The water felt like a 972Please respect copyright.PENANA4bFjhwHsCR
safe haven and I didn't want to get out. For some reason, it felt so 972Please respect copyright.PENANA7m9T9lDgi0
warm and nice. I didn't want to go above the surface and face all the 972Please respect copyright.PENANADaCqbp0BRZ
troubles out there. But I couldn't stay in water forever. That's 972Please respect copyright.PENANAYLF3ag45XZ
obvious. I didn't want to die in here and sooner or later, I had to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAcDf73Il3nX
breathe. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAmPFpjVEBqr
I pushed myself upwards 972Please respect copyright.PENANA5owRMkUxc2
and my head stuck out of the water's surface. I took in a deep breath of972Please respect copyright.PENANA4bQDoFcnp1
fresh air and I shook my head to shake the water out of my eyes. I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAkkaugYYRAP
opened my eyes fully and as I looked around the pool, I swam to the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAJvGRLYwWOD
edge.972Please respect copyright.PENANAGmm2zj9Hqb
When I finally got myself out, I saw Hyo-rin, Seungri and TOP run towards me. Taeyang and Daesung also appeared.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJSzGMPNFE9
"Sam, are you okay?" Hyo-rin asked, when she got closer.972Please respect copyright.PENANAvKUWFk62xT
"I've never been better," I answered as I looked at myself.972Please respect copyright.PENANAibb5CLFCrh
I looked ridiculously 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvOYlD4skne
wet, that's for sure. My clothes felt so heavy. I pulled out my phone 972Please respect copyright.PENANAXis8vlQvA7
from the pocket and it was all wet and ruined. I sucked my teeth in 972Please respect copyright.PENANAGwr9x7RXW9
irritation. So much for having a cool fancy iPhone only to find it 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhEFXyJHHtQ
taking a dive with you into the water. I put my phone back in my wet 972Please respect copyright.PENANA8LESYk0a3J
pocket. My day couldn't get any better than this.972Please respect copyright.PENANAkBBHcQgDnE
I looked around me and 972Please respect copyright.PENANAoMsqPG3P2P
luckily, the little drama I had had with G-Dragon at the top of the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAbSf6BWMQj2
rocks, hadn't caught so many people's attention, but only to a few of 972Please respect copyright.PENANALGBkYQOiF7
those who were in the same pool I had fallen in. That was a relief. The 972Please respect copyright.PENANA3UwAfH0lqI
last thing I wanted was to look embarrassed in front of the whole world.972Please respect copyright.PENANACKzuomgQGv
"You need a towel," said TOP. "You're soaking wet, and you need a change of clothes too."972Please respect copyright.PENANABEyYFQTjq8
"No need," I said as I started to remove my wet sneakers and water poured out of them. "We've to go."972Please respect copyright.PENANANjCvRXilGt
I heard Zoey and the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAM9KVr5KpdC
others' laughter and cheering on the other side of the pool. I looked on972Please respect copyright.PENANAxaOXDIkprT
and I saw the others approach G-Dragon after he climbed down the rocks.972Please respect copyright.PENANACLfYGEotyE
They surrounded and cheered for him as though he was a hero. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAgVJuPa5Xuu
"Sam?" I heard Taeyang's972Please respect copyright.PENANA1neR0QVWLQ
voice as he held my shoulder. "You don't look okay at all. And you 972Please respect copyright.PENANASOaWVXegbj
really need a change of clothes or else you're going to catch a cold."972Please respect copyright.PENANASilidoFDps
"I already told you, I'm972Please respect copyright.PENANAE5jxOTs3ef
fine," I said as I slowly brushed off Taeyang's hand from my shoulder. I972Please respect copyright.PENANAoDrkzbZWu0
didn't want to be rude, but I was so not in the mood for consolation 972Please respect copyright.PENANA6JZXtvPDYH
from anyone.972Please respect copyright.PENANAGcnDe4y9mr
I made my way towards GD972Please respect copyright.PENANAOSW4khdPle
and the others, while they were chattering on with excitement over what972Please respect copyright.PENANAWSmG61ajsK
had happened. Hyo-rin and the rest followed behind me. As the Toxins 972Please respect copyright.PENANAFhiPJ0hg1D
and G-Dragon saw me approach them, Zoey came forward.972Please respect copyright.PENANAPbH5KTXVs7
"Oh, man, Sam," said 972Please respect copyright.PENANA4hhcPd9Oum
Zoey, with a ridiculous smile on her face. "You should really see 972Please respect copyright.PENANAafZ6KTNcFg
yourself. Sorry for all that, but we had to add a little spice to the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAQeLNY03vqr
game. Hope you didn't mind."972Please respect copyright.PENANAoblTvFS5LU
"Can we just go back to YG?" I asked, with no hint of emotion on my face. "I've had a long day."972Please respect copyright.PENANAqf04siqMVj
"Go back to YG?" Zoey asked with a surprised look on her face. "I thought we were going back to the hotel."972Please respect copyright.PENANAkqGb5RTMLZ
"I told you, our 972Please respect copyright.PENANAfOPtN0P2Oe
managers need us back there. And as usual, you never listen to me." I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAOsmp6p9yVn
rolled my eyes as I soon remembered something. "Speaking of our 972Please respect copyright.PENANAPDNkb7KYWs
managers, Daesung, may I use your phone, please?" I looked over at 972Please respect copyright.PENANAno4ZE9GBWC
Daesung.972Please respect copyright.PENANAN6qEXDEQDa
"Ya, sure," said Daesung, as he gave it to me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAI5lcIn15O1
I dialled Lee's number 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtxreHS4lav
and I placed the phone to my ear. The Toxins and G-Dragon looked on at 972Please respect copyright.PENANABrecB28dGe
me, clueless. They were obviously wondering why I was making a call. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAeKHVvJ7uKn
They would know soon enough.972Please respect copyright.PENANAPEboG5PWSy
"Hello?" came Lee's voice at the other end of the line.972Please respect copyright.PENANAH8vmO3vlZg
"Lee, it's Sam," I answered.972Please respect copyright.PENANAxA7em9bLdr
"Sam, thank goodness, you called. Did you find them?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAUzRPuiM9yF
"Ya, I found them," I said, as I looked on at the culprits in front of me. "Do our managers know anything?"972Please respect copyright.PENANANmUYFnNxP4
"No, not yet. But you 972Please respect copyright.PENANAY74JsxRuzR
better get back here quick. I can't keep them locked up much longer. And972Please respect copyright.PENANAspo0ngtzus
the press have been waiting for you, so you better hurry."972Please respect copyright.PENANAQq4a8si6VC
"We'll be there in thirty minutes."972Please respect copyright.PENANA76kFVSNuJ4
"Okay, I'll be waiting."972Please respect copyright.PENANAjXQ9It5LZF
I cut the call and gave Daesung his phone back.972Please respect copyright.PENANAr3B61FwXy9
"Wait, Sam, what's going on?" Daniel asked. "Why were you talking to Lee? Is something wrong?"972Please respect copyright.PENANA6rc7BURW2e
"Everything is wrong," I answered, trying to keep my cool. "I'll tell you later. We better go now."972Please respect copyright.PENANAqyW2mlK0Ib
"At least tell us what's going on," said Christine. 972Please respect copyright.PENANATiMcy4jepU
"It's best we get to YG first," said Seungri. "We're wasting a lot of time here."972Please respect copyright.PENANAiSg8HdLE2o
"Come on. You heard Seungri, we don't have much time," I said.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJkxgpwTXjm
"But you better change your clothes first," said Zoey. "You know you easily catch a cold. At least get a towel to dry yourself."972Please respect copyright.PENANAJPTQY0Qwvg
I shook my head. I was 972Please respect copyright.PENANAFQUQQ5kG29
really on the edge of losing my temper. But I quickly took in a deep 972Please respect copyright.PENANAsAqXQueVIN
breath and started to walk away from the pool and the others in my bare 972Please respect copyright.PENANAzDoERy3o4T
wet feet and carrying my wet sneakers.972Please respect copyright.PENANAbsPuzSJoSC
After walking a few feet972Please respect copyright.PENANA0TpsgeqKee
away, I looked behind me and the others just stared at me, with 972Please respect copyright.PENANAR6IGHo5uat
surprised and confused looks on their faces. The last thing I wanted was972Please respect copyright.PENANAV8YGUSCxCd
for them to just stand there because they would end up grabbing other 972Please respect copyright.PENANAQHOnkBeu0r
people's attention which I was highly trying to avoid.972Please respect copyright.PENANAfXuM5tpPM7
"Aren't you coming or are you going to run off so that I go looking for you again?" I asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAhDbckbaeOA
None of them answered as972Please respect copyright.PENANApXVxbFwSRn
they all started walking towards me and walked past heading for the 972Please respect copyright.PENANArXnH7pHlid
exit. I stayed for a few minutes from where I stood as I watched them 972Please respect copyright.PENANAo4EzFgqFWW
go, except for TOP, who came to stand beside me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAUV4kMI5Ast
"Don't say a word, please," I said as I turned to look at him.972Please respect copyright.PENANAfhl6furuJd
"I wasn't going to say 972Please respect copyright.PENANAUcmrf6AzLt
anything, apparently," said TOP. "I know you're angry and the last thing972Please respect copyright.PENANAZGZDRhjzWQ
you would want to hear from me is advice."972Please respect copyright.PENANAdDflsiCZUn
I turned to look the other way as I now felt a little guilty. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAEEAgldwR6e
"Was I harsh on them?" I asked quietly.972Please respect copyright.PENANAYqaXgUVjWl
"To be honest, you did the best you could not to let your anger get the best of you."972Please respect copyright.PENANAudk8z5gTaA
