[Naoki's face breaks into a smile-- it's bemused, but oddly his face is going red. This is what happens when someone says nice things to him.
He peers at her like he's debating something and:]
Mind if I hug you?
[...is this out of the blue? Probably. Naoki keeps it on the down-low, but he's a naturally touchy person, and Lili saying something like that to him makes him want to hug her. He wants to hug her anyway. Things had been rough for her.]
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He peers at her like he's debating something and:]
Mind if I hug you?
[...is this out of the blue? Probably. Naoki keeps it on the down-low, but he's a naturally touchy person, and Lili saying something like that to him makes him want to hug her. He wants to hug her anyway. Things had been rough for her.]