Yukari went to hibernate as soon as autumn ended and Reimu, for the first, seemed to enjoy winter, then again, she probably couldn't remember when she was abandoned. To her, we were always there and the winter was yet another joyful time. Of course, she was confused that Yukari hibernated but, besides the confusion, she didn't mind this, so she got used to this pretty quickly. I made note of the fact that she was starting to be a big girl but she was still within girlhood, however, she's dutiful it seems, as she does her chores when assigned, even if she's not the best at them, while I can't seem to get Chen to do one.
Chen's noticed this, too, and it seemed her gaze could evaporate snow. I told her that her rivalry with Reimu made no sense, especially since she's a part of the family and that her "rival" harbored no ill will towards her. The nekomata insisted that she did, to which I said, "She barely pays any attention to you and, besides hissing, she's hardly done a thing to you." She pointed out that Reimu did toss her over her head, to which I said, "While she did that, you instigated it in some way, as Reimu would be nicer if you actually tried to get along with her."
That made her even sulkier but that's Chen for me. Reimu didn't notice this and, if she did, I doubt she'd care, certainly. She's much too cheerful a thing to let something get her down, especially like that. Try as I might and as much as I want, the two can never seem to get along. The rivalry made no sense and it was one sided. Of course, I wasn't the only one to think that, as many others thought so, too.
Yuuka chastised her for misbehaving and said, "Surely, you could bury the hatchet, mmm?" Of course, Chen would be slapped, as I heard her should word I'd much rather not have heard and so will not mention, with Yuuka saying, "I don't much care for that language, dearie." That got another scolding and the whole episode was slapstick. Afterwards, Chen came into the house with a red face and I gave her the response of, "Well, I'll make some dango and you're going over to Yuuka's to apologize."
To be expected, Chen protested, saying, "It's not going to matter because that asshole is gonna eat them anyway!" I shook my head and answered, "Tsk, well, you're going to have to apologize anyway." I will let this be said, I did see a pout coming my way and I told her, "When you apologize to Yuuka and hand her the dangos, I hope you intend on smiling."
It took a bit of arguing and being minus a few dangos for her to go apologize. While I sent her off, I sent Reimu, too, saying, "Well, maybe you'd like some company because, at least, Reimu will smile." Not too longer after sending them off, I heard a slap in the distance. Well, certainly, you'll being going to bed without supper. I thought, sighing in frustration.
They returned, Chen still looking as sulky as when she left, while Reimu's overall mood hadn't changed. I delivered the punishment, thusly, as I saw fit, which made her sulkier but I didn't care, of course.
She could try to be nicer, next time.