swapping OC gears for a bit here

Sourire met Ellipses during the start of the Lungmen-Chernobog crisis, which definitely doesn't make for an ideal romantic setting. It was during the fight with Skullshatterer and Ellipses was struggling to give orders to her team thanks to her frail constitution at the time. In the nick of time, Sourire swooped into the situation and fought off Skullshatterer who was going in for the kill on a distracted Amiya, providing assistance to Ellipses' team for the remainder of the battle.

Despite being "a civilian", he chose to stay by Rhodes Island's side and continued to fight against the Reunion forces invading Lungmen. For this, once all was said and done, Ellipses personally vouched for Sourire to be admitted to Rhodes Island; both for his Oripathy infection and to vouch for him as an potential Operator.

Over time after joining Rhodes Island, Sourire never really parted from Ellipses or her team, instead only getting closer to them as he slowly adjusted to his new family and friends. Bonding over their love of music and playing instruments (Sourire the guitar and Ellipses the saxophone respectively), showing and teaching her skills belonging to both a bartender and a barista and just being able to confide in one another about the horrible traumas they've had to live through eventually culminated with them becoming inseparable.