It was a new day in Sutirushiti, and a return to routine for me. I woke up very early on my futon, jolting wondering if I was really home or if I was just dreaming and still in the hospital room. "Ouch!" I couldn't help but pinch my cheek just out of curiosity. Then it's real, I'm back home, I can't help but tear up happy to see the ceiling of my room. I take my glasses that were next to me and I put them on, I check the time, it's still very early, so I get up from the futon, stretch and push the sliding door of the closet.

Doraemon was still asleep, I lovingly caressed his head, thanking him for all the time he was with me during those horrible moments I went through. To some, it just looked like any mechanical robot that had different traits because it was from the future, but to me, it's one of the best things that ever happened to me, my best buddy. I put the futon at the bottom of the closet and closed the door. I go down little by little to the lower part of the house going to the bathroom to wash, mom notices my presence when she was preparing breakfast, so when I came out of the bathroom, she looks at me surprised.

"Good morning son. You woke up very early today, usually I have to yell at you to get up and not be late for school." Mom smiles, still in amazement, I only got up because I had lost sleep too early. But seeing her made me realize something, I missed this routine so much, plus I made mom and dad have horrible days.

"Good morning mom, I'm not sleepy anymore, so I'd better take advantage of that so as not to be late." And they don't know what I've gotten myself into, so I want them to at least take away a good memory of me. If I fail in that mission, if the mission comes to fruition and I don't succeed... I started to think about the possibilities, Seiya and the others were convinced that everything would turn out well, but with what I experienced, I just thought: And what If this was my second and last chance?

Thoughts continued to invade my mind as I walked to the kitchen "Good morning Nobita, it's good to see you up earlier. Have you decided to do things differently?" Dad smiles at me as he reads the newspaper, but that innocent question only opened up more questions in my head as I sit at the table. "And Doraemon?"

"He's still sleeping, I let him sleep a little longer, I think he was tired" was what I said while I bite into the toast that mom prepared to me

Mom sits next to dad while they were sitting in front of me, there was an empty chair that is Doraemon's, but he is sleeping. "It's true, Doraemon made an effort to take care of you during that process, when you were in a coma he kept an eye on you in case you had any of your attacks. He is the one who slept the least completely, since in the early mornings he would wake up to see if you were okay, even when you were in the month of observation, he never left your side except when he went to the cafeteria" Dad says to which that took me by surprise.

"And also Shizuka was the one who was the most attentive as Doraemon, she used to stay to cover us while you were in a coma, she even repaired your cap, and let's not forget your birthday" Mom is right, just that month was my birthday and although it was sad to have spent it in the hospital, Shizuka appeared with a homemade cake with strawberries along with Dekisugi, Seiya and Melia who improvised a small celebration, the truth is, it felt nice.

"Thank goodness everything is over, let's hope that soon the Baron ends up imprisoned for everything he has done, all that damage he committed and what many have lost because he doesn't think about those he affects with his incidents should end" What dad says is true, Baron Kurai has done so much damage to Sutirushiti, I'm one of his victims after all, I know that I'll no longer be able to have the same life as before no matter how much I seem to.

...I have to do it, for them, I want them to have good memories of me. I should stop thinking like this as if something else was going to happen, but all this is leading me to reconsider many things, my grandma motivated me to continue, but on the other hand...

I want to amend my way of being before the incident...

I... I...

"I know I'm lazy, stupid, clumsy and a slow wannabe mechanic who gets 0s and hasn't been able to create anything, you've put up with me so much and I still made you worry many times because of how I'm and especially when I almost died, I want to give you a good memory of me because despite how I am, you worried about me even though I worried you a lot, I made you have a hard time especially during those two months and I'm very sorry, I was weak!"

"Nobita!" Mom caught my attention because dad and she saw that I'm crying, tears are coming out of my eyes without me realizing it, and apparently I said that last thing out loud and brittle instead of thinking about it.

Oh man, what an awkward way to start the day. "I-I-I, I'm sorry..."

I try to wipe my tears with my hands while I'm shaking, but I feel dad's hand stroking my hair as they both smile at me. "It's a little hard for everyone to get back to the normal after what we've been through but, like I said, everything is going to be okay now. Don't think that this happened to you because you were weak, what happened was because of someone else. I don't ask you to forget everything that happened, neither can I. That day, when your mother told me what happened to you, I felt the world collapsing on me because I thought we had lost you because of the incident, since in the morning we had only said goodbye without worry and from one moment to the next you were in that situation, fighting for your life while adapting to a prosthesis"

Mom can't help but tear up at those words, neither can I really. "Your mom and I love you Nobita, you don't have to forget that, you shouldn't think that you gave us, Doraemon, or your friends a bad time. That you are still with us makes us very happy"

Dad's words and Mom's smile as she wipes the tears from my eyes made me realize that I definitely should do it, the incident has changed the way I see things "Mom, dad. I know I've said it before and I don't I have fulfilled it but... This time I really promise to make an effort to do things better. I'm going to make an effort to gradually stop being a fool and a lazy person. I want you to at least see that I can do it, this time, for real."

"I've heard that from you every time I scold you but, this time you seem to say it very sincerely, Nobita, so, we'll trust what you say. But for now, take it easy, it was only yesterday that you left the hospital, although I'm glad that this time you say that with so much feeling" Mom nods as she gets up to pick up the dishes and take them to the laundry room, I said that I was going to make an effort this time. That's why I also got up to help mom wash the dishes, she thanks me with a smile.

