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 their

if he said he wasn't aware

because of his time with her, he kept pushing 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

want to do that with Alicia—especially in the later parts of their

end, he messed

going to our Party Meeting…" She muttered, causing Rey to slightly

in that

"Mine is over there."

of them pointed to separate places, which clearly meant they would have to part ways at that

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

other till the Conquest.

be able to talk until

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

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

Rey swallowed

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

go now.

almost as fast

raised his hand

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

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

will happen now? Will we forget this moment? Will we

Rey wasn't sure.

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

pretty sure

he could scream at the top of his

that was exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

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

just felt so

to her

that time wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving pieces

the