"You guys did...WHAT?" An equally confused, appalled, and (slightly intrigued), Adora exclaimed.
"Look. I know you guys didn't exactly live a life of romance and luxury in the Horde, but yes. Bow and I took a bath together last night. It's a totally normal thing couples do," Glimmer answered. Noticing Adora's eyebrows still skewed, she continued, "it's..ya know… hot?" She then seemed to get lost in thought, smiling unconsciously at what Adora could only assume to be a memory of her recent experience.
Adora felt a shiver run through her body, and she had to restrain herself from actively sticking out her tongue at the thought of anything of that nature taking place between two of her best friends. Composing herself, she tried to steal Glimmer back to reality by snorting, "HA. No way on Etheria would Catra go for something like that. She HATES water."
Glimmer smirked at Adora, and gave her a harmless poke in the side as she retorted, "True. But she doesn't hate you".
Adora couldn't help but grin, acknowledging the truth within her words. Things had finally started to settle down after the craziness of war, and her newfound relationship with Catra was admittedly her favorite change. After their mutual confirmation of affection for each other, they decided it was about time to revert to their old ways, and share a room again - This time with intention, and in Bright Moon. While this in itself was familiar, it was no secret that neither of them really had any clue as to how "normal" couples behave. Naturally, she was looking to Glimmer for help.
"So, let me get this straight. You're telling me I should just go find Catra - PART CAT - and hit her with a - "Oh hey, Catra! Great idea coming at you. Let's clean each other tonight! Doesn't that sound like fun?!"
Glimmer smacked her forehead in defeat. She knew her friend was hopeless, but she didn't quite understand the extent to which she had to spell things out for her.
"Let's go a different direction... Hmm… Where did we put Bow's Tiny Adora and Tiny Catra?" Glimmer began rummaging through desk drawers, flipping over cushions, flinging random clothing items across the room, and then stopped to look at Adora skeptically when she found the figurines stashed under Adora's pillow. Adora blushed, as she nonchalantly coughed and looked anywhere but at Glimmer. "NOT EVEN GONNA ASK!" Glimmer proclaimed.
Pulling two pillows over to the table in the middle of her room, she laid out a blueprint of Adora and Catra's quarters, and then patted the pillow next to her for Adora to take a seat.
Clearing her throat, she began: "Alright, Adora. Here's the mission. You - are here. She wiggles Tiny Adora around on the map. Notice that right now, there is no Catra home. That's what we want. She will be out training the troops until approx. 6pm tonight. That means you have 2 hours tops to get this together." Glimmer paused here to glance at Adora, realizing her friend had somehow conjured a writing pad out of thin air, and was violently scribbling down notes.
"Oookayyy", she said, trying her best to not look at Adora like she was a research specimen. "You'll need a few things to really get it right. Stop by the garden and grab a handful of roses. Then run by Madame Razz's, and ask for some of her special bubble potion -", she was caught off at this point, by a frazzled Adora.
"Special BUBBLE potion!? You're kidding, right? What does that even mean?" Adora looked exhausted, and they hadn't even done anything yet.
"Adora! No. Focus! It's crucial. Just grab some, you will thank me later. Now can we get back to the plan?", She made a point to slam Tiny Adora back down on the table here. Adora didn't speak, just quickly shook her head, and added "bubble potion" to her messy list of notes.
"Great! Now, Tiny Adora is going to travel back to the castle, right into her little room. Peel all the petals off the flowers - Adora scoffed here, and then immediately swallowed the sentence she was intending to share back down after catching Glimmer's narrowed stare - and arrange them in a path from the bedroom door to the bath. She drew a line with her finger across the map. You will then just need to fill the bathtub with hot water, and pour the bubble potion in once it's done." Finally, Tiny Adora has been placed in her permanent spot, and Glimmer fetches Tiny Catra. Adora is relieved, but it's short lived - "Oh! One more thing. You probably wanna go ahead and just get...ya know. Comfy (?) In the tub until she gets home." Glimmer smiles awkwardly, hands clasped together, eyes moving side to side. Adora swiftly realizes what it is she means, and then lets out a shriek. She mutters incoherently and fervently adds more notes, face as red as the notorious jacket she was always sporting.
"Relax, the hard part is done. All that is left is for Tiny Catra to walk in, explode with romantic feelings from your display, and BAM! Fears of water gone forever, she joins you for a beautiful, bathtub adventure!" Glimmer plops Tiny Catra down on the mat, next to Tiny Adora, and throws her hands in the air, clearly pleased with herself.
Adora, on the other hand, had stopped taking notes as soon as Tiny Catra entered the scene. "Glimmer. Tell me. Does any of that actually sound like Catra to you?"
"To be honest, Catra telling you that she was in love with you when she had no idea you would feel the same, didn't sound like Catra to me. And I meaaaan, that happened, didn't it?" Glimmer fluttered her eyelashes at Adora, and Adora couldn't help but sigh.
"Fine. You got me there. I'll try it," Adora said. Glimmer beamed. "BUT," she continued, pointing an extended finger at her friend "- I don't have high hopes."
Adora collected her notepad, tightened her ponytail, and set about on her quest to gather what she needed.