165. Eye drops

165. Eye drops

It took a while for Hinata to calm down. Now that she had let go she realized that in the back of her mind she always knew. Out of fear of being truly alone she had clung to her clan since she didn’t know about much else. Then again, Tomoka and Nozomi had always been by her side.

“Are you feeling better?” Tomoka asked with a bit of worry. She didn’t mind her tear stained shirt in the slightest. The slight discomfort was a tiny price to pay for her.

“Yeah, I feel great actually. Like a huge weight just lifted off my shoulders.” She hadn’t realized how much it weighed her mind down. Her constant anxiety and shyness around others had been a by-product of the strain her mind had been under. Now that she let go she felt confident like never before.

“I’m glad to hear that. We both know how hard it must have been for you” This time it was Nozomi the one consoling Hinata. The Uchiha girl had somewhat known about Hinata’s state of mind. Unlike Tomoka who was pretty much new to feelings in general Nozomi could tell. However, she didn’t know exactly what was wrong and much less how to help.

“So what is the plan?” Not wanting to continue talking about her little breakdown Hinata decided to change the subject back to the original point.

“Right, so are you coming or...” As Tomoka said she saw the two girls giving her an incredulous look.

“And this is?” Nozomi looked at the small bottle and couldn’t help but notice that it looked like eye drops.

“Eye drops, especially developed for your usage. Apply five minutes before using the mangekyou and it will prevent permanent damage for around two hours. You will still get blurry vision for around five hours after usage though.” Hearing Tomoka’s explanation Nozomi nodded and pocketed the eye drops. With them she would finally be able to train her mangekyou a bit.

“An Uchiha using eye drops, if I were to tell anyone from the Hyuga clan they would die with laughter.” Hinata said with a mocking tone and grin on her face. However it didn’t escape Tomoka’s and Nozomi’s notice that she said Hyuga clan instead of my clan meaning she was already distancing herself from them.

“Ha ha, laugh all you want, I don’t want to go blind” Nozomi said grumbling while playing along. After the three laughed for a bit Hinata turned to Tomoka and asked.

“So, when are we leaving?”

“Tomorrow morning should be good. I will leave some of my phantoms to take our place. No one should notice since Yamato gave us a week of rest.” After that the three girls continued talking for a while until each went their separate ways.