[...At the very least, Midorima being prickly somehow makes it easier for Eichi to relax. He's still got a ton on his mind, but at least he can be distracted by this. It's comfortable, somehow.]

Aren't you the one who treats it so formally, though?

[He says it teasingly and folds one leg over the other.]

It's only that I'm interested in that to begin with, you know, but now you'll start assuming that it's to help with your hand. I could have presented you a flower while we were looking at vases and said something charming, but this cheapens it, doesn't it?

[Shut up Eichi god]