Plot
Work up
Work up verb - To produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort.
Both terms in one sentence
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First-Name Basis: An arc had as a side plot Ayumi trying to work up the nerve to call Ai by her first name.
Source: Manga / Detective Conan -
As Asuka is trying to work up the nerve to give Shinji some home-made chocolates, Rei gives Shinji a chocolate box, earning Asuka's wrath and kick starting the plot.
Source: Fanfic / The One I Love Is -
A case in Detective Conan had a side plot in which Ayumi, realizing Ai Haibara was the only friend she called by her last name, tried to work up the nerve to start calling her by her first name.
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