I am staying with an exchange family in Japan. Something very wrong is happening here

My name’s Finn. Growing up, I was always the quiet one. I did my own thing, but had solidified myself in a friend group; none of us popular, none of us outcasts. I took this with me into college, and it was there where I truly realised the part of life I was missing. The friends I made there had an abundance of crazy stories and adventures that could silence a room; mainly, Lexi. She’d travelled the world, mostly by herself, which opened her up to meeting some really interesting people and getting herself into some really crazy scenarios. I wanted that. Was it out of my comfort zone? Absolutely.