Chapter 5

"So umm when exactly was the last time you ate?" The woman asked nervously as she watches Liu scoffed down multiple plates of food

"I can't say for sure." Liu says as he continues to chomp down

"I see that please eat as much as you like." She says nervously

"Anyways why exactly did those knuckleheads attack you? Isn't it considered rude for young ones to attack an adult without a proper reason?" Liu says when he puts his last finished plate on the table and looks at the woman in the eyes

"Ah ah w-well I saw them smoking in an alley-way and I saw how young they where which made me think of my daughter and how I would've felt if it was her I saw doing it." She says smiling as she thinks of her daughter

"Hm." Liu says as he looks down

"Is something wrong?" She says

"No no it's just your such a caring person and where I come from it was hard to find someone like that." Liu replies

"What do you mean?" She ask

"Where I come first people usually only think about themselves but in this case you tried to help them because you had a daughter you could reference on in this situation." Liu says

"Hey can you tell me what it's like where you came from." She ask

"It's not just the place I came from it's also because of the events I went through that made that place an even worse experience. Where I came it was nothing than a dump for rich people to control making everyone turn selfish so they can survive not caring for those who lives are much worse and I had worse living conditions than anyone in the town during that time. I grew up in a orphanage that burned down and left 12 of us alone and even though I wasn't the oldest I was seen as the big brother everyone could count on. I taught them how to steal how to fight how to survive I taught that to live in such a crappy world you be a criminal for your own needs since miracles aren't given to everyone and you reminded me of my older sister who had gotten in a similar situation before which made me feel the need to help you back there." Liu says with a serious look

"Oh I'm so sorry you had to grow up like that." She says as a caring and worrying mother

"You have nothing to be sorry about but thank you." Liu replies

"But where are your siblings now?" She asks

"I don't know actually, I was in a coma for awhile and when I woke up I couldn't find them, that's why I'm here now so I can look for them." He replies

"O-oh... sorry for acting awkward I just never heard of someone who had to go through something like this before so I'm not sure how to act." She says

"No worries I understand." He says "I can't blame her, I had to make parts of it up since now i'm living in basically the future now and I'm still not used to speaking in a new language." He thinks to himself

"Wait you said you came here to find them right so does that mean you're not from here?" She asked

"That's right i'm here looking for my siblings as I mentioned earlier." He replies

"Does that mean you're not enrolled in a school?" she asked

"School?" Liu replies with a head tilt

"Have you never been?" She asked

"Can say I have." He replies

"So how did you get educated?" She asked

"Um everything I know, I learned from people I would see on the streets." He replied

"What! So you never had a proper education? You're still young, you need your education and do you at least have a stable house or place to stay?" She asked as if she was a worried mother

"Oh yeah I have a nice place between two tall buildings." He replies

"You mean that torn down house between a hotel and a clothing store? Now that I think about your clothes it is also torn. How can someone live like that?" She says

"Where I come from this is what you would call a stable life though?" He asked confused

"Come with me." She says

"Where are we going?" He asked

"We're going to get you everything you need that you don't have." She replies

"Oh okay." He says as he follows her out her house and gets into her car

The woman took Liu to clothing stores picking new clothes for him and a school uniform which he questions about but gets his answer once she took him to her daughter's school which she enrolls him in

"So this is school?" Liu ask

"Yes, it's a place for kids to learn and make friends." She says

"Really now? Would've been good to have one of these back then." Liu says

"What?" She says

"Oh nothing just talking to myself." He replies

"Mom?" A teenage girl says as she walks towards Liu and the woman

"Ah perfect timing Mina meet Liu, he helped me earlier so i'm helping him by enrolling him here since he's never been to a school before and allowing him to stay with us until he finds himself a stable household." She explains to her clueless daughter

"Wait can you explain that again I didn't catch that." Mina says to her passionate mom

"I also was unclear about what you said." Liu said

"It seems I got too excited again and jumbled up my words again huh?" She says rubbing her head

"What I was trying to say is Mina this here is Liu and he'll be staying with us for the time being." The mom says calmly