Hideaway Strath Operation Overkill

Regardless of his true opinion, would she have listened and acted otherwise? Probably not. By saying no, he was merely delaying the inevitable. 

But when she asked a final time, he spoke no words. He would not say "yes" or "no", refusing to play a part in choosing. If she wanted to decide, she could do so for herself.

Rather than speak, Arashi simply pressed himself closer, enclosing her in his embrace. He did not cry, for all the emotion and pain he felt was trapped in his heart, stinging like a thousand hornets that would never die.