It's perfectly natural. It hurts when someone you love is angry with you, and Jesse is quite the expert at the defensive hurtful tongue. He's lived a life on the street, away from people that would care about him. It's defensive- I'm not certain he's always aware of it.

[He leans his chin on her head, and keeps his arms loosely around her so she can stay or pull back when she likes.]

Would you rather have him back?