Let's say that Mai wasn't exactly delighted when her mom invited over some friend from virtual yoga class or something, and the woman's teenage kid. Wonderful. Two adolescents with single mothers. What could be better?

Mai sat on the couch with a grouchy expression. She was wearing a red sweater with orange accents, orange soccer shorts and knee-high white socks with black sneakers. She wasn't exactly about to dress up to be on display for some stupid get-together between her ditzy mom and her "bestie" she met, like, a week ago.