
Hanging out at Times 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApdNwGohCd6
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1058Please respect copyright.PENANArfPn6T5g7Y
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbPA1r9aaNc
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARw912PJPOg
But that didn't matter. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ76Pv6IfF
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYEGfGJtj77
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzbw5179iKA
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWVfBr3O3cp
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuSDks7f4j5
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5MXgaNP4As
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVV7oneyDfD
actually played around with the adorable kids.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEgVVYfPkhf
There were plenty of 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzAD4OGJhb9
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcs6IZGwHQe
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUnJdKRwnAV
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANNGfLn4wNW
fans too.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsnJGTgJtzs
The time we were done 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFgTOaej4QI
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8aaZEO7mz
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnG2T2rgMph
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1058Please respect copyright.PENANAS5mZyXac3T
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJOylPhgVZN
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1058Please respect copyright.PENANACkRtN5RqiY
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAC9Mbz3Dwcy
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgKXMWLky8i
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnNl4wYMxz3
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2V8qTGx7S
previous day, of course.1058Please respect copyright.PENANArmcP9Sbfff
As much as the managers 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcAbh4AsTig
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcZDzsmsl3K
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYvcfW36tuW
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHgUjWcyrpB
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgXkMmb2fhG
Right now, this very 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAemVTGWsAdH
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3USpRLdigk
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1Pg0N9G148
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA121qwAUmeV
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADO7PfvCrot
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFcEffWRdMF
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHjCnK5IR72
and I just couldn't take it.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqH0UuCNW07
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1058Please respect copyright.PENANApcM1B894HW
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANA2muCQ8Z4
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATfhY8Uyq6Q
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYVGbxgtdwt
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdGtoQjFYml
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKIxSbwWLyx
"I thought you said your plan would work."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqQh9JfGZFV
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMwGJfFuUU3
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPWcR0qlYsA
I felt like slapping my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZJEfFOjEUm
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0pQUUt1EQB
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgFwmZO3Nmz
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7bemJTwZ5I
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEnxv70HPPj
off.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsSZ0loRWSK
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsAMi7DvthO
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAj1ZUDI8eps
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdzJhlQzU59
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANANX9NKdgNeU
I shrugged. She read my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPehvNGcUxO
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6rSyVnYAkM
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcsceVCbwRk
me the whole time."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAY3QnTaaueA
I sat down on my bed as 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsnnBXaJQzm
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3YjLT5kS1m
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEW1cBMokMR
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjmoaCiWvxn
"Gosh, you really should1058Please respect copyright.PENANABkEdRcb5EL
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjtuEEcAREu
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoQAVGekmfD
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJ01cnLltkW
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfflmwREcJP
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEOlZfSA5WQ
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzcHtYMqz4L
"Mike is annoying 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA87qZWLdsDS
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANcc5Adyetw
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFxBdxNK9SN
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3OiSZR0hf
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUnqL305sZj
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXeGNFbO0q3
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcXVEh00bep
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMtScUD4jk6
"Sorry, but just so you 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAas3dJefk3g
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsQW35AOfZ9
that pic of you and him together."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAse07JPR9Zv
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5J3MuFuDrQ
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAN9cycdh9vL
I blushed and at the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcFWNiIp38S
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAA0BTPOpFNp
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjaSKF1uC2x
other hidden agenda.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZPsy7gVqw4
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlC7CTJ3M0D
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7IQdLkhNog
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnZuGPbwcIK
I sighed in surrender. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1XCa4qLWcR
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA53UFFykC7L
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVgWTNYHRrI
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3uJNiTXIxP
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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAynTYXKGPby
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOfC1sdflgq
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyKi9xsl0O2
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHTvC1PORVr
Zoey had an excited look1058Please respect copyright.PENANAr844Fqh6no
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARHWW6iWThD
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0kulTof3U7
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0O13LspoPx
clearly show all over her face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7M1JAOz59
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsEi8ch8lSk
I shook my head. "And?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAF5o3NBGx4P
Zoey folded her arms, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQoFUBqACZ7
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAysZt7TuYCO
