After the school trip to Okinawa and gushing about the news to everyone else, it was time for the gang to go back home and finish the rest of their semester at school. The Okinawa trip was to give the students a break from school and a time to relax and play. They worked so hard this year. It was well deserved.

Haru wanted to take Imani home, so he could tell the news to his parents. He was serious about what he said last night. He had never been so serious about anything else. He believed his parents warmed up to Imani, at least a little bit, so this news wouldn't surprise them. Besides, his parents knew how impulsive and spontaneous he could be.

When Haru got home, his parents were nowhere in sight, though it wasn't surprising. Even though they changed a bit about Imani and him and about what he was going do with his life, their relationship still hasn't changed. They are still ignoring one another and going out sleeping around with other people. Haru was used to it, so it didn't bother him as much as before.

He led Imani up to his room, until he saw someone sitting on the couch in the "living" room. The two of them walked back down stairs to see an older man, though younger than his dad, laying on the couch, watching the television set in front of him.

"じん叔父? (Uncle Jin)" Haru asked, surprised that he was here. Him and his brother (Haru's father) don't get along very well. Haru doesn't know if the details of their estranged relationship, but he never really saw his uncle. He was always far in America. Never got in touch with anyone. So far as anyone knew, he was dead.

"Uncle?" Imani asked Haru, making him nod his head.

"Hey, Haru, buddy, what's up?" Jin asked his nephew in English.

Haru stared at confused, since he doesn't know English very well. He looked over at Imani to see if she could help him out.

"He asked how you were doing". She told him, making him nod his head again.

"Oh okay. I'm doing uncle Jin. I'm surprised to see you here. What are you doing here?" He asked as Jin embraced him.

"Just came here to see my favorite nephew", Jin now replied in Japanese.

Haru chuckled. He can't say he was his only nephew because now Haru has a younger brother.

"And who is this beautiful young lady?" Jin asked, turning his attention to Imani now.

"This is Williams Imani, my girlfriend, turned fiancée". He introduced her to him, making Imani now her head.

"はじめまして (Nice to meet you)", she said to him.

"Girlfriend? Fiancée?" Jin asked surprised. He wasn't expecting Haru to bring home a girl, let alone a fiancée.

"Does my brother know about this?" He asked him.

"My parents know about our relationship. They didn't like or accept it at first, but I think they realized that I'm not going to accept anyone else in my life and slowly started to warm up to Imani. Our relationship is different, which I understood, so I wanted to give them some to adjust to it". Haru explained.

"They have you hell, huh?" Jin asked, smiling at him.

"Yeah, But they don't know about the fiancée thing since it just happened last night when we were on our school trip in Okinawa. I was going to tell them today, but they aren't here".

Jin nodded his head, understanding the situation. "I'm just glad you're able to find a girl you cherish. I was beginning to wonder if you ever would". He joked, making Haru punch his shoulder playfully.

Jin then placed an arm around Haru's neck and pulled him close. "So have you two.....?" He asked Haru, whispering in his ear.

Haru's face went red as he tried to push Jin away from him, but Jin held on tightly.

"I'm not telling you anything!"

Jin chuckled at his reaction, before smirking at his nephew. "You have, haven't you?" He asked, playfully. "Ooo I'm so proud of you". He nudged him, before letting him go.

Imani chuckled at the two of them. She noticed Jin scratching his arm. That's where she noticed the small puncture wounds all over his arm the size of a needle. She looked back up at Jin worriedly.

"I'll let you spend some time with your girlfriend, whoops, I mean fiancée". He teased, before sitting back on the couch.

Haru chuckled at his uncle, before grabbing Imani's hands and led her up to his room and closed the door. The two of them laid on his bed with their arms behind their head.

"Well that's my uncle", Haru told her.

"He seems nice". Imani replied. "You don't see him often?" She asked.

"No, he travels around a lot, but mostly lives in America. He wanted to get away from this family".

"Ah", Imani sighed, thinking about how to tell Haru.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but when your uncle was scratching his arm, I noticed he had puncture wounds the size of needles up and down his arms". She told him.

"What does that mean?" He asked her, curiously.

"Does your uncle have a history of drug abuse?" She asked.

Haru shook his head. "I don't know. My parents never really talk much about him. They said he was a deadbeat, a bum and they wanted nothing to do with him".

"That was harsh. I had a friend back in America whose sister was an addict. She told me all about and all the signs. She is currently in a rehabilitation center get getting the help that she needs. I just wanted to let you know. I may be wrong though". Imani said.

Haru smiled and interlocked his fingers with hers. "Thank you for the warning".

Haru's father came back home to see Jin lying on the couch.

"What the hell are you doing here? Who the hell let you into my home?" He asked his brother angrily.

"Your maids let me in and I came to ask a favor". Jin said raising up his hands above his hand, though scratching his right arm.

"You're into your bad habits I see. There's nothing I can do for you. Leave".

"Please brother. I need help".

"Hell yeah you do".

"I'm serious! I owe these men, these gangsters, a lot of money and they are not against flying over here to get it, one way or another". Jin tried to explain.

"And you had the audacity to bring my family into this?! My son Haru, my infant son and my wife?"

"I had nowhere else to go. I'm sorry". Jin said.

"Get out of my house".

"But", Jin said.

"OUT!"

Jin grabbed his belongings and left.

Imani and Haru watched the whole scene.