Can I help you?

Chapter 58

After a nice pizza, with a view of the colosseum, they have some free time. They break up snap a few pics together as BTS at the fountain and also as subunits. After that, they break up in pairs. Doenja and Suga were wanting to drink some limoncello somewhere at a terrace on the square. JK and Jimin wanted to go out to some streets and snap pics there. Jin and Jhope join them. Sarah is sitting on the fountain, studying the statues, one by one. Emma and RM are also still at the fountain, admiring the art and the lightshow.

Mary and V are walking to the other side of the fountain. "I really feel like painting now." V starts. Mary smiles. "I can imagine that. I mean the paintings on the ceiling and walls were marvellous today. I think it is very relaxing to color in a mandala." "Really? I like to mandala too when I am bored. It takes my mind off of things." "Off of things? Like what?" "Like why time is such a weird concept." Mary is shocked. "YOU THINK OF THAT TOO?" V smiles and takes a seat on a bench. Mary sits next to him. "Have you ever wondered why a second lasts this long, while on other moments so short?" V wonders. Mary goes on "If the universe is infinite, how far is too far? Is far even a concept that's an actual concept we have no control over or is it something we made up ourselves? Because "far" also depends on the person, means of traveling, when you ask someone p.e. 2000BC's far isn't now's far, how much time they have, how much they want to travel the distance...What IS far?" V is mesmerized with Mary. She is cute, and has these deep thoughts... God she is so my type. He shoves closer. "I know what you mean. Like this." He holds her close. "Is this close, or is it still far?" Mary looks at him, and his face is right next to hers. "Depends... Our bodies might be close, but our hearts far." "That's a problem...." V's hoarse voice is reduced to a manly whisper while his eyes are ghosting over her face. "... maybe this can help." He kisses her. He is cupping her face so she keeps facing him when he kisses her. She kisses back. Some italian guys are whistling and shouting things at them, but they don't care. Barely stopping to get breath, they keep kissing on. V's hand slides over her leg and pulls them on his lap so her neck gets a break from being to the side. He is also supporting her back and she has her hands holding onto his shoulders.

At the Trevifountain, RM and Emma is having a small moment. Emma is looking at the fountain. Its yellow light lets the water shimmer beautifully. She admires the artwork too. "Bernini did an amazing job drawing this, and Nicola Salvi built it well." She thinks.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" she asks RM. "Yes, it is. I especially like the style. Did you say it was baroque?" "Yes, it was built in the 18th century, under pope clement the 12th." "Ah I see..."

"Namjoon-sshi is something bothering you? You know you can talk to me right?" Emma asks worriedly. "Ah yes, it's just... I'm worried." "About?" "Well, actually it's something Suga said to me. It's about Sarah." "Sarah? Is everything alright with her?" Emma tries to ask further, while pretending to not know that she too thinks there is something going on.

"Well, Suga thinks Sarah is having a fake love with that Ji Hoon guy. He noticed some things Sarah would not normally do. And if Suga thinks something, it's almost 9 out of 10 times correct." "It's true that he is very observing. Well, if you worry about it, go talk to her!" "I will go now, thanks." "No problem!" Emma sighs. Not because Namjoon left her, but because she also thinks there is something very strange going on. "I hope she will be okay."

Sarah snaps a pic of her at the trevi and sends it to Ji Hoon. He misses her dearly. So much. She smiles and wiggles her feet. Gosh, he is so romantic. And loving. And rich, and handsome, and good in bed, and available, and doesn't have fangirls....Her thoughts derail towards another person's direction. She shakes her head. "No. I finally found a solution. I am not going to go back to being in that state. I am happy now. I truly am very happy now." She keeps saying it over and over to herself, as a mantra. "Are you happy now?" RM's voice startles Sarah. She almost feel in the fountain. "I am. He is lovely." She is holding on to her phone and just randomly shows it quickly to RM and then drops it back in her lap. "That's not what I asked. Are YOU happy now? With or without him. This question is about you, and you alone." "O-of course I am. Why wouldn't I? I found a love. I can almost not believe it. He is handsome, funny, intelligent, rich, talented, and he loves me so much. It's better than the alternative." Alternative? RM raises his eyebrow at this word. "What is the alternative, Sarah?" She looks up and panics slightly. He can see her eyes shift quickly. "Being alone. Surrounded by my idols. And still being single. That must hurt so much. I am so happy now with how things are. Everyone deserves a love." "Even us, idols?" RM asks her a burning question.

Sarah doesn't feel like burning her hands on that one. "That is completely up to the idols and the company. It is a complicated world, and one I don't plan on getting entangled in. I am just staff. And that is more than enough for me." She looks down, happily to have dodged that question. "How do you feel about us idols being this close to you? Can you maintain the staff-member distance?" Sarah nods confidently. "As expected from me. Altho..." "Altho?" RM begs her to finish the sentence. "Altho I have some stress about guarding the hearts of my friends." She hesitantly says. "But don't worry, I'll keep them properly in check." She quickly adds. "Your biases were, no, are Jin and Hoseok, right?" Sarah's eyes grow wide and then she regains her composure. "Yes." "They have been out of their normal behavior lately." RM shakes his head. "No, actually ever since you came in our lives. I can't help but shake the feeling that something is going on with that." Sarah looks at the ground, not making eye contact. "No. Not that I know of." RM knows she is lying by her behavior. Oh Sarah, you are not the liar type. You suck at lying. To me, or to yourself...