He attempts a glare, but it comes out as more of a wide eyed glance due to the nuzzling. "I'm trying. It's -- hard. I should have waited until I was ready, but I can't exactly take back making a pack. I was just..."

Lonely. He was so, so lonely and scared and he needed someone to be there for him. So he surrounded himself with misfits where were more alone and afraid than he was, so he could feel like less of a failure.