Who: Dan Hoffman, Jason Song, May Paik What: Meeting the relatives over dinner. When: 8 pm, Monday night Where: Dan's place Rating: PG Status: Complete
He picked at the food, less interested in the contents of his plate than he was in the two people seated at his table. He'd gone to bed with one of them and he'd hoped to meet the other one in better circumstances than these, but when Jason phoned to suggest and then insist they set up this affair, he figured there was more to it than the other man's ardent desire to introduce him to to his mother.
The real reason, of course, was Jae-mi. She was the pink elephant in the room, absent but not, at least not insofar as went the stream of the conversation. And for the most part, Dan didn't mind. She was the safer topic - the alternatives, Jason on the one hand and himself on the other, could so easily lead to revelations neither was prepared to make.
"So, May..." he sighed in a momentary lull of silence, "how does Jae-mi feel about all this? I haven't had a chance to talk to her face to face yet."