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"What...whatcha got there?" Ashido asked as she and Sero stared at the unconscious Bakugou slung across Ochako's shoulders. One of her hands kept him steady by gripping his shoulder, and the claret hue of her knuckles starkly contrasted his blond hair.
"Oh, this?" Ochako held up a cup filled with bright blue liquid. She shook it slightly, letting the drink slosh noisily against the plastic. "It's mostly electrolytes. Tastes pretty good, actually. Kind of like lychee."
"I think she meant the other thing," Sero clarified. Ochako glanced at Bakugou and the hand currently covered in bruises and spattered with blood stains, then grinned sheepishly.
"Don't worry. It's not my blood," Ochako answered. That answer did not relieve either of her friends’ worry. "Anyways, I've got to get him to his room. Medic put him under heavy sedation."
Sero’s brows raised in surprise. Ashido stared at them with disbelief. "What happened?" she asked.
Ochako sighed, patting Bakugou's head with her colorful fingers. "A villain attack. Their quirk enhanced rage. Bakugou here overfilled. Poor guy. I don’t think he would’ve handled it well if he was charged with murder before his rookie debut."
"Oh," Sero said as if all had been explained.
"Oh," Ashido said with more concern, realizing now why they had caught their classmate red-handed.
Her knowing expression made Ochako clench her jaw and fist. Her eyes narrowed as she took a large gulp of her drink.
"Whose blood is that?" Ashido asked quietly. Ochako ignored her, took another sip, then carried Bakugou towards the elevator. "Whose blood is that!?"
Ochako hit the ‘up’ button with her cup. She closed her eyes, focusing on exhaling and inhaling evenly as she waited. "Let's just say I caught the villain."
When the doors opened, she lightly shook her head to center herself, turned towards her friends, and waved goodbye as she stepped backwards into the elevator.
As they were lifted to their shared floor, Ochako stroked Bakugou's cheek. His heavy sedation left him practically comatose, but she still hoped he could hear her. He needed to know why she did what she did to that villain.
She gently pecked his temple, then straightened her posture before they arrived to their stop. "Only you are allowed to call me Pink Cheeks and get away with it," she muttered, then took another drink of her rage-quirk antidote.