Artist's comment:

I was watching live-stream a month or so ago and he was drawing Cheerilee >>2644454. I decided to draw along. I ended up more or less copying the pose. But she seemed lonely in my version so I figured she needed a buddy with her.

My head-cannon has Cheerilee and Zecora as close friends…at the very least. Every other Friday afternoon, Zecora picks up Cheerilee from the schoolhouse and they share a special brew while they walk to Zecora's hut, where Cheerilee spends the weekend to decompress.