IMO Hikaru was not pathetic, he just wasn't experienced as Roy and he certainly lacked the confidence. But in spite of these shortcomings, he was an average teen who was forced to quickly mature into an adult. I honestly doubt any one of us would have done any different or better than he if we were in his situation with either Minmay or Misa. More importantly as we all know, Minmay was his first true female love, second only to his love for flying. Think back to all the boneheaded things we all did when we were young just in the pursuit for love. Ah the memories... When you view Hikaru in a balanced perspective, he really was not pathetic or a wuss. Just my two cents.