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As Chizuko sat in front of the fan, watching more than enough clips of Berry Blossom, she gushed over her magic against her poor partner, Chroma.
“Kyyaaaa!! Berry Blossom is so cool!!!”
“I’m home!” Chroma called out from the door, taking off his work shoes and walking into the living room, where Chizuko was. “Why is the fan on, Date Chizuko? It’s winter.”
“What do you mean? I’m hot.” Chizuko took her eyes off the screen to look at Chroma, who looked like he came out of snow hell. “Woah, Chroma, what happened to you?”
“It’s freezing out there, Date Chizuko! How are you not cold?!”
The two stared at each other for a few minutes.
“How am I not cold…?”
….
“Date Chizuko, do you…? Do you ever feel, you know… like… bursts of energy sometimes…?”
“Yeah, but that’s just me…?”
“No, no, you don’t understand. Like, bursts of… magic energy…?”
“...every now and then, sure…”
“Do they… let’s say, are they painful, Date Chizuko?”
“...A little.”
“Ah, I see.”
Chizuko sat and stared for a moment, confused at what Chroma was talking about. She had only just recently (like, one or two months ago recently) got her magic.
“Date Chizuko, you’re facing, uh… post-magic side effects.”
“Post-magic side effects?”
“Yes, post-magic side effects.”
“So does that explain the excruciating burning pain I’ve been facing for the past few weeks…?”
“Burning?”
“Yeah, burning..” Chizuko muttered.
“Fire magic?” Chroma pondered for a minute. “Date Chizuko, I think you might have fire magic.”
“Ah.”
The two sat there in silence.
“So the entire reason why I’ve been feeling like I was burning from the inside is because of… magic side effects?”
“Sadly. I once had to go through it too, though. Sorry, Date Chizuko. I guess being a bad adult can lead to bad adult things sometimes.”
“Cheer up, evil mastermind. It’s not that much, anyway.” Chizuko winces slightly after saying that, scooting even a little bit closer to the fan that was still running. “Maybe it’s a little worse than I might think…”
“Oh, Date Chizuko, you poor soul…” Chroma sits down next to her, careful of the fan. “You have no idea how bad these side effects can get…”
“Bad?”
“I guess General Dante could go on break for now…”