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.

if I start a conversation now, he might think I'm interested in

like she wasn't interested in him, but Alicia didn't want him thinking

be in, but as a girl, she knew this was

want him to get the wrong idea,

experience with guys, Alicia had been in a lot of her conversations that took a

went south when a guy thought she was interested in them and to make all the

him leaning forward and

That just felt… wrong.

prude, and she had lots of

wasn't the

towards them as a license to just go

girls were into that sort of thing, but Alicia knew how much

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

also why she didn't like guys like Billy who seemed

was

to see

was why she was trying her best not to show

he had to say

tries to

in the room, and the mood was a little

think I'm ready for

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

something more intimate in

Less action, perhaps?

and how you seem to

in her heart,

"I've changed? How…?"

assertive and outspoken.

those

seemed so

and when we came here…

on to explain

politics and other

friends that she hung around with, and her presence in the group

only thing Alicia had going for her right

be everyone's main priority—not with Lucielle

see…" Alicia couldn't

talking to her about this. Strangely

to fit in. Trying

Alicia didn't feel like Rey

felt like she could just speak her mind to

to learn more about this world, and about my abilities. I want to focus on my capabilities, and one day…

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to go