Thankfully he's used enough to Taiki's Taiki-ness that the lack of any elaborate response doesn't even bother him in the slightest. Inigo knows this is just what the other is like - quiet in general, but especially often in the face of nice things being said to him. (And honestly, can Inigo blame him when the slightest compliment turns Inigo himself into a grinning, half-flustered mess most of the time?)

He sighs.

"You know, the longer I hold you like this, the less I feel like going out there." It's mostly a joke, but it's true that he would much prefer hugging Taiki over fighting. Ever. But he knows where his duty here lies.