Behind The Tears

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Title (3/5)

It's an alright title but I would have preferred something with agreements make and more hyorin-centered
 
Foreward/Description (6/10)
 
The foreword just makes it sound like Sehun wants something physical from Hyorin in return for protecting her which is a false truth because the story actually contains some form of love and deeper meaning. Pity it did not come through in the foreword.
 
Appearance (4/5)
 
I do like the colour and emotions portrayed in the poster. 
 
Plot (10/15)
 

I am going to be stricter since this is your second review request. The general stoyline and idea is good but you really need to do something about your language in bringing these points across. 

Chapter 1: It seems more like an attempted more than anything else with Sehun forcing himself on Hyorin. You might have wanted to drop a hint of feelings here leading to chapter 2

Chapter 2: You did not manage to link up the flow nicely in revealing Sehun's real feelings for Hyorin and even explain why. From the to suddenly being a possessive emotional guy. Luhan's appearance is also out of nowhere with no indication that he has been Hyorin's friend. Which makes it confusing because she is looked down upon in the school hierarchy and she is suddenly having multiple crushes

Chapter 3: I get the threat

Chapter 4: Does Hyorin even like Sehun in return? More emotional and relationship development needs to be shown

Chapter 5: Sehun seems like he's being a jerk again asking for after the girl he apparently cares about just went through a traumatic experience

Chapter 6: I dont get the hair cutting at all, Nana-Luhan confession was short-lived and the ending was abrupt.

You had a good idea but was not capable of letting it come through nicely.

 
Originality (13/15)
 
I think you deserve some credit here since I do like your plot idea.
 
Grammer & Spelling (8/20)
 
Everything is wrong, I really suggest you reading more to get an idea of how to phrase things.
 
For starters, the start of each sentence needs to be capitalized. There is no need for italics for the entire story. Stop using "..." and insert other correct punctuations like "." "," ";" "!" "?" Form proper sentences instead of snippets. Let me re-write a random paragraph and I hope you can see the difference
 
"Just close your eyes .." i just follow what sehun said . I close my eyes . It dark .. it's remains me .. how dark my life before .. but  . Sehun is the light  .... who bring a light of happiness to my life . Count 3 2  1 .. i open my eyes back . The rooms are already full with a red candle .., sehun hug me .., he kiss on cheeks  ,, and after that hee kiss on my nose .. and lastly lean  a sweets kiss .., soft lips gently kiss mine until i can't breath properly . We stopped . He wisper to me with his sweet voice 
 
"Just close your eyes..." Sehun whispered and I followed his command. I saw darkness, darkness liken to how my life was before Sehun. Sehun was my light, he brought a ray of hope and an abundance of happiness into my life. I couldn't hear Sehun anymore so I counted to 3 and opened my eyes again. I was greeted with a room full of lighted red candles. Sehun enveloped me into a hug, kissing my cheeks, kissing my nose, and finally placing a kiss on my lips. His soft lips did not part mine until we were both out of breath. 
 
Flow (2/10)
 
I have to penalize you here because the content was not brought across at an appropriate pace and length.
 
Characterization (4/10)
 
So much lacking for what could have been a deep and interesting story. Particularly on Hyorin as a victim of bully, all the emotional trauma, lack of self worth and finding love is a whirlwind of character development that could have been looked into.
 
Overall Enjoyment (7/10)
 
The idea was good. That's all I can say.
 
Reviewed by: eunhyuksgal
 
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aya-ELF
#1
Chapter 85: Thank you for the review dear! I was relly shocked with the language part OTL, I'm gonna go fix it right now! By the way, do you think it will be better if I write a simple prologue to explain the life of a demon and what's the benefit to have a mate??
EPIONE
#2
Heyy,

I don't know if you remember me, but I was just wondering where you're currently working this year as a reviewer?
I'd love to request from you again.

Best,
Epione
teenme14
#3
Chapter 72: Okay.. Thanks for the review ^^

Now to clarify XD
Title: As you said, the highlight/ of the story has not yet come. So yeahh..
Plot: This is my first chaptered story after my long hiatus from writing. After the hiatus, I wrote a two shot. So, I kinda forgot how to write a chaptered story XD The present time of the story is at the end of Summer (hence, their summer break). Oh, and I plan on making this fic a 40 chaptered fic.
- I guess I haven't mentioned the type of phone she is using. Samsung phones are quite cheap in Korea but are also expensive for people with financial probs. So, back to her phone. The phone she is using is a Samsung Galaxy Win Pro G3812. And she is using pre-paid which you'll have to top-up each time the credit finishes or it expires, whichever comes first.
- The cafe's delivery system works like this: A person will order through phone, and they jot down the name and address of the person. One of the workers will be asked to deliver the drink/food. If the house is near enough, they deliver by foot. If it is rather far, they ride a bike.
-I am not a dancer and... OTL I really need a dancer to help me whenever dancing scenes come up TT.TT
- About Mr. and Mrs. Kim, it will be known in the next chapter that I'm writing now.
Characterization: I am really bad at this XD Jongin's feelings at first was just merely interested. It's not a crush. He just simply feels interested by the girl. Hana & Sehun... We'll know more once we're more into the story XD

So.. yeah.. Thanks ^^ Sorry for the English mistakes. English is not my first language
teenme14
#4
Chapter 62: Thank you for the review! Glad you liked it! ^^ it's a bit fast paced coz I had a deadline to follow and finished it in 2 days xD I was planning on making a special chapter for the part before jongdae confessed to get to know Hye Sun better and how Jongdae came to like her. I was in a rush, so yeah. I was thinking that a LIFETIME to forget was that, he WOULD eventually fall in love with another girl but he would never forget Hye Sun since she was his first love. About the part where she died: I wanted her to die in an accifent rather than in the surgery was because Jongdae's parents died in an accident too which would somehow, idk, increase the pain (whut)
hanajoe #5
Chapter 32: Thanks for the review^^
I know my i'm not good enough in English T-T but i will try my best to write it!