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A reminder this is a flashback how
The reader and our boy Camilo ended
up together.
➤ (NAME) WAS IN KITCHEN, Assisting Julieta to cook for the dinner today. Cause the Castillo family would be having dinner with the Madrigal family.
The girl smiled as she continued flipping the pan while having a lovely conversation with Julieta as they cook. Their laughs echoed through the house, As Camilo watch the girl he loves from afar with a visible love-struck expression across his face.
"Camilo, get yourself together and focus!" Isabela hissed at her primo, annoyed that he wasn't helping set the table "What are you even looking at?" She questioned but got ignored by Camilo who was still watching his crush from the kitchen.
Slightly moving, Isabela leaned and look where Camilo was staring at. He was staring at (Name) happily laughing with Julieta as she chopped some vegetables
Isabela smirks "If you kept looking at her like that, she would melt Camilo" She snickered when she saw the boy's flustered face. Flickering her wrist flowers popped out of her hands
"If you love (Name) so much why not confess already than standing there like a complete idiot" She scoffs as she forcibly shoves the flowers on his hands. Isabela walks off, not giving Camilo a chance to retort back
"I don't have a crush on (Name), what's up with her? She's so Annoying" he muttered and crossed his arms with a tick mark growing on his forehead
"Mhm yeah sure, what a liar" Mirabel laughs while carefully placing all the plates, Camilo grumbled under his breath and rolled his eyes "I'm being honest I just see her as a friend nothing more" He denied
Suddenly a gust of wind passed by, causing all the dust to fly around the room. Camilo and Mirabel coughed crazy as they wave their hands to shoo all the dust away
Once the dust was gone. They saw Nicolas casually eating an arepa "Friend? Uh-huh sure. Who do you think you're fooling Milo" He teasingly mocks and used the nickname that (Name) always used to call Camilo
Nicolas crossed his legs and leaned on his chair, throwing the last piece of arepa inside his mouth as he said "If I do remember correctly you don't call your friend Amor or any Romantic names"
Isabela appeared again, walking towards the table while carrying a vase filled with beautiful roses on it "Like I said he has a crush on (Name)" she scoffs and placed the vase on the table before scurrying away to bloom a lot of flowers inside the casita to make the house more welcoming and lovely before all the Castillo family arrive.
Camilo annoyingly rolled his eyes at the two, his scowl deepened even more "How many times I'm going to tell you guys. I just see her as a friend nothing more"
Nicolas shrugs his shoulders, not believing one bit Camilo's Bs "Mhm- yeah sure whatever"
"I am not lying!" He exclaimed and slammed his fist on the table, making all the utensils and plates to cluttered around "Camilo do not slam your fist on the table!" Pepa scolded before walking away to do some cleaning here and there Camilo sighed and mumbled a 'sorry' to his mother
Mirabel exasperated sighed as she looks at the mess on the table, the plates, utensils, and glasses were scattered around. All the hard works she did only got thrown out of the window
Sighing another again Mirabel began placing the plates into their places properly "Why are you even so worked up about it?" She muttered and rolled her eyes. Slamming the glass of cup on the table making a thud sound
"Why are you even denying it?" She uttered in confusion, arching an eyebrow at Camilo who seems to be going to blow any minute now "I literally saw you yesterday shapeshifted into (Name), looking into a mirror and admiring her whole pretty face" she mocks while imitating Camilo's smitten expression
Hearing those words coming out from Mirabel, Camilo immediately blew a fuse. Red covered across his face from embarrassment as he stuttered a few words that Mirabel couldn't decipher. Meanwhile, Nicolas burst out laughing.
After all the shenanigans, they stopped poking Camilo for fun. For now, Nicolas and Camilo were sitting beside each other. Exchanging words, making plans how could they prank their siblings and relatives
Nicolas raised from his chair, smirk painted on his lips "Wanna prank senorita perfecta Isabela?"
Camilo opened his mouth and was about to say 'yes' but got intervened by someone's voice. Coming from the kitchen "Milo! Can you come here for a moment, I need you to taste this!" His soon to be lover called
Quickly standing up from his seat, and gave Nicolas an apologetic smile at his friend who was staring at him in a blank expression and with a mix of 'really?' Look
Nervously chuckling, Camilo began walking away. Stumbling a little "Ahah, sorry maybe next time your sister needs me. Bye!" He finally said, as he hurriedly runs toward the kitchen, acting as if his life depends on it
Nicolas only sighed at his friend "And he said 'she is only just a friend' such a terrible liar" he muttered, mimicking Camilo's voice before scoffing.
