Aye, yes it is. Btw, just to let you know if you didn't find the joke funny, the context of this joke is that people who want to find boy/girlfriends but are unable to, become delusional and desperate enough to the point of wanting to be held no matter what.
I've read this somewhere:
"Hostage or not, it's still nice to be held."
I think this fits our MC's character hahaha