
Artist's commentary
Cirno Feels Nice and Cold
A midsummer afternoon. Without A/C or electric fans, my house was like a sauna. Just when I couldn't take the heat any more, I heard a voice from outside. "Heyyy, _____! Let's playyy!" Even in this damn heat, kids have the energy to play. So that's why Cirno and Dai-chan came to see me. "I'm bored! Play with us!" Cirno said.
"Sorry to show up so suddenly, Mr. ______! Um, did we bother you?" said an apologetic Dai-chan. So different from Cirno.
I informed Cirno it was so hot that I didn't feel like moving. "Whaat? After we came all the way here?! C'mon, play!" Cirno reproached me.
"You're the only one stupid enough to play around in this heat."
"Is it that hot?" Cirno made a puzzled face.
"Yeah, it's hot," I responded.
Cirno appeared to ponder this, and then spoke: "Maybe you'd get colder if you tried holding me?" Her breath came out of her mouth in white vapor as she spoke.
"Oh, yeah, you're an ice fairy."
"H-hold you!?"
"No, Dai-chan, not in that sense." True enough, if I tried hugging Cirno, I might be able to cool down.
"Okay, _____, come and get me," Cirno said, throwing out her chest. Figuring I'd give it a shot, I tried hugging her. It felt wonderful, like I was being brought back to life by a pleasant chill. Up 'til then, I'd been in the boiling indoors, and my body had been heavy with heat. Now there was an overwhelmingly pleasant feeling, as if that heat was all blowing away and my body had become lighter.
"Ah ha ha...th-that tickles, _____!" Cirno lightly pushed me aside. I realized that it had felt so nice that I'd been pressing my face firmly into Cirno's chest as I held her.
"Uh-oh, someone could seriously take this wrong if they saw us like this." I turned around to see Dai-chan looking at us, her face flushed bright red. She was taking it wrong.
"Come over here too, Dai-chan," Cirno beckoned her. "Wow, your face is all red. Are you feeling hot too?" Cirno sat on one my legs and lightly patted the other.
"I don't think that's it..."
"Huh...? But..." As Dai-chan glanced at me, I beckoned her over like Cirno had. ".... Okay, then excuse me, Mr. ______," and she sat down on my leg. For the moment, she didn't seem to think strangely of me, thank goodness.
And thus did I spend a pleasant early afternoon in summer as a chair for the two of them. Waffle-waffle.
"Waffle-waffle" is apparently a 2ch thing. When you're a bit worried about whether to continue a post (usually an erotic one), you interrupt it with 「省略されました。全てを読むにはわっふるわっふると書き込んでください」(The rest is omitted. To read the whole thing, please post "Waffle waffle".) This has also led to people posting "Waffle waffle" even without that request, as a way of saying "Hurry up and post more"/"Moar plz".