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Tonight is the third biggest celebration after five years of Casita rebuilding and Mirabel can feel the party livelihood all night. Everyone is happy when Dolores broke the news of having pregnancy again and she and Mariano are expecting twins. Everyone in the family is so happy that they decided to throw a party to celebrate the news not long after Cecilia’s gift ceremony. The young girl has been thrilled at the thought of being an older sister of the twin that she has been dancing around making bubbles from her new gift. Everyone in the village comes to the Casa Casita to share their joy of the new too. Mirabel is too enjoying the party and has danced all night with Isabela and Lusia. Isabela just recently win the heart of the baker’s daughter and she has been gifting her so many cacti that sometimes Mirabel thinks that the girl can build a greenhouse full of them. Luisa is more relaxed now. She doesn’t work too hard and has taken a hobby of her own. Mirabel is happy for her family now that they have changed and their bond has been stronger than ever. After dancing for maybe hours she thinks? Mirabel decides to take a break and sit down at the dinner table. Casita has moved a chair for her to rest.
“Thanks Casita” She said. The house waves its tile in reply. Mirabel takes a look at her family's whereabouts and she notices that Tia Pepa and Tio Félix are still dancing with Antonio in the courtyard while Mama and Papa are talking with Abuela and it seems that they are joking about something judging their face and laughing. Tio Bruno is probably in his room now due to the crowdedness but she has seen him at the party for some time. Dolores decides to go to her room to rest cause the noise are started to overwhelm her and Mariano is courting her to their room. But something is not right. It seems to be missing someone or rather someone. Mirabel doesn’t see Camilo anywhere. That’s weird. Party is usually his type of thing but he seems to disappear somewhere. When Mirabel starts to stand up and look for Camilo, she feels another presence sitting down next to her. She turns her head to see who is it and to her surprise, it’s Camilo. Drunk.
“Mirabel! There you are! You're missing the party! I’ve missed you!”
“Have you been drinking all night Camilo?”
“No of course not! Just a few bottles here and there” Camilo laugh while barely keeping himself sitting straight. Mirabel sighs.
“You’re drunk”
“I am! You’re so cute that you care about me! Come join me!”
Camilo laughs out loud and takes her hand to take her back to the party. But he stumbled on himself and almost fell on his face if it was not for Mirabel stopping him. He has been drunk to the point he can’t even go by himself now. Mirabel can only sigh while smiling a little bit at his clumsy. She doesn’t say it out loud but she has to admit that he looks cute when he’s like this. His face is now all red due to drinking and his almost falling only makes it cuter. She decides that it’s time for him to return to his room.
“Come on, let’s take you back to your room” She laughs a bit.
“But I’m having fun right now” he pouts.
“And you have your fun just now but you have to rest now Camilo” Said Mirabel while draping his arm over her shoulder to support his weight so she can take him to his room for the night.
“Fine. Only because you said so” he huffs while puffing his cheeks. Mirabel wants to poke his cheeks right if she can. Why he has to be so cute like this? She blushes but hides it away so her family won’t notice.
“So if Tia Pepa or Tio Félix or maybe even Abuela told you so you won’t do it?” She teases him.
“I like you said it more” Camilo leans his head closer to her neck more. His breathing tickles her and she has a hard time keeping her balance with him while trying to hide the blush keeps reddened.
She excuses herself with Camilo to her parent with Abuela to take him upstairs. It’s really hard due to Camilo keeps nuzzling his head to her neck and stumbled but she manages to get to his room. When she put him down on his bed and turn her back to return to the party, a pair of arms circled her waist and pull her back to his bed. She found herself now lying beside him with him hugging her. Not to mention he still nuzzles her neck and she can feel his lips on her skin. That doesn’t help her at all. If she looks into his mirrors right now, she can see her face blushing madly.
After a few minutes lying down, she tells him:
“Camilo, maybe it’s time for you to release me”
She gently tries to pry his arms but that only makes him tighten more. His muscles and arms are hugging her tight right now and she can’t move anymore other than stay still.
“Don’t wanna”
“Well looks who is being a cute baby right now” She mumbles to herself but Camilo blushes a bit.
“I wanna stay with you tonight” Talk about being bold. Did she hear him right? Mirabel widens her eyes looking at Camilo who now looks directly into her eyes.
