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…'

only was the mood not right, but they had to deal with their lateness to their respective Party

he wasn't aware that time

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

with Alicia—especially in the later parts of their evening

end,

guess we better get going to our Party

in

"Mine is over there."

pointed to separate places, which clearly meant

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

I guess we won't see each other till the Conquest. Maybe even

be able to talk

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

it was just reluctance, but it seemed like neither of them

swallowed his saliva and clenched his

wasn't right that they were still delaying despite how precarious their situation was.

go now.

off, almost as fast as

raised

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

He closed his eyes, clenching his fist while his upper and lower teeth grated

happen now? Will we forget

Rey wasn't sure.

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

I'm pretty sure she likes

happy that he could scream at the top of

was exactly

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

else from hearing his thunderous shout of triumph,

just felt

confess to her

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

the most