141. Reassurance

                                    

                                          

Mapi 
The moment she was able to, Kaia FaceTimed Mapi much to the Spaniards relief. She was still at the stadium and by the look of the background, she was in the medical room. 
"Are you getting your back checked?" Mapi asks, although her face is ordering it to happen. 
Kaia nods and holds her phone up a little to get the mirror behind her is the shot, showing her exposed back to Mapi. 
Mapi sighs the second she sees bruising already forming on the right of Kaia's lower back. "What's the pain like?" She asks. 
"Uh..." Kaia shrugs gently. "It's tender, but I think it's just from the impact. I'm going to ice it overnight and then they'll take another look in the morning." She explains as she sits down on one of the benches. "Is Patri with you?" 
"Why? Is Emilia there?" Mapi asks before popping her head back into the room she'd just left for privacy. "Patri, come here." 
Patri leaves the relaxation room without objection and peers at Mapi's phone, aware she was on FaceTime to Kaia. "How bad is it?" 
"I'm fine." Emilia's voice comes from Kaia's background. "I look like an idiot though." 
Kaia chuckles and makes her way over, shamelessly turning to get Emilia in the shot, the cuts on her cheek padded with white bandages that are tapped throughly over half of her face, and it's naturally swollen.  
"Wow, Harpy." Mapi chuckles softly. "You look like you've been in a fight." 
Patri elbows Mapi discreetly and takes her phone. "Is your eye ok? It's looks quite dark around the area." 
Emilia nods and allows Kaia to sit on the bench at her side to make this conversation easier. "I've got an X-ray scheduled in an hour to make sure my cheekbone isn't fractured or broken, but I can tell it's not too serious." 
"Is that Ruiz still hunting you down for strangling her?" Mapi teases her girlfriend.   
Kaia pulls a face at the reminder. "Honestly, she wouldn't leave me alone and I didn't even touch her neck. She genuinely just wanted a fight." She huffs before jutting a thumb to Emilia. "As if she hadn't done enough." 
"Are there any stitches or is it shallow cuts?" Patri continues to worry for Emilia's sake. 
"No stitches, thankfully." Emilia reassures. "It was more the force that took me by surprise." 
"And no concussion?" Patri asks.  
"Concussion?" Mapi huffs to Patri in disbelief. "She got karate kicked in the head, I'm surprised she didn't get knocked out." 
"I have a mild concussion, yeah." Emilia chuckles weakly. 
"Let me get your phone so you can call Patri." Kaia mutters to Emilia as she gets up. "I wanna talk to Mapi." 
"That's rude." Patri jokingly replies.  
Kaia looks to the midfielder on her phone. "Oh feel free to hang around and listen to us flirt." She offers which makes Mapi chuckle. 
Patri leaves when her phone begins ringing, and Mapi's face immediately softens. "My anxiety was through the roof for that entire game, I didn't enjoy it one bit." She tries to chuckle. 
"No?" Kaia keeps the mood light. "Not even my assists?" 
"Your assists were fantastic." Mapi compliments wholeheartedly. "But crashing into boards and getting your legs taken from underneath you wasn't my favourite thing to watch. Nor you having to run even more all game for that missing player."