[ Taichi knows on some level that Hikaru and Kaoru are somewhat weird in terms of siblings. So he has to accept that they do weird things. But even if he takes the leap and thinks of this in reverse, the conclusion he comes to is... He tilts his head a little further, humming in his throat as he thinks. ]

You're treating me the same as your brother?

[ Ahaha, that's not confidence boosting. Or romantic. He reaches for Hikaru's hand again with both of his. ]

I'm definitely going to have to keep doing things to push past that when you say things like that...!

[ NO OFFENSE BUT HE DOESNT REALLY WANT TO HAVE GONE LESS FAR THAN HIKARU HAS WITH HIS OWN BROTHER???? HE'LL DEEPTHROAT AS MANY FINGERS AS HE HAS TO??? ]