Afterword

Circling Fireflies: First Love
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For those who are wondering, the song at the end is "Secret" from the Summer Scent OST. I was searching for a ballad from 2003 that captured the spirit of this important YunJae moment, and then I stumbled across this one. That it's from one of the classic Four Seasons Kdramas makes it even better. If you watch the video, I'll bet you can pinpoint the exact moment I knew I'd found my song. 

It’s bittersweet being done with First Love. I’m going to miss writing about YunJae’s innocent pre-debut days. The next section will be darker and more dramatic and move a lot faster, but I'm looking forward to new writing challenges with those scenes. And, yes, we will finally have the ytimes you've all been asking about—and lots of them. I'd originally planned to end First Love with YunJae's first scene, but then it didn't seem right for this story about friendship becoming pure love. Or right for the situation they're in at their debut. This story definitely had a mind of its own sometimes and took me places I wasn’t expecting, but I’m happy with how it turned out. I hope you are, too.

Thank you all so much for sticking with my fireflies through their long journey. I hope to see you all for Part 2! ^^

xoxo

Mira

 

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Many readers requested that I add links to the real-life DBSK moments that I include in the story. I can't include them all, of course, but I'll go through the chapters and add links for key moments. I'll start with Mad Love then update First Love. Hope this helps you all picture it better! ^^

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yoonshi91
#1
Chapter 16: Hi Mira! So instead of re-reading AoT (which I initially planned to do), I was feeling nostalgic and so I read Fireflies again. I can't express how thankful I am to you for having this story, where I can always come back to read whenever I miss them as 5. :') Your links also made me start searching for all things related to their debut and all of them were so so cute when they were young! xD

Anyway, just wanted to drop a thank you note to you because I realised I've never commented on this story before >.< Hope you're staying safe and healthy, both physically and mentally! :)
Shubha #2
Chapter 13: Wow what a gud story i want more from you pls can u write some more....
Suju_505 #3
Chapter 17: For God, your fic is so good, cute, awesome, I laughed a lot and cried dnjdjf but it's okay anyways I loved the fic, great job!!! Thnks for publish this
Suju_505 #4
Chapter 15: Jaejoong!!! I'm so proud of you!!! Jsbxjdbdh
Suju_505 #5
Chapter 6: I love this AaAAA
NinePlusOne #6
Chapter 17: I just read First Love again, and I love it!! Thank you Mira for writing this beautiful story!!
phinea2009 #7
Chapter 16: Mira, I can’t for the life of me remember reading this chapter and since I didn’t leave a comment just proves I didn’t. So sorry dear girl.

I felt like a proud mom at her kids’ debut. I went to watch the YouTube vids and I just felt so proud of these precious boys.
Mimilove36
#8
I finished reading it
Akalun
#9
Chapter 13: my poor Jae TwT i feel his hurt and i just want him to be happy
ruijja
#10
Chapter 17: Amazing!!! I love everything in this fic and can't wait to read the following parts!! Your writing is impeccable and you captured their personalities so well. I can't believe I had this masterpiece saved in my bookmarks for like a year. Should've read it sooner ㅜㅜ Thank you!