May 16

Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

It takes someone really brave to be a mother, someone strong to raise a child and someone special to love someone more than herself.

Waking up in the arms of the one you love is really the most wonderful thing in the world. The boys’ surprise last night really is the sweetest thing ever and it totally made our day. I’m so happy that Railey and Daryl have solved their dying lives already and have brought back their closeness and intimacy with their husbands while Jiyong and I are making our bond tighter.

Actually, the girls’ issues made me realized that no matter how we love each other, there will always be a down time in our relationship and that no matter how busy we are, we should always have time for each other and spare some time off from work to relax a bit (well, I’m not that sure if I can lessen my working hours in this hectic schedule of mine, but I swear! Once this magazine is done, I’ll take a week off to spend time with Jiyong and the kids).

“Hey love birds!” Daryl said when we walked in the dining area.

“Wow! It smells so good in here” I said while looking at the food on the table.

“Well…Mrs. Choi and Mr. Dong team up this morning to cook these delicious meals” Daryl said proudly.

“Really? It seems like Mrs. Choi is really in a good mood this morning” I teased and she giggled.

“It’s actually a good thing that Mrs. Choi is the one in front of the stove instead of you Mrs. Kwon” Daryl teased and they all laughed.

“Mrs. Dong!” I protested and she hugged me.

“I’m just joking sis! I’m actually proud of you” she said and I looked at her curiously.

“Proud of me?” I asked.

“Yeah…I’m proud that you can somehow cook sausages and pancakes without burning your house down” she answered and they cracked up in laugher again.

Fine! I still in cooking and even though I’ve taken a couple of cooking classes these past few years, I still cannot get the secret on how to be a good cook. In all fairness to me, I already know the basics and I can cook simple foods without burning our house (OK. I know that I nearly burned down our house last week, but that’s not counted for I was juggling the kids and cooking at the same time).

“I actually feel so relieved now that she can at least cook pancakes and eggs” Jiyong said all of a sudden, earning a hard slap on his arm from me.

“Babe! You should be backing me up here” I told him and he kissed my shoulder.

“Gosh! I missed this! How I wish Seungri and Daesung are here” Railey said and I nod in agreement.

“Same here…I kinda miss our little escapades” I said.

“Those two will soon find their wives as well don’t worry” Taeyang said that made TOP and Jiyong laugh.

“For Daesung…it’s possible…for maknae…I don’t think he’s going to get married soon…we all know him…he’s still enjoying his life to the fullest” Jiyong said (it’s kind of true, Seungri  is the kind of person who wants to enjoy everything first before settling down).

“I CANNOT believe that you guys have done this for us” Daryl said and I smiled at the boys.

“Yeah…same here…I mean…it’s been what? Seven…eight months since we last went out together in a date like this...and not to mention…this is the first time that Mr. Choi Seunghyun prepared a surprise that seriously blew me away” Railey said and I looked at her suspiciously.

“ooohhh….I can sense that…that surprise happened inside their bedroom” Daryl teased.

“You should tell us all the juicy details later sis!” I said and the boys looked at each other weirdly.

Our husbands still can’t understand why the three of us are so open to each other about everything. This is us, we don’t hide anything, but of course we know how to filter our stories and we have our limits.

“You girls are really making me crazy” TOP said with his deep voice and we giggled.

“This is the reason why I always want to do good…so that I won’t earn boos from them” Taeyang followed and we crack up in laughter.

“Same here…I actually strive hard to do good things so that Railey and Daryl won’t scold me or do something bad…like kill me” Jiyong said and I hugged him.

“Don’t worry babe…I always tell good things about you” I told him and he hissed.

It really feels so good to bring back our bonding like before. Our closeness to each other cannot be defined by just one word for we have tested our friendship for so many times already. Teasing and joking each other around is what we missed the most for we’ve been serious human beings for these past few months.

The six of us went home after breakfast for we still have work to do and we’re so sure that our kids are looking for us already. As a matter of fact, Omma called Jiyong telling him that the kids are having little meltdowns coz they’re already looking for us (this is one reason why Jiyong and I cannot leave the house for so long).

“MUM!” the little kids shouted upon seeing us.

“Hey buddies!” Jiyong said while giving them a hug.

“Oh! It’s a good thing that you guys are already here” Dami-unnie said while holding Karielle in her arms.

“Thank you unnie for taking care of them” I said and got Karielle from her.

“That’s all cool with me! I had so much fun taking care of them….now I have proven that I have the most wonderful nephews and nieces in the whole wide world” she said that made me and Jiyong  look at each other weirdly (I’m quite shocked by what she said for I know that my kids can really be too much to handle sometimes).

“That’s a bit odd to hear noona” Jiyong told her and she chuckled.

“I’m serious! Omma…Appa and I really had so much fun with the kids” she said.

“I can see that” I said while looking at all the toys scattered on our living room floor.

I guess our kids are really angels last night for all I can hear from Omma and Appa are compliments about their grandchildren. Well, I’m one proud momma for my boys and girls didn’t give their Halmeoni and Harabeoji a hard time.

My in-laws left after an hour and it’s our time to take care of the kids now. I’m just so thankful that my call time at work is not early that gives me more time to spend with the kids.

“Mum…where did you and dad went?” Gabby asked while I’m preparing her things for school.

“They went to a date” Isabella butted in and I chuckled (she knows about it for she was one of the boys’ accomplice with their made up story last night).

“Is that true mum?” Gabby asked.

“Well…yeah…we were with Aunt Railey…Uncle Tabi…Aunty Daryl and Uncle Bae” I answered and she nods.

“What happened in your date mum?” Gabby asked once again.

“mmm…the boys surprised us with a romantic dinner where the food was cooked by them….then we danced” I answered (of course I edited the part  where Jiyong I made love for they don’t ha