Being hugged by Inigo is nice, and Taiki returns it even if he can't quite agree with the words, he's not sweet.

A fact that is strongly highlighted moments later when Tidus speaks and despite his efforts... He is hurt. Taiki has hurt him, he can tell in his voice, the way he moves away, the glare that he barely hides when Taiki glances at him, twisting his head even as he remains in Inigo's arms.

"Tidus..."

He does pull away now, but only so he can grip Inigo's hand again and begin following Tidus, his voice quiet, guilty.

He doesn't really know what went wrong there. But he had said the wrong thing, hurt Tidus when he hadn't meant to.

"I didn't mean..."

He looked between them, had he misjudged it? Assumed they were being light hearted when there was a deeper rift? Had he made it worse?

"I'm sorry..." He looked down, "I don't..." He feels lost and there is an urge in him to just leave them both, return to his king. But...

"I've never really had friends my own age before. So I don't really know..." How to act, what was expected. "But I didn't mean to upset you, Tidus."