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Push-ups

"Three hundred fifty seven... Three hundred fifty eight"

Bruce mumbled under his breath as he pushed his muscles to accordance. A bead of sweat falling from his face seemed to sparkle under the bright sunlight in the open

There he was, doing some exercises just outside of the manor by the garden. Richie was in school while Alfred is tending to the housework. It was a busy day indeed

The grass bed was green, the flowers were there, and the manor was the same as usual. It was an ordinary day for Bruce, nothing special.

The company hasn't been quite hectic the past days, Lucius has been very outstanding in handling the affairs on his own lately, despite the recent birth of his child with his wife

And thus, Bruce had plenty of time to spare. Stress hasn't been in cahoots lately which gave Bruce a plenty of time to truly enjoy his days without giving a care in the world

And by "enjoying" – it involves going to the mountains everyday to train, going hiking once a week, running 500 miles every 4 AM, and doing strenuous exercises that could be very dangerous to the young man

But this is the Batman, this means nothing to him at all

"Three hundred fifty nine...."

"One more, come on!"

A voice out of nowhere caught his attention. What seemed like a quiet garden earlier was now lingered by the echo of the "voice"

Without even raising his head up, Bruce already knew who this was

"Good morning Diana..."

The Amazon knelt down to him with a smile on her face

"Hello Bruce" Diana greeted with enthusiasm

"I was doing my early jogs and I figured I might as well drop by, pardon me for the intrusion"

"Figures" Bruce whispered discreetly

"You're basically here every day so it's not really intruding at this point" Bruce stated as he continued on his pushups

Diana rolled her eyes at this statement as she knelt down close to him

"We do those very different in Themyscira"

"Hah, I bet you carry big boulders on your back while you do it"

"Wow, that was actually correct, Bruce. Did Mother tell you that?"

Bruce heaved out a sigh, he rarely jokes and most of the time, it comes off different to his intent

"Not really, just a guess" he responded

"For me specifically, I did pushups while carrying like 20 lumbers of tree in my back" Diana recalled while living out the memories from her childhood

A sprang of jealousy caught up on Bruce there. Despite being the mature "one", he still can't help but be envious of how Amazons were raised on the strength that they have

Meanwhile, compared to him, they are literal outliers. He probably wouldn't even beat them in an arm wrestling challenge.

"Must be nice..."

A bright idea came to Diana as she turned to him

"Bruce, how about we do a pushup competition!"

The young man raised his head up to meet her gaze

"Pushup competition?"

Diana nodded her head as she leaned in closer

"Yeah, we can determine who can make the most pushups between the two of us!"