Obsessive Admirer 1: Charmed By Casanuva

"Good morning, Nate!"

Nate Adams slowly sat up in bed. The voice of Whisper, his self-appointed Yo-kai butler and friend, wasn't a welcome sound this early in the morning, but a necessary one if he wanted to get to school on time. As Nate rubbed his eyes and yawned in exhaustion, he looked around his bedroom; His Yo-kai best friend, Jibanyan, was curled up at the foot of his bed. Nate smiled and reached for the red supernatural cat, stroking his back as he slept. Jibanyan purred in his sleep, rubbing against Nate's palm before turning over and beginning to snore.

"Nate, I'm speaking to you! Show some manners!" Whisper's voice became louder and snapped Nate to attention. He looked across the room, seeing Whisper floating near the floor in front of a small tea table, with a Yo-kai that Nate wasn't familiar with sitting on the other site. Whisper was sipping tea from a small cup, with his pinky finger sticking out as he drank; he was trying to be a "proper" butler in front of their guest.

The new Yo-kai seemed to have some difficulty in picking up his tea, but having two large cannons for hands would cause anyone to struggle. The Yo-kai's heart-shaped cannons fumbled with the cup, but after a moment of fumbling with it and spilling drops of liquid, he took a sip of tea and slowly sat the cup back on the table. When Nate climbed out of bed, he slowly walked towards the two Yo-kai, yawning and scratching his rear.

"Oh, good! You're awake!" Whisper greeted the human boy. "This is the Yo-kai Casanuva! I met him while I was out this morning!" Whisper held out a hand, motioning towards the new Yo-kai. Casanuva gave Nate a greeting nod, which Nate returned with a lazy wave.

Casanuva was quite a unique-looking Yo-kai; his hair, which curled on his head and trailed down his body, was long, pink, and had a golden ring at the end--it looked like a long piece of taffy with a keyring. A bright red scarf, white shirt, and long, green pants covered his body, with pink wings at the end of the pants' legs. Rather than hands, the ends of this Yo-kai's arms ended in large, golden, heart-shaped cannons.

"Don't let this guy fool you, he was outside sulking because Jibanyan didn't invite him to the party last night." Casanuva finally spoke, chuckling at the furious expression slowly growing on Whisper's face.

"That's a lie! I was going for a morning jog!" Whisper protested.

"You don't have any legs, dude." Nate pointed at the empty space between Whisper and the floor. "Just 'fess up."

"You're both against me!" Whisper fumed. As he continued to flail his arms and pout, Nate took advantage of the distraction to actually meet Casanuva.

"I'm Nate." He greeted. "So you're Casanuva, huh? Nice to meet you!" Nate smiled.

"The pleasure is all mine." Casanuva gave Nate a warm smile. Nate heard a quiet tapping on the table; Casanuva dropped a Yo-kai medal for him to take. Nate smiled at the Yo-kai's kind gesture, dropping the medal into his pocket. "I hope we get along well." Casanuva continued.

"Yes, yes, warm fuzzies all around!" Whisper piped up, having calmed down relatively quickly. "Now then, Nate, I'm sure you're wondering what Casanuva can do! As your butler, I can tell you without even thinking about it!" Nate could see Whisper fumbling with his Yo-kai Pad behind his back, hoping no one saw.

"The people I inspirit become extremely popular and irresistible." Casanuva interrupted. "If you ever need some admirers in your life, I'm the Yo-kai to call."

"That's what I was going to say, exactly!" Whisper shouted, floating in front of Nate's face. Nate pushed Whisper out of the way, looking at Casanuva with a big smile on his face.

"Could you help me out, Casanuva?" Nate asked, looking very excited. "I have just the job for you!"

...

"There she is! That girl, right there!"

Nate pointed towards a girl walking in front of him, who fortunately had yet to notice. Katie Forester, Nate's friend and secret crush, seemed to always be the target of various Yo-kai--even if she never had the slightest clue of it. Casanuva, floating next to Nate and Whisper, looked at Katie with a smirk on his face. He held one of his heart cannons to his chin in thought, looking the girl up and down.

