An Extra’s POV

The night was awkward after that.

They had to speak to Justin, who was just returning from his meeting with his Party Members when he saw them in that corner.

As expected, he poked jokes at them and tried to probe further into what they were doing alone in the dark, but none of them answered honestly.

Thankfully, Justin only caught about a second of it, so he couldn't make any concrete case.

"Well, I hope your Party meeting went well. I'm supposed to rendezvous with them at our Group Room later, so I'm just whiling the time away exploring the city." He explained with a casual smile.

It might have been casual information from his perspective, but both Rey and Alicia received a rude awakening the moment he said this.

'THE PARTY MEETING!'

The had completely lost track of time, and now the meeting was probably over.

Justin, being the perceptive guy that he was, observed their shocked expressions and cocked his head slightly.

"You guys okay?"

"Y-yeahh…" They both muttered, their heads hanging in disgrace.

Who would have thought that Alicia—the stern and disciplined one—and the Extra—who didn't cause trouble for anyone—would be the ones to default in the plan?

Their heads were still spinning as to the consequences of their actions when Justin waved them goodbye.

"Welp! I gotta go now! You people can continue what you were doing back the—ouch!"

A slight jab from Alicia sent him hopping away, hurriedly waving as he ran off in both pain and fright.

"See you guys at the Conquest!"

As both Rey and Alicia heard his last words, they sighed simultaneously. Rey's sigh was louder, though.

'There's no way we can continue now…'

not right, but they had to deal with their lateness to their

Alicia, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't aware that time was passing and that he was supposed to be

it aside. He couldn't even use his Skill to create another duplicate to take his place, since that meant he would be momentarily disconnected from

do that with Alicia—especially in the later parts

end, he

going to our

in

"Mine is over there."

them pointed to separate places, which clearly meant they

dash off, not wasting any time at all, but something about the atmosphere

won't see each other till the Conquest.

be able to

from each other in silence, feeling the awkwardness creep in on

seemed like neither of them

how do I…?' Rey swallowed his saliva and clenched

still delaying despite how precarious their situation was. Before he could be

should go now.

She ran off, almost as fast as

slightly raised his hand while

for a while, soaking in the disappointment that now filled his body

fist while his upper

forget this moment? Will we try it

Rey wasn't sure.

thing he couldn't deny now, though, and that

I'm pretty sure

him so happy that he could scream at the top of his lungs in

that was exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

his thunderous shout of triumph, so he didn't really care how loud he

just felt

definitely confess to her when we get

preferred doing it after the Conquest, but that time wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving pieces there would be after

pretty busy. Plus, the most vital reason is