Daniel Bae

Daniel is a Korean with long black hair that he pulls back in a ponytail. He also has sharp cheekbones and a jawline.

Daniel had always felt secondary to his brother, Charlie, who was good at everything. This was, sometimes, okay with him, because it meant he wasn't the one who was expected to be an overachiever. Then Charlie messed up and suddenly Daniel's parents had expected him to do exeptionally well, and not follow in Charlie's footsteps. Both of his parents had road-mapped his entire life, no pit-stops or breaks allowed. They expected Daniel to become a wealthy doctor, despite his dream of becoming a poet.

On the way to his interview, the driver of the train tells the passengers to find God. Daniel complies and starts looking for a Sign. During his search he sees a black girl with an' enormous, curly Afro and almost-as-enormous pink headphones.' When she turns around, he sees her backpack which sais 'DUES EX MACHINA'  which means GOD FROM THE MACHINE'. Unsure if this is a Sign, he watches her, only to see her duck into a shop named the 'Second Coming Records'.

Throughout the whole book, Daniel follows Natasha Kingsley around to make her fall in love with him. He doesn't know anything about her just that they are meant to be.