[Of course, the moment that Hiro jumped? Takeru jumped as well! He too was surprised by the older boy's sudden reaction before he leaned slightly away from him! Note to self, do not sneak up on people even if he was just trying to help him out!]

S-Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you! But I was looking around to see if anyone needed any help and...

[Although, he wsan't even sure if he should even bring up Tadashi. The last thing he wanted was to make Hiro even more sad!] ...I just didn't want you to be by yourself!