Chapter 5 is here! Hope you all enjoy!

Secret Santa

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Chapter 5
December 21, Sunday

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Usagi and her mother soon left the arcade, Usagi beaming and flustered.

She walked along quietly beside her mother, thinking happily of the next evening, forgetting her Secret Santa gift entirely until her mother stopped in front of a store window and called her name.

"What is it, Mummy?" Usagi looked up, annoyed at her mother for breaking her fantasy.

"Look at that, Usagi! Is it not the perfect gift for your Mamo-chan?" Ikuko pointed at an object in the window.

Usagi walked up and pressed her hand against the glass, peering in and marveling at the object before her eyes. It was a crystal figure of a rose, and on the stem the words Have your name engraved here were etched in a silver tint.

She gasped in delight. "Wow! That's amazing! It's so perfect!" She rushed into the store and found a store clerk. "Excuse me, may I see that rose in the window?"

The friendly elderly woman smiled kindly. "Of course, dear."

Ikuko walked into the store after Usagi and started browsing around while her daughter made her purchase.

Usagi held the crystal rose in her hands carefully. "It's absolutely perfect. Ma'am, how much is this rose and how much will it cost to have Mamoru engraved?"

"Well, the rose itself is 5000 yen, plus it costs 500 yen per letter to have it engraved. Is this for a special young man?" The woman's kindly blue eyes twinkled.

Usagi blushed. "Well, actually, yes…"

"Then for you, my dear, I'll engrave it for 5100 yen altogether."

Usagi beamed. "Arigatou!"

The woman smiled. "Now, it will take me a few minutes to engrave it."

Usagi and her mother walked out several minutes later, the rose safely tucked away in a carefully packaged box. Ikuko walked up to a dress store and ushered Usagi inside. "Come along, dear, let's get you a dress for tomorrow night!"

They browsed through several racks until Usagi came upon the perfect dress. It was white, strapless, flowed to the floor, and shimmered lightly with silver tints. She gasped in pleasure. "This one, Mum! It's perfect!"

Ikuko walked up and looked at it. "That's gorgeous! Find your size and let's look at some shoes!"

It didn't take long to pick out some very high heeled silver highlighted shoes. Usagi said she wanted them very high heeled so if Mamoru decided to kiss her she wouldn't have to stand on her very tip-toes. He mother laughed at this.

"You are so much like me when I was your age!"

Usagi giggled. "You seem to say that a lot!"

"That's cause you're a lot like me!"

Mamoru and Motoki sat talking in the arcade all the while Usagi and her mother were shopping.

"So, are you going to confess to her that you love her Sunday night?"

Mamoru fidgeted. "I don't…well…I don't know…you see…" He sighed. "Okay, so it's like this. I bought her this diamond rose and moon necklace for the Secret Santa thing, but I don't want to give it to her then. I want to give it to her tomorrow night. That way, I can gently open up the topic of my love for her. But now I'm clueless again as to what to get her for the Secret Santa."

Motoki snapped his fingers. "That's easy, my friend! Get her a big, and I mean a BIG stuffed animal, preferably a bunny, and a clothing article, such as a nice pink scarf or some gloves. Then tomorrow night you can give her the big present! Is it a nice necklace?"

Mamoru grinned. "Well, for four hundred thousand yen it had better be nice."

"FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND? Dude, are you crazy?"

"Hell, yes. You haven't figured that out until just now? Yes, it was four hundred. But it was absolutely perfect! I saw her in the mall staring at it, and I knew it was the ultimate present!"

Motoki grinned. "Ah, the antics of a man in love. Well, I'm glad you're finally happy, Mamoru-kun. Just promise me one thing."

"Sure, what is it?"

Motoki leaned over and grabbed Mamoru around the collar. "You break her heart and I will have your head as a decoration above my fireplace! So don't you dare hurt her!"

Mamoru laughed. "I promise from the bottom of my heart."

Well, there's the shortest chapter in this entire story. Just a quickie before the big chapter coming up next! The next chapter is going to be a LONG one, so everyone be prepared.

Love you all and God Bless!

LunaGirl