I think this story appealed most to ballet dancers :D :D When I was writing it, I was sure that too many of the things I had included made this fic feel inaccessible. But there's something about ballet that's inescapable if you do it-- even as you suffer, you can't stop. I'm glad you felt it as you read ;____; A lot of Jongin's feelings toward ballet are my own, and I couldn't edit that out, no matter what, even if it made the fic weird or strange or...

I think romance is not the same unless both people involved are equally fleshed out. Like, it had to be Sehun, in this story, because none of the other personalities would have fit, ya know? And totally agreeing about first love. ;____;

Thank you so much for this lovely comment, and I enjoyed reading every last word of it <3

--Maia