Lasciel]] is in love with Azazel, but is too timid to share her feelings, so she works as his lab assistant because it's the best way to remain close to him.

* In ''Fanfic/GinnyWeasleyDoubleLife'', from Ginny’s perspective, her false memories include how she started calling the talking snake Milikan 'Mistress' as a joke, back when they met when Ginny was seven years old, before Ginny decided that Milikan was more than a best friend, was too exceptional to be a pet, and she enjoyed the sensation she felt when Milikan gave her an order. In Ginny's false memories, Milikan accepted Ginny's offer to be her servant, but assured Ginny in turn that she would be a treasured and valued servant, promising that Milikan would always accept Ginny's rejection if she asked Ginny to do something she didn't want to do. Even when Milikan tells Ginny that she doesn't have to call her "Mistress" any more after they're 'officially' married (their hypnotically-induced bond marks them as married in Milikan's culture but they have a ceremony to make it feel more "official" for Ginny), Ginny assures Milikan that she likes using the title, even if she observes that she'll alternate between the title and the name, as she knows that she always has a choice in whether or not to obey Milikan's orders.
** In the various one-shots depicted in ''Fanfic/TalesFromTheHypnoverse'', various characters are hypnotised to remember making a ‘choice’ to become servants to the accompanying snake, and are always depicted as happy with their decision.

* Whenever ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' introduces another superior/subordinate pair of characters there are inevitably at least a few fics that depict them as this trope, helped along by one of them being canon (Eirin/Kaguya, see below). By far the most popular is [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Remilia]]/[[NinjaMaid Sakuya]], which might have it's origins with ''[[UniverseCompendium Perfect Memento]]'' mentioning an in-universe theory about Sakuya being a former vampire hunter who was defeated by Remilia and then decided to serve her.

** Ser Loras Tyrell is the sole male heir of the second-richest family in Westeros, and presumably he has duties in Highgarden and the Reach, yet in Season 2 he chooses to devote his ''entire'' life to protecting Renly. Being the Lord Commander of his brother-in-law's Kingsguard is a very convenient way for Loras to be able to spend a lot of time with his beloved, as his frequent visits can be explained away as being job-related. (It doesn't stop the rumours about them from spreading among Renly's followers, however.)

** Lyre in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' never really liked fighting and only joined the Laguz Army because of her crush on Captain Ranulf (and wanting to be with her twin sister Lethe again). There's also Kyza, another subordinate of Ranulf who is implied to have a [[HoYay crush on him]], although in the Japanese version it's not so much implied as it is outright spelled out. Though Lyre and Kyza are friends, the two often compete for Ranulf's attention.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' has this with both the [[{{Meido}} maids]]. Hisui, who is [[TheHero Shiki's]] maid, is very fond of him [[EmotionlessGirl despite her appearance]], and while very straight laced, often helps him more than is strictly necessary and even bends the rules to assist him sometimes. Kohaku, Hisui's sister, and in most story paths [[TheOjou Akiha's]] maid, switches places so that she attends to Shiki due to their growing relationship in the path where Kohaku is the LoveInterest, in the most blatant example of this trope in-game. Less blatantly, [[spoiler:Akiha made Kohaku her maid in the first place in an attempt to show her kindness and friendship so as to atone for her father's horrible abuse to Kohaku.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': Shala Val'Sharen has an obvious crush on her squad's officer [[TheStoic Sarnel Tions Sarghress]]. She [[TheTease teases]] him, constantly seeks his attention and generally annoys him. [[spoiler:The two entered into a relationship as of Chapter 38, though how deep it goes is unknown, given the way drow society works in regards to relationships.]]

** In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Inferno views himself as a loyal drone completely devoted to his - well - queen. The fact that his CatchPhrase is "For the Royalty!" says it all. Megatron is well-aware of this and is frequently irritated by it, though having a devoted minion (that's actually useful) makes up for it.

->'''Valvatorez:''' You're going to dedicate your life to me...? I just saved your life. Why would you want to do that? My efforts to save you will only be made worthwhile if you use your life to fulfill your ''own'' desire.
->'''Fenrich:''' And that is why I'd like to dedicate the rest of my life to you! That ''is'' my desire!

* In ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'', Seigi chooses to become Richard’s personal secretary at the end of Act 2 because not working under him means he’d have to prioritize someone or something else and he couldn't bear to do that. He even mentioned that if a conflict between Richard and work came up, he would quit on the spot.

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** In the various one-shots depicted in ''Fanfic/TheTalesOfMilikan'', various characters are hypnotised to remember making a ‘choice’ to become servants to the accompanying snake, and are always depicted as happy with their decision.

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''':

* This is the reason why ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'''s Kaguya asked Shirogane to run for a second term as StudentCouncilPresident. Without the student council, they have no excuse to spend time with each other that wouldn't involve admitting their feelings. As for why she asks him to run rather than do so herself; she doesn't feel comfortable calling him anything other than "president".