It was Christmas Eve, and it was the 2nd time the team was celebrating it together. Nobody in the team was an official dating couple except for Mike and Emily, thanks to Sky who had visited the team from another dimension about 1 year ago. The team had just defeated another nighlok, and most of them were enjoying it. All except for the distant red ranger, Jayden. He had changed quite a bit since the team first met, but still wasn't close enough to the gang. Mia wanted to do something about this, and with Ji's permission, entered Jayden's room.
It was close to the team's practice time, and Jayden had been cooped up in his room all day. Once she entered, she caught a glimpse of Jayden in the corner of the room, meditating. Or so she thought. She got closer to him, until she was literally kneeling in front of him. She waved her hand in front of his face. No response.
She called his name slowly and quietly. "Jayden, hey, wake up. It's almost 10 o'clock. Jayden."
Still, he didn't not open his eyes. Mia sat there for another 5 minutes, until she got really bored. She decided that it was time to go to drastic measures and try to touch him. She slowly touched his shoulder. It felt cold. "Jayden, are you okay?" Again, he did nothing. The pink ranger was annoyed by this. She still kept her cool, but looked at the clock to see that it was 5 till 10. She brushed some of his hair out of the way, and this immediately woke him up.
He opened his eyes so fast, and pulled Mia close to him. "Jayden, what in the world are you doing?!" Jayden felt like an idiot. He didn't realize that he had pulled Mia to his chest.
"Mia, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but are you? You're skin feels cold."
"Hey, you don't need to worry so much about me. I'm fine, see? Alive and healthy. Ow!"
"Jayden, what happened?!"
"My chest is burning so much!"
"Here, let me see." She approached Jayden, and unbuttoned his shirt to see what was his dilemma. Opening it up, she saw a bunch of red scars. "Oh my gosh! Jayden, I have to tell Ji. You're going to skip practice today, and I'm going to stay and take care of you."
"Okay, Mia. Go quickly, it burns!" She ran out of the room and told Ji. He understood and told the others. Mia came back a minute later with a sponge and a bowl of cold water. "Jayden, are you okay?"
"Not really. I need a little help getting on the bed." Mia immediately rushed to his side and helped him up. She took off his shirt and rolled up her sleeves. Slowly, she addressed his wounds by dabbing cold water using the sponge. Jayden was in so much pain that he clenched on to Mia's waist for dear life. He was screaming, but everyone was outside practicing. Ji was standing in the room, watching Mia take care of Jayden. He thought that it was strange, because usually Jayden never let anybody take care of him.
After a few minutes, Jayden had calmed down, and was resting, but still held on to Mia's waist. Mia was kneeling right next to him, brushing the hair out of his face. He was just staring at her. By then, Ji had left to check on the others. Jayden tried to sit up, but Mia shot her head up and kept him down. He sounded annoyed, and Mia was amused by this.
Again, she brushed the hair from his face back and forth. Jayden piped up, "Thanks Mia. I feel much better. Do you think I'll be able to keep practicing?" Mia just lay her head next to his, and replied, "No, but I could walk with you around town until the wounds heal."
"I guess that would be okay."
"I have to go now, Jayden. It's lunchtime and I'm so hungry."
"Alright, but could you do one thing before you leave?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"Can you do what you did before?"
Mia smiled. She knelt down next to him, brushed his hair away, and gave him a kiss on his cheek.
"Thanks Mia."
"Anything for my Red Ranger."