37 Chapter 37

Eyeing him suspiciously, Naomi planted her feet squarely in front of him. \"I'm not moving until you tell me what the hell you're talking about.\"

Throwing up his hands in a gesture of surrender, Israel smirked as he answered her.

\"The Portuguese Breakfast.\"

Expecting a string of insults to follow, Israel was surprised to see her blink in ignorance instead.

\"What the hell is a Portuguese Breakfast?\" She asked, spitting out the phrase uncomfortably.

Israel's eyes twinkled as he silently praised the gods of perverse humor.

\"That is an excellent question,\" He began, trying to sound serious as he kept his face composed. \"To tell you the truth, I don't quite know myself. I guess it's just one of those universal terms everyone says but not many people really understand.\"

Naomi still wasn't moving. Around them, NPC's began exiting their homes and opening up their shops as the virtual sun began rising above the horizon.

\"I don't believe you.\" She said staunchly, hands still on her hips.

Israel put a hand to his chest solemnly. \"Seriously, I don't know what it means. You'll have to ask someone who really gets it. I'm telling you, it's just one of those things people say without really getting the origin of the joke itself.\"

Narrowing her gaze, Naomi's eyes threatened to burn a hole through him. \"Oh yeah, like what? Give me an example.\"

Brushing his hair out of his face, Israel shrugged impatiently. \"I don't know. Just certain stuff. Like douchebag I guess. People say that all the time and no one really knows where it comes from or what it really is.\"

Naomi put a hand to her head in exasperation. \"Everyone knows what a douchebag is. It's a feminine hygiene product.\"

Israel leaned in, enthralled by this new information suddenly brought to light before him. \"Seriously? A hygiene product? What's it do?\"

Shaking her head fervently, Naomi began walking quickly up the street as she said, \"Nope. Forget it. I don't like where this conversation has ended up and I really don't to be thinking about douchebags while I'm eating.\"

Following after her, Israel was still curious, but decided he was just happy she still didn't know what the Portuguese Breakfast was. She'll ask someone soon, and it'll be awesome.

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\"I'm not even gonna lie,\" Toyosaid around a mouthful of scrambled eggs, \"this was well worth the Col.\"

Sitting at the opposite side of the small dark oak table, Naomi smiled triumphantly. \"Told you so.\"

After trying to decide between one of the three restaurants in Trevica, Toyohad settled on The Friday, more so because he liked the name than anything else. It was the smallest of the three restaurants, and located on the edge of town just within the safe zone limits. Upon entering the empty restaurant and seating themselves at the table closest to the door, the NPC's that ran the place had flocked to them without question, bringing menus, drinks, and waiting on their orders. At first, Toyo had skimmed along the prices unhappily. When Naomi reminded him that she had offered to pay, he finally went with the scrambled eggs and cheese, with Naomi ordering a large veggie omelette for herself.

After a few moments of silence as they ate, Naomi set her empty plate aside and leaned forward tentatively.

\"So you and Jae are brothers?\"

Twirling his fork in the air as he chewed, Toyo took a moment to answer.

\"Well, we're not actually related by blood, if that's what you mean,\" he began. \"But as far as we're concerned, he is my brother. And vice versa.\"

Naomi didn't look surprised. \"Makes sense. It's easy to see how much you guys love each other. But it felt to me like you argue a lot too, and from what I can tell, you have very different personalities.\"

Toyoshrugged. \"Part of brotherhood is arguing. We fight a lot because we care. We both want to do whatever it takes to keep the other safe. And I guess,\" he added under his breath, \"It might have something to do with our personalities. We are pretty different in the way we go about a lot of things. But there's also lots of things we see eye to eye at instantly.\"

Naomi nodded. \"Yeah, that sounds about right. But that's good though. You can both see things from different perspectives. Balance each other out and all that.\"

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