Shiloh

"I don't think I'm very special. I'm not different."

Shiloh is a character in Our Life: Beginnings & Always and XOXO Droplets.

Appearance
Shiloh has light brown curly hair, gray eyes, and pale skin. He has freckles on his face and body. He wears a blue bucket hat with a black string, black backpack, t-shirt with blue and white stripes, and blue overalls with yellow buttons and a yellow anchor in the middle during Step 1. In Step 3, he wears a violet cap, a yellow plaid shirt with a green shirt underneath, and a yellow belt over a pair of khaki pants.

Personality
Shiloh is shown to try his best to always act friendly and amiable. It is very hard to get an opinion from him; mostly due to his fear of upsetting others or being disliked by them as shown when the player asks him what type of iced treat he wants. The player have doubts whether Shiloh actually means what he says because of how often he gives compliments. He would act the same way to anyone, making them unsure if he is even their friend. He is shown to or projects himself as someone who happily follows along with the plans of whoever around is the oldest, which might be the reason why Elizabeth is his favorite. He is also shown to be able to fake innocence quite well as he is implied to have pulled Elizabeth down with him under the guise of slipping in the sand a second time.

Background
Shiloh never lived in Sunset Bird but had always spent his summers there until he and his mother moved away after Step 1. He states that he does not have a father or two mothers; just a single mother. In XOXO Droplets, he mentioned that he broke a bone while riding a horse back when he lived in Montana, indicating that this might have been where he moved to. His mother is shown to be usually busy working and occasionally works late into the night.

Elizabeth
It was mentioned multiple times that she was his favorite and he often followed her around like a puppy. It was even implied in XOXO Droplets that he had an unrequited crush on her. The player often felt left out when the two were together before Cove came along.

In Step 3, Shiloh acts as though he has forgotten her and the player, but since this coincides with the time frame of XOXO Droplets (further supported by the fact that Nate, another love interest there appears), there is a high chance that this was a lie. In XOXO Droplets, JB, the main character of the game, has a conversation wherein Shiloh mentions that he reconnected with Elizabeth online. JB concludes from the information he gave and things he implied that Elizabeth was his childhood crush and that he was satisfied to be able to turn her down now that she and plenty of other girls liked him, stating that he must have thought it was "comeuppance". This most likely happened shortly after their meeting in Step 3.

Main Character
The main character and Shiloh had known each other for a long time and regardless of the player's choices, it is stated in the in-between portion that everyone was very sad when he moved, including the protagonist. They also have a choice to feel sad that Elizabeth was Shiloh's favorite and to wish that it had been them instead; dejected over the fact that no matter how close they felt they had gotten with Shiloh when it was only the two of them, they would always be "second fiddle" to him compared to Elizabeth.

According to the developer, when Shiloh was around 7, his tactic was to blend in with his peers. To him, a person will be considered an outcast if they are different and will be treated badly. Before Cove had arrived in Sunset Bird, he had quietly designated this role to the main character in his mind.

Cove
Cove and Shiloh never really got along that well, but were never really enemies. They weren't friends; just acquaintances who hung out with each other because they had the same friends. Shiloh greets him politely whenever they see each other and Cove acknowledges his presence. However, it is hinted that he treats Cove as the "lesser member" of their little group during Step 1.

Trivia

 * Shiloh is a love interest in XOXO Droplets and is a character in XOXO Blood Droplets.
 * In XOXO Droplets, he reveals to JB (the player) that he started wearing hats because of his curly hair but eventually grew to like them as accessories.
 * His zodiac sign is Scorpio and his birthday is on October 30.
 * He is straight.
 * His father's last name is Haney.
 * His mother and father were never married.
 * His morning routine is to wake up surprisingly early. He showers and brushes his teeth as soon as possible. He will spend some time making sure his hair and uniform look okay. He checks his phone and sends replies before leaving his room. Afterwards, he will go to the school. He’s usually one of the first on campus for the day.
 * He likes skating (or at least pretends to). He can skate well.
 * Shiloh doesn’t do that much specific exercising but he does have a very active life in general.
 * He claims to love all holidays.
 * If someone who struggles with English struck a conversation with him, he would be happy to help them; even trying to open a translator app on his phone if needed.
 * He claims that flavored lip gloss is stylish. He would feel flattered if his girlfriend would wear it for him.
 * Shiloh prefers being roommates with a lady, but co-ed dorms aren’t allowed in his school.
 * He is allergic to flowers.
 * His parents were both 18 when his mother accidentally got pregnant. They tried to stay with each other for his sake, but the developer stated that "it quickly became clear that their lives were going in different directions and trying to revolve their lives around what the other was doing wouldn’t work". His father let Marigold raise their child and he rarely contacts them.