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 a conversation now,

wasn't interested in him, but Alicia didn't

be in, but as a girl,

him to get

been in a lot of her conversations that took a drastic turn at

south when a guy thought she was interested in

forward

That just felt… wrong.

she had lots of experiences kissing and being

wasn't the issue at

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

of thing, but

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

didn't like guys like Billy who seemed so fixated on

speaking, it was

see you

was why she was trying her best not to show that she

say he was thinking about

tries to

the only ones in the room, and the mood was a little

think I'm ready for

it could

something more intimate

Less action, perhaps?

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

her heart,

"I've changed? How…?"

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

remembered those normal

seemed so far

came

went on to explain the

and other issues.

her presence in the group had

had going for her right now was her

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

I see…" Alicia couldn't help but

was talking to her about this.

got tired of trying to fit in. Trying to help

Alicia didn't feel

felt like she could just

study for 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

eyes popped open almost as

want to go