Yes, he will always take more cuddling from a friend. Jean-Paul wasn't cuddly, Kyle was a bit angry at times so that wasn't much of a chance, and he hadn't gotten to the 'physical touch is comforting' point with anyone else yet.

"She was there, at the school, when there was a haunting. I like, was missing most of the weekend she visited. But their memories at least gave me some memory of her. I try not to touch things related to her while I go on this apparent quest to find my memories again."