𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐈𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐥𝐞

                                    

                                          
CTTO: chamileonidae
- camilo madrigal x gn!reader
- soulmate au! red strings of fate
- warnings! a bit angsty for now!
Chay: One of my fav series!

Coming from a family that has the ability to see red strings is a very huge responsibility you have to uphold. You have been trained to never spoke a word about it, you can't even mention the word soulmates. In fact, that word was forbidden in order for the family to get used to keeping it subtle.
In Encanto, obviously your family was still required to never speak of the red strings. You personally have no problems in keeping it a secret, in fact, you enjoy match making those who were tied to each other by a single red string. You had always have a system when it comes to match making, a plan you execute to help those who'd like to confess to their fated soulmates. It's a secret of course, you don't want to stand out as a matchmaker.
Today is no different, the summer wind blowing softly as you walked through the town. Taking note of everyone's strings for future use. You kept your hands behind your back, a habit you developed so that you won't be nervous all the time and worrying when you will meet your soulmate whilst in public.
As you were skimming through the crowd, you spotted the Madrigals taking a stroll through the town. Perhaps their day off for today, you thought. You got a little closer, just enough to spot their pinkies, you smiled, excited to one day help them find their soulmate. Your eyes landed on the shapeshifter, he was chatting with a girl beside him, their hands intertwined. Your eyes habitually went to their pinkie, you were surprised to see the girl's string was attached to someone in the crowd of busy people. And that, the shapeshifter, doesn't have a string at all.
Huh, they're not soulmates nor does the boy have a string at all.
Weird, you shrugged it off, he was still a tad young, time will tell of his fate. You turned away from the family and walked back to your chores.


"Yn, go take some more things from the store, we need to sort these out by noon!" you heard a family member of yours called, you swiftly turned to an alleyway, a shortcut that saves you time and strength. With your head up in the clouds, you didn't realise that you had bumped into someone and fell onto the pathway.
"Oh, shoot. Didn't see you there sorry," the boy lent a hand, you looked up to see that it was the shapeshifter.
"You're the shapeshifter," you mumbled.
"Yeah!"
You accepted his hand, you felt your pinkie tingle but you shrugged it off as a small brief headache reached you.
"Camilo Madrigal, at your service," Camilo beamed, you find his smile charming. You looked down at the hand he lent to help you and saw a red string wrapped around your pinkie and you noticed his was too. Your eyes widened, they're connected. Camilo was still smiling when you glanced at him. He was oblivious, of course he was, he wouldn't know you could see red strings.
You swiftly yanked your hand away, Camilo eyed you questionably.
"Sorry, I gotta go," you quickly walked past by him, murmuring a thank you in between. Your face burned, realising you had just met your soulmate. You didn't mean to run away, well sort of. I mean, how could you tell someone that you're their soulmate without telling them you could see red strings.
You sighed as you picked up a few things from the store and brought it back to where you were before.
As you were heading to the store again, you spotted Camilo laughing along with kids. The girl from earlier had her arms linked around his, happily laughing at a joke Camilo made.
You felt the people around you slowed down and your arms limped to your sides as realisation hit.
'Ah, right. Camilo Madrigal has a girlfriend,'