and now, after staying up 2 days in a row and running and cheap starbucks coffee and enha's new album, i present to you the long awaited you are the gold q&a!!!

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CHA JUWON

— how good a cousin is jay on a scale of 1-10?
1½. There's a reason he's single. (I'm kidding. At most, he's a 6. He's a good person to vent to when he's not being a dick, but he always uses it against me. Not fun 😐.)

— Since when have you realized you were developing real feelings for Heeseung? Was it hard living with Riki?
I can't really remember when I started developing feelings for him, but I want to say they were always there (which isn't really a lie). But I think it might have started a bit before I met Sunghoon, but after I met Riki.

Living with Riki is actually really fun!! I love getting to take care of someone besides myself and even though he's a kid, he's just so understanding and easy to talk to.

— "Lost my chance at true love" to changing a certain someone's name to my rat 😏 i see you my child
THIS IS SO UNCALLED FOR DON'T EXPOSE ME LIKE THIS. Also I am 100% sure that I am older than you so who are you calling "my child" 🤨🤨

— WHY are you such a relatable, lovable mood??? like miss ma'am i wanna hug you & slap you at the same time also grant me permission to become your daughter-in-law <3
PLEASE WHAT IS THIS SUPPOSED TO MEAN SHOULD I BE CONCERNED??? But my daughter-in-law? 🤨 Maybe I'll consider it. Also, you should release all your pent-up anger soon.

— what's your favorite movie/show?
Well, if I haven't made it obvious enough, my favorite movie is Corpse Bride. There's just something about stop-motion movies that make everything feel more raw and real and I just love that so much. My favorite show is Navillera.

— one, how does it feel to finally date the person you've been liking for quite some time now? two, would you rather stay as a single mother or have heeseung be niki's father? three, what was with sunghoon that you didn't like?
1. It's nice to finally get your feelings off your chest but to actually date the person you have feelings for is amazing. He's always been an understanding person and his hugs have definitely gotten better over time. It's like... he just gets me. He knows what I want before I do and I don't know if that's weird or cool.

2. I haven't even adopted Riki yet, so I can't be his mother :/ but I would rather look after him alone than have Hee help me - unless you wanna witness a cat fight.

3. There's actually nothing I don't like about Sunghoon. He's nice, good-looking, has an amazing personality, and is down to binge almost every show on Netflix with me if I ask. The only problem was that was literally our first time talking 😀.

— what exact word would describe your feelings when heeseung isn't around ? as a boyfriend and best friend.
As a best friend, I could handle not being around Heeseung. Everyone likes to be alone every once in a while, you know. But as a boyfriend, everything is just... boring when he isn't there. I know he has a life besides spending time with me (he actually doesn't), but not being around Heeseung makes me feel so lonely.

— WHERE'D YA GET ALL THOSE MEMES 😭😭
LMAO IF YOU SCROLL FAR ENOUGH THROUGH INSTAGRAM YOU'LL FIND THEM👍

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LEE HEESEUNG

— who is juwon's favorite artist and what's hee's favourite kind of music to listen to?
Vlad Holiday. She's obsessed with his music to the point where even I know most of his songs. I think it's the lyrics that she likes the most, but his music is just so unique in general. (Her favorite song by him is Children) My favorite kind of music is definitely R&B or Indie, but I really like Rock too!!!

— What is your favourite thing about Juwon ?
Everything. I know it sounds cliché, but what's there to not like? But if I had to pick one thing, it'd be her hugs. She's not a touchy person but I swear she gives the best hugs in the entire world. They're just so warm and comforting, I cry almost everytime LOL.

— How do you handle the dumbassery babe?
I don't, Sunghoon does 🤣🤣

— will you marry juwon and adopt riki one day? bc if you don't 😃🔪 anyways congratulations on finally kissing juwon you coward ilysm
SHHHHHH it was supposed to be a secret 😐😐. alsoshekissedmehahaha

— when did you realize your feelings for juwon?
It wasn't love at first sight. It was a few months after I met her, actually, when we watched a movie together for the first time. I can't remember what movie it was, but she couldn't stop crying and I didn't know how to comfort her so I just hugged her and, believe it or not, she hugged me back. And then I got this feeling in my stomach, like there were fireworks going off down there and there was just something about that moment that made me not want to let go. Ever. She doesn't know that, though.

