it's one of my favorite shiutoji HCs that Shiu ruined his marriage for Toji 🤭 and of course he's weak in the knees for Naoya too hehehe

you're so right, I could easily hit 350k before it's over KSHFJHGHGH we're already at almost 200k and I've just revealed one of the major plot points involving Satoru, and there's still more to go! Nao still has to sort out his feelings for both of them, and there's even a new friendship he'll develop soon (because goddamn, that boy needed a friend like, yesterday, lmao). There's still the unresolved tension with Toji, the canon event of Megumama's death, and some other stuff I still have hidden up my sleeve! So rest assured, we're still going for quite some time haha

Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying Garden, it's my baby and I'm so happy to hear that 🫶

-Shiu keeps a safe house for emergencies (a shitty apartment) and he lets Toji crash there whenever he wants, or if he's feeling generous, he'll let Toji crash at his actual apartment (which is much nicer)
-He calls Toji (and megumama) pet names in Korean
-Shiu has a kink for men in lingerie, which Toji has absolutely indulged before
-Toji started smoking because of Shiu offering it to him after sex
-Toji still gets flashbacks of living with the Zen'ins and he thinks that Shiu doesn't notice when he comes to him for comfort sex but Shiu is just too polite to say that he knows
-Shiu is divorced because of an affair (Toji), and even though he's definitely in love with him, he won't ever admit it

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Hello!! Thank you so much, that's so sweet of you <3 and oh not a criticism at all, no worries! Garden is a heavy and dark story, there's a lot going on, a lot of suffering and heartbreak and trauma (poor Nao...poor Toji ;-;), you're totally valid for taking breaks.

Omg you flatter me <33 Angst doesn't really affect me in that way? It's just what I enjoy writing, especially since there's a lot of room for character development through angst. I love putting my faves through the wringer to see how they'll react, and how they'll grow from there ^^ I guess it could be considered like therapy? But also I'm just a goblin who writes a lot! I don't know what I'd be writing if not angst, perhaps more smut I suppose, but I feel like the two kinda go hand in hand- the porn is more fun when they're also a little tormented (or very tormented, cough*Garden*cough) over their feelings, haha.

Thank YOU for this lovely message, I saw it first thing when I woke up and it made me smile <3 I hope you have an amazing day!

GONAO but also TOJINAO omg I can't choose, they're both so special to me and i love them both DEARLY, gonao has childhood friends/rivals to lovers, both of them raised parallel to each other, no one understands each other like they do, give all their firsts to each other, stumbling through childhood and adolescence together, the constant love/hate and SNARK!! but then Tojinao is Nao's hero worship for a man who's been beaten down and told he's worthless all his life, both Zen'ins but raised in completely different ways, and yET!!! And Toji deserves a pretty thing like Naoya, someone who reveres and loves him to the point of obsession, also the satisfaction of having Naobito's chosen heir, the golden child, the prize of the entire clan, and Naoya chose HIM!!