The School Idol’s Roommate - Chapter 137

Hello! At12MN here.

If you are reading this, thank you for sticking with me until the end! Thank you for all the likes, subs, comments, and ink support! You are all amazing readers. I appreciate each and every one of you. TSIR just hit 1k subs and about 100k views, something I never expected to happen when I first started the series. This is the most wonderful birthday gift I’ve received.

Let me give you some background about The School Idol’s Roommate.

The idea that I have when I developed this story last October 2018 is about a guy who likes another guy who likes another guy who then likes another one. They’re supposedly classmates from the same high school. Guy A (later became Liam) was hated by Guy B (later known as Aki). Why, I don’t know lol.

Out of all the characters, the one who changed the most from the first version is Aki. TSIR should have been written in Liam’s POV. But if I do that, we’ll be finished in 5 chapters. ???? Aki is different. He has more room to grow than Liam. The idea was for Aki to be the aloof beauty but was actually quite promiscuous. One of the deleted scenes was Liam finding Aki making out in an alley outside a bar. But it didn’t feel right. Aki doesn’t seem like someone who would sleep to strangers but could not find the courage to tell his feelings. Besides, that path seems full of angst I’m not ready to read/write. I wanted something light with slight angst, maybe. And that was definitely not something light.

At that time, I didn’t realize how challenging writing a multi-chaptered story. It is far different from fanfiction. English is not my first language either, so that’s another challenge too. If there are awkward phrases and sentences, I’d like to apologize for that. As well as for clunky pacing in the story. I’ll do better next time.

I almost dropped this story to work on another story and then another (coughTryAndCatchMecough haha). But I feel bad leaving the characters behind, so I restarted the story, and that is the TSIR you’ve read.

Who is/are your favorite characters? I love Mia and Rina! They are comfortable with their own skin and know what they want. The best thing of all is that they support Aki and Liam 1000%. I feel happy that the babies have a solid support system. They need a push and encouragement, knowing how timid and cowardly the main couple is.

Who is/are your favorite pairings? It probably isn’t that obvious, but I always feel that there’s something between the overachiever Mia and the laid-back chef Jay. Though I feel like I’m not able to show that in the main story…

So that’s it! It’s been a wild but fun ride, so for now, I’ll take a break. Haha. And focus on Try and Catch Me as I write my next story. Hint: Another BL.

See you at 12 midnight.