Nicest Boy In Town

chapter 4: I can't stay on the side

nope. that is it. camilo is out of here. as the family gathered for a photo camilo made his way through the crowd to leave the room. papá did say he could leave the party if it got too much for him and well.. it was getting too much for him. nobody in the crowd moved to stop camilo on their way out of there "excuse me- pardon me-" it wasn't like camilo was one of the magical members of his family.

it didn't matter if he left.

juileta noticed him leaving however and quickly checked on him. camilo appreciates this.
it seems like his tía was one of the only few people in this world who actually understood him.
when she asked if he was alright he simply told her that he needed some air.
juileta gave a nod to this before being called over to join the family photo by abuela.
and so she went over.. and camilo headed out..

it was quiet.. too quiet for camilo's liking.. he never liked silence. the only noises were fireworks going off in the distance plus the music and chatting coming from antonio's bedroom as the party had moved into there earlier. so to fill the silence camilo talked to casita.. it was the whole building itself so it had no excuse to ignore him. only one to not be talking back to him but even then casita found ways to do that too. going down the wide stairs and taking a seat at the bottom of it. "I'm happy for antonio, y'know.. he is one of the chosen ones!" he spoke to the house before letting out a sigh. "I'm sure he'll get lots and lots of animal friends. yeah, he probably would need to make human friends too but.. animal friends work for now I think"

....

the silence in the air made camilo feel awkward but he also found feel himself getting hungry. "let's see if we got any food-" he started up but before he could even finish his sentence the buffet table that was set up earlier carefully moved itself over to the teenager. camilo smiled at this before moving over to take a plate of everything that was left. "why, aren't you such a good host, casita!" he mused out before watching the clicky-click of the floorboards and letting out a laugh.

ah yes.. la casita. his main companion throughout his life.
what would camilo do without it?

camilo then decided to move himself into the living room as they were eating the food on their plate. taking a seat on the couch and chatting away with the house. anything camilo could ask for: the house was able to bring right over to him. there was no need to walk but camilo tended to have this constant feeling of restlessness and had the need to move around.

thus he did but casita got him whatever he was looking for.

"it's just.. I can't do any of the special things the rest of my family can do" camilo spoke now in kitchen putting the plate he used into the sink as a glass was carefully bought onto the table for him to fill up with jugo de fruta. "can't move the mountains or make flowers bloom" he took a seat at the kitchen as he poured the juice into the glass. "no crazy weather here! well.. sometimes I feel crazy..

"like how I'm venting to a magical house right now"

clicky click click

"no! no! you're great!" camilo assured the house, "I promise it has nothing to do with you..

"unless you're the one who decided not to give me a door"

clicky click

"I'm messing with you! I know it was the candle.." camilo remarked before proceeding to drink his fruit juice as he gave a glance up to the doors. still hearing the party going on inside antonio's room. a part of him wanted to join in but another part of him knew that.. he still would be just as excluded. at least down here camilo had casita's company and could openly talk to it without looking like they're insane.