Here's something weird: In an exothermic reaction, energy is released into the surroundings, making them very hot... in chemistry, we learn that this means that the chemical reaction is actually getting COLDER. Due to the release of energy (a net loss) the system is losing energy and heat therefore. The same is true of the opposite, endothermic. They make the surroundings cold by sucking out energy from surroundings, therefore gaining it and becoming WARMER.
https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/chemical-processes/thermochemistry/a/endothermic-vs-exothermic-reactions
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