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

know about Alicia, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't aware that time was passing and

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

to do that with Alicia—especially

the end, he

I guess we better get going to our Party Meeting…" She muttered,

in that

"Mine is over there."

clearly meant they would

not wasting any time at all, but something about the atmosphere caused their feet to be planted in the

other

We won't be able

silence, feeling the awkwardness creep in

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

how do I…?' Rey swallowed his saliva and

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

should go

almost as

He slightly raised his hand

soaking in the

closed his eyes, clenching his fist while

now? Will we forget this moment? Will we

Rey wasn't sure.

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

pretty sure she

could scream at the top of his lungs

exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

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

just felt

to her when

wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving

Plus, the most vital reason is the