In the morning, for the umpteenth time, he passed you at the apartment gate when he was about to go to school and you were going to work. You just smile and wave at each other. You're so friendly even though you're foreigners. On occasion you occasionally ask small things.

This morning you greeted him, he hesitantly and shyly tried to talk to you.

"You know Japanese, right? 君の名前は？"

He mustered up the courage, after meeting you many times and he just asked you.