Mystery Santa

VIV. Christmas Tree

Lavelle's view

I push Raquel out the door and down the hallway. "Kung ikaw nalang kaya mag shopping tas dito nalang ako sa bahay." She suggest.

"Walang magagawa yan Raquel. Christmas shopping is part of the christmas spirit. You being in the holiday spirit is the goal," I explain as we enter the elevator.

"Di ko sure kung mababago neto ang mood ko. Kung saan kabaliktaran," she groans.

The elevator doors close and I take advatage of the privacy and close situation with her. I turn to face her and give a kiss on the cheeks.

"Please, try lang natin, kahit para nalang sakin please!" I beg her.

Raquel gets over her initial shock of the random kiss and sighs yet. "Siguradong marami pang kiss yan mamaya," she mumbles under her breathe, but I hear her.

"Believe me, plenty of kisses. Everywhere, not just on the cheek." I tease making her blush.

"Aww, tingan mo sino ngayon ang kinikilig," I add raising my hand to pinch her cheeks.

Raquel smacks my hand away and argues, "I'm not!"

"Yeah, you were babe," I reply smirking at her.

Raquel narrows her eyebrows and looks at me with fury in ther eyes. She takes a step towards me and I take a step back. My back hits the side of the elevator and Raquel keeps getting closer until she is more centimeters away.

"Tingnan mo sino kinikilig, babe," she makes sure to emphasize the last word.

"Kaya kinikilig kasi you're in my personal space," I couter.

"Sigurado ka dyan?" Raquel asks while starig at my lips.

The elevator doors open and I maneuver around her to get out. "Christmas shopping diba," I say trying to change the topic.

Raquel sighs, "naghaharutan tayo buong oras at hindi tumitigil kakatanong bakit kinikilig. Kahit alam naman natin ang dahilan."

"Alam ko, pero ayokong maunang umamin para bigyan ka lang ng satisfaction no!" I reply extending  my hand for her to grab.

"Di ko rin sasabihin kung ganon, Lavelle."

"Mabuti." I reply as I grabs her hand and I lead her to my car. We get in and I reverse out of the parking spot then head out to a store.

After a few minutes we finally get to the mall. I park and as I'm about to get out Raquel asks. "Ano ang una nating bibilhin?"

"A tree," I say getting out of the car and locking it after Raquel gets out. She gives me a dumbfounded expression and comments, "Alam mo naman diba na kailangan nating pumunta ng tree farm para makabili ng tree diba?"

"Pinaalala mo sakin na malapit na ang christmas, so where the hell do you think we will actually find a good enough tree? Panigurado ang natira sa mga tree farm at lanta na yun," I answer her.

"Oh, so bibili nalang tayo ng fake tree ganun ba?" She asks me.

"Exactly." I reply pushing her into the store. I lead her to the christmas decoration aisle and look through the shelves for a fake tree.

"Nahanap ko na," Raquel replies after a while. I walk over to her and it's the very last one on the shelf.

"Tignan mo, feeling ko nilaan talaga yan para sayo," I comment.

"Siguro nga," she say scoffing. I guess it's going to take a lot to get her in  the christmas spirit.

I get closer to her and wrap my arms around her waist. She sniffens in my embrace in shock. "Can you please try to keep an open mind for me?" I beg her.

"Nako Lavelle, para san pa?" She asks.

I guess its already for stage two of pleading. I let one hand go of her waist so I can push her hair away from her neck. Once her neck is bare I lean forward to place a few kisses. "Please,have an open mind. Please." I beg again through kisses.

Raquel relaxes to my touch now and I can tell she is trying hard not to moan. I got her where I want her to. I know she would rather say yes instead of moan and show me signs of how I make her feel.

"Sge," she finally says.

"Anong sge?" I press.

Raquel sighs then mumbles, "sge, susubukan kong maging open mind sa christmas spirit.

"Yes!" I squeak out before kissing her cheek and pushing her aside so I can put the box containing the fake tree into the shopping cart.

"Wag naman gamitin ang halik para lang makuha ulit gusto mo ah. Its incredibly unfair," Raquel comments.

"Its only unfair if the kisses make you realize how much I mean to you, would you like to tell me how you feel?" I tease.

"Hindi, di ako matatalo sa larong to no," she replies.

"Fine,then. Tulungan mo nalang ako kumuha mga ornaments para sa tree." I say dragging het to the next aisle. She groans behind me and follows without another word.

Torturing her is fun. Also, spending time with her is fun too, but I won't tell her that just yet. I'm not telling her how she makes me heart beat a million miles a minute when we get so close or that she causes butterflies whenever she says my name. Not going to tell her how much I crave her touch and how I desperately want to kiss her and push her against a wall. No, I'm not telling her yet.

And it's got nothing to do with pride. I would tell her in a second of what she makes me feel, and I know she feels the same way, but she's subborn. She wouldn't admit it because she always needs to be on top, she always wants to be right and in change. I'm not going to back down just because I like her.

Things are about to be interesting since I don't think she is going to bugde anytime soon.

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A/N: Lavelle or Raquel? Or both? Whick one are you more into? Or more alike?