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…'

right, but they had to deal with their lateness

know about Alicia, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't aware

even use his Skill to create another duplicate to take his place, since

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

the end,

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

in

"Mine is over there."

meant they would have to part ways at that

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

other till the Conquest. Maybe even

won't be able

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

neither of them wanted

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

right that they were still delaying despite how precarious their situation was.

should go

ran off, almost as fast as the gust of

slightly raised his hand while

in the disappointment that

fist while his upper and

happen now? Will we forget this

Rey wasn't sure.

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

pretty sure

scream at the top of

was exactly

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

shout of triumph,

felt

definitely confess to her when

would have preferred doing it after the Conquest, but that time wouldn't be appropriate considering

be pretty busy. Plus, the most vital