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

him, but Alicia

but as a girl,

him to get the

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

was interested

him leaning forward and puckering his lips

That just felt… wrong.

a prude, and she had lots of experiences kissing

wasn't the issue

a guy considers a girl's feelings towards them as a

that sort of thing,

of guys had tried to do stuff like that,

guys like Billy who seemed so

was

want to see you in

was trying her best not to show

then he had to say he was

to

the mood was a

don't think I'm ready for

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

more intimate in

Less action, perhaps?

you seem to have changed a

in her heart, but curiosity

"I've changed? How…?"

assertive and outspoken. That's why you

those

so far

when we came here… you were actively

explain the 'change'

class politics and other issues. You're just alone and you

didn't have friends that she hung around with, and her presence in the group had

had going for her right now was

main priority—not with Lucielle being the

see…" Alicia couldn't

talking to her about this. Strangely enough, she didn't

got tired of trying to fit in.

Alicia didn't feel like Rey was going to judge

like she could just speak her mind to

about my abilities. I

open almost as soon as she said

to go