An Extra’s POV

"It's fine if you don't want to talk about it."

Esme's voice woke Rey up from his drawn-out thoughts.

He turned behind and saw her slowly rising to a seated position too, a friendly smile written on her face as she rose.

"A-ah, it's—!"

"I understand. It's about a girl, right?"

"W-what? How can you be so sure!" As soon as Rey said this, and also saw Esme's smile widen, he realized the ugly truth.

'I've been tricked! Damnit!'

It was too late to realize it at that point, though. He had been careless, and now the price had to be paid.

"I just made a guess. But it seems like I was spot-on."

Rey wanted to ask Esme for the reason behind her guess this time, but before he could say anything, she told him.

"That man… Asher… he referred to you and I as a couple the last time."

Rey remembered how he noticed Esme's face twitching back when it was mentioned.

She didn't say anything after then, but since she was mentioning it now, Rey knew he had to vindicate himself.

"I told him we weren't a couple. No, it wasn't even that! It was—!"

"This isn't meant for me, is it? It's meant for the girl you're thinking of." Esme brought out a necklace from her pocket.

There was a ring at the center of the silver-like chain.

It was the White Ember—or, something similar.

The ring this time still had a frosty white surface, but the gem at the center peered more aqua than ember.

It was a glowing blue gem.

"They designed something a little different for me. It matches my eyes, don't you think?"

"Y-yeah…" Rey managed to say.

well as the ring

you don't mind, could you

handed the necklace to him and packed her long black

the matter?' Rey wondered as he stole

and her skin had a major role to

helping her to put on the necklace. As he did

to himself as he

was no wonder her forehead had a pink

very delicate.' He found himself laughing internally until he was

flailed her hair back into place, using her fingers to push aside any stray hair that

do

was right beside him—a dozen inches apart maybe—and her surprisingly stoic face as she asked the question made

good on you.

on her face and she

Even though you didn't mean for something like this to be made for me,

too?!' Rey wanted to pull his hair out with the

time, though, he said nothing to

and

meant for someone else. But since this isn't

again, she

She cocked

knew he was only presented with two words as

"Yes" and "Yes."

struggled in his mind to come up with a third option,

but Rey

"I guess so."

nearly snickered as she covered her mouth and laughed

heard her laugh at him that

should have just gone with one of the two options I

*********

passed, and Rey found

his stomach disappeared, and he found himself enjoying her company so

It felt amazing!

be any different, yet they got

again. No… Alicia and I had books and

Esme, everything was so

what made things so much