he sure did. I'm not sure if that'll fly but I specified I'd like shadow/portal travel for him so here's hoping. suddenly he'll just show up behind nico out of the shadows and drape himself on him just like "hi" and dodge before he can break hiro's nose

well considering they're not normal teenagers this is pretty on-par for them!

oh yeah I forgot about that! hiro's staying out of the field this time (finally learned that lesson) but he's going to be hyperaware of what's happening on both sides and probably, post-battle, finally just break and call him and be like "if you're not alive come back so I can kill you"