Heading home, Jake didn't waste any time calling Tom to discuss what to wear to tonight's cosplay event. Tom was a bit thrown off as to why Jake didn't want to go all out, instead, he wanted to be a side character, someone who didn't look famous. Tom had his work cut out for him since Jake is 6'2, nicely toned face, muscular body, and suave voice, it would be hard to put him as a side character. Tom finally came up with a list of three different characters Jake could play. One would be Sebastian from 'The Black Butler', two Elias from 'The Ancient Magus Bride', or last but not least, Kisame from 'Naruto'.
"You are kidding right?" "It's not my fault you are so tall and you said you didn't want to stand out." "Then why is Sebastian on the list?" "Well, ok, you got me with that one, but there aren't many characters you can be with your height." "Let me see, hmm, I think this will do, doesn't matter if it is a little short, " Jake said as he pulled a raggedy shirt and pants out of Tom's closet throwing it on the bed taking a closer look at it.
"Hey man, you can't be serious are you?" "You have glasses right?" "Jake, come, on man, you are too..." "Where are the glasses, Tom?" "This is going to be hilarious, why are you dressing like this again?" "Remember Ciel?" "Hmm, are you still thinking about how your "little master" got away from you that night? Why don't you give it a break, we don't know anything, except the fact she crossdresses and has a friend named Nancy." "And that she is not yet 18 and her forest green eyes." "Yeah, yeah, her... wait what did you call them..." "Forest green eyes and thanks to those eyes and her friend Nancy, I found her!" "What?! Come again? You actually found her? Are you serious?" "I am totally serious. You know how I am able to be a 'Student Teacher' for a month, right?" "Yes." "Well, it turns out, that not only did I end up teaching at her high school, but I am also teaching her English class. After a couple of weeks, I..." "WOW!! Jake, my man, so you have a chance to meet the amazing, mysterious, shy cosplayer. How is she in real life? She must be pretty popular for you to find her so quickly." "I even had a chance to meet with her earlier today, but she is like two completely different people."
"What do you mean? I hope she is since she is actually a girl in real life." "When she is not dressed up she keeps to herself." "Haha, sounds the same to me, remember her running away from her 'butler'." "Yes, well, it is hard to explain that is why I want to see how she acts when there is no one around to make her feel uncomfortable." "And want to run away again? I get it now Jake. But you do know, you will still stand out in this, right?" "Maybe, but I will just ignore everyone, as I observe Emma." "Emma...she even has a nice name, tell me is she a beauty." "Yes, she is beautiful although...", deciding to not say any more about her, "Anyways, I am almost ready and you haven't even started." "No worries Jake, I just throw on a costume and a wig and I am done."
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Arriving at the party, Brittnay and Nancy notice right away that Emma seemed to be nervous, which is unusual, especially when she is in character attending a cosplay event. They brushed it off quickly though as it was an event in town, so even they had to be careful on how they acted and addressed each other. When they entered the venue, many people had already arrived. There were cosplayers dressed from Pikcahus to Witches, none of which could outshine Emma's character, just like any other event that they have gone to. Emma dressed up as Nick from Zootopia this time. Despite being on the short side, she was able to play his character without a hitch. After her friends noticed Emma in her character they were able to relax and enjoy the evening. Being in their home town, Brittnay and Nancy kept their distance from each other in order to not draw attention to Emma; especially since everyone knew that they were the only ones to hang around her at school.
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"Hey Jake, I mean Hobo (Tom said Hobo sarcastically since even though Jake was dressed in an oversized shirt and short shorts, that actually fit him like capris with some makeup looking like dirt, his friend still looked good.) how are we supposed to find 'him' again?" Before entering the venue, Jake made it very clear to Tom not to say anything or refer to Emma as a girl, but as a guy, since she has her reasons on why no one is to find out about her. Reasons he is willing to wait and find out. All Jake said in reply to Tom's question was, "I will find him, don't worry", then walked away leaving behind a confused friend. 'Hmph, well I guess I should be happy you ditched me again, now I can get some girls.' Tom inwardly said as he happily went his way to a group of Gypsies.
While walking around, keeping his eyes peeled for Emma, he thought it would be quite easy to spot her since most costumes were not up to par with Emmas' reputation. As he got himself a glass of punch, a short person with soft-looking orange hair and ears passed by, grabbing Jakes's attention. As he followed the little young fox he noticed how natural the tail and ears looked and then he heard some girls squeal, "Look look, he's a fox tonight!" "Oh, I wish he would let us touch his tail, it looks so soft." "I wish he would dance with me tonight?" That was the confirmation he needed, he had found 'him'.