"I'm sorry to be such a downer...but I didn't have anywhere else to go, no filter." She responds. I tilt my head. "What do you mean?" I ask, genuinely confused. "The truth is, I had a fight with my husband...and I stormed off in a huff.." she explains. My eyes widen. "What? Really? So yokai have silly disputes too?" I exclaim, completely shocked at this point.

"There's no dispute. He doesn't love me anymore...no filter..." my eyes soften. "Hey...just because you guys got into a fight doesn't mean he doesn't love you anymore. My parents used to get into fights too...and they stayed together for a long time! Im sure if you just talked it out, you guys could be A-okay!" I say, trying to brighten the mood. But, who am I kidding, they hated eachother more than I hate mornings.

She makes a small 'hm' sound, opening her mouth to speak again. "Even if I wanted to, I...don't know where he is anymore..." as if on que, the door opens. "Look who I found." Whisper says, presenting a big cloud of yellow with a green mustache. "That was fast!" Nate looks towards the cloud. It squeezes through the door, it's body being too big. I step away, standing next to Nate.

"Dis! There you are Dis! I am so sorry we had to fight!" He smiles happily.

HAPPIERRE

"I'm guessing thas her husband?" Nate asks. "Meet happierre. A cheery yokai who eminates warmth and comfort!" Whisper continues reading off his yokai pad. "Dismarelda makes everything dark and dreary, is married to Happierre, who makes everything bright and happy! The two cancel eachother out and create normalcy!" He exclaims. "Huh. Would ya look at that." I say quietly.

Nates parents walk towards eachother. "Honey..." Nate's dad says. "I'm so sorry..." Nate's mom bows. "No I'm sorry it was all my fault." They both smile at eachother.

"Let's go home sweetcakes." Happierre turns to his wife. "Let's get out of here. This place is so depressing. No filter." Dismarelda groans. 'I wonder why.'

We all watch them walk out the door, smiling.

Turns out there was one more yogurt hiding behind the milk!

~~~~~~~~~

As we reach Nate's room, I remeber something. "Hold on you guys. I'm gonna go to the bathroom, be right back!" I run into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. I pull out a picture from my bookbag.

"Hey dad, haven't talked to you in a while. Sorry about that, I've been busy with my friends lately. You remember them, right? You tried to make us cookies that one time, but they turned out burnt." I chuckle at the memory. "Me and Nate made a new friend today! His name is Whisper. He's a yokai. Remeber when you told me stories about yokai? You always told me they weren't real. He's super nice and funny. He cracks me up. He reminds me of you. He gave us these cool watches that allow us to see yokai. I wish you were here now so you could see. Mom's still busy with work, so I've been at Nate's house more often. I miss you, dad. I wish I could see you one last time..." I wipe the tears from my face, shoving the picture back into my bookbag and walking out of the bathroom.

"Hey guys, I'm back!" I flash a smile. "Hey, Y/n!" Whisper and Nate say in unison. "What were you guys talking about?" I ask. "We were actually just about to talk about how yokai are real!" Whisper smiles. Oh god, not another one of his lectures...

He clears his throat. "The yokai live in a dimension parallel to the human world, but they often come to the human realm to cause trouble, like they did today. The only thing is, no one can see them but you guys!" He explains. "I can't believe it!" Nate sits up from his position on his bed.

'Neither can I.'

"Don't worry, as long as I am here you can rest easy. I will protect you from trouble, and maybe even make things a little better for you!" I scoff. "And who as the one who sorted thing out with dismarelda?" I ask.

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