"I'm still upset, though."972Please respect copyright.PENANALhEacYo179
"And that's normal. They will understand. You're human too."972Please respect copyright.PENANANiwh9NKZtM
"Thanks, TOP." I said, trying to put up a smile. "Sorry for being harsh on you earlier."972Please respect copyright.PENANAapqEUus9EQ
"It's okay. You guys go on ahead. I'll go get changed and I'll catch up with you later."972Please respect copyright.PENANA0pF1lscKB4
I gave TOP an assuring 972Please respect copyright.PENANArxmREyYvUJ
nod and he gave me a pat on my shoulder and walked away. I was on my way972Please respect copyright.PENANAhvJEHpq5xT
again and I found myself outside the indoor water park. I saw the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAI1pGt0CHGO
others ahead of me and I kept my distance. I was still soaking wet and I972Please respect copyright.PENANAmU1YSEBKe2
started to shiver. It was now in the afternoon but the sun still didn't972Please respect copyright.PENANAQPzCM0sDfm
seem to warm me up as I expected it to. It was hot, yes, but I still 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhZ1ZkKqlG5
felt cold because of my dripping clothes.972Please respect copyright.PENANA9fKXVf1uDP
We all found ourselves 972Please respect copyright.PENANAmF94qKlGwe
back at the back gate of the water park. I found G-Dragon and the Toxins972Please respect copyright.PENANACfxqH20yNL
all settled in G-Dragon's car. Daesung, Seungri, Hyo-rin and Taeyang 972Please respect copyright.PENANAp8UD9GulYh
were waiting for me. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAU7wfnAHKkW
"Hey, Sam, you don't 972Please respect copyright.PENANAsbszjydZx5
mind if I ride along with you, Daesung and Seungri, do you?" Hyo-rin 972Please respect copyright.PENANA6LkugtE1sP
asked as she approached me to keep the others out of ear shot.972Please respect copyright.PENANAY7FxSTzC1t
"I'll ride with Tae, he shouldn't be alone," I said, giving Hyo-rin a small smile. "Don't worry about it."972Please respect copyright.PENANA8tlYVgQ8Fu
Hyo-rin gave me a kind 972Please respect copyright.PENANArXW4xhWeHn
smile and I looked on as she settled in with Daesung and Seungri in the 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1BTtCCgxoU
car. G-Dragon's car took off first, then Daesung's. I continued to watch972Please respect copyright.PENANAxTrOfLIoZ8
on as the two cars left the premises and all I did was stand in the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtFo7jM82IB
sun, trying to take in the warmth, but still shivering like a leaf.972Please respect copyright.PENANAkZh6XhsGO5
I had my eyes closed 972Please respect copyright.PENANAftFMGrz5hI
when I felt something warm on my shoulders. I opened my eyes and I found972Please respect copyright.PENANAF2TlfDN4OT
Taeyang wrap his warm coat around me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAikhroSxK2b
"You're really shivering," said Taeyang. "Let's hope you don't get..."972Please respect copyright.PENANAMdprZ5TE0H
Before he could finish his sentence, I sneezed.972Please respect copyright.PENANAe1lCQW6gU9
"....a cold," said Taeyang, rolling his eyes at me. "Nice one, Sam. Now our managers will get pissed for sure."972Please respect copyright.PENANAVejjk5wihZ
"Don't worry, it's just a small sneeze," I said as I sniffed. "I'll be fine by tomorrow."972Please respect copyright.PENANAkoT3UI87mh
"Let's hope so. Come on, we better get going."972Please respect copyright.PENANAx0yWVUHKwB
Taeyang led me to his 972Please respect copyright.PENANATmRlkjSwFj
car and he helped me open the door to the passenger's seat. We were on 972Please respect copyright.PENANA59OaGVhLy0
the road in no time, and as I sat in the car, I still felt cold that 972Please respect copyright.PENANA2Tgi2py5M7
Taeyang had to turn the heater on.972Please respect copyright.PENANAdvwq7EYT2j
In about thirty minutes,972Please respect copyright.PENANA46fkdwk6pt
we were back in Seoul and back in the YG premises. I found the others 972Please respect copyright.PENANAH4ZjmzXsKi
all waiting for us at the front entrance of the building. Taeyang and I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAWwvc2ymQpf
got out of the car and walked up to them. I led them in, still barefoot 972Please respect copyright.PENANA0w2kTNFfjw
and surprisingly at the same time, Collins, Yang Hyun-suk and Lee 972Please respect copyright.PENANA81jywnkaiD
appeared out of the elevator.972Please respect copyright.PENANAkoqzF5KjOV
"Where have you guys been?" Collins asked, as they approached us. "And why do you look so wet, Sam?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAcCJUbzvUoV
"We went to Caribbean Bay," I answered.972Please respect copyright.PENANAveCvxajevK
Lee who stood behind 972Please respect copyright.PENANAR2je0KDAby
Collins gave me a funny startled look. She probably thought I was going 972Please respect copyright.PENANACaOcVXRVgK
to make up some kind of a lie to cover up for the others. But I had 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvDh2ac7Fr1
other things in mind.972Please respect copyright.PENANAeupXTyDDtY
"Caribbean Bay?" Yang Hyun-suk looked surprised. "We had things to sort out here and you went to have fun?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAJzUxSELwBF
Yang Hyun-suk sounded a 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1CWsZphuyi
little harsh and the rest of us were quiet. I could feel the atmosphere 972Please respect copyright.PENANApkkT1FQrcQ
behind me grow tense as no one said a word.972Please respect copyright.PENANA64ayoyHOPF
"Well, is anyone going to say anything?" Yang Hyun-suk asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAwTn2jvNnEn
"We didn't just go there to have fun," I said, with my head down. "If there's anyone to blame for all this, it's me."972Please respect copyright.PENANA6RqDoQK0YG
There was an awkward 972Please respect copyright.PENANADhEThTMzlB
silence as I felt all eyes on me. Their eyes felt like piercing needles,972Please respect copyright.PENANAopPIYAkPhH
but I had to ignore the feeling and carry on.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJbEv4G2AFi
"What do you mean?" Collins asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAxZ4MzgCVPs
"Well, I hear the press 972Please respect copyright.PENANAfeU5ahndON
are here," said Sam. "And I bet they are here over the video of G-Dragon972Please respect copyright.PENANA7AnRTUBVan
and I. I'll tell you everything from there."972Please respect copyright.PENANAnAm1P0DbIx
"That won't be 972Please respect copyright.PENANAo2zNB94TjM
necessary," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We can do all of that tomorrow or some 972Please respect copyright.PENANAShgyveguMZ
other day. You look all beat and I don't think it will be appropriate to972Please respect copyright.PENANAlfQWab0nFH
go to the press looking all wet."972Please respect copyright.PENANAMro3X0CxkX
I breathed out a sigh of972Please respect copyright.PENANAHUBzkfdiLM
relief. Things were simply going the way I thought they would. I just 972Please respect copyright.PENANA8TZlJbG748
hoped that what I was going to do next would work out too.972Please respect copyright.PENANAsvAYuNG1PD
"In the meantime, you go972Please respect copyright.PENANApc4Vu5U3i3
to the hotel and get freshened up," said Collins. "We will talk later 972Please respect copyright.PENANA7nTp2b9S9T
on in the evening and you will tell us all about it."972Please respect copyright.PENANAtqCeil4KwD
I nodded my head in 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhh9LUGt4wh
agreement. Well, that was a relief. I seriously needed a change of 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtybOB4TixL
clothes as I felt myself shiver vigorously.972Please respect copyright.PENANAxDpNliw6Or
"Come, I'll drive you to the hotel," said Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAcKrMJYHE0Z
"Alright," I said 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtktjKB6tqM
quietly, as I looked up at Lee. She seemed really frightened. The last 972Please respect copyright.PENANAod5TO8KRtw
thing she wanted was for all of us to get into trouble and it seems like972Please respect copyright.PENANArJq95hTKD7
I was only making things worse.972Please respect copyright.PENANASFPxCdznRY
Before I turned to leave972Please respect copyright.PENANADYbFagzcpO
with the rest of the group, I gave Lee a wink, assuring her that 972Please respect copyright.PENANAs3oJi0YHNg
everything was going to be alright and that she should trust me on this 972Please respect copyright.PENANAxz2sQsjbIb
one.972Please respect copyright.PENANAAscs6dXffl
***972Please respect copyright.PENANAVxMxsII7k1
I sat on the couch all 972Please respect copyright.PENANAAWgrUgoUvh
wrapped up in a blanket, coughing and sniffing like crazy as I continued972Please respect copyright.PENANAQq1Iw82fhm
staring at the TV. I was watching a K-drama series, "Boys over flowers"972Please respect copyright.PENANAXT6sJXaHbf
and I was really enjoying it, despite being down with a cold. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAP4yTMjipWn
I had a box of paper 972Please respect copyright.PENANAYdSpLwDj0n
tissues right beside me and a plastic containing the ones I had blown my972Please respect copyright.PENANAoDhs444uYz
nose on on my other side. Disgusting, I know, but hey, it was only a 972Please respect copyright.PENANA0FHBIZzvNv
cold and there was nothing I could do about it.972Please respect copyright.PENANAuSdXRwI1mK
I continued watching the972Please respect copyright.PENANAnOVPbnYVp5
series when the waiter came in to bring in my warm chicken soup and 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1uoBjNFjKB
announced that Taeyang had come to see me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAo5DmkyOcVO
"Hey, how are you doing?" Taeyang asked after the waiter gave me the soup and left while he came in.972Please respect copyright.PENANA44UCL5iPy3
