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Unwrapping Gifts

Description: Vester has something for his eight months suitor, Paulo—a gift, a special gift.

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CHRISTMAS carols are splaying around Vester's condo, lighting the whole energy in the once stillness of the surroundings. It's two nights before Christmas but he is excited to give his gift to Paulo, his suitor for eight months now. He invited the older into his pad for a purpose. Paulo keeps on asking him about it but he never gave any clue, not even a single thing. Vester hates a spoiled surprises.

While humming to Jose Marie Chan's infamous Christmas song, his doorbell rang. A sly grin automatically registered into his face while striding towards the door. He was meet by a smiling blonde and black haired man in his hoodie in the color of the night. His lean figure can't be hide by that oversized clothing. Vester always found the other man's smile so enticing and so warm.

"Hi, Tey." Paulo greeted but soon after that, his inviting and majestic smile dissipates in a snap the moment he learned his outfit. "A-Anong... bakit ganyan ang suot mo?"

Vester chuckles, pulling him inside before closing the door behind him. He watches how wide and curious Paulo's eyes while eyeing his state. He's wearing a Santa cap with stars imprinted on it, a red bow snaked around his neck elegantly sparkled with silver glitters, a very thick cardigan in white, adorned with red stripes on the hem of the sleeves, a furry white belt hugged his waist just so right, he has also some mittens on in red and white, some baggy pants in black and a huge boots.

"Bakit ganyan ang mukha mo, Pau-Pau? Bakit parang natatawa ka? Pinagtatawanan mo ba ako, ha?" He glares at him, hands are in his hips.

Paulo laughs shyly, scratching his nape in awkwardness. "H-Hindi ah... ano kasi eh, bakit ka nakaganyan?"

He sniffed. "So... ayaw mo? Pangit ba? Nagising ka na ba? Ayaw mo na sa akin kasi funny ako sa suot ko?"

Nervously, the older shakes his head furiously. "Hindi, wala akong sinabi. S-Syempre, ang cute mo pa rin kahit ganyan ka. Love pa rin kita."

He pouted. "Labas sa ilong, Pau."

Paulo sighed, wiping his bead of sweats. "Tey, I still love you kahit ganyan ka. Wala akong reklamo. I support you kung saan ka sasaya. Kahit ano... kahit magsuot din ako ng ganyan, ayos lang at least couple pa rin tayo tingnan."

Vester smiled affectionately. "Okay. I have something for you talaga kaya kita pinapunta rito."

"Ah, sure. May maitutulong rin ba ako kung sakali?" Paulo smiled cheekily as Vester leads him towards the Christmas tree.

"Hmmm... actually, I have a gift for you." Vester started.

"Oh? Alin sa mga malalaking box ang akin?" Excitedly, Paulo turns his head to him after pointing at the boxes beside the Christmas tree.

"Wala riyan, Pau-Pau." Vester giggles. "Harap ka muna sa akin."

The older happily faced him fully. "Ano na?"

"You can do now the gift unwrapping, Pau." Vester winks at him.

This made Paulo to stop right in his spot, looking at him with wide eyes. He blushes heavily while giving him a dismissive gesture. "Nah! Stop playing with me, Tey."

Vester pouted. "I am not."

"Then stop embarrassing me." Paulo looks down helplessly.

Vester then hooked his chin and brought in up. "You were asking me of why I am dressed like this. I actually dressed to be your gift. Now, unwrap me."

"Vest—"

"Pau... ang init-init na! I did an effort for this. Hubaran mo na ako." He whines like a child, stomping his feet heavily into the tiled floor.

The red tint in the older guy's face grew deeper. "G-Gagi? Hubaran talaga? Tey, uuwi na ako."

Upon realizing this, Vester burst out laughing. "Hindi tayo bati kapag iiwan mo ako rito ngayon. Go na kasi, unwrap me na. I can hardly breath na kahit kagustuhan ko naman ito pero dahil sa'yo, ginawa ko."

"Bakit ko naman gagawin iyan? I mean, unwrapping you?" he asked curiously.

"Because your gift is hidden beneath my cardigan." Vester smirk. "Don't worry, wala kang ibang makikitang kahalayan."

Paulo looks away, fidgeting. "Ayaw ko pa rin—"

"Pau-Pau, may sleeveless ako underneath. Your virgin eyes is safe and—"

"Oo na, oo na! Ang ingay mo!" Defeated, Paulo reached for the button on his cardigan when suddenly, a hand slapped his hand gently. "Why? You said it's beneath your cardigan—"

"Start with my cap, beautiful then down until you reach my boots..." Stell grins.

"L-Lahat? Tey, I can't." Paulo nibbles his lips in embarrassment.

"I swear, you're not seeing anything you don't want to see, Pau-Pau. You trust me?" Vester assure him.

"Fine." The older sighs, defeated.

With a face still flushed, Paulo still follows the younger dumbly. He reached for the cap in Vester's head, for the bow in his neck and finally, undoing the button in the younger's cardigan before he let it slides down the floor. He sighed a breath of relief after realizing that he saw a teal shirt instead of a bare one. He looked into Vester's smiling eyes and when the younger nods, he slowly crouched, pulling the baggy pants down with a closed eyes.

He slowly peak through and he laughs at himself when he saw Vester still has his sweat pants, secretly thanking the heavens above. He then lifted the other man's leg and remove his huge boots and so as the other. "It's done."

Vester smiles cheekily. "See? It's not that hard, Pau-Pau and as I promised, walang kahalayang nangyari. Ang advance mo kasi eh."

He pouted guiltily after he stood up. "Sorry, Tey-Tey."

Vester laughs. "Discard my shirt, Pau."

"W-What?" Paulo cried out.

"Relax. Still don't trust me?" Vester asked with a quirking brows.

"I-I trust you." Paulo swallowed and with a shaking hands, he reached for the hem of Vester's shirt before pulling it up, tearing it away from the younger's body only to be meet by the younger man's firm biceps in his ill-fitted sleeveless. But what makes him gasped is the letters imprinted on it.

"T-Tey?" He called in his misty eyes.

Vester traced the word yes in his clothed chest. "You see my gift?"

Paulo nods eagerly, blinking thrice. "Totoo?"

Vester winks. "Matagal na kitang gusto. Syempre, nagpapakipot lang naman ako. Masyado bang matagal?"

Paulo chuckles faintly. "Eight months? Matagal? Of course not. Akala mo ba, kapag sasagutin mo na ako ay hihinto na ako? I will take forever to do that, Tey. Just let me love you."

"And let me love you too." Vester extends his arms. "And let me hug your crying state, please?"

Shyly, Paulo still encloses their distance and he cried more in the younger's chest. He is happy. Very happy that he wanted to shout his heart out and so he did without hesitation. They both laugh heartily despite of their eyes glistening in tears because they both know that those tears were because of the love they both unwrapped from the bottom of their hearts.

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I'm sorry for the flood posts huhuness! Maraming salamat sa pagbabasa.