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How Did I End Up Here

Hey yo! I was just riding my train of thoughts when I suddenly thought of, "What if I was the reader? What would I ask Author-sama?".

"How and why did you write your first book, 'Mei Was A..?'?"

Well, I started my fanfiction, "Mei Was A..?" on August 26, 2016. I was at my early years.. (sorry but I have to admit it.. No offense 😅✌️) and I hated books. Yes. I was not a bookworm. I had totally no interest in reading novels. (yeah, if there are no pics.. I won't read it. I sound like a kid right?)

Yeah no joke, Author-san. Hey, watch it Italic-san!

Anyways, going back to the question.. I was inspired at my friends. My beloved fellow squad members. It started like this..

It was lunch time at school and I went to my 2 other squad members. They were seated at the first row in our class and me and my best friend was seated at the last row. Yes, polar opposites of the classroom. I was a pretty chatty person type once someone becomes close to me. So, I stood in front of them and said Hi and they replied hello back. Yeah, practically, I was standing in front of the class and no one cares because each of us have their own worlds. Both of my friends put their lunch bags in front of them as cover. Then, I saw my squad member, doing something with her phone. Let's name her.. Maria-san.

I peeked at what she is doing and she quickly hid her phone. I know, sounds suspicious right? So I went closer to her to see what she was hiding.

"Ano yan?" ('What are you doing?' Or can be translated literally as, 'what is that?' I used the first translation because it best-fitted the situation and it was actually what I meant. XD) I asked but she just shook her head and smiled nervously.

Her left hand was clearly under the table holding her phone and her right hand is holding her spoon. I think she was eating some kind of pasta. I don't quite remember.

"Halaaaa, ano yaaaaann.." ('Oh no, what are you doing..') I repeated my question but in a teasing manner. She laughed nervously and replied,

"Wala, wala." ('Nothing, nothing.') I started thinking of the things that you maybe are thinking, too. :3 But I swear, she is not that type of person. She is innocent.

"Wala, wala yun Rekka." ('No, it's nothing Rekka.') My other friend which is Maria-chan's seatmate said that to me. Let's call her, Jane. I just squinted my eyes to them and just awkwardly changed the subject.

After months.. They finally confessed to me. They told me that they wrote stories and I was pretty shocked. I didn't know what wattpad is at that time. (Yup, I was living under a rock.) I knew wattpad from them. They told me and beg me to keep it a secret, especially Jane-chan. So I did and I asked them what I can do in wattpad.. Like the features and such and such. I was inspired and at that moment, I was a crazy fan of Citrus By Saburo Uta.

"That did not tell me how you created 'Mei Was A..?', Author-sama.." -_-

So, how did I write my first book? Well, I downloaded Wattpad and entered some words. Lame, Author-san. That's not the answer Reader-chan expected.

My family and I went to a beach resort. It was quite a long ride. I loved long road trips. Especially when I have a full battery percentage, a comfy pillow to sleep on, air-conditioning makes the car inside cool AF, and night time. I really love the night. Especially when it is raining. I'm more uhh.. motivated to study. Yep, that's one fact from Author-sama. ;)

When we arrived, the first thing I expect to see are the cabins or cottages as my relatives would like to call them. We brought our bags and went upstairs. Our room was upstairs. As soon as the door opened, the heavenly touch of the air-conditioners hugged me and my face. We were in the living room and the interior was small and simple but so, artistically designed. There was an LCD TV at the left. Two bedrooms and a bathroom. The refrigerator was near the door and some comfy single-seated sofas at the right. Just in front of the TV. The walls were creamy white and the floor was marbled yellowish white with orange streaks. My mother pointed our room and I immediately went inside. There was a bunk bed and a twin-sized bed. I took the top bed because my little brother is very messy when he sleeps. I honestly don't know how to translate 'malikot matulog' in English. So, I'm sorry if you don't understand what I just said.

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I was going to sleep but I can't sleep. So I opened my phone and played some games when I suddenly remembered I had downloaded wattpad. I turned on my mobile data and opened wattpad. I was like so this was wattpad. I tapped on everything but I did not add some books to my library yet. I thought of what I should write and Citrus was the only thing in my mind. That's when I searched some Citrus fanfics and found very few. I think there were at that time only 4 books. The other one is in another language that I didn't understand. I read one of them and was instantly inspired.

Maybe I can make a fanfic myself! But I have to be more.. original. So I imagined the characters. Aihara Mei and Aihara Yuzu. Their characteristics and physical appearance. Mei is very secretive and her point-of-view was never seen in the manga. Remember that chapter when Yuzu and Mei fell onto a fountain and they took a bath together? That specific description Yuzu gave about Mei. "Her hair so beautiful.. Her skin.. So white." That's when the idea of Mei being a vampire came into my mind. And when picking genre.. I saw vampire so yeah.

And that's how "Mei Was A..?" was born! Yay! And I did not have high expectations on my story. Like, "I want to be the top writer of the century! I want my book to be sold in the biggest bookstores! I want my book to be the best of the best! I want to.. Be the BEST WRITER IN THE UNIVERSE!!!"..but no. Just no. That's too freakin' high. Besides, it's not my dream to become an Author. It's just a hobby including drawing and playing the guitar. I have other dreams yo!

"Then, what did you thought of or expected of your story, Author-sama?"

Well, that's the question. At first I just wanted people to know that I am a big fan of Citrus so I made this fan fiction. Not to destroy the actual manga. Second, I don't know how to write a story from nothing. I needed some sort of reference like in drawing, to start writing. Third, I wanted to write this for fun and simply keep myself busy and also other fellow Citrus fans that happen to be here in Wattpad have something similar to Citrus to read while waiting for the updates of the manga. (at that time, Citrus updated every 2 months which is a very long time to wait. Especially now that it is every month.)

And yeah. That's how and why I wrote this Citrus fan fiction. :D Seeing how Citrus eventually became popular over the years made me proud as a fan. So, to every Citrus fan out there.. Let us be strong and loyal for Yuzu and Mei! We can't let Mei marry that coffee shop manager! Nor any other person other than Yuzu! And pleaze don't hate Dear Prez for not being with Yuzu in these past chapters. Maybe in those parts where she is being a real tsundere then we can say GODDAMIT MEIIIIII!!! 😩 Why you no kiss Yuzu and let our dreams come true? Or maybe that's a question directed to Saburo Uta-sensei. Why you no let Mei and Yuzu kiss more in the manga? Please, let our nose bleed freely for once Saburo Uta-sensei! 😩😖😭 Where is the one-kiss a day that Mei promised??? Me so sad.. 😭😭😭😭😭

Anyways, that's pretty much all what I wanted to share in this session. I hope you read well, sleep well, eat well, and live well. Remember to be always good and nice to each other!!! Peace!

VYE VYEEEEEEE! See ya in the next chapter! 😄😁😆

Btw, as I was writing this.. it was raining at night. :3

And so?

Nothing. Just wanted my fellow readers to know. 😄

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