"Never better," I said, 972Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4xDqUhyWj
sounding funny with a blocked nose. "Take a seat, please. Not too close 972Please respect copyright.PENANAwo2mMec9bp
to me though, I don't want you to catch my cold."972Please respect copyright.PENANAREyEPasCJ8
"I wasn't even going to try," Taeyang took a couch right next to mine, but far away from me as possible.972Please respect copyright.PENANAlDoAykXFFp
"So, watching k-drama, huh?" Taeyang asked as he looked at the flat screen TV on the wall.972Please respect copyright.PENANA6qg3Jo2nBB
"Ya, I'm actually enjoying it," I said as I put in a spoonful of chicken soup in my mouth. Mmm, it was so tasty.972Please respect copyright.PENANAAKrrczLSaK
"And the others?" 972Please respect copyright.PENANAlJb5JGRJNM
When Taeyang meant the "others," I knew he meant The Toxins. I just rolled my eyes and continued staring at the TV.972Please respect copyright.PENANASYQaudchdj
"As usual, they went for practise two hours ago," I answered, not sounding like I cared.972Please respect copyright.PENANAL0B2FLKHmC
"Are you still mad at them?" Taeyang asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAeXNs9OedFv
I got the remote and paused the TV. I couldn't catch up with reading the subtitles and Taeyang's question just confused me.972Please respect copyright.PENANALYOVjARpV6
"I don't know," I said, staring at my soup.972Please respect copyright.PENANA54H4NWHTrI
"You don't know or you are?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAOcv9Pfqg1F
I shrugged my shoulders. To be completely honest, I am still mad, but then again, I felt like I wasn't and that felt confusing.972Please respect copyright.PENANAK7KFz2aSE3
"I don't know, Tae," I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAA8Z3vQVTs5
answered. "I'm still upset with all of them, but another part of me is 972Please respect copyright.PENANAgaZ4Tg7zkb
telling me that I won't stay that way for long and I should just try to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAG9glwBJXxU
forget all that happened yesterday."972Please respect copyright.PENANAar0BuvUJ5U
"Ya, I understand. They 972Please respect copyright.PENANAcV7knqhC1j
never listened to you and you had to carry on with their game. And in 972Please respect copyright.PENANA9gOoOdK2xT
the end, you take the blame because you knew how angry our managers were972Please respect copyright.PENANAaIXdgjY60M
going to get."972Please respect copyright.PENANAVF4kwwPr7O
I looked on at Taeyang 972Please respect copyright.PENANAktinIXy0mV
as I sniffed. He was right. Yesterday was tough, and coming up with a 972Please respect copyright.PENANAFCibLD8yur
plan to help the others get out of trouble was even tougher when you 972Please respect copyright.PENANAxT3UuiyRkS
know you weren't only dealing with Collins, but also with Yang Hyun-suk 972Please respect copyright.PENANAjEi1XA81Ii
who was as tough as nails.972Please respect copyright.PENANAL3gD5JuQdb
Last night, I took the 972Please respect copyright.PENANATUgBkaevYN
blame and told our two managers that I was the one who decided that we 972Please respect copyright.PENANAEsJBiTkUiO
should all go out and the others had nothing to do with it. I told them 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvqBPJE3kvc
that the others had insisted on working on the song, but I was the one 972Please respect copyright.PENANAjauRhwa3ta
who objected and made everyone do whatever they wanted. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAP8aTCsxegi
Apparently, the managers972Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4ZUUF9ldt
weren't that mad at me at all. If I hadn't lied on their part, they 972Please respect copyright.PENANAyD4RzEpzYy
would've been way mad at the others instead. They were glad I had bought972Please respect copyright.PENANAXRzGwwhNPt
these guys back on time without creating much of a scene on social 972Please respect copyright.PENANATAfTBjwYpp
media. Luckily, only a few people had taken pictures of us. Most people 972Please respect copyright.PENANAyvGYlnA3ZL
on social media were even surprised that BigBang and The Toxins were at 972Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ad4XGuwoA
Caribbean Bay. Well, at least my plan worked out. What I was truly 972Please respect copyright.PENANAzOVnovjGUb
avoiding, was grabbing too much attention from our fans, the paparazzi 972Please respect copyright.PENANA2Mg7YVAAfu
and the reporters.972Please respect copyright.PENANANBS4PbgwOW
After my confrontation 972Please respect copyright.PENANAiz4lfGJhHZ
with our managers, I went straight to bed without talking to anyone and I972Please respect copyright.PENANA1t8DT78Lzc
didn't have supper. One, I was totally beat from all that had happened,972Please respect copyright.PENANA7AR3nc3tYp
and two, I just didn't feel like talking to anyone.972Please respect copyright.PENANAXqdC9FdkLi
"Huh, I guess am still upset," I said, as I took in another spoon of soup in my mouth. "Especially after what GD did to me."972Please respect copyright.PENANA3NnZXg99F6
"Ya, what happened was kind of dramatic," said Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAyRYlo1kpKV
"You saw that?" I looked surprised. "I thought you came later on when I fell into the pool."972Please respect copyright.PENANAQXwmoou8l6
"No, Daesung and I arrived when you got to the top."972Please respect copyright.PENANAOt2YmyFYwI
"Oh," I sniffed and coughed. "Ya, it was kind of dramatic."972Please respect copyright.PENANAUIq1HCUWe0
"Have you tried talking to GD?"972Please respect copyright.PENANA15TMThthIO
"To be honest, I haven't972Please respect copyright.PENANAJkXrXGX1dr
even tried. I don't even want to see nor talk to him. I would probably 972Please respect copyright.PENANAnRdcG04plC
slap him in the face if I see him."972Please respect copyright.PENANADRIjdWYqDh
"I don't doubt that."972Please respect copyright.PENANAN8OZuk2hVp
"And thank goodness my 972Please respect copyright.PENANAbO7lEUuKCJ
new phone isn't coming in until late in the afternoon. I wouldn't like 972Please respect copyright.PENANABsIajEfMcd
anyone calling me trying to tell me how sorry they are. Right now, all I972Please respect copyright.PENANAOmlMosCUYr
want to do is watch some TV."972Please respect copyright.PENANAw3h8E3tVK2
I quickly drank my 972Please respect copyright.PENANAh5z4tGE7bm
chicken soup from the bowl. And my goodness, the cooks here really knew 972Please respect copyright.PENANARu7JxK9atd
how to make lovely soup. I would probably order for it again if I had 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhSRRhrODXh
to.972Please respect copyright.PENANAHUCL9i5cNr
"So, how are you and Hyo-rin?" I asked, after putting the bowl aside.972Please respect copyright.PENANATwWqGqPxcg
"Still not talking to each other," Taeyang amswered as he leaned back on the couch and stared at the ceiling.972Please respect copyright.PENANAcsdzEnqf6X
"Looks like I'm not the only one not talking to people, aren't I?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAkeUuCXyhH7
"Nope."972Please respect copyright.PENANAhxzkBstLf7
I stared at Taeyang as he continued to look at the ceiling as I thought of what to say or ask next.972Please respect copyright.PENANAHABXwPDWNm
"What really happened to you two yesterday?" I asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANA1PSFttc8DX
Taeyang didn't say 972Please respect copyright.PENANAuVxkXOu3c7
anything at first. Then he breathed out heavily and said, "what happened972Please respect copyright.PENANAN4vJJKpwEm
to us happens to every other couple, Sam."972Please respect copyright.PENANAQHaVi3G4KU
"I know you fought or 972Please respect copyright.PENANAOrUTFUU00v
probably had an argument. I just want to know what it was all about. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAInmB8hJ8c2
That's if you're willing to tell me. I won't push you if you don't."972Please respect copyright.PENANADzjYh4S2jl
I noticed Taeyang smile 972Please respect copyright.PENANAou5pqNu6vD
while he continued to look upwards. It was probably over what I had 972Please respect copyright.PENANAr1zs7jtODg
said. I was not one who liked to push people over talking about their 972Please respect copyright.PENANAukl8MYSbd1
problems. I wasn't like Zoey who always got away with such things.972Please respect copyright.PENANAgQRjdrnoW1
"Aren't you going to say anything?" I asked Taeyang who continued to smile.972Please respect copyright.PENANAU2ZNb7Horm
"I'm just wondering why some things you wish for never come to pass."972Please respect copyright.PENANA951hNYzIyD
I raised an eyebrow this time around. Was he diverting the question or was he talking in riddles now?972Please respect copyright.PENANAM2PIQ5lKP2
"I thought I was the only one who is sick today," I said rolling eyes.972Please respect copyright.PENANAlQ1N26GtVD
"Don't mind what I just said," said Taeyang, as he looked at me. "It's nothing."972Please respect copyright.PENANA14X5rRUiDt
"Mmm, figured. If you don't want to say anything, it's fine by.."972Please respect copyright.PENANAY1pxeQhFon
Before I could finish my972Please respect copyright.PENANAlkZNDoMvAy
sentence, I sneezed. Like, really loud. There was silence at first 972Please respect copyright.PENANABoKlG42Kq8
until Taeyang started laughing at me while I blew my nose with a tissue.972Please respect copyright.PENANA0zGM6oAgXx
"It's not funny, Tae," I said furrowing my eyebrows and threw the used up tissue in the plastic.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJeybOTB5Ev
"You sound funny when you sneeze. That's why I laughed," said Taeyang, giving me his eye smile.972Please respect copyright.PENANAyVrbwEfHyH
"Well, it's good I made you laugh then. Just like me, you haven't been smiling at all since yesterday."972Please respect copyright.PENANAfCNujnaxxZ
"Looks like the two of us really have a lot in common when things don't go our way."972Please respect copyright.PENANANpjzkY8dWG
"Yep, cheers to that." 972Please respect copyright.PENANAmADdIxHRY7