After breakfast, I take the medicine that I'll have to take every morning for a year, I go up to my room to change and put on my cap, and then prepare my bag to go to school. Going down the stairs I felt a mixture of nerves and expectations of what my first day would be like after the incident. When I realized, I was already at the entrance putting on my boots "Nobita!" I hear Doraemon's voice and I turn to see him coming down the stairs, he just woke up and he looks at me surprised. "Are you ready for school without mom and I telling you? Incredible"

I get up with a smile "I think it's time to have a change that's not just a change of heart. I'm leaving."

Doraemon also smiles at me for hearing me say that "Have a good day buddy, if you have an attack tell the teacher, okay?"

"Have a good day son" says mom who also says goodbye to me with a smile. I open the door to leave the house and close it sighing. This was a new day of a new me, at least, I hope so. I start walking remembering what I was like before the incident, at this time I had just woken up and I was late for school, remembering that makes me somewhat nostalgic. Today I have a plan that involves certain people, if I want to leave my old self behind completely, I must do what I must do. I end up running into Shizuka on my way to school.

"Good morning Nobita, I'm glad to see that you're taking this day well." She smiles at me and I smile at her, if I loved her before, with what happened, now I adored her.

"Good morning Shizuka, I think that from now on, I plan to improve myself" I say to her as we begin to walk together, I see her hand next to mine, I can't help but want to take it, but, I preferred not to. I'm already on the right track with her, I don't want to ruin it. But to my surprise, she is the one holding my hand, again I couldn't help but blush and watch her as she looks at me with a smile. "I'm sorry if you had to be in the hospital every day for me. It's just... Everything that happened made me realize that maybe I'm a bother."

"You're not a bother, I was the one who decided to go see you all this time. Yes, maybe I had to change my routine, but that's okay. I really wanted to know if you were okay, now that everything is back to normal, We're going to get back to that routine. Well, almost to normal." Shizuka looks at the road a little with her head down. "I said I was going to support you if you decided to enter that program, but I'm a little afraid that this time something worse will happen to you."

"I'm going to take care of myself, since I'm going to have some kind of training, this time the baron won't surprise me again like he did in the great hall." We both stop a couple of blocks before reaching the school, and I take out my half-heart necklace, I can't help but let out a small blush on my cheeks "After all, I want to do it for those I care about. According to Mr. Hirano, the Baron is advancing his movements, so we won't have to wait too long to see his final plan... Could it be that when all this with the baron is over we can go to the theater again like a few months ago? Of course, if you have something better to do that day then..."

Shizuka shakes her head and smiles at me while she also pulls out her half-heart necklace. "Not at all. And yes, we're going to the theater after everything calms down." What she said made me very happy, because it was what I expected, since thinking about it, that is where I want to tell her what I feel, when everything has happened, of course if something else were to happen, I would ask Doraemon to help me advance that plan. I don't want to wait anymore. We both continued on our way and realized that at the entrance to the school there were a lot of people gathered. Could something have happened? Because of what happened in the great hall I couldn't help but get nervous, I guess it's the aftermath.

When the adults who were at the entrance noticed our presence, one of them pointed out to me "Look, it's him!" of the tide of people. Now I realize, they are radio journalists and they came for me, apparently the gossip that I gave the alert about the men in black suits had reached them, also the fact that I had a special prosthesis. I would enjoy this if it weren't for the fact that they were asking me so many questions.

How do you feel?

How did you find out about the men in the attack?

How do you feel knowing that you prevented deaths that day?

What's it like to have a heart of gears in your chest?

I try to answer but the pressure from so many questions is affecting me, I'm still with the effects of the chest attacks that wouldn't go away for a year according to Dr. Keta, an artificial heart that for the world where Doraemon comes from would be something normal, it's taboo here, my body is still adapting and this isn't helping me... I'm getting dizzy... I can't breathe well, the pressure is making me and my heart nervous.

If it weren't for the fact that I felt a pull that took me out of there, I probably would have already fainted. Melia is the one who took me out of there, being with the teacher and Shizuka. "Okay, okay, that's enough of the interviews. He still needs to recover and it's not good to have this pressure, let him breathe easy even if is for a week!" Says the teacher who barely manages to get the radio journalists to leave the entrance, Melia and Shizuka take me inside, I also notice how Suneo and Gian were entering the school upset to see me, but I prefer to ignore their faces for now, I want to breathe easy. Once inside the school, the teacher looks at me worried "Are you better Nobi?"

"Yes, I don't feel so pressured anymore, thank you teacher and thank you for getting me out of there Melia" Now I'm better, there were too many adults asking me things, my heart is a machine, not my brain to process so many things.

"It's nothing Nobita and welcome back to school, go with Shizuka and your teacher, surely Seiya and Dekisugi must be waiting anxiously for you. We'll see you later at dad's factory" Melia smiles at me as she says goodbye to me and she goes to her classroom.

"What a busy day I've had, it couldn't get any weirder." I tell Shizuka while she laughs softly and I smile at her, she is the one who calms me down for all these new things that are happening to me because of the incident.

"Don't worry, you'll see that the rest of the day will be normal compared to what you went through for 2 months."

I would really like to think that what Shizuka told me is true but, knowing my bad luck that has led me from small setbacks to losing my heart, I very much DOUBT that is the case.