Mirai was keying each number that came from Kura's lips. He would explain to peers who considered the Gaijin's number undesirable that he was being polite and considerate - like any true Japanese youth should.

"There you go," he said to Kura. A message with no shorthand or emoticons. He went back to his investigations of his new friend. "I trust you to keep it faithfully, yeah? Not to go selling it to every girl you can find."