More Than Best Friends [Catradora]

Reconnections

Glimmer

Glimmer led Bow, Catra, and Adora into the steam grotto. She could feel the warmth already soothing every cell in her body. The relaxing sensation was interrupted by a grunt of discontentment from behind her.

"No no no. It's water? Hell no." Catra expressed and jumped back hiding behind Adora.

"Well, yeah, that's where steam comes from-" Bow answered but was interrupted by Catra complaining again.

"No shit, Sherlock, but no one told me that we were going in the water."

Right. Cats don't normally like water, do they?

Glimmer saw Adora step forwards and turn to Catra. "Catra, it's alright. This isn't like an ordinary bath. I know you don't like that, but these pools are filled with... uh," she turned to Glimmer for help. "magical healing minerals." She finished Adora's sentence.

"It doesn't even feel like water-like, the water at the Fright Zone was always cold, this is just... pure warmth. Just try it, please." She started to pull Catra into the dim room. She struggled but eventually gave in. One step into the sauna, she whimpered and jumped onto Adora's shoulder and back.

"Ehhh, the floor's wet."

Adora was startled for a moment and winced slightly from Catra's claws digging into her skin but soon relaxed. She looked up at her. "Catra, this isn't the first time you've been wet." She said. Glimmer snorted, God, how immature. Adora just glanced at her, confused and continued.

"C'mon, Catra," she giggled as she spoke, "it's fine." She picked Catra up by the shoulders and placed her back into a standing position on the floor and Catra drew her arms up and stood on one leg, discomfort manifested on her face. She carefully touched her right big toe to the ground, followed by her heel shortly after.

"See, it's just water, you've been in it before." Adora explained and Catra crossed her arms.

"Never said I was okay with it."

Adora sighed and rolled her eyes and grabbed Catra's arm, leading her to one of the several hot tubs. Catra seemed to get used the water under her feet after a couple more steps. When they were a few feet from their chosen pool, Glimmer and Bow threw off their robes and hopped right in.

When Adora removed her robe, Glimmer couldn't help but notice how Catra eyed her from head to toe briefly. She smirked from the comfort of the warm water.

Catra hesitated, but took hers off too. And, what do you know, she had more of those stripes on her calves and sides.

Adora's facial expression twitched. "You look good, Catra." She said casually.

Catra just rolled her eyes to the side and crossed her arms.

Adora stepped into the pool and helped Catra in, the same way Glimmer had for her. When Catra made contact with the water, her tail stiffened and her ears perked up, relaxing after a moment, though still seeming tense as she lowered herself further.

Glimmer took the time to examine the two's behavior around each other. Adora seemed very calm and caring. Her voice was always soft when speaking and her touch was always gentle, despite growing up in a place that taught her to fight and be rough with others. Catra on the other hand, was always alert and ready to attack at the slightest mishap. She was always tense and angry, though not as much when she was with Adora. It must have been because of their history. Glimmer recalled Adora mentioning that they had to relive memories between them while in that ruin and she wondered what kind of past they had specifically. Maybe Adora would be more open to talking about it when Catra came to be more friendly towards princesses and the such.