— one, describe juwon in words. two, how many times have you tried to make a move only for juwon to not notice the signs? three, where do you think would be a perfect place for a date between you and her? four, what does it take to he in a relationship?
I'm panicking why do you have so many questions 😀 1. Haven. I think that's the only word I can't use to describe her.

2. I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS 😐 I ALMOST CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP ONE TIME BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST SO OBLIVIOUS 😐😐

3. I think we'd both enjoy painting, like going to those studios where they teach you to paint a certain canvas. I think she'll mess up once and just change the painting completely to cover that mistake and I'd probably give up in the middle because I skipped too many steps, but I know we'll both end up having fun.

4. I don't know, I'm just winging it at this point.

— juwon is a hard person to open up how do you deal with that ?
I give her space. If she wants to talk about it, then she will whenever she feels comfortable. But she also has a habit of keeping things that hurt her to herself. If it ever comes to that, then I let her know that I'm always there for her. But I usually give her space and time.

— u better not hurt my juwon i'm under ur bed
First of all, she's MY Juwon 😐 you can't have her, I refuse. Second of all, I literally love her more than anything and value her more than I value myself. Of course I'm not hurting her.

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JAY PARK

— do you think you're a good cousin?
Of course ??? I'm literally the best cousin she could ask for tf. (Don't tell her but I actually enjoy talking to her sometimes. But only sometimes !!!!)

— When will your blonde hair come back??
When I feel like destroying my scalp again.

— Can I apply to make your two years singleness go away ? Please ?
Man, I don't even know if I want a relationship at this point but you said please..... I'll think about it.

— On a scale of 1-10, rate the pain of being a single man. My heart bleeds for you
It HURTS, especially now that these two dumbasses do nothing but cuddle every single day. Like is it too much to ask for someone to love me for me and not my face 🙁

— be a good bestie to hee <3 great vocals in the comeback btw
I'm gonna kill him <3 (also ty I do believe my vocals were amazing)

— don't worry if you've been single for two years because my friend is totally up for dating you <3
BAHAHAHAHA I'm still mentally unstable so if they're ready to wait for 5+ years, I'll consider it.

— do you ever get along with juwon?
We have our moments. They don't last long, but they're there.

— one, how is it living with juwon? two, marry me. three, you act like you hate her but you love juwon so much, don't you?
OKOK I LIVED WITH HER FOR A YEAR ONE TIME AND SHE IS A PAIN‼️IT IS PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY EXHAUSTING TO LIVE WITH HER IDK HOW RIKI DOES IT. Also, I don't know if "love" is the right word, but sure I guess 🙄 maybe I do.

— if one day you notice juwon isn't in a good mood ( because heeseung forgot their importance day or else ) what will u do ? cheer her up ? or deal with hee ?
This is funny because Heeseung remembers absolutely EVERYTHING when it comes to Juwon (she's usually the one that forgets days like this) but let's speak hypothetically. I would probably just ignore being around Juwon because 1. she beats me up when she's mad and 2. she won't shut up about Heeseung. Anyway, I'd probably attempt to cheer her up.

— hello fine man how about we break those two years of your "singleness" & be mine 💍
I've gotten so many of these pls y'all need to stop🤚

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NISHIMURA RIKI

— was it frustrating when your parents just wouldn't acknowledge their feelings for each other?
YES AMDNMANFMAN THEY WERE SO ANNOYING. like i get talking about ur feelings is hard or smth but the feeling was MUTUAL ??? AND IT WAS SO OBVIOUS LIKE LEE DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO HIDE IT PLS 😭😭😭 i mean i get juwon isn't really vocal about her feelings so maybe it was hard for her idk BUT LEE PLS EVERYTIME HE LOOKS AT HER HE GETS THIS LOOK ON HIS FACE IT'S SO FUNNY

— What should I do to get taller?
grow 🤠

— What are you doing in South Korea ? Why didn't you want to come back to Japan ? Do you miss your family?
that's a lot of questions 😀 i was in sk for an student exchange program at first. but i started getting too comfortable with the scenery, the people, juwon. she accompanied me to the airport when i was supposed to board my flight, but i changed my mind last minute. obviously she scolded me for making a rash decision 🙄 but i did want to go back to japan and i did miss my family. i was just having more fun in sk.

