"Okayyyy.....why am I in my room?" The door Ace went through had led him back to what looked like his room back home. "This is weird."
"Ace?" Ace turned to find Sonata looking through a box he thought he had destroyed. "What's in here?"
"SONATA!", Ace screamed while blushing. "DON'T YOU DARE OPEN THAT! YOUR EYES SHOULDN'T LOOK AT ITS CONTENTS!" 'I thought I threw that stuff out last year!'
"Awww~! What's in here? A bunch of your old toys?", Sonata asked with a playful smile.
"Sonata, please give me that box!", Ace pleaded.
"Sorry. Now I NEED to see what's in here if its got you blushing this much!"
"Sonata don't!" But Ace's plea was in vain as Sonata eagerly opened up the box. But her smile soon faded.
"Aw! I was hoping it was something like a rare card.", Sonata said with a pout. Inside were a bunch of things Ace was embarrassed to ever admit he liked in front of the other guys. "Still. This stuff's SO cute!" It was at this moment Ace face-palmed. "What are all of these anyway?" Inside the box was a collection of figures of girls in Japanese school uniforms. And beneath the figures were DVD boxes of anime with cute girls on the cover. The early teen years of Ace's life were laid bare. And it was his girlfriend who had unearthed them. It was time for Ace to come clean.
"That was from a different time. I had different tastes back then."
"Wanna talk about it?", Sonata asked as she gave Ace puppy dog eyes. Ace sighed.
"I was pretty shy in my middle school years. And I was pretty jealous of how outgoing Ice was, even if he rushed into things without thinking. Anime like this was an escape during puberty from my inability to talk to girls by seeing cute anime girls do cute things. I was absorbed into it until I was a Sophomore. That was before Ice...you know. After that I forced myself to be more outgoing so I could make friends who could help me stand up to Dark Mist, and that was the greatest decision I made in my life." Sonata giggled. "See, this is why I didn't want to show this embarrassing part of my past with anyone. Most of all you."
"No....I’m laughing because it now makes sense why you chose to bond with Dark Magician Girl, you were inherently drawn to her cute artwork.” Sonata fell into a fit of laughter.
"No… I was drawn to her because she chose to bond with me, she came to me so I dedicated my playstyle to her! I even got Timaeus through her.” Dark Magician Girl was in her card using a spell to listen in on this conversation and began to laugh at Ace's cover story. Sonata soon stopped laughing.
"So are these anime like the ones Burst and Inferno watch?"
"No. Not in the least."
"Ever get nostalgic about this stuff?"
"Why would I miss cute girls when I'm dating someone cuter than any of them could ever be?" Ace felt a weight lift from his mind and smiled. A warp soon appeared. "WOW I feel better now. Maybe Sonata should watch some of my stuff for our next date." Ace stepped onto the warp and found himself back in the main hall. "I don't know about all of you, but I'm going to watch Lucky Star once this thing's over!"
"Sweet.", Burst and Inferno said. Ace was confused.
"Wait you're not mocking me for liking cutesy anime?"
"Dude, we figured you'd be into that stuff from the deck you use.", Inferno replied.
"Besides, all of us were exposed to anime cuteness at some point in our lives.", Burst added. "Plus, Moon has me watch Sailor Moon with her sometimes."
"And I make it a point to watch Dragon Ball Super with Burst.", Nightmare said with a smile.
"Huh. Guess that's one less thing to worry about." Ace then turned his attention to the door Shadow had went through. "Now I just gotta worry about Shadow..."