Can I help you?

Chapter 42

Jin and Jhope are eating in silence. The whole mood is awkward. Sarah sighs. Did I do this? I don't want them to be awkward or fighting each other. Sarah texts the others for when they would be back, but Mary told her they were out shopping for groceries for the evening. She lays her phone on the table and sighs concerned. The pool calls her. She looks at the pool. Jin and Jhope notice. "Would you like to use the pool?" Jin asks. "Do you want us to leave?" Sarah turns back her head to those 2. She smiles and shakes her head. "No, I'm good." "You really love watersports, don't you." Hoseok states. Sarah's eyes twinkle when she thinks about all the fun she has in water. "Even though water has also traumatized you." Jin adds. Jhope looks at Jin How did he know? Did she tell him her story too?. "So? If I should be scared of everything that traumatized me, I would not even be able to live in a house." They are surprised at her cool attitude. "As I said yesterday, the scars and traumas make up the constellation of my life. It's all part of my fate. And you can't fate." She shrugs and eats a banana. She gets up, pushes the chair under the table with her hips in a smooth move. "By the way, I don't think I can go in the water now." She lifts her shoulder, where the white patch is from the stitches. She cooly cleans the table and places it all in the sink. "The rest will be back around 2pm. I don't know what they planned for the afternoon. But we still got 1 hour. Maybe one or both of you could do the dishes." She mentions, and walks to her room, sipping from a bottle of water. She is smooth like water. I can imagine why she feels at home in water that much. Jhope seems to think.

In the supermarket, they are split up in couples, each with their own cart. RM and Emma are browsing the shop. Emma grabs occasionally stuff and places it in the cart. "OOOHHHH and I love these. And these. And what are these?" RM looks and explains. "OOOOHHH I will come to love these." And throws it in the cart. RM is trying to hold back his laughter at Emma's way of shopping. God she is so cute! He is looking at something and turns around, but his elbow shoves something from the shelve. He sees it drop, but suddenly a hand catches it. Emma exhales. "Just in time." She looks up at RM and smiles a warm smile. She places it back in the shelves. "Namjoonshi, please don't destroy things in the shop." She gently relocates RM a bit further away from the shelves. RM is smiling and embarrassed. He keeps looking to the floor, ceiling, shelves as to not make eye contact with Emma, afraid she will see his blush, but Emma just knows. She pats his back. "It's okay. You can always be who you are around me. I don't mind. I'll be here to catch your mess or avoid it from ever happening." RM smirks and raises his eyebrow. "So is that a promise?" Emma nods happily. "Sure. As long as you'll have me of course. Altho your future wife might not like it that much." He laughs. "Somehow I think my future wife probably won't mind." Emma frowns at his answer. He clearly underestimate women.... No woman would want that, or allow another woman around her husband. Tsk and here I was thinking he is an experienced traveller in love... She clicks her tongue between her teeth and seems disappointed in RM. RM looks how she pushes the cart in a way like she would be mad at him and his dimples appear. Goddamn she is adorable too.

Mary and V are walking through the shelves too. V is leaning on the cart and just rolling with it. Mary is stressed out by it. She tries to make sure the cart doesn't spin out of control and hits something or even someone. "V, honey, Can I please suggest of walking like a big boy, instead of this?" V jumps off the cart and changes from a boyish guy to a manly man. Mary oof's big in her mind. He holds his head in a certain angle that makes Mary scream inside. "Is this better?" He asks in his husky voice and Mary swears her legs are losing strength. She is staring at V like a deer in the headlights. Unable to produce a sound or even reaction. V waves his hand in front of her and bows down to have his face on her face level. "Hmmmm Mary.exe has stopped working. Should I reboot it?" And he smirks. "Or will my reboot make it worse?" He tilts his head in a questioning way. Mary hiccups. He smiles. So cute!! He pecks her lips from that position and Mary hiccups again. He puts his hand in his pantpocket and walks with the cart away, as adult manly as a man can be. Mary is a mess inside her head. A happy mess tho.

Suga and Doenja are browsing the liquor department. They are pointing at their favorites and talking about it. Suga is stroking Doenja's side softly while he has his arm around her waist. Doenja smirks and lets him do as he wants. "There is no love hotel nearby..." She whispers. Suga whispers in her ear. "We can also try it outside?" and bites her ear. At hearing this, Doenja shivers. "What if we get caught?" "What about it?" Suga doesn't seem to see a problem, but Doenja still remembers Sarah's agony and urging demeanor. "We shouldn't do this. It isn't right." "So what? No rules can apply to us. You and I both are rebels." Doenja looks smiling at Suga, and gives him a kiss. "You are right. But still... I might be a rebel, but I will not hurt people." She looks back at the shelve. Suga is surprised at her answer. Hurt people? With us being loving to each other? How?

JK and Jimin are looking at the fruits. Jimin pushes a cherry in JK's mouth. JK looks around. "What are you doing?" "Feeding you one." "That isn't allowed, this is shop. You need to buy it before you eat it." Jimin rolls his eyes, so done with goody JK. "So what. We should try them before we buy them, no?" Jimin smiles his smile but somehow JK senses the badness of his hyung. Jimin's slytherin is showing again.