Crushing On A Madrigal | 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜

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"The Perfect Present"

Camilo lets out an exaggerated groan, continuously hitting his head with his notebook. "Why did I even actually decide to do poetry?" He asks himself, having trouble writing and thinking of words.

Sitting on a rock, he sighed and hugged his legs, closing his eyes to rest his aching head.

"The things I do for you," He whispered to himself, referring to the girl he likes.

In the woods, surrounded by nature and its beautiful sights with its peaceful, natural sounds, Camilo takes a break by reminiscing about some of his past memories. Like the day before he got questioned by Dolores because he was too stupid to figure out that he was actually starting to like Estella in a romantic way.

It was just a normal day for him that time – he did his chores, teased Isabela for the day, snuck a bit of food out, y'know, the usual mischief.

He was just walking along the street when he randomly decided that it would be fun to play a little harmless prank on Mirabel.

On his way to cause some mayhem, he happens to have crossed paths with a girl whose hair was tied up into a lazy and messy half bun, rushing off somewhere.

Her excessive giggling and excited running piqued the boy's interest.

She was carrying a bag with her, it looked new. He thought that maybe it was a birthday gift since her birthday just passed a few days ago. But that wasn't the thing he was curious about.

It was where she was headed – into the forest.

Why would she want to go there? He questioned, deciding to follow her only to lose track of where she went and immediately got lost in the time span of at least a few minutes.

Turning to look in multiple directions and getting anxious because his brain refuses to remember where he came from, Camilo scratches his head in frustration.

Unlike him, Mirabel and Estella knew almost every inch and corner of the place. So as soon as Estella saw the frustrated boy in the distance, she decided to give him a helping hand.

After, pulling a little prank, of course.

What's life without a little bit of payback, right?

★ No, I was just kidding with that one line. Don't take it seriously, I'm just a bad influence 😂 ★

Estella threw a rock in the opposite direction of where she was going to go, making Camilo get startled, looking somewhere to the left.

Grinning mischievously, Estella tried her best to walk quietly along behind the plants and bushes, stopping and avoiding Camilo's line of sight like a professional ten-year-old prowess.

"Wrrraaahhh!" Estella yelled, almost roaring like an animal with her hands raised up as she pounced from nowhere before getting hit in the face.

"Ow! Okay, that wasn't what I planned–," Estella muttered, covering her face as Camilo's jaw dropped to the floor the moment he realized he just hit a girl.

"Estella, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you, I just thought you were a hideous, hungry, viscous beast," He said in a hurry, his hands running frantically all over the place, not knowing what to do.

"Hey! I look far from a hideous, viscous beast," She said, crossing her arms, before adding, "But I could eat," as a joke.

She smiled warmly at him, letting a feeling of relief wash over the boy since she wasn't upset or that bothered about what just happened but still disappointed at himself for hitting her. Camilo smiled back, only to notice something dripping down her nose.