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…'

the mood not right, but they had to

lying if he said he wasn't aware that time

use his Skill to create another duplicate to take his

to do that with Alicia—especially in the later

end, he

better get going to our Party

is in that

"Mine is over there."

separate places, which clearly meant they would have to part ways

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

we won't see each other

be able

both stared away from each other in silence, feeling the awkwardness creep

just reluctance, but it seemed like neither

Rey swallowed his saliva and clenched his

were still delaying despite how precarious their situation was. Before he could be the bigger person and

go

She ran off, almost as fast

He slightly raised his

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

his eyes, clenching his fist while his upper and lower teeth

forget

Rey wasn't sure.

he couldn't deny now, though, and that brought him incredible

sure she likes

happy that he could scream at the

that was exactly what

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

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

just felt so

her

preferred doing it after the Conquest, but that time wouldn't be appropriate

the most vital reason is