
Hanging out at Times 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3BMe6X1OCP
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1060Please respect copyright.PENANAO4aOGcgjTZ
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9MyIKeAYBW
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtuzgCqcdZL
But that didn't matter. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGyZRwMLSH2
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANQR81uF1A5
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWy13wcKbYK
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAI2PjXCtrZY
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA57p4X32GH1
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnIXWwtCu10
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm9b1xKm7k3
actually played around with the adorable kids.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAET3qVmuHjI
There were plenty of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gef6gu76M
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbaX6FykVtY
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtypdamnD1F
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZQuMDy5eSU
fans too.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6tzNlpK140
The time we were done 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXGZ2BLAb4h
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnEiO4zkXlW
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArqWUaIxUoI
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1060Please respect copyright.PENANA23HxJfQeQt
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiLDgX3qF3L
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy0B1THCf9B
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAniZ2kIu1E9
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhLWGUC1cRx
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEWVPAc4kJQ
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhkrxb5DfXk
previous day, of course.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMprOtjPUBN
As much as the managers 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5byuxHRqoi
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvr3vt0GjBv
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8lKezljcde
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHBXZkvr1CR
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA62cqdDQd0n
Right now, this very 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHajUEjXgGH
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9xeDNRmZte
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAse2qTtLUwI
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtQ2cGKQYmx
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhyXKOYth6r
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ae3hdmHXx
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcGepbsrswv
and I just couldn't take it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnzPjHMQFq0
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZPaVijc8je
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAk1tqVn5EUX
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIrjRtQHyiL
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnMNBBFqaOf
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQxkDIsEvAt
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4zmKyDlenH
"I thought you said your plan would work."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAM6ouEgJmhR
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdUZv2LM8LX
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXxLzlYEoPm
I felt like slapping my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfyf9qJcvnJ
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8AOcjkouVx
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjzB52OWzMn
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABQFk40mNMZ
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ2io1LwWt
off.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6ShqM3BFic
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHhcgnC6RSm
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm6AqBmwnJ1
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvUaD1drvKQ
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn2NXUdYKyV
I shrugged. She read my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKLZ0WCaM0g
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWFc9HjoB8q
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbJD5utp8N3
me the whole time."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC1J1p0rfoL
I sat down on my bed as 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAa4DyAvVsHm
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1060Please respect copyright.PENANARcbtvOcKsY
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVw2OR42JX6
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIx8YXPmT9i
"Gosh, you really should1060Please respect copyright.PENANAohK1Lbnlsz
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKkUCAF2dLo
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVNcCGViydW
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZewvO2iMbJ
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAU1oGdSfZNn
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcYIbgVAXyF
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApOQK1Vg1FF
"Mike is annoying 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGCMwmkDPOc
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4e4UsW6j8Y
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAJqj7NZ49g
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm2MQpRPNIy
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR7EYCrx5Gr
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAo75W5xEIWn
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPYTbwxOuoU
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhquiVjxWNP
"Sorry, but just so you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ5CIfFvDC
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjowveU2g6P
that pic of you and him together."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgiMtQmPyHV
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAq1YbPmiVZE
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXi72ZIQc5c
I blushed and at the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcfJAwPP7tl
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXGLZg0rioL
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtGxEIi37nW
other hidden agenda.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjPZMAo8C3W
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3H1rebhd2
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxYRUU4gVpK
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1060Please respect copyright.PENANASxLKyVxxUx
I sighed in surrender. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANIcFLXCIja
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7eUFFgEZg0
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJpbw7PqNtK
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4FsQiMidwj
Zoey shook her head. "You really surprise me how much you aren't really a fan of social media when most of our peers are."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6sZxAWVxPo
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGsxfXBiyXC
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxsbP77sfRV
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQp6iCMRAAY
Zoey had an excited look1060Please respect copyright.PENANAW23jfzEIYZ
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4L1QiDaGcY
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsdLLYX31Z6
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANqPoYNVDmY
clearly show all over her face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPfLw4T58Lv
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1060Please respect copyright.PENANANUZ8bOLxvo
I shook my head. "And?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZAd96voqll
Zoey folded her arms, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhKgJ16ahhL
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzUhBGVXv0w
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJypb8Wp0im
