“Oh,” she whispered, lifting her head and frowing down at the insecure form. “I...” love you too, she wanted to say but she didn't actually love him and to say it would just been too cruel. “Yeah,” she repeated instead, lying her head down on his again to hide her face from view. “Yeah, I know.” She closed her eyes, curling herself around him as he did the same. They laid close, listening to the rain. The sunny skies were gone and the silence stretched between them. The silence begged to be filled with laughter and love but Aliana stubbornly kept her mouth closed. There was nothing she could say.