Boundless (Conrad Fisher x OC)

Chapter Twenty-One

A/N: This chapter contains two amazing art scenes (Created by Meanny Arts) that were illustrated to make this story experience better. Please do not claim them as your own or plagiarize them. Enjoy! ♥︎

This chapter is the Part Two Finale, which is why it's a bit longer than most chapters. <3

CONRAD

TWO WEEKS LATER...

He swore he was on cloud nine. He didn't want to get out of it either. He wanted it to last forever. Conrad was certain he was now becoming the most annoying person in the world. Wait, what was he talking about? He's already annoying. Case in point, 'you big fucking baby!' to Jeremiah back during the summer a couple of years ago. But if he was an annoying child then, he was an even more annoying adult now.

The reason? Her.

Cerise Martinez, who cusses at him in her native language when he does something idiotic, but then kisses him afterwards to forgive him. Like right now.
"So these are Pastillas?" Conrad picks up a small white sugar candy wrapped in white paper from the small box in front of him. Cerise had been insisting he try it since he decided to come visit her at the school that day. They were seated together in a little lunchroom for the teachers that little kids couldn't get into without an ID pass.

"Yes! Remove the wrap and just try it." She instructed him. "And how do I know you're not trying to poison me?" He joked. It could be a poisonous candy for all he knew.
But Cerise glares back at him, staringly, "When has anything I ever gave you to eat been poisonous, Conrad Fisher?" She smirks. "Or you know what? I'll eat it so that I can prove to you it's-"

"Mmm... nope, nope." Conrad puts his finger up in the air, wags it, removes the paper wrapper of the candy, and eats it in one bite. Cerise chuckles, identifying his reaction towards the Pastillas while his face goes from curious and confused to delighted. "Holy shit, that's so good. I see why Nori loves these." He quickly grabs another candy, removes the wrap, and shoves it into his mouth. "Wow." He murmured while still chewing the food in his mouth that Cerise could not stop laughing about.

"See, I knew you'd like it! You can take as many as you'd like. I brought them for you."
But he insists, pushing the candy box towards her, "No, I can't eat it alone." Conrad points down to the box to tell Cerise to get one for herself. He'd be a bad boyfriend if he didn't share it with her.
Cerise tilts her head to the side, "Fine. I was hungry anyway." She picks one up for herself, unwraps the paper, and bites into it. "Shit, that's so good. I missed eating this so much." She says in between bites. A thick Tagalog accent that she didn't always show coming out.

"There you two are!" Nori walks into the teacher's lounge carrying her stack of reading books and binders for her class. "Did you lure Conrad into the addiction?"

Conrad stops in his halt, "What addiction?" He was now scared.

"To Pastillas, silly." Nori corrected him. "Cerise's lola in the Philippines makes them, and we always love waiting for it."
"Ah, you're trying to start a Pastillas addiction cult. Makes a lot of sense."
"Proudly." Cerise stated.

He checks his watch and realizes that his time was up.
God, he really didn't want to leave. He'd definitely prefer to just say fuck school if he wasn't chasing a degree right now.
"Okay, I have a class in like, an hour and thirty minutes. Can't afford to be late. Can I pick you up?" Conrad looks up from his watch to Cerise, eyes hopeful to see her after their busy hours.
Cerise nodded in agreement. "Sure." It was something they'd been doing more often in the last two weeks since they started dating.