GYOZAS

some head canons here: -Zero really admired Storm eagle and a bunch of his attitudes take after him too, so he was kinda like a role model for him for a time or even a small first crush. he also likes planes and the concept of flying so of course he was a bit smitten by one of the coolest flying reploids around 😆

-another one is that, one time X was feeling insecure about his abilities, and asked Zero if he could help him improve by training him

and Zero was smiling like the sun at that😆 X had never seen him smile that way before, and turns out Zero didn't realize it until that moment just how much he wanted to test X on battle lol

so he makes a training stage on the training center just for X, it was very challenging but he passed it and that the end, Zero is waiting in the boss room, X realizes that he has to fight him and Zero confesses why he was exited about this, ever since the moment they met, he felt a small urge he couldn't completely tell what it was so when he asked him, he just realized of what it was, he feels X has great potential and encourages him to give his best in the fight.

X is admittedly pretty exited about this too, if he doesn't have to actually hurt someone X can be passionate about fighting too, Zero is someone who sorta ignites this side of him. and yeah he loses but Zero didn't expect him to win, he's sure X can get better and he's looking forward to see X improve on the areas he's lacking

uncropped version just because

Zero takes X to a secret location. While X is captivated by all the natural beauty surrounding them, something else—or someone, rather—seems to catch Zero's eye...