Huh...?

[He actually jumps a little when she hugs him -- doesn't pull away but doesn't reciprocate either, though he does try to glance over his shoulder with a look that's mostly like what, what are you doing. He is not a pompom at this point and so it's definitely weird.

Like you'd expect him to be the touchy-feely sort given his usual attitude but he's somehow not so much.]

Okay...

[All the same, he seems to be indulging her.]