"Hold that thought. This1060Please respect copyright.PENANADalisvmVii
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlduQknTodo
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGF93Wevwd5
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmU45lcq2Ce
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxUQdn08Kxr
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3fDJWdkVIB
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfUWV8RWfNP
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWimt3YqlYO
"Well, he hid in our closet."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnyyvVLz0wj
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE35FXiVmf2
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0ldZVG0KYj
"Ya, why?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr12X3mZ9lL
"Looks like we just 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlpKODnzyv5
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVCXtnuTjdF
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeN5NQWDyWc
Zoey thought for a moment over what I said as she looked at the floor and then back at me. "Mmmm, I guess you're right."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjuO3Ak5UUX
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADDeUAYkWcV
"What do you mean? You 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABW9RqNbUV7
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAziwojKag29
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANADaKVMK4z32
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqRHvcysYf5
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAD3sa7GBgrH
"Not really. But I can say he was. Just a little. If he was a full time stalker, he would've been doing so everyday."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAru3jhdX74u
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAH66xbkQuMi
"I wanted to but I kept 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7UGfbxROH5
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbjjkhNkNZe
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgJGvA7TTXm
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAETr2EmQpHb
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAivFdcb4Rcz
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA53k1HBkkRc
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANADLtL36vk2Y
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAs4EsodAitV
I quickly stood up and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMEtshgVE40
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACk6oE7WKrM
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5olYiMtN4o
her back.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbr1PpU6r0u
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0yEX7HktJw
"Zoey, you're going to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKl0nCoL54N
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv113Q2ZGd1
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArredkXjD13
own hair pink in the next ten years."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGn34r5BOrQ
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOIMkQXiaQx
"You're lying."1060Please respect copyright.PENANApoXoEro8ni
"I'm telling the truth!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdlRGhegRKV
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhOOFmgpj7y
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAFzu4UIe58
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiXiPNynIff
"I can't tell you that."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJSc25gN5Pm
"Why?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaTL8gErV6c
"Because it's 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4eDbtVUAEJ
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5VV6ZCqZFI
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfVzl1yVBHp
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9DMhiVExPl
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwIMpl4TqEv
"Yes, I was," I said as I let go of Zoey's hair and Zoey blew out a sigh of relief. "Turns out, I'm not that good at it at all."1060Please respect copyright.PENANACVSUx0uYax
"No, you aren't," said Zoey as she massaged her scalp from where I had pulled her hair and she looked at me with a frown.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0FM2ZNeoVh
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAreSuMUCxhC
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhncyRp6QSI
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1060Please respect copyright.PENANABFqchRsiae
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAblG6SQ4rBn
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuGe6fyycaZ
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv8Bc2jXapp
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAp7bYb27WbE
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuSM6pV9waM
I playfully rolled my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArbJXwbmKsC
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqmfa0l5FtF
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJf1GRGPxHb
also looked worried.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5TDvqh2auF
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACYfksygCsh
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5zEYPDP3pl
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3jbMuoIwKt
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjoo1SqKskG
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzo6VmAWi3b
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAX0Q6AXOj2r
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfeRusNY3RK
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy8R3qor1SE
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAuhMnp9R4R
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAArjP1vp7rn
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfjOdemIgUa
"Okay, first of all," 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhlnHBWa9FI
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoqQz9ETfO6
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfqpMTdJYTn
he wasn't mad at you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAadcgJQZ4wD
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbie9z9RDo7
"That, he couldn't say."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzRFmmURREm
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATPKOZJMynl
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVsD9lpYHIq
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQnPWWnuP3C
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAteADCBL09D
Christine pressed the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeKHjIB2sq0
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGvJYuLb3L8
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7FUJMKGiHw
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtPS2HFZdLD
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgz6XAnw5wA
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMu866Vtrp6
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXUEwran9NW
We got to YG right on 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJnpteimbMV
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWV4TTzEsIh
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7WOQWLODPA
arrived a few seconds earlier.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmMkbnnMDhl
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAe8KiklM5EL
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rjfk06u6U
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGOivJLx6jQ
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANALJVVgYU52W
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj22e2FFdXD
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAP4T0U2R9ZF
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHQ5UlOti2T
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFOtn0qOkCE
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXOulHQXIgz
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADwhfXrOgwc
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ilc0duRkG
"There will be no such 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhe6LNnqYsw
