Jeremy

"What? What is it? What do you want?"

- Jeremy, upon initially meeting Cove, Derek, and the main character

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

Appearance
In Step 2, Jeremy has a green bowlcut hair, orange eyes, and pale skin. He wears a white polo shirt with designs on the collar and the sleeves, and gray pants. He has a wristwatch on his left wrist and brown glasses.

He appears again in the optional Step 3 DLC. He replaced his glasses with contact lenses. His hair is longer and swept back, with some of it tucked in front of his ears. He wears a gray biker vest and a brown-and-white t-shirt underneath.

Personality
Jeremy likes to complain about a lot of things. For all of his appearances in Step 2, he is always shown to be either angry or irritated. He does not care about what other people think and is not afraid to rant to strangers. He also thinks that it is useless when people try to sympathize or be nice to him.

He also does not enjoy being with people he considers idiots; which is implied to be everyone. He is blunt and usually dishes out insults at other people like taking note of Cove's wavy eyebrows or calling the main character stupid for wearing a party hat during "Birthday". Calling people stupid and how they "don't know anything" are his most favorite insults.

The player, along with Cove and Liz, meets him again in "Serendipity". He is disinterested and composed compared to his demeanor in Step 2, though he is shown to be somewhat apologetic over how he acted back then and admittedly saying that people who dealt with him before were definitely not having a good time. Despite that, he still does not consider himself as nice. He no longer has the energy to release his temper strongly; not throwing tantrums or picking fights anymore like his twelve-year-old self would. Jeremy simply admits to others that he is "just miserable".

He firmly believes that his opinion is the least important thing anyone should be worrying about, calling it pointless. He remains blunt, albeit not exactly intending to ice the mood. There is also an instance where he does not know how to accept genuine compliments thinking he is just being made fun of as shown when he groans after being called cute while blushing.

Background
It is implied through his dialogue that his father and/or mother's relatives are residing within Sunset Bird. He is forced to go with them for a visit and presumably stays in the neighborhood for the duration of Step 2.

Cove
Jeremy had a hostile relationship with Cove. Other than antagonizing Cove and his friends for trying to talk to him, he specifically points out Cove's wavy eyebrows as stupid. He also goes out of his way in "Birthday" just to rant and insult Cove and the main character.

In "Serendipity", Jeremy indirectly apologizes to Cove and the protagonist for the way he acted five years ago. After Cove makes a comment about him being nice, Jeremy does not hesitate to brush him off and deny the sentiment, saying otherwise. As the conversation goes on, Cove eventually asks him what Jeremy thinks of him. Though reluctant to comply, specifically noting how getting his opinion would be pointless, Jeremy decides to answer after seeing Cove was still asking for it.

He mentioned how different the two of them were, with how Cove cares a lot of things that "do not matter" and is soft in general unlike Jeremy. He emphasizes how Cove makes himself miserable when he had already found his way to enjoy his life. He then tells him to "stay gentle and happy" and that he hopes for him and everyone else to "have wonderful lives and suffer as little as possible".

Main Character
Jeremy is always annoyed with the main character, regardless of their actions towards him. If they try to sympathize with or say nice things to him, he will dismiss their efforts, often saying that what they say is pointless. There are also multiple occasions when he calls them stupid, an example being his comments on them wearing a party hat in "Birthday".

Due to his personality change in Step 3, he becomes apologetic to them. However, despite becoming more passive, he still thinks that they should not waste their time talking to someone like him. He blushes and becomes defensive if he receives a compliment from them.

Derek
Jeremy disregards Derek's cheerful disposition the first time they meet. He brushes off the latter's attempt at socializing with him and even openly mocks what Derek says to him before he leaves.

It is unknown about what he thinks of him as five years pass by, but it is also possible that he had forgotten all about Derek.

Shiloh
It is revealed that Jeremy and Shiloh are actually acquainted with one another in "Serendipity", being in the same boarding school. According to Jeremy, their relationship with each other is something that isn't considered as a friendship. Knowing him for a year and half, Shiloh could not imagine the protagonist and Cove's description of Jeremy's personality back in Step 2. However, he reassures Cove, Liz and the player that he is okay and that people continue to look out for him.

When the main character is given the chance to ask more about what Jeremy is like, he allows Shiloh to answer them for him while adding a few comments of his own. Shiloh further proves his familiarity to Jeremy by remarking about how him building up something good only to undercut it is something that makes him who he is.

Trivia

 * Jeremy is a love interest in the optional paid version of XOXO Droplets and a character in XOXO Blood Droplets.
 * The player can contact Jeremy again after "Serendipity" during the end of Step 3 if they asked for his number.
 * Jeremy's voice actor for Step 2 and 3 is Calvin Joyal.