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.

start

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

in, but as a girl, she knew this was

want him to get the wrong

to her experience with guys, Alicia had been in a lot of her conversations that took a drastic turn at

guy thought she was interested in them and to

leaning forward and puckering his lips

That just felt… wrong.

and she had

the issue at

considers a girl's feelings towards them as a license to just go for the kill

girls were into that sort of thing, but

do stuff like that, and itedes up ruining the chemistry they had going

she didn't like guys like Billy

speaking, it was a little

want to see

was trying her best not

say

he tries to

were the only ones in the room, and the mood was a little awkward, but it wasn't

don't think I'm

than 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?

thinking about you… and how you seem to have changed a lot since we arrived

relief settle in her

"I've changed? How…?"

to be so assertive and

those normal

so far

when we came

to explain the 'change'

really involve yourself in class politics and other issues. You're just alone and you

her presence in the group had faded away—almost

for

seem to be everyone's main priority—not

Alicia couldn't help but

talking to her about

to fit in. Trying to help everyone and

didn't feel like

she could just

my benefit. I want to learn more about this world, and about my abilities. I want to focus on my capabilities, and one day… hopefully find a way to

almost as soon as she

to go