Picture Us | Zhuo Zhi

Author's Note

Uhhh... this is kind of awkward for me ahaha, but hello to anyone that reads this.

I will start by saying I had zero intentions of continuing this fic ever again (crazy, right?), but I've recently gotten into Prince of Tennis again, and it kind of had me wanting to write a different fic. But, even though I've been MIA, I still read any comments left here or on my profile's discussion board thingy, and I don't know if this is me being like an overly-sentimental person here, but it was really touching to know that even though I gave up on this fic, people still enjoyed it.

So... imaginary drumroll...

I've decided to start writing Picture Us again!

Honestly, I still feel a little awkward about it. I mean, it's been four whole years since I started this, and a part of me thought that maybe it was time for me to outgrow this phase in my life. I mean, for context, I started writing fanfics during the pandemic, and now I've just finished my first year of college, so time kind of flew for me. I really did think that at least writing fanfics would be a thing left in my past. Instead, I kept on crawling back to fanfics as the one guilty pleasure in my life, so here I am. 

For this story, I'm not how much my writing style has changed. My plan is to re-read this and make edits to what I've already published if I feel like it, although I most likely will not feel like it. I will write and finish this fic, hopefully all within this summer, but for full transparency, I'm not actual sure how much time and motivation I'm going to allot to this. I am taking a summer class and am working part-time, and honestly I think college kind of killed a lot of hobbies for me because now in my free time all I do is sleep or veg, but I really am determined to finish this fic. (Also rewatching The Prince of Tennis made me fall in love with Zhuo Zhi again hehe.)

Another note for full transparency... I watch this show on Netflix, but my family doesn't actually have our own Netflix account. We all share a profile on my uncle's and he said he might cancel his subscription one of these days (hopefully not soon though because there is so much I want to catch up on now that the semester is over). I am also not the type to do things like pirate shows or movies, so unless there is another free platform I can watch this show on, I will eventually be making a permanent goodbye note for whenever we lose our uncle's Netflix account TT.

Uh... thanks for sticking with me and reading thus far; I really do appreciate it. I hope my attempt at finishing this story doesn't disappoint. :)

Much love,

Talie <3