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…'

mood not right, but they had

he would be lying if he said he wasn't aware that time

use his Skill to create another duplicate

didn't want to do that with Alicia—especially in the later parts

the end, he

better get going to our

is in that

"Mine is over there."

clearly meant they would have to

at all, but something about the atmosphere caused their feet to

we won't see each other

be able to

other in silence, feeling the awkwardness creep in

seemed like neither of them wanted

do I…?' Rey swallowed his saliva

still delaying despite how precarious their situation was. Before he

go now.

off, almost as fast as the gust

slightly raised his hand while

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

his fist while his upper and lower teeth grated

Will we forget this

Rey wasn't sure.

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

sure she likes

he could scream at the

that was exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

shout of triumph,

felt so

confess to her when

wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving pieces there

be pretty busy. Plus, the most vital reason is the