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.

have sufficed, but for some

his lips

"I… well I…"

it was okay to say his mind, but Rey didn't know if it was

back out now, though. Alicia answered all my

uncool if

I supposed to say

next to him that he was

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

Rey told himself this, he remembered how comfortable he

alone gave him

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

the thing is… I like

~BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!~

Rey's room, and everything

slightly as the bed rocked

was that?!" Alicia was the first to speak, while Rey struggled to understand what had just

explosion of this scale… it must have come from inside the

fight? Some accidental use of a Skill? As Rey ran through many simulations in his head, he cast his gaze on Alicia's worried face to make sure she was

Thankfully, she was.

hell is

this question, a sharp knock interrupted his thought

"W-who's that?"

loud banging startled Rey, but he

[Danger Sense] was somewhat on the fritz as

I was told to make sure everyone

room? Safe?

just sounded, yet Billy was already

it was merely to make sure Rey

given the

means he already knew she was here. How long has he been standing

behavior as he and Alicia jumped from the bed and rushed to the

about what happened

look on her face confirmed that she also

still has

opened the door, meeting Billy's imposing frame

way." Rey shoved him aside, and just like a ragdoll, Billy found himself tossed

face and his collapsing form was visible to no one, as even the rest of the students were all gathered around Adonis' room, or were on

had woken everyone up, and with the room door opened—with smoke

and Alicia also found themselves among the crowd of students who rushed

they found the boy himself stepped out

thinking as he observed the particularly hardened expression