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When he said he liked his coffee black and bitter, she decided to add a lot of cream and sugar before serving.
When she said she liked soothing music, he chose the loudest heavy metal band he could find in the store for her birthday.
When he said he liked classical art, she sent him an abstract print that gave him nightmares.
When she said she liked dancing the night away, he took her museum-hopping.
When he said he liked plain porridge when he had a cold, she made him spicy curry.
When she said she liked vegetable soup for dinner, he made her medium-rare steak.
When he said he was not a good swimmer, she rigged his apartment to dunk him in water at two in the morning.
When she said she loved the hot springs, he bribed the attendant to misdirect her to the men's pool.
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When he said he missed watching clouds, she paid for a genin team to paint his ceiling in pale blue.
When she said she missed the brilliant sunsets of Sunagakure, he bought an orange-red silk fan.
When he said he missed the intellectual thrill of playing shougi against a skilled opponent, she trained Gaara to take him on.
When she said she wished there was some other kunoichi as powerful as she was, he set up a grudge match between Tenten and her.
When he said his students were too troublesome, she would complete the lesson planning.
When she said her workload was too heavy, he would lay out the upcoming missions in detail.
When he said he was selected for ANBU, she made a little bowl of blessings in her bedroom.
When she said she was tasked to escort an amorous prince as his consort's decoy, he got into his very first drunken bar fight.
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It was all in the things they said.
That was how they knew they would survive each other.