Any time during this he might have pulled away, might have tried to be macho. But for once in a long time he just couldn't do that. Seiya reached his arms around to hold her mid section tight and pushed his head into the crook of her neck and cried even harder.
When he attempted to speak it only came out in jumbled and broken syllables so he simply went back to being quiet of all but the sniffled and whimpers from the act of crying.