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Merle was a little surprised to be brought into a hug by the other, but that didn’t stop her from reciprocating it fully as she squeezed him back, glad to see him in one piece after worrying so much about Piper that she hadn’t even considered that her other friends were also in danger. “I will always be up for a hug, Nick. Especially after all of this,” she sighed. “I’m so glad to see you’re okay. I was coming in to check up on you, actually. I texted you this morning and you didn’t answer, and I dug myself into a hole so knew it would be easier just to see you in person to stop me from ruminating.”Â
“Well although that is good to know, I will ask next time rather then just going for it.” He chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly for a moment, wondering where the hug came from given he wasn’t really much of an affectionate person for those he hadn’t known for years. “Oh shoot.” Nicholas commented, rummaging under the desk and seeing that she did in fact message him, “Sorry, I sort of put it behind there when restocking this morning and then just didn’t check it. I don’t know, putting my phone away seems like a nice way to escape right now.” He chuckled. “But thank you for coming to check on me and as you can see, I’m in one piece.”








