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

lying if he said he wasn't aware that time was passing and that he was supposed

with her, he kept pushing it aside. He couldn't even use his Skill to create another duplicate to

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

end, he messed

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

in that

"Mine is over there."

pointed to separate places, which clearly meant they would have to part ways

wise thing to do was to dash off, not wasting any time at all, but something

I guess we won't see each other till the Conquest. Maybe

be able to talk until

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

it seemed like neither of them wanted to be the one to

do I…?' Rey swallowed his saliva and clenched

precarious their situation was. Before he could be the bigger person and tell Alicia goodnight,

should go now.

ran off, almost as fast as the gust of

raised his

while, soaking in the disappointment that now filled his

clenching his fist while his upper and lower teeth

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

Rey wasn't sure.

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

I'm pretty sure

he could scream at the top of his lungs

exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

hearing his thunderous shout of triumph, so he

just felt

her

that time wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving pieces

pretty busy. Plus, the most