Can I help you?

Chapter 56

Finally the day arrives. "Today is the day. We are going to Italy." Jimin says excitedly. "Not looking forward to the flight though..." JK pouts."Don't worry kook, I got everything under control" Emma reassures.I should give them a heads up about today and tomorrow's events just to be sure. Don't want to get any complaints from these guys...Emma wants to gather everyone, but that seems easier said than done. Everyone is doing different things. While Jimin is in the living room, all packed and ready to leave, Jin is in the kitchen making sure they each have their own food package for the day and also checking no food is left so nothing can expire in the time they are away. RM is packing his bag and panicking a bit about his wardrobe. Sarah, Mary and Doenja have packed already, but Sarah has gone out to double check the office. Doenja is helping Suga packing. Emma's biggest pain now is Hoseok, who is running around the house together with Taehyung. They can't seem to pack their bags properly, as they have way too much energy left. While Jungkook is whining about the coming flight, Mary tries to catch Taehyung and Hoseok, shouting that they still need to pack their bags.

Jimin notices Emma's struggle. "Leave it to me, I will gather them" he says. He takes a whistle out of his pocket, takes a deep breath and blows on it. After that, he shouts "EVERYONE HOME MEETING NOW" "Thanks Jiminie" "No problem Em"Everyone hurries to the living room and walks toward Jimin, Emma and Jungkook. "SO...I wanted everyone here to walk through the plan for today and tomorrow. Like a briefing." Emma starts "That would be nice, thanks" Namjoon says. Emma looks at him grateful. She was a bit scared at first that she would undermine his leadership with the briefing, because she knows he would normally do stuff like that. Now she is reassured.

"Firstly, there is a 7-hour difference from here to Italy. The direct flight will take approximately 12 hours. We will land in Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO, real name), at 5 in the morning local time. That means we depart in Incheon International Airport (ICN) at 12 o'clock midnight our time. It is now 3 PM in the afternoon. We have to be at the airport at least 2 hours before departure. It takes 1 hour to safely arrive at ICN with the 3 vans. This means we will leave our condo around 9 PM. I would like that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, is ready around 6, that way we can all eat peacefully with a worriless mind. After dinner Sarah and me will check everyone's bags." "Why would you check them?" Jungkook asks. "We will check them because I need to be sure you have everything with you, I cannot possibly do that for each of you whilst you are still packing. Also we need to check if you don't have things that aren't allowed to travel in there." Sarah nods at Emma and then looks at Jin with a glare. "I will also put an ownership tag on each bag, so our bags are easily recognized, but still incognito. Is all clear now?" "YES" all say united.

Emma continues "Another thing I have been thinking about for the past months. You all have never in the past 7 years had a quiet arrival at the airport. Army always spots you guys. That's why I contacted my friend who works at the airport as a lower manager. He assured me we could go in the airport via a side door, and a checking gate will be reserved for us to minimize our time in the main hall. When we pass the passport control and dropped our bags we will be escorted as quickly as possible to a waiting room away from the public. I am sure you all have done this before, but I'll try my uttermost to make my plan succeed." "I'm sure you will do your best. No matter if ARMY spots us, we are grateful. We will also wear our face masks, and give you and the girls face masks too. Because we are with 11 now, the public will most likely not recognize us immediately. 7 guys stand out more than a friend group of 11." RM says sternly. "Kamsahamnida Oppa-nim" Emma says. All are surprised by her sudden formality and Korean speech. They each go packing. Jimin, who was already ready goes to help JK. Sarah arrives at the dorm. RM is in his room, thinking. She would be a good leader. I can see she is scared, but she has the strength to do what is necessary. That's really remarkable for someone her age. She is only 19! But why did she suddenly become so formal again? And what was the reason for the sudden Korean? Was she scared of my response? I will talk to her later.

After dinner, the bags are checked, they are in the vans now. There are 3 vans. In the first one, Emma, Namjoon and Hoseok. The second, Sarah, Jin, Jungkook and Jimin. The third, Doenja, Yoongi, Mary and Taehyung. They safely arrive at the airport. As Emma said, they enter the airport via a side door, and quickly check in their passports and bags. The airport stewardess knows they were coming so she quickly and professionally checks them in. But, as everyone dreaded, at the customs scanner things go wrong. They have to remove their face masks for an identity check. The hall is very crowded, and some teens notice them. The teens run towards them, not thinking about the repercussions. As more people notice the teens running towards the group, they notice just who exactly is the group.

Sarah hears a stampede coming. She asks the employees to hurry up with the fact check. The first group of teens arrived and are storming towards them, shoving Emma aside. She lands on her knees. "Ouch!" RM notices and is quick to pick her up from the floor. Sarah and Doenja are immediately on guard. The girls seem to mainly be maknae fans. Sarah and Doenja are dragging the girls by their collars away. "Please respect their privacy and personal space. They won't suddenly like you if you start to attack like this. Also we are allowed by big hit to sue you and your family. I don't think your parents will be happy. So please, just stand there and don't even think about snapping pics." V, Jimin, Hoseok and Jin are already through customs. RM is now with Emma going through customs. Jungkook is nervous and is pushing RM and Emma. Doenja is standing up and intimidating. Sarah is intimidating and making herself big. The bigger wave is coming. "Guys hurry." Sarah and Doenja are hooking their arms and are bracing themselves. Suga is the last one to enter and sees how Sarah and Doenja are standing their man. The fangirls are almost ripping through them but Sarah and Doenja are not giving in. Suga passes too. Sarah looks behind and heads there with Doenja. They quickly show their passports and they are through too. "That was cutting it close. Dear lord...." Sarah quickly makes a cross over her chest. Doenja looks at the other fangirls and turns around. Both walk cooly away like walking away from an explosion in action movies. Sarah pushes her aviators on and looks at Doenja, grinning at her. "Mission accomplished."

They enter the plane as last. JK and Jimin are next to each other, laying down already, asleep. RM sits next to Jin, Emma next to Sarah, Doenja is next to Mary and Jhope next to V. Suga is sitting alone, fast asleep. RM is on his iPad doing some producing work. Jin is writing on Suga's iPad that he borrowed/ stole when he was sleeping. Mary is also working on a laptop the girls share, working on music. Jhope and V are getting ready to sleep. Doenja is just like Suga, already asleep and Sarah is with Emma talking about Italy and their work.

The trip ends without any problems and they all managed to catch some Z's on their way, to control the jetlag.

------------------In the next part I will have the appearance of a guest-writer. Some events and information have been provided by her, I have integrated it in my story. She is used to writing One Shots. I think it is an honor to have her in my story. She is also known as my randomnator, because I ask her random names if I can't decide who is going into what event, and by doing so I train myself to improvise more. So I am really grateful for her help, and thus I asked her to guest write in this story. She will take on the Italy parts, because she is really knowledgeable about it. So enjoy my writing, with events and some parts from her. You can follow her if you like:

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