One Eye Blinking Slower Than The Other Novels & Stories

His eyes, usually intense, were dull, with a distant gleam and a slow blink, like he was sleepwalking or moved by something beyond his own will. Aurora looked up, locking eyes with him, but she couldn’t understand what she saw there. The familiarity of his face was gone, replaced by something indescribable. His gaze was heavy, empty, and his blinking was almost hypnotic. She felt lost. Her eyes slowly dropped to his neck, watching the soft movement of his Adam’s apple. Her gaze trailed to the slightly open shirt, where a line of bare skin showed. Suddenly, she turned her face away, feeling her cheeks burn in embarrassment.

After my eyes were plucked out, I lay on the operating table with two empty sockets on my face, resembling that of a broken doll. Samuel Sterling felt no guilt. He picked up my eyes to examine them and praised them, saying, "Daeleen was right. These really are a beautiful pair of eyes! I promised you, Daeleen. I will make all your wishes come true." As the anesthesia's effect slowly wore off, I could not help but cry out in pain. Samuel finally turned his attention to me as if blaming me for interrupting his memories of Daeleen.

We didn't share any words at first, there would have been total silence if not for the crunch of leaves under our feet. After a while, I finally said, "Haynes, do you know what those eyes of yours are?" Haynes blinked in surprise. "My eyes?" I nodded. "They’re different. You must have noticed it, haven’t you? The way you see movement before it happens. The way time feels slower to you when you fight." Haynes stared at me with unease. "Yes, but I don’t know why."

Just as Alexander asked that question, Tanya's behaviour suddenly changed. She started blinking her eyes very fast and poking her two index fingers together, with her head titled a little, and her lips pouted. “What?” Alexander asked again. But tanya just kept on blinking faster. “What is it? Why is your neck like that? Is it crooked of something? And why are you blinking like that? Did something get into your eyes? I'm sure that old man hasn't gone far. Should I call him back?” Alexander asked seriously. Tanya; “........”

I tossed and turned. I could not get Sean’s words out of my head. Once again, I picked up my phone where I had written my notes. What I had thought would be a twenty minute talk turned to a two hour discussion. “When he gets anxious you will see a tweak on his right eye. His right hand will start slightly trembling. He will conceal it with his left…...” The conversation bled back into my mind.

Calvin leaned against the headboard, rubbing his brow, and answered in an extremely weary voice, "I can't see." His fatigued and anxious appearance made Dr. Jason look at him for a few seconds before jotting something down in the medical records, thinking to himself that this patient was quite the actor. Seeing Bella's tears welling up, he added, "Your condition, though rare, is not unheard of. With proper rest, vision usually returns within a week."

I rolled my eyes tiredly, wondering if he even remembered the blinking rule for affirmation. "Tell me, did you get it wrong the first time? Blink twice if yes," this time, I carefully gave my instructions, and he immediately blinked twice. It felt odd, or maybe he was telling the truth. Perhaps he did mishear the first time. "Okay! Why don't you want me to help you shower and change your clothes?" I leaned over him, my hands behind my back. "Is it because I make you uncomfortable?" I asked, knowing he understood the rule of blinking twice for yes and once for no. He blinked once.

I continued to squeeze. Its right eye – the one where an eye should be – ballooned outwards to almost twice the size of its counterpart. I could see the blood vessels engorging on the white of its eyeball, tiny splits appearing across the surface which began to seep blood, a violent burst of bloodied tears pouring down its face.

She yelped, startled. “You’re closing one eye. Aim with both eyes open. Some archers swear by closing one eye and it may work for them, but trust me, we don’t have the time to experiment. Look at one object, okay. Take that tree for example. Look with your left eye only and then with your right and you’ll see it looks like it’s in two slightly different positions when you move from eye to eye. You’ll need both eyes to see its true position! Are you seeing what I mean?” Asked Hayden.

the doctor instructs me. With a grimace, I slowly open my eye, but it doesn’t open far. I try to blink a couple of times, trying to adjust to the light, but I can’t see much out of it. “It’s blurry,” I tell the doctor. “Try closing your left eye,” she tells me. I close my left eye and focus with my right. When I look around the room, things are still blurry. “It’s still the same,” I tell the doctor, and Mom lets out a sob.