Summary: Who knew faking lead to a realization of the wonderful truth in front of her.

Caitlin Snow was so sure that she was just going to have a happy and simple day of Christmas shopping. She prepared her long list, containing gifts for her friends, Christmas decorations, and ingredients for the delicacies she was going to make.

Wearing a long-sleeved white sweater dress paired with ripped jeans and white flats. A red scarf was also wrapped around her neck, auburn hair flowing down, and completing the look was a bright wide smile on her face.

Everything was perfect, the streets weren't that filled with people yet and snow fall was still minimal. Caitlin was walking around the mall, checking several clothes for herself and her friends.

After buying clothes, she went to the book store and looked for a brand-new novel to be hooked on. Focused on browsing the titles, she accidentally bumped into someone.

"Sorry." Caitlin says and looks up, face gasping audibly. The someone she bumped into was a man, wearing a plaid shirt and had the sleeves folded paired with dark jeans and blue Nike.

He turns to her and smirks, "It's fine, Cait. I knew you would like bumping into me." She quickly leaves the man, regretting the fact that she apologized to that annoying and cocky man.

But Lady Luck wasn't siding with her anymore, the man follows her around the bookstore. "Hey, wait up." He grabs her arm causing Caitlin to stop and shake off his grip.

She turns at him and glares, "What do you want, Barry?" The man chuckles and winks at her, "I want to go with you, who seems to be busy doing Christmas shopping." Sighing in disbelief, she exits the book store followed close by Barry Allen.

Caitlin ignores him, trying to outwalk him but because he's a track and field athlete, Barry easily catches up to her. "So, what brings the brilliant but cold Caitlin Snow at the mall?" She remained silent and continued looking around the mall, wanting the man behind her to be swallowed up by the earth.

Barry chuckles at her silence, "The cold treatment, huh? Well you're an ice queen." She turns to him, "If you're just going to annoy me during the rest of the day, just go away and leave me be."

Everything was fine until Barry showed up, annoying her just like in college. They were in good terms, having a mutual best friend named Cisco Ramon. But Caitlin hated his reckless and happy go lucky nature totally opposite of her cautious and cold type.

He liked going to parties and having attention.

She liked reading books and having high grades.

He was an athlete and a great singer plus dancer.

She wasn't any of the two things, just the top student of their class.

He was also smart, Caitlin would give that but he's really not her cup of tea. Even though he's charming and handsome, Caitlin would be blind if she denies that, she likes the more matured man rather than the mischievous guy.

He nods slowly, "Fine. I won't annoy you, just keep you company. Probably ask you sometimes but not to annoy you." Caitlin looks at him warily, "You better stay true to your promise."

Barry salutes dramatically, "Yes, ma'am!" She sighs and nonetheless nods her head making Barry grin widely at her approval. The pair continued walking around as Caitlin shops for Christmas decorations and presents.

"Hey, why didn't you get the mistletoe?" He asks while looking at the items in her cart. A couple of Christmas Santa figurines, some ornaments for a Christmas tree, tinsel, Christmas lights, and stockings.

She continues pushing her cart, "For what? Having someone kiss me under a green plant? Supposed to be romantic? No, thank you." Barry shakes his head in disbelief, "Wow, you really are a Grinch, huh?"

Caitlin pays for the things she bought while Barry offered to help her carry some of the things she bought. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "Why are you helping me? Are you trying to prank me again? Just like in college days."

He laughs at her narrowed eyes while grabbing two bags, "No, I genuinely want to help you. And please, pranking? Grow up, Dr. Snow." He laughs louder at her glare.

The pair went to a small restaurant where Barry offered to treat her for lunch. Caitlin simply ordered a plate of carbonara and a glass of mocha frappuccino. Barry on the other hand ordered burger and fries plus one strawberry milkshake, his favorite.

She slowly eats the pasta, chewing lightly while the man across her was eating like a starved man from the desert. Caitlin studies him causing a small smile to tug at her face, He can be annoying but he's a good guy.

Barry notices her stare and smirks, "Am I the apple of your eye now, Cait?" She rolled her eyes and picked up some tissue, putting it on the food sauce around his mouth.

He blinks his eyes, surprised by her action. Caitlin looks at him, "Pig." She giggles lightly and continued enjoying her food while Barry wipes his mouth with the tissue and smiles at her, happy that they're somehow getting along.

