Chapter VIII : Babysitting Is Such A Drag
"Nuka! Nuka, wanna' play? "
A paw slapped the forehead of the teenage lion, claws slightly gripping onto his skin in hopes he can gouge his own eyes out for relief. The day Kovu learned to speak; it'd been the day where Nuka went out of his mind. Vitani never bothered him when it came to "bonding," mostly because he looked for comfort from his sister. But Kovu, jeez, he was a different story. The tiny cub would constantly hassle him about hunting and playing, and he just couldn't catch the hint that Nuka did not want to spend time with him at all.
" Nuka! Hey, aren't you going to answer me? " The dark – sienna cub launched himself on top of Nuka's body, tugging on his ear with his teeth afterwards to catch his attention. Vitani watched this in amusement from far, and decided to help out her brother by bothering Nuka.
" Lion pile on Nuka! "
Vitani was gone in a flash and jumped onto her younger brother, getting a bunch of moans and groans in response. Vitani, being older, wasn't any bigger than Kovu. In fact, one would think they were born at the same time … their size were the same. It didn't favor Nuka much, however. All children were a bother to him, and Kovu was on top of that list.
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Being on the bottom of the duo, he'd slip a paw under his cheek and sigh. Zira had left him with babysitting duties, like she said, and today she had enforced them while she left to hunt for whatever food she could find with the rest of the pride. Kovu exchanged devious looks to his sister above him, and both began tugging on both ears of their lazy half-brother.
Nuka ignored it, because if he put up a fight, they'd continue.
Vitani stopped after a while and rolled off the two below her, awaiting ANY sort of verbal response from Nuka.
He felt the attention on him, so he fixated his lazy glance onto his sister. "What?"
"I believe the prince asked a question, Nuka."
If he could rip her head off, he would. Shoving Kovu off his back, he then gave Kovu his own attention. "What do you want, Kovu?"
Sheepishly, he addressed his older brother. "Well, uh, I was wondering if we can go for a walk and talk, Nuka."
Nuka arched a brow and blinked in confusion. "I thought you asked to play--" … Nuka was doomed. Hopefully, god-willing, Kovu didn't catch that he HAD been listening to him, and didn't get the idea that he DID want to play. Heavens no!
Kovu smoothed down the tufted up hairs atop his head, and grinned at Nuka. " Nah, not if you don't want to. I'll just hang out with you and Vitani for the rest of the day."
Another smack to the head.
" Uh, jeez, Kovu," Nuka hastily said, trying to devise a plan in which he didn't have to watch Kovu at all today. Then, it came to him. "Hey Kovu, you know what … we can play. Let's play … hide and go seek. Me and Vitani hide, and you can seek us."
Kovu was extremely happy that his brother had actually WANTED to play with him, but he pouted at the thought of him being it.
" But, but Nuka … why me?"
Vitani smirked and lifted a brow at her scraggly half-brother. " Yeah, Nuka. Why him?"
Nuka had been scratching a random flee at the moment, trying to think up another response.
" Well, because it'll help his hunting skills. Search for prey. Come on, Kovu," he slinked an arm around the tiny cub and whimpered. " If not for me, for mother."
Kovu slowly nodded. He didn't want his mother to get mad at him, and he didn't want Nuka getting in trouble. " Alright, I'll be it, Nuka. Get ready to hide, guys."
Perfect! Termite Kovu fell for my plan! What a stupid King father chose.
And with no time to waste, Nuka nudged Vitani and both bounded off as Kovu was left to count to ten. However, the duo wouldn't be hiding, no. They'd be lounging around the other side of the Outlands.
" Hah, little Termite Kovu is going to be searching for us all day."
Vitani perked her ears up swiftly. " What did you say there, Nuka?"
" Oh, uh … I hope Kovu can find us within the day!" He gulped and giggled softly.
" Ugh, you can play your little tricks on Kovu, but I won't be part of it, Nuka. I'm outta' here. If he does find you, just tell him mother called for me." Hissing, his sister walked off; obviously frustrated that she had to live within sibling rivalry.
Whispering to himself, he waved a paw at Vitani's exit. "Such a Sourpuss. Ah well, now I get to lounge around in the sun all day … with no termite Kovu. Nothing can ruin this day. " Falling onto his back, arms were crossed over his belly as he basked in the sunlight of the mid-morning sun.
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Note: You should all know where this leads to. He he. x)