At the Loud house, Lincoln, in his underwear, grabbed a towel and leaned against his door as he waited for something.

"In a house with so many sisters, lines to the bathroom can be from long but manageable to someone's worst nightmare," Lincoln told the reader as he counted from 4 with his fingers. "So, when you want to take a bath, you have take into consideration the perfect timing to go. And that time is around... Now!"

The boy opened his bedroom door and bolted straight to the bathroom... Only to crash with Lori. "Literally look where you're going, twerp!" the oldest Loud complained, giving her brother an angry glare.

"Sorry, Lori, didn't mean to crash into you," Lincoln deadpanly replied as he got up. "Anyway, why are you heading to the bathroom? It's my turn to take a bath!"

"No way, you know that once Leni finishes her business, the bathroom belongs to me!" the phone-a-holic replied, right before Lisa walked out of the bathroom.

"I couldn't help but overhear your conversation while I was gathering things for my... Studies," Lisa explained, catching her siblings' attention. "Listen, Lincoln, if you're so desperate to take a bath, I believe we can come to a compromise."

"W-What are you saying?" Linc stuttered, taking a couple steps back.

Cue to the bombshell:

"Taje a bath together."

Naturally, the duo took a step back. "What?!"

"Listen, according to my bathroom research, in ancient times-and Japan-it wasn't uncommon for family to bath together," Lisa explained before pushing the duo into the bathroom. "Up to 4 people bathed together, so I figure that would be far more awkward than two people doing that. And since you certainly seem to need to use the bathroom with urgency, it's best that you bath together."

With that said, once the duo were inside, Lisa closed the door as Lori and Lincoln exchanged embarrassed looks. They then silently turned away and stripped naked before jumping into the tub, their eyes closed so as to not catch any nudity. "Okay, we open our eyes at the count of 3?" Lori inquired, wrapping her arms across her chest and crotch.

"Sounds good to me," Lincoln replied. "3..."

"2..."

"1!"

The duo opened their eyes and blushed once they saw their half-naked bodies submerged in the water, and the two silently looked away and remained like that for a couple minutes. "So... Here we are..." Lori remarked, taking a deep breath. "Taking a bath together..."

"Did you know about this bath sharing stuff, Lori?" Lincoln inquired, glancing briefly at his sister before he looked away again.

"You seriously think I would know about something Lisa knows about?" the elder Loud responded, and Lincoln couldn't help but agree. "I'm literally honest, Lincoln, I never heard of a family sharing a bath before. I mean, we do share a lot of things, but the bathroom? That's... That's something new to me."

"Says the girl living with over 10 siblings."

"Shut up."

The awkward silence continued between the pair up until Lori got an idea. "Hey, I think I know how to make this less awkward!" the elder Loud exclaimed in wnder. "How about we slowly reveal our bodies to each other? You show me your stuff, and when that's done, I show you my stuff. Does that work?"

In any other situation, Lincoln would have vehemently said no. He didn't want to give Lori yet another reason to mock him. But then again, he neither had any better ideas, and Lori did say she would show him her stuff too. So he uncovered his crotch and allowed his sister to take a look.

"Oh," was all Lori said. And she didn't even say it in a way implying disappointment or disbelief or... Anything, for that matter.

And then she leaned forward. "Well, that's-"

Lincoln covered himself and looked away so fast, he actually managed to startle his older sister. "What? Is my junk too small for your taste?" the boy asked, obviously exasperated.

"Don't be ridiculous, Lincoln, I don't care about your junk," Lori said, and it was clear from the pause she did knew that didn't make it sound any better. "No, you're still as hairless as when you were a baby, that's the thing that catches my attention."

"And why would that be the case?" Linc asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well..."

Lori uncovered her crotch, and after Lincoln saw it, he burst out laughing. "Oh man, you got a blonde amazon forest down there!"

"Shut up, you jerk!" Lori hissed, slapping her brother in the head. "Besides, I'm just a bush compared to mom. Now that's a true amazon forest."

Lincoln laughed some more, and once she calmed down from the remark, Lori joined in the laughter... Then noticed Lincoln wasn't covering his chest. "You know, sometimes I can't help but be jealous of guys," she remarked, catching her brother's attention. "I mean, they can show off their chest and nipples all they want, but if even a glimpse of a female breast or nipple is seen, it's apparently something that needs to be censored."

"Yeah..." Lincoln then glanced at Lori's chest and waited while his elder sister gave him a confused look. "Well?"

"Well what?" Lori replied.

"Aren't you going to show me your breasts now?"

The teenager, caught off-guard by the question, blushed and backed away before hissing, "Don't say such a thing out loud, Lincoln! Of course I'm not showing you anything!"

"Hey, you said we were both going to show off our stuff! I showed you my crotch junk, and so far, I've only seen your crotch!"

"It's not my fault I have more to hide!"

Then, seeing screaming at his sister wouldn't lead him anywhere, Lincoln took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Lori, you don't have anything to worry about. I won't make fun of you, or do things to you, or whatever you think I'm going to do. I just want you to keep your promise so we can move on to actually taking a bath, since we've been talking for a while now."

Agreeing with her brother, Lori closed her eyes and uncovered her breasts. However, Lincoln did exactly as he said: That is to say, he didn't do anything. "Okay, that's done," the boy casually remarked. "Let's take a bath already."

And as Linc reached for the soap, Lori opened her eyes and gave her brother a look of confusion... Which soon changed into a look of relief.

After the bath...

Lincoln and Lori got off the bathtub and stretched. "Well, that was an awkward experience," Lori remarked, wiping her forehead in relief.

"Yeah, and that was just the two of us," Lincoln replied. "Can you imagine how much more awkward it would be if the whole family took the bath?"

"If the bathtub isn't broken before then," the teenager quipped... Until she realized something. "Wait, there's only one towel."

"You didn't bring your own towel?" Lincoln asked.

"I-I think I did, but now it's no longer here!" and once the teenager could verify she had no towel, she started to panic. "What do we do now?!"

And then Lincoln got an idea. "Lori, calm down, I think I know how we can get out of this..."

The teenager raised an eyebrow in worry, and sure enough, what they did next after cleaning themselves gave her enough reason to doubt his brother's plan: The duo used a single towel, which covered Lori's waist and almost Lincoln's whole body. Lori covered her breasts with an arm, while she held her side of the towel with her free hand.

"Okay, now at the count of 3, we split and go to our rooms as fast as we can, got it?" Lincoln instructed, with Lori nodding in response. "1..."

"2..."

"3!"

The pair separated and bolted as fast as they could to their rooms, with Lori taking the towel. With that done, the pair dressed up and reunited at the hallway. "Okay, so, that was a thing that happened," Lincoln remarked, scratching the back of his head. "I'm not going to ask you if you enjoyed it, 'cause I think you didn't, but if there was a time when you needed to share the bathroom with someone else, would you do it?"

Lori thought about it, then answered. "If there comes a time when two people have to share the bathroom in this household, whether they're me or not..." and then she smiled. "Maybe we should introduce our sisters to this idea?"

"Sounds like a plan," Lincoln replied, gaining a smile.

And so, Lori put her hand on Lincoln's shoulder as the pair went to teach the concept to their siblings, all while Lisa watched them leave with a smile. "Mission success," the scientist said, snapping her fingers.