Love. I have read so many quotes about love and yet I still can’t seem to fully understand what it is.  One time my mom, Bom and I were in our room picking out clothes that we were going to give to charity, I couldn’t resist anymore so I asked her about it.    “Hey mom?” I asked sitting on the edge of my bed.    “Hmm?” she answered looking up. She was in Bom’s bed folding clothes right across me.    “How did you know you were in love with Dad?” I asked casually not looking her in the eye and pretended to do something with the pile of clothes dumped in my bed.    Bom got up from the floor and dove on my bed lying on the pile of clothes. “OMO! Unnie, are you in love with Jiyong?”   I glared at her throwing a shirt to shut her up from cringing and shouting.    “Bommie. Shut it.” Our mom said giving her a warning. “Sweetie, your father and I were friends first before we became lovers. We became close when I had to go to a blind date once and learned that the guy was really really ugly not to mention he looked like a ert! Good thing your dad was with our classmates before and saw my horrified expression and he just had to save me.”    Bom and I were now giggling at the thought of my mom meeting an ugly ert when she was young.    “Mom why were you doing blind dates anyways?” Bom asked amused with our mom’s story.    “I lost a bet. I remember after your father saved me we went to get ice cream and just laughed the whole afternoon about it. I think that’s what I liked about him, his good sense of humor. We love to laugh, and believe it or not when we were still students we were always goofing around laughing at random stuff.” My mom said pausing for a moment and started giggling by herself.    “Omo! Mom! Eeewww are you remembering your moments with Dad?!?” Bom exclaimed while my mom threw another piece of shirt to shut her up.    “But Mom, how did you know that you loved him already? Weren’t you confused between love and like?” I asked looking at her.    “Hmmm… Simple to ask but really that’s a hard question to answer. I guess for me when there were feelings involved already. Your father was not hard to love really. He was a complete gentleman, always thinking about my well-being. He would walk with me to school everyday and when we were going home too. He would give me soup when I was sick and take care of me.” My mom smiled as she remembers how they were before. “When I started to care about him more, when I started to think about him in random hours of the day, or when I started to get worried about him more than anyone or even myself, that’s the time I thought aahhh… this is not a simple crush anymore.”    “Unnie, are you like that with Jiyong Oppa?” Bommie asked raising her eyebrows up and down while looking at me. “OMO! Unnie! You’re blushing!!!!”    “SHUT UP!!!” I said burying my face in my hands. “But the thing is I don’t know if he feels the same. It’s like I’m hanging on to something that I don’t even know if it’s there.”    “Aigoo.. Come sit beside me.” My mom said patting the space beside her on Bom’s bed. I followed and sat down beside her and she brushed my hair softly.    “It’s alright to like someone and love someone Dara even if the other person does not feel the same way. It’s normal for a girl your age to like and love someone. You’re a beautiful girl, I doubt that Jiyong doesn’t feel anything about you. Your Teddy Oppa can attest to that! Besides, I like Jiyong, I think he is a sweet guy not to mention a responsible one. Just look at how he takes care of s.” She said smiling at me. She placed her hand on both my shoulders and turned me to face her.    “It’s ok to fall in love Dara, but just don’t fall too hard ok? You might fall too much you won’t have enough for yourself. Remember, love yourself first in order for you to share that same love to others. Arasso?”    I nodded and smiled at her and hugged her tightly. “Thanks Mom. I’ll try to remember that.”    “Aigoo.. seems like yesterday you were asking me to buy you Barbie dolls and now you’re all grown up asking me about boys.” My mom said hugging me and rubbing my back. “How about you Bom? What’s going on with you and that Top guy? Aren’t you weirded out by him?”    I looked at my sister. “Ani. We match very fine. And we’re just friends mom. We just like each other’s company. Besides I’m not ready yet with what happened from the previous one I don’t think I’ll be in any commitment until I’m 30!”      Talking with my mom and my sister has always been a therapy for me. Whenever I’m troubled with something I just talk to them and I’ll feel fine afterwards. Little did I know that Jiyong was doing the same thing with his friends….        Author’s POV    “Do you love her?” Se7en asked Jiyong. Their practice finished early and the two of them together with Teddy and Yongbae are in the studio listening to music.    “I don’t know.” Jiyong answered shaking his head. The truth is he’s been wond