"You're not coming to the party?" Barry asked her while sipping his milkshake. Caitlin simply nods, "Yeah. You know I'm not a party person besides I have to decorate my house." He nods at her and calls a waiter, asking for their bill.

The manager approaches their smile with a wide smile, "Here's your bill, sir." She extends it and Caitlin tries to reach for it but Barry beats her to it. He snatches it and grins at Caitlin, "My treat, remember?"

She rolled her eyes while the manager smiled at the two of them, "Are the two of you, perhaps a couple?" Caitlin looks at the manager with wide eyes, "Why are you asking us that suddenly?" Barry cuts her off, grinning at her annoyed stare.

The woman laughs, "Well, sir. We have a discount for couples and a free chocolate mud pie for sharing. A holiday promo." Barry's eyes twinkled at the mention of food while Caitlin considers the discount… Ugh. Fine. Silly promos.

Caitlin looks at the manager and smiles widely, "We're a couple!" She declared making the manager smile widely while Barry looks at her with wide eyes. "We're just a month old, so we're a little shy about our relationship. But we love each other, don't we, honey?"

Barry stifled a grin as she nervously holds his hand but smiles at her, "Yes. I love you with all of my heart, baby cakes." Caitlin flinches quietly but maintains a sweet smile at him. The manager nods with a grin, "Ohh! I see. We'll have the mud pie served. The discount would be deducted, ma'am and sir." She politely leaves the "couple".

Seeing that she's out of view, Caitlin quickly removes her hand from Barry's. She looked at him with a serious face, a faint blush on her cheeks, "Just to be clear, I only said that for the discount."

"Of course, you did." He replies with a wide smirk then looks at her intensely, "Where shall we go next, baby cakes?" That earned him a crumpled tissue to the face which he easily evaded, laughing lightly while she sighs in exasperation and wished to magically disappear or have ice powers to freeze the annoying man across her.

"Baby cakes! Wait for me!" Caitlin stopped in her tracks, face flushed different shades of red. Barry stops beside her, wrapping his arms around her and the pair started walking again.

She steps out of his grasp, "Don't call me that, we're not pretending anymore." Caitlin said icily while Barry pouts childishly, "You're no fun, Cait. What if there's another discount or freebie?" She sighs and continued walking faster again while he laughs and catches up to her.

The two were inside a clothing store, Barry sitting on the plush couch while Caitlin browses the store racks. Is he serious on keeping me company? She thought as she looked at the clothes, his handsome smirk appearing on her mind.

"Caitlin?" A voice asks causing her to look back and eyes widen. She looks at the man, "Zack." She replies, old memories and pain haunt her mind. They stare at each other for a while, silence surrounding them.

Barry notices Caitlin talking with a man, Is that her ex? He remains in his seat but was watching their exchange.

"How are you, Cait?" Zack asks looking at her with concern all over his face. She avoids gazing back, "Fine." Caitlin replies simply, wishing that he would just disappear.

Zack sighs and tries to reach her again but Caitlin moves away, "I'm fine, Zack. It's been four years. I should go." He tries to grab her again but his hand was lightly slapped by another figure.

Barry appears beside Caitlin, "Sorry, my girlfriend is in a rush." He grabs Caitlin's arms and dragged her out of the store. Zack stares at them, remembering the good times he had with Caitlin.

Caitlin was sitting on a bench, looking down at her feet. Why did I have to see Zack? She sighs and frowns to herself, "Hey, cheer up, Frosty." She looks up and was a greeted with a cone of mint chocolate chip ice cream.

She hesitantly grabs it while Barry sits beside her, enjoying a scoop of strawberry ice cream. Caitlin looks at him as she starts licking her ice cream, "How did you know?"

He looks at her and smiles widely, "I just do." Barry continues eating his ice cream while Caitlin does the same, slowly smiling and watched the children running around while throwing snowballs at each other.

"Thank you for today, Barry." Caitlin says with a wide smile as she opens her door and lets Barry come inside. He smiles at her, "Anytime, Cait." Barry sits down on her couch while she prepares two cups of hot chocolate.

Why am I so happy, why is my heart beating fast, why is my mind always picturing his laughter and dazzling smile? Why? Caitlin thought as she puts the marshmallows on their hot chocolate, smiling and blushing lightly.

