Oh, yes. That was totally the younger Reno. The one Rede had met when he finally got out of that basement wasn't quite so... Huggy.

Rede managed a little 'oof' as Reno joined the group hug, and then glanced between Rikku and the redhead, wide-eyed.

"The portal came back," he explained. On the off-chance that they hadn't somehow realized this. And then he snuggled up against Rikku some more. "I wanted to say hi."

And he had. See? Mission accomplished.