Midorima furrows his brows in the direction of the tiger with his comment, especially when the tanuki starts chuckling about it and moves to sit himself down next to the tiger.

"It's not fixated, it's an observation."

It's probably a coincidence he keeps running into him during times like this. He wants to tell the tiger that he's a little on the nose for Taiga, but that would involve admitting he actually knows Kagami's whole name. Which wouldn't be as bad now as it would've been back in Lunatia, since he remembers Vorpal Swords now, but that's the same reason he decides to be not as nasty as he could. Though it may not be readily apparent, because apparently the player fairies decided they didn't like his new haircut and fixed it.

"I found Kise and Takao. Have you seen anyone else around?"

He'll find Kuroko later, but he hasn't seen him yet.