I must be insane to try this pairing. But I was born insane.

"Okaa-san! Tell me a story about Grand-mère and Oyaji!"

The speaker was a young man, of about seventeen. He'd just abandoned a game he was playing with his puppy, and was now marching his way across the emerald green lawn to an auburn-haired woman who was leaning against a Japanese Maple, colored red with hints of orange and yellow to match the season.

"Well then, come sit down, mon petit enfant."

The woman spoke this time, utilizing a cool voice, before closing the book she had been reading. It was a classic and well-worn out. "The Time-Traveler's Wife." She'd received it as a gift from her "auntie", accompanied by another, slightly different in shape and size, book, which had been resting by her side. She now scooped it up, revealing several places where the book was dog-eared.

"Okaa-san, I'm not a little boy anymore. And what is that?"

Curiosity aroused, the young man plopped down, then watched as his mother smiled, an act that normally ran shivers down his spine.

"A story ma mère and ma tante wrote together. One of three stories inside is the story of how tes grands-parents met. I must go check on the preparations for the party, but here. Read it, it's the second story in there. Then read the other two in there, okay? You'll like them."

That said, the woman smiled once more, fluttering her eyes closed and revealing small crow's feet, before standing up and striding away, long hair floating behind her. Turning his turquoise eyes, the same color as his mother's, towards the book, he began to read.

Author's Note:

Translations:

Okaa-san = Mother

Grand-mère = Grandmother

Oyaji = Old man (in this case, grandpa)

Mon petit enfant = My little child

Ma mère = my mother

ma tante = my aunt

tes grands-parents = your grandparents (informal use)

Peoples, I need your honest opinion. I will be using alot of French in this story as it's based in French, so do you want the translations in brackets within the text, at the bottom like I'm doing here, or to just have everything in English? Please tell!