[ ... Akechi has a nice smile. It's so different from that night after the match ceremony— It's really, really nice.
Mark sets his drink down to lean back, reciprocate it. He wants to tread this line very carefully, but he also wants to keep the mood up — it's such a good mood — so... ]
That kind of sounds like it's the thing that's important to you. [ Rivals is an odd word, but there's a way Akechi is saying it that has Mark thinking it's not in the traditional sense. Or it's just Akechi's love language, or whatever. ] I mean... this is fun, and I like trying to keep up with you. So, who knows. Maybe a rivalry could still happen.
[ Positive framing... thinking about the future, people being able to change...
... but also it's just nice to be able to make someone else happy, so Mark will thrive on that, too. ]
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Mark sets his drink down to lean back, reciprocate it. He wants to tread this line very carefully, but he also wants to keep the mood up — it's such a good mood — so... ]
That kind of sounds like it's the thing that's important to you. [ Rivals is an odd word, but there's a way Akechi is saying it that has Mark thinking it's not in the traditional sense. Or it's just Akechi's love language, or whatever. ] I mean... this is fun, and I like trying to keep up with you. So, who knows. Maybe a rivalry could still happen.
[ Positive framing... thinking about the future, people being able to change...
... but also it's just nice to be able to make someone else happy, so Mark will thrive on that, too. ]