Prompt: Diana and Nephrite, Tug-of-War

Event: Cheerupemofic for Lyrhia

Adventures In Babysitting

"Please, Nephrite? Pretty please with a cherry on top?"

Nephrite sighed, setting aside the book he had been reading. The problem with kids was that they always wanted to do something. Couldn't Small Lady sit quietly for the next couple of hours and color the pages he had given her earlier? He'd agreed to be a babysitter, not an entertainer.

"What is it now?" he asked. "We already played tea party and hide-and-seek."

"Now, it's time for tug-of-war!" she said, holding up a length of rope she had somehow managed to find. Atop Small Lady's head, sitting in between her cone-shaped odango, was her new kitten, Diana.

"Fine, give it here."

Small Lady handed him one end of the rope, then began walking backwards until the rope was taut. "Ready?" she asked, Diana jumping down to the floor and taking the end of the rope in her mouth.

Nephrite arched an eyebrow. "Two against one? Is that really fair?"

"Hey, you're a lot bigger than us!" Small Lady pointed out. "Now, on the count of three... One...two...THREE!"

She was right. He was bigger and stronger than they were. He didn't even have to use both his hands, Small Lady and Diana pulling with all their might to get the pink bandanna Small Lady had tied in the middle of the rope to move over to their side. Despite himself, Nephrite had to hold back his snickers behind his free hand, finding the sight hilarious. After a couple of minutes, when he noticed the princess getting red in the face, Nephrite loosened his grip on the rope, Small Lady and Diana tumbling backwards.

"Yay, we won!" Small Lady cheered, picking Diana up.

"Congratulations, Small Lady!" the kitten said, licking her cheek. "I knew you could do it!"

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