i need more makeover bruno fics please, it’s sooo cute
I'm not sure what you mean, but I thought it would be fun to tell the tea of what happened in Bruno's party, I hope you like it!!!
English is not my first language so I'm sorry if there's some grammar errors
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Isabela got apart from Bruno so he could see himself in the mirror for the first time since his sisters and nieces traped him in Julieta's room for a, as they called it, extreme makeover
His mamá said this morning over breakfast that they are gonna host a party that night. He knew how big are the parties the madrigal likes to host so he was planning to stay in his room all night, watch "the lady and the rat" and an episode of "nuevo Rico, nueva rata", maybe let his niblings in if any of them got tired of the party noise.
You can guess it didn't go the way he wanted.
Bruno looked himself in the full length mirror and almost fell over, his beard was neatly trimmed in his face, face that you can actually see now that his hair was combed and tied in a low ponytail. The clothes Mirabel gave him "just because" (obviously she knew for a while now and didn't tell him, the traitor) were a perfect fit and the yellow chrysanthemum seemed to shine in the pocket of his green vest. You wouldn't know it was the same lanky Bruno if it weren't for the dark eye bags that, even after a year of eating three meals at day and sleeping more than two hours, are still part of his face.
"isn't this a bit too much?" Bruno asked looking at his reflection, unsure if the man in front of him was not another person.
"of course not" said Dolores with her usual soft voice and a smile
"it suits you" seconded Isabela
"you look great Brunito" his sister Julieta said with a comforting hand in his shoulders
"yeah, you are gonna be the best looking man in the party or my name is not Josefa Madrigal" Finished Pepa proudly making Bruno chuckle, pepa never use her full name unless she was sure to win a bet
"Está bien, Josefa" said Julieta in a teasing tone "Come on, we have to show our hard work to the rest before the party starts"
The moment they all stepped out of the room all the madrigals who were on decoration duty stopped what they were doing.
"Martin and Carla say that they like your clothes" little Antonio cut the silence with two rats in his shoulders
Chaos ensues, he wasn't even sure who said what
"oh my god tío Bruno, you look really good"
"you look so handsome, mijo" his mother pinched his cheeks
"Mira, you did his clothes?"
"yeah, it took me a while but I'm proud, look at him"
He could hear someone making an impressed whistle and said "fancy"
"bro, you are gonna get all the ladies"
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It was just when his mamá was making an opening speech when it hits him
This is Bruno's Welcome party
He didn't understand really why do a party, he "came back" a year ago, granted that Casita didn't exist anymore back then but it wasn't necessary to make a party for him. It's not worth it.
And now he is trapped between Ana Maria Muñoz y Laura Carvajal who are talking too fast, their laugh is too loud and their eyelashes are bating so fast that he is worried they would fly at some point.
"discúlpenme señoritas, I think Julieta needs my help" Bruno lied with a strained smile, really hoping it looks like a smile
"but I saw her over there with her husband" maria said confused
"y-yeah, not exactly now, but soon"
"wait, did you saw the future just now?"
"you are really awesome Bruno"
"and really handsome too" oh god more eyelash bating
And his off to the kitchen ready to hide the rest of the night
Bruno wish he were in his tower watching novelas, "ratas de hospital" was getting to the climax but he promised Dolores he wouldn't watch it without her. He was hoping to get in the kitchen, stole some carimañolas and go up to his room without his mamá or sisters noticing
But as always in the life of Bruno Madrigal, nothing goes as planned
"hey Bruno, don't worry I was just about to leave"
German Triana, the priest of the town was looking at him with an apologetic smile on his face and plate full of biscochuelos, he haven't talked to him in a long time, years before Mirabel candle ceremony. Somehow they didn't talk once while they were building up Casita so this was their first time interacting in... Thirteen years?
"You don't have to, I don't mind" Bruno said softly, awkwardly looking to the ground
The kitchen grew in silence while Bruno serve himself food in a large plate and sit down in front of the priest, It was weird and awkward but for some reason neither of them felt like leaving the table
"soooooo" German started "how are you doing lately?"
"bien" Bruno said nonchalantly, then he realized it sounded a bit rude so he said "sorry, I'm doing good, now that Casita is all patch up I'm trying to get to know everyone again"
"yeah, I saw you talking to Laura and Ana Maria earlier" German said with a smirk and wiggling his eyebrows
The face Bruno made was enough to make German laugh harder
"more like they were talking and I was just there" Bruno said scratching the back of his head "I didn't really get to say a word"
"I get that, they can be a little... Intense" German made a face on his own " they also try to flirt with me even tho I'm wearing a cassock"
Just then Bruno looked up from his plate of food and face him, German was indeed wearing his cleric robes, still clean and perfect as if he were not in a party, he looked so professional and put together, different of that man he remembered from all those years ago. But again, Bruno himself wasn't the same Bruno of 37 years.
"you are a priest now?" the seer couldn't help but blurt out the first coherent thought that cross his mind to just feel dumb immediately after, but even tho it was a stupid question, German just smiled and nod
"I came back from my cleric studies a couple of months after the infamous young mirabel's ceremony" he smile flattered a bit "I must say, I was surprised when the people told me you disappeared the same night"
"don't be, at least you didn't get to see the process that lead to this" German stroked his shiny bald head dramatically in an attempt to make Bruno laugh
"sorry about that too" he said shamefully looking at his half eaten carimañola
"I don't know if you remember but my pa', my uncle's and even my abuelo were bald" the priest said still i light hearted mood to cheer Bruno up "even without the prophecy I knew it was bound to happen"
"but it wasn't even a prophecy, I just had a dream with you there and you were bald, I wanted to joke with you about it but I didn't know it would upset you so much, I'm so sorry-"
"Amigo, you have already said sorry like 5 times"
"Bruno, I'm just glad you're back" Germán said with a comforting hand in Bruno's shoulder and a warm smile in his face, stopping Bruno from the self loathing spiral he was about to fall into.
"So... You dream about me?" German said teasingly after a moment of just staring into each other's eyes.
Bruno choke a little with his own saliva making German chuckle "let's go back to the fiesta"
"but what if Ana Maria and Laura come to bat their eyelashes again"
"they won't, yesterday in the confessional they promised to not go partying anymore" he said the last part whispering like telling a big secret, he wasn't supposed to reveal what happens in the confessional anyway
"Besides" he said more loudly, "I remember that the madrigal triplets were the best dancers in town, I always wanted dance a song with you"