Both you and Ochako were studying together, and it was getting stressful without a break. Suddenly, she closed both of your textbooks, suggesting something else.
"Let's take a break, yeah?"
That break eventually involved you and her going online shopping without going back to your pens, using your laptop for it.
None of the items on the site you two were on picked your interest, until her eyes beamed at one, and yours at another.
"This would look good. And this would fit ya!" Ochako smiled, hovering the arrow over the specific things.
Clicking on one of them with confidence of being able to afford them, her jaw dropped immediately at the expensive non-specific price. Inflation was driving her crazy, but even if she sold her dorm furniture, she wouldn’t be able to afford it.