"He's in denial," Someone said, making Nicolas flinch shockingly. Quickly turning around to the right he saw Dolores watching Camilo flirting with (Name) in the kitchen
Dolores shrugged her shoulders as she let out a small squeak before walking away "Ugh— why does she always appear out of nowhere? It's getting creepy" He mumbled and shivered a little.
Camilo hummed delightfully after tasting the soup his crush made "Delicious! It's fantastic, you are really good at cooking, Princesa" he says before leaning closer and giving her a quick peck on the cheeks as he quickly left the kitchen
(Name) quietly stood there, placing her hand where he kissed her. A pink hue appeared as it slowly turned red, her heart was beating rapidly. she swore Dolores could probably hear her beating loudly inside of her ribcage from afar
"So you and Camilo?" Julieta says, standing right beside her as she pours all the ingredients inside of the pot
(Name) eyes instantly widened "W-what?!" She stuttered, she quickly turned around away from Julieta and went to the other counter of the kitchen. Her back facing Juileta as (Name) continued to chop the other ingredients that were needed
"It's n-not what you think! We are just friends!" She rapidly shook her head and continued cutting the ingredients in a rushing manner
Julieta amusingly chuckled at the girl's reaction, grabbing a wooden spoon from the drawer. She started mixing all the ingredients up from the pot
"Aren't you two adorable, you two remind me of Pepa and Felix back then" She pulled the wooden spoon and gently placed it on the counter, turning around as she grabbed a small towel and used it to wipe her hand "Do you like him?"
Her red blush became even more darker at the question. Fidgeting her dress, she did a fake cough before answering "I mean...yes, who wouldn't like him anyway? His sweet, kind, cute, funny and so caring" (Name) sighs dreamily as her shoulders slumped down
"Everything about him is just so perfect!" She squealed, twirling around the room as her dress gracefully move along with her "I like him, No I love him!" She proclaimed, tightly clenching her fist
"Then you should tell him about your feelings" Julieta suggested, giving the girl a hug of encouragement "I'm sure Camilo feel the same way as you," She states before pulling away
A sigh left the girl's lips "I don't know...what if he doesn't, I don't wanna accidentally ruin our friendship" the girl admitted while flipping the arepa con queso
Julieta flashes a smile out of pity and gently places her hand on top of (Name)'s "I promise you Camilo would love you back" she smiled, gesturing to the boy in the dining room.
(Name) a glance at the dining room, she watches Camilo with fondness on her pair of eyes, Camilo didn't notice the girl's gaze and continues to laugh along with Nicolas
"Oh~ talking about romantic love are we" Someone coos from the back as they both heard a silver tray being placed on the counter, (Name) flinch knowing who's voice was that "Mama?!"
Julieta and (Name) simultaneously turned around and saw Juana being surrounded by a lot of floating churros Colombians
Julieta gasp and scurried away towards her "Juana, why arrive early? It's not even time yet" she murmured in confusion and quickly glance at the clock on the wall. As she helps Juana place the churros Colombians on the silver tray
"My family and I decided to arrive early so we could help prepare the food for dinner" She giggled as she puts the last churros on the tray.
"Anywho— My sweet daughter you should definitely confess" she exclaimed and clapped her hands into her daughter's "If you don't confess anytime soon, someone would snatch your boy"
(Name) frown at the thought of someone else proclaiming their love to Camilo and both ended up together in the end
"I'm sure the girls would love to help you with your love problems especially Dolores and Elisa" Juana laughs amusingly before walking past by her daughter to grab plates from the drawer
Once the dinner was over, Nicolas and Carlo decided to hang out inside Camilo's bedroom. And have a boy's time tonight, the trio maybe not have shared the same age. But they still do get along quite well
(Nicolas is 17 while Carlo has the same age as Dolores and Isabela)
Camilo plopped himself on his comfy bed, he buried his face on the fluffy pillow. As he frustratingly groaned loudly catching Nicolas attention
"The hell is wrong with you?" Nicolas questioned the boy, Camilo rolled his body to the side to face his friend. A scowl painted on his face
Nicolas stifled a laugh, he now know what made the boy frustrated without needing an explanation why, Camilo grunted in annoyance at Nicolas before silently grabbing another pillow and quickly throwing it directly towards him
However— Nicolas swiftly catches it in time "Why not just ask her out?" He proposed and settled the pillow on his lap. Camilo sighs and pushed himself up from the bed
"I can't okay!" He whined, lifting his hand he combs his curly hair using his fingers. Camilo sighed dejectedly "I don't wanna ruin our friendship what if she rejected me?!"
