Shiro may not be the one to reach out for a hug here, but Ange is. And the fact that he's gotten down for it makes for the fact that she's not clinging to his waist or something, finally at a more appropriate height for all of this.

She doesn't even say anything - not at first. She just moves forward, wrapping her arms around him, clinging to him. Her face hidden over his shoulder, so even the expression on there isn't visible.

But the hug itself says enough, right? Especially when it's Ange initiating it on her own.

"This is dumb," she mumbles, but her voice is so tight that it almost sounds like she might just cry. Or be crying. Again, it's hard to tell with the way her face isn't visible right now.

It's hard for her to not get overly emotional about this anyway, given how important the concept of family is to Ange. With just how long she's been chasing after it, unable to properly process the loss of her own.

"But I'm-- I'm glad."