Hugging her would just be scummy, because it would be him using the moment where she is at her weakest to further his relationship with her, thus being really selfish.
But this is someone who literally has no one she can rely on, so comforting her would not be as scummy, if the motive is not to...
Thank you for the translation!
I am really happy, that after the reveal of Last Year being cannonically after Black Label, we get to see more of the story after the happenings of Black Label. Really happy for the characters.