9 Nokias are indestructible

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Fujikawa-san." The mother holding the hand of her child approached to the man next to the car, showing a kind smile as she was speaking.

For a moment, Naoyuki had curiosity about who this man was, because it couldn't be his father for obvious reasons.

"Oh, don't worry, Eto-san, I was enjoying… taking the sun actually, haha." The man whose last name was Fujikawa laughingly answered.

But inwardly…

'OH MY GOD!!!! Really?! Taking the sun?! Couldn't you invent a better excuse?!'

…he was screaming like cat mating at dawn.

'Seriously? Taking the sun? Lord, let me take out my Simpometer.' Naoyuki pending of the situation laughed inside.

Afterwards, he started inspecting from head to toe the genius who ruined a conversation right at the beginning.

'Fujikawa-san' appeared to be between 25 to 30 years old, about the same age of his mother. But the eye bags under the gross lenses of his glasses made him look more haggard, a slave of overtime work, Naoyuki recognized that symptom since he was one too.

Due the change of size and perspective, Naoyuki couldn't predict the height of the man with precision, but he should be about 5' 7" feet tall (1.70 m).

And in question of the outfit… honestly, what fashion sense can you expect from such straight man?

"Pffffff." The woman covered her mouth to laugh before the dumb excuse of the man, then responded, "Fujikawa-san, you're really funny."

Looking at the dazzling smile of the woman, Fujikawa 'the virgin' was perplexed.

"Oh, you really think that?"

'Of course not, she's just being considered with you.' Naoyuki teased in his mind, and then turned his head, 'Probably because you have a car.'

The woman just kept smiling; every person would take that as a rhetoric question.

Although the 'innocent' man looked like he was really expecting an answer.

"Yes, you are." In the end, the woman gave in.

"I see......" Fujikawa smiled like a 200 pounds baby, and then turned to Naoyuki, who was behind his mother all this time.

"Naoyuki-kun, do you remember me? I'm your mother's friend…"

"No." He answered curtly.

"Eh? You really don't remember me? I gifted you that collectible All-Might figure two months ago…"

Fujikawa was in process to keep going, but the mother interrupted.

"Emmmm, Fujikawa-san, the true is that… Nao-chan suffered memory lost recently, so he might not remember you…"

"What?" Fujikawa turned to see Naoyuki with concern, the little boy nodded very cooperatively.

The mother spoke again:

"Yeah, what happened was…" And then, she started explaining the events in detail.

Both men… or perhaps one and a half men listened attentively to the story of the woman, it was now that Naoyuki found out that 'his accident' happened when 'he' went with his mother alone to a picnic day, accidents happened, and 'he' felt to the river. Fortunately, there were more families in the same place, and a man swam to rescue 'Naoyuki' from drown.

What.

You thought I would write a hero?

Naïve.

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After that, the mother called an ambulance, and the rest of the history Naoyuki already know: dreadful medical results, the mother was devastated, 'he' was one-week unconscious, the original Naoyuki passed away, and the current Naoyuki revived in his body.

"…so, you may need to introduce yourself again." That have said, the mother patted Naoyuki a bit in the back so he could stand in front of Fujikawa. "Hora (come on), tell Fujikawa-san what's your name."

Naoyuki looked at both adults, and then spoke with an infantile but serious voice.

"My name is Eto Naoyuki." Following of a typical Japanese greeting pose he have seen in anime.

This was the first but won't be the last time he introduces himself with as Naoyuki. After saying those words, he even felt that something changed inside him, something that he couldn't tell what it was.

"Hi, Naoyuki-kun, my name is Fujikawa Noki, nice to meet you, you can call me Fujikawa-san if you want."

"...…...." Naoyuki looked at the smiling man in front of him, he would be blind if he still didn't realize this man's intention to flirt his mother, so Naoyuki did not hesitate to play difficult by going against him.

"Noki."

