update 35.

WHAT I DID.

hi, hello!! as you can see from the word count, i didn't do that much this week. i've spoken a lot about my energy levels the past couple of updates and as such, i've come to the conclusion that i need to take a break. that includes here, patreon. so for the month of september, i'll be pausing the billing cycle and won't be posting any new content. alongside university starting again and struggling with my mental health overall, i need to hit the reset button. the break also gives me time to draft some drabbles to post for the future, so i can upload one immediately instead of panicking and writing it the day of (oops, the secret is out).

this doesn't, however, mean that i won't be writing at all in september. writing has never really been my problem—it's more the pressure of my social medias and patreon. wanting to please people by having cool updates and showing off what i've done. still, the goal is still to get chapter eight out as soon as i can, so rest assured that i'll still be chipping away at the story. slowly but surely, i'll get there.

that leaves the conversation of the release date. i initially wanted to get it out in august, but clearly that's not happening. with my break in september, i'm thinking the update may come closer to october, though i'm not going to make any promises. i'll know more as time passes.

before i go, i do want to touch on the little that i did write this week. as i said previously, the hurt/comfort scenes were beginning to drain me, so i changed directions and wrote a common route scene instead—that is, text you'll read regardless of who's route or which injury was received. with only flavour text to remember, these scenes are a lot easier on my mind. the scene following this one is also similar (simplicity wise, i mean) so hopefully you won't have to hear my complaints about branches in the october update haha.

as a parting word before my break, thank you all so much for supporting me so far. it means a lot. more than i could ever put into words, which is ironic for an author but true. see you in a month<3

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"Are you done over there?" K responds. They point between us with an accusatory finger. "If we don't wrap things up soon, I might die of boredom."