Irrespective of any ulterior motives that she might have had, Vitali had certainly felt better after that hug. It was a nice gesture, and perhaps one that was every bit as polite as it was affectionate. On the other hand, it had also made him feel a bit more confused as well.<br/><br/>To be perfectly honest, he had felt a little bad about the fact that he had suspected her, considering that she now had appeared to actually love him. He wasn't entirely sure how to handle the emotions that he was feeling. She had certainly seemed as though she had really cared, but he wasn't completely sure if she really had. He didn't want to think about that, though, since he just felt like he was badmouthing someone.<br/><br/>Eventually he just leaned into her caressing touch. It was an amazing feeling, and it was certainly a type of touch that he had wanted to cultivate for the time being. If there were anything that he could do to get the kind of affection that he had craved, then he was going to do it.<br/><br/>Admittedly he had discovered one other thing in outer space, and that was the definition of loneliness. Ironically it was her words that had drawn him out of the daze. "Perhaps we should at least find a place to sit down or something. That would be for the best, wouldn't it?"<br/><br/>Perhaps if they were to share another meal together, that would somehow make everything all right. While he was sure that it would, Vitali had no idea why it would have. He wasn't exactly thinking straight at the current time.<br/><br/>Should she have wished to use him, though, she might not have wanted to push herself too far. Vitali had already expressed some ideas about prudence. Therefore, if she did continue to push too hard he might have thought badly of her.<br/><br/>She had already ensured him, though, that she was a good and kind person. He may no longer have been thinking of such things.<br/><br/>Exhaling another time, he leaned against her slowly and shut his eyes. Nothing in him had ever thought of her this way before. He wasn't even entirely sure whether it was right too, though he reminded himself that they weren't actually related at all. All of those things he told himself were simply youthful games. Vitali simply used to consider her to be his sister. It was never actually any sort of a fact.<br/><br/>If she were to do anything to hurt him though and he found out about it, then he would have been cut that much more deeply by it.