While he didn't exactly look natural in this respect, Hidan had indeed swallowed deeply as he was being hugged. This was all so new to him. Never before had he ever experienced people actually caring about him, thus it was all extremely alien. That made him feel somewhat uncomfortable, but then again it was really a good kind of discomfort. It was more the feeling of something that was new than something that felt at all threatening.<br/><br/>Fortunately they had all seemed to put something into the message that the hawk had been carrying. Kiba had, of course, inked Akamaru's paw print rather than actually signing his name, but that was really to be expected one might have thought. Eventually they would have of course all returned, and it had seemed like she had left Hidan to his own devices once they had.<br/><br/>Again this was a rather alien feeling to him. He had never in his adult life been left like this. When he was in the organization that he was rescued from, things were much different. He was always being watched. Surveillance and adherence to rules and standards were very important to the Akatsuki. You didn't at all step out of line.<br/><br/>At first he didn't even want to touch anything because none of the items here had at all belonged to him. However, that was going to change eventually because he picked up a pencil from among her art supplies and he had started to roll it back and forth between his hands for the time being. Having a moment like this of freedom was so unusual to him.<br/><br/>Maybe he could have gotten some guidance from Deidara. It was mentioned to him that he was freed, but then again Deidara was dead already so it sounded like he wasn't going to be able to speak to that one either.<br/><br/>This wasn't exactly going to be the easiest thing to do.