He-hey, you're a bit older than me, of course you can remember him... um, her better!
A-and I got many hugs and cuddles from my siblings when I was little, I'm not really afraid of hugging-
[clears his throat] I-I mean, I don't have any problems caused by a lack of parental cuddles
or whatever. [back to pouting and sighing]

[He would still deny that being the case, although he's starting to have at least some doubts now.
But maybe some of them could really need that kind of help to loosen up a little, without only relying on alcohol for once.]

[* That sounds fair enough.]