Zero Two was never really the friendly type of person.

I mean, with her bright pink hair and horns, making friends would be fairly easy right? Well unfortunately, no, but that didn't really bother her anyway. No, she was completely used to this kind of life, this solitude.

But somehow, after finding her darling, things begun slowly changing.

It was a gradual change. With her darling, it felt completely normal for her to be more open and carefree, given their magnetic attraction from the start, but with his friends, never would've she expected they'd also warm up to her, and in a way, she too felt the same.

However, she wouldn't ignore the fact that their initial meeting wasn't all too pleasant. Although Zero Two would have to admit some of them, namely Ikuno, Kokoro and Futoshi seemed pretty decent, as well as how amusing the shorter boy, Zorome was when he tried approaching her with his pseudo machoness (she just HAD to give in to the urge to mess with him, she didn't expect him to actually freak out over some honey on his clothes); the others seemed unwelcoming towards her; given how they'd scoff and roll their eyes over meeting someone unusual as her.

Since that wasn't something new to her, she didn't give a damn about them; as long as she has her darling, nothing really mattered.

But during the time her darling got detention, she was forced to walk home alone. Everything was normal and all, with her buying at a convenience store, when she suddenly sees a familiar redhead being assaulted by a group of men. She recognized her as the girl, Miku, who was clearly annoyed at her but, she also knew she was one of darling's friends so even if it was troublesome, she rushed in to save her from the perverts.

After that, Miku started warming up to her, every morning, when she takes a seat, the redhead would try and talk about random topics. Zero Two learns she was a video blogger and one time, Miku invites her to show up in one of her videos. She said they could do a food blog together, however, she politely declines, since she wouldn't want a lot of people viewing her horns.

She appreciates Miku's offer though.

The next person she doesn't expect to develop a camaraderie with was Ichigo. From the very first moment she saw the petite bluenette's dignified pose, Zero Two instantly knows just how stuck up and bossy this girl would be. She wasn't wrong though, constantly ordering her to stop her affectionate actions with darling, it came to a point where she actually implies for her to stay away from darling, something which made Zero Two snap, resulting with Ichigo slapping her on the face; hard.

To be honest, she acknowledges how mean and selfish her words were so she totally deserved that slap.

However, after knowing her darling's pains, Zero Two doesn't know why, but the very first person she thought about was Ichigo. She understands that out of all of darling's friends, Ichigo was probably the one who cares the most about him, hell, she might even have feelings for him which she herself doesn't know about (Not that it bothered Zero Two). She knew just how responsible and determined the shorter girl was, further proven the moment she opens up to her about her darling and from that moment, they somehow form a silent treaty strengthen by their desires to help darling.

She starts respecting Ichigo after that.

As the days went on, she realizes how it was surprisingly easy, trying to get along with the others. She learns one day that Zorome, who was kind of chill after their slight misunderstanding, was a fan of her favorite TV show, Gurren Lagann, and they end up gushing over how amazingly cool Kamina was (followed by ugly sobbing when reminded of his death.) He also played a prank on her one day, giving her a can of dr. pepper with the contents suddenly spraying all over her face. The whole gang, plus their other classmates, felt mortified just thinking what Zero Two might do to him, but to their surprise, she just smirked in amusement.

She got back at him a day later by pouring honey all over his head with Miku videoing the whole scene then uploading it on Youtube.

As for Goro, once she and Ichigo started getting past their differences, he seemed to be pretty chill with her. He'd ask how her day was when she would exit her house and meet him outside before she goes to darling, and sometimes, when they find themselves beside one another, he'd engage her in small talk to which she would respond curtly.

Meanwhile, Futoshi, to Zero Two, was an angel sent from above. When he told her the moment they met he would bake for her sometimes, man did he keep his promise. At random times, he'd approach her with some freshly baked bread and offer some to her, which she'd gladly take. She always loved how he would make his bread and pastries sweet and one time, she even considered joining the cooking club just to taste his creations.

If only her gramps, the headmaster didn't issue a notice to ban her from the cooking club….

But that aside, whenever she'd voice out her compliments to the chubby guy, he'd smile and blush like an idiot, asking her if Kokoro would love it as well, and she'd answer with enthusiasm, 'of course'.

Speaking of Kokoro, that girl was the epitome of sunshine and rainbows. Zero Two also notes how hardworking the girl was, seeing how she takes her job seriously as the assistant secretary. She'd always see the girl carrying folders here and there, that's why sometimes, she'd approach her and take the folders out of her grasp without a word.

Zero Two wasn't really good with words…

But good thing Kokoro noticed, and as an expression of gratitude, one day she brings some green tea mochi for Zero Two who happily devours them all. Kokoro would then offer teaching Zero Two how to make mochi but she declines as well, but not before explaining to the girl how she wasn't really dependable in the kitchen. (She wouldn't want to relive the moment she burned her gramp's kitchen counters again..)

Also, Zero Two couldn't help but notice Kokoro's ocean deep eyes would turn to gaze at a certain boy with slicked hair. 'Does she like him…?' she couldn't help but wonder over the relationship between Kokoro and Mitsuru; well, if there was any.

Mitsuru….well she never really did have a chance, up till now, interacting with him, given how cold he usually is and how he would be so hostile over her darling. She decides not to really get involved with him but personally, she thinks they don't really have bad blood with each other.

Good thing though his cousin was the opposite. Ikuno, in Zero Two's opinion, was probably the one out of the group who understands her the most, since both were a bit introverted as compared to the others. She genuinely appreciates how Ikuno actually took the time to read about her condition, and because of that, she knows the bespectacled girl isn't afraid of her; in fact, Ikuno was the only person, besides darling, who gets to touch her horns. She also learns sometime later how the girl practice Judo and was already a black belter so sometimes, when she doesn't want to go home at once, she asks Ikuno to spar with her, with her darling watching them.

To be honest, Zero Two never imagined herself being part of a group, but somehow, as she slowly gets to know them one by one, she finds herself genuinely enjoying their company. She genuinely felt happy.

A feeling she never did associate with other people in the past.

And if it weren't for her darling; if she hadn't found him by the sakura tree, then she would've never met this one of a kind group and experienced this kind of happiness caused by the little things she's experienced with each one of them.

And for that, she's thankful.