— Tips for being this unbothered pls </3
if it doesn't involve me, why should i care? think about that 🤔

— if juwon is your mom then do i need to get her permission to become her daughter-in-law aka marry you? or can i pls just marry you anyway lmao ilysm
of course you do 😐 i doubt she'll say yes tho 🤣🤣

— do you plan on taking juwon to japan with you?
yes. she has to come back with me and meet my dog and try all the food and go to the beach with me and feed all the cats because she loves cats and if she loves cats then so do i. maybe lee too if i feel like it, but yes. she's coming with me.

— one, do you genuinely think of juwon as your mother? two, would you want heeseung as your father? three, on a scale of one to ten, how annoying do you find Jay?
1. no lol. she's a lot more like a sister to me than a mother and she knows that too, but she told me one time that she wants to take care of other people the way her mom couldn't care for her, so i let her have that title while i'm here. 2. NO HELL NO I DON'T EVEN WANT HIM EATING AT THE SAME TABLE AS ME GET HIM AWAY 3. jay's my bff, but sometimes he's unbearable. maybe a 5.

— lets say heeseung fell out of love will you be there for juwon ?
there's no need because that's not happening 🤣🤣 but IF HE DID (which, again, won't happen), i would.

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PARK SUNGHOON

— what's your favourite thing about juwon? (im single btw)
omg HAHAHAHAHAHAH YOU'RE SO FUNNY 😂😂 i really like her confidence!!!! if something's on her mind, she doesn't hesitate to speak on it (unless it's about her ://). she's also really nice to me and listens to everything i have to say. it's hard to find those kinds of people.

— How do you feel about Heeseung and Juwon's relationship ?
they're so cute together. she's so cool and he's so funny, they're like a perfect match. tbh i thought it was weird that she chose to keep me around after they started dating, but i'm her bff now so it doesn't really matter 😁

— Do you know Lia has a crush on you :D
... next question

— uh...stay strong if ejrjdnsn
strong i shall stay

— just so you know - when heeseung says he's better than you, i secretly don't think so bc if i weren't in love with riki i would be absolutely smitten for you, my love park sunghoon 🥺 (heeseung don't kill me pls ily)
ahahahahah you know lia reads these right 😀😀 LMAO but dw i know I'm better than heeseung like come on he's liked juwon for 7 years and he never asked her out like dude. and the only reason they're even dating is bc JUWON kissed him JAHSJWHDJAH SHE HAS MORE BALLS THAN HIM AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

— do you like flowers?
i love flowers :) my favorite flowers are actually marigolds !!!!!

— one, do you still have feelings for juwon? two, would you consider me instead?
HAHAHAH you guys are so silly!!! no i don't have feelings for juwon anymore but it's ok because i'm her BEST FRIEND and nothing will change that. not even the rat <3

— if one day juwon and heeseung aren't together will you be there for juwon ? pick up the pieces of her broken heart??
no, i wouldn't. well, i'd definitely be there for her but i wouldn't pick up the pieces. healing is something juwon needs to do on her own, maybe with the help of being around other people, but i don't want to replace heeseung. 1. he's literally unreplacable and 2. i'm a friend and friends are supposed to comfort and understand.

— how does it feel like being rejected by juwon? how about u be mine instead ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
IT HURT SO BAD LIKE I WAS EXPECTING HER TO AT LEAST GET TO KNOW ME AND THEN GO ON A DATE WITH ME BUT SHE JUST SAID NO THANKS AND RAN AWAY 😭😭 I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO CRY. but it's chill we're besties now

also aren't you the same person that tried to marry jay 😐😐

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JAKE SIM

— is working in a grocery store fun?
It can be! There are some people that are super friendly and some people that make you want to punch them, but the paycheck every other week is so worth it. Also, I work in a bookstore :).

— Can you teach me Australian accent?
I don't know if I'd make a good teacher 😅 but I can try!!

