An Extra’s POV

They went past the town square, towards the marketplace.

Throughout the journey, Rey kept bringing up random topics, and Alicia didn't quite understand why.

For example; things like her dreams, her thoughts on certain guys in their class.

The breaking point for Alicia was when he asked about what she thought about Billy.

She actually considered him to be an imposter at some point—maybe Justin disguised as Rey.

But on their way out of the Royal Estate, they saw Justin hanging out with his friends.

It couldn't have been him.

Stil, Alicia wasn't sure this was really Rey.

To exercise caution, she asked him questions that only Rey would know—questions involving things they discussed in the Library or in his room.

"How many cats do I have in my grandparents' house again?" Was a good example.

And every time… EVERY SINGLE TIME…

"Over thirty-seven, right?"

… Rey knew the answers to her queries.

It had to be him!

'So why is he being so weird?' She wondered to herself.

Perhaps this whole surprise thing had him all worked up. That was Alicia's excuse for him.

The two of them eventually went to a shop that sold "The best Fruit Juice around!" according to Rey.

She didn't know he had been exploring much of the city, especially since he never told her about it.

'I would have liked to know… or even come…' Alicia's thoughts trailed.

But she quickly shrugged it off.

The Shop was more like a restaurant, with tables and chairs set in multiple places.

For a place meant to be the best, it was scanty at best. A few men were seated in certain corners here and there, but there weren't more than seven of them.

They all had big jugs of juice in front of them, but the liquid contents were almost full to the brim, showing that they had barely been touched.

'Is Rey really sure about this place?' Alicia wondered to herself as she scanned her surroundings.

She saw a few men taking sips, but they were hardly making pleasant expressions.

hardened faces

even stared at her a few

really feel comfortable

about the place and

he just casually shrugged it

worry. It's always like this. There's

off her concern felt unlike

… Almost too insensitive.

come all this way for the surprise anyway, so she decided to get

she was in

once they sat, someone came

woman who asked this had a plain face

paper in one hand and what appeared to

hand,

are trembling." Her

shock. She probably wasn't

result, she was too

Alicia. Let's just

She quickly shot

very first time she had felt this way towards him. It almost felt like repulsion—the

didn't think Rey was such a

Is he finally showing his true

no, she didn't want to

have a cold,

voice woke Alicia from her thoughts, prompting her to return her gaze

shy, or it's her first week working

but she didn't want to cause more of a scene since most of the few

Get

"T-thank you…"

quickly died down as she turned to

measure of bashfulness if she saw this a few hours ago, but now she felt a

don't you pick something for me? You know this place best." Alicia sighed,

try their strawberry shake!

"Really…?"

I just tried it out yesterday, and

thoughts trailed as she

you got yesterday, yet you didn't mention it to me at all when we spoke last

well… I… I was eventually going

from Rey's

Is it because of the

She never expected

he's the one I trusted

with, and she thought he saw her

now, Alicia didn't

are. Two

tray that held two medium cups of the same liquid, Alicia felt it