Theme Challenge: Syd and Sky
Series presented by: BloomingViolets and Pink-Green-White-4ever
Challenge: Pride – written by BloomingViolets
Last Revised: September 25, 2005

Summary: Why did he have to surrender his pride?
Disclaimer: We don't own 'em, wish we did.
Ship: Syd/Sky

AN: Done in response to the Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Themes Challenge.

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"Come on Sky."

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"But it's for the greater good!"

"No."

"It'll only be for an hour, tops!"

"No!"

Z sighed, rubbing her forehead with her right hand as she leaned back against the couch. Beside her, Jack and Bridge looked equally as tired. The yellow ranger sighed. "Sky, just do it. If you keep refusing, Syd's just going to complain even more. Don't make all of us suffer more than necessary."

Sky glared at his yellow teammate. "I don't think so."

"Come on Sky," Jack interjected. "Z's doing it. Bridge and I are doing it. Even Boom's doing it. Just suck it up and join us."

"No."

"Come on, Sky," Bridge said, "It's for a good cause."

"No way."

"Please, Sky?" Syd's voice was small.

Sky looked at the pink ranger, and seeing her in near tears, made his heart soften just a little. But he still held onto his pride. "No," he said, clearing his throat slightly. "I don't do fashion shows."

"It's not just a fashion show!" Syd cried, leaping to her feet. "I'm not just doing this for fun, Sky! All the money we raise will go straight to the Children's Orphanage!"

"Can't I just help out with the lights backstage or something?" Sky asked, sounding very reluctant to model.

"No! I need you to be one of the models on the runway! With your height and build, you'd be able to make the clothes look fabulous enough for the males in the room want to buy it."

The blue ranger glanced at Syd, and immediately regretted it. There was just no way he could resist the hurt, puppy-dog look on her face. He sighed, bringing a hand to rub his forehead. "Fine, I'll do it."

Instantly, Syd was back to being her normal happy self. "Yes!" she cheered. She quickly strode over to him and gave him a tight hug and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you so much, Sky! I'm going to go plan everything out now, see you later guys!"

Jack patted his arm as the pink ranger left the common room. "See, that wasn't so bad now, was it?"

Sky only groaned. "What've I gotten myself into?"

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Sky stared at himself in the mirror. "There is no way in hell I'm wearing this."

"Come out and let me see what it looks like," Syd voice floated from behind the door of the changing room.

Sighing, Sky gingerly opened the stall door and stepped out. Syd's eyes widened as she saw what he was wearing. Black leather cowboy boots, a pair of tight jeans, and a dusty midnight blue dress shirt. A black leather jacket completed the look. The pink ranger eyed him up and down. "Wow Sky, you look hot!"

Sky felt the heat creeping up his cheeks. "I'm not wearing this!"

Sydney looked hurt. "Why not? It looks good! You look good!"

"Syd, these pants draw attention to my butt!"

"That's the whole point," Syd couldn't figure out why Sky was being so negative. He looked great in the outfit she had picked out for him. "You have a very cute butt."

"I… I… umm… uh…" Sky began sputtering at Syd's declaration.

"Oh!" Syd looked at her watch, suddenly noticing the time. "It's almost starting! We've got ten minutes."

"Syd, I can't get this zipper to work!" Z's voice came floating somewhere to Sky's left. "Can you help me?"

"Coming!" Syd called. She gave Sky one last smile. "Thanks for doing this Sky!"

Before Sky could protest, the pink ranger turned and left. The blue ranger sighed. He had a bad feeling about this. Why did he have to go and surrender his pride?

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He sat outside on the bench, enjoying the peace and quiet around him. It felt so good to be back in his regular clothes! He heard some soft giggling in the rustling bushes behind him. The blue ranger inwardly groaned. During the fashion shoot, girls everywhere had been eyeing him and had tried to follow him after it was over. He wished they would stop, all the giggling made him uncomfortable.

"Hey Sky."

Sky cringed as the soft voice addressed him. Slowly he turned, but relaxed when he saw Syd coming up to him. She sat down next to him and raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?" she asked. Syd's expression became puzzled when she heard the faint giggling. Then it slowly dawned on her and she dissolved into a fit of laughter. "You've got a fan club!"

"Shhh!" he hissed. "They'll hear you!" He glared as Syd continued to laugh. "I hope you know this is your entire fault. If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't be in this situation!"

The pink ranger calmed down enough to give him an amused glance. "I don't feel bad; we really raised a lot of money today. And besides, I happened to think you looked totally hot today."

Sky blushed but didn't say anything.

"I know what's going to make those girls stop following you," Syd added as she moved closer to him.

Sky glanced over at the pink ranger with hope. "What?"

The next thing he knew, the pink ranger moved so that she kissed the corner of his mouth. He felt his heart beat faster and his eyes closed as Sydney moved and softly pressed a kiss to his lips.

He gave her a surprised glance when she pulled away. She grinned. "Thanks for forgetting about your pride and doing this fashion show for me today. It really meant a lot." Then she stood up and walked away.

Sky watched her retreat with a smile on his face. "No problem," he whispered.

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