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…'

they had to deal with their lateness

know about Alicia, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't aware that time was passing and that he was supposed to be in

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

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

the end, he messed

I guess we better get going to our Party Meeting…" She muttered, causing

is in that

"Mine is over there."

pointed to separate places, which clearly meant they would

at all,

won't see each other till the

We won't be able

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

like neither of them wanted

do I…?' Rey swallowed his

right that they were still delaying despite how precarious their situation was. Before he could be

should go

off, almost as fast as the gust of

slightly raised

soaking in the disappointment that now filled his body

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

forget this moment? Will

Rey wasn't sure.

thing he couldn't deny now, though,

sure

him so happy that he could scream at the

exactly

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

hearing his thunderous shout of triumph, so he didn't really care how

felt

definitely confess to her when

doing it 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 vital reason is the