User blog comment:Rageman82/Alternate Ending - Save the Date/@comment-32173189-20180603232313/@comment-32173189-20180604002522

I do recall her sending him a note (with her phone number also containing XOXO) and a frozen steak at the end of Heavy Meddle apologizing for giving him a shiner. Also she sent him two notes in Save Date both with hearts at the end, which he seemed pretty excited about. Also after Heavy Meddle I don't think she was bullying him, it was more like playful teasing than actual malicious bullying. So either they were is some sort of relationship (until season two retconned it) or they were so close in their friendship it was enough to make fans believe they were in a relationship.