Even in his drunken state, Camilo still can make out her beautiful features. Her thick curly black hair and her tan skin with a dark shade of freckles only make her more beautiful in his opinion. How he longs to kiss them. He feels like being drunk makes him bolder than usual cause before he knows what he’s doing, he has moved his hand to her face and turned her to kiss on those freckles. He ignores the shock on her face and continues to kiss her. He leans back a bit to admire her again and he can see her face blushing madly right now it seems she is saying something but he can’t focus on what she said. He can only watch her lips move slowly in his hazed eyes right now. He wonder what it would feel like to kiss those plump lips of hers. His body again moves on its own and he can feel the wonderment of it. It feels so good that he can’t help but deepen the kiss.
Mirabel is in shock is an understatement. She has been kissed by her cousin who she too has fallen for and not only that he’s even kissed deeper on her lips right now. She gasps when his tongue licks her lips asking for entrance and he takes his chance. For every minute he explores inside her mouth, intertwining their tongues, her breath is taken away each minute. Her hands clutch tightly to his shirt while trying to gasp for air between each intense kiss. When she almost passes out due to a loss of air, Camilo breaks the kiss to give her some air but his lips are still on top of hers.
“I’ve been wanting to do this for so long” He said
“How I ache to hold you and kiss you like this every day. Loving you with all my heart and get to see your happy face smile at me and only me every morning when I wake up. From the moment we were still kids, I’ve only wanted to stay with you, and even when we unconsciously drift apart, I wanted to reach out to you and hold you, care for you every time you cry. It’s hurt. It’s hurt to see you vulnerable and no one’s there for you and it’s hurt even more when I know I am too one of the reasons you cry. I was scared when I saw the house collapse and you were still in there. I was afraid you would have gone and I wouldn’t be able to see you again ”
He has leaned back by now and cries when he talks. Mirabel doesn’t know if she should cry too when she hears these words but she hugs him tighter and moves one of her hands to the back of his head, stroking his hair and brushing through his curls in soothing motions. She knows it’s not the right time but she’s happy. She’s happy to hear that there’s someone who care for her when she was an outcast even though he didn’t show it and she’s happy to know he requires her love back. She has thought it was one side of love and she has done her best to keep her feeling inside, afraid he would feel disgusted and stay away from her if she told or show him. But now she knows and it makes her feel on cloud nine. She’s so happy that she can cry happy tears right now.
She’s in her thought when Camilo says again.
“I love you that’s what it hurts when I have to hide my feeling and can never know if you will ever forgive me for what I have done”
Mirabel raises her head and looks into his eyes to see his vulnerable emotions through them and it breaks her heart to see him like this. He hides his face away in her neck again and whimpers. She can’t let him be like this anymore. She needs to let him know.
“Cami look at me”
She said while gently releasing her hands to grab his face, letting him face her again.
“Maybe it’s true that we have drifted apart for so long and I might have been afraid if things went wrong too but I’m still here and it’s all in the past now. You have let me know that there’s still you care for me and through every small thing you have done for me in secret. I know you care for me. And I want you to know that I love you too Cami. I’ve loved you ever since we were kid and I even told you I will gonna be your bride when we grow up” Mirabel can’t help but laugh at the last sentence.
“ Really? You love me too? I thought you have forgotten that you told me about being my bride ” He asks. His eyes fill with hope.
Mirabel says nothing but leans closer and kisses him on his lips to confirm his doubt. It’s quick but she loves it. When she leans back, her eyes fill with happiness looks at him and she can see that he’s happy too. They both touch their foreheads and smile, slowly drifting to sleep while hugging each other close. Tonight is the happiest night for the family, the village, and them too. Tomorrow is a promising day for them.
Camilo wakes up with a headache after a long night's sleep. He barely remembers what happened last night but when he sees Mirabel’s calmly sleeping face next to him. He can’t help but smile at the sight of her. Even though he can’t remember what happened at the party, he can remember clearly that he had a night confession with Mirabel and what they had said yesterday. He thinks he’s dreaming when he thought about all their talking but that soon disappears when he looks at her lovely face. Camilo gently turns to face her and puts a kiss on his lovely Mirabel.
Mirabel stirs after Camilo kisses her, waking her up from slumber. She looks at him and smiles.
“Good morning Cami”
“Morning Mira” He said.
“Ready to get up and start a new day?”
“Only if my bride says so” He says with a hearty laugh.
“Haha very funny” She tries to be sarcastic but fails miserably when she laughs along with him.
A new way to start a day and a new day toward their new future.