. ❛ what can i do to help? ━━━━ @firestcrm .
𝙸𝚃 𝚆𝙰𝚂 𝚄𝙽𝙵𝙾𝚁𝚃𝚄𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚂𝙰𝚂𝚄𝙺𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝚂 the one to see her that way ━━━━ not that this state of panic was uncommon, it was becoming more and more frequent. Hinata had always been succeptive to panic and anxiety ; years under her family's scrutiny and abuse had destroyed what little confidence she had, and yet now that she had proven herself to them ━━━━━━ that she had proven to be worthy of the title that had always been hers, it seemed that every little mistake was catastrophic. While her father no longer verbally abused her as punishment, the damange was done and Hinata's own mind did the job for him.
This time, however, the panic was enough to make her bow, arms around herself as she tried to keep from screaming ━━━━ the anguish so strong, so devastating that it made it difficult for her to stay silent. This time, it hadn't been her father's voice that echoed in her mind ; telling her she was unworthy, that she was a disgrace, a shame to the whole clan. No, that time it had been Neji's voice to hiss insults at her ━━━━━━ to tell her how sickening it was that a mistake like her got to live, while he had died. And the feeling of hearing his voice for the first time in years, only for it to brutally crush her spirit had been to much for the gentle heiress.
Sasuke's question didn't make sense to her ; because Hinata truly did not know what could be done to make this feeling go away, to make the feeling that she would crumble into dust disappear. And so, she let her body tell her what to do ━━━━━━ as she threw herself against him, small hands holding onto his cloak, curling into fists as she rested her forehead against his chest. ❛ H-hold me.... ❜ she managed to gasp as sobs made her shake from head to toe.
❛ J-just hold me, please.... ❜