early-relationship!sylus and hyper-independent!you fighting to pay for each other's milk tea or snacks. hear me out for a sec, ok??? listen. like, it's just this one time thing at first. when you guys first "officially" went out as a couple, you made a fuss about wanting to pay for your own individual items. essentially, every time sylus paid for you, you look annoyed. (and sure, sylus got the hint and indulged you on letting you pay. he respected your autonomy, so he'd let it happen. but if he knew you were low on your bank account that day, he WILL be adding money to your bank acc right after. no, you can't argue with him on that.) but. sylus just. finds it. really amusing. to keep provoking you. bc he's canonically a ragebaiter. and it just! pisses you off!! you like the concept for paying for items by yourself!!! you like providing for others too!!! but you can't fucking!! do that!! with him!! because he keeps inventing new ways to pay for the bill!! without you knowing!!! and even!! replenishes your bank account!! before even saying!! anything!! and before you know it, it becomes this thing that happens every time you guys have a casual date with each other. that is, until sylus eventually uses enough (unintentional) exposure-therapy on you being okay with it.