"So you want to become popular with that girl, right?" Casanuva asked. "But if I do that, other girls will want your attention too, you know. You can't be picky, Nate."

"Sure I can!" Nate replied. "Are you sure there's nothing you can do? Anything at all?"

"Hmm ..." Casanuva pondered. "Well, if you can get her alone in a room with you, perhaps I can focus all of my power right there. Since she'd be the only person around to react to your new popularity, maybe she would be the only one effected."

"That seems very unlikely." Whisper sighed, shaking his head. "Nate, let me go on record as saying this is a bad idea."

"Go buttle something, Whisper." Nate replied casually, ignoring his protests. He could hear Whisper fuming and muttering something about him, but ignored the ghostly Yo-kai. Nate looked at Casanuva, and the two exchanged a grin. "Come on, Casanuva! Let's get popular!"

Nate slowly crept behind Katie, taking care that she didn't notice him. It was difficult avoiding Bear and Eddie as well, but after hiding behind a group of lockers, Nate watched Katie as she finished greeting her friends and started preparing for class. No one else seemed to be around, but Nate just had to be sure. What could he do to clear out the room?

"Hey, Whisper!" Nate whispered. "How can we-"

"Leave it to me!" Whisper exclaimed. He floated above the room and smiled, clenching his fists and letting out a large, loud, purple gas cloud of a fart. Nate and Casanuva both cringed, with Nate squeezing his nose to block out the horrible odor. He looked around, seeing that while the room was indeed clear, Katie had passed out on the floor. When Whisper flew back to Nate, he looked quite pleased with himself. "There you go, young master! The room is empty!"

"So is your brain!" Nate snapped at him, smacking him across the room. He ran from his spot behind the lockers and to Katie, reaching down to help her from the floor. "Katie, are you okay? Come on, wake up!"

"N-Nate ...?" Katie asked, slowly opening her eyes. Nate was standing over her, smiling. "What happened?"

"Uh ..." Nate paused, trying to think up a quick excuse. "I don't know! You were at your locker, and then you just kinda passed out!" Out of the corner of his eye, Nate saw Casanuva floating on top of the lockers behind Katie's view. He gave the Yo-kai a nod, watching as Casanuva held out one of his canons and shot out a heart-shaped burst of energy. The blast hit Nate, but he felt no pain; instead, he felt more confident than he could ever remember. When he looked down at Katie, Nate saw that she was looking into his eyes. Her face was a deep red--Katie was blushing as she stared at him.

"Nate ..." Katie seemed hesitant to speak, turning away from him. "I'm sorry that I always called you average. I never realized how amazing you really are."

"W-Well, uh, thanks, Katie!" Nate replied, blushing and looking away as well. "That's really nice of you. We should probably get to class now, okay?"

"Oh, class!" Katie snapped back to reality and stood up, dusting herself off. "We're gonna be late if we don't hurry!" She said. She walked past Nate but paused in her tracks-- she wanted to make sure he left with her. Something inside of her didn't like the idea of him staying behind. "Come on, Nate. You and I need to get going together."

"Uh, sure." Nate nodded and followed her. As Katie walked forward, Nate turned to see Casanuva still floating behind them. Casanuva gave him a wink, with Nate giving a thumbs-up in reply.

Class seemed to go by as normal. Mr. Johnson didn't become inspirited by any day-ruining Yo-kai, no other Yo-kai came in to take over one of Nate's classmates, and Nate's score on last week's test was, as expected, average. Although Nate failed to notice, the other side of the classroom had quite a lot going on--in Katie's mind, at least.

Katie couldn't focus on Mr. Johnson's discussion all morning; instead, she kept wondering what Nate was thinking about. Was he thinking about her, too? Or maybe he had another girl in class running through his mind? If that was the case, Katie wouldn't be happy. Speaking of class, shouldn't Nate be asking to move his and Katie's desks together? They're close friends, after all. That only seems proper. Why wasn't Nate looking at her right now?

