An Extra’s POV

"You."

The moment Alicia heard this, her eyes widened in shock.

'W-what is he saying?!'

Alicia was expecting a lot of things, but not this!

Not yet!

'He was thinking about me? That's why he hasn't been focusing on reading?!'

Even though Alicia didn't say anything, she had been glancing at Rey at intervals to see if he was indeed focused on reading.

Or if, like her, he couldn't concentrate.

At first, he was turning the pages, so she assumed he was paying attention.

She didn't want to disturb him with a conversation, or something that would disrupt his focus.

The sole reason she was here, with him, was so they could enjoy the unspoken camaraderie they shared in books.

If she sullied that with pointless conversations just to selfishly while away time, it would be unfair.

Just because she wasn't into the books today, that didn't mean Rey wouldn't be.

However, her thought processes soon changed when Rey stopped flipping his book pages.

'Hm? What's going on?!' She had thought.

Within herself, she had a faint hope that he too wasn't very invested in what he was reading.

She knew it was a terrible thing to wish for, but she had had no choice in the matters of her emotions.

As time passed, she hoped he wouldn't flip the page and regain his momentum.

She hoped he would talk to her instead.

She hoped…

However, nothing happened.

'Should I just talk to him and start the conversation?' Alicia finally thought to herself.

It wouldn't be a big deal to do so.

But, she didn't want Rey to misunderstand her intentions.

girl in a room together… if I start a conversation now, he might think I'm interested

wasn't like she wasn't interested in him, but Alicia

but as a girl, she knew

to

Alicia had been in a lot of her conversations that

she was interested in them and to

him leaning forward and

That just felt… wrong.

by no means a prude, and she had lots of experiences

the issue

issue is when a guy considers a girl's feelings towards them as a license to just go for the kill and

sort of thing, but Alicia knew

guys had tried to do stuff like that, and itedes up ruining the chemistry

also why she didn't like guys

was a

don't want to see you in another light,

was why she was trying her best not to show

say

he tries to kiss me

room, and the mood

think I'm ready

fear that the kiss wouldn't be good, it could end up completely shattering the atmosphere

something more intimate

Less action, perhaps?

and how you

felt relief settle in her heart, but curiosity also

"I've changed? How…?"

mean, you used to be so assertive and outspoken. That's

those

so

with Seraph, and when we came here… you

went on to explain the 'change'

and other issues. You're just

her presence in the group

thing Alicia had going for her right now

beauty didn't seem to be everyone's main priority—not with Lucielle

Alicia

was the first time anyone was talking to her about this. Strangely enough, she didn't

fit in. Trying to help everyone and sticking my neck out for

feel like Rey was going to judge her for

like she could just speak

just want to study for my benefit. I want to learn more about this world, and about my abilities. I want

eyes popped open almost as soon as

to go