Pre-Snowcrow, where Zayne comes home after a 20-hour shift, when MC is eating breakfast and Sylus diner. At this point, he can barely see straight and is only half awake. As usual, he goes to say hello to them, which consists of a kiss for MC and a simple "good evening" for Sylus. However, his brain is fried and after kissing MC, when Sylus opens his mouth to say hello he's interrupted. Sylus is floored. Zayne kissed him. A quick peck on the mouth, but he kissed him.
"I'm exhausted, so I won't be eating with you this time. I'm showering and immediately going to bed. Have a good day," and Zayne immediately goes to the bedroom.
Zayne is sentimental and mindful of people's boundaries. He isn't the type to steal a kiss from someone to confess his feelings. It can't be a prank either because that's not his style. But it could be MC's idea, and he might have gone along with it. He's not really good at saying no to her. However, she looks as surprised as him but is smiling and seems delighted.
"Are you the one responsible for this?" "Nope! I wish I was tho!" "Is he even aware of what he did?" "Definitely not. It'll only register once he wakes up from his 10-hour nap" "This will be... interesting." Zayne's lips were soft. The warmth that had spread in Sylus' chest when they kissed had been radiant and the smell of his cologne, downright intoxicating. Sylus bites his lip instinctively at the memory, longing for more.
When Zayne finally wakes up from his nap, he is mortified. Sylus keeps joking about how unexpectedly brazen Zayne is and flirting with him like crazy. Zayne thinks Sylus is just messing with him, but he actually 100% means it. MC keeps bringing up how hilarious it is that Zayne somehow blindsided Sylus, the boss of Onychinus, with a kiss, out of all things.
Sylus tells everyone and their grandmothers at any given opportunity that Zayne is the one who made the first move. He's so smug about it. "Sylus, not everyone needs to know" "But it's only the truth" "Yes, but the cashier was just making small talk" "And?" "You're unbelievable".