She needed to be with Nate right now; having him around all of these other people wasn't good.

"Mr. Johnson!" Katie raised her hand as she stood from her desk. "I'm feeling sick, I need to go to the nurse, please!"

"Oh! Uh, well, sure, Miss Forester." Mr. Johnson paused in his lecture, looking at her. He looked over at the class. "Would anyone like to volunteer to-"

"Nate will do it!" Katie interrupted him. She looked over at Nate with a big, cute smile. "Won't you, Nate?" Nate's entire face was red as he frantically nodded.

"Sure! Sure! I'd love to!" Nate quickly agreed. Any chance to be with Katie wasn't something he would ever turn down!

As Nate and Katie walked down the hall, Nate took a chance to peer over at Katie; she didn't look sick at all. She looked no different than he had seen her just a few hours ago. He wouldn't dream of accusing her of lying to the teacher, but Nate had to admit that he was very curious as to why she wanted him out of class.

"Hey, uh, Katie ..." Nate started to speak up. "Why are we--WHOA!" before he could finish his question, Katie grabbed his shirt collar and yanked him into a nearby classroom, quickly locking the door behind them. When she released her grip, Nate looked around; this room was empty, thankfully. "What the heck's going on, Katie?!" Nate asked. "What's ging on with you?!"

"You're going on with me, Nate!" Katie replied, looking into Nate's eyes with a very serious expression. "I don't know what it is, but I have to be with you! I have to be alone with you, without any other girls! No other girls even deserve to look at you! Just me!"

Nate thanked Casanuva over and over again in his mind. His dreams were finally coming true--a little creepy, to be honest, but coming true all the same. Finally, attention from Katie! All for him!

"I'd be glad to hang out with you, Katie!" Nate happily exclaimed. "What are we supposed to do, though? Won't Mr. Johnson wonder where I am if I take too long taking you to the nur..." Nate silenced himself when he felt Katie's lips press against his. Katie wrapped her arms around Nate and pushed him against the classroom wall, kissing the once-average boy passionately. Nate's eyes widened from the surprise, but in just moments he closed his eyes, enjoying his crush's embrace. Just as he thought Katie was going to pull away, she surprised him once more--Nate felt Katie's tongue push past his lips, poking at his tongue as their kiss continued. Nate wasn't sure how kissing with tongues worked, but Katie's example taught him quickly.

When their kiss broke, Nate looked at Katie; a string of saliva connected their tongues for a moment as Katie started to breathe heavily, looking into Nate's eyes. Katie's normal kind, friendly expression was completely gone; her eyes had a pleading, wanting expression that Nate had never seen outside of actresses in romance movies.

"Don't ever leave me, Nate!" Katie begged. Nate watched in amazement as Katie fell to her knees, clasping her hands together and looking up at him. "Please! I want to be your girlfriend! I want to marry you some day! I don't know why I've never noticed all of this before, but I have to be with you! Please!"

Nate looked at her. He loved the attention, but something was definitely wrong.

Katie had tears in her eyes.

He wanted her attention, but this was getting out of hand. If he had known Casanuva was this powerful, he might have rethought this idea.

But on the other hand, when would he ever get this chance again? The boy's greed started to drown out any reason in his mind. Better enjoy this before something ruins it, right?

"I've always loved you, Katie." Nate replied. "Nothing would make me happier than to be your boyfriend."

"Thank goodness ..." Katie sighed in relief, wiping a tear from her eye. "I was so scared, Nate. I don't know what I would've done if you turned me down. I mean, you could have any girl you wanted ..."

Nate sighed mentally. Sure he could, Katie. Sure.

"I guess we're a couple now?" Nate asked as Katie stood up. He felt his face grow warm when Katie took his hand into hers, leading him out of the classroom. This is amazing! Nate thought to himself as they walked. Finally, Katie is his girlfriend! His dream for years has finally come true!

Sure, it had a shaky start, but things got under control when he accepted. Maybe Katie's tears were just Casanuva going a bit too strong on her. She seemed fine now, right?

This was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

... Right?