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 deal with

lying if he said he wasn't aware that time was passing and that he was supposed to be in his

his time with her, he kept pushing it aside. He couldn't even use his Skill to create

didn't want to do that with Alicia—especially in the

the end,

to our Party Meeting…"

in that

"Mine is over there."

pointed to separate places, which clearly meant they

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

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

be able to talk

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

like neither of them wanted to be the

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

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

should go now. Bye

She ran off, almost as fast as the gust

He slightly raised his hand

soaking in the disappointment that now

so close…' He closed his eyes, clenching his fist while his upper and lower teeth grated

we forget

Rey wasn't sure.

thing he couldn't deny now, though, and

I'm pretty sure she likes

he could scream at the top of his lungs in

that was exactly

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

of triumph, so he didn't

felt

confess to her when

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

be pretty busy. Plus, the most