Croana Additions and Drabbles

Meet the Soto-Peñas

Part 1

If anyone had said Cris that one day she would be in such a situation, she would have laughed the shit out of her at their faces. And now, there she was, sitting at a table after she had "summoned" a meet with all of her family. All of it. Her two eldest brothers were there too, sitting uncomfortably side to side, shrinking like two children caught stealing sweets from a shop. Childlishy guilty.

Her father was unusually silent, maybe thinking to all the times she had used the word maricon as an insult, even towards the referee of a football match.

Her mother was silent too... maybe for the first time since Cris could remember. If I had known, that this would have muted her, I would have come out before, even if I didn't know. Cris thought, smiling to herself, and her mother seemed to wake up from trance just for this - "Is this a joke to you Cris? Did you say this to mock us?"

"No mum, I already told you weeks ago. I have a girlfriend. I love her."

"But I've always noticed you crushing on guys..."

"Bueno mamà, this is the point on the whole bisexual thing. From Latin... or Greek... or whatsoever... bi is two, two flavors, two colors and so on... I like both men and women."

"Are you sure this is not a phase? What will you do when you grow up and you'll want to start a family, to have children?"

"Mom, things are changing, even in this right moment. Governments all around the world are changing their laws and making new ones to help and integrate our community. And about children... I should remember you that there's adoption, assisted fertilization and much more to help LGBT people to create a family." - her unfortunately too Catholic mom seemed to almost faint listening to those words, Cris held her eyes high and continued - "I could even end up with a man, happy and all" - she said this to calm her. She could not think about anyone if not Joana in every minute, just imagine a future with another person. Maybe her mother could read her mind because she did not look like she was convinced.

"And what is that you want from us by saying this, Cris? Our blessing?"

"No mum... osea... I'd like that too, but I understand this is difficult for you... Hell, it was even for me. But I'd like you to accept me as I am and to treat me as you've always done, hugs, fights and all. And above all, I want that whenever I'll decide you to meet Joana - that's her name - you will accept her as well. Because she's probably the person who makes me the happiest in this world. Is that ok for you?"

Small noddings were their only answer, together with a smile from Dani, but that was already something to work on.

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Dani would have loved to have cameras in the house. He was restraining himself from laughing like a fucking hyena, looking at the people around him. Next to him, his brothers were blushing like Cristina never had, most possibly thinking about all the things that they had thought about lesbians when they were younger, things that every teenage boy unfortunately thought in that stage of his life...

What he saw in her parents' eyes was what hurt him the most: the look of people, who thought they had done something wrong, or that their only and youngest daughter had an illness...

"Dani, don't you have something to tell to your sister?" - asked him Mrs. Soto, noticing him smiling sadly.

"What should I say? She is a Soto Peña, she has good taste in women and the great intelligence, which will help her to choose who and what makes her happy".

They remained all speechless, Cris blushing until the points of her long hair when he winked at her, but then smiling at him. He was her big brother, the one she had grown up with, the one who was always there for her. He would never have allowed something, nor someone to hurt her if he could prevent it.