And All That Could Have Been [HIATUS]

- Dear reader -

Hello dear reader,

Thank you for showing interest, I hope you will enjoy this story !

Before we get to the good stuff, I would like to give you a bit of context about the writing :

• I am French, so English is obviously not my first language. Try as I may, you will find mistakes throughout the text : I apologize in advance for them, and wonder if you could kindly point them out ? I hate nothing more than to read something misspelt or incorrect, so I would like to prevent it for you and correct myself.

• I have always done a lot of reading, which means you will find similarities to some other stories you may have read (shoutout to Christine Feehan and JR Ward, my queens of soulmate finding !). Some, like the general theme of soulmates, are unavoidably related to the topic. Others are tributes to books that left a big imprint on me. But in no way do I intend to plagiarise ! On Wattpad, I really enjoyed minxy_keys and jeonjungkookfan0808 take on the subject and recommend you check them out, if you haven't already.

• As you will guess while reading, music is a very big part of what inspires me so I linked each chapter to a song, related to its content. Try to listen to them and get in the mood of the chapter !

• I classified this story as a fanfiction because I liked the challenge of using a world-renowned band instead of a fictional one. However, I am not a BTS fan or army, rather someone interested in their career and looking closely. I researched for this writing, please bear with me when you find inconsistencies ?

• I am a bit sensitive to all things related to cultural appropriation. That is why, even if the story is related to Korea for obvious reasons, I will not drop Korean words every 10 words to make it realistic. First of all, we all know this is precisely the contrary to a realistic story... Second, I cannot speak Korean and I am not going to bug Korean speakers with misuse of their own language. I already hate it enough when writers drop misplaced French words because it is « le langage de l'amour » (yeah, no). So respectfully, I'll keep this 100% English-spoken unless necessary.

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Trigger warning : sparse references to anorexia and self-deprecation appear here and there, regarding one of the characters' past eating disorder and the body-shaming environnement he evolves in. It is not a theme to this book, but an important element of characterization nonetheless.
Please take note of this if it is a hard subject for you (and all my love and support if it is the case ❤️).

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This is my first serious writing ever (#ohmygodwhatiamdoingseriously) so please be kind to me and give me feedbacks !

I have no idea why you would give this a try amongst the gazillion choices here so, most of all, I want to thank you for joining the adventure. I am taking my time to set up the stage with the first chapters, to make it easier for you to plunge into the story so please be patient too !

Thank you again for your indulgence ! Now make yourself comfortable, turn the music on and here we go...

Take care,
E.

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Book cover : photo credit unknown, leave a comment if you know the author.
Chapter cover : Photo by Simon Noh on Unsplash