"Beginning to miss me?"
I stood there dumbfounded. I mean yes, I do miss him. But it's only been a day. We haven't even known each other a full day.
He continued to stand there, waiting for a response
"Y-yeah, I guess" I stuttered quietly
Camilo showed me a small smile again. Like he was saying 'that's good enough for me'.
"Well I missed you too, glad the feeling's mutual. Let's get going now for real" Camilo said
We finally arrived to casita. Casita opened and closed its top window and we both waved back. As we got to the front step, the door opened for us
"After you, mariposa" Camilo said, bowing a bit. He looked up with a slight smirk
That made me giggle. "Such a gentleman" I said sarcastically walking in. Camilo followed me in
"We won't get caught will we?" I asked Camilo
"Oh no no, everyone's out doing chores. Except Isa. She's preparing for her proposal tonight" he said
"Proposal? Woah where have I been" I said, surprised
"Aye, Mariano's getting ready to propose to her later today." Camilo replied.
"Ooh, how long have they been together" I asked
"Ehh, not long. They haven't even really been spending time that much. Casual meetups." Camilo said
"Alright, just up these stairs" he said leading the way.
"Camilo?" I asked
"Mmm?" He replied, more so focused on getting to the top of the stairs
"Why do you keep calling me mariposa?" I said
Camilo began to blush hard. I think he wanted to avoid answering but I stood my ground and didn't break my gaze
"I- uh. You're- you're necklace!" he said sweating
"Camilo I just started wearing this today" I laughed
"Right. Sorry, it's just a nickname for you. I thought it matched you well" he said
"Aw, Camilo. That's beautiful" I said, trying to make him feel better. I think I should've left that question alone
"Yeah, haha" he said, continuing to walk up the stairs.
We got nearer to Isabella's room. Camilo knocked on it.
"Isabella! You in there" he shouted
He knocked 3 more times.
"Where could she be? I thought she was going to stay home today to prepare for her prop-" Camilo said before getting cut off by the sound of Casita's front doors opening up
"Isabella, I'm so proud of you. You continue to honor your family". It was Abuela. And she was walking in, arms linked with Isabella.
"Just doing my part" Isabella said, but it sounded forced.
"Quick hide" Camilo said to me
"Wait why? I thought your Abuela was nice" I responded
Camilo didn't respond but quickly pulled me to the other side of casita, carefully staying out of sight of Abuela. He brought me to his door.
"Hide in my room, now" Camilo whisper-yelled
"Camilo why? I don't see- ahh" Camilo pushed me in and I fell in the floor. He quickly closed his door and locked it
"Ouch" I said rubbing my arm as I got up
"Sorry y/n, didn't mean to push you that hard. I'll come get you in a bit" Camilo said through the door
I looked up and beheld his room. It wasn't as big or spacious as Antonio's, but it was clean and neat.
It looked like an ordinary bedroom at first. His walls were painted the same yellow as his ruana. His bed was covered with a big blanket, also the same color and design as his ruana.
But there was a big door near his closet.
Should I? I questioned myself
I did. I opened it and there was a large theater on one side. There was also a set of probably hundreds of different clothes.
On the other side was a large space with many different items and hobbies. Instruments, an art gallery, a office space, a classroom, everything. You name it.
I explored around a bit. I really love Camilo's room, has everything I could want.
Camilo's POV
I closed the door on y/n and told her sorry. Ah to face Abuela now. She's definitely gonna give it to me if she found out I was still with y/n
Abuela and Isabella were walking towards her room. I began to approach before I saw Mirabel coming up the stairs quietly, about to walk into tio Bruno's tower
She looked at me and was startled. She put her finger up to her lips, asking me to stay quiet. I shifted into Bruno and pretended to zip my lips shut.
Mirabel's looked relieved and mouthed 'thanks Cami". I gave her a thumbs up and shifted back into myself
Alright you can do this I told myself, walking up to Abuela
"Such a perfect match" Abuela said, holding Isabella's hands
"So perfect" Isabella replied, but she sounded insincere
"And so good for the encanto" Abuela said
I walked up right behind them and tapped Isabella on the shoulder.
"Heyyy Isabella. Hola Abuela" I said politely
They both turned around. Isabella looked happy she would get a quick break from all the talk of the engagement
"Camilo, what are you doing here? You have chores to do, you should be back at town entertaining or babysitting. Something!" Abuela loudly said.
"Yeah, about that. I was doing my chores. BUT someone needed help. They needed onions and the shop was out, so I figured since Isabella is home today, I'd come ask her for some" I said quickly, hoping Abuela would buy it. I mean, it is true
Abuela calmed down a bit. "Well thank you Camilo, for serving your community. Isabella, onions now"
Isabella grew 4 and handed them to me. "Wonderful, our perfect Isabella" Abuela said
"But next time Camilo, you let Dolores handle it. She'll hear it and come right away. Your place is entertaining and babysitting" she said
"Yep" I mumbled, flashing Abuela a small smile.
Entertaining and babysitting, yep I repeated in my mind sadly
Abuela resumed her conversation with Isabella and eventually left casita again. Well, at least I got what I needed
Y/N's POV
I've been on the stage for a while now. Doing my own plays, singing a bit and dancing. I walked over to the other side of his room where a beautiful, big grand piano stood
It's been a long time since I've played I thought. Wouldn't hurt to try it again
I sat down and began to play y/f/song. I didn't miss a beat, or key. We don't have one at home, so this really would be my only opportunity in a while.
I continued to play. I began to reminisce since this was my parent's favorite song that I learned to play. They loved to hear me play this for them. They loved to dance to it to encourage me
Mama would normally sing the words to it, but since she wasn't here, it would be the piano alone. My voice was pretty good, but not as great as mama's, so I left the words alone
I played it maybe 3 times by now, but it felt like it was never ending. I felt on top of the world. It was just me and this piano in this large space
Suddenly Camilo's door opened up and footsteps approached to where I was. Panicked, I closed the piano and tried to hide. But I tripped over another instrument and landed on my stomach
"Oh hey Camilo, I didn't mean to intrude your whole room. I just kinda saw that piano and wanted to play ha ha, so I just-"
"What are you doing?!" I lifted my head and looked up
It was Abuela and Dolores was right beside her