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.

a girl in a room together… if I start a conversation

him, but Alicia didn't want him thinking she

to be in, but as a girl,

don't want him to

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

went south when a guy thought she was interested in

him leaning forward

That just felt… wrong.

a prude, and she had lots of experiences kissing and

wasn't the

considers a girl's feelings towards them

that sort of thing, but

to do stuff like that, and

guys like Billy

it was a little

to see you in another light,

was trying her best not

to say he was

tries to kiss me

and the mood was a

don't think I'm

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

wanted something more intimate in

Less action, perhaps?

I was thinking about you… and how you seem to have

her heart, but curiosity

"I've changed? How…?"

to be so assertive and

remembered those

so far

we came here…

went on to explain the

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

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

Alicia had going for her right now

be everyone's main priority—not with Lucielle being the new center of attention

see…" Alicia couldn't help

talking to

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

feel like Rey was going to judge

could just speak her mind to

my

eyes popped open almost as

want to go