Can I help you?

Chapter 12

Sarah and Emma have retracted themselves in their room. "So we need to prepare for this trip for them. Any suggestions and ideas?" Sarah takes the lead. Emma nods. "Maybe it is better if we get a computer in here." She gets up and walks to the studio. She knocks. "Come in." She enters the tabernacle, the most holy of holy places. The place it all happens. Mary looks behind her, so do Suga and Namjoon beside her. "Can we borrow a notebook with internet?" RM gets up "I'll give you one. Follow me." Mary and Suga bow over the computer in front of them, discussing about adding another layer of instrumental. Emma follows RM and enters the room where he sleeps on the floor. She carefully enters. RM is bend over a desk, clicking on stuff. He closes the notebook. "I unlocked the password, so it doesn't need one. Don't click on any of my files please." "Especially not the one with all the X's?" Emma jokingly asks and sees RM's face change. Her smile melts too. No way! RM smiles a dimple smile. He walks closer to her and she automatically backs away. She hits the wall with her back and he places his hand next to her head, holding the notebook under his other arm. He leans with his face really close. "Wouldn't you rather make one with me?" He looks over her whole face, and Emma sees his eyes shift to look at every inch of her face. Emma her face looks as if she is about to faint from happiness and fear. He backs away after what seems minutes but in fact were only a few seconds. "Just kidding. You teased me and made me uncomfortable, I just did the same to you." He shrugs and laughs at his own cunning move. Emma feels relieved and offended at the same time. "Moh!" She scoffs and grabs the notebook from his arm. "Thanks" And she hurries out of the room. RM is worried he went to far and she got upset. In reality, Emma had to go quick or she was about to give into RM's avances. That was close! I thought my heart was going to explode! She runs into the room, hugging the notebook. Sarah looks at the mess she became. "What took you so long, did they still need to make the notebook?" Emma shakes her head. "RM joked around with me, but I almost went in on the joke and took it seriously." Sarah smiles. "Did he now? Didn't you enjoy it?" Emma grins and nods very enthusiastically. She sits next to Sarah and they start their meeting.

After about 3 hours, they decide they have discussed enough. They put everything in a mail, and mailed it to the main office. Sarah closes the notebook and hands it to Emma. "Care to give it back to your bae?" Emma blushes. "Not really, but I don't have a choice now, do I?" Sarah grins evil. "Just as I guessed." Emma rolls her eyes, sighs and stands up. She grabs the notebook and walks out of the room. Sarah leans back, supporting herself on her hands and looks out of the open window. She breathes in the air, and feels the sun falling in just on her. She enjoys the moment. Sarah empties her mind and heart completely. She sings IU's Love Poem. Jhope is watering the plants underneath her window and hears her sing. "Is that Mary? Is she already out of the studio?" He walks in and to the studio, only to find the 3 of them still working, and not even close to singing. He sees that the ladies' room's door is slightly opened. He looks in to see Sarah sitting on the floor, leaning backwards on her hands, sun on her face, eyes closed with some tears falling out of her corners of eyes. She just hums slightly a melody. Jhope shakes his head. It probably wasn't her... He opens the door a bit more, because she looked like something out of a painting, a picture. A piece of art. He leans into the doorpost and crosses his arms, staring at her for a while. I am just going to fill my heart a bit, that's all. Nothing else. The sun disappears after a cloud and Sarah start to move. He quickly leaves the door and is gone. Sarah turns around and sees the open door. She gets up and looks outside the door. She sees nobody. She shrugs and closes the door again. Jhope is already downstairs and his heart is beating wildly. Why did I run away like that? Is my heart beating because of the adrenaline or the fact I ran quickly? Or... He looks up the stairs.

In the evening, Doenja returns home. She is wrecked. "Welcome back! How was it?" Emma asks. Doenja smiles. "I saw all their clothes... OMG even the concert ones. I touched Suga's red seesaw suit. With these hands." She holds up her hands and is proud. "Why are you looking so tired then?" "There were many... too many... They keep most of their clothes. I have never seen that many clothes..." "Will you be able to be the stylist I told them you are?" Sarah asks sternly. Emma and Doenja are startled at the sharpness of Sarah's words. "I-I guess..." Why is she this hard? Emma and Doenja seem to think the same. She looks so stressed. Sarah nods. "I hope so. I need you guys to perform as the best." She gives Doenja a comforting shoulder pat. "You've worked well today. Good job." Aaaaand there is the encouraging Sarah that we all know again... What is up with that? Sarah leaves Emma and Doenja in a confused state and enters the kitchen to help Jin with dinner again.

Sarah looks happily at the full fridge. "Hey Jin, what's on the menu for tonight? Shall we work together, instead of a competition?" Jin looks at her, but Sarah keeps looking in the fridge to sort the ingredients. "Sure, you pick, I'll help you." Sarah grabs an apron and a bunch of stuff from the fridge. "You are in charge of seasoning. Koreans are specialised in that. I will tell you what to put red pepper paste on. I will cook it first 'bland' as you called my food last time." "That's not tru-" "Not in those exact words. But we season our food in harmony, not just put hot stuff on it..." Jin is speechless. Oh, she is feisty. "So when I make it, I'll split it in 2 portions. You season it to your Korean taste buds." Jin nods. Sarah starts to order him around. He manages to keep her happy and does his utmost best. It is smelling godly in the kitchen. She is sweating and lifting her shirt under the apron to get some fresh air in there. Jin sees a drop of sweat roll off her head, into her neck, and into her cleavage. Very slowly. He licks his lips. Then he gives himself a mental facesmack to get back to his senses.

They all have dinner and are close on each other again. This time all of them have an amazing meal. "Jin, can you give me a bite of your Korean taste bud seasoned dish?" She opens her mouth and Jin reaches out with his chopsticks to her. "Are you sure you can handle it?" Sarah closes her mouth again. "I can handle anything you put in my mouth." and she winks. Jin's hand trembles as he remembered something. He drops the bite. "heyhey, don't waste food!" Suga scolds Jin. Jin pulls back and sits back down, in shock. Sarah just realises what she said and flushes. Even she sits back down and looks at her plate. The others are just staring at these weird two. Eventually Jhope hands her a bite. She tries it and the first bites she is doing okay. The BTS members are impressed, but suddenly there are tears in her eyes. They all start to laugh. "There it is..." Suga jokingly says. Sarah, who is trying to breath out as much as she can without making it noticeable, shakes her head. "N-no, it's just... SO SO SO good!" They all laugh harder at her attempt to blow off steam by repeating the 'so' that often. Jimin hands her a tissue and she dries her eyes and blows her nose, while Jungkook got a glass of milk from the kitchen. Mary throws Sarah under the bus by saying that she normally never can handle hot food. Sarah, barely recovered, opposes sternly. "No, I can eat kimchi! But only that. With lots of rice. And I mean LOTS!" They all start laughing again. Even Sarah is laughing. Jin excuses himself. He walks outside.

He remembers everything now. He leans on the table outside. He remembers how he undressed her. How she had him in his mouth, how he then, after Jhope, he mounted her and... He squats and moans, while holding his hands to his head. He suddenly remembers the kissing he did during that time. "OMG... I kissed her that deeply and intimately. She must have been so confused..." "Do you love her?" Hoseok is standing behind him. Jin slowly gets up, still not facing Jhope. Do I love her? Jin wonders to himself.

Sarah looks out of the window of the room, and sees Jin his meltdown, and Jhope nearing Jin. Well, isn't that ironic. These 2 are now facing what they've done. She looks at how Jin turns to Jhope. Too bad I can't hear what they are saying.