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…'

had to deal with their lateness to their respective

he said he wasn't aware that time was passing and that

even use his Skill to create another duplicate to take his place, since that meant he would be momentarily disconnected from

Alicia—especially in the later parts of their

the end, he

our Party Meeting…" She muttered, causing Rey

in

"Mine is over there."

of them pointed to separate places, which clearly meant they would have

wasting any time at all, but something about the atmosphere caused their

I guess we won't see each other till

be able to talk until

other in silence, feeling the

but it seemed like neither

swallowed his saliva and clenched his

precarious their situation was. Before he could be the bigger person

should go now. Bye

as fast as

raised his hand while

remained like that for a while, soaking in the disappointment that now

closed his eyes, clenching his fist while his

now? Will we forget this

Rey wasn't sure.

couldn't deny now, though,

I'm pretty sure she likes

he could scream at the top of his lungs in

exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

blocked anyone else from hearing his thunderous shout of triumph, so he didn't really

just felt

to her when we get

be

busy. Plus, the most