[ Eiji can't help the quick laugh he makes. Of course Ankh would title it as compliance, when what he really wants is for Ankh to let down some of the guards he usually always has up. He knows it's not easy, though. He knows that for hundreds and hundreds of years Ankh has been able to survive by questioning every motive and reason thrown at him. But he's glad that even though Ankh asks that question, he still comes closer regardless ]

Companionship? Being closer to you and having you right here for me to reach my hand out to you? If I can have these things it means that it's not a waste at all.

[ Of course, he'd reach his hand out to anyone who needed it. But Ankh is special and he knows that he knows that. After all, there aren't many people he'd want to be this close to. Or maybe it's really just Ankh.

Well, he'd also be fine with hugging Hina-chan too because, after all they've been through together, she's like a sister to him now ]