Prepare to read a very long and mad rant. You have been warned.

The Holy Beginning *plays angelic music*
As mentioned in Behind #1, the kiss was the origin of the story. My published writing doesn't involve the dark-room scene, but it was the spark. Ideas expanded from there, and I typed everything in my newly-owned iPhone's Notes. (Now I'm back to preferring an actual pencil and paper though. :3)

"You Know Why" was initially arranged to take place in Chapter 10. 

When my very first draft of the scene was completed, it's not an understatement when I say I fangirled for 24 hours straight. It was my first kiss scene - first!! It was like I was the one in love. xD It was really crazy and I was in this floaty-dreamy state throughout the entire day. My brain also came up with this sweet, quiet background music too. Ahh ... <3

Editing - Late into the Night
Throughout the year (COM was started in Feb 2015) I returned to that draft. I usually do it at night, stayed up till 3 - 4 am in my bed. My phone's screen was the only light in the darkness. 

It was unhealthy, really, seeing as I was already short-sighted. This habit also worsened my acne problem. But I was so obsessed, so egged on by this urge to perfect what I have written. And that was the only time I could write without worrying someone would catch me smiling like an idiot. xD

The Holy Fails
Here I confess that I wrote extremely, extremely weird and illogical stuff. Let us all have a good laugh, eh? :3

Various locations considered for the kiss: 

(1) A treehouse
(2) A glasshouse
(3) A balcony
(4) On the landing of some secret staircase I dreamed up

Yeeahhh, that's the word "glasshouse" right there at Number Two. You did not read wrong. 

I swear that's the -!! I don't even know how to describe this nutty idea! What in the universe was I thinking?!?!

Now I take back my words. I think I'll die of embarrassment and shame if I share any more of these epic examples of stupidity. xD

Publishing
I tend to lose motivation when it comes to writing. I once wrote a Sonic The Hedgehog fanfiction (Really!) and I have my own store of original-character stories. But my ideas were scattered, and the farthest I ever got to settling down and writing was Chapter 2. For Capture Our Moments, it was this triumphant vision of myself publishing this eventful chapter which held me on through the chapters which I found difficult and challenging to write.

Near the end of 2015, I was counting the months when I should finally be able to share the kiss chapter. To me, it was a personal achievement, because I have never wrote romance before, and to see my characters getting together was just so ... :') 

The final outcome of "You Know Why" you read here was written about two weeks before its publishing date. It was a completely new scene I had came up with, because honestly, even without the nutty glasshouse, I felt that my original draft was ... wrong. It was unnatural. It didn't flow with the progress of the story (I had published "Chapter 16 - From A Friend" by then).

The Internet isn't helping me much either. "Sense, touch and smell" they say ... OF COURSE I know all of this (BEEP) but how the (BEEP) (BEEP) do I write this?! *flips table and unleashes the hulk within self*

So, two weeks. What happened? In a single and utterly irrelevant sentence, I'd describe it as taking an emergency swerve while speeding in an action-film car. No kidding. xD

Me: I'm doomed. None of this is working. Dude, this is where Capture Our Moments ends - 
All-Knowing Inner Voice: No, no! That's just because you've been riding down the wrong path -
Me: You mean I've been wrong for A WHOLE YEAR?!
AKIV: Kind of. Wait, yes, over there! That's the turn you should take now -
Me: What turn? Where?! *dishevelled hair*
AKIV: THERE, THERE, THERE. *takes steering wheel (aka pencil) by force and turns to correct direction* 
Me: ... Ohh. Oh, I see. *looks down at new draft on paper*

The forest scene which I have published was a very far stretch from what I had been planning, but it just felt like the right thing to do ... The changes had to be there.

Final note
I couldn't leave without sharing what my first draft of "You Know Why" was about, right? :') 

Don't worry, it doesn't involve a glasshouse. xD Here are several short extracts (the other parts were written in broken sentences): 

(1)

"I'm not very good at this," she admitted, tracing the invisible formation of the stars. Constellations.

"I can teach you," said Michael, sitting cross-legged in front of her. "Beginner or Advanced level?"

"Toddler level, Professor Jackson," Cassie laughed.

(2) 

"Why would you let me see this place?" she pressed.

Cassie knew she was pushing for it. It sounded like an extremely stupid and revealing question that would expose herself, she couldn't take it back.

Cassie saw Michael bit his lip uncertainly, contemplating on an answer. She was about to call him again when he shifted his body and turned to face her. 

His dark brown eyes searched her hazel ones. She held her breath when his hand came up to caress the side of her face. He brushed her hair away from her cheek. His eyes flitted down briefly.

"You know why," he murmured softly.

With his hand he held her face towards his. She could feel the chill of the quivering breath he took as he leaned in towards her, closing that small distance between them. Tentatively, he brought his lips to hers, lingering as long as he could before slowly pulling away.

And ... That's it. :)

... Why do I feel like crying now?