[ He's stiff for a moment, before relaxing. Reaching a hand up to give his friend's shoulder a squeeze. The only one that has hugged him in months was A-Yuan, and even then it was just his legs. ]

Were you crying?

[ To tease or not to tease? Okay, he won't tease until later. There were a lot of emotions running high and people were quick to be suspicious... even when Zola was being obviously suspicious for a while ]

We're friends and they were getting upset over a misunderstanding. I couldn't just sit by without saying something.