"So, have you thought of any lyrics for the song yet?" Taeyang asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAeS0BotvaGe
I slapped my face. I had completely forgot about the song since I was running up and down the whole of yesterday.972Please respect copyright.PENANA4oS1k5CN78
"I completely forgot," I said, as I sniffed. "Weren't you guys supposed to work on it today?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAXz4Tjgzu6S
"We can't work on it without you," said Taeyang. "You and G-Dragon decided that the both of you would work on it together."972Please respect copyright.PENANANzSeaVnx1Q
"Don't mention his name because I feel like breaking something."972Please respect copyright.PENANADMAJzKRAb4
"Wow, that sounds personal."972Please respect copyright.PENANAk04VILfBte
"Ya," I nodded my head. "It really is."972Please respect copyright.PENANA5nb3focUWF
"Then how are the two of you going to work on the lyrics if you're still angry at him?"972Please respect copyright.PENANA2BKuL5GuJw
"I think I've a better 972Please respect copyright.PENANAz7Tg3CQ5c9
idea. Let's all just work on the song together. I may be the songwriter 972Please respect copyright.PENANAPk4P5Wmtkn
in my group, but I always give a chance for others to bring in their 972Please respect copyright.PENANAOEH60wd9Ez
lyrics. It's better that way."972Please respect copyright.PENANATBXncx0YIt
"That's not a bad idea. Aren't you going to tell GD about it?"972Please respect copyright.PENANADQBGH9spGx
"Uh, no. Until I'm no longer mad at him, you will have to act as my middle man."972Please respect copyright.PENANA8rbQ5s30Lu
"Me? Your middle man?" Taeyang burst into a fit of laughter. "That's going to be classic."972Please respect copyright.PENANAXnoMKpmsGG
"You should be honoured. Most people would die just to be my middle man."972Please respect copyright.PENANA3mwfucQcgI
"I wouldn't. FYI, I'm a pop star just like you and people would die just the same."972Please respect copyright.PENANAe4Rib9FQ3l
"Haha, good point."972Please respect copyright.PENANAblS8iv6WRw
Taeyang and I continued 972Please respect copyright.PENANAEVTReWsF7i
to talk for a good thirty minutes and it was so much fun. I was glad he 972Please respect copyright.PENANA6iZ4i1zBsT
came to see me because life tends to be boring sometimes when you're 972Please respect copyright.PENANAs2cuFBXSQp
alone. Apart from talking about the events that took place yesterday, we972Please respect copyright.PENANAyFzHy1Yjtx
talked about other fun things concerning our personal lives. Mostly 972Please respect copyright.PENANAHCCu29PXpb
focusing on the funny things that goes on whenever we were with your 972Please respect copyright.PENANAVPUKP4zyy4
group members. I mostly talked about Zoey, since she always creates 972Please respect copyright.PENANATfqyvmz75w
drama in my life, while Taeyang talked about Seungri, who always got 972Please respect copyright.PENANA4GuQRLRlTB
into trouble since he was the "maknae" (막내) (youngest) in the group.972Please respect copyright.PENANAABOMF0CXpb
While the two of us were972Please respect copyright.PENANAwyNHi99Xfx
laughing after Taeyang finished telling me a funny story about Seungri,972Please respect copyright.PENANAVyGgCVRSC5
I received a phone call from the hotel land line. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAIQLKonBiNw
I quickly went over to 972Please respect copyright.PENANA5ycDlrY0JI
the phone, trying to calm myself after laughing so much. Luckily, it was972Please respect copyright.PENANArJLr464xBw
just the receptionist downstairs, informing me that Seungri and Daesung972Please respect copyright.PENANAIMndQ8sMG1
had come to visit. I told the receptionist to tell them that they could972Please respect copyright.PENANAJCO2NbJgsW
come up and I put the receiver down.972Please respect copyright.PENANAIdSvSJIRVi
"Speaking of the devil," I said as I passed Taeyang, going back to my seat, "he is here with Daesung."972Please respect copyright.PENANAadNPvGyp17
"Seungri is here? Well, that's a surprise."972Please respect copyright.PENANASF8xtY2jWJ
"I'm not," I said shrugging my shoulders. "He's obviously here to check up on me, since he calls me his panda."972Please respect copyright.PENANANlMLnPl2gQ
"Trust me, you're one of his many pandas," said Taeyang, as he smiled.972Please respect copyright.PENANAVqqqZqkQJ8
"Shut up, Tae!" I threw a pillow at him and he blocked it as he raised his arm.972Please respect copyright.PENANAC5wH6f5dI4
"Eww, that pillow 972Please respect copyright.PENANATI0a1W6ezu
probably has your germs on it," said Taeyang, as he disgustingly looked 972Please respect copyright.PENANAlBdmPlZWlI
at the pillow I had thrown at him on the floor.972Please respect copyright.PENANAbmgb1V4VEc
"You're welcome," I said with a devious smile on my face.972Please respect copyright.PENANAEr5G3UfmBQ
A few seconds later, we 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtHhc4bGnny
heard the sound of the elevator then Seungri and Daesung appeared into 972Please respect copyright.PENANAWZBfGdQ8tY
the lounge. Seungri was holding a huge stuffed panda and Daesung was 972Please respect copyright.PENANAaNrM8UmBNi
holding a box of chocolates.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJkYzQDdAFP
"Awww, is that for me?" I asked as I turned on the couch to face them.972Please respect copyright.PENANAuEwUF3ikRc
"Ah, no, the panda is a 972Please respect copyright.PENANAOCJ5rAUBaY
very good friend of mine and just came along to see the famous B.K who 972Please respect copyright.PENANAkCWp9q9V9r
is sick," said Seungri. Daesung and Taeyang burst out laughing at the 972Please respect copyright.PENANA9wE7CplBa6
same time.972Please respect copyright.PENANA1kYM5KAzus
"Very funny, Seungri," I said, as I frowned at him. "Give him to me, I want to hug him."972Please respect copyright.PENANARWPcBrKfCv
"And give him your cold? No ways," said Seungri, hugging and holding onto the panda.972Please respect copyright.PENANAYuuumoyMD9
"Do you really want me to come over there and fight for it?"972Please respect copyright.PENANA6bEQwSQ5Ft
"I would give the lady the panda if I were you, Seungri," said Taeyang. "You wouldn't want to see her nasty side."972Please respect copyright.PENANAdSItydGLPh
"Hey, I don't have a nasty side," I said, as I looked at Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAjxNmuQ0rns
"Everybody has one," said Taeyang, shrugging his shoulders.972Please respect copyright.PENANAgt5fLEOaBG
"Never mind that," said Daesung, "just give her the panda, Seungri."972Please respect copyright.PENANAYo59Dgs6Sl
"Really? But he'll be scared without me," said Seungri, still holding onto the panda.972Please respect copyright.PENANAQe9A9EW550
"For goodness sake, I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAXu9j0X33fh
know the panda is mine," I said. "And besides, we ladies are good with 972Please respect copyright.PENANAxFLrGnFeyv
handling cute and cuddly stuff. Mr Panda won't ever feel lonely or 972Please respect copyright.PENANAZreYaI42QG
scared with me."972Please respect copyright.PENANAjm9jtY17Yu
"Ya, I know he won't," said Seungri with a smile as he walked over to me and gave me the panda.972Please respect copyright.PENANAi2ohTjOwiC
I took the panda in my 972Please respect copyright.PENANAQLfpd8cbUl
arms and I hugged and cuddled it as though I was a little girl who just 972Please respect copyright.PENANAdFoeBsPow3
got her doll for the first time. It was so soft and fuzzy that for a 972Please respect copyright.PENANAKoBNEPHUAv
moment, it felt like a warm pillow I could sleep on. The new smell of 972Please respect copyright.PENANArv1zNdnSVw
the panda triggered my nose though, and I sneezed so loud, yet again.972Please respect copyright.PENANA8I8pWwnB9c
"My goodness, Mr Panda would need a doctor," said Seungri. "You're gonna get him sick."972Please respect copyright.PENANANL7quj0cI8
"He's officially mine now," I said as I sniffed. "We're going to be the best of besties."972Please respect copyright.PENANAxI7N2tmIvY
"Whatever, just take good care of him for me, okay?"972Please respect copyright.PENANACOTwZHrG59
"I will," I said with a smile as I cuddled the panda in my arms.972Please respect copyright.PENANAbAvaU2xa1V
"I got you some chocolates," said Daesung, as he handed over the box of chocolates to me. "Every girl's favourite treat."972Please respect copyright.PENANApX6VsDlwto
"Aww, thanks Daesung," I972Please respect copyright.PENANADliZASkmtj
said as I smiled at him and I felt myself blush when I remembered what 972Please respect copyright.PENANA7mI90qmp2a
happened between him and I yesterday at the park. "That's so sweet of 972Please respect copyright.PENANAaIQNSY0xwx
you. See, Seungri, you should be a little bit more like him."972Please respect copyright.PENANAvgfPx97YxK
"What did I do?" Seungri asked looking surprised. "I bought you a panda."972Please respect copyright.PENANAhCihiDuzRW
"Never mind, come take a seat, please," I said. "It's good you two came to see me."972Please respect copyright.PENANA1j5kkSDuxD
"Are you feeling any better?" Daesung asked as he and Seungri sat on the other couch opposite Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANA6u7mG10816
"Well, I'm not really feeling that sick," I said, as I sniffed. "I'll be fine tomorrow, you'll see."972Please respect copyright.PENANAEOkMlCAtoE
"I doubt that," Taeyang blurted out.972Please respect copyright.PENANAod89y5yt4N
"Ah, put a sock in it, Tae!" I said angrily. "You really know how to make me feel bad."972Please respect copyright.PENANAd55R3Mk9qD
"Ya, I do."972Please respect copyright.PENANAI2zTFTCrPa
While the four of us 972Please respect copyright.PENANAASOJBytLcf
were chatting and Seungri kept on pulling funny faces at me every now 972Please respect copyright.PENANAo7dfdnrWmy
and then, just to make me laugh, The Toxins arrived. At first I didn't 972Please respect copyright.PENANAIpvChTOytF
notice since I was laughing so much, until Daesung looked behind me and 972Please respect copyright.PENANAX7HHpSfoyG
