I arrived at her apartment door and before I could knock, she opened it.
"Hi."
"Hi. Good to see you," I said. And it was. She had her usual coy smile and was wearing a green cardigan sweater and blue jeans. She was sprightly, barely 5' but was pretty, had a cute smile, and very Vietnamese features.
I walked in and took off my jacket.
"Want anything?" she asked.
I just looked at her knowingly.
"I meant something to drink," she said as she blushed.
"I'm ok," I said.
By the hall mirror, there was a bicycle.
"Is this new?" I asked.
"Yeah, figured I'd start biking again," she said, as she came and stood next to me.
"The seat seems a little high for you," I said. "Here, hop on."
Thu straddled the bike and tried to push herself up on the seat.
I took her waist in my hands and pushed her up on it.
"Thanks," she said, as she gripped the handlebars.
"You want your knee to be slightly bent when your foot is at the bottom bracket position," I instructed.
She pushed the pedal down with her left foot but was on her tiptoe.
"Come off the seat," I said, as I cupped her ass cheek with hand and lifted her up. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that the back of Thu's neck was flushed.
I released the quick release of the seat post and lowered it a half inch, then reached up to her shoulders and pulled her down to the seat.
"Much better," I said, "but your shoulders are a little tense."
"Yeah, I've got a lot of things on my mind... Thanks," she replied, while getting off the bike.
She headed towards the kitchen, "I'm just going to get some water."
Thu came back sipping a big glass of water. I took it from her and drank some, then put it down on the coffee table.
"Let's try to relieve some of that stress," I offered.
"It's ok," she replied, but I had already placed my hands on her shoulders, sat her down on the couch, and started massaging her from behind.
"That feels so good," she said. "I was thinking about your massages earlier this week and wished I could get one."
"Which ones?"
"Just in general, how you are really good at giving massages."
"I massaged you last time," I offered.
"No, you didn't. Well maybe with your tongue perhaps, but not my neck and shoulder," she laughed. "I remember your first massage for me. You tried to get me topless and you did too, but I wouldn't turn over."
"Ha. I don't remember it that way." I replied.