People are human, Picto. Making an offhanded comment like this once when it applies to your tastes is rather natural. Not everyone is just aimed solely on winning and would rather just have a good time while they play instead. This, at least as far as I can tell, is one of those times.
It is, at the very least, an alternate interpretation that cannot be ignored as there is not sufficient evidence to dismiss it entirely yet. There is still the possibility that you are the OTK in that conflict and Akafa is simply horsing around a bit and enjoying playing the game.