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

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

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 from

that with Alicia—especially in the later parts of their evening

the end,

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

in

"Mine is over there."

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

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

I guess we won't see each other

able

in silence, feeling the awkwardness

it seemed like neither of them wanted to be the one

swallowed his saliva

situation was. Before

should go

as fast as the

He slightly raised his

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

his fist

forget this moment? Will we try

Rey wasn't sure.

thing he couldn't deny now, though, and

I'm pretty sure

he could scream at the top of his

exactly what

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

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

just felt so

definitely confess to her when we get

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