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New ficlet for Christmas! Within my Fangirlverse, with Perlita and Bruno singing We don't talk about Bruno on a stage in front of the entire family!

You can find it on Ao3 in english here and in french there

No warning, fluff, humor.

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Bruno and Perlita's production of "We don't talk about Bruno"

Summary: For Christmas day, Bruno and Perlita are performing "We don't talk about Bruno" for the entire family and some villagers, as Señora Pezmuerto, Osvaldo and the priest.

It was Christmas day. As soon as Camilo woke up, he saw his tío Bruno and his tía Perlita smiling widely at him. Seeing his eyes open, they took him by the arms and brought him out of the room. He was pulled down the stairs to the courtyard, where the rest of the family were already waiting in chairs before a stage where musicians were with their instruments, grinning at them. They sat him beside Mirabel, who shot him a smile of understanding as the couple got up the stage.

Around him, Camilo could see that not only his family, but also many other townspeople were there. In the front, Antonio has been sit with Alejandra, Cecilia and Juancho, while Osma Pezmuerto was in the furthest rows from the stage with Señor Flores and Osvaldo. He was in the same row as Mirabel, Isabela, Pepa, Félix, and Dolores.

Music eventually started, as we could see Bruno and Perlita smiling at each other. Then, she sang, "We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no."

"We don't talk about Bruno~" he continued whilst they took each other’s hands.

Bruno put one of his on her waist while Perlita put one of hers on his shoulder. Then, they snapped their heads at the public, a severe look on their faces, Perlita singing as they sidestepped to them, "But! It was my wedding day."

"It was our wedding day," he completed, looking like he was daydreaming.

Camilo saw his mother make herself small and his father hide a laugh under his hand. He could hear him muttering, "The little rascal! So it was the surprise he was so proud of."

The couple on stage let go of each other, as they both started to shake their hips and move their arms around whilst Perlita was singing, "We were getting ready and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky."

"No clouds allowed in the sky," Bruno completed, faking a serious tone.

"Bruno comes in with a mischievous grin," Perlita sang, joining her hands in an evil way, grinning.

"Thunder!" He yelled as he put one knee on the ground, very close to the edge of the stage, his palms facing the public and his eyes wide.

Perlita faked the outraged woman, sulking. "You telling the story or am I?"

"I'm sorry Mi Vida go on," he sang, taking her hand and making his fingers walk lovingly up her arm.

She giggled briefly. Somehow, Camilo couldn't wait for them to sing his part. With a glance, he could see his father whispering to his mother, who chuckled.

Perlita lightly lifted her skirt before Bruno made her turn around while she sang, “Bruno says it looks like rain.”

“Why did he tell us?” he followed, making a desperate face.

Then, he let go of her so she could do up and down movements with her skirt, while he left to fetch an umbrella near the stage, “In doing so he floods my brain.”

Coming back to her side, he opened the umbrella as he kept going, “Abuela gets the umbrellas.”

They made sidesteps together, smiling. “Married in a hurricane.”

“What a joyous day but anyway.”

“We don’t talk about Bruno no no no,” Letting go of each other, they turned around in synch as Bruno returned backstage and Perlita got a headwrap out of her pocket, continuing singing. “We don’t talk about Bruno~”

Then, hoping on the stage, she continued as she lifted her skirt once again to shake it while she stamped on the stage, “Hey! Grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering and stumbling, I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling.”

Behind Camilo, Dolores squeaked a little in surprise, clearly hiding a laugh.

Perlita got closer to the edge of the stage as she continued, “I associate him with the sound of falling sand,” then, she let go of her skirt, put a finger on her lips and almost whispered, “Ch, ch, ch.” before smiling and continuing to walk a bit faster, “It’s a heavy lift with a gift so humbling, always left Abuela and the family fumbling,” She stopped at the edge of the stage. “Grappling with prophecies they couldn’t understand.” She leaned to the public to ask them, looking like it was genuine, “Do you understand?”

Bruno jumped back on stage, wearing the same kind of yellow ruana as Camilo, looking ominous in a hunched position and fingers like claws as he sang, “Seven foot frame! Rats along his back!”

Camilo held back a cry of joy when seeing his tío sing his verse. Perlita hurried backstage, removing the headwrap off her head, probably to get ready for her next part. Camilo wondered if she’ll play Pezmuerto too.

Bruno kept going, mimicking Camilo’s gestures of back and forth like an evil creature from the time, “When he calls your name it all fades to black.” Then, he swirled on himself, hiding under the ruana with his arm, a mischievous grin on his lips. This done, he sidestepped like a crab, his palms toward the sky and on each of his sides. “Yeah he sees your dreams,” He jumped on Perlita, who was coming back with a round fish tank, as he finished, “And feasts on your screams.”

She laughed, before pushing him aside, letting him resume the singing while he was going backstage. “We don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no. We don't talk about Bruno~”

“He told me my fish would die, the next day dead!” sang Perlita, holding the fish tank with a ridiculously desperate look, finishing it by tilting her head to the side, her tongue sticking a bit out of her mouth to mimic a corpse.

Bruno returned onstage with a fake tummy, then showed his profile, letting Perlita put on a wig. “He told me I’d grow a gut and just like he said.”

“He said that all my hair would disappear now look at my head,” she sang, removing her wig during the last word, faking tears.

Camilo heard the priest muttering, “But I liked my hair...”, which made him grin, making him wish he was the one that predicted it. It wasn’t that surprising he’d go bald when going older since it was a very normal thing to happen to men, but seeing how it was bothering the priest made Camilo giggle with pleasure.

"Your fate is sealed once your prophecy is read," sang the couple, while a swing made of flowers descended from the balcony to finally hover on the stage.

Perlita sat on it, starting to parody the perfect Isabela as she was soloing, "He told me that the life of my dreams would be promised and someday be mine.” She put her hand on her heart, looking afar at probably nothing in particular, whilst Camilo could hear Isabela chuckle. “He told me that my power would grow like the grapes that thrive on the vines.”

As she was gliding out of the swing in an exaggerated gracious manner, the musicians sang, “Óye Mariano is on his way”, before Bruno followed with a sad face, the headwrap from earlier on his head, “He told me that the man of my dreams would be just out of reach.” He tended the arm to something before him. “Betrothed to another.” Then, as he was making some steps back, he continued, “It’s like I hear him now.”

“Hey sis!” called Perlita with her eyes on Isabela, who chuckled with embarrassment, before making some steps and completing, “I want not a word out of you.”

“I can hear him now,” finished Bruno while Perlita was putting on a mochila bag.

“Um Bruno. Yeah about that Bruno.” She turned to the side, looking like she was fumbling with the inside of the bag, before straightening in resolution. “I really need to know about Bruno.” She started to walk on the stage, while Bruno was putting back the yellow ruana. “Gimmie the truth and the whole truth Bruno.”

“Isabela, your boyfriend is here,” sang Bruno in a teasing tone.

The musicians followed, “Time for dinner!”

Then, as Camilo wondered how they’ll do the end of the song where they all sang at the same time, he smiled as he saw the musicians helping in it by singing some parts of it, while Perlita were singing Pepa’s and Isabela’s again and Bruno only the Camilo’s and Dolores’ ones. Both of them were walking and swirling all around the stage as they were performing.

“A seven foot frame.”

“It was my wedding day.”

“Rats along his back.”

“He told me that the life of my dreams would be promised and someday be mine.”

“When he calls your name it all fades to black.”

“Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin.”

“He told me that the man of my dreams would be just out of reach.”

“He told me my fish would die.”

“You telling this story, or I am?”

“Yeah he sees your dreams.”

Then, arrived a moment that surprised Camilo. While swirling, Perlita moved around her arms, her eyes closed, singing, “I’m fine, I’m fine.”

Camilo kept his eyes wide until the music ended on Perlita singing, “Why did I talk about Bruno? I never should’ve brought up Bruno.”

Applause from the audience. Bruno, Perlita and the musicians bowed before getting down the stage. The musicians left Casita with the rest of the townsfolk who saw the play, while Perlita and Bruno joined the family congratulating them.

Still confused, Camilo got closer to Perlita to ask her, “Tía, what was that with ‘I’m fine, I’m fine’? I don’t remember that part in the song.”

“Oh! But it’s in it!” she replied, smiling with pride. “It’s very subtle and I didn’t even hear it the first time, but on the third one I heard it.” She pointed at Isabela, who opened wide-eyes in surprise, revealing, “During the song, while you were all saying different, confusing things about Bruno, at the end Isabela is singing she’s fine, hinting on how she’s actually unhappy in her current situation.”

They all turned to Isabela, who chuckled with embarrassment, confirming what Perlita was saying. Then, understanding what Isabela must have felt, the entire family circled Isabela in a hug, smiles on their lips. She laughed, visibly way happier. Camilo was glad his family could improve.

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