Tug-o-war
Steven was walking around and playing with Peridot for a while, she flaunted the quarter she stole from the fountain and was now going to settle in on some hay to watch Camp Pining Hearts with her favorite human....gem...hybrid. As she was settling down, she noticed Lapis strolling over to the two of them.
"Hey Steven, can we talk? It's my turn." Lapis said, declaring the green gem's time with Steven as over. Before he could even give an answer Peridot had scrabbled to her feet.
"Excuse me Lazuli, you're wrong. It's still my time with Steven." Peridot said and grabbed hold of the child's arm, pulling Steven more in her direction.
"No, you're wrong. It's my turn now." Lapis replies, taking Steven's other arm and tugged it towards her.
The two started bickering, tugging Steven in two different ways, as if in any moment he'd spilt in two. Both saying how it was thier turn, and how the other was being unfair. When Steven pipes up, the reaction he got was not what he was expecting. "Hey uh--Why don't we all just calm down and--"
Both gems scowled their two lettered answer in unison; "No!" and presumed tugging.
"Besides, Lazuli! Why do you need to talk to Steven?" Peridot pried, a small hint of jealousy in her squeaky and stressed tone.
"Because it's my turn!" Lapis said back, a bit of edge in her tone. Pulling back.
Soon enough, Steven freed himself and pulled away from both of them. Flinging the gems into one another and sending them into a crashing pile to the floor.