— Tbh i kinda forgot you existed in this story but I love you Jake boy <3
It's okay, and I love you too!!

— Name the dumb friend 🥺
Heeseung.

— i love your title lmaoooo
Thank you!! I like it too, though I think "Heeseung Hate Club Supporter" would be a lot more fitting 😁

— even if you're the check out guy, you still played a very huge role so pls feel proud of yourself. also i have the meme of you juwon sent to heeseung saved ily jakie
That's so nice of you to say, I love you too ❤ (delete it.)

— one, what's your favorite book? two, how do you feel about juwon and heeseung's relationship?
1.) Don Quixote!! It's a long book but for me, every page felt like a new adventure. It's sad watching the main protagonist lose their mind to insanity, but it's overall an amazing book and I highly recommend it. 2.) They're pretty cute. Maybe if Heeseung liked books, I'd like him more. But he's alright, I guess.

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THE AUTHOR (A.K.A. LIA <3)

— when are we getting married?
JAHDHAHDJAHFJAH i'm very sorry to ruin your dreams, but i'm already married (still love ya) <3

— How do you improve at writing? I'm interested at writing
tbh writing isn't easy, but i read a lot of different stories and study different styles of writing. my personal preference in writing is giving a shitton of descriptions bc that's just what i'm good at lol, but !!! all you have to do is write. and ask questions!!! get feedback from other people as well.

— What inspired you to write this story ? What were your hardships while doing it and what kept you motivated ? Are you happy with the outcome of your story so far ?
tbh this story is the result of a failed angst attempt NABDJAHJDHA i just couldn't figure out how to write it but then i heard this song (you are the gold by terrible sons) and i was like WAIT. when i read lyrics, i usually end up creating visions of it in my head with my own meaning, so that's how yatg was created.

there were a lot of hardships, since i usually am better at writing angst LMAO but the biggest one was figuring out how to write after the kiss scene 😐 like i was so tempted to just end it there NSJDJAHJDBA but my biggest motivation was you guys <3 your support and comments mean a lot more than you think they do. and YES !!! i am so happy with the way this story's turned out so far. i'm really gonna miss it when it ends.

— I need you to stop hurting me like this. Okay but on a more serious note hzhshe, what was your initial idea for yatg? Like what pulled the effing trigger to this masterpiece LIA I NEED TO KNOW
AHHSJAHDJAHAH OKAY well 1st of all, yatg was supposed to be angst 😃 and it was DEFINITELY NOT a happy ending LMAO but it went wrong and i didn't know how to write it so i started looking through my memes to cheer me up. and then i found the UP meme JAJDJAJDJAJJSJA THAT WAS MY INSPIRATION LMAO

also i will never stop hurting you <3

— ILYSM MOM THIS IS THE BEST HEESEUNG BOOK EVERRRR
AKSJKSJDKAHDJAHW THANK YOU ILYT MY BABY <3<3

— where and how did you get the idea for yatg?? like lowkey one of my favorite heeseung - no, enha books, ngl.
y'all are so sweet pls 😭😭 tbh aside from the UP meme, i wanted to know what it would feel like to reject park sunghoon (bc we all know he's the one rejecting people JAHDJAHSH) but tysm :(( <3

— what was your favorite part about writing this book?
watching juwon realize her feelings for heeseung :(( it was so sudden that she wanted to cry, but it was also such a beautiful feeling, one that wouldn't compare to anything else. it's a feeling she gets with him (and only him) and i think it's nice that after years of waiting for love to find her, she found it herself.

— one, how do you write so well? two, do you know how much i love you? three, what do you think was the best part you had to write about among the current chapters published?
NAURRR YOU'RE SO NICE ilysm :(( the best part was definitely writing heeseung and juwon's interactions. they're really playful with each other and respect each other a lot and i think all relationships should have that.

