An Extra’s POV

Two students stood in their respective chairs and respective desks within the expansive Library.

One would expect this haven of silence to remain that way, especially since only two people occupied it.

However…

"N-no! You misunderstood—!"

"Since when did you two start… ahh, never mind. You're both in Beta Class, so I should have already known."

"Hey, relax…"

"I thought you were a loner and all, but I didn't know you had such friends. Noah… Trisha."

"No, Alicia, I—!"

"So you were such a ladies man and I had no idea. What a—"

"ALICIA!"

Rey's voice was so loud in Alicia's ears that it startled her to another degree.

The book she held flew out of her hands, falling to the floor… right beside Rey's feet.

Rey was right in front of her now, causing her heart to race to an extreme degree.

Alicia had never heard him shout that loud before.

Even his current expression… how he creased his brows and stood so imposingly in front of her… she had never seen this side of him before.

"Alicia…" Rey's voice grew softer.

How he had managed to close his distance from where he sat before was a mystery to her, but all she knew was that he was close.

… Too close.

"I'm sorry I ditched you like that. I went with Noah to get something, and I didn't want things to be awkward for you since we already had an earlier arrangement."

Rey wasn't particularly lying, but he conveniently left out the part where he forgot about her entirely.

"So it wasn't awkward for Trisha to tag along? I guess it's fine for you three since you're in the Be—"

"Trisha didn't come with us."

"E-eh…?"

"It was just Noah and me."

"A-ah…?"

"I only saw Trisha once we met at the rendezvous spot. She was showing me her sword, since I have an… interest in it. That's all."

"You… like swords?" Alicia's soft and curious tone told Rey that she was no longer upset.

Still, he knew he wasn't out of the woods yet.

Not to an extreme level, but… I think they're cool." Rey was

of red appeared on

misunderstanding…" Alicia burst

Rey to heave a sigh of

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misunderstood.

can understand why you thought that." Rey

after calming down and sharing their side of the story, the truth

should have confirmed it with you. It's just… arghh.. never

face made Rey want to burst out into a loud

hardly ever saw her uncomposed, and even when she chose to be casual with him,

had most of the control in

it

now… she was a

Rey liked this side of

bad person for feeling this

took successive sighs to calm herself—deeply inhaling and exhaling periodically, while also

long, she was

I actually got

yanked out the

"Y-you did…?"

box and dropped it on

"Whoa! T-this is…!"

surprised expression when she saw the box alone

like everything

closer to her, so the pure white

"Open it." He said.

her stunned expression,

"T-THIS IS…!"

in both shock

had never seen anything like the

"You like it?"

whisper, she turned to smile

"I love it!"

the White Amber. I won it

Alicia's cheeks

She murmured, carrying the pure

it has… reminded me of your

eyes don't look as great as

shrug off Rey's comment, he moved even closer

look

it! You're

in stating the

as she tried to look away from the boy beside

"Rey, stop. Please…"

telling the truth? My goodness… you want me

what

I don't! You tell

formed on Alicia's face, causing

"Hahaha!!"

not control her own reaction