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it was a normal day in encanto. you'd woken up, eaten breakfast, then went outside. already waiting for you was a small gathering of encanto's children, three girls and three boys all the age of 5. it was routine for encanto's families to let their children play with you during the day as they do their work, and today was no exception.

the loudest of the bunch came running to you, a boy named andres with dark brown skin and darker hair. "antonio madrigal is staying with us today!" he exclaimed, the other children jumping with excitement around him.

"oh really?" you crouch down to get to the childrens' level. "and who told you that?"

"camilo!" one of the girls, carmen, answer. "yesterday when you were gone, camilo took care of us. he told us antonio wanted to play with us today."

"the camilo madrigal played with you guys yesterday?" you question. you'd never met any of the madrigals except for maribel and antonio, but you'd heard about camilo often because of the children you babysat. when you couldn't do the job, they reported to you that camilo took your place. they seemed to love the madrigal's company, as they squealed whenever his name came out of your mouth.

"the camilo madrigal played with you guys yesterday? lucky!" someone from behind you repeats with a gasp. it was a smooth and teasing voice you'd never heard before.

you turn around and stand up to meet the voice's owner. for a split second you see a gorgeous boy with golden brown skin and dark curly hair reaching to his rauna-covered shoulders. but then the boy begins to cough uncontrollably, and suddenly in a couple blurs of motion the boy is now mirabel, then a red-head with a braid, then a man with glowing green eyes, then you, then himself again but with enlarged eyes and tiny pupils. with a final cough and a fist to his chest, the boy shakes his head furiously and morphs into the boy you originally saw him as.

you stand there, openmouthed as you realize this is camilo madrigal standing in front of you. and not only is it camilo madrigal, but it's also the most attractive boy you've ever seen in your life.

now that he isn't materializing into random people, you see that his curly hair has highlights of gold in the sunlight. his rauna is a nice yellow, and under the rauna is a partially unbuttoned and uniorned collared shirt. his eyes are a muddy green, with streaks of light brown. his lips reflect your own: slightly open with infatuation.

you only realize you and camilo have been staring at each other for way too long to be normal when you hear all the children giggling behind you.

"i take it you're camilo madrigal?" you ask, to distract yourself. and maybe your eyes are fooling you, but you see a tint of pink appear under his freckles when his name leaves your mouth.

"the one and only." there's a subtle shift in energy as camilo's flustered smile displaces itself with a small smirk. "and you are?"

"y/n l/n,' you reply with a small smile. the moment is ruined when andres begins to chant.

"camilo and y/n, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!" andres screams giddily, causing all the other children to erupt into a fit of giggles.

"kissing?!" camilo kneels to meet andres's height and pat the child's shoulder. "let's not say that, y/n may not like it."

camilo looks at you and his smirk grows ever so slightly. you're pretty sure if he does that again you'll faint.

one of the boys pulls on his rauna, directing camilo's gaze from you to him. it's sebastian, one of the shyest in the group.

"long time no see sebastian!" camilo ruffles the young boy's hair. you smile at the interaction between the madrigal and the young boy. it's cute, how he stares at all the children with a soft adoration.

sebasian giggles at the action before pulling on camilo's rauna again, "can you shapshift for us?"

camilo grins at the request and stands up, scooping sebastian in his arms as he did so. the shapeshifter glances at you, making sure you were looking- which you were- then tosses sebastian in the air.

sebastian shrieks elatedly; whilst he's in midair, camilo shifts into luisa, allowing sebastian to land on luisa's tough shoulder. with luisa's build, camilo then picks up the rest of the children and tosses them all in the air. your heart stops for a split second- afraid he'd fail at catching all the children safely- yet camilo successfully catches all the children and shifts back into himself.

all the children cheer, including yourself. it was impressive, and the more you watched camilo, the more fascinated you became with his swift movements and soft yet cocky persona. when camilo meets your eyes and sees fascination in them, he silently cheers to himself.

"more shapshifting!" the children chant. even antonio is cheering, despite living with camilo and witnessing his brother's shapeshifting abilities daily.

"okay, okay!" camilo hushes the energetic children. "i have to make it quick, because i have some chores."

with that being said, camilo waves his rauna like a cape and shifts into the bright green-eyed man you saw him shift into when you first saw him. all children gasp and run backwards while camilo waves the man's arms around and yells spookily.

the only one not scared is antonio, who shakes his head and skeptically mutters: "tio bruno?"

afterwards, camilo morphs into a gorgeous woman that you assume to be isabela madrigal. he pulls a flower from the ground and places it behind carmen's ear, making the girl beam happily.

camilo then shifts into himself momentarily, yelling "best for last!", and waves his rauna again. instantaneously, he turns into you.

all the children simultaneously tilt their heads in confusion.

"why did you change into y/n?" antonio questions. "they're right there." he points to you and all the children nod their heads in agreement.

"porque y/n es muy bonito," camilo says smoothly, as if he's been practicing it for years. he turns back into himself before winking at you, causing all the children to squeal. some of them even run to push you closer to camilo.

you mentally plead for the blood to escape your cheeks, but your blush doesn't cease. did he really just call me attractive?

"ay, i have to go now, hijos," camilo waves. he high fives all the children and gives antonio his lunch before turning away.

as all of you watched him go, you could've sworn you saw him steal another glance at you as he rounded the corner.

you were incredibly flustered and all he had done was call you attractive.


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