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.

but for some reason, he couldn't mouth the

lips were stuck

"I… well I…"

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

now, though. Alicia answered all my questions and she

be very uncool

I supposed to say

tell the girl right next to him that he was developing feelings

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

how comfortable he felt when

alone gave him

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

is… I

~BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!~

sudden explosion caused Rey's room, and everything within it, to

jump slightly as the bed rocked upward for a

first to speak, while Rey

it must

ran through many simulations in his head, he cast his gaze on Alicia's worried face to make sure

Thankfully, she was.

is going

this question,

"W-who's that?"

but he

Sense] was somewhat on the fritz as it

happened in Adonis' room, and I was told to

room? Safe? What

had just sounded, yet Billy was already rushing to

merely to make

the enmity they

That means he already knew she was here. How long has

such creepy behavior as he and Alicia jumped from

what

the look on her face confirmed that

she still has

door, meeting Billy's imposing frame waiting

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

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

opened—with smoke emanating from it—it was hard not to get drawn to Adonis'

Alicia also found themselves among the crowd of students who rushed to the room's

did so, they found the boy himself stepped

he observed the particularly hardened expression the Hero wore