No Room For Romance

Chapter 18: Lunchbox Girl

Cedric walked into the chamber where he had locked her up. It had been hours since she was locked up. She stopped asking him to let her go as her throat was also hurting.

"Eat it"

He gave her some food in a plate, she glanced at it and just laid down on the floor. "I'm tired." She said.

"So eat it like a good girl."

"No."

She closed her eyes as she tried to fall asleep. "I thought you had a lot to ask me?"

"Don't wanna."

Cedric looked at her and observed, Anaïs felt uncomfortable as he did. Her eyes twitched and she opened them. "what?"

"?!"

"Go away."

"No."

"Tch!"

She raised her arms and said, "do you hate me?" As her fingers tried to touch his face.

"..."

"Hah... What do you even want? Are you satisfied by doing this?"

Cedric raised a spoon and offered her to eat it.

"..."

"You know what, fuck you." She retracted her hand back and rolled over.

"There's a bed." He pointed.

"So what? You wanna fuck there or something?"

"..."

"Looking at your face, it's making me nauseous. Just leave!"

Cedric kept the spoon in his hand down.
"You remember everything, don't you?"

Anaïs looked away. "I had forgotten about it, you forced me to remember it."

He irked and picked the plate back up.
"Eat your food, you haven't eaten for a long time."

"Is this your way of pitying me? You're such a pathetic loser. You've always been one."

"..."

Cedric got up and walked away, but this time he didn't lock the door. Anaïs was too lazy to notice it. She dozed off after he left.

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Cedric's phone vibrated and he picked the call.
"Hey, where is she? I've been trying to reach her, but she isn't even at her home right now?!" He said.

"What, you're into her now? You liked her tying you up so much?"

"Well, you'd know if she was on top of you. She has a domineering personality and..."

"And what?" Cedric asked.

"... Well, don't you have her with you right now? I'm pretty sure she could've topped you if she were a guy. Ahahah..." He chuckled.

"..."

"Trust me, she's a girl... But she definitely has control over you... And if that's too much for you, send her to me. I'll make her my mistre—."

Cedric cut off the call and clenched his fist. His eyes were stoic and he walked back to the chamber. 

He saw Anaïs sleeping on the floor and wrapped her in his arms as he picked her up and put her on the bed. She squirmed, but Cedric tried to be calm and let her go. He put on the blanket and covered her body as she turned around.

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A little girl walked out of the school building. It was lunch break and some kids had asked her to join her for lunch, but she rejected them all. She ran over to a corner where the students usually didn't go and took out her lunch box and ate as she started crying. "Dad... D-dad..." She sobbed. Her nose was runny and her eyes and cheeks reddish. She sniffed and took another bite.

Her eyes shifted and she heard a rustle among the bushes. "W-who is t-that!?" She stuttered.

"..."

She kicked the bush a little and heard a cry. "Ow!"
A little boy who was dressed roughly crawled out. "Why did you do that!"

"Uh... Um..." She took another bite as she tried to speak. "Who told you to hide there!?"

He stared at her eating and pulled his lips in.
"You want some?" She chewed and gulped it down and asked again.
"Are you hungry?"

He looked at her lunchbox and replied, "no".
His stomach growled again. His face reddened and he complained, "your lunch is not good! I don't like it!"

Anaïs tilted her head a little and looked puzzled. "Oh, okay then... I'll just eat it alone."

Cedric felt annoyed. He puffed his cheeks and glanced at the food.
"Do you want to eat it? I'll share it!" She smiled cheek to cheek.

Cedric sat on the bench and Anaïs gave a spoonful of her food. "What are you doing?" He asked.
"I'm feeding you..." She said.
"I can eat on my own. Hand me the spoon!" He yelled again.

She touched her lip lightly with her left hand. "But you're a child. My mother always feeds children! When I was young, she did that for me too!" She explained.

"I'm not a child!"

She put the spoon in his mouth and then he just continued to chew it. "It's not that bad." He said as he tried to avoid eye contact.

"I'm glad you liked it! I made it myself." She smiled.

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Anaïs had been asleep for a while and as she woke up, she recalled the things she'd seen in her dream, "hah... Why'd I have to see that of all the things!" And then noticed that she was sleeping on the bed with a blanket on.
"...?"

'Did he—?' she brushed off her thoughts.
She got up and noticed that the door was open. She slowly walked out and looked around. It was a large and grand place. "Should I leave?" She asked herself.

She wasn't sure what to do. There was no one in and she was the only person in. She didn't have her phone or any money, but she decided to leave before Cedric could come back.

She hurried and tried to make a run, but then a woman walked down the stairs. She had long wavy hair and her body had little to no imperfections. Anaïs was stunned by her beauty. Her cheeks flushed as she looked at her in awe.

"Oh, you're the girl Cedric brought in?"

Anaïs got a little nervous and didn't know how to respond properly. She stood silently as she was swoon by her.

She got closer to her and touched her chin to close her mouth. "Aren't you being way too obvious?" She grinned and then, it struck her mind. "Wait, are you lesbian?" She gasped.

Anaïs snapped out of her thoughts and she shaked her hands and head in disagreement. "No... I—"

"Don't lie. It's clear from you face that you have a thing for me..."

Anaïs dropped her head low as her face became a cherry.

"Wait... So, you're a lesbian? I was just kidding. I legit didn't mean it." She chuckled.
"No, it's just that, you're very pretty."
She looked at her closely and Anaïs got startled as she jumped back. "So, you're into me?"

"Uh... Uhm... You're pretty so anybody would fall for you!" Anaïs replied.
She gazed at Anaïs with a straight face.
"You're right." She nodded.

"But, that's not the point here!" Anaïs diverted the topic. "... Why are you here?"

"Oh, why shouldn't I be here?" She looked puzzled. "Didn't Cedric tell you?"

"Tell what?"

"I'm his fiancé."

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(Tbc)