I don't think I get much of a choice when it comes to genetics. Kind of a surprise for everyone involved, really. My mom is full human, and my dad had it as a recessive gene or something. But I don't mind it too much now. It was a lot worse when it first happened.

[With Xiao's back turned, Kokoro sucked in her breath and let it out in a sigh through her nose. The results were almost quick, but still enough for him to catch the pink bleeding out of her hair until it was white, the drop in temperature in the room. It was thankfully brief as she brought it back into herself to avoid making him uncomfortably cold.

When it was all done, she followed him to bed. Her skin was overly pale with a blue undertone. Her lips and fingernails were the same corpse-blue color, and her eyes were the same greenish-blue a glacier was. ]

Not too scary, right?