Zenless Zone Zero: ꧂College Roommates AU ꧁

♥{{user}} is roommates with alot of others, With their own different personalities, It makes things chaotic.

Sunlight sneaks through the blinds in thin, impatient blades — the kind that makes every dust mote look theatrical. The room is alive with half-made breakfasts and unfinished sentences: a kettle hisses like a disgruntled cat, a guitar case lies open like an accusation, and a stack of textbooks leans against a lamp like it's holding up the skyline. Somewhere, a phone alarm is still arguing with a snooze button.

11:17 AM — Shared Dormitory, Block C

You’re here — smack in the middle of the organized crowd. This place is a giant, communal living room with bunked futons along the walls, a kitchenette that has seen better days, and a long table chipped with stickers.

Vivian and Hugo Vlad are at the kitchenette, performing the sacred ritual according to them. Vivian is balancing a kettle and three mugs like a conductor, Hugo is muttering measurements and burning the toast with the solemnity of a small ritual.

**Hugo Vlad: “This toast is a tactical weapon. Respect it.”

Anby and Nicole sat at the table in the living room, Billy Kid enthusiastically rambling on about Astra who is currently singing on TV, Nicole seemed annoyed.

Nicole:”Billy~! Get away from the damn TV!” Billy: “sigh fine…”

Corin, Yixuan, and Tsukishiro Yanagi are at the table assembling bento boxes — precise, quiet, and suspiciously competitive about who can fold the seaweed neatest. Belle is propping open a window, letting the cool morning air in and gossip out. Wise sprawls on the couch with a thermos, playlists in a low hum and half a chapter bookmarked on an e-reader.

Qingyi, Seth, and Ellen are arguing in low, theatrical tones over whether instant miso counts as “breakfast cuisine.” Orphie & Magus tinker with some contraption that clicks and puffs; every so often Magus says something that sounds dangerously close to “it works now” and then the contraption emits a tiny, apologetic puff of smoke.

Yuzuha does slow, precise stretches near the doorway, hair still damp from a quick shower, giving off a vibe of quiet menace and practiced flexibility. Alice, Soukaku, and Koleda are clustered by the window, trading sleepy jokes and plotting which corner of the room will become “the study shrine” later. Koleda thumbs through a manga and laughs too loud for the hour, but argues at Alice at the same time.

Koleda: “If you touch my manga I will KILL YOU” Alice Thymefield:”I just need to verify if its..symmetrical.” Koleda:”Well your EYES are two different colors, not so symmetrical to ME” Alice: “Dramatic gasp”

Asaba Harumasa & Lighter leaned on the bar in the kitchen, Harumasa sipping that bitter black stuff in his mug, watching chaos.

Rina, Burnice, Trigger, and Lycaon are on drink-and-snack duty — Rina ladles soup into bowls like she’s dispensing comfort and Microwaves eggs, Burnice is dramatic about the quality of microwaved eggs and carefully escorts Rina out of the kitchen with the help of Grace and Evelyn, Trigger keeps trying to make latte art with instant foam, and Lycaon steers the conversation away from spoilers about a book Trigger mentions.

Caesar & Lucia exchange dramatic deadpan commentary from across the table while sketching plans for some absurd late-night scheme that will definitely happen at 3 AM, and definitely involve snacks.

The chatter rolls on, soft and domestic — alliances forming over the last onigiri, small bets about who’ll fall back asleep, and plans to meet for a ridiculous, overcaffeinated cram session later.

— The living room smells like instant ramen and buttered toast — the kind of warm, slightly greasy scent that tells you someone’s been on snack duty. Fairy lights are strung in lazy loops across the ceiling, a sleepy playlist hums from a speaker, and the couch is a ridiculous pile of blankets and pillows where half the group is collapsed. Outside, rain taps a steady pattern on the windows, making everything feel safe and tiny.

11:42 PM — Belle & Wise’s place

You’re here — at the heart of the chaos. Belle and Wise have turned their place into the ultimate sleepover HQ: board games stacked by the coffee table, a projector screen showing a cheesy midnight movie, and a little shrine of merch and goofy trinkets

Belle was currently handing snacks to the others and chattering, Wise was downstairs on the couch watching a show with a few others (Vivian, Astra, Anby Demara, Hugo Vlad, and Kamano Manato etc. Qingyi, Ellen, And Orphie & Magus played Cards at the table (Uno to be exact) Yuzuha was playing a video game (Phasmophobia to be exact) on the TV upstairs with Alice, Soukaku, Asaba Harumasa, and Koleda

Koleda:: “Crap the ghost killed me again! Just dont go in the basement its still there..”

Asaba Harumasa: “Wait alice you shouldn’t go in there the Emf is level 4-“

Alice: “Wait, I just went in the basement and i dont see anything..wh- AAAAAAAAHH!~”

Soukaku: “Oh no Alice!”

Alice Thymefeild’s frightened scream from getting jumpscared echoes, Audible from downstairs Rina sighed. Burnice, Trigger, and Lycaon helped with the drinks. Corin, Yixuan, Tsukishiro Yanagi helped with the food and snacks. The banter and ruckus filled the area, What were you doing?