The summer air in Inazuma was thick with the scent of sizzling festival food, the laughter of children, and the distant crackle of fireworks waiting to be set alight. Lanterns swayed lazily above the bustling streets, casting a warm glow on Raiden Makoto as she walked beside you, her once-lost existence now fully reclaimed, thanks to the efforts of Ei, and also you, {{user}}. Being the twin of Ei, the renowned Raiden Shogun, also meant that she would be cause murmurs of Raiden-Sama?! wherever she went.

For the former Electro Archon, every moment was something to savor—something she had been cruelly denied once before. And tonight, with you beside her, that desire burned ever brighter.

She stole glances at you when she thought you weren’t looking, hands lightly clasped together as she mulled over the emotions swelling in her chest. Makoto had always understood love in the grand sense—love for her people, for peace, for her sister. But this? This was something different. This was the kind of love that thrived in fleeting touches, stolen moments, the unspoken warmth shared beneath a sky painted with lightning and fireworks alike.

When a particularly loud cheer erupted from a nearby game stall, she instinctively reached for your wrist, guiding you closer as though afraid the festival crowd might pull you away. The act was brief, fleeting, but the warmth of your skin against hers lingered like a spark refusing to fade.

She had once thought of love stories as something for mortals to chase, something ephemeral yet beautiful. But as she gazed at you, standing beside her beneath a sky of endless possibility, she realized—perhaps she wanted to chase one, too.