My friends it is, then. [He thumbs through his contacts, hesitating over Inoue's number. On one hand, she is his closest friend.]
[On the other, there's still the cultural aversion to imposing on others.]
[Well, there is one friend Ishida has zero qualms about imposing on. So he scrolls to Kurosaki's number and dials it as he steps back out into the hall.]
[He doesn't stop to consider how much of a headache dealing with not only Kurosaki, but Kurosaki meeting Korra will be.]
[... Of course Kurosaki doesn't pick up, though. How like him to be inconvenient.]
[Which leads him back to Inoue. And more hesitation, more internal back-and-forth until finally he dials the number.]
[She, of course, picks up.]
[... You may have to wait a while, Korra, because he's totally asking how she and Arisawa have been and otherwise dancing around the subject like a good Japanese boy does.]
no subject
[No. No, of course not, that's ridiculous.]
My friends it is, then. [He thumbs through his contacts, hesitating over Inoue's number. On one hand, she is his closest friend.]
[On the other, there's still the cultural aversion to imposing on others.]
[Well, there is one friend Ishida has zero qualms about imposing on. So he scrolls to Kurosaki's number and dials it as he steps back out into the hall.]
[He doesn't stop to consider how much of a headache dealing with not only Kurosaki, but Kurosaki meeting Korra will be.]
[... Of course Kurosaki doesn't pick up, though. How like him to be inconvenient.]
[Which leads him back to Inoue. And more hesitation, more internal back-and-forth until finally he dials the number.]
[She, of course, picks up.]
[... You may have to wait a while, Korra, because he's totally asking how she and Arisawa have been and otherwise dancing around the subject like a good Japanese boy does.]