"You'll be alright," Yoshida replied. "You look perfect." He knocked on the door. Kwesi, his adoptive brother, opened the door. 

"My bro's home! We're having hot pot, Yoshida." Kwesi rushed to his chair to sit down for dinner. "Mom, I made an A in home ec. Mrs. Imavov said my chocolate souffle was divine!"

Mom replied, "That's good, son. Mind if I have some souffle?"

Yoshida asked, "Mind if I have some, little brother?"

"It's in the fridge; you all can have some. Also made an A in art; Mrs. Ashiha enjoyed my Arcanine drawing." Kwesi picked up a piece of beef and dipped it in a broth. 

Yoshida put some meat and veggies on his plate; May followed suit.

His dad sat down. "Who's the girl? Your gf?"

"Yes, sir. This is May, my girlfriend. She goes to the same school as I do. We met at Walmart while I was getting a chocolate cake. She's sweet."

May said, "Good evening. I am his girlfriend. I live in a different district in Sapporo."

His dad asked, "So, you two going to the dance in September or...?"

"Yes sir," Yoshida replied. "I also have an interview tomorrow at Walmart."

"Job interview?" Nobushiro asked.

"Yes sir. I can finally afford to provide for May. I wonder if they'll hire me? I hope they do. If not, I could apply at the nearby convenience store." Yoshida dipped some daikon in the broth and ate it. "Daikon isn't so bad after all. Let's dip some more beef in it though." He picked up some beef and dunked it in the broth.

"So, what music you listen to, May?" Nobushino asked while dipping some beef in the soup. "I listen to enka and classical music."

"I listen to easy listening. Really and truly, I listen to everything but mumble rap." May dipped an egg dumpling in the meat broth. 

"Your beau listens to electronic dance music such as dubstep, along with rap and pop. Never liked most rap; it has to have a message for me to listen to it, like Tupac."

Yoshida dipped some blood sausage in the meat juice. "I like Skrillex, Wiwek, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, R3hab, Tisoki, Diamond Eyes, Virtual Riot..." He bit into it then dipped some spinach in the broth.

"You like spinach?" May asked.

"Yeah," he replied. He picked up some udon and dipped it. "I also like udon."

May dipped some udon as well. "Me too. I also like glass noodles."

"Never had glass noodles. I bet they taste good." Yoshida dipped and ate some more udon. "Now how about that souffle?"

Kwesi got the souffle from the fridge, and everyone in the house started getting ready for dessert.