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqbSWcx9TNY
"Hold that thought. This1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjfX3XzsJ8R
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOppuNcnAAd
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQUEfwqw2XK
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAk878eHIVvN
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwgFmXDBW8c
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFvWTf4i4tK
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQRHEIJkqNI
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0kS6D6l0gp
"Well, he hid in our closet."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmDtPjOh4re
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHJhAosPGhn
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYmRg1aXkO3
"Ya, why?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeUdtpHHzUp
"Looks like we just 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApPeq2lpGYk
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbIZdagSnmA
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAweBH9bZz1u
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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYtiJOfkuN2
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqJcwTHNwVl
"What do you mean? You 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADIaEJi7xxI
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7869aCZHWD
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANARpFlTthrWr
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIApyr4TYwI
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJhK6IRbJBU
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbt2TSrbDC9
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANALOApDMqv8V
"I wanted to but I kept 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5zRxGNhjAj
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0tg29KdMwl
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqscCZ5TArj
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFhHKEBgN9a
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwQM7lq7pBi
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxVoLrHE6aZ
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4IdZfUB10w
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAY0EEHaGhW7
I quickly stood up and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYZXCFBzSkW
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcvCZ6MybWt
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKm1H473GJk
her back.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaI3nuJ8s2n
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaFiz39V2y0
"Zoey, you're going to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAExFacvyjKZ
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAM96tVKOPg6
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABASu1JaAZP
own hair pink in the next ten years."1058Please respect copyright.PENANADURHUV1faf
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7RIF1y9e97
"You're lying."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeT3ZinJjHk
"I'm telling the truth!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjywoMduLOY
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwVrKNrOx1F
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA30e6c5A5Pj
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyxo5NfpHrZ
"I can't tell you that."1058Please respect copyright.PENANALrMK71AGZS
"Why?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANASSEUceGQsD
"Because it's 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAk3Bz8wn0Ns
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIvWNCHZXE3
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGOnglLJLVF
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2TXBotOKPB
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAS2rylziqAN
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOd9K8ABdO4
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVUkdxk3JAU
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQb8pnMQPVh
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvfOgI4atrF
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1058Please respect copyright.PENANACoUkbYfxhn
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1058Please respect copyright.PENANANRz2tcf5OA
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMdKTyl7hIQ
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAa62Kbsa7TQ
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1058Please respect copyright.PENANARrIkBE3XDK
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwRGm1SqdQV
I playfully rolled my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAW12dOwXgSv
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9TYklI4wYl
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASShrd8XDSB
also looked worried.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9VFLBe0LrK
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACb4lwuocHl
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARV0duQJfFj
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVc3WIJh4JQ
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuEliOIiGyN
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXr3IYrBrcr
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABwejcPWxs0
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYcsDUXechQ
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPQfjd6el16
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACO5SvXCEa9
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAa6K138Bont
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANArJeUKeOwDD
"Okay, first of all," 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANZFlQs9y5l
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXnvzTKCs0p
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1058Please respect copyright.PENANAx704h2Mehd
he wasn't mad at you."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2L4mkAGpwr
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3QfpG7p4Pj
"That, he couldn't say."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAS1siACkP1X
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyXELMSeKel
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1058Please respect copyright.PENANACdRfXGOK7K
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIfs2bMkKD2
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAl3Ne10xgaZ
Christine pressed the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAS6tSU5OApE
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA56wlrDpmom
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABIF7O8egDY
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQLfAgTy478
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlb9xfInpy6
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAz8iJ3symAN
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJrfqA8Fl6G
We got to YG right on 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJWpt76Gr2j
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzShikTbN3c
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2E4qp2uZNZ
arrived a few seconds earlier.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA00OkkvHuJb
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuwJKZ3gWgL
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmvaEiY6Rd8
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkt2WcdLOJc
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhxCgLJAVlC
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAh9P9j1UKmK
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsFIw9jcUkJ
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjFLhGT2kwf
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJz1RsG3XvI
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3Fs2FaNIEq
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAl3M0eJtq7z
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8BQL4dfCGd
