periwinkle – you make me laugh
mauve – you are really talented
timberwolf – i trust you
chartreuse – you’re my homie
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I may be a nerd, but you’re a nerd².  
…Lame jokes aside, thank you.
Those aren’t things I expected to hear, and it means a lot to me.
So do you, I guess.
In a not-sappy, platonic kind of way.
Which is, obviously, the best way.