( Hmm. He's not bothered by the name not being remembered, not bothered that it sounds like he's eavesdropping on this guy's stream of consciousness rambles, but somehow, the topic is veering into something he hadn't thought would come up with... idols. Or is he wrong, to be understanding it that way? )

Hiyori is a little like a sun that doesn't want to accept it's ever covered by clouds, hm?

( No acknowledgement or desire to dwell on darker things, darker thoughts... So Hiyori doesn't actually know all of Esikko. He's been struggling with that for some time now, struggling to find more people that could ever understand how he feels, his extreme emotions, his over the top dealing with them—

But he's a little hesitant to share all of himself right out the gate, too. )

Do you? Plenty of people say that. ( that they want to know him. ) But do you mean it, I wonder? Or is there an answer that would have you turn away?

Well, I'd like to hear what you'd prefer, of the two. Or, perhaps... what you'd guess.