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see two walk on the court, THOUGHT I saw both walk off so I drop my hand and put my whistle in my mouth
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Don't THINK ... KNOW!!!
Next time count the players on both teams. Every single time that you have subs. Don't point and count 1..2..3..4..5 - just look at the court and make sure that there are 5 on each team. Normally I find 2 and 3 at a time -- that is, "OK, there's 3 white players, ok there's the other 2" -- that makes it pretty simple.
As to whether or not to assess the technical. You have the ball being inbounded with 6 players on the court and one running off. It's hard to get away from the rule on this one, but it sounds like the coach at least bought your explanation. I can certainly understand your not wanting to give the tech there for your screw-up.
Bottom line: Don't let it happen again. I've had two 6-players-on-the-court techs and they both happened my first year. After that I learned. I've been in several games where I've had to tweet my whistle to make sure that my partner didn't inbound the ball because one team had 6 out there and no one else noticed.
Pay attention to details like this and you'll keep yourself out of trouble. Then you won't have to decide how you are going to enforce a penalty or not enforce one - because you will have avoided the situation altogether!