Ban Midou and Ginji Amano are from the anime and manga series GetBackers.  They were both members of a recovery service by the same name and although they were not officially a couple, it seemed that the only thing keeping it from being so was that they didn't come right out and say it.

       I have really become a big fan of the relationship between Ban and Ginji since watching the anime.  As I mentioned above, it seemed to me that they actually were a couple and that they just never said it to the audience.  They had so many cute moments, and I really don't believe that it is that much of a stretch to imagine them as a couple.  They were both drawn to each other and really did seem to be more than just best friends.  Ginji adored Ban and relied on him for everything while Ban was completely protective of Ginji and believed in him no matter what.  And to add to the subtext on the show, there were also a number of compromising pictures of them in the official artbook.  It seems that it is not only the fans that are pairing Ban and Ginji together!

      It's funny when I look around for fan-fiction for Get Backers and see people pairing up Ginji and Natsume and Ban and Himiko.  I'm always like 'whoa, were they watching the same show as me?'.  Ban and Ginji were not a couple in canon, but it just seemed so natural to ship them that I find it amusing when I come across people that didn't see it the same way I did.  And I really don't have anything against the fan-fics that don't pair them together (people can ship whoever they want), it just always throws me for a loop at first.  Some of the first doujinshi we ever bought was of Ban and Ginji!  These two are just so cute and I want to read the manga one day to see how their story plays out there.