"Love" in quotes

Who am I?

"Yes, Jungwon Koko refused too" - Niki's voice rang out through the car while he was on the phone with a friend. Saebi sat in the passenger seat next to him, crossing her arms and looking at the scenery outside. "Come on, like Jiyoon, family dinner is more important to all of us" - Niki reassured his friend, who was outraged that his girlfriend was not next to him. "The next game, if they win, they will definitely win, I will try to persuade her. Okay, let's see you later" - he says the last words and turns off the call, turning the car onto the street where Saebi lives, finally casting a glance for the girl. "What are you thinking about?" - he asked the question that interested him.

"How can she be like that?" - Saebi asks the counter question irritably.

"Which one?" - asks Niki, frowning.

"Annoying. How can she refuse her own brother?" - Saebi is definitely angry at Koko. Because she doesn't know her, Niki thinks. "She's still talking without me. It's kind of stupid. We want to congratulate her, but she doesn't want to celebrate. How can we celebrate when the main person is not at the event?" - Saebi did not calm down, irritably spitting out every word. "It's just that your sister hates me, that's all" - she put an end to her words while Niki was parking next to her house.

"Are you done?" - asks Niki, looking into Saebi's face without emotion, knowing that Saebi is not the person with whom he should discuss his sister. Saebi rolls his eyes and frees himself from his belt, opening the door and getting out of the car, at the end slamming the door of his car hard. The corners of Niki's lips lifted slightly from these actions of the girl.

***

"Depending on how they treat each other, I remember myself and Jiyun's late mother when I was young" - Mr. Yoon says, looking at his daughter with awe.

"Your love is irreplaceable, Dad" - Jiyoon answers him, cutting a piece of steak with a manicured hand and putting a piece in his mouth.

"Of course, every person has their own love story" - Ms. Choi said, putting her hand on top of her husband's, smiling, who was staring intently at her daughter. "Is something wrong, darling?" - she asked her husband in an alarmed voice.

"Don't you like the food, Jungeun?" - Mr. Choi asked his daughter, who is not eating but picking at his plate without taking his eyes off Jiyoon.

"Actually, I'm tired today, Father" - Jungeun replies, playing with his jaw muscles after a couple of seconds of silence. They make eye contact with Jiyoon, who was sitting across from her.

"Then why don't you take your eyes off Jiyoon?" - asks Jungeun's father, watching them. After this question, the girls finally looked away.

"Looking at my beloved, my fatigue disappears" - the younger Choi answers him after hearing a mockery from Yoon when she said her "to her beloved".  All the adults around them smiled knowingly at Jungeun's answer and they once again met each other's eyes.

"This is love. I understand how reverent Jungeun's love for my daughter is" - Mr. Yoon says smiling, nodding positively to Jung, and Jungeun responded to him.

"Of course, because how can you resist Jiyoon's beauty?" - Mrs. Choi encourages his words with a radiant smile, and Jiyoon gratefully smiles at her, meeting her gazes.

***

After the meal, dessert was brought to them. Jungeun was damn tired, and the more boring conversation of her parents depressed her even more, and as the main course, she also did not touch dessert. While the others were eating.