Can I help you?

Chapter 67

The next morning everyone assembles again to make the surprise. They all had a good night's sleep. Today is September 12, RM's birthday. He becomes 26 today. They are all awake, and busy preparing.

They decorate the breakfast table festive like, putting bows at RM's chair. Emma is panicking a bit. "oh my god what if he wakes up while we're still preparing? I should have woken everyone up sooner. I'm such a bad girlfriend. I don't even have a real present. Ugh!" This continues for another half hour. Jin is cooking a nice Korean breakfast. They bought all ingredients yesterday at a late night convenience store. Luckily for them the owner was Asian and had everything they need. "I think it's time to wake him up now. Emma will you do the honors?" Emma tiptoes to RM's room. She knocks on the door. No response. He is still sleeping. She opens the door and goes into the room. She sees him sleep quietly. "Aigoo he's so cute. Even his snoring is cute. Let me wake him up." She proceeds to walk towards his bed, crouching at where his head is. She wipes some hairs away. Stays like that for a while, admiring his face. And then she carefully wakes him up, by shaking his shoulders a bit. "Oppa, wakey wakey." "Nooooo let me sleep" "Doesn't the birthday boy want a kiss?" with that RM sits up quickly. "Kissy?" He asks with a little pout. Emma chuckles, and kisses him softly. "Happy Birthday Joonie. Happy 26." She says.

When he is properly dressed, they both go to the common area, where the rest is waiting for them. "SURPRISE" they shout and throw some confetti. RM is startled. "You guys, you shouldn't have done that! omo..." he runs to the boys, wanting to give them a real Ryan bear hug, but trips while doing so. Because of that, the other boys too fall. Luckily the big sofa is behind them and catches them all. They fall into a laughing fit. "Happy birthday hyung" "Happy birthday Joon-ah" After Jin's marvelous breakfast, they get back to business.

"I'm going to get straight to the point. Today we are going to be on the road for quite a while. Because of that, we will be taking a stop in Ferrara at noon. After that we will continue to drive to Venice. From here to Ferrara will only take an hour, but after that we will have to be in the bus for another 2 hours. So, what I suggest for activity is to go over everything again on the bus. We all want you to make a well founded travel guide for ARMY. Right?"

Hearing this, the boys, including RM all are relieved to hear that the ones who missed things, have another chance. Some are going out last minute shopping for some souvenirs. "I simply must buy some Mortadella and Parmesan." Jin urges. Some of the girls will join the shopping trip, others will relax a bit more in the hotel. Emma is the last to leave the common room. Suddenly she bumps into RM in the hallway. "Ah sorry yagi, I didn't see you there." "It's fine, I didn't either." They both stare at each other for a while, until RM breaks the silence. He kisses Emma softly, and picks her up, walking back to the common room. There they go and sit on the couch. "Don't you need to rest a bit? It is your birthday after all." "I slept already enough on this trip." They proceed to look at each other. RM pulls her into a bear hug. They stay like that the entire time until they both had to pack their bags again.

This time the bus ride is filled with joyous laughter. They again hold a small singing contest.

Arriving in Ferrara, they go directly towards the restaurant where they have a reservation. While eating, Emma talks a bit about the town centre and tower. It's nothing real special, but still nice to know facts.

After another long drive they finally arrive in Venice. After putting away their luggage in the luggage room, since the check in time is not upon them yet, they go on a discovering private boat drive. No gondola, just a regular boat.

The assigned boat guide shows them the important buildings and sights, across the canal banks of the main island, while saying a few facts about them and the city's origins. After that, they go to the plaza San Marco. Knowing that it is a busy spot for tourists, they put on their face masks before entering the plaza. The hired tour guide is already present at the entrance of the basilica. The tour takes a whole 2 hours.

After that they go to the palazzo ducale, the doge palace. It is just next to the basilica. Again, a guide awaits them and takes them around a long tour of the palace. The guide even takes them to the ponte dei Sospiri, the bridge of sighs.

"That bridge was used to transport prisoners from the palace to the prison. It was said that no prisoner crossed the bridge twice. In some times during the medieval age the prisoners were so starved they presumably ate each other. In the prison museum a lot of bones are the evidence." The guide explains.

The boys and co. get a bit scared. Emma sees it. She decides to make it a tiny bit worse, looks at the guide and talks to him in Italian. "I'm going to scare them for a bit okay" she says to him in Italian.

"Boys and girls. Be quiet. Sometimes, a tourist disappears into the dark caves of the prison, only to never come out. It is said an innocent prisoner takes his revenge still to this day on." Jhope and Jin are trembling. Sarah holds both their hands with a smile. "Remember what I told you? Ghosts are unlikely to pop up around me, since I really want to see them. So stick close to me." She can feel Jin and Jhope relax and softly but reassuring she squeezes in their hands. Jungkook suddenly pops up from in the dark hallway and scared the living wits out of Jhope. Jhope almost logs out but Sarah is holding onto him, laughing. He logs in again and is paler than a ghost. Jin just shouted at JK and started hitting him. Sarah is laughing without a care. After getting everyone scared and ready to leave the prison, they decide to go to a famous café to catch their breath for a while. Its name is caffè Florian. Founded in 1720, it is the eldest café in Italy. "Did you know there is a café in Bruges, and it is over 500 years old and still active as a café?" They all look in shock. "F-five centuries?" Sarah smiles and nods. "And maybe longer. Who knows. The official documents only go back from the 1500's." "Daebak." But they enter the café and are just adoring the decorations and atmosphere. They order a real cappuccino, and latté, and nespresso. Suga is having a highlight drinking all these extraordinary, real italian coffee. Emma and Sarah are sitting a bit away at a point.

"So, Tonight is the night then?" Sarah asks. Emma nods. "Are you ready?" "I shaved, I washed, I am not on my period. I took my pill regularly. I got your tips. I am good." "Good. Now some other tricks. Don't be too eager. Let him do the work. Give him the feeling he instigates it. Don't make too much eye contact, and only on right moments." "How do I know right moments?" "You'll know. Be sparce with your gestures. Give him some, but not all. Teasing is part of the game or dance." Emma nods. Not sure how she is going to do it, but she will try. "Also try and channel some of my sexual energy. Just be confident like me. And most of all, don't be afraid. Relax. It will be awesome. If you can come, it will blow your mind. It is the best feeling ever. Just give into it, don't hold back your feelings. During sex all is possible and allowed. Talk, scream, pinch, squeeze whatever you feel, act upon it." Emma nods. "Also be prepared for a bit of pain, but the if he is really good, the pleasure you'll feel will overshadow it. So really, don't be nervous for the pain. Maybe it won't hurt. Who knows?" Sarah shrugs and sips her chocolate milk.

In the evening Sarah and Jhope decide to take a gondola tour. Jin and Suga and Doenja are going to see some night sceneries. Jimin and JK also want to walk around a bit more. RM and Emma decided to go to the hotel early. Emma still had a surprise to give RM. She is excited. They say goodbye and Emma exchanges looks with Sarah. Sarah nods and squeezes her eyes in a confirming matter. Mary and V will go and take some pictures of the city.

-Next chapter has some RMma smut. I would like to thank @Belgiangirl2001 once more for her participation in the past chapters. From now on I will take over again. I hope you all enjoyed it and do check out her page for some one shot, smutty stories :) It was an honor to work with you, and I hope this has been a good experience for you as a writer. Love ya xoxoxo