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYx0MN5Wj8Z
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8zekiB7T8O
"And you're making it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANWtxtW34Vy
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJehfFw1WXE
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQr6URK5I4b
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3HVziygVoJ
"Trust me, you don't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaiR3lTHZW2
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiAUSDWrVBl
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADLtgfyzjZo
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwvEgtadFts
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXUzEiUgY9s
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA32LFixVIsR
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvLYBgyonJN
"Look, whether they are 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARqJYsfbEYg
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWkCPGyG9nn
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdQfkG3dYHk
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1060Please respect copyright.PENANANCnPicFJe2
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnB9yp5unrH
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA846vwKU7G5
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADtka0XrpQz
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcwL0hGgh0l
I gave Lee a sad smile 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4mEx49Tlev
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWQQ3fzNGGq
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAX0soTHNiWq
your life. Like suicide.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaEh7esJg1Z
We started our way 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeUvPQZNphd
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAW9Wg114LFN
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlDjgNYl172
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy8MeCevOS8
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1060Please respect copyright.PENANArMexGqHg7o
I quickly ran out of the1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0WK1mq6STP
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIDSHos4wVY
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJMsXzBDRCG
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcFZQTMBcD5
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhy5TrVE3t0
check for it inside.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgddJFbTE3N
When I got to the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAUmjigetV8
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOL05UPu0Ei
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7qJ575PTF8
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1060Please respect copyright.PENANAS1wNn91qAg
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPfjgxO012X
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAku6Jhfa0ZP
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmt3r61hz40
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjtiqp51SgH
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXfS6y9H9kV
"Seriously, I can sue 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQsWooFqimZ
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1060Please respect copyright.PENANApdGjLu9h7P
fast. I never even heard him coming.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxXvNGEIBKy
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAd6X8kzEL0P
"You're not my bodyguard1060Please respect copyright.PENANALjICcyyCKS
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjEqgY4S9Y7
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWOYZlasmKv
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOIpRjgdSIj
I blushed. "You know about that?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPktkp5vFKf
"Everyone knows you have1060Please respect copyright.PENANASKKLqItium
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmttYxK5AcF
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAA6l9qkbfQZ
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANATYZMl2kz1v
"Looks like I did the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxJ4cmVjV1F
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMLKthKjmxR
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2DxPhQJXXI
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAd3cdCe0EDG
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVnGWxJXXke
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyKKeNzDWaI
"And because you're a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkemLqr3Vve
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7L1LyEic6T
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtJK26p58tZ
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1060Please respect copyright.PENANALdUFEX9Ulc
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOFiCHX4oK7
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAISTGLSa0Nu
"Can you at least tell 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAa6HCGlK5FW
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE9J6nHODRU
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlpOPSNSUgF
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAg3efM1W0az
"What dramatic effect?" 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAybq0FIED5W
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJf54bt364e
came closer. I took a warning step back.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxFXqn0DD4v
"If you hadn't followed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJqTI83Grup
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOrxAWb3R2q
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1060Please respect copyright.PENANApHNIJHnD6e
room."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZOcNYdY9lm
"What surprise?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANARef9zsWRof
The elevator stopped and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaHI0AgqWr8
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVDUSDEqe4Z
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyKoYwiU6Pu
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVtjmLgJWYV
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6dOdcyHnsN
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASzXZ303g7O
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvd8OauZFL3
"I already have a guess," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlJfMPnRLgQ
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc5N7xmoUpF
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaC1beOVXYY
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAV0YYxUeR2j
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj9RWFH2sc4
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZBBm5R1B4n
When we reached the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcTj4I0Gk9A
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6ALAQP13cp
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWQl3KSoSkQ
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqL1FUN8IKm
In the conference room 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANvnsDUo7KH
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA48GA05O4dp
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9Vx6C8FZ8
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKzCm1mrpK6
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArdkOT31Dm3
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkO8SvYDPz9
though I did my best not to show it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyATCpBTlW5
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmNg6EIYBLF
I looked to the opposite1060Please respect copyright.PENANABP6NcL1IQU
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADHwdxWtO1z
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAALdxRk6GxB
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADPPZL3B3S5
"You don't have to act all high and mighty, you know?" I said to the person facing the wall. "I know it's you, GD."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlrKOEbgcWG
G-Dragon quickly turned 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyLVodKewXi
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6kBnrlHZjg
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1AMIxdp0Zr
"Hi, Sam," said G-Dragon as he leaned his elbows on the table and his hands under his chin. "How did you know it was me?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANARK9CyToPY0
"The message you sent me wasn't too hard to figure out that you would be here," I answered as I held up my phone.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhcUDN2u869
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANASKBpvhJmNe
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAknUn06dHP4
"Wait," said Lisa who 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwl6ep4n3pW
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnw3dwiNEAw
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9fUW3RGmIT
"It felt simple and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADqANzw6ylC
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4fItBn5aZn
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv00LpllA6t
with G-Dragon today."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHhtVZBzBGJ
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPoEaiP51RB
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMyRt4UKeSV
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKPfjHHS3cn
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1060Please respect copyright.PENANANGwjNTFQrH
"Ya, I know I'm a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQHPTiPcFj6
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtcfkiSdWRG
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2lsdq2BXI5
"If you mean us getting 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfzPbH53YcJ
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzh5exvGHGb
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2bQpsdrbuS
by coincidence."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVR6WxlOwQb
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKBgHz5R0Rk
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA12kviwthh0
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmXjyVAoWe7
The rest of the BTW crew1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdsb1JHHEx3
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKQTsAHnA9D
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWeERJKQ9Qa
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzIYuN6ZKim
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMF8TDPt5r7
"Hold up," said Zoey who1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbY0BLBJm9I
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmuYUBvO6i7
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnk9hmrFSfr
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZlk3Pb0k4c
"Told you we'll 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApbtBdjlH7w
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5Fc1XcpOM7
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKhCeuIwtNZ
"But is he going to do 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFi9RqpQYru
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlxu6Rds5b0
didn't really meet by coincidence."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rb3AYPsBg
There was silence in the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAsjqZSSiBJ
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdbn7FUDJXq
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlCJx2erW47
planning to do.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3p4r7mhn4B
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADxULiA4Xpy
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUFX6kHKB9P
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATIsZ8RSmmD
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA76PWS0jrmE
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPyCyjnumAI
"And also because he's 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkljJ15Y31E
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc2nblvggAd
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdhlSKq4t1J
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAej23PcbL6Q
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAk1t2gYvXOY
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwGJr5TnxVr
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkuRg779USU
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApIhzX5LGU3
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlDjU7w62CW
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfrfxyrSoF3
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAiw8jGCwYv
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3thvpEYV2A
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAupHHASeJC6
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1060Please respect copyright.PENANAV52pefbeP1
deal with G-Dragon instead.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkHOYxcJ5b0
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4gQivCdMGl
"What do you want?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwXrR7bRFp0
G-Dragon looked at me as1060Please respect copyright.PENANAguwFpRKpXf
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt3mRsXqkje
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1060Please respect copyright.PENANANLTdUWHOiS
came to any conclusions.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC4A5bUukbE
"To make things clear 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8vY4NGQAkC
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2DMFmMMMGZ
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkidxeftnAW
thinking about doing the same thing."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADvflfbKItm
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANArhXh8Ra0Vp
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc2UmZXIa5O
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAM4aK33QbNL
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1060Please respect copyright.PENANALXjDLrnoCf
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaE5Sc994c6
"That's the problem," said G-Dragon. "You guys aren't going to let it slide and this why I came here with a deal."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUPgmIVVaWP
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvJJdrSPCeC
"All's fair in love and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxnQVKYCpCW
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhK7zgvjOKA
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhK6zrnHLSn
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKRzl2nhMiw
"Come on," Christine 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAg4p0Ej386D
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANqePZYoxJT
won't be here for long and you know it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANApk0c0Qeq4G
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxNe9kD9AFt
"BTW is nothing but a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6iuhVOOwbw
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQPhztDu78K
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcifbofZK00
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANALewg9FMm4G
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1060Please respect copyright.PENANABklliSHbPs
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARuumUSV3sd
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiKi5WayXGp
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFYoiLPNq5C
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0dn7ohMcBZ
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjTOeO8M1IU
"See, there's a lots of things BTW can do though it might only be for a short while," I said as I smirked looking at G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYVjPVvSOML
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqdVoHCZbyR
Upon saying that, the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAw7xgXVdLkO
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAX8WG5a0sF3
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY69WIj2hZz
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVGYzHoAMXs
seated stood up.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8OKZN80NxE
