CHAMELEONS | Encanto

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗

"Look at this home, we need a new foundation~"

Carla smiled up at her prima at this.

'Well after all those revelations yesterday, no sh*t. Who'd have thought our family was more problematic than the whole village?' She couldn't help but think to herself.

"It may seem hopeless, but we'll get by just fine~" Carla then nudged Camilo at this as if proving her point from yesterday night.

"Look at this family, a glowing constellation~"

At this, the whole family started going in through the broken doorway.

"So full of stars, and everybody wants to shine~"

Carla squeezed Mirabel's upper arm as she passed with Camilo, returning the smile her prima gave her.

"But the stars don't shine, they burn~"

"And the constellation shifts~"

Carla was glad that her little brother looked okay now. It wasn't often, she would see Antonio cry, and she'd like it to stay that way.

"I think it's time you learn, you're more than just your gift~"

As Mirabel helped Luisa push up the giant piece of debris, Camilo unconsciously squeezed Carla's hand at their cousin's words. Carla squeezed back.

"And I'm sorry I held on too tight. Just so afraid I'd lose you too~"

Carla couldn't help but feel her heart warm up at the sight of their Abuela being so affectionate with her daughters. This is honestly the first time in a long while that she saw her Abuela acting this warm. Although she — and Camilo — would've never expected what happened next.

"The miracle is not some magic that you've got, the miracle is you, not some gift just you. The miracle is you~"

'Is that Tio Bruno?' Carla thought, her mouth agape. Her jaw only fell even further when she saw her mother run to hug him — the same mother who couldn't even stay calm when someone says his name.

To be fair, she'd be pretty upset too if Camilo ever just up and leave her. They've been together since they were still in their mother's womb, after all.

"Okay, so we gonna talk about Bruno?" Camilo decides to vocalize her thoughts.

"That's Bruno." Antonio helpfully said from beside them.

"Yeah, there's a lot to say about Bruno..."

"No kidding! You're not 7 ft tall!" Carla blurted out before gasping and slapping both hands over her mouth once she realized how rude she was being.

Pepa tried to conceal a snort at this, but Bruno didn't seem to be bothered and instead replied, "Well, you were five when you last saw me."

"True." Camilo conceded, nodding looking thoughtful before suddenly turning towards their mother and father. "But why didn't you guys say anything then?"

This time, Pepa wasn't able to hide her amusement and shrugged, "We thought it was quite adorable when you kids thought our awkward little brother was some sort of boogeyman."

Carla and Camilo looked highly offended by this and spluttered out incoherent noises, but the real person that was actually supposed to feel offended, only had a mixture of a sheepish and guilty look on his face.

"Oh Pepa, I'm sorry 'bout your wedding, didn't mean to be upsetting. That wasn't a prophesy, I could just see you were sweating. And I wanted you to know that your bro loves you so. Let it in, let it out, let it rain, let it snow, let it go!"