You’d finally managed to get your family to have a dinner with you and your girlfriend, Aeri. The four of you now sat around a table; the hustle and bustle of the Chinese restaurant surrounding you.

Over the year the two of you had been dating they’d only acknowledge her to tell her that you could do better.

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Your parents awkwardly rambled on, about anything. Giving your girlfriend displeasing glances every so often.

Wanting to make the night perfect, you’d given your girlfriend a lecture on how to act; which she was following surprisingly well.

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All but one thing. You nodded along to their words, a small smile on your face. Ignoring the hand inching up your thigh.