— lets say its angst ending will juwon and sunghoon end up together ? or any idea you want to add if the book was angst ending ??
even if it was angst, juwon and sunghoon are never supposed to end up together. but if i had continued writing the angst draft, sunghoon wouldn't have given up and his feelings for juwon would've remained the same. the ending definitely would've involved the end of heeseung and juwon's relationship, probably because their futures never involved each other.

i think they wouldn't meet again, or maybe coincidentally they would. but i think it'd be too painful because juwon remembers heeseung as someone who helped her grow and mature as a person, but heeseung still sees her the same way (which is someone he loved and still loves unconditionally).

— how many chapters are you planning for this book to have?
tbh i have no clue but i think the most is around 30-35. so yeah. it's ending soon </3

— where do you get ideas for all/most of ur books?
i'm actually so happy you asked bc i get my ideas from music. i always listen to a song and play out a scenario in my head that just fits and then pinpoint faces to the people in the scenario and BAM new story. reading lyrics also helps me develop a plot A LOT like i just go crazy and eat that shit UPPP.

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LAST QUESTIONS/FEEDBACK

— ily
i know i'm literally the most perfect person ever 🙄 HWHFAJDJAJ JKJK ilyt <3

— TYSM for being a good author and for existing I wish you the best <333
NAURRR THAT'S SO SWEET THANK YOU FOR EXISTING <3<3 I WISH YOU THE BEST AS WELL !!!!

— I LOVE YOU AND THE WAY YOU WRITE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, I HOPE YOU KEEP GOING AND THAT WRITING MAKES YOU AS HAPPY AS READING YOUR STORIES MAKES ME !!
y'all really want me to cry huh 😃 pls i'm so glad you enjoyed my stories <3 it makes me so happy that they make you happy ilysm

— Ily lorax :(((
ilym ningles :((((((

— and...thank you so much for this amazing book??? like i said before, its the first heeseung book i liked and loved enough to keep reading. thank you so much again. for giving me - all of us - a reading experience we could never forget. ilysm mom, keep going <3
waithold on stop it why do you have to make me cry ☹☹ it means so much to me that you actually even took the time to click on this book. you're all so important and special to me, you guys don't even know how much you've gotten be through by reading and liking this book. i love you all more than you will ever know, so thank you for giving me an experience i'll never forget <3

— guess who this is, i dare you. but, i got to say, this is one of the best heeseung books i've ever read. your writing is really incredible and i hope you don't doubt that. the dynamics between the characters felt fresh and healthy, without having to lean on some petty drama to drag the story along. and, well, that's everything. your writing is everything. i love you and your books so much, especially this.
if this isn't eun i'm literally gonna bury myself alive 😐 but thank you so much. i really thought writing this would be a pain and so hard since i specialize in making everything sad LMAO but i actually hold this story so close to my heart and i'm so happy other people feel the same way. also, we need more healthy relationships between characters !!!! drama is never the answer !!!!!!!!!! but tysm for reading and i love you too <3

— honestly i have nothing much to ask im rlly sorry 😭 but all i can say is that yatg is one of the best books i have ever read in my entire life & there are 9999999999999 reasons why it is on my reading list. i'm so glad you wrote this and thank you so much lia. keep going, ILY ILYYYYY & I'LL ALWAYS BE ROOTING FOR YOUUUU
YOU'RE ☹ MAKING ☹ ME ☹ CRY ☹ i'm so happy you think yatg is amazing (bc in all honesty i do too) JSHJDHSJSH but please don't thank me for writing this. i have to thank you for reading bc if you hadn't read, yatg wouldn't be what it is now and i'm just so grateful you all actually enjoy what i write. it makes me so emotional whenever someone thanks me for something like this bc i left an impact or made them smile. i love you all so so so so so much it's insane.

— ur such an inspiration to me btw, like my books were so inspired from you and you just tell stories so beautifully in a way that makes me always comeback to them for comfort <333 thank u for being such an amazing author all the time
no because this was my last straw. i can never get tired of telling you guys just how special you are to me. the amount of support you guys give me is just... it's overwhelming in a good way. it makes me feel so loved because i know someone's waiting for me to keep writing. i just ☹ i love you guys so much my heart hurts ☹☹ thank you for making me your inspiration, it means so much to me that my writing touched your heart enough for you to be inspired <3

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thank you so much to everyone who participated in the q&a !!! i hope you guys continue to love this story until the end. i love you guys <3