A light breeze and bird chirping can be heard throughout the peaceful yet busy town of Encanto.
The Madrigals decided that it was a fine day to eat outside, of course, Pepa Madrigal did not forgot to give you a lunch invitation.
So here you are, walking ever so slowly to Casita with a smiling Dolores beside you.
"— and then, Señor Jose thought that he could outsmart me this time, but boy was he wrong." You giggled quietly.
Dolores knew what happened, she can hear everything from a mile away. Although sometimes, you forget that she has a gift of superhearing.
Nonetheless, she let you rambled about how Señor Jose tried to mix the arepa that her Tia Julieta made to the fake ones.
But as usual, you avoided the prank because you got Julieta's arepa instead.
You and the townfolks have this love and hate relationship with each other, they would pull harmless pranks on you just like how you pull pranks on them.
It only happen once in a while though, not everyday.
It just really depends on your mood, and the townfolks knows when to pull pranks on you.
And everytime that a prank happened, Dolores would hear their quiet mutter and their little plans.
She wouldn't tell you though because where's the fun in that?
She let out her adorable hum when she picked up her Abuela's whisper in the air, "Dolores, can you get Antonio from his room once you arrived? He won't come out saying that he wants your best friend to get him."
Dolores giggled which caught your attention.
"What's so funny?" You blinked and tilted your head.
Dolores linked her arm with you as she pulled you towards Casita, the slow pace now turned into a light jog because of the fastened pace.
"Tonito wouldn't come out of his room so Abuela wanted us— no, Abuela wanted you to get him out." She gave you a cheeky smile.
You replied with a laugh and started running to the Madrigals home, Dolores held your arm tightly as she started running as well.
The two of you clutched your skirt as you sprint, the flowy fabric trailing slightly behind you both as the wind brushed passed softly against your skin.
From the second floor of Casita, your angelic laughs mixed with Dolores's giggles made Camilo perked up.
He quickly went to the railings of the house and stick his head out on the window to look at you.
He saw how you're pulling and tugging his sister with you before the two of you went inside Casita.
The tiles clapped happily when you stepped inside.
"Hola, Casita!" You greeted the house cheerfully.
Upon hearing your voice. Camilo, still nervous with your presence around him- quickly hid inside his room.
His heart beat quickened and breath hitched ever so slightly.
He accidentally slammed the door shut which made you snap your attention to the second floor when you heard it.
"What was that?" You wondered out loud.
Dolores pulled you upstairs and went infront of Antonio's bedroom door.
"That's just my hermano, Camilo." Dolores stated before knocking softly on the wooden door of her youngest brother's bedroom.
"Oohhh, he must be in a hurry then." You brushed it off without any single bad thoughts and focused on the task at hand.
Dolores raised an eyebrow at your eagerness and nonchalant reaction towards her first brother.
She really doesn't show any interest on Hermano. She mused in her mind.
"Hola, Antonio!" You greeted the child when he opened the door.
Antonio's face lit up when he saw you, he immediately walked past his big sister to hug you.
Dolores pouted at this, she watched as you wrapped your arms around Antonio's body who eagerly hugged back.
"Y/n, you really came!" The little boy laughed cheerfully. He wrapped his arms around your neck when you picked him up.
You left a kiss on Antonio's cheek and smiled, "Of course, mami Pepa invited me to have lunch with you guys, I wouldn't miss the opportunity to see my favorite madrigal."
"I thought I was your favorite?" Dolores asked with a frown.
You laughed sheepishly, giving your best friend a kiss on the cheek as well.
"Favorite's changed, it's Antonio now, Dol." You said with a small smile.
Dolores let out a hum before turning around, she caught Camilo peaking through his door, but he quickly hid when you turned around as well.
The young woman sighed softly in embarrassment for her little brother.
"You go ahead and walk to the yard. I'll just get something in my room." Dolores turned her head at you to give you a reassuring smile.
You returned the smile and nodded your head, the heels of your shoes clacked against the tiles of Casita as you and Antonio went down the stairs.
When you were finally out of sight, Dolores didn't waste any time to walk towards Camilo's room.
"Hermano, open the door." Dolores called out.
She heard a click on the other side and the door opened. It revealed a distress Camilo.
Her expression softened when she saw the state of her little brother.
"Oh, hermano.." She cooed and walked inside his room.
"What seem to be the problem?" She asked, she already has a clue but she doesn't want to jump into conclusion.
Camilo closed his door and locked it, he ran a hand on his face before grumbling.
"Your best friend.." He admitted.
Dolores felt her throat run dry. She expected this, but why did it still shock her?
"I don't know what's wrong with me, Dolores." Camilo huffed under his breath.
"Everytime she's around, my heart feels like it's gonna explode. Everytime she's smiling, I feel like I ate a whole forest of butterflies because they kept flattering inside my stomach!" He groaned.
His statement made Dolores giggled.
Camilo shot her a nervous look, "I don't know what's happening in my body, I sometimes shift to her when I'm doing something, what's worse is I do it unconsciously!"
He threw his hands up in the air to emphasize the frustration he's feeling.
Then it happened, he completely shifted into you, with (color) skirt and a white blouse that complemented your beauty.
"She's been on my mind everyday." Camilo admitted again, his lips forming into a thin line. "I can't seem to find the right words to say to her when she's trying to talk to me."
Dolores tried her best to kept a straight face on, but she's failing miserably because seeing Camilo on your form is just.. A sight to see.
"Go on." Dolores whispered.
"I— I always end up catching myself staring at her from afar." Camilo's brows furrowed, well, your eyebrows furrowed.
"Then if she's somewhere near, I often feel like I'm glued to my spot—" A knock cut him off.
The sound made him jumped which caused him to shapeshift to Dolores, Pepa, Felix, to himself and then lastly, he shifted back to you.
Dolores had to coughed to stop herself from laughing.
Camilo inhaled sharply and turned around, his hand outstretched to the doorknob then he opened the door.
He expected his Abuela on the other side but he only saw his mother.
"Oh, mijo." Pepa walked in and embraced her son.
He blinked rapidly before hugging back tightly, he buried his face on his mother's shoulder.
Pepa looked over at Dolores and gesture towards the door, the young woman understood and took that cue to leave her brother's room.
Mami got him, he'll be fine now. Dolores closed the door and hummed.
She walked over to the staircase when she remembered how Camilo shifted to you unconsciously in the middle of his rant.
Ah, adorable. She giggled to herself before descending downstairs.