Here I begin my journey of writing out one-shots/drabbles for my headcanon "firsts" predominately featuring my OC, Miah. :) I may not write for all of the headcanons, but for when I do elaborate on them, I'll post them here as chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own "Beyblade" or any affiliated characters; all such belong to Takao Aoki. :)

This one-shot is based off of the headcanon that the first time Kai sees Miah's compassionate side, she's tending an accidental injury to Max.
Enjoy!

Compassion

He'd never seen her this way.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" she was gasping between hysterical breaths, rushing frantically around the kitchen as Max watched her with wide, awestruck eyes.

"I can't believe—I should've heard you—" she rushed back to the kitchen table where Max sat, pressing a dishcloth to his temple. Rummaging through the First-Aid Kit, she continued to freak out, "Damn it, Maxie, I hope I didn't give you a concussion—"

Max laughed, wincing seconds after he did, as he tried to reassure her, "Miah, it's okay, really. It's just a scratch."

"There's a gash the length of my middle finger, down the side of your head, Tate. I don't think that qualifies as 'scratch'." Kai replied nonchalantly, pretending disinterest at the scene before him. He earned himself two glares for the comment, but stayed where he was, too intrigued by this new side of Miah to leave.

"Alright, let me see." Miah demanded gently, drawing Max's hand away from his head to inspect the injury. Kai could have sworn he saw her lower lip tremble at the sight, but the split-second weakness vanished as quickly as it had appeared. Instead, she set about disinfecting the cut, muttering under her breath as she went.

"Why'd it have to be you, Maxie? Tyson, Ray, sourpuss over there, even Kenny I could handle…" she shook her head, frowning as she began to dress the wound, winding the bandage around his forehead carefully. Max simply grinned at her and made a joke about traipsing around like a mummy for the next few days.

It was probably a good thing that it was Max, out of anyone, Kai mused to himself; Tyson would have made a huge deal out of it, Kenny would probably set himself up a MRI to check for brain injury, and Ray would suffer through the coddling simply because Miah was his sister. And Kai, well, he'd probably be cursing her existence if he were in Max's shoes.

But not Max; he was always good-natured about practically everything, so he took getting the sharp edge of a cabinet door slammed into his temple in stride. There was something about the blonde that brought out Miah's caring, motherly side, a part of her that she reserved only for Max. She would have cared less if it'd been Tyson or Kai, and would have felt slightly bad had it been Ray or Kenny, but hurting Max caused her to display emotions Kai had thought the Abbey had drilled out of her.

"Okay, done." The raven-haired girl said with a nod, giving Max's blonde hair a gentle, affection ruffle. "Go have fun pranking Kenny with your mummy act and then get some rest. Let me know if anything seems weird and I'll get you to a doctor as soon as—"

"I'm good, Mi, thanks." Max laughed, standing. "I'll let you know if anything's wrong." With that, he bounced away as though nothing had happened.

Kai watched as Miah slumped down in her chair, still clutching the bloody dishcloth. She seemed to have forgotten he was there, witnessing a moment of vulnerability, until he pushed away from the wall to approach her.

Golden eyes met crimson in a glare, but nothing was said as he plucked the stained cloth from her fingers to toss in the dirty laundry. Passing by the table to head to the living-room, he instructed simply, "Practice is in an hour. Pull yourself together before then" smirking at the string of curses she spewed as he exited the kitchen.

Miah has a soft heart when it comes to Maxie; it's probably because I adore that little blonde kid so much, I just have to have some needless fluff between often hard-ass Miah and sweet cutie-pie Max. It makes for a nice contrast and change. ^^

Anyhow, thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! R&R is always appreciated!

~Miah-Chan