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.

guy and a girl in a room together… if I start a

him, but Alicia didn't

but as

him to get the wrong

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

went south when a guy thought she was interested in them

him leaning forward and puckering his

That just felt… wrong.

by no means a prude, and she had lots of experiences kissing and being

the issue at

feelings towards them as a license to just go for

some girls were into that sort of thing, but Alicia knew how much it turned her

do stuff like that,

guys like

it was

want to see you in another

her best not to show that

to say he

he tries to kiss

only ones in the room, and the mood was a little awkward, but it

I'm ready

be good, it could end up completely shattering the atmosphere they had

wanted something more

Less action, perhaps?

I was thinking about you… and how you seem to

her heart, but curiosity also

"I've changed? How…?"

so assertive and outspoken. That's why you became our Class

remembered those normal

so

came here… you were actively

went on to explain the 'change'

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

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

see…" Alicia couldn't

talking to her

of trying to fit in. Trying to help everyone and sticking

and selfish, but Alicia didn't feel like Rey was going to

she could just

and about my abilities. I want to focus

open almost as

want to