Madara wore gloves. The habit was a common one among both shinobi and civilians not willing to risk finding their soulmate in unwanted places, a habit that Tobirama himself followed religiously everywhere but inside his own home, so it wasn 't something that should have stuck out as much as it did. Yet on the days his eyes lingered he couldn 't help but notice that Madara wore gloves no matter where he went. More than that, he clothed himself in the traditional Uchiha garb even when many of his clansmen began following other fashion trends which meant that he was covered from head to toe. If one were hoping to discover Madara as one 's soulmate there were no visible marks to give hope.

It was lucky, then, that Tobirama was clearly not hoping for anything of the sort. Obviously.