Beca leaned down and placed a kiss on the top of Emily's head, and snorted to herself when she got no kind of response from her. "Still gonna pretend you're mad at me, huh?"
"You laughed at me," Emily mumbled, wrapping her arms a little tighter around herself. Beca rolled her eyes and gestured for Emily to move aside a bit so she could sit next to her on the couch.
"Em, I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at what you were doing because it was adorable," Beca explained. Not completely convinced, Emily still pouted, but at least turned her head to look at her girlfriend finally. Beca noted and felt a slight pang at the slight hurt in Emily's eyes.
"Really?"
"Yes," Beca said, opening her arms in an invitation for Emily to wrap herself up in them. When Emily didn't immediately snuggle up into Beca's arms like she usually did, Beca continued. "Seriously. You know I've never been able to keep a plant alive, so I have no idea how to take care of them. Meanwhile, you're over there giving yours a pep talk and wiping the leaves down with a paper towel while it soaks in a bowl of water. It was fucking adorable, and it made me so happy to see it I just had to laugh. But again, it wasn't at you, it was at what you were doing."
She hoped the speech would make her girlfriend realize it had been a silly misunderstanding, and felt herself relax a bit when Emily smiled.
"Okay, I believe you," Emily said, unwrapping her arms from around herself and replacing the comforting pressure around her body with Beca's arms instead. After a tight hug that settled the two, Emily loosened herself from the hug to look at Beca again, the happiness back in her eyes.
"Want to help me finish cleaning Nataleaf Portman's leaves now?"
Beca rolled her eyes but nodded, getting up to follow her girlfriend back to the kitchen to tend to her plant.
A/N: Sometimes writing inspiration comes when you're doing serious business (like giving your plant a pep talk while wiping its leaves with a wet paper towel while it soaks in a bowl of water...which is probably definitely a thing I will also be laughed at by my girlfriend in the future). Anyways, thanks for reading! c:
