The food was amazing, the company was amazing, the whole situation was so amazing and made Diego feel so happy. He hadn't expected that it'd be this easy to just slip back into their small family circle. Because yes, for Diego Catalina and Gabe were family. They were more of a family for him than...that man had ever been. Diego didn't even want to compare the two, the contrast was so large that the two could've been in completely different dimensions. Ironically enough.The dinner finished without any awkward silences or forbidden topics and Diego's stomach was more full than it had been in a while. They didn't starve them or anything at the rehab, but they didn't feed them excessively either.
Though Diego got a bit worried when mom sat them down, and gave him the present she had kept on the chair. Diego glanced at mom and then tentatively opened it; inside there were official looking documents. Diego started reading them, and though he was a dumbass he quickly figured out what they were. Diego's eyes widened and brand new tears sprung to them, and he looked at Catalina with a disbelieving look. And that was when Catalina started explaining.
Each and every word out of mom's mouth tugged at Diego's heart, and his tears very quickly overflowed. He wanted to say so many things back, but Diego didn't speak or move until Catalina was finished. And by then Diego was a sobbing mess barely capable of speaking. He set the papers on the table so he didn't get tears all over them and flew (literally) over the table. Diego hugged Catalina with all his might and cried in her hair, her scent that had become the equivalent of comfort to Diego was would now always also be the equivalent of home.
"Muchas gracias, mama. Te quiero. Y-you were always t-there for me an-and to actually be your l-legit son w-would be...fuck, it's l-like a dream."
Diego cried, stuttering between sobs. He was feeling even happier now, so happy he could burst. Maybe he would burst soon and wake up to finding out that he was still in rehab and this was a dream, because this felt too good to be true.
Diego suddenly gasped, spun around and flew right over to Gabe, hugging him too.
"Perch, holy shit, we can be actual legit legal brothers! You'll be my baby brother! That's crazy!"
Diego exclaimed with the widest smile he could muster, and shook Gabe's shoulders after squeezing him hard for few moments. Diego was hyped now, full of adrenaline. He spun around again to look at Catalina.
"Mom, where's the pen? I'm gonna sign these in a millisecond and fly right over to wherever we gotta return these 'cos this is the best fucking thing to ever happen to me and I want you to be my legit legal mom asap!"
