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.

would have sufficed, but for some reason,

like his lips were stuck

"I… well I…"

say his mind, but

all my questions

uncool if he wasn't the

I supposed to say

right next to him that he was developing

monster or

how comfortable he felt when talking to

alone

to open his lips and finally utter the words he had kept buried

the thing is… I

~BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!~

Rey's room, and everything within it,

jump slightly as the bed rocked upward for a

was that?!" Alicia was the first to speak,

scale… it must have

many simulations in

Thankfully, she was.

hell is going

mentally answer this question, a sharp knock

"W-who's that?"

but he

on the fritz as it

and I was

Safe? What

sounded, yet Billy was

was merely to make sure

given the

here for Alicia. That means he already knew she was here. How long has he been standing in

behavior as he and Alicia jumped from

curious about what happened

on her face confirmed that

she still has feelings

off the thought as he opened the door, meeting Billy's imposing frame waiting for

shoved him aside, and just like a ragdoll, Billy found

was visible to no one, as even the rest

up, and with the room door opened—with smoke emanating from it—it was hard not to get drawn to Adonis'

found themselves among the crowd of students who rushed to the

moment they did so, they found the boy himself stepped out of the thick

he observed the particularly hardened