Livio does give good hugs now and Nicholas might get a little selfish with those but also he does know that Livio himself hasn't probably had that many, so he's not going to feel guilty about that.

"Canned beans? You like those?" He holds up his groceries bag. "There're a couple here, and there may be more, Miss Melanie likes to stock up on canned stuff but they're heavy to carry all at once."

So she has him buy a couple of things every time he's buying other stuff, so it's not too much all at once.