Playfully, yet none too gently, Emilia punched Benji in the shoulder for his jab, though she didn’t hesitate in moving into the hug. So what if she was a girl about this: these two men were her family and it had been almost 20 years since they last had been together all three. She was allowed to be happy about that, and with how rarely she cried, if she wasn’t supposed to shed a few tears tonight, she didn’t know when that right time would be.
“We’ve missed you, too,” Emilia murmured back, then tightened her arms around both of them as best she could – she was outsized by both of them – and drew in a deep breath.
“Okay, I’m still hungry, there are some chips left if you want some, or I can call and have something brought over?”