said:972Please respect copyright.PENANAmCy6wWl8Nb
"Hey, Zoey." 972Please respect copyright.PENANANtNWlWpLPG
I stopped laughing automatically and I turned to looked behind me. Zoey was standing in the passage with her training bag. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAapLMfhya37
"Hey," Zoey replied. "I was wondering why there was laughter when we came in."972Please respect copyright.PENANArEGi6pxjB8
"We came to see how Sam was doing," said Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANA1kKcvaplle
"It's good you came to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAXFmX8SwZNA
keep her company while we were gone." Zoey turned to look at me, but I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhHGYND3WIo
quickly turned away, putting myself back in my usual position on the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAXNySa7WQTh
couch.972Please respect copyright.PENANACvjpq250hR
"Hey, what's with all the laughter?" came Mike's voice. "Oh, you guys are here, that's great!"972Please respect copyright.PENANAoQzu1rKeus
"Who's here?" Christine asked, also joining the others. "Hey, guys!"972Please respect copyright.PENANAQddNirMNLG
"Hey, how was practise?" Daesung asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANA3AaWBl9fOZ
"Tiring as usual," I heard Daniel reply. 972Please respect copyright.PENANA95QoSyhfND
"We will just put our stuff away and join you in a second," said Zoey.972Please respect copyright.PENANAa5nooyIvzh
"Ya, please do, it will be so much fun," said Seungri.972Please respect copyright.PENANAAFM1p6BM3a
I tugged at my panda's 972Please respect copyright.PENANACWOpZuUx1K
ear absentmindley as I felt Taeyang's eyes on me. I looked at him and it972Please respect copyright.PENANA9oOwdl8ew3
was obvious he could read my mind. I was still not in a mood to talking972Please respect copyright.PENANA1SsMds4uAS
to the other Toxins, and I so much as wanted as to leave the room.972Please respect copyright.PENANAXoHOb8VAK2
The Toxins came back to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAGjAmFUxSAi
the lounge area. Zoey sat next to me and I moved away from her as I held972Please respect copyright.PENANAE0y6LtGXsj
my panda like it was the only thing that ever mattered to me. Christine972Please respect copyright.PENANAkZBz66R5K9
went to join Seungri and Daesung, while Mike and Daniel joined Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAlVTILRNdN3
For a moment, no one 972Please respect copyright.PENANAk6wwdjmdhK
said a word to each other. There was silence. As for me, I kept on 972Please respect copyright.PENANAGeeFipae8U
tugging at the panda's ear still not looking at Zoey.972Please respect copyright.PENANAdjQhkAVXDI
"Oh, Sam, you've a panda," said Daniel, breaking the silence.972Please respect copyright.PENANACemQydN6Iq
"Ah huh," I replied dully. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAO63VRErwjM
"I got it for her," said Seungri, with a smile.972Please respect copyright.PENANAKr0ffNsOac
"Aww, it's so cute," said Christine. "You should get me one just like that someday."972Please respect copyright.PENANAOXNg9D7cjQ
I stared up at the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAX9x4HRO72m
ceiling and then at the panda. I got the box of chocolates that were 972Please respect copyright.PENANA7OjsRSA7o6
next to me, opened it and put a piece of chocolate in my mouth.972Please respect copyright.PENANAk8C77B3ceq
"And she also has chocolates too," said Zoey. "I also want some."972Please respect copyright.PENANADxSc2bTAyK
When Zoey tried to reach972Please respect copyright.PENANA2dbihveZ6q
out for chocolates, I lifted the box and took it to my other side to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAKbNWYDjKMD
prevent her from getting any. I looked at her as I furrowed my eyebrows.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJzY3dO8Usl
"Sorry, I should have asked," said Zoey.972Please respect copyright.PENANA7Yd4TYhshv
"Ya, you should have!" I snapped at her.972Please respect copyright.PENANAI2gVV7WbV1
Zoey looked hurt with 972Please respect copyright.PENANAp72oSD84F2
the way I responded to her, but at the moment, it didn't even matter. I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvcaISbGS8q
turned to face the other way sucking at the chocolate in my mouth.972Please respect copyright.PENANA1GAf5brXGH
"Are you still mad at us?" Zoey asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAK9XQZnEi5e
I didn't answer as I put972Please respect copyright.PENANAVIk9L8nyhD
another piece of chocolate in mouth. My silence was an obvious answer. I972Please respect copyright.PENANAfrguTBzLKs
was still mad, especially at Zoey.972Please respect copyright.PENANAH7Q5tsYbsd
"I know it's a little 972Please respect copyright.PENANAseG3Typ9Qb
late to say this," started Zoey. "But we're really sorry for what 972Please respect copyright.PENANAJBau52osZv
happened yesterday. Yes, we didn't listen to you as always and we're 972Please respect copyright.PENANA3BxCJgw20C
sorry for that too. You even took the blame for us. And I know it 972Please respect copyright.PENANAAwjK7D7sjR
doesn't look like we appreciate what you do for us, but we really do. 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1zxs6cdX7C
You've saved our necks a number of times before from Collins, but this 972Please respect copyright.PENANALR7QBqJuUR
time you had to deal with Yang Hyun-suk too."972Please respect copyright.PENANAYfun7yYXyn
I stared at the ceiling as I sucked at the chocolate in my mouth as though I wasn't listening.972Please respect copyright.PENANAeyYPyoWRna
"I don't like it when 972Please respect copyright.PENANAshOkehjYgB
you're not talking to me," Zoey continued. "And last night when you 972Please respect copyright.PENANAMpVKyXr2qT
didn't say a word, I knew you were going to give us the silent 972Please respect copyright.PENANABRYtmTrJ0n
treatment. You know you're my best friend and my only source of 972Please respect copyright.PENANAqxb9O9XYsg
happiness everyday. You know I'm not myself without you. I'm really 972Please respect copyright.PENANA6WzuSB04ga
sorry, Sam."972Please respect copyright.PENANAjgP3JnnMBz
"We're all sorry, Sam," said Daniel. "I know you're hurt real bad because of our silly actions yesterday."972Please respect copyright.PENANAkGEnb35OYG
"I'm sorry too," said 972Please respect copyright.PENANAR4J3bdp70Z
Mike. "I should have acted like the responsible one, but we all know 972Please respect copyright.PENANABgZEfoQh1t
that's not the case. You really saved us yesterday and all we want is 972Please respect copyright.PENANAv25NQBpQEF
for you to talk to us again."972Please respect copyright.PENANABdyag5L9SW
"I'm also sorry, Sam," 972Please respect copyright.PENANAyGn68xsfGx
said Christine. "We might say 'we won't do it again,' but we keep on 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1rFIKl4Xlm
doing the same thing. We can't do anything without you. You're our 972Please respect copyright.PENANAzoqgGHSW89
leader."972Please respect copyright.PENANA8whC5tD0rX
I still didn't say a 972Please respect copyright.PENANAQuH16uNJRb
word to them as I continued to stare upwards. I knew it would come to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAgZLOz1aPP4
this, them saying that they were sorry. My hatred for them wasn't going 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvBfzF2Lf1A
to last forever and I knew that very well. They were family and I loved 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhAyaYud9Y2
them despite the awful things they put me through.972Please respect copyright.PENANAHfpkJaTfS0
"Aren't you going to say something, Sam?" Taeyang asked. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAzYU2vok5ME
"And what should I say?" I asked. "They know completely well that I can't stay mad at them forever, so...."972Please respect copyright.PENANAxpGzKBrjWv
"Wait, you're not mad any more?" Zoey asked, with a little hint of excitement in her voice.972Please respect copyright.PENANAZfuoPifzjz
I sighed deeply and I turned to face Zoey. And I each gave the other Toxins a look as well.972Please respect copyright.PENANAO2hIUx3Vwm
"I'm mad and pretty much972Please respect copyright.PENANAvY1irpfSb2
angry with all of you," I said. "But it's obvious I can never stay mad 972Please respect copyright.PENANAoXaoa60LCI
at you forever. So, yes, I forgive you."972Please respect copyright.PENANAp1y8TAbbZ7
"Seriously, you mean it?" Daniel asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAidIMS7qnZh
I sniffed and said, "ya, I mean it."972Please respect copyright.PENANAde5wpGiPXm
"Aww, I love you, Sam!" Zoey exclaimed as she tried to come close to hug me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAn83AB3Br7V
"Whoa! Back up!" I said 972Please respect copyright.PENANAM8vZuEzkdQ
with my hands raised to stop her from getting any closer to me. "I've a 972Please respect copyright.PENANAV7oyiq1hKw
cold. Just because I forgive you, doesn't mean you can hug me."972Please respect copyright.PENANAcmY3JIbrRK
"Ah, you! Always acting 972Please respect copyright.PENANA2i3ua6q5n1
like you don't want a hug. Come here!" Zoey wrapped her arms around me 972Please respect copyright.PENANArezlQPWQ4S
and hugged me. "Your cold isn't that contagious and I don't care if I 972Please respect copyright.PENANALp4w5GYUMx
catch it anyway."972Please respect copyright.PENANAPiwtLCrRM9
Christine, Daniel and 972Please respect copyright.PENANAJpf57zHYJm
Mike also came over and we were all hugging each other on the couch. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAWdsbrPykvM
Even the panda got caught up in the hug. It was kind of nice and I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAVaYnVqWMTT
smiled. I completely wasn't mad at them any more, that's for certain.972Please respect copyright.PENANAR09ZIbXGY0
"Aww, let me take a pic of this beautiful moment," said Deasung as he pulled out his phone and took a photo.972Please respect copyright.PENANAA0F7C27iYr