"There will be no such 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA12oAMGkNFw
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzjSz7qmreG
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVbA2PolhkG
"And you're making it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFZkXJwR3Rr
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhQAspNOsPA
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADIEsZoGe2p
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARGbMQk622q
"Trust me, you don't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALp6804I8KZ
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJcCmPsaRZq
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXxrwsqHl6S
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxp6W9p9TZg
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVjFx4iMycd
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwTNriTOgCb
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPlcl9PyrB2
"Look, whether they are 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5BmaTDjrX
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAM7jsDPuwtf
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUETf8tX7uq
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmB1wXUtx3B
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAA7tnk7sGpV
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1058Please respect copyright.PENANASNyVkZZKTy
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsD7rlBExrB
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlvTzG6Ljzn
I gave Lee a sad smile 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAv25IcYjc37
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsQWemouExB
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAU0goMq5GXE
your life. Like suicide.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAn1z7jwBUV1
We started our way 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsuJGYLxZu9
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAg3RTHp1jw8
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWNMqwBvI8O
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAt68Bh0viDn
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzxvQYAs6Cy
I quickly ran out of the1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVUfsHk2eQl
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAB7y8VtQKU9
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2llVBQQvi4
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyIfw98BE5D
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1058Please respect copyright.PENANACt4d9MYnw7
check for it inside.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGZKH37xlZ4
When I got to the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2P60FfcOfy
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAROIjkdd8xy
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1058Please respect copyright.PENANATzyTrPi1ZE
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnlgVw2lQLc
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxpz0St9HHn
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6yoEzsRUfv
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYpuatyxHr4
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGjPmDA6a7O
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANApsXed5rkbZ
"Seriously, I can sue 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnqFMrkgtIw
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1058Please respect copyright.PENANARqYXUVHMoe
fast. I never even heard him coming.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA16JUuvstIo
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6Hn0VKXqkI
"You're not my bodyguard1058Please respect copyright.PENANAe5Dszp1AQD
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA53PKBy2NNA
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVxHkA203Y4
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAciRfm13DqG
I blushed. "You know about that?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMKEwPr4GpH
"Everyone knows you have1058Please respect copyright.PENANAScyKRBaSbP
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0EcvyL50iV
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7iIasIyJWC
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxWGc2YsRiW
"Looks like I did the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAu4AVa8LqH
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA126kxk1YhV
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1058Please respect copyright.PENANATEmzIq7TLW
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAD4NAISdweu
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhq304lnHyY
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAb1WSC9LPoA
"And because you're a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiXOvxA0XAq
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1058Please respect copyright.PENANAo1lNya1nSk
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqwjNvtMUXI
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUnEpDeF01r
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyOGaCQn5gq
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACx2qitt7Qi
"Can you at least tell 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAg59ajgcMPP
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1058Please respect copyright.PENANAappxGgRaTQ
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1058Please respect copyright.PENANArzEvZhiGum
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAw6wuufzIrf
"What dramatic effect?" 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAp6LJenMsFW
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdC9NbdOREw
came closer. I took a warning step back.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAT5ztl49Z0U
"If you hadn't followed 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5gWgE3Ssyc
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYUXnS8jIBr
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQiHSt5nW6W
room."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiI60s3ueQy
"What surprise?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANATuaHbTiUD4
The elevator stopped and1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyVFQu6c1nl
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXrT6MabqWT
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqRDM0t0NBC
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdIZXMVWdly
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHPpuZHbsh9
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABrKD9IUzTt
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFx8encDIPk
"I already have a guess," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwUYA3Ka1N3
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsfcCoxQ1GA
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaTMWSrxfbY
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3U1X5iugz3
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ2SXkTs6L
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABGXrEuUFnx
When we reached the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWjpcXlxmes
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHhahyu9QxD
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbqGhIaIoZz
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1058Please respect copyright.PENANArbk8wYaejJ
In the conference room 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbXlA4CZukK
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAo4ylYVLh81
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1058Please respect copyright.PENANArIVmoZDBxy
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUk0GltfY1R
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeUlAGTBGYS
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxX8yoOsgvs
though I did my best not to show it.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzDNOMnONll
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMF9rze5sc0
I looked to the opposite1058Please respect copyright.PENANARFjLVFmxza
