[He hugs him back a little tighter after a while, and is just going to hide his face for a bit because dude, you're embarrassing him. Whyyyyyy do you do this.]

Mn... I'm definitely going to apologize later. [But not now. He looks a bit annoyed at the tousles, but doesn't mind much.] I'm not sure you'd need to beat them up that much, though. But thanks, anyway.