I'm wondering what's the proper way to explain a dialog between two people, to a friend. For example saying :
So friend A came up and told us "Hello", so I replied "hello" back and he asked how I was
I often want to say things like that to explain something but always end up using basic words without knowing if it's natural or not, for example :
ある友達がおはよーって言って来て、でおはようって答えて、元気か聞いてくれた。
It sounds really wordy and all these て forms don't sound good to me but I don't know what I should be using. Also I don't know if I should be using 答える、返事 or another one. And can I use くれる here? Thanks