Can I help you?

Chapter 45

They have these long stick candles put all around the beach, there are flags and boomboxes playing music. They got a big barbecue and Jin and Sarah are cooking. Emma is stealing bites that are already done. Jimin and Jhope are dancing. Suddenly anpanman comes up and Sarah drops the tongs and runs to do Jin's part. Jin looks at her, amused at how she chose his part. The other members are excited at seeing how she can join them in the dance. Even Suga joins, curious how it is to dance with someone else than Jin. He taps her back and they start. She isn't as good as them but still they are all impressed. "What other songs do you know?" "I know a bit from mic drop. Oh and I can also do Black Swan." They are impressed. RM is already browsing the song. When black swan comes up, she takes again the position of Jin. They all laugh. "You are so fond of Jin's position, don't you?" Jhope looks sad. Sarah is dancing and laughing. "He is the sloppiest so I take his part since I am sloppy too. No way I can handle Jhope's or the dance line's part. So it was either Jin, Suga or RM's part. And I prefer Jin as he is my first bias." Jin blushes and smiles while turning a skewer. The others laugh at her reason to choose his part. "He was a bit sloppy indeed, but he greatly improved." V mentions. She nails the dance and drops on the sand. "I can do the idol one too, but that one is so tiring. I can't... I am out of breath when I do him." They laugh and agree it is quite the intensive dance. They look at the other fangirls, but those look away. Mary raises her hands. "Hey, I sing and write, I don't dance." Emma looks down. "I never learned it." Doenja shrugs. " I work out enough, I'm not dancing." Sarah giggles. "I love to dance, it is a fun sport and work out. I'm not good but it always makes me smile." "So can you also cover other groups but us?" Sarah nods. "I can do some super junior dances, and also Itzy's wannabe." They clap their hands and are super raving about her. Jin is annoyed at the attention Sarah is getting and calls her back to the grill to help him out. Sarah excuses herself and joins Jin again. He hands her the tongs. She smiles, and is still out of breath. "Oh I can also do Fire a bit." Jin pokes her. "So you like my parts, right?" Sarah nods. "You are the sloppiest..." She giggles. He pokes her side and she is laughing. Jhope looks at her and Jin, playing around like that, comfortable around each other. He can't forget what she said to him on the beach that night. He can't forget her eyes either.

They are eating and enjoying the bountiful meal. Suga and Doenja are holding hands under the table. V and Mary are discussing about the nature of a chicken. Including dinosaur statements and alien involvement. RM and Emma are just talking about school and their childhood memories. Emma keeps occasionally touching RM's arm and bumping into his shoulder. She is curling a lock of hair when he is talking to him and smiling. She is meticulously following Sarah's tips. Sarah laughs at how innocently Emma is. She is talking to Jungkook and Jimin for once. Jin and Jhope are in front of her and are looking a bit jealous. Sarah pulls a dadjoke and the maknae laugh loud. Jin is grumbling something about how they never like it when he does that, yet here they are giggling away with her. Jhope rolls his eyes.

After dinner they have a dance party. Sarah is loving to dance, and has a smile on her face. Jimin steals the show with his temporary dance. Emma carefully busts some moves on the floor too. Just carefully. Copying Sarah. Mary and V are in their own world dancing as if they stepped on electric wire. Both are laughing and having fun nevertheless so everything is okay. Doenja and Suga are sitting on their chairs, drinking and chatting. Lowkey flirting. Jhope looks at Sarah when she dances, and her face looks different. She has a smile, and a light aura around her. As if her soul is light and fluttering. She moves as she wants, follows the rhythm surprisingly well. She has a potential to be a dancer. He seems to think. He dances towards her. "Ever thought of doing professional dance?" Sarah smiles and shakes her head. "I'm too fat for that. Also with my ankle I can't do much." He looks down and can see her ankle being thicker already. He feels sad. Dance if you want to dance, no matter if your body holds you back or not. If it is a passion, you can do it. "My body holds me back, but I do dance, a little, and when I feel like it. It won't stop me from dancing my soul out, but I won't do it professionally."Sarah adds. Jhope looks at her as if she just read his mind. Sarah decides to tease JK by grinding a bit on his and dancing sexy with him. JK takes one look at her cleavage and is completely red and embarrassed. Suddenly a slow song is played. Jimin yoinks JK away from Sarah and holds him close to him while placing his head on JK's chest and his hand on JK's ass. Sarah is laughing at that scene.

Suddenly she feels someone hold her from her back and spin her around. It is Jhope. Sarah pushes him away and shakes her head. "I...I don't like slowdance." He pulls her back and holds her close. "Why not? You don't seem to mind distance that much when grinding guys in the club." He pulls her body close to his, with his hand on her lowerback. "T-that's different than this." "Why? Because a dance like this might lead to romance? Or private conversations, like this?" And he whispers in her ear while swaying. Sarah is feeling so uncomfortable. But her defense mechanism activates again. She leans into him and whispers in his ear. "No, it's just that dancing like this is too slow for me. For scared, nervous little things. I don't mind going fast. I am not an average girl to be swayed like this. In nothing." She pulls back and looks at Jhope's reaction on his face. Jhope is a bit surprised at her reasoning. But then he recomposes himself and leans into her again. "Or perhaps because this is a thing done on marriages and mostly end with a loving kiss?" The song ended sooner than she thought and Jhope leans into her, tilting his head and closing his eyes. Sarah's eyes grow wide, Not when everyone is watching like this. She panics and *PATS* She slaps Jhope on his cheek. Everyone is in shock. Jhope holds his hand on his cheek and is surprised. RM looks at them. Sarah is released by him and walks back, looking around her at all the questioning faces.