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…'

had to deal with their lateness to their respective

he said he wasn't aware that

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 his current

with Alicia—especially in the later parts

end, he messed

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

is in

"Mine is over there."

which clearly meant they would have to part ways at

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

we won't see each other till the Conquest. Maybe even until

able to

each other in 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

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

should go now. Bye

She ran off, almost as

slightly raised his

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

so close…' He closed his eyes, clenching his fist while his upper and lower teeth grated

we forget this moment? Will we try it

Rey wasn't sure.

now,

sure she

him so happy that he could scream at the

that was exactly what

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

of triumph, so he didn't really

felt

her

it after the Conquest, but that time wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving pieces there

the most