Iteration

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Jaejoong experiences a vivid nightmare of his ex-members. When he "wakes up" he finds himself back in the past with a chance to potentially change the future he knows. But things turn sour when he realises he may have changed things for the worst. Faced with the reality that his decisions have wrought more havoc than they have joy, he makes his way back to the past to correct his mistakes, while trying not to lose his mind, and his heart, to the person he'd once, and still very much, loves.

Foreword

Ah, where to begin with this fic...

So this idea came about after watching the 'Shelter' MV by Porter Robinson & Madeon, with the whole creating new worlds and such. But I also have so many YunJae au ideas, and I kind of wanted to incorporate them in somehow... So this was born from that!

It might be a little hard to follow at first. But I'll leave some explanation notes at the bottom of the fic!

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papadie13 558 streak #1
The plot sounds interesting.....
nyancat87
#2
Chapter 6: Ah can't believe its finally over!! Thank you for the wonderfully written story - I liked the different what if's even though it is still painful (I really liked the wedding au). Im surprised that Yunho had a dream as well, I guess that gave it a push for both of them to make good use of the present. I just wish it was true in reality. oh well who knows what's happening. Anyway, thank you ^^
springmiya #3
Chapter 6: is it over no i enjoyed this
yoonshi91
#4
Chapter 6: Firstly, thanks for the great chapter! :) It was wonderfully written, and I feel it provided a proper closure to the story.

Yunho's experience was interesting though. Was it really a dream, or did he go back to the past, similar to Jaejoong's adventures? In any case, it definitely wasn't a coincidence that Yunho relived the past on that day. I believe that experience allowed him to rediscover the hidden feelings that he had toward Jaejoong, and this will help him to react better when he eventually receives that phone call.

I feel sad for Jaejoong though. Sad that he had to relive the same moment again - the quarrel which led to the eventual split of DBSK. But he was strong and he pulled through, and that enabled him to come back to the present. If that still didn't work I think he would've really gone mad. Haha.

Overall it's an amazing story! Thank you for the time and effort you've spent putting it together. It's a pity we don't get more of such fics. Generally there's already a lack of YunJae fics :(

Omg yes Jae as a wedding planner would be totally awesome. I've read some of those fics (usually with Jae as the wedding planner and Yunho as the client, initially) and they've all been great. If you do write one I'd definitely read it! :D
maranwe #5
Chapter 6: Thanks for writing this story. After all the worser case scenarios that were explored in previous chapters I knew that this was going to be the ending. After a long time of shipping them, and moving on to others and then shipping Yunjae again recently, the focus always seemed to be how tragic the split of dbsk was but reading thru your fic, it was sobering to realize that what happened, no matter how painful was probably the best that could have happened. Like Jae's realization at the end, at least there were no irrevocable changes (i.e. no one has died yet) so there is that miniscule hope that in the far far future the members could come together. Not even for a show or a performance but just as (probably) old men letting go of a painful past to just have peace of mind and heart.

I would really have loved to know how that last convo with YunJae went but thats too much to ask already after you've written so much!

Oh, and it was nice to know Yunho's perspective on things too so the ending is a lot more hopeful than I originally thought it would be (I would have been satisfied with Jae realizing that the reality was as good as it got, period).

Thanks again for writing this and I hope you can write more yunjae stories <3
MinniMoonWuvsJae
#6
Chapter 5: I randomly saw this story yesterday and it peaked my interest because it had my boys as main characters (I dont think they are often written on) and right from the get-go it caught my attention. I love this story its great and I cant wait to see what happens next. I'm positive that Jae has to do exactly as he did before to go back to his own reality.
nyancat87
#7
Chapter 5: Its just so heartbreaking :(
I guess maybe the repeated pasts is to show Jaejoong that any other option would not lead to a better outcome...and he needs to do what he did in the first place to go back to "his reality"! My heart just goes out to the two of them, maybe it would also make Jaejoong make amends with Yunho once he is back, I hope so. All these endings are making me sad ^^;
Cant believe next chapter is the last one - cant wait to see how it'll end. Thank you for the update ^^
Jaegyeopsal #8
Chapter 5: This story really interesting. It's well written and the plot idea is also very good. I really like it and can't wait for more
ruijja
#9
Chapter 5: Wow. Such a beautifully painful chapter. It broke me in so many ways. I can definitely understand Jaejoong's side, I would too feel that helpless. Also, I just noticed that, both at the start and at the ending of this chapter, you mentioned unspoken words as the cause for bad events between Yunjae. It makes me think the key to the story could be exactly that - communication. And Jaejoong seems to have just realised that. Can't wait for the final update. Thank you for sharing!