My girlfriend Luna and I had recently travelled to visit her parents when these events happened. She is only second generation American, her grandparents having fled China at some point in the past. Her parents were born in the States, as was she, but according to her description of her parents, they were much more conservative minded like her grandmother.
We had met and started dating right as she finished college, me being a few years older and already graduated, and she took a job locally rather than go home. I had not met any of her family prior to this trip, as we lived and worked a few states distant from her hometown. We were flying in because one of her friends (possibly a cousin? I wasn't sure) was getting married.
We arrived on a Thursday night, rented a car, and drove out to the suburbs where her parents lived. Her parents were cordial enough, though slightly standoffish. I don't mean to reinforce stereotypes, but she had warned me that her parents were disappointed she wasn't dating and/or marrying a good successful Chinese man. Honestly, I can't say if that was the issue, or if it was just the standard 'stranger in my house who is probably screwing my beautiful daughter' awkwardness. The bigger issue was Grandmother (as Luna always referred to her). She gave me the stink eye as soon as she saw me, and even though it was fairly dark despite the streetlights, I was pretty sure she had spit in my general direction when only I was looking. Awesome. This should be fun.
Regardless, after some obligatory getting-to-know-you and catching up, they put us in her old bedroom to sleep. Her parents seemed to warm up to me a little after learning I wasn't just a college graduate bum, but was actually successful for my age and moving up quickly, so that may have helped. Grandmother just glared balefully at me for most of the conversation before retiring to her room before everyone else.
Friday morning, her father left for work and her mother headed out to run some errands, leaving Luna and myself in the house with Grandmother. I was up before Luna (as usual), and after cleaning myself up a little and putting on some clothes I headed to the kitchen to find some food. Finding some cereal, I hit the easy button and sat down with a bowl. Grandmother shuffled through at some point, saw me and started muttering in what I assume was a Chinese dialect. I tried a friendly smile and greeting, which only seemed to sour her further. She ignored me as she made a mug of tea, so I ate in awkward silence, suddenly very aware of how loud Special K crunches in my mouth. As she took her mug to leave, she glared at me again, spoke in choppy syllables, and waved vaguely at the coffee machine on the counter before shuffling out, still muttering. I finished my cereal, and since there was still coffee in the pot (I assume from Luna's parents), I poured the last into two cups, rinsed the pot, and took them in to wake Luna.
We spent Friday cruising around the suburbs as she pointed out different things from high school and the like, before heading into the city for the rest of the day. We got back to the house after her mother, but before her father, and I settled in for another night of Grandmother's judging black eyes. After Luna's mom cooked us a great dinner, we settled into the living room for some good conversation until we all drifted off to bed. Her parents really seemed to be warming up to me, as Luna positively beamed when she commented about it.
We had stayed up a bit later than normal with Luna's parents the night before, so I slept in on Saturday morning. I was actually woken up by Luna, which is a rarity. She was already dressed, with her long grey-dyed hair pulled back into a ponytail. I woke up when she flopped on the bed, plopping her chin on my chest to give me the puppy dog eyes. The position, combined with her eyes looking up at me, instantly brought to mind the many times she had knelt at my feet to suck my soul out through my cock (seriously, the girl has skills; I don't dwell on where they came from, I just appreciate). She knew what she was doing, the little minx was teasing me; it didn't help that I had morning wood. I had tried initiating sex both nights, but she rebuffed my advances both times. "This is my childhood bed, it would be weird," she had said.
Feeling my erection under her shoulder, she grinned ever so slightly and very gently began shifting her body side to side as she spoke.
"Babe, mom and I are headed out to do some last-minute stuff before the wedding tomorrow. Dad got called in to work, so you're kind of on your own. Can you handle hanging out alone with Grandmother for a while?"
She was obviously teasing my hard on, with no relief in sight, at least not until we got home in a couple days. I refrained from giving her a look because I knew it would just egg her on. Instead, I gripped her shoulders and lifted her off me before sitting up.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I think she's starting to like me; she even gave me a pet name last night."
Luna crooked an eyebrow at that. "Oh really?"
I nodded. "Yeah, you know I don't speak the language, but I keep hearing her say
gwailou
. That's progress right?"
Luna giggled, one hand covering her pretty mouth. Gwailou is a derogatory term for foreigners, and Luna likes to call me that sometimes as a joke.
"Seriously, I'll be fine. Maybe we'll play mah jongg or something."
She snorted again as she leaned in to peck me on the cheek. "Right. If you do, don't let her talk you into playing for money. She'll clean you out."
I laughed as I watched her cute little butt swish out of the room. I heard them leave as I got up and dressed. After eating breakfast, I was back in our room reading for a while and dozed off.
I woke up later in the morning and, feeling a bit lazy, decided to do something productive and maybe win some brownie points with Luna's parents. I had brought some gym clothes with the intention of getting a run in at some point; I changed into those and then went out to the detached garage to see what lawn equipment they had.
For a house in the suburbs, they have a pretty big yard even accounting for the pool. After prepping the push mower, I fired it up and went to work. Mowing has always been something I could lose myself in. It's not my favorite activity, but it's dull enough that I can almost switch my brain off while I'm doing it - maybe not complete internal silence, but definitely to a point of using minimal bandwidth.
Since I had zoned out for so long, I didn't notice how hot it had gotten while I was working until I shut off the mower. After putting the mower back in the garage, I looked at myself. I was drenched in sweat with little bits of grass stuck here and there. My hair was soaked, stuck to my forehead and neck in spite of it's short length.
After closing the garage, I headed for the back door. That led to the kitchen, and I wanted nothing more than some cold water - I also wanted to minimize how much I tracked into the house. I kicked my shoes off on the back porch, and then peeled my socks off. I shuffled my feet on the door mat, trying to get as much sweat off them as possible. Once I felt I had done as much as I could to minimize the damage, I headed in.