I gulped. I hope the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARrFn1VaaHQ
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6ySxz2iWWQ
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0ulfI5zD0t
The two managers had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtsAzryXDGj
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHllUDPhCeJ
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyPcNcZf1VZ
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9lYQrbcUVP
is wrong.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAafkRhfMWYA
"Good that you're all 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxwyEZ9CYuZ
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUikjjGk8Cn
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUyazFrOaOY
I have always hated it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhmtSkmpLln
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHE1IvJ5XD1
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFDuEVPuz6f
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1060Please respect copyright.PENANApo7Ukn7B84
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMkRLt2G3kt
their seats.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAN1caliVoI6
The two managers and Lee1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2SPUqXgCNM
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPOF7AiO3FF
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZL2A3a0QC0
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArUELsmWFmn
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE95jas2Mn9
was.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOFfT4HwIS0
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy8He2y8JyR
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAARc9xg0vNk
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEsYRBc2R5k
Zoey sighed loudly in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyU8BjnEr9Z
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPmOLXhmCV1
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATOOAYxdyJB
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOv1gx9fwKY
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHaxqTYw9NL
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnPW7UrdElf
The two managers 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZ34gGy9YrY
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3Dl6Ii5eCe
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAW7Hzm6OylZ
That was so not cool.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr4Vhl2IcRx
"You never cease to amaze me, Zoey," said Yang Hyun-suk. "And you're right. This BTW thing was nothing but a one time thing."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxb389OGHPy
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAp0wzm5sydr
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgyYygoLA3Z
My ears perked up when 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATG5cgVvN9f
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxO6s1wPnhL
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaLz7Jn8HyD
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnfa6gyP7ym
"We heard you outside 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhFyoNUAKTk
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA13t8cNnGeg
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4pLCLFNfAn
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAswySACmTHp
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt4ALwCUjCp
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAw8F3fnGzpt
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqaVQ8FepaK
through further scrutiny about this decision."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxtno8fWivQ
I smiled. Even if they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAp2YidbZQGX
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjjy88e84zO
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfWOCnJKH8V
There was an exciting 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABCeqTOBsrZ
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr2ye1DSW2N
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAp1F0oWLblP
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2A26gulU64
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXBX2Jj7zIW
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApVxmUu4yOp
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKU9OHACkri
I turned to my other 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAf4Jw7aMdVb
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8WudStuPRo
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARH7sqsdNJO
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm5OlLUH0W3
now, didn't matter.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1cda2PX4dQ
"You heard them when 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUHWIZqkOZL
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIOEOJf8kmW
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAosMCKXjiqF
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6iGxsuQwd
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAT5XHCWvcNv
"And so even if we tried to object to it you would refuse us to do so because the decision came from you, right?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZrpk9B3Nks
This time it was me, or I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVW8mhYv6L2
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3Bpvvuiaeo
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASF2eB5Odwn
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkVHDuY2HLv
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy0NbMVcwsk
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1060Please respect copyright.PENANApL2SYQXnBf
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYIJpMhzP7x
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsuGzLUDyW8
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAN15YmCetEz
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAx0IyG9YGS9
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARL7abWSSf6
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAq0FCV8xwVt
"We all agree," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiTN2FasEwl
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgCC7eUZujm
"But just because it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsPyMx7xAKy
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqrKvimi0xV
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVfxuN4Oxzq
"Okay, so that's settled1060Please respect copyright.PENANAF46Zqg8CDu
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOLd0f4o63M
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1060Please respect copyright.PENANArlldVyHNjs
BTW official."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAz59K1fvYJR
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwWRJrUYMqq
I noticed that most of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJDUhenSJzP
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAToK8QEGorU
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzsLGWKBWUb
when she looked at me and I grinned.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8UqbVufWe9
"Okay, then," said Yang Hyun-suk as he rubbed his hands. "Now that's been taken care of, you may go but, with one condition."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5PueVaaeuA
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMqQi8I4ep4
"Before we make BTW 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEgOizpm5EN
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXgvHaDoc7C
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVykCMir04m
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbmJrTxnzQN
low for a while. Is that good?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANARfxG9GpRY9
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbzatLcrLTU
"That's fair enough," 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASsIOUfftXv
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQv4wfTWr0y
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1060Please respect copyright.PENANA38s9iFkcuX
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtGqhsOl7XM
so."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAatF1vsOmla
"So you want to crush 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATGwoGpZywx
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1060Please respect copyright.PENANA84rV6LSnAC
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAovhmVJM1WP
strategy."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7wHENaUMuk
"Then if all is well and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcMroDi60WF
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFv5HxsdoI9
updated and not a word on social media."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXogA9ZiFCF
I stood up from my seat 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUV8RNhWjXn
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOOX4wTbi4h
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5iVpTty3sG
walk out, I stopped them.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9U5pgfoFcB
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVDSdsdRiwa
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5a4uAYf2Hh
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMRzp2sM6sI
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7WfNDNptDs
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApAVl5v5sTA
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1ytiPgzryt
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZxxkHew0Wx
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1060Please respect copyright.PENANAISOJ3vVsze
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgLY24ReAkO
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAdYoBreTeM
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaROJ29ITij
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGZYtIHLjPq
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFJKLVHFaXX
"This is like the best 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgw9AOYIVN4
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMnJv1S8YwU
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9STgu54XjG
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAePKHefaHKB
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvduBc8mEht
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAogX6A4NBr0
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAx3ndBrN6fF
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6Fdq1GJKZR
"I knew there was a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAswwtP9fAGT
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMG22BF5Hux
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAP0eTm22sBx
G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAq3vuwxHmxG
"You knew?" Christine asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARRme3VHLmV
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXPFOYlibX1
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAubtDfpEJoJ
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjH8OH7GmaV
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAA74YYz2K6u
"I'll just say, I'm mad at you, GD. But since you did us this huge favour, I forgive you," said Zoey as she smiled.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqo8GCMsqnD
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyoR6dEFuDP
"Well, you guys can tell1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8Di5gc3xFT
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOGwZxRkeSl
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjTv724QByD
aren't going to go into the same car."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbEJ09H7VZ4
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZPdkze3bDB
Everyone else started to1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7hLHhUjoba
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMK8N12FD50
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQbiXQLY0m8
only G-Dragon and I.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdPB60Ng4O0
"I'm mad at you," I started.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjrteRewojB
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ6YgBmHpz
"Save it." I held my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlOIvyZgV22
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5lYQwbSZNN
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2o5c7M99ZU
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy2y2iWKaGO
a war again."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUFGJf9CTG7
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9HFjhjsYXB
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMc9wfeB4lL
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHqrqHxIfwT
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADVLMBbW4Ly
G-Dragon looked at me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFCfIKGHXcN
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7e3hn36TAG
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAstTP8WvyLp
stab in the heart.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbxcGLjyE7H
"You're right. I realise it now because I didn't get what I want. But I want us to forget that all this ever happened."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuBgYpEKvnO
"You know, the others 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbzrUVI3ivB
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADoMcU151Hy
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1060Please respect copyright.PENANApmNCrq5Gp6
with WINNER yesterday."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbIAhwjvphb
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEPx3QYDuSC
I nodded my head. What I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAT0ltwYXAGp
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtdc9fa4by2
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5uMD5qhAmn
of Seunghoon and I.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtkHhHAjmTY
"You know you and I can 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAidbjqaCOak
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKZI0LsqUHa
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuUiEtrDFsf
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv28fIeKo9K
down the rocks."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyB4auYy0Nw
I headed for the door 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAw0MKhbL9YV
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm8n5dLK9GH
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjqurlCExfN
Zoey, waiting.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlXDsZR1epk
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWMSb8TiJFd
"I sure hope so," I said1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfnkMx6DNOQ
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA74onZ4bPx4
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASamKDNibZm
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6qAtbErRFV
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY3zC77V254
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUNuM5LUWj4
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVOOXu4VNVu
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFwOyojHpJC
"You know computers are 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjGZx1OvhJe
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKyFw5kH6FE
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoTgbORRmEW
supposed to."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbiH1hDTvJz
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtGpwyEcH9f
I smiled. "You always call me that."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQGkGb6Glob
"Ya, because you're smart too."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAylsKufkcOo
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWit4WCNmvB
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZCtJBsdtDw
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1060Please respect copyright.PENANANJ3MKYKcwV
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGF467YOiHV
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASsWaP8OGwi
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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