"I'm glad you guys finally resolved things ," said Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAjyytBtah8V
"Ya, I'm glad we did," I said, as I felt my nose twitch. "Can you guys please stop hugging me, I'm about to...."972Please respect copyright.PENANARF0QJKHdFW
I sneezed and the other Toxins quickly withdrew their arms around me and looked on as though I was contagious.972Please respect copyright.PENANAx3zi73Daj4
"Excuse me," I said as I got a tissue and blew my nose. "I just can't help myself."972Please respect copyright.PENANAOpiSzQl0Ty
"Don't worry, you won't 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1B8eh3WG2B
help yourself laughing once you see this pic," said Daesung, as he 972Please respect copyright.PENANAPm4HDwQOCY
looked at his phone with a smile on his face.972Please respect copyright.PENANAUeQuFrg5Gk
"Please don't tell me you captured me sneezing," I rolled my eyes when I obviously knew the answer.972Please respect copyright.PENANAnoo1rdFJsh
"Ya, he did," said Seungri, with a smirk on his face.972Please respect copyright.PENANABHPulYgWc8
"Never mind. It's almost lunch time and I'm starving," I said. "What can we order for lunch?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAQhTqrqM55l
"I'm glad you asked," said Zoey. "You just sit back and relax, my hungry kitty. We already have lunch covered."972Please respect copyright.PENANAw77K2YHmdf
"What do you mean?" I asked, looking at Zoey with an eyebrow raised.972Please respect copyright.PENANA9GkxYhQB8V
"We thought of having a special lunch just for you since you were so mad at us," said Daniel. 972Please respect copyright.PENANALhLB5ZBHSE
"Well, that's interesting," said Taeyang. "Weren't you going to invite us as well?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAmbB8G6awro
"Well, ya, but surprisingly you brought yourselves here," said Zoey. "We were about to call you as soon as we arrived."972Please respect copyright.PENANAb3l7aM2iEO
"We already called the others so, no need," said Mike.972Please respect copyright.PENANAUVlYxZg1gM
At that moment, I had 972Please respect copyright.PENANAkZhmhp8OTP
put in another piece of chocolate in my mouth and I almost choked on it.972Please respect copyright.PENANAe82sRh6Dnb
Mike who was the closet to me patted my back.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJkh8btv83A
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAWhyFHNqCuI
"I'm fine, I guess," I said, as I held my throat.972Please respect copyright.PENANAr91OYUnEgK
"This is what happens when you don't share chocolates," said Zoey. "Here, I'll help you."972Please respect copyright.PENANAQykVuIh9Jm
Zoey got the box of 972Please respect copyright.PENANAOZudTXbviD
chocolates and Christine went to sit next to Zoey to eat them while I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAANgQfPaPpc
continued rubbing my throat, deep in thought.972Please respect copyright.PENANA6GpKzOMbPL
"Can you excuse me for a second?" I asked as I got up from the couch with my panda and left the room.972Please respect copyright.PENANAdNA3Idxflx
I was in the passage as I972Please respect copyright.PENANADbFauaTfKq
leaned on the wall, close to the door of the room Zoey and I were 972Please respect copyright.PENANAKUxvT466Em
sleeping in. I held the panda in my arms and hugged it tightly. I sighed972Please respect copyright.PENANAqUZhJGK84B
in what felt like sadness.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1TCiocUbU
"You aren't okay, again, aren't you?" came Taeyang's voice behind me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAdHIDtm01ut
I sniffed and without facing him said, "you already know. I don't have to say anything."972Please respect copyright.PENANAaxDoqL5FRQ
I heard his footsteps 972Please respect copyright.PENANA9K6U4oWgH9
and I knew he was coming closer. He also leaned his back against the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAO99ufWYiWc
wall as he stood right next to me and I heard him sigh.972Please respect copyright.PENANAcfqYW5DSig
"Are you really going to stay mad at GD for long?" he asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAKErhSlLo71
"And are you going to do the same with Hyo-rin?" I also asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAiQauODlGLS
"Are we really do this right now?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAuMwKw5ZzXH
"Do you want us to continue making each other feel bad about yourselves?" 972Please respect copyright.PENANAbJJHDG92XL
Taeyang chuckled silently and I smiled, still not looking at him.972Please respect copyright.PENANAl8Q3Pp9IoR
"This isn't working, is it?" Taeyang asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANA4xzIH5Vp9H
"Nope." 972Please respect copyright.PENANAsgx8g16Kwt
I heard Taeyang take in another deep breath and said, "I really admire you, Sam."972Please respect copyright.PENANAlUNircaKaU
My eyes almost felt like972Please respect copyright.PENANAC2xV6CQ2C9
they would pop out of their sockets. He admired me? Like how? Admiring 972Please respect copyright.PENANAVxVsf9XNh8
meant a lot of things. And right now I felt really confused.972Please respect copyright.PENANA4biTPQQGFk
I turned to look at him 972Please respect copyright.PENANA8F17xKtcLh
and I found him staring at me. He gave me a simple smile and I didn't 972Please respect copyright.PENANA49ZIRnuXHB
know where to begin to ask what he truly meant.972Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZCK9nMLgm
"I....uh, what do you, uh.... mean when you said you admired me?" I asked as I stammered.972Please respect copyright.PENANAxAy8RQWn8g
"That you're surrounded 972Please respect copyright.PENANAs16yqU2XXV
by such amazing people in your life that you're even able to forgive 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1aa1N20Ac5
them despite you getting hurt by them," he answered. "I admire that 972Please respect copyright.PENANAMOOumdwAaP
you've such a good heart. You don't seem to hold grudges for long."972Please respect copyright.PENANAWM10hiCJ1o
"A good heart? Really? I don't think so. If it's anyone with a good heart it's you, Tae, not me." 972Please respect copyright.PENANAbNmghLnG9q
"Then if you can see that in me, I can also see that in you."972Please respect copyright.PENANAXCed60rhub
I sighed and I gave Taeyang a stern eye. "So what's your point?"972Please respect copyright.PENANASQg1zqTIYI
"That you also shouldn't stay mad at GD."972Please respect copyright.PENANArYGXFiPkgn
"Tae, you don't know how I felt yesterday when he betrayed me and left me dangling on the cliff for my life."972Please respect copyright.PENANAvgXpWWHe3W
Taeyang raised an eyebrow at me. "You felt betrayed?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAM3LxdNy0ib
"Well, ya." I shrugged my shoulders. "What GD did to me wasn't.....It was so not....."972Please respect copyright.PENANAK1VmHozECE
Apparently, I couldn't 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtjTUJTyslm
seem to find the right words. I didn't even realise how I felt when I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAbSelyKiBxK
talked about this to Taeyang. On one hand I was confused and on the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAd6uzaAarGj
other, I was still mad I could break something. I was even squeezing my 972Please respect copyright.PENANAIcqXweZv1F
panda tightly. If it were a live animal, I would have choked it to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAOS7zFcma0n
death.972Please respect copyright.PENANAnNDzpyHceB
Taeyang still looked at me with his eyebrow raised and I didn't like that he wasn't saying anything.972Please respect copyright.PENANAmeIzZMW12T
"Aren't you going to say anything, Tae?" I asked, sounding frustrated. "Don't look at me like that."972Please respect copyright.PENANARbvIV8ycS9
Taeyang folded his arms 972Please respect copyright.PENANAAHZ7HEk949
and said, "if you really want me to say something, I'll say what I think972Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ8nxpyww3
and what I'm seeing right now. You aren't mad at GD. You're just hurt."972Please respect copyright.PENANADkRB9fXUqK
"Hurt? I don't get it." I felt even more confused.972Please respect copyright.PENANAEMDsJV7tYU
"You're may think you're972Please respect copyright.PENANAqPuqf2BfPb
upset and angry, when actually you're hurt. You just said you felt 972Please respect copyright.PENANAYxAf2evwhl
betrayed with what GD did to you. Feeling betrayed isn't getting angry, 972Please respect copyright.PENANAK90hrwTT03
but feeling hurt."972Please respect copyright.PENANAeA60LFlgsG
I slowly took in what Taeyang said and I couldn't help but feel he was right on this one.972Please respect copyright.PENANAzeRtDuaB4S
"But I wouldn't feel 972Please respect copyright.PENANA0yiOhMz64o
hurt or betrayed if I...." I was soon hit with the most shocking 972Please respect copyright.PENANADyaT6L1zNx
revelation of my life and I stopped myself in mid sentence as I looked 972Please respect copyright.PENANA1a0H37wRl8
at Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAAyAvgecYek
Taeyang gave me that 972Please respect copyright.PENANAalNnPNyZGn
look that he already knew what I was about to say. And he probably had 972Please respect copyright.PENANAn0cBE1DZhJ
figured it out a whole lot sooner than I did. I shook my head at him, 972Please respect copyright.PENANAnFydSqNHk8
while in return, he nodded.972Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ1FX6fo5U
"No, freaking way," I said, trying not to raise my voice. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAeKnhYWcVzL
"Ya," said Taeyang. "Believe it or not, it seems like you like him."972Please respect copyright.PENANAMqnELWRt8Z
I didn't say a word as I972Please respect copyright.PENANAvOeIIhzEkc
went back to leaning my back against the wall. I buried my chin into my972Please respect copyright.PENANA3NvpfWqMRv