Nicolas rested his cheek on the middle of his palm and stared at his whining friend "She won't" he simply stated. Didn't even hesitate to say it out loud
"How can you be sure about that?!" Camilo baffle, bewildered expression decorated his whole face.
A blue spatial portal soon opened between the boys. Carlo jumped out from the portal with a tray on his left hand filled with arepa con queso
"Here I bought some food for us" He announced brightly. Placing the tray on the nightstand, he asks "what are you guys talking about? It seems serious"
"Loverboy here is too afraid to confess to our little sister" Nicolas causally answers with a half shrug of his shoulder. Grabbing an arepa con queso he take a single bite on it "Cwamilo is pretty an idiot" He added while munching the food
Carlos shakes his and smacks the back of his brother's head, making Nicolas spit the food out of his mouth as Camilo cringe in disgust by it and decided to ignore it.
"Don't talk while chewing, also do not call Camilo an idiot. It's only normal to be afraid" He said in a scolding manner to his little brother. Nicolas only rolled his eyes out of pure annoyance
Crossing his arms over his chest and huff annoyingly. He then turned around to look at Camilo with narrow eyes "(Name) likes you, or more like loves you"
"Wait what— she does?!"
"Yeah she does, If not. Then why the heck she has a lot of pictures of you inside of her room, also. I always see her kissing your picture before sleeping" Nicolas sneered, his nose scrunches up as he grimaced in a disgustingly way
Carlos humorously chuckled at Camilo's red face before nodding his head in an agreement manner
"That is very true, however. She only does it sometimes not every night" he hums amusingly.
"Help me" Camilo utter suddenly at the two boys, determination glinting in his eyes as he stares at them with pure seriousness. Nicolas halted on his eating, Carlos's hand stopped from grabbing an arepa from the tray
"Huh?" Both brothers murmur in confusion in unison, as they look at Camilo with their eyebrows raised at him.
"I said help me to ask (Name) out," he said clearly this time, Nicolas blinks a few times at his friend. staring at him with half-lifted eyes before he turned away from Camilo
"No" He answered, earning a loud 'huh' from Camilo.
"Why n-not?! I thought we promised we will have each other's back! And clearly, you are not helping your friend here!" Camilo cried out to Nicolas. But only got ignored
"First I don't remember promising such things" He spoke as he raised two fingers "Second it's a 'you' problem not an 'our' problem " he added and lift another finger making it three
"thirdly. You are a dumb coward, helping you is pretty pain in the ass. I don't wanna witness you stuttering like a fool while you ask my sister out, I'll get second-hand embarrassment from you"
Camilo gasp in hurt at the harsh statements that Nicolas made. Camilo can't believe he said it so casually and didn't even stutter a single word. Now he can't help but wonder if Nicolas even saw him as his friend
Carlos disappointedly sighed and smacked his brother on the head for the second time. Nicolas instantly groaned and sent a glare directly to his older brother before continuing to finish his arepa con queso
The older brother smiled towards Camilo "Sure will help you Camilo don't worry" He grins
Camilo's face immediately brightened up as he returned the grin "Wait really?! You are truly the best Carlos!" He loudly cheered and gave the older boy a thankful hug
"Ha?! I didn't agree to help though, don't drag me into this idiot's mess" Nicolas groaned
"You are helping like it or not"
"But—"
"Not buts Nico"
Nicolas grumbled under his breath and slumped himself down on the chair, an irritated expression evident on his face "Ugh...why do I always get involved with someone's BS all the time" he internally cursed
ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ's ɴᴏᴛᴇ:
This chapter was supposed to show how they ended confessing to each other, But I decided to make it longer— so Nicolas, Carlo, and the reader cousins would have moments in the story.
Three chapters left and the story would be complete yay! And Fun Fact:
I plan in the beginning that Isabela would have a crush on the reader, then Carlos would have a crush on Isabela. But then I suddenly remembered Isabela was 22 lmao! So then I scratched that plan because it's weird 😀
Unedited chapter btw