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.

their hardened faces seemed

even stared at her a few

really feel comfortable

just had a bad vibe about the place and worried for

casually

always like this. There's really nothing to be

off her concern

… Almost too insensitive.

his words. They had come all this way for the surprise anyway, so she decided

she was in much of a mood for

table pretty easily, and once they sat, someone

to have?" The woman who asked this had a plain face and a somewhat shabby

paper in one hand and what appeared to be a

on her hand, though, she

Your hands are trembling." Her voice echoed concern

She probably wasn't expecting Alicia to notice, talkless

she was

Alicia. Let's just

asking you, Rey." She

felt this way towards him. It almost felt like

Rey was such a

I have been wrong? Is he finally showing his true colors after all

she didn't want

have a cold, that's all. Nothing too

thoughts, prompting her to return her gaze to the nervous-looking

she's shy, or it's her first week

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

then. Get

"T-thank you…"

smiled sweetly, but that expression quickly died down as she turned

if she saw this a few hours ago, but now

me? You know this place best." Alicia sighed, taking her gaze away from him

their strawberry

"Really…?"

tried it out yesterday, and it was

as she reigned her

excited about this place and what you got yesterday, yet you didn't mention it to me

well… I… I was eventually going to…

Rey's expression

it because

like it one bit. She never

why he's the one I trusted most among everyone

someone she could be honest with, and

Alicia

you are. Two

tray that held two medium cups