Chapter 8

"Itadakemasu" Makoto said and began dinner with the family he was invited to.

Kamala had told him her complicated situation that her family doesn't and mustn't know about her hero identity.

She had told them she had gone for a few days for a visit related to school and their story would be that he was an exchange student from Japan and she was showing him around.

Makoto was not convinced they would buy that but agreed to play along.

Fortunately Kamala's childhood friend Bruno was joining them so things would be less awkward.

She introduced them to each other and after overcoming the language barrier a bit,they hit off quite well.

She thought Makoto's circumstances would be explained to her friend at a later date.

Her family did notice his peculiar mannerisms and became the focus of discussion at the dinner table.

"Beti,is he settling alright in your school?"Kamala's mother asked her since it seemed strange a foreign exchange student would come to the U.S when he could barely understand English.

Kamala began to panic thinking she was catching on to her.

"Well Ammi,learning English here is part of his experience and wait...chopsticks?"

He casually pulled out a pair of chopsticks from his jackets inside pocket,split it and held it to pick up rice from his plate before he realised everyone was looking at him.

"Etto.."he thought of his time in hospital when he requested and got chopsticks for his meal since he couldn't get used to fork and spoon and carried some with him just in case.

Bruno for some reason seemed impressed by it.

"Dude,you've got to teach me how to use it sometime."

Makoto looked at Bruno and then at what he was holding and understood the gist of what he said.

"Hai. Okay"he nodded.

Kamala sighed.

'This is not going to be a simple dinner after all'

"Wait!You're saying he's from another dimension?"

Bruno blurted aloud and Kamala nearly freaked out.

"Shh...Not so loud"

After dinner Kamala invited Makoto and Bruno to her room and decided to reveal how she met the Japanese boy.

I've heard my team discuss that more people from Makoto's world might have come through but I'm pretty much in the dark about it.

She then realised something

"Makoto,sorry I should have asked this before. What is your family like?"

She asked and he repeated the word

"Family"

He smiled and started

...To be continued