The morning was warm, the sun was bright, it was one of the best days to stroll around the Encanto. Children playing and laughing, filling your ears with much joy, birds were chirping, guitars strumming, ah, what a beautiful day. "What could possibly go wrong ?", you thought to yourself. As you continued to wander around some more, you notice this cute couple on the sidewalk, kissing vigorously, you were quite jealous, as you've never known how that had felt for yourself, while mostly everyone around you seem to have known. Your eyes were caught staring at the couple, but instead of feeling uncomfortable, they called you over, seeing your young face being obviously curious.
"Hey, we saw you staring at us, and just to let you know we're completely fine, we just need to know if you're truly curious about love?", the man asked looking down at you with a genuine smile.
"Oh u-uh..sorry about that! Hehe.. yeah, I guess I am pretty curious about what falling in love actually feels like..", giggling awkwardly, you continue, "is it really as it is in movies?", you never knew what falling in love felt like, but you never meant to stare, you still wanted to slap yourself right then and there because of it.
"Well, not always..just remember, love isn't just a feeling, it's what you do in spite of what you feel. And oh! Never force anyone to like you just because you like them, that will only result in trauma and pain", the lady then spoke, whilst looking at her partner in adoration.
"Oh! I guess I kinda know now...muchas gracias!", you smiled politely and parted your way.You hadn't been paying much attention to your surroundings, when suddenly you bumped into a lady holding a glass bowl that had a goldfish in it. You fell, and the glass fell, but the lady managed to keep her balance. The glass shattered, the fish was now flipping itself, as all the water had been gone, and you got a ton of bloody cuts from the glass.
"Lo-Lo siento señora! I didn't mean to-", the fish lady interrupted you and started calling for help as your wounds had already been bleeding. "It's alright niño! Help is on the way!", the lady exclaimed, looking at you worriedly.
"Gracias..", you said softly.A brunette woman, holding what seemed to be a basket of buñuelos on her hand, fed you right where you were. She put her hand to your cheek, "Are you alright, niño? What happened?", the woman asked with concern in her brown, doe-y eyes.
"I-I'm alright señora! Thank you!", you said politely as the wounds began to fade. You were shocked at how quickly they disappeared!
"Whoa! How did that-", although the older woman didn't know you, neither you her, she still gave you a warm kiss on the forehead, as you seemed to be a lost boy in the middle of Encanto.You didn't know why, but you could feel your cheeks heating up, your heart began beating out of your chest, and the way she treated you reminded you of what the lady of the couple said, "love is what you do in spite of what or how you feel", could this be..? Were you actually in love with Julieta Madrigal? You wanted to find out, but at the same time, you didn't. All of this overwhelmed you, you didn't know what to do then.
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Catching Feelings [Julieta x 15-year-old reader]
RomanceAs you're on your daily stroll around Encanto, you get injured from tripping on...yourself? No one knows how that even happened, not even yourself. Of course one of the Madrigal's had to come patch you right up ;)