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Chapter 43: Bond

Just a few seconds had passed as Cynthia shut the door to Frost's room and now she could see how the three rangers sat on the floor with Leaf behind Rain completing the stitches on Rain's arm while Rain herself applied medicine on Frost's burnt shoulder and Frost did the same with Rain's leg.

[Wow these guys are doing this like it is some sort of family activity everyone is doing something to help the other.] thought Cynthia almost instantly once she completely recovered from her grave misunderstanding.

Frost told Cynthia to wait on the couch as they finished and Frost and Rain started getting dressed again.

"I apologize Champion if our appearance bothers you, this is normal to us but I can understand if it is a bit uncomfortable for others." Rain was the first one to speak.

"Oh no it's fine, this isn't the first time I have seen Frost in his underwear." Cynthia spoke without really thinking about it.

Almost immediately Rain and Leaf's eyes glared at Frost who was still struggling to put on his shirt because of his recent shoulder injury.

"FROST! EXPLAIN!" Rain demanded.

"Huh? what?" Frost answered as he wasn't paying attention to Cynthia's answer.

"Where did she see you naked?" asked Leaf more politely.

"What? who saw me naked?" replied Frost with a confused face.

"CYNTHIA!" said both Rain and Leaf in unison.

"She didn't see me completely naked she just helped with clean the wounds on my back after the van incident." Corrected Frost quickly after realising what was happening.

Cynthia who also caught on the new misunderstanding said

"Yes I was just helping him clean the cuts on his back where his hand would not reach."

Leaf eyed both Frost and Cynthia carefully before replying "You two have been having a lot of fun together recently."

"Well I would not consider removing glass from someone's back fun per say but if you meant that we have been spending a lot of time together then yes." answered Cynthia honestly.

"Alright enough teasing the two Leaf I need some rest after all this." Said Rain as she started limping towards the exit of Frost's room.

"You know you could just rest in my room." Frost pointed out as Leaf added

"I will walk her to her room, also leader take some of these pills they will numb the pain a bit and rest for sometime."

"Na I am fine I need something from my room anyways." replied Rain.

"Alright." replied Frost as he took the pills from Leaf's hand and the two Ranger women walked out of Frost's room leaving Cynthia in the room with Frost.

The atmosphere was a lot less awkward around the two as both of them had already adjusted to having each others company.

"What happened?" asked Cynthia in a concerned tone.

Frost sighed as he lay on his bed and kept the pills Leaf gave him on the bed side table.

"Nothing it was a bit of miscommunication between Rain and me thats all."

Cynthia looked at his now bandaged shoulder and asked "Does this happen often?"

Frost chuckled and replied "No it doesn't not with me and Rain but since it had been a long time since we went on a mission together we were out of practice."

Cynthia was genuinely worried about his health but as usual Frost had zero regard for his personal safety.

"You didn't eat the medicine Leaf left?" Cynthia asked directly.

"Yes I am aware of that." answered Frost.

"Why?"

"Because it dulls my senses and makes me sleep."

"Isn't that the point of a painkiller?" Cynthia deadpanned.

Frost just smiled in reply and did not say anything.

[Typical Frost.] thought an annoyed Cynthia.

"Look enough about the gloomy stuff, did you sleep well?" asked Frost as a change.

"Yes I did also….." Cynthia didn't finish the sentence as she started to fumble.

"Also?" Frost asked.

"Also…. Thanks for tucking me in bed in the morning." Cynthia finally said this time making Frost blush.

"Oh that hehehe ya about that I am sorry but I just couldn't leave you on the table so yeah." Frost somewhat replied.

The two of them could not look straight at each other as both of them were blushing to some degree.

"So how was your visit to the shipping company?" Cynthia finally thought of a decent conversation topic.

Frost still looking in the other direction replied " It was eventful to say the least, we did catch the culprit but as we were returning we got ambushed by a group of Galactic grunts."

"Is that when you guys got injured?"

"Yes Rain got hurt when she blocked an Air Cutter for my Jolteon." Frost replied seriously.

"I see….. you really care about Rain" Cynthia said as she read the change in Frost.

"Where did that come from?" Frost said as he looked towards Cynthia now.

"I mean don't get me wrong it's just you and her seem very close." Cynthia said while waving her hands in the air.

Frost simply sighed and looked up when he said, "Well I guess you are right about that I do care for her."

[Wow he admitted it.] Cynthia thought in surprise as she did not think Frost would answer a personal question like that but at the same time him admitting he cared for Rain stung a lot.

"Oh so you guys are…." Cynthia began but Frost cut in.

"Nonono it isn't like that between us, I feel protective for all of my team members not just Rain." Frost justified hurryingly.

"I see" hearing Frost Cynthia visibly perked up.

"Since I am their leader I consider their well-being my own." Frost added.

"That is very nice of you Frost." Cynthia said in her sweet voice.

"Well thanks.." although hearing praise was something quite common for him hearing it from Cynthia made Frost genuinely happy.

The two conversed for a little while longer about Frost and Rain's encounter with Brown when Cynthia looked at her watch.

" You should get some rest, we can go talk to this in the evening." Cynthia said as she stood up to leave.

As she reached the door she stopped when she heard Frost say "Cynthia…."

Frost really wanted her to stay and maybe Cynthia also did not want to leave, considering how she stood Infront of the door waiting for Frost to complete his sentence.

In the end Frost could not put his feelings into words as he simply said "Thanks for the company I appreciate it."

Cynthia just smiled in return as she said

"Anytime see you in the evening." Before leaving.

Author's Notes:-

I am not dead and back again, sorry for the extreme delay it is just my laptop gave up on me and the customer service is just so slow that I had to write this chapter on my damn phone so if you find any errors in this chapter blame Acer :p.

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