"Here you go." Caitlin hands him his mug before sitting beside him, sipping her hot chocolate and smiling at the taste and warmth of it. She looks at Barry, who laughs at her lips smeared with melted marshmallow and a little bit of chocolate.

He wipes her marshmallow mustache with his hand and licks it while smirking at her, "Tastes good, Cait." She felt her face flush red while Barry laughs and continues drinking his own hot chocolate, delighted with its taste.

Caitlin sets down her mug on the coffee table, breathing lightly and looked at the man beside her. She unconsciously leans in while Barry looks at her with eyes widening in surprise, "Caitlin, wait."

As the words left his mouth, Caitlin blinks and felt her whole face light up like a Christmas tree. She backs away from Barry, "Sorry! That was a stupid thing to do… Sorry! I didn't know you already had a girlfriend! I'm not that kind of girl, I'm reall—"

Barry sets down his mug and pulls her closer, tilting her chin to meet his gaze. Caitlin felt very conscious at their closeness and his breath tickling his face, "I don't have a girlfriend, to be clear. I was just surprised but it doesn't mean I don't like it."

She nods slowly, face still bright red. He holds her closer as a smirk appears on his handsome face, "I told you to buy a mistletoe." Caitlin was about to ask what he was talking about but a pair of soft lips silenced her.

Doe brown eyes wide, He's kissing me. Barry Allen's kissing me! In my house! No mistletoes! She pulled away a bit, "Barry… I th—" He kisses her once again, more passionate this time.

Caitlin feels that she was melting as Barry continued kissing her and finally, she kisses back, pulling him to herself. He pushed her down the couch, the pair practically making out on the sofa. Hot chocolates forgotten as they got lost in each other's taste.

She pushes him away, "Barry, wait." He looks down at her, eyes shining with lust and love. Minutes later, a blush appears on his face causing him to get off her almost falling off the couch.

"Sorry." He mumbles and sits a good distance away from Caitlin, who sheepishly sits and moves closer to him. "I like you, Barry. Even though I was cold to you." Barry smiles at her statement, "I like you too, Caitlin. It's fine, it made 'the getting to you to like me' more memorable and fun."

Caitlin giggles and gets their mugs then hands Barry his. He sips once and grins at her, "So... hot chocolate and chill, baby cakes?" Warmth spreads across her face, "Do not call me that, ever again. Plus, don't push your luck, Allen." She stands up and walks to her shopping bags.

Barry chuckles and chases after her, wrapping his arms around her waist. "I won't, Baby cakes." Caitlin sighs and glares at him, "Call me that again and I'll dump hot chocolate on your head."

He laughs again and held her hand, "Fine. What if I help you decorate your house! At least allow me to call you that or if you like, we can do chill part." Barry said while wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

She rolled her eyes and considered his silly suggestion., "Alright. If you help me decorate, you can call me, Baby cakes." He grins widely and starts to get the Christmas ornaments and hanged it around her Christmas tree, "Come on, Cait!"

His actions caused Caitlin to laugh loudly, smiling at his eagerness. She went to Barry's side, helping in decorating the tree.

Baby cakes? Barry asked after they finish decorating.

What? Caitlin replies with an amused smile.

You really don't want to do the chill part? He asks hopefully.

Barry! She exclaims at him, blushing fiercely.

Their phones were unattended, unable to notice the barrage of text from Cisco Ramon,

Barry! Are you coming? I'm inviting Caitlin!

Cait! Where are you? Barry's here, you two need to get together! ASAP!

Guess the more you hate, the more you love is really true. She thought while snuggling closer to Barry, who had his arm securely wrapped around her waist as they watch Christmas movies under a hastily made pillowfort.

A/N: The 12 Days of SB is officially finished! It was fun and memorable to write this fanfic, my first completed Snowbarry fic. I hope all of you enjoyed reading my fanfic and had smiles around your face while reading (hopefully). Maybe next year, I'll do another one of this (should I?). Gonna need new prompts and inspiration hehe. Anyway, thank you for reading this! Please try to read my other stories like Snowbarry? Snowbarry. and Heart Rate, the former is still ongoing because I'm a lazy writer. I also have a Wattpad account (NewtIsNotDead and RunMinhoRun) with TMR imagines and stories. Thank you again! Hope you all had a fun Christmas and holidays. See you again! Early Happy New Year (probably gonna post a new year SB fic.) Reviews and favorites are well-appreciated, thank you again very very very much! :D