panda's soft head not really believing what just happened. The thought 972Please respect copyright.PENANAVKx4rq1uQQ
of liking GD clouded my mind. Not only that. What happened between 972Please respect copyright.PENANAjWeJ4a6zSz
Daesung and I at the park really made things complicated.972Please respect copyright.PENANAqzqmMBeIPc
"I guess you're right," I muttered to Taeyang. "But I can't tell for sure if I really like him or not."972Please respect copyright.PENANAPMSTgJq9eI
"Maybe all you need is a little time to figure it out," said Taeyang. "Right now, you're just confused."972Please respect copyright.PENANAiU4uPbEVKu
"I'm 'really' confused. You've no idea."972Please respect copyright.PENANAF2DMKbzxp2
"Did something else happen that you aren't telling me?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAKlGGWetQFy
If there was ever a way I972Please respect copyright.PENANAyszlsB6n4f
would personally give Taeyang an award for, was for mind reading. It's 972Please respect copyright.PENANAlxrmO5V9Xa
like he knew what was going on inside my head. I wondered if I should 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvZHViHp08n
tell him about Daesung too, but I was saved my the bell.972Please respect copyright.PENANAeN8VZRBozQ
"Hey, you two, let's go, lunch is ready downstairs," said Zoey appearing in the passage. 972Please respect copyright.PENANA3fcTdXjRq1
"Okay, let me put my panda away," I said as I quickly disappeared into the room and I left it on my bed. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAKo0YQkhh1L
When I came out, I still found Taeyang where I had left him and the two of us went to join the others entering the elevator.972Please respect copyright.PENANA1tZsT4pw98
"You two are really close today. Are you up to something?" Zoey asked Taeyang and I as we got into the elevator.972Please respect copyright.PENANAcoZ9KVShu3
"No, why do you ask?" I asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANA9Cq5i4HhSA
"Well, I'm just asking,"972Please respect copyright.PENANApJAT7uYmWx
said Zoey, as she playfully scratched the back of her head. "Who knows,972Please respect copyright.PENANAiJYFk5SFos
Taeyang might steal you away from me and become your new best friend."972Please respect copyright.PENANAAGJ2NordKH
"Sounds like you're jealous," said Seungri, with a mocking smile on his face.972Please respect copyright.PENANAj2289Lx4fZ
"No, I'm not!" Zoey snapped.972Please respect copyright.PENANAwIwYYsGMx6
"Hilarious," muttered Taeyang, as he smiled.972Please respect copyright.PENANA5wdtf8vBnE
"If I knew that's what you were thinking about, I wouldn't have asked," I said, as I rolled my eyes.972Please respect copyright.PENANAHDb3f2yUoj
I pressed the button 972Please respect copyright.PENANAQdHBiKSHbY
leading us to the ground floor and the doors to the elevator closed 972Please respect copyright.PENANAUzG7wp7zVt
before us. In a matter of seconds, we found ourselves on the ground 972Please respect copyright.PENANAVi6wVI9vu3
floor and we all walked out of the elevator.972Please respect copyright.PENANA9GwJi29MS6
We went to the main 972Please respect copyright.PENANAcAL87zhh3G
hotel dinning room and a waiter lead us to the table reserved for us for972Please respect copyright.PENANAKY9RQRSM3q
lunch. It was a huge round table in the VIP section. There were ten 972Please respect copyright.PENANAWoDJdHKQvS
seats around the table, obviously for all BigBang and Toxins members.972Please respect copyright.PENANAbuYtbTkomL
"Why didn't you invite, our managers and Lee?" I asked Zoey as we approached the table.972Please respect copyright.PENANATznYV7XNK6
"Are you serious? Those guys are busy and you wanted me to invite them?" Zoey asked. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAUkiBZuv1Vn
"To be honest, we just 972Please respect copyright.PENANAZmeMfpM2Vv
wanted to avoid them asking us questions about yesterday," said Daniel. 972Please respect copyright.PENANA9rT4XeLOea
"We wanted it to be strictly Toxins and BigBang."972Please respect copyright.PENANAyel4IDVxHO
"Was that so hard to say?" I asked Zoey upon Daniel's answer.972Please respect copyright.PENANAryzEv6fAMC
"Maybe. Let's forget about it and sit, shall we?" Zoey suggested and she walked ahead of us, reaching the table first.972Please respect copyright.PENANAbsSVpSynHv
We all got to the table and before I could pull out my chair, Taeyang pulled the chair out for me and I glady sat.972Please respect copyright.PENANAeoiuAOiwXb
"Thanks, Tae," I said as I smiled up at him.972Please respect copyright.PENANAWWPKMDRqio
"You're welcome," said Taeyang as he sat next to me and Daesung sat on my other side.972Please respect copyright.PENANA5nIxYRSIIA
"Okay, weird, you two are getting real close," said Zoey as she sat across the table looking directly at Taeyang and me.972Please respect copyright.PENANALGhRStybHJ
"Nah, I don't think so,"972Please respect copyright.PENANAuWjVlMOC4g
said Christine. "Taeyang is just so sweet. I wish I was the sick one so972Please respect copyright.PENANAEPUnNiOJvu
he would be treating me like that."972Please respect copyright.PENANAoyCv05ZLOf
"Mmm, I don't think so,"972Please respect copyright.PENANA5WTUOGMWxk
said Zoey, shaking her head. "Did something happen between the two of 972Please respect copyright.PENANAuhUsLrZ9ze
you yesterday that I'm not aware of?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAZUnRI8aoWw
"My goodness," I rolled my eyes and sniffed. "Stop making a drama out of everything, Zoey."972Please respect copyright.PENANApngiO19RVG
"I'm not," said Zoey, shrugging her shoulders.972Please respect copyright.PENANAoefTl4npJB
"Then, stop trying to make one."972Please respect copyright.PENANAh8caC0dMVg
"Before you two decide to tear each other apart," said Seungri. "Can we please have our food now? I'm starving."972Please respect copyright.PENANAh3zRd43VnW
"Ya, me too," said Mike.972Please respect copyright.PENANAzyV7UqyPLP
"Wait, we've to wait for TOP and GD to get here first," said Zoey.972Please respect copyright.PENANAcbb9zii4Cb
"Seriously?" Daniel asked. "Do we really have to wait?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAQX0rjKnSEf
"We can't really be so sure how long they're going to take to get here," said Daesung.972Please respect copyright.PENANA0Qz1j8yxSC
"They will be here any moment now," said Zoey as she stared at her fancy white wrist watch. "Trust me."972Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y18WODBiy
"Really? Can we just get on with it?" Mike asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAB2FWoJ2dSW
"We haven't even passed a minute, and you're complaining already?" Daesung asked almost in a fit of laughter.972Please respect copyright.PENANAoUChbXukdh
"Ah, here they come," said Zoey as she looked behind me. "Told you they will be here."972Please respect copyright.PENANARKpai5TIyw
I didn't even dare try 972Please respect copyright.PENANAny8wmAsV0y
to look behind me as I twirled a strand of my hair with my fingers as I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAUyzlcNN8CM
coughed. Zoey got up from her seat and ran over to G-Dragon and TOP.972Please respect copyright.PENANAgJJaqlhNVI
"I'm so glad you're here," said Zoey. 972Please respect copyright.PENANARJnah5KGg0
"I'm glad you invited us," came TOP's voice. "How is our patient doing?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAWuJdA5fZJB
"Why don't you see for yourself?" Zoey suggested.972Please respect copyright.PENANAuczAZlPZ2R
I heard footsteps coming972Please respect copyright.PENANA9wcC5s6A8i
towards the table and I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable 972Please respect copyright.PENANAqFKQPEl8bN
as I moved in my seat. Taeyang must have noticed because he turned to 972Please respect copyright.PENANA12qVvaDNUN
look at me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAC0yNzkDMUw
"Are you okay?" he whispered.972Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5JfCFAujl
"I'm trying to," I whispered back.972Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3ND52uxJ9
I soon felt strong hands972Please respect copyright.PENANAZqz9GCP80S
grip my shoulders and I was startled. For a moment, I thought it was GD972Please respect copyright.PENANAOtUmJdsTnJ
until I took a whiff of TOP's musky cologne.972Please respect copyright.PENANAjswxOZYMqJ
"Hi, Sam," said TOP, as he bent over to give me a peck on the cheek. "How are you doing?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAmYQ2eaRbbA
"I'm a whole lot better,972Please respect copyright.PENANAfYeYPrVxT0
thanks," I replied, as I felt myself blush and the spot where TOP 972Please respect copyright.PENANA4qasf5Ml8l
pecked me burn up. "It's nothing serious." I sniffed.972Please respect copyright.PENANAuDhIkle3rr
"Glad to hear that."972Please respect copyright.PENANAcA5phGl3fg
When TOP let go of my shoulders and walked away to take his seat next to Mike, I heard G-Dragon's voice behind me.972Please respect copyright.PENANA11vs23BMBO
"I'm glad you're okay, Sam. I thought of the worst when you got sick."972Please respect copyright.PENANA5KdqPcE0wp
I was planning not to 972Please respect copyright.PENANA67XsG5AhrD
turn and look at G-Dragon, but I did anyway. When I looked at him, he 972Please respect copyright.PENANAv0OUHXPX17
was staring at me with those captivating eyes of his. I could tell that 972Please respect copyright.PENANAi5RxK7HuuP
he was sorry for what he did to me yesterday. I was wondering whether to972Please respect copyright.PENANAvsFJrhqpzu
jump at him and tear him apart, or just let the problem go like water 972Please respect copyright.PENANAR4S29zQNNV
under the bridge.972Please respect copyright.PENANAsJT7NzVXVO
I smiled, at least that was an effort, and said, "I'm fine, GD, my cold isn't serious neither is it contagious."972Please respect copyright.PENANARFPkPtSkOA
"Wait, you're not mad at me anymore?" he asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANASzw5Wyg2DN
I tried not to frown. "Let's not talk about that. I'm starved."972Please respect copyright.PENANABZ9jgnDcbx
