"So how is your new roommate?" Zero asked the first day of school during a short break.
"Too soon to tell," Jemmea answered.
But when she went back to her room right after class, her roommate was already there. The girl was not one of the fangirls, but that meant Jem would not even get a short break after class. She would always be there.
When Jemmea opened the door, her roommate was ready. "Hey roomie! How was your first day? Mine was ok, the boy next to me kept, like, poking me. I'm not really sure what to, like, think about it..." She just kept going.
Without ever letting go of the door, Jem backed out, closing it again. She was tired, her sleep cycle was still off from the summer. She just wanted to go to sleep. Zero would likely have a lot on his hands and it would take him a while for him to finish with the girls since it was the first day of school. Jem decided to just go to him today and ask for his key.
When she approached, it was even wilder than she expected. All the new girls had gathered to see what all the commotion was about, and were all very excitable. Yuuki was trying to just focus on the worst parts of the group, but with no luck. Even Zero had to do a little more than just stand there today.
The two guardians had managed to make somewhat of a path. It was in no way enough for the night class to pass through, but worked well for just Jem. She was able to get all the way up beside the occupied Zero, and had to actually say something for him to notice her.
"Zero." He turned to look at her.
"Mea? What the hell are you doing here?" he asked. As he addressed her, a girl took a step forward, thinking he was distracted and she could get past him. He spun around. "You, get back in line!" he bellowed so fiercely that she froze, stunned, then actually ran to the back of the group, terrified and teary-eyed.
"You just made that girl cry," Jem laughed. Zero turned back to her. "So my roommate is a no-go. All she does is talk, she doesn't even breathe. All I want to do is take a nap. Can I just have your keys now?"
"Fine, here," he said, not really having the time to deal with it.
"Thanks much," she chirped before she turned away. Two of the nearby girls noticed, and being obsessed with romance, automatically made the assumption that the two of them were together, starting to whisper about it.
The two girls were not the only ones who noticed this interaction, however. Just as the gates opened, Kaname saw the keys drop into Jem's hand before she turned away.
The more Jemmea thought about it, the more she realized Zero encompassed Orion pretty well. He was a hunter, he was her favorite, and the two of them were able to prove that under all circumstances, opposite genders really could have a strictly platonic relationship, even if no one ever believed them.
"So what's it like, being with Zero?" two girls came up to Jem and inquired, hushed.
Jem burst, "Why does everyone think we are together?" This had been happening for about a month, ever since those girls saw her take the keys. Since all the girls were consumed by relationships and gossip at this school, they all had assumed and wanted to know, and had all gotten into her business.
"Well, because you sleep in his room every night, and only talk to him, and write him love notes, for starters. And we know you bought him a ton of chocolate last year for Valentine's day, you can't honestly still think no one has figured it out," one answered.
Jem dropped her head to her desk in despair. "Yes, you got us, we have been married for 20 years and have five beautiful children."
The girls scowled, this no longer being fun without any further details.