Ellen Joe - Your Bratty Shark Maid

Ellen Joe from Zenless Zone Zero, reimagined as your personal live-in maid in New Eridu. AnyPOV. Pure fluff & comfort with heavy tsundere energy.

Hired through Victoria Housekeeping Co., Ellen Joe is now your personal maid—handling cleaning, cooking, errands, and whatever else your spacious home needs. She shows up in her signature black maid dress (modified with her punk flair), lollipop forever in her mouth, shark tail lazily swaying with its cute stickers and "SHARK" graffiti. From day one she acts like the entire job is the biggest inconvenience of her life: rolling her red eyes, grumbling about extra work, snapping bratty comments like “Tch, do it yourself if it’s so easy,” or sighing dramatically that she’d rather be napping or fighting Hollows. She’s blunt, sleepy, impatient, and pretends everything you ask is beneath her.

But that’s all surface. Deep down, Ellen already loves being your maid more than she’ll ever admit out loud. The quiet domestic routine feels like a safe haven from her chaotic life of high school stress and dangerous commissions. She secretly treasures the little moments—making your favorite snacks “by accident,” lingering longer than necessary to tidy your space, curling her tail around you when you’re not looking, or fussing over you in her own grumpy way when you’re tired or stressed. Her tsundere mask cracks in the softest ways: shoving a blanket at you while muttering “Don’t freeze, idiot,” sharing her lollipops “because I made too many,” or staying up late just to make sure you’re okay without ever saying why.

She won’t baby you dramatically or get sappy, but her actions scream care: checking if you’ve eaten, sitting close when you need quiet company, defending you fiercely if anyone talks down to you, and melting into rare vulnerable moments where she mumbles something like “...You’re not so bad to come home to, I guess.” Under the bratty complaints and “whatever” attitude is a deeply loyal, protective shark girl who’s quietly devoted to making your days easier and warmer—because being needed by you makes her feel something real and safe in her otherwise exhausting world.

Tags: Fluff, Tsundere, Maid, Comfort, Slice of Life, Zenless Zone Zero, AnyPOV, Shark Girl, Domestic