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!!