Hello loves :) As promised, this is the last update!
General info:
First of all, I want to thank you all for joining me on this journey. It's been a long and quite honestly rocky way, if the 5-year hiatus can be called such, but at last - we have reached the finish line. I'm still in the process of rewriting old chapters and reuploading them here as well as on AO3, I may be fine-tuning and tweaking the new ones too when I publish them on AO3, but other than that, no more changes will be made in this story. However, this is not the definitive end!
I put a lot of thought into the future of this fic. Although the main storyline is officially wrapped, like the delusional daydreamer that I am, small scenes emerged in my head (truly just snippets, conversations, not much real plot yet) and I thought it would be quite a shame if I completely scraped them. After all, I have built quite the emotional attachment to this AU and I suppose that you guys wouldn't mind either. Therefore, I will most probably be publishing one shots here and then. I repeat, it's not like I have any actual plot but I considered writing something about our boys before this timeline or maybe something after graduation. Silly little things. Perhaps with their newly reunited family. I can't promise anything concrete but if you're interested, you can follow me :) I'll be making a series on AO3 and permanently moving there.
The second thing: I already mentioned this once on my Instagram page, but I have a new story in mind. It's in its drafts, probably a bit too ambitious considering the amount of free time I have, but I'd love to share it with you. It's naturally also an assassination classroom fanfic, though this time... featuring Karma and Gakushuu... as Karushuu... because I absolutely ship them right now. Yes, I know. Peculiar shift from making them brothers to now shipping them as a couple. My only excuse is that when I started this fic, I was a wee naive child with no interest in romance. Now, I've bloomed into... a degenerate.
The new story's name is 'Impermanence of all things (good and bad)'. Wordy, but I think it sums it up quite well. Focuses on both Karma's and Gakushuu's character development and relationship (read: rivalry, friendship, yearning, resentment, not necessarily in that order) from high school to adulthood. Also the reality of growing up, of losing friends, loneliness, all the great stuff. Lots of angst but also wholesome, comforting fluff. I hope. I'm not done with it yet. But that's the general info. I will be publishing that on AO3 too and updating you guys on the process on my socials (IG and Tumblr). That being said, if you're interested, I'd love it if you checked it out once it's there :)
Now, I wouldn't want to bore you all with this long author's note, so at last, let me come to the final part of this message. I want to express my most sincere gratitude towards everyone. When I first picked up this fic after such a long time of disappearing, I never would have thought that so many people would still be interested and return to it. All your reviews warmed my heart, reminded me of the love I had for this anime and its characters and gave me the push to realize what has been brimming in my head for years. It feels incredible that people still care after all this time and that some of you even reread my story! I simply could not believe it. It's only thanks to you, my beloved readers, that I've managed to get this far. Truly, thank you.
Answering the reviews:
Arrysa Clair - thank you so much for your reviews on every single chapter. I don't know what I've done to deserve such unwavering and constant support, but please know that reading your kind words always made my days. Waking up has always been such a challenge for me but I'm not exaggerating when I say that ever since I started posting again, I've been looking forward to the mornings to see what your opinion or reaction was to the new chapters. That's how sappy you made T.T
ellenthibafallon - I owe you a huge apology for the hiatus and an even huger thank you for sticking to this fic! Hearing that you loved it and that it impacted you fills me with so much happiness, you have no clue 3
Should any new messages/reviews come up, I will answer in PMs :)
Farewell, everyone. Stay healthy and happy and let us meet again!