"Okay, then," said Zoey, as she wrapped her arm around G-Dragon's elbow. "Let's sit and have lunch."972Please respect copyright.PENANAWE7Fj3s8nc
Zoey and G-Dragon sat down next to each other as they were conversating about something.972Please respect copyright.PENANAlCmOsg70EI
"You know what? At least I tried not to sound mad at him," I said to Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAk2poIZVwXi
"Will you try to keep that up for long?" Taeyang asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANApjvEFfb8rp
"If I can manage to have lunch without any mishaps, then I know things will be okay."972Please respect copyright.PENANAFQKcAfhHqN
The waiters soon came 972Please respect copyright.PENANAXRxUXUapI5
and laid our lunch on the table. We first had lovely soup for a starter.972Please respect copyright.PENANAhFs3ZbburK
And since Zoey mentioned earlier that it was a special lunch 972Please respect copyright.PENANA7SEUkt8NRt
specifically for me, we were all served my favourite dish as the main 972Please respect copyright.PENANAzAfB04t75U
meal, Italian chicken terazzini.972Please respect copyright.PENANA8DwlIv4u4L
For a moment, I felt 972Please respect copyright.PENANAYEOovAxOY3
more at home than ever before. A feeling I hadn't felt in a long time. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvKIkvfr76X
Zoey really knew how to make me feel more pleased with her in order for 972Please respect copyright.PENANApLpXYO2WS4
me to forget that I was ever mad.972Please respect copyright.PENANAodQUsYRKoD
"Mmm, this is so 972Please respect copyright.PENANAAVdQvXuYJk
delicious," said Mike, a few minutes in during the meal. "Now I see why 972Please respect copyright.PENANAJjyA2ZvHNu
you like this dish, Sam. It's so awesome."972Please respect copyright.PENANAoVeyhPED6B
"I agree," said Seungri. "And the chefs here really know how to make a good meal."972Please respect copyright.PENANAOXN8Xjrd2M
"We wouldn't have had this if it wasn't for Zoey," I said, as I looked at her. "Thanks, by the way."972Please respect copyright.PENANAUizxL4Zkg7
"Anything for you, Sam,"972Please respect copyright.PENANAAw7GHLaUvZ
said Zoey with a huge grin on her face. "But to be honest, this whole 972Please respect copyright.PENANAN6N9gSNGnD
lunch thing, wasn't really my idea."972Please respect copyright.PENANAljKmkg9Isn
"Oh? Then whose was it then?" Daesung asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAyIRghOsDRW
"Da, GD. Who else?" Zoey replied as she playfully nudged G-Dragon on his arm with her elbow.972Please respect copyright.PENANAcmfM4uyIEf
I had just taken in some972Please respect copyright.PENANA4WGeRqbjtd
food into my mouth and I almost choked on it, but I tried not to make 972Please respect copyright.PENANAelVdFnKUiG
it look obvious. I slowly put my spoon and fork on the plate as I slowly972Please respect copyright.PENANA7GQmmH5fUB
tried to chew my food, but at the same time, processing what Zoey had 972Please respect copyright.PENANAu8dwhz8hy0
just said.972Please respect copyright.PENANApjcFY006hj
"This was all G-Dragon's idea?" I asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAiIs4t1jHhF
"Well, ya," Christine 972Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6wvPvCY6B
replied. "You were so mad that you weren't talking to us, when we met 972Please respect copyright.PENANANKPSmzC1j9
G-Dragon at YG this morning, he suggested the idea of throwing you a 972Please respect copyright.PENANAjV7dCHFthX
special lunch to lighten your mood."972Please respect copyright.PENANAnbaG2wgkd0
At that moment, I didn't know if all this lightened my mood or just darkened it even more.972Please respect copyright.PENANAoW9pnkbxzZ
"Thanks for the lunch, 972Please respect copyright.PENANAikAyWvhnRU
GD," I said with a smile, which felt rather painful on my face. "It's so972Please respect copyright.PENANAt3HG3zWxJy
sweet of you to have come up with this."972Please respect copyright.PENANAkSQT3ZPy8q
"You're welcome," said G-Dragon as he winked at me.972Please respect copyright.PENANAxqF6zyk6gD
I almost felt like 972Please respect copyright.PENANACv2nl6xzdD
jumping at him from my seat to poke his eyes out with a fork, but I was 972Please respect copyright.PENANAkajOy8lwC9
surprised with myself when I didn't move a muscle and continued to stare972Please respect copyright.PENANAuLxkA6iUzs
at him with a fake smile on my face. Where was all this anger coming 972Please respect copyright.PENANAS2oHCqdyEX
from? And why was it that with every minute that passed, my anger kept 972Please respect copyright.PENANAvOPnpfSqRl
turning into rage?972Please respect copyright.PENANAqOjzg7WmVp
Oh, goodness. I needed 972Please respect copyright.PENANAKSIF4l7fWz
help, that's for sure. I wasn't supposed to be mad at G-Dragon up to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAy7yIzPAIvm
this point. But why did I still feel angry and hurt? 972Please respect copyright.PENANAdh229MRD9c
I tried to push aside 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtQjYNsx3FO
the questions and my boiling anger as I stared at my food and continued 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhWCUj8PQrU
to eat. When we were all done with our main meal, we were served 972Please respect copyright.PENANACLbSr0YUY5
dessert. Again, surprise, surprise, it was my favourite dessert, frozen 972Please respect copyright.PENANAraSF3yiYQo
chocolate moussé.972Please respect copyright.PENANAlknQJp8aqg
"Yum, yum, yum," I said,972Please respect copyright.PENANAjsIMTwQO6V
with a bright smile on my face as the waiter laid down a dessert bowl 972Please respect copyright.PENANAktKmdk7LnB
filled with chocolate moussé in front of me.972Please respect copyright.PENANATNyng39hcC
"This is the most excited I've seen you today, Sam," said Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAvPf94MKdwD
"It's because chocolate moussé is her favourite dessert," said Daniel. "Give her that and she would be your best friend."972Please respect copyright.PENANAqmsiAWXwdV
"I'll keep that in mind," said TOP.972Please respect copyright.PENANA7tHgcOfrlW
I didn't wait for 972Please respect copyright.PENANAZzSo0pvDAg
everyone else to get their own share of dessert. As soon as I got mine, I972Please respect copyright.PENANA2YxvgvLU6w
got a dessert spoon and started to eat the cold dessert. Mmmm, I closed972Please respect copyright.PENANAAkvPgjr5H5
my eyes as I took it in my mouth and for once, I felt like I was in 972Please respect copyright.PENANAaef3cq9z3I
heaven.972Please respect copyright.PENANAyNLn9s1Sma
"This is so good," I said, with my eyes closed as I savoured the chocolate in my mouth.972Please respect copyright.PENANA7oe373hIcf
"Be careful though," said G-Dragon. "You're not supposed to be eating cold stuff when you've a cold and a cough."972Please respect copyright.PENANAHqyPQbAcxv
"I don't care," I said 972Please respect copyright.PENANAm2nE9rFif7
as I opened my eyes and smiled at G-Dragon. "I would end up with a bad 972Please respect copyright.PENANAesTx5bzPhB
sore throat and I still wouldn't mind."972Please respect copyright.PENANAhpIC2eeQlX
G-Dragon smiled back at 972Please respect copyright.PENANAt6YXttmnGm
me and I realised that I wasn't mad at him anymore. It looked like I 972Please respect copyright.PENANAWSqIRhVXEN
really couldn't stay mad at him. And I was glad that all the hate faded 972Please respect copyright.PENANATtdXLfxWUs
away.972Please respect copyright.PENANAoezyRBdIw1
After dessert, we all 972Please respect copyright.PENANAfR68BhQlU8
just sat there and started to chat. For once, it felt really good to be 972Please respect copyright.PENANAXTUjZRumLA
on speaking terms with everyone again. We were soon talking about what 972Please respect copyright.PENANAUBmUUdGLWx
happened yesterday. After going through all that and talking about it, 972Please respect copyright.PENANAwVT6Fskq3G
it all seemed rather funny and we all laughed about it. Although, the 972Please respect copyright.PENANAtvKRh79S3S
part where G-Dragon had made me dive into the pool seemed to hurt a 972Please respect copyright.PENANAzMuJkRNnIR
little, I knew I would grow out of it someday.972Please respect copyright.PENANAy9h4dLQjau
"Hey, may I ask?" Seungri asked. "How did Lee manage to keep our managers at YG for so long?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAxSjfQ3QGCi
"Not sure, I'll make sure to ask her later on," I said.972Please respect copyright.PENANAvewG2nA0Rq
"Yesterday, was just hilarious," said Zoey, wiping away a fake tear after laughing. "We should try that again some time."972Please respect copyright.PENANAhLIyGliZYH
"But this time, not at the water park," I said.972Please respect copyright.PENANA2Lxnqe0QCR
"Then where?" Daesung asked. "The water park was so much fun."972Please respect copyright.PENANA9qtvFQnBT0
"I suggest we try to figure that out later," I said. "We have stuff to do."972Please respect copyright.PENANAWKTsE84KSR
"What stuff?" TOP asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAruHRNHc1jE
"The song. Don't tell me you all forgot?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAPlaJcuMI7H
"Oh, the song!" Mike slapped his forehead. "I myself forgot about that."972Please respect copyright.PENANA0S5PYuHJ7z
"I thought both you and G-Dragon were going to work on it," said Christine.972Please respect copyright.PENANAlG2oVETBeD
"Ya, but I have a better idea," I said.972Please respect copyright.PENANAnGRsQKG4jP
I felt Taeyang look at me and I turned to look at him.972Please respect copyright.PENANAsCrcnUrPb3
"Are you really going through with that?" Taeyang asked, as he whispered.972Please respect copyright.PENANA7uKvu83lYo
"I don't think that's a big deal, is it?" I whispered back. "I think it's a good idea."972Please respect copyright.PENANAtjwyRf60vX
"Wait, what's going on?"972Please respect copyright.PENANACmBuIz0Xwy
G-Dragon asked, as he noticed Taeyang and I whispering to each other. 972Please respect copyright.PENANASI4