sep 13th, 2025 update: help why is this like really cringe now T-T guys i swear i'll rewrite this someday cuz i've definitely improved since lol, but tysm for the views on this!! <3 ℓιgнт υρ тнє sку ✩general notes✩ ❤︎ [space + right and left arrow all work] ❤︎ [mobile friendly, so stage does too] ❤︎ [genre :: romance] ❤︎ [c.w :: k!ss!ng (idk if i should censor that or not :P)] ❤︎ [rating :: suggested 11+] ❤︎ [contest :: @GymnasticJedi ] ✩length✩ ❤︎ [1,740 words] ❤︎ [9,955 characters] ❤︎ [approx. 6.5 minutes to read] ❤︎ [approx. 1.5 hour on writing, 1 hour on planning, 30 min on editing, 25 min on proofreading, and 15 min on transferring this to scratch + adding control codes] ❤︎ [approx. total time spent is: 3 hours and 40 min]
✩creditsss✩ ❤︎ [writing :: @livvy_writez, kindly do not plagiarize] ❤︎ [inspired by aidan gallagher's song "4th of july"] ❤︎ [contest :: @GymnasticJedi ] ❤︎ [cover + panels :: canva <33] ❤︎ [the very small and unimpressive amount of basic code :: @livvy_writez ] ahhh i've been meaning to write a short story like this for so long!! ever since i listened to 4th of july actually :p i'm so happy that i finally got to :> also, just putting it out there, this is the first time i've ever written a k!ssing scene so if anyone has constructive criticism on how to make it better and less cringy i'd love to know haha