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoRqoFAzvki
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAC4kdtiIz6l
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYxzZoGum1p
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJM0INpRf4W
G-Dragon quickly turned 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIZlQZ8PebP
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsoqo733FHa
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXLbCuFDw69
"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?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHqrNlj45pp
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0W1VQP8lZG
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIjp542fGI5
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbOrcPpdsgj
"Wait," said Lisa who 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHxTPGsToGa
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1058Please respect copyright.PENANAc844hMUH34
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEtYqIWqlRJ
"It felt simple and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcBMpNSBIZE
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHG1WvTfvb8
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzkpXX4WUpp
with G-Dragon today."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAApY32qyqMq
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1058Please respect copyright.PENANATXDVGm6Qi5
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArosSj8h6xq
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsWo8hOGhzq
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeugWLUWkUN
"Ya, I know I'm a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwVNKS8BDyI
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZQdlatjyBN
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2bc8NQ5HqD
"If you mean us getting 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAakxFmOFIYQ
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtX2YS2rKz7
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wg07dP8Tm
by coincidence."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGCDhtKZj7h
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7NbP4JSFOO
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzdDAfKiXm8
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAmxyUOnAsu
The rest of the BTW crew1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKeHsVa3tLk
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA00ECWoG6Cv
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAS0X1g042mB
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsTLb7wDb7q
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAewQHSr5fU4
"Hold up," said Zoey who1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsAaO4kCWuS
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAz5hbvr89xx
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUvtmJyZE23
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAtKRTfbIXt
"Told you we'll 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZGAlP7DaCy
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxmvA36D6AN
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADohfN89hH4
"But is he going to do 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA89lUArYItY
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXcseRAfUao
didn't really meet by coincidence."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEPC3uCNfCM
There was silence in the1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjc8aHjiVuz
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALIZnDFj1Ux
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANLvjVjO2rr
planning to do.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGCWsDEcJOp
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6EdWmS7Q9i
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAapnQw0insz
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwJiLcq6NmJ
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA54Yp8FJbTy
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhlr0gzTaM2
"And also because he's 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXE0lCWslCZ
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqbCp660XpJ
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXgoglgVvEh
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAazFQg3w6Cq
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzTExursM2T
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANQEantDYDw
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGsBa8Y0SkD
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAGKfOMWoB5
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHd28qlqYpY
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfhWfgQ1RnZ
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhGL7htHR5o
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAf4sVjqziOB
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFKnyTxPj1M
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5taHYRi4t1
deal with G-Dragon instead.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3h3zmWhiYb
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzwD15EbUVI
"What do you want?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARbypGuEJkA
G-Dragon looked at me as1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMMEOW02Qqd
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAf3FR4XZ78A
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1058Please respect copyright.PENANAl3ozq0sdsi
came to any conclusions.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQt7NscfDH4
"To make things clear 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAb53XH0MUe4
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvgytMO0oIu
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAz7a4Ju9mXm
thinking about doing the same thing."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAo1mwpETF0f
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADImVuAIge0
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXB1yZnaFzJ
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtEnTK0RWFK
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9OIVSUrUKk
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFISyYKasUA
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaIMoLZ8VsE
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwrtKTH6KZs
"All's fair in love and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6Es651nl2Y
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA53mY168f5L
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMcFIILoVFq
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1058Please respect copyright.PENANATRC95BPwjt
"Come on," Christine 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmBofMMXOlN
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVZy8YKvhgx
won't be here for long and you know it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXRmORb88cs
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1058Please respect copyright.PENANArOBOMXyLc6
"BTW is nothing but a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAckpl0e6usA
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUm0wLMfCiy
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnuF1i9ejHc
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsXD1ZmfKv9
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgco8F43rX7
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAX89elFqRnJ
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbaEB5KJS13
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1058Please respect copyright.PENANALdUALnnwly
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwsfuchE5JQ
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANxSfstk3Xu
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9isvAUUjOP
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqotdjLx7At
Upon saying that, the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABkvRGzGBM6
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8xkFbQGxo5
