Illusions of Heart; Touko x N

Quick Author's Note

Hello everyone! That little voice in your head as you're reading this now is me, AnananaSensei. I am the author of this story, and I have a few things I want to say before I leave you.

For those of you who have already read my story (before the editing process), I want to say THANK YOU one more time before I finally say good-bye to this work. No, I won't be deleting this story, but I am no longer in editing, and don't plan to do any more work on this fanfiction.

To all of my readers, you guys are so amazing! I appreciate all of the really nice comments and advice you all have given me, it totally makes my day. Although I have deleted all of the other quick author's notes, I do want to, again, thank you for commenting. I really, really appreciated it, and I still do.

A lot of you don't know this, but when I first started writing this story (back in 2015), I was only 14 years old. This story took me about a year and a half to complete (I finished it January 2017 and started it late 2015), and I am now a whopping 16 years old. Obviously, I am only an amateur writer, and this was my very first COMPLETED fanfiction. Okay, that's not totally true, but this is my first complete fanfiction over 5000 words!

This fanfiction has a lot of holes, and I probably didn't find all of my grammatical errors either, but that's okay. At least, it's okay for me. I edited it to the best of my ability, and I hope you guys have enjoyed Touko's journey no matter what. I know the writing isn't the best, and maybe it was a bit rushed at times, but it's okay. Not only was this Touko's journey, but this was my journey too (in the writing sense, I have no love life).

Thank you, thank you, and thank you again for all of you who have been with me on this journey. I have grown stronger as a writer, and I feel more confident because of your kind words. You guys (and I know I've said it a thousand times) are really the best!

I have a few people I'd like to call out who have been with me on this journey (let me know if I missed anyone), and I may have lost touch with, because it's been so long. If it wasn't for these people, I probably would have never finished this story, to be honest.

@glaceon346 - you've been with me from practically the start of this crazy fanfiction, and I so appreciate it. I know you probably think I've forgotten you, but I most definitely haven't. You're totally awesome. Thank you so much.

@CandySweet8931 - your comments have always been my favorite, and I love that you always have so much to say. Thank you for always being so sweet and kind.

@hannahluvz and @Trashmin - not only were you guys completely amazing friends and supporters of my story, you guys also helped create some of the covers for this story. I have posted your covers as attachments to the first couple chapters of the story, and will dedicate those corresponding chapters to you. Thank you so, so, so, SO much.

@child-of-the-Logs - you didn't really help me finish the story, but I'm still gonna mention you anyway. I can't not mention such an awesome internet friend in this story of mine. Thank you for talking to me for the past two years, and always pushing me to write more and get motivated. You're pretty darn cool.

@AllOfMyOtherFollowers - thank you guys for following and keeping up on me. I wish I could show my thanks in another way, but there is only so much I can do behind a computer screen.

I send my warmest wishes and thanks to anyone reading this.

Thank you and farewell,

AnananaSensei