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Loki walked straight past the door to his chambers, heading instead to his brother's.
"Wait, why are you using my bathing room?!" Thor demanded, dashing past Loki to block the door to his chambers, his arms crossed as he glared suspiciously.
"Because I have the wrong scent of soap," Loki replied, rolling his eyes as if it were obvious. He brushed past Thor into the room.
Stepping lightly over the weapons and clothes strewn across the golden floor, Loki made his way over the bathing room on the left, nudging open the ajar door with his foot and slipping inside.
Thor came in to find the torches already lit and casting the room in bright, warm light, and Loki standing in the tub with his boots off and black pants rolled up past the knees as he started the water.
The dragon was perched on the faucet, swishing her green tail back and forth while she eyed the stream of water as it poured down and lapped at Loki's ankles.
"So, how do we go about bathing Tanis?" Thor asked tentatively.
"Here, take this," Loki said, hopping out of the tub and handing Thor the bar of clove-scented soap. "Run that under the water and start soaping Tanis, will you?"
"But that means I'll have to get wet!" Thor protested, looking at the bath with disfavor.
"What are you, a cat?" Loki teased, as he jumped onto the counter next to the sink. "I don't recall it being warrior-like to fear water."
"I'm not afraid," Thor huffed. "I just don't like baths!"
Loki stood up, pulling on the mirror as it swung forward from the wall, revealing the cluttered shelves behind. "Well, Tanis is the one getting a bath, not you. Besides, the longer you wait the higher the water gets," he pointed out, whilst he frowned at the scrub brush, which was just out of his reach on the highest shelf.
Grumbling, Thor took the soap and, kicking off his shoes, stepped into the bath, which was now almost to his knees.
Thor dunked the soap under the running water, then picked up Tanis, who was willing enough.
At least until he started coating her with the soap.
Displeased, Tanis struggled out of Thor's grip, leaping onto the rim of the bathtub.
"Tanis!" Thor exclaimed, grabbing at the dragon as she got away.
He managed to get hold of her tail, but as he took a slogging step forward through the water, the slightly too-long pant legs that he'd neglected to roll up caused him to trip, so both he and Tanis ended up falling completely into the water.
Loki, who was standing on his tiptoes to reach the top shelf, glanced down at them to see what the splash and commotion was about, as he did so his hand fumbling for the brush and accidentally knocking over a bottle of shampoo.
Thor spluttered, lifting his head out of the water, only for the bottle of shampoo to empty its rose-scented contents onto his head.
"LOKI!" Thor shrieked indignantly as he pushed himself to his feet, dripping water and floral pink shampoo.
"Oops," Loki giggled, taking the brush that he'd finally gotten down and tossing it to Thor. "Looks like you're taking a bath now too!"
Before Thor could grab Loki's ankle and drag him in as well, Loki dashed out of the bathroom, running straight into someone.
"Oh, hello mother!"
"What's going on?" Frigga asked, as Loki hid behind her skirts and peeked out warily at the bathing room.
"Thor and Tanis are taking a bath," Loki answered.
Frigga raised her eyebrows, impressed. "You got Thor to take a bath?"
"No," Loki said, following his mother as she walked into the bathroom. "We were giving Tanis a bath and he fell in."
Frigga tsked as she saw Thor standing in the bathroom fully clothed and soaking wet, unamused.
He smelled of a strange combination of bay leaf, pepper, clove, and rose.
Once again perching on the faucet, which was still on, Tanis trilled shrilly.
"Right," Frigga said, in her most motherly tone. "Thor, let's get you undressed and back into that tub. And Loki, you need to go to your chambers and take a bath as well."
"Yes mother," Loki said brightly, heading out of the room.
Thor just groaned.
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