He looked at the girl he bumped into, an Asian girl dressed in a t-shirt and jeans. Her name was Yukio.
Yukio said something to him...but for a long moment he didn't understand it. Then Karyn responded in the same tongue? Why wasn't she speaking English? It took him a long second to realize, after he tried to respond that he was the one not speaking English.
"It's fine," Yukio repeated slowly. "You understand, right? I'm not hurt. Just be more careful."
Long pause "O-kay," Jon said in what he assumed was English.
"Come on, Karyn," Yukio said, heading off with her. "You know, I don't know how he gets by," she said. "Must be hard for him."
"Are you feeling sorry for him?" Karyn asked. "I know its hard learning a new language, but..."
"Maybe he just needs some new friends. People pick on him all the time," she said. "And I think his shyness is kind of cute."
"I think maybe we have bigger problems..." Karyn said...
"Like what?" Yukio said.
