An Extra’s POV

"I was only ever interested in one, but after finding out he was a jerk, I cut all ties with him."

Alicia went on to theorize that it was perhaps due to the senior's bruised ego that he went on to spread rumors about her.

Thankfully, Alicia's reputation was strong enough for people to simply interpret it as her simply dating a lot of seniors.

Nothing more, nothing less.

"Oh, wow. I never expected it to be like that…" Rey's voice trailed as he looked at Alicia, who was simply shrugging casually.

"A lot of things aren't as they appear. If we listen to everyone's opinions and don't take time to form our own, we'll just end up drowning in misinformation."

Rey felt like those were wise words that Alicia just said, but he didn't know how to phrase it without sounding cringe.

"That sounds like a smart thing to say." He finally settled on the most neutral way to put it.

"I know, right?"

Alicia went on to flail her long hair as she used her hand to push it backward.

She did this as she chuckled jokingly, trying to act like a wise diva.

"Pfft!"

"Hahahaha!"

Before the two of them realized it, they were both laughing.

"Nice one… haha!"

"Thank you, good sir." Alicia made a mock bow, and that only served to crack Rey up even more.

This girl was seriously funny.

'Damn! I never would have thought Alicia would have this side to her!'

Rey thanked his lucky stars that he actually decided to start the conversation.

'So this is what I've been missing out on!'

As they both laughed even more, Alicia suddenly raised a topic that he wasn't expecting.

"Have you ever dated anyone, Rey? Or do you have someone you like?"

The moment Rey heard this, his heart nearly stopped.

sufficed, but for

lips were

"I… well I…"

inviting smile told him it was okay to say his mind, but Rey

now, though. Alicia answered all my questions and she

would be very uncool if he

I supposed to say

was he supposed to tell the girl right next to him that

just have to! She's not some monster or anything, Rey!

himself this, he remembered how comfortable he

alone gave him

open his lips and finally utter the words he had kept buried in his heart all

the thing is…

~BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!~

Rey's room, and everything within it, to

Alicia felt themselves jump slightly as the bed

first to speak,

of this scale… it must

Some accidental use of a Skill? As Rey ran through many simulations in his head, he cast his gaze on Alicia's

Thankfully, she was.

hell is going

could mentally answer this question, a

"W-who's that?"

banging startled Rey, but he didn't let most of his apprehension

on the

and I

room? Safe?

just sounded, yet Billy

merely

the enmity

was here. How long has he been standing in

creepy behavior as he and

about what happened in

at Alicia and the look on her face confirmed that she also

she still has feelings for

the door,

Rey shoved him aside, and just like a ragdoll,

one, as even the rest of the students were all gathered around Adonis' room, or were on

explosion had woken everyone up, and with the room door opened—with smoke emanating from it—it was

themselves among the crowd

they did so, they found the boy himself stepped

thinking as he observed the particularly hardened