[oh he feels so bad hiro is trying so hard for him--]

I'm... i-it's not like I don't wanna be here or anything.

[...]

Well, okay. I don't. But it's-- I--

[Marco lets out a frustrated sounding sigh, lifting a hand up to rub his palm against his eyelid. It'd be so much easier if Kim could have just asked Hiro if he liked Marco, and then told Marco that he didn't. It'd hurt way less than having to deal with this. Utter embarrassment. And he knows that Kim means well and she didn't do this with any ill-will but he's just.. not sure if he wants to ruin their relationship over this.

But at the same time, Hiro does kind of deserve to know why he has to put up with all of this. At the very least he deserves that.


So after a nice pause, he finally just... says it.]

...I have a crush on you, Hiro. That's why Kim set all of this up in the first place.

[and now hed like to be murdered swiftly, thanks]