it's not an interesting kind of talking to people. it's networking. just small talk and nothing else.
[It takes Hikaru a good moment of just staring at the text. He was mostly joking but he can't keep the joke up after that? Not well anyway. It just isn't often that somebody says that to him and means it because at this point he knows that Taichi means literally everything he says. But people don't really say that about Hikaru. They might say it about Hikaru and Kaoru but not about just Hikaru. It's new.
He's really not sure how to handle somebody legitimately saying that just he's enough because even to Hikaru it's him and Kaoru. It's supposed to be just him and Kaoru but this is nice, too.
1/2 because Reasons
[It takes Hikaru a good moment of just staring at the text. He was mostly joking but he can't keep the joke up after that? Not well anyway. It just isn't often that somebody says that to him and means it because at this point he knows that Taichi means literally everything he says. But people don't really say that about Hikaru. They might say it about Hikaru and Kaoru but not about just Hikaru. It's new.
He's really not sure how to handle somebody legitimately saying that just he's enough because even to Hikaru it's him and Kaoru. It's supposed to be just him and Kaoru but this is nice, too.
He hates this. He needs to just reply.]
i was just joking but...thanks? i guess?