Shunned (Bruno's Kid)

Advice

        "So, do tell me about this whole flirting situation." Camilo says, I push him back a little. "Sure, just as soon as we get inside, away from the others." I say in a hushed voice, Camilo nods, we pick up all the plates. Abuela stops us on our way inside. "I need you two to clean the kitchen and straighten your rooms, after that you are free for the rest of the day." She says, Camilo and I nod and Abuela walks off. Camilo and I walk to the kitchen, I look around to make sure we are alone. "Her name is Alessandra." I say quietly, Camilo has an excited expression on his face. "What! The baker's middle daughter!" He practically shouts, my eyes grow wide and I smack him. "Shut up, someone could hear you!" I whisper yell at him, he smirks. "Like we don't know you like girls." Camilo says, I'm shocked. "H-how?" I ask, baffled.

Flashback, roughly 5 years ago, pre-gifts ceremony for all three, 3rd person POV:

(Quick A/n, this was before Alex knew they were agender, so they used she/her pronouns.)        

         Alex, Camilo, and Mirabel are playing fantasy. "I will give the princess a true loves kiss to wake her!" Camilo loudly announces, he then leans down and places a peck on Alex's cheek, nothing happens. "I kissed you, you're supposed to wake up now." Camilo whispers, Alex gives a time out sign and sits up. "Maybe I don't like you like that." Alex states, Camilo looks offended. "How? Soy muy, muy, guapo!" Camilo says, Alex shrugs in response. "Try someone else." Mirabel suggests, Camilo calls for Felix. "How may I be of service?" Felix asks, Camilo explains the situation. "I see." Felix says, he puffs out his chest. "Fear not, I shall wake you, princesa!" Felix says, he dramatically gives Alex a kiss on the cheek. Still nothing. "Really?" Camilo asks, Alex makes another time out sign. "Yup, try again." Alex says before laying back down. "Otra vez?!" Camilo asks, he rolls his eyes. "Who knew she was so picky?" Mirabel says, she turns to Felix. "Will you please get my dad?" Felix nods, not long after Agustin enters the room, Dolores trailing behind having heard the commotion. "Whats wrong, who's hurt? Felix said there was an emergency!" Agustin says, Mirabel smiles. "We can't wake Alex from the curse of a witch!" Mirabel says, Agustin relaxes. "Well look no further. Puedo ser tu principe azul." Agustin says, he repeats the actions of the ones who tried before him, yeilding the same result. "OMG ALEX!" Mirabel says, the only man left in the house is Bruno. "Papa, can you get tio Bruno for me?" Mirabel asks, Alex holds back a smile. "That's kinda weird." Camilo says quietly to Mirabel.

      Bruno walks in, looking at the scene before him. "What's up?" He asks, Camilo and Mirabel explain what's going on. "Ahhh, I see." He picks up a flower pot that had been broken in an earlier fight scene and places the crown looking part atop his head. "I shall save la princesa!" He says in a deep voice, he then mutters something about a telenovela and places a kiss on Alex's cheek. Everyone watches in anticipation, but just as before, nothing happens. "Ouch." Bruno says, dramatically putting a hand on his heart. "Okay Alex, I'm not going around town trying to find a guy that you like." Camilo says, Alex calls time out again and sits up. "Good, you wouldn't find anyone, you don't have to look any further than this house." Alex says before lying back down. "Huh? But we tried all the guys." Camilo says confused, Dolores steps forwards. "Maybe that's the problem." Dolores quietly says walking over to the table where Alex is laying. She kneels down and gives Alex a kiss on the cheek. "I'm saved! Thank you kind maiden." Alex says springing back to life. "Of course, your highness." Dolores says, she curtsies and leaves the room. Bruno smiles at the scene that has played out before him. "What? I-I.. How come mine didn't work?" Camilo asks, smiling Alex shrugs. "I just think girls are prettier than boys are." Alex says, Camilo nods a little, Bruno kisses Alex on the forehead. "And that's perfectly fine and normal, don't let anyone say otherwise." He says, Alex giggles a little. 

Back to the main timeline, Alex's POV:

"It was kind of obvious." Camilo says, I think about it. "I guess I was always bad at being subtle about it." I say sheepishly, Camilo nods in agreement. He loads the dishes in the sink and prepares them to be washed. "So, what's she like?" He asks scrubbing out some of the cups. "She's kind, she looks after her younger siblings when she's not helping in the bakery. She is so beautiful, the way her skin catches the sun, her grey eyes remind me of the clouds before rain, her long, black hair and the way it cups her face when she lets it down. She sings beautifully and is a wonderful dancer from what I've seen. She's so graceful. The way she helps her dad is amazing and the way you can just tell she would do anything for her family." I say, as I clean up the counters and wipe the tile.

"Wow, you've really got it bad." Camilo says washing the last cup and starting on the plates, I blush. "Well you could just ask her out." He says, I shake my head. "I'm not even sure she likes... people like me." I say, a hint of sadness in my voice. "Only one way to find out." Camilo says, I shake my head again. "I want to flirt with her first, you know, to test the waters." I reply, Camilo shrugs. "Well then, I'd say start by calling her something like hermosa, guapa, belleza, encantadora, ect." Camilo says, I nod a little moving on to sweeping. "Keep your eyes open, if you see her fall be sure to catch her." He says while washing the silverware.

"My last piece of advice is to always have pick up lines on hand. Like 'Did you just come out of the oven? Cause you're really hot.' or 'Your hand seems really heavy let me hold it for you.' You know, something like that." Camilo says, I smile, I know plenty of those. We finish up the kitchen shortly after. "Look, I know your room is clean, you go into town and find Alessandra." I smile at Camilo. "Thanks Camilo, this makes us even on the whole room cleaning thing." I say running into town.

I run into the bakery, she always helps on Thursdays. Lucky me, she's running the bakery today. I walk into the bakery and smile at her, she has her hair up in a bun and is smiling right back at me. "Hola, how may I help you?" She asks, her voice is like music to my ears. I order a personal cake, she gets it ready. "So do you h-have a name or should I just call you hermosa?" I ask she smiles a bit. "Alessandra, y tu?" She says handing me the cake. "I'm Alex." I say sitting down to eat. "I-I was wondering if you were the one who painted the pictures on the wall." She smiles a bit, and nods. "Yes, as a matter of fact I did." I took a little bite of my cake, talking to people is hard enough when you don't have a crush on them. "I knew you had to be an artist because you were so good at drawing me in." I say, she giggles a little. "Is that so?" She asks, I nod. "So, did you just come here to flirt with me?" She asks, I feel my face heating up a little. "I'll tell you what, I was just about to go to get some stuff, wanna come with?" She asks pushing her glasses up. "Yeah, that sounds nice." I reply, she nods. "Great, wait here, I'll go get my dad." She says, I finish my cake while I wait.

"Alright lets go." She says coming out from behind the counter, she is wearing a lovely yellow dress. "So Alex, may I ask for your pronouns." She asks, I smile widely at this question. "They/them, y tu?" I reply, she smiles a bit. "She/they." She says as we arrive at the fabric vendor's. "You know what you would look really pretty in?" I ask, she hums in response, a playful smirk crosses my face. "My arms." I see a tint of red cross her face, I hope they like me. "Really?" She says trying to act cool, I nod. She pays for a purple fabric. Next we go to the fruit vendor. She picks up pears, apples, and cherries. On our way out she picks up some raisins, I decide to go for it. "So, you like raisins?" She nods, "How would you feel about a date?"