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 now, he might

she wasn't interested in him, but Alicia

but as a girl, she knew

don't want him to

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

was interested in

don't want him leaning forward and

That just felt… wrong.

means a prude, and she had lots of experiences kissing

the

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

of thing, but Alicia

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

was also why she didn't like guys like Billy who seemed so fixated

speaking, it was a

want to see

was trying her best not to

to say he was thinking about

to kiss me

the mood was a little

don't think I'm

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

more intimate in

Less action, perhaps?

mean, I was thinking about you… and how you seem to

settle in her heart,

"I've changed? How…?"

and outspoken. That's why you became our

those

so far away

we came here… you were actively

on to explain the 'change'

class politics and other issues. You're just alone

friends that she hung around with, and her presence in the group had faded away—almost to

thing Alicia had going for her right now was her

didn't seem to be everyone's main priority—not with Lucielle being the new center

see…" Alicia couldn't help but

anyone was talking to her

just got tired of trying to fit in. Trying to help everyone and sticking my neck out

Alicia didn't feel like Rey was going

could just

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

eyes popped open almost as

want to go