"Nao-chan, it's disrespectful to call someone by their name when you just met them. And you need to add the suffix '-san' at the end." The woman intervened. "Come on, apologize with Fujikawa-san."

"Noki." Naoyuki continued doing his thing.

The mother was about to say something again, but Fujikawa stopped her.

"It's okay, we're going to get along better if he calls me by my name."

'Oh, so that is what you think? Then…'

"Shut up Nokia!"

"Ey! Nao-chan! Don't be so rude." She bent down to look Naoyuki in the eye, in a very serious manner.

"It's okay, he already put me a nickname, that may mean that I'm no longer a stranger for him. Before, he just ignored me." Fujikawa continued insisting.

Naoyuki was about to talk again, but his mother covered his mouth with her hands.

"You piece of-hmmmhmmmhmmmhummm!"

"Are you sure Fujikawa-san?" Eto asked.

"I have never been so sure!" Fujikawa said as he showed a bold smile.

"Okay then." The woman held her uncontrolled son with her double size hand quirk, Then asked. "We are leaving?"

"Oh, right!" Fujikawa opened the car door for her. "Take your seat, please."

Eto grinned, and then waved her hand. "It's ok, I'll sit with Nao-chan in the back."

"Sorry, I forgot."

"Don't mind." She said as she helped Naoyuki to get in the car. "Another day I may."

The woman Winked her eye and said quietly to his ears: "It's a good chance for you to get along with him, don't waste it, okay?"

And she got in the car too.

Leaving a shy man with 'butterflies' in the stomach outside of the vehicle, with gusts of wind that couldn't calm his quick heart beats.

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"Sweethearth, where do you want to have breakfast?" While Naoyuki was inspecting the car of Fujikawa, the mother asked him that question.

Naoyuki started thinking, 'Name of places to eat, huh? What should I say? Ichiraku Ramen? Or perhaps Yukihira Restaurant?'

"Oh sorry, I forgot that you don't remember places…" The mother rapidly noticed the inconvenient of his son, so she changed the question, "Rather, what do you want to eat?"

"In that case…" Naoyuki touched his chin, and started to think about all those Japanese dishes he always wanted to try, there were a lot of meals, like ramen, sushi, sashimi, unadon, tempura, soba, udon, yakitori, takoyaki, the list was huge.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmmm~"

And since a lot of his Japanese friends told him that the Japanese food that are sold in America weren't that authentic and taste different, Naoyuki always wanted to try the original Japanese cuisine.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…"

But what should he try? not all the foods can be served as breakfast. For example, he had heard that some ramen soup must take an entire day to cook, so those are just sold at night. Or there're some snack, that are just available when there're special holidays.

Naoyuki doesn't want to mess it up.

'What should I eat?' He came back to that question again.

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Both adults looked each other, for some reason, a kid with choice overload was extremely cute for them, the mother even took out her phone to take a picture.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmm…"

"Catcha!" The phone flashed.

At the end, Naoyuki couldn't decide, so he took out of his pocket a legendary phrase perfect for these moments.

"Surprise me!"

The two adults in the vehicle made eye contact again, and laugh, that phrase was too mature coming from a kid.

The mother caressed the head of Naoyuki, and then spoke.

"Since it's your car, why don't you decide where we should breakfast? Fujikawa-san?" Then she winked her eye.

The message was clear, if he decides, and Naoyuki likes the food, he could win the child's approval.

Fujikawa got excited right away.

"Ok, Noki-san is going to bring you to a nice place to breakfast, you would definitely love it!" That having been said, Fujikawa fastened the seat belts and started the car.

In his eyes you could see that he already took decision of the best place.

Looking the enthusiasm of Nokia, Naoyuki started to have little more expectation in his eyes.

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After 10 minutes in car, the three of them arrived their destination.

"What do you think Naoyuki-chan? Do you like this place?" Fujikawa Noki stood in front of the restaurant, raising up his shoulder, proud of his election.

"......." Naoyuki was shocked.

'What the fu** I'm doing in a McDonalds?!'

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