What makes it endearing instead of annoying is that heswell awareof how ridiculous he acts around her.
The matching anklets she makes them are the most adorable thing ever.
Unlike Taikis other old friend and badminton teammate Kyou, Hina doesnt know hes living with Chinatsu.
Chinatsu gets it and plays along, and/or b.)
is genuinely hurt by Taikis actions.
He later finds out that Chinatsu picked up the fact that Taiki wanted to pretend they were strangers.
But she totally misinterpreted the reason.
Taiki tells her straight-up that hes worried about the rumors and fuss that would spread if others found out.
And therein lies the potential messiness of the next 24 episodes.
Taikidoeslike Hina, just not in the way he likes Chinatsu, while Hina seems to like Taiki.
Like Chinatsu, Hina is the ace of her sport, in her case rhythmic gymnastics.
He cant resist her elegant charms any more than anyone else in the gym.
He also spots Chinatsu watching himas she said she often doesand he sees why shed getting the wrong idea.
I think Hina is being casual about things because she considers Chinatsu to be way out of Taikis league.
