[X] Pride of Lions
"Good lord!" you exclaim, crouching beside Dio and reaching for his hands to examine them.
He swats your hand aside, inadvertently smearing his blood on your fingers. "Get away from me, you witch!" he snarls.
"Would you rather I left your wounds alone and let them get infected?" you demand, grabbing your handkerchief from the desk and wiping off your hand.
"I can tend to them myself," he retorts, leaping to his feet.
Is it just you, or does he look... well, of course he looks angry, but moreover he looks frightened.
What in God's name did you do?
"Don't be ridiculous!" you insist, grabbing the hem of his coat to keep him from leaving. "How are you going to properly bandage yourself with your fingers in that state?"
"I don't believe I'll have to," he replies coldly. "If I call for a doctor and speak to your father about this, what will you be able to tell him that he'll believe?"
Oh, so it's time for this game, is it? A small part of you points out that at least he's better at it than most of the girls at school. At least in this case there's a decent chance you might actually get punished if Father finds out.
"It's not what I'll say to him that you should concern yourself with, but what he'll say to you," you say dryly. "I imagine 'what were you doing in my daughter's bedroom, young man' is where it will begin. As for where it will end, it would perhaps interest you to know that Father was captain of the Boxing Team at Hugh Hudson for his last four years there."
He growls low in his throat, but doesn't say anything. Aww, done so soon? Well, perhaps you shouldn't complain about winning. It tempts the gods.
"I have a small medical kit under my bed," you continue primly, "very modern. We'll have you cleaned up in no time. Have a seat."
Luckily you happen to have a copy of yesterday's newspaper still on hand. You spread part of it across Dio's lap, and lay the rest over the blood in the carpet. You'll see to that after the source of the bleeding is dealt with.
His injuries are not like any you could have imagined. There are a few scratches, which you suppose could have come from your nails, but the most serious wounds look as though some wild animal has sunk its teeth into his flesh.
Thankfully none of them will require stitches, though you can't be sure he won't have a scar.
He's a terrible patient; lots of hissing and twitching when you apply the antiseptic, sullen 'yes' and 'no' answers, protests at your bandaging technique, and the occasional sigh as though he's doing you a favour.
"... why the devil do you have a medical kit under your bed, anyway?" he asks eventually, sounding annoyed at the convenience.
[X] Evasive. "I'm an equestrienne. It's handy to have bandages and things already on hand should I be laid up with a broken ankle, or somesuch."
[X] Imperious. "I would be a pretty poor queen if I didn't know how to tend to my vassals' health."
[X] Brutally honest to shut him back up. "When I was eight my best friend died from a fever she and I contracted from a seemingly minor pair of injuries. This keeps such a thing from happening again."