A Thousand Words Heard from a Closed Mouth

Family bonding at the dinner table

Third Person View

     It was a quiet afternoon, which was unexpected due to how rowdy the Encanto gets at times. The only sound you would be able to hear were the breeze of the wind, bees buzzing, and footsteps of the townspeople.

     Dolores and Y/N avoided possible eye contact, however kept walking back to the Casita, hand in hand. What happened just a few minutes ago was something they could never forget.

     As they arrive, Dolores casually opens the door to see her father brushing her mother's hair, with Antonio placing baby toucans on Pepa's lap. Y/N smiles as they notice the rainbows above the older woman.

     "Hija! How was the rehearsal?" Pepa asks, petting the chicks on her lap.

     "It was great, mamá." She answers, not noticing her hand that was still gripping onto Y/N's. Her parents, however, notice this almost immediately.

     "I see you two have... something going on now." Félix comments, continuing to brush his wife's hair. Dolores jumps and pulls away, denying her father's words.

     Y/N asks, 'What's happening?' to which Dolores simply answers 'Nothing'.

     Camilo comes out from the kitchen with an arepa in his hand and about six more on a plate. "Hey, sis! So how was it, did you two..." He imitates a kissing noise before taking a bite of his arepa. Dolores rolls her eyes and replies with a no, humming after.

     "Oh, come on... I'll ask tío Bruno then." He says which makes Dolores roll her eyes even more.

     "He has nothing to say." She scoffs, with Pepa and Félix giggling beside them. Dolores simply smiles before grabbing Y/N's hand once again and bringing them to her room upstairs.

Y/N's POV

     As I lay down on Dolores' bed, I basically stare at the ceiling for a long while, just thinking. Wow, Dolores likes me... No, she's in love with me. I can't believe this amazing, sweet, loving woman, is in love with me. I could just melt right now...

     If she didn't pop up in my sight just three seconds later with that sweet smile of hers.

     'Now that we're actually together, what do you want to do?'

     Without thinking, I pull her into an embrace that slowly grows into cuddles as we drop onto the bed together. Her hair has the scent of lilacs when I bury my face into her head, tightly hugging her.

     'So what was that about liking someone else?' She questions, making me gulp.

     'I was scared when you told me you liked nobody. I didn't want to make it seem like I like you, so I lied about liking someone else.'

     Dolores gazes at me worriedly, as if she felt guilty about it. I cup her cheek to gesture that it's okay. We stay cuddling each other for a while.

     She plants kisses onto my forehead lovingly and we get comfortable in bed.

     How I wish we could stay like this forever...

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Third Person POV

     Julieta requests Camilo to call Dolores and Y/N for dinner. The boy excitedly rushes upstairs and knocks on his sister's door, losing a little enthusiasm when he doesn't get a response.