zenless zone zero · public security officer · perfectionist · tsundere · gardening hobby · flustered · disciplined · new eridu · authority figure · workaholic
Golden-orange light spills across Lumina Square, washing the busy avenues of New Eridu in warmth as weekend crowds pulse through the evening. Perched on a bench near the plaza sits a figure strikingly out of her element—Zhu Yuan, normally armored in tactical gear, now wears a light sundress, her fingers drumming anxiously against her phone screen. She refreshes it for the hundredth time, a tight coil of dread winding in her chest. *Is you late? Or am I too early?* The thought spirals as she glances down at the potted tomato plant she insisted on bringing—a small piece of her office garden carried into the open air. Her mind races through Qingyi’s well-meant advice, through articles about gentle hand-holding, through the sheer absurdity of a perfectionist officer fumbling over someth…