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[asano_san]

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I just hung upside down for hours and hours! I think it was all day!

[It was a few hours. In a trap, though, so there is some real reason to cry.]

Am I going to die now?

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[asano_san]

I probably won't die or have my feet fall off from the rope cutting off my circulation.

[Probably is the best he's willing to do. It's not like chances are good anyone he's talked to has experience with people hanging upside down for hours.

If they do, he's pretty sure he's better off not knowing about it.]

But what about the mental trauma! When will I get over that?

[One step towards forgiveness. Two steps back into freaking out.]

[thriftea]

[Training to become a hero means taking lessons in how to calm down even the most panicked people, but Keigo is, like, the subject of an extremely advanced lesson. Is he being overly dramatic? Probably so! But... then again, he did hang upside-down from a tree for hours, and she's not sure how she'd feel if that happened to her...]

Will it help if I promise that I'll never, ever leave a trap out again? [A beat as she thinks, and then:] And I'll even ask Okuni to be more careful with her own.

[asano_san]

That does help. Some. Okuni's probably a lost cause.

[But knowing that it was a one-time thing for Ochako, led astray by the forces of evil, makes him feel better.]

Thanks for coming over and for the food, but I think I want to be alone right now.

[If he can't stay mad, at least he can wallow a bit.]

[thriftea]

[Ochako opens her mouth to respond, but quickly closes it with a snap. That... definitely stings a bit, it's true, yet it's not like she came here expecting that everything to immediately go back to normal. This is what she gets for making that stupid trap in the first place!!

So she'll just, you know, carefully place her basket on the surface nearest to him before she heads over to the door.]

Feel better soon, Keigo, and— [Grabbing the doorknob, she turns to look back at him.] I know it's selfish, but... I hope we can still be friends! I-I really am sorry.

[Definitely cheesy things to say, but it's obvious she meant every word. And with that, she'll take her leave!]