#this is also lowkey why I want the comic to take place in 2014-2018 bc that’s when I was in highschool and needed it most

[bittlesbooty]

i could be remembering wrong but I believe THE KISS was published like two days before my 16th birthday

the kicker about my birthday in 2016 is my grandmother (the person who raised me) died roughly a month prior and it was all very tragic. I don’t really remember the rest of my sophomore year of hs I just remember teachers telling me not to worry about assignments and crying in literally ever class

then I was scrolling tumblr right after my normal shower wailing session and I saw some of the cutest art I had ever seen and it was of THE KISS and I’m not someone who cares about spoilers so I was invested in finding out how these two got together I read the whole comic up to that point that night. and everyone says when you can’t find a big reason to keep living find a little one. so for the next year and a half I had check please updates keeping me alive. and I couldn’t die *yet* I had to see what Bitty would do next. i also got really into hockey and Beyoncé and I named my insulin pump J.Z. and I met my best friend in the whole world and he had Free! buttons and I used to like the swimming anime too but I thought you know what this guy will loooove? immediately asked for his number to text him a link the comic and I don’t know if we would be buddies if it wasn’t for that…. all this too say, I love check please I’ve been going through a rough spot lately and it helps to remember that it still exists and it still makes me so so happy