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAL3SiUOIwdw
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdVCHfzNoOp
seated stood up.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKbcwpXfPIo
I gulped. I hope the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHmu03XHn7x
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxkTKDZCYKR
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1058Please respect copyright.PENANASpoyDD7TRb
The two managers had 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQfqh6oWEyM
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEDIDKIxAtH
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARWxLZQQopw
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArZ9Ld1i2vZ
is wrong.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtbmTj2uu4K
"Good that you're all 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuJxqGScpCu
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnWd7vj54LM
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1058Please respect copyright.PENANADBfjJAMeFp
I have always hated it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAm0Utax5FDm
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA24G4heXgUJ
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAz6JOIELHHk
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEn24OeinlW
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJHs9whX0ye
their seats.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYFapzLJLum
The two managers and Lee1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnrYCEMf0Lg
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArPSyzS4rBD
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7N8PftXX2U
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALRQLx9huMl
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5aQaMAtYpZ
was.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvC2mWNA3Ud
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVTI67jmRZu
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAV3fPx3VXjZ
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAt3UqbQ0up8
Zoey sighed loudly in 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFQU6i5jTjs
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbqRGPsQ8YS
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5PKheczhOL
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFDVXfYWv4W
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASjLR6FN57I
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxJH2CypzXb
The two managers 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA026B0IZ6bh
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqNOwXfPNCu
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMnDDHTMVdh
That was so not cool.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAa9vwQOnwNT
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlw7lLbDrup
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnkBQZKD1e3
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAO8FHCIM4lj
My ears perked up when 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALtkq8v789n
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaMvp5GhFly
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjgMs6lbEqw
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANArQfodFHZIU
"We heard you outside 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1v8hrPVwHG
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1b7LMEV8Pd
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEHbAlB76ys
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABwdC4wN7Fw
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgHGq8CwRHD
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzmNwQtt28c
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQynxIFpD3w
through further scrutiny about this decision."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1OCKLCxdpe
I smiled. Even if they 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAW4SSZ2DoIr
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqGvamCKb4Z
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAruejPLJw1s
There was an exciting 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMiqd1YKu5p
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAK9wJJoxub2
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADxwmxDozzA
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7SbAJOSGaB
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKssVk83vxc
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzmf8AnHEgg
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfoMyDYXWvJ
I turned to my other 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYyAOuf26Ms
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA25vfdV6HIn
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWezDZMaX5X
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFcfPR6KbJG
now, didn't matter.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXwl53biMmG
"You heard them when 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArRc35pm1bc
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7XCVzN8Gsv
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8iCgyduR35
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACdilGGLxsP
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZoK1xSlte
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4mfnqIBBQo
This time it was me, or I1058Please respect copyright.PENANApor0T13hfW
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArhlSwQr4mK
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAe3BITdLKlY
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8r94Y5eNXc
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJ96B57Pe7b
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGWEJXn1Hxp
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAS7mONnqtmB
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWGf701AwNO
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwqMBIoymnK
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATTMMW7mURk
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqGGZGT7oQt
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAS5z4e4snE
"We all agree," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAn8u350FxHg
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZLLgD66a4
"But just because it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAG1Ez7MlfQF
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwYvNnaq5zM
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMk0kFjQEgk
"Okay, so that's settled1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmYnRq7Mgfo
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaMvhsGAbIu
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoT5xSR64ha
BTW official."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEpimqG4jN3
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtuZGW82HPb
I noticed that most of 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5MMhiVoyfs
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9RSlipgWRl
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFIytaWvIVR
when she looked at me and I grinned.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9Qaw8CHzgq
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXF3yBnnxos
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjVgTp64p8E
"Before we make BTW 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmpofilMGfJ
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeVLqbzWtFH
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHbvmwjClf5
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmkSGuxVmSc
low for a while. Is that good?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJNl2S9aV8J
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlTlBmTuYF6
"That's fair enough," 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARKLWKffTBS
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcfgBaQPPIA
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1058Please respect copyright.PENANABIyz125r4y
