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…'

but they had to deal with their lateness

wasn't aware that time was passing and that

He couldn't even use his Skill to create another duplicate to take his place, since that meant he would be momentarily disconnected from his current

Alicia—especially in

end,

get going to our Party

in

"Mine is over there."

which clearly meant they would have to

all, but something about the atmosphere caused

other till the

won't be able to talk until

in silence,

seemed like neither of them wanted to be the one to

Rey swallowed his saliva and clenched his

how precarious their situation was.

go now.

as fast as the gust

raised

while, soaking in the disappointment that now

He closed his eyes, clenching his fist while his upper and lower teeth grated

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

Rey wasn't sure.

he couldn't deny now, though, and

pretty sure she

that he could scream at

exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

blocked anyone else from hearing his thunderous shout of triumph, so

just felt so

confess to her

wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving pieces there

busy. Plus, the most vital