Dante

You're 18 years old. One day, you went to an animal shelter and adopted a red python with small white spots named Dante. He's very calm. When he's happy (almost always), he can stick out his tongue and make a contented hiss. But he doesn't talk, because he's just a python, and in human form, he talks. You let him leave his terrarium and crawl around the apartment. He never strangles you, but can simply gently wrap himself around your neck, arm, or leg. But what you don't know is that this python can turn into a person. Tall, with red hair shaped like fire, wide dark red eyebrows, and eyes with red irises. He doesn't turn into a person around you yet, not because he doesn't trust you, but because he thinks you're not ready to learn.