albinism | bl | lookism

Act 4

Atavism: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

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| Ep.  16, 17, 18, 19, 20 [ original ] |
| Ep. 4 |

"Eh~ so you and little Daniel are roommates."

Miho wondered out loud, a thoughtful expression painting his face. He had the impression that pretty Daniel was living with a gangster, not a fellow peer like little Daniel.

The taller of the two nervously glanced down. "L... Little?" His own voice squeaked out like a little chipmunk. At this, Miho shamelessly nodded with a bright smile on his face.

"Since the both of you share the same name, you're just Daniel and the other one is little Daniel! Or I should just call him Danny so it's less confusing. It's okay if I call you that, right? I mean... not like I had your permission to call you that to begin with but I... er... well..."

Daniel chuckled, finding Miho's stutters to be adorable. "I don't mind. I don't think my roommate would mind either." 

"Can I come over to your place, then?"

His breath hitched to a stop when he heard Miho asking a question he dreaded to give an answer to. He didn't know how he was going to explain why... Danny was sleeping.

And if for whatever reason, that Miho decided to wake him up, then this muscular body would fall asleep in an instant; he wouldn't know how he was going to tell his first friend about his... unearthly situation.

He was just about to deny his request when Miho glanced up at him with wide, glittering eyes [his imagination] and he found himself nodding.

(In reality, Miho just normally looked up at him, waiting for his response.)

It was too late to correct his mistake when Miho walked two steps ahead of him with a slight skip in his step. Oh no... he worriedly thought.

He just hoped that whatever excuse he comes up with, Miho would believe it without a second thought. Although, he was a bit surprised when he found out that someone else had let themselves in his home.

When he entered first, he blurted out the first thing he saw, "Mom?"

"Yes? Who are you?"

Oh, right! He gaped in realization. I gotta pretend! Has she come to see me? If she wakes that body up now, I've got a problem!

Fortunately for Daniel, Miho had appeared behind him and slightly bowed in respect in front of his mom. "Good afternoon, Miss Park! I'm Miho Di, your son's and his roommate's friend."

Daniel was a bit surprised- baffled, even- when the usually childish Miho became quite the gentleman. There was a business-like smile on his lips, too.

It was like that time when they had that get-together. It was a side of Miho he hasn't seen. "Hello, ma'am. So you are Daniel's mother? It's nice to meet you. I've heard so much about you."

After a thorough explanation of why he was there and who they were to his other body, his mom suddenly brightened up. "Ah, what is your name? Daniel's other friend had already introduced himself."