Akeno Costa

''"And sometimes, if you don't feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after awhile you won't be able to tell the difference." - Akeno Costa''

Akeno is introduced in the first book. He is a human living in the realm but was originally born in the human world. He is scene at a fruit shop ordering a bag of apples. Eli realizes that the boy was kidnapped as Eli had when he was younger. Noe and Lue deal with the kidnapper although Akeno hadn't mind at all.

Appearance
Akeno has short choppy brown hair that he never has to tend to as it always stays and looks the same in it's short choppy state. He has a light russet colored eyes. He is usually wearing the most casual clothes of the boy characters. He's always wearing a t-shirt and baggy jeans that he usually needs a belt for.

Character Analysis
Akeno comes into the story as a very happy and clumsy person. A lot of the characters are quick to judge him as a stupid boy due to all his happiness that he gives off. For book one and two it seems as though that's all he is, a stupid happy boy. But in book three and so on he begins to show the characters with personal  experiences while the two are alone, that he is not stupid or happy. He is actually a lot wiser than the other characters and is not quick to judge like most people. He loves to help people and listen to their problems which he gives great advice to. Akeno shows that he is actually sad and that he misses his family a lot. He doesn't agree with a lot of decisions that other characters do but does not say anything to avoid conflict. He knows by doing this can cause trouble but he does not like people around him to be angry. He tells Ren that he doesn't mind if everyone thinks of him as a stupid guy, he says it's easier to hide his emotions that way. He doesn't want to be sad around other people because he doesn't want to make others sad. He falls in love with Danni. When he first meets her he sees that she is easily angered and unhappy. He wants to stay by her side so that he can always make laugh and smile.

Past and Childhood
Akeno's mother died giving birth to him. He was the first and last child in his family His father did not have a well paid job and was constantly struggling to keep him and Akeno out of the streets. Akeno was alone most of his time. He was lonely and usually had to care for himself while his father paid for the small house and bills. Akeno didn't want to disturb his father by feeling sad or angry over his life. Akeno learned that if he practiced smiling everyday in the mirror that he would eventually be unable to tell the difference. He was a B student in school getting average grades but he tried his hardest. One day a boy asked Akeno if he wanted to join the Baseball Club and he did, taking up the sport and growing a passion for it. He was unfortanetly able to continue the sports as the uniforms became too much for him to pay and he was forced to quit. He didn't have much friends. Most people looked down on him as the "poor" boy. In his freshman year of highschool, his father came down with a disease and had to stay in the hospital most of the time. Akeno was walking home from school when he was kidnapped from an older man. He was knocked out and brought to the realm. The man explained to Akeno that he was very lonely and sad. His son had just died and that he needed a new child. He went to the human world to steal a human boy, which was Akeno. Akeno is glad that he is wanted but wonders how sad and lonely his father must be now. Akeno lives with the man for two years until he finally meets the other characters.

Trivia

 * Akeno's father eventually died from his disease
 * Akeno is attacked by a ravenous boy, a vampire, Eurynome, who Akeno tried to help. Akeno dies at the near end of book four.