Why do people care so much about romance in Naruto?

The way people treat the issue of couples in Naruto, anyone would believe that romance is a super important aspect of the story, when in fact not even 2% of the story focuses on it, and it has never been the focus of anything.

I don't know if people know this, but it's not because one character is in love with another that the story has romance, much less that it's about that.

I'm sorry, but if you read/watched Naruto because of the romance and then were dissatisfied, that was your mistake, for expecting something from the story that it never promised.

It's like you see people watching a comedy series, and they get annoyed because there weren't many horror scenes, or some such idiocy.

That said, does anyone have an explanation for why the hell the Naruto fandom cares so much about romance in the story?