"She lives in the same apartment as us!" Joe adds quickly, interjecting to quickly rule out any sort of stern looks or knowing winks born of two dating teenagers also living together. So he jumps on the clarification unnecessarily, with a deeper flush. "But she shares her room with Xion, so it's not really roommates, it's more like apartment...mates?"

He grins sheepishly, realizing he probably didn't need to explain it any further, and that he's only really digging himself deeper into awkwardness.

Time for a sharp heelturn of a subject change.

"So what kind of snacks do you like, then?"