[He also nods as a small smile starts gracing his lips. This fellow right here seems really fond him, though, that he scoops him up so he'll be sitting on his lap.]

I understand. [Brief pause.] Well, at least, I'm trying to understand. This isn't so bad since you're here, Hikari-chan.

[Chikorita, then, looks up at Takeru. Who he also meets gazes with.] And him, too. [Then, back to Hikari.] Do they have names, by the way?