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbzCCpPcLAO
so."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4HpbyI3aZL
"So you want to crush 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAd0EzVDF07P
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1058Please respect copyright.PENANAj5xdkc6U6t
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQXCiWY2a6I
strategy."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9Kbh52vZ6e
"Then if all is well and1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7yGdUgTHDz
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyEjOXcdQCJ
updated and not a word on social media."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZNwUf5yIrU
I stood up from my seat 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnHoDxMqMri
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcrhwoNT5h0
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAungfW6ewFE
walk out, I stopped them.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEgXuT96giU
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYLfWkIgxJv
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATr58HRIrW4
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQHlIaHVLrp
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwik4iezSVy
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAK4KcIOjiG9
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGgXRmaF3Rr
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0vVG3UHBJc
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8jit7XHipi
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1058Please respect copyright.PENANALLN30OQQMh
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANASgLLJJ8qFO
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkh3YDmzKbt
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgJNM65jRIU
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3rG1hCQuH8
"This is like the best 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADxKc7JNo5a
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUksAxkOg5Q
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA31pZHVxIHx
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAi3TvN8Pj7O
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVxfnZNyKY4
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8jjUAIpCmH
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAB1unROEKKL
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkGDRU8MwQA
"I knew there was a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaN01AM4tWU
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1058Please respect copyright.PENANALo33tQ7Fbf
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1HJZF4v5L4
G-Dragon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARSCXM4VsGf
"You knew?" Christine asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYtnNq2hTCm
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPqk63yTK9C
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnGrkH3UJLr
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAsPzXku1Us
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5DtXh41ea4
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwhVqNdvFwH
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2YDASnEnsY
"Well, you guys can tell1058Please respect copyright.PENANAepsnORaB1k
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwbHnvd7x4m
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADst8PROUYS
aren't going to go into the same car."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeNQg84pI6x
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAG1koib90bi
Everyone else started to1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4vXEONnhas
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqiSMbuxsXi
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArhTaTYss8x
only G-Dragon and I.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9yRRRRER6K
"I'm mad at you," I started.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5KIB38BsK9
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQMHvjjMr7G
"Save it." I held my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANWO6ne0oAi
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfdcASxtNGO
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0BXkSNAxTS
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtJwfL67w5u
a war again."1058Please respect copyright.PENANARHBjlRN7WH
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeQXLkpfWnC
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuRVLbhxtE5
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHRniIZGDBV
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGyV13pnUKR
G-Dragon looked at me 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAp6mxQVmz7Y
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApdAGp5YWiO
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOb9t2dEryE
stab in the heart.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAk64BLAx0Fc
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAF3SAbhGdA3
"You know, the others 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJqfPbPltbG
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqQIdWoq11X
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKdtUKpZ6lP
with WINNER yesterday."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJGRpmZtmRs
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAn39KxmUCS
I nodded my head. What I1058Please respect copyright.PENANACWegePmYGn
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADjCBkAqTHR
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIR73Im4yI8
of Seunghoon and I.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3ggsN2UQOy
"You know you and I can 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUbVp032Ni5
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAm5OecD0ITZ
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiZfy81GU0E
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwMjzq3GRTj
down the rocks."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMy0kxV0eSv
I headed for the door 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7Of2dNtLB
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgrTS7iLgCU
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvDIDJ16nJo
Zoey, waiting.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGUJ2ZjcFZS
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgLQnS5NXKe
"I sure hope so," I said1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3PVogVAf7E
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7b2D3d0wra
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y8CfF3e73
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4dTeEpnMLY
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOKJ86QmI6X
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYU7uG1OIo4
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA76jEq5xb93
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWW0lUjih8h
"You know computers are 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4G0sDB5Cug
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIAD0eEL12e
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1058Please respect copyright.PENANATMBFxweexU
supposed to."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxXuQAHL9co
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjCGmoLIRBn
I smiled. "You always call me that."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxH3Nc9GIp2
"Ya, because you're smart too."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8eI5NZEpZ6
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAr9mCeBlRoD
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAu6iwmVIOii
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAw1OdTDTEG7
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANASarSyIRN98
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAm3EKKO5RK9
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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