


Jack remembers growing up with his family, surrounded by love and happiness. He remembers the friendly faces and smiling beans all around. He remembers learning how to ride a bike, alongside his father. Jack mumbled to his dad, " papa? how am I gonna get that thing to move? " His papa chuckled. " Well, with your legs of course! Hop on, i'll show ya. " Shay said smiling. Jack nervously climbed onto the mini bike with training wheels and a small decorated horn taped onto it. Jack wobbled as he sat on the bike, holding onto his father's leg for dear life. Shay laughed gently, and said, " go on, i'll hold you! ". Jack looked at his father with wide eyes, and decided to trust him. His little legs began to shuffle back and forth on the bike, and he clamped the handles as tight as he could. He called to his father, " Look papa!! I'm doing it! I'm really doing it! " and as soon as he turned around to show his father, he fell over. He gasped, and tumbled into a patch of clovers. " Good job! Here, lemme help you up. " Shay said, lifting up the pink bean. " oww, my knee.. " Complained Jack. " Oh, it's fine. Would you like a band-aid? " asked Shay. " mhmm.. " sniffed Jack. His father pulled out a pink bandage, and gently smoothed it onto Jack's knee. " Now you be careful, Jack-jack! " Said his father, motioning him towards the bike again. Soon enough, Jack was gliding down the street on a bright red bike, honking the little horn.
Jack remembers the first time he saw a shooting star, with his friend Noctis. Jack was about 22 years old, which is pretty old to have not seen a shooting star, so Noctis was furious with him for not asking them sooner. They called up Jack, and said " Jack!! come here now!! We're going stargazing and you're not leaving until you've seen a shooting star. " Jack sighed into the telephone and nodded, " psh.. alright then, i'll go pack some stuff, give me a sec. " Noctis squealed with satisfaction, and hung up. Jack packed about 4 boxes of pocky, a black hoodie with planet and star graphics on it, and he also packed an ipod and headphones. It was going to be a long night. He drove out to Noctis' favorite stargazing hill, and of course they were there nodding excitedly. They had set up a bunch of telescopes, had constellation maps and star guides spread out across the grass. It was about sundown, so they began impatiently prancing around and waiting for the moon to glide into the sky. About 2 hours passed, and it was now about 10:00 PM, so they were both doing their own thing. Noctis was furiously staring at the sky, and Jack was laying on the grass, his hood pulled up and his headphones in, deep into his song, with a stick of pocky hanging out of his mouth. another 2 hours had passed, and it was now midnight. Noctis yawned, and closed their eyes for a few moments. Suddenly Jack bolted upwards, and the sky illuminated. Jack gasped and tugged on Noctis' tail to wake them up. " There are a bunch of flaming rocks flying across the sky! " shouted Jack. Noctis jolted up and began to gasp in awe. " oh my stars!! it's a meteor shower!! " They hollered. " A meteor what?! " yelled jack. " oh, don't worry, they're harmless! Just look how pretty! " Noctis gasped. The two sat for a good hour or so, staring at the almost seemingly infinite streak of meteors. at 2 AM, Noctis turned to Jack. " Thanks for coming, it was fun. I'd like to hang out more, ya know? " They then began rambling on about stars, and Jack laid down and put his headphones back in, and slowly fell asleep on the soft hill.


Jack remembers the first time he tried pocky. He was just but a small, ball of red and pink fluff, tumbling around on the carpet in his mom's room. Mushka giggled at him, and he giggled back at her. She had a box of pocky in her hands, chomping on about 3 sticks at a time. Jack looked at her in curiosity, and flattened his ears. he then climbed onto her bed, and made the " gimmie hands " motion. Mushka laughed and said, " what, you want some? Here ya go, Jack-Jack. " Jack eagerly snatched the chocolaty sticks from her hands, and stuffed one in his mouth. his ears bolted up and so did his tail. He giggled in excitement. It was so good! He then begged for another. Mushka nodded and gave him a few more sticks. He rolled around happily. After that, he went through about 2 more boxes. Ever since he's been hooked. He just can't go without them!
Jack's greatest fear is being alone or forgotten.
He's grown so attached to his family members, he couldn't bare to be apart from them. He's so emotionally dependent on them, and he knows he wouldn't live a day without them. He has had reoccurring nightmares about never seeing his family again, which he had to talk to his grandpa about. He also is deathly afraid of being forgotten, or ignored. He's also had dreams where he is trying to talk to his family, but they all ignore him as if he didn't exist. Jack has tried so hard to not think about it, but when he does he can't help but feel insecure. He's talked it out with his parents, siblings and even younger nephews, but this fear still dwells within him. It's his main cause of losing his cool, when or if he does anymore.
tapping his nails - When Jack feels insecure or nervous, he tends to rapidly tap his nails on any solid surface. He may even accidentally tap them on someone else, but he can't help it, it's sort of a natural reflex. It also shows his impatience sometimes, especially when thinking about his past or a stressful situation
scrunching his nose - When Jack is disgusted or annoyed, he tends to slightly scrunch his nose, whether he knows it or not. This has also become a reflex, which he can't help. It may often happen at the worst time, such as at a funeral and he sees a spider or something and someone becomes offended by it, then he ends up feeling terrible about it.
smoking - This is the worst of his habits. whenever under severe pressure or stress, he turns to a pack of cigarettes to seek calamity. It's not the best choice, but he's never really dropped the habit and has become something that's normal for him to do. He is responsible about it, and only does it once in a great while, and it hasn't caused too much trouble for him yet.


gaming -
When he finds a game he likes, it becomes sort of an addiction to him. He can blame Mushka for this. Since he was young, he was conditioned to loving video games and getting merchandise from various game fandoms, and he still does. He bounces from one game to the next, becoming slowly obsessed with it as he goes. He does remember to stay trendy and fashionable, so he ends up only wearing a wristband or bottle cap button with things relating to the game on it from time to time.
blushing
Jack tends to blush a lot, whether he means to or not. He is easily flattered, and takes most things as a compliment. He may even blush if he sees a pretty flower in public, and people often mistake it as if he's flirting with them. But, when he does intend to blush, he ends up turning his entire face red.
bouncing his tail -
He often bounces his tail up and down as he walks, and it does annoy some beans but he doesn't care or realize it most times. It's sort of a way to keep him calm, and a way to express his happiness. It is kinda cute to some, but to others it's annoying.