He smiles a little though and a little belatedly he returns the hug. Maybe he does feel that way about Lea, he does't know all the emotions though, it can be hard to tell.

"What's the hug for? Axel was okay, but he just didn't come back and someone told me and I didn't like it. It was confusing at the time, still is now a little I guess. I'm not supposed to feel anything after all."