Chapter 5: Ochako's Distress

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"…This ability is really convenient." Aomine grabbed her hand and removed it from the handle. Ochako couldn't help but feel dread fill her.

Why is Aomine-kun here and why did he use his Quirk?

Ochako's mind was full of questions but she couldn't move. She couldn't blink. She couldn't speak. She couldn't even move her eyes.

Like a frozen sculpture, she remained motionless as Aomine locked the door. The moment Aomine turned around Ochako was ready to act but to her surprise even facing his back she wasn't freed from his Quirk.

Wasn't it a vision-based Quirk? Could it be that he can keep me frozen till he wants to?

Ochako was helpless and she could only hope this classmate of hers wasn't going to harm her. They were both going to be Heroes in the future, why would he be doing this?

Perhaps he has something important to talk about?

Ochako couldn't help but delude herself.

Aomine turned around and walked past her.

Ochako couldn't understand what Aomine wanted to do.

Aomine returned quickly and pushed Ochako to the ground. Ochako couldn't care about being pushed because her mind was in a mess. She was filled with fright.

Not from the fall but the knife in Aomine's hand.

'I'm sorry for anything I did wrong, please forgive me. I didn't do anything bad please.'

She tried to plead, she tried to cry, but it was all in vain.

Aomine kneeled down and quickly slashed her left thigh, Ochako wanted to scream in pain but all she could do was howl like an animal inwardly. A scream from pain wasn't pretty in the first place.

But if that wasn't enough Aomine placed his mouth on the wound and started drinking her blood, this held on for a few seconds when Ochako felt her bodily functions return.

Tears started streaming down her face as she kicked Aomine away. Aomine wasn't athletic in the first place and fell back after being kicked in the chest.

"HEL—" She screamed but her voice was cut off.

Ochako froze in shock, both literally and figuratively.

But this time she could move her eyes and blink, the adrenaline left as quickly as it came and tears streamed down her face from the pain and the situation.

"Shhh… calm down!" Aomine scratched his head feeling a bit out of breath from the sudden kick. There wasn't much pain involved fortunately, he was glad her pretty little feet weren't wearing shoes.

He had to admit, Bloodbound felt really cheap in comparison to Chrono-Lock. He still had control over Ochako but it was rudimentary and he had to put a lot of conscious effort into keeping her in place.

However, he was slowly getting the hang of it.

If he were to describe it, it was as if going from wearing 500$ earphones to a cheap 10$ one.

The immediate difference in quality was outstanding.

Aomine looked at the tear-stricken Ochako and felt a pang of guilt. Feeling a bit nervous he rushed to her room to find some first aid. He had to bandage her wound first and clean the blood.

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"Hey! I'm Aomine Daiki, we met in class today." Aomine introduced himself to her and Ochako was looking at him fearfully.

Her hands and legs were tied to the bed while there was tape stuck on her mouth. By now she had full control of her body but there was not much use of that.

She couldn't move regardless.

She looked at the perpetrator introducing himself with baffled eyes. After doing all that he was trying to introduce himself?

Ochako's mind swirled and she tried to figure out how to break free from this situation.

Though she had an idea she didn't want to provoke Aomine.

As if reading her thoughts Aomine smiled.

"Don't try to use your Quirk, the second I see the bed or anything in this room float I'll immobilise and kill you." Despite his kind smile, Aomine spoke coldly causing Ochako to shiver.

She looked at him pleadingly and Aomine walked up to her before removing the tape from her mouth.

"Please! Tell me w-what you want, I don't have money in the first place and I haven't done anything to make you mad, p-please let me go!" While saying this tears involuntarily streamed down her cheeks once again.

Aomine's eyes followed the drops of tears and his eyes shined. He sat beside Ochako and scratched his cheek, "This might be embarrassing, but I have a favour to ask. I hope you won't mind."

"A f-favour?"

"Yes, a favour."

"I'll help!" Ochako had no choice but to agree. Her 15-year-old mind was only able to conjure one solution.

Help Aomine and be free.

"I'm sorry for cutting you earlier. I hope it didn't hurt too much." Aomine apologised, "I'll be honest with you. I have Two Quirks."

"Huh? Two Quirks?" Perhaps because Aomine was speaking comfortably the tense atmosphere had somewhat disappeared.

Ochako had somewhat calmed down, no longer hysterical. She could converse normally now.

"Yes, one of my Quirks Chrono-Lock lets me freeze people for a brief time. I did the same to Tsuyu in the morning and honestly, I didn't expect her to suffer so much. I was also too embarrassed to accept my fault there so I tried to act calm. I'll apologise to her later." He lied.

Ochako said nothing and listened, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. To her, Aomine had broken into her house, used his Quirk on her, slashed her with a knife, drank her blood and lastly tied her to bed.

The fact that all these things happened in under five minutes was insane.

"My second Quirk, do you have any guesses?"

Ochako was a bit stunned at being thrown the ball. She tried to think and him drinking her blood from earlier made her way a few guesses, "Something blood-related… uhm Blood Control?"

"Correct! To be precise, Vampirism."

"Vampire? How can you walk in the sunlight then?" Ochako remembered him being unaffected during the Quirk test.

Aomine was stunned.

The question she just asked was so… cute.

How innocent.

She's currently being held hostage in her own house and she's showing surprise over me not being burned in the sun…this girl…

"Pff, no. I have the traits of a Vampire. I need to drink blood to survive plus I can control others after drinking their blood. Like turning people into slaves or something."

"I-I-I-I'm your slave now!?"

Ochako felt her tears return and she started crying.

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