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GRAB A BRUSH AND PUT ON A LITTLE MAKE-UP

I started facing her, so I began with her fringe and bangs. While I massaged the oil into her hair, I asked Reimu whether I was being too rough. "No, it's quite nice, actually. I had Aunn do it once, and she nearly pulled my hair out. Usually I just do it myself, but what's the point in having you here if I can't make you do it for me?" I told her that I was glad she thought so much of me dryly, and got up so I could start on the much more involved task of doing Reimu's hair. I took the brush first, and began to brush her hair so I could get it straight before I began to press the oil into it. I started at the top of her head, and slowly worked my way down. Reimu had already proven that she was extremely susceptible to head massages, and as I worked my way across her scalp, she sighed and leaned back into my. I pushed her back up and told her that I couldn't exactly do her hair properly if she was lying against me like that, and she mumbled "Stop doing it so well, then." Which sounded very contradictory to me so I simply resigned myself to getting through it as quickly as possible. This seemed like a good solution until I reached the back of Reimu's neck, and when my fingers pressed against it just right, her leg kicked into the table, which made her curse loudly. "Ngh..." She moaned in pain, holding her leg, "Don't press so heavily there..." I took the action as a small victory, but moved further down her hair regardless. Once I was past her head, I felt like Reimu had begun to calm down, so I began asking her about random topics. I started with what her job as the Shrine Maiden actually entailed, and slowly, we worked our way through that, various youkai she had defeated, her excursions into Makai and Hell, and the most annoying people who ever came to the Shrine.

Then, Reimu was silent for a moment. "When that birdbrain brought you back here, I asked you to stay out of those caves." I stopped for a moment and squeezed my eyes shut. I didn't want to think about what had happened in those caves. I could remember that all-consuming panic too well, like it was still strangling me. "Are you going to?" She finally asked.

And that was the question. I knew that I could barely handle being in them, and I didn't know if I would be able to handle seeing Yamame any time soon either, but I knew that I owed it to her to keep trying if she was trying too. I would probably need to work myself up to it. I sighed deeply, then told Reimu that I didn't know. "I don't want to see you have another breakdown. Can't you just ask the spider to come and meet you?" I hadn't told Reimu how exactly I had ended up in the state I was in, and I wasn't sure I could. It felt a little embarrassing, knowing that I'd nearly fallen apart because I'd seen the lack of scars on Yamame's skin. I didn't know how I would get Yamame to meet me instead. Where? How? The only person I could think of who would talk to her on my behalf was Nai, and even then, I felt like that was begrudgingly. I wondered how I could make the younger sister warm up to me, even slightly.

I realised that Reimu was waiting for an answer, but I didn't have much of one to give her. Finally, I told her that I just needed to work on slowly getting over the panic attacks I was having until I could handle things again. I continued to run my fingers down Reimu's hair, working the oil into the ends. "...Okay, but if she hurts you-" I asked her if she would kill her. I didn't mean it in the way that Reimu probably thought I did. I was thinking of Nai telling me very much the same thing. "...If I have to." Reimu finally muttered. I told her that it wouldn't be necessary. Yamame Kurodani was trying her best to change herself, so I had to try my hardest to do the same. I could see that Reimu didn't quite believe me, but I believed in Yamame. It might take hard work, and there might be setbacks, but Yamame had proven trustworthy so far.