[Ryou melts into it immediately. Hearing Atem tell him it's okay to want to be hugged after he made an absolute fucking fool of himself on the network--where Elias can see, for the record, because someone had to clarify that. THANKS!!!--is like sinking into a warm, perfumed bath.

Actually...the perfumed part is likely Atem's residual scent, which Ryou allows himself to enjoy as he also wraps his arms around Atem.

He buries his face in Atem's hair, amidst all of the mess of his nephilim parts, and mumbles every unfiltered thought like he's repenting, as if it's the worst thing in the world.]

Stupid...I'm so stupid, I shouldn't have gone on the network and told everyone what I did, I made myself look like an idiot and now everyone we know who saw that knows you're dating an idiot...

[Yeah. Yeah that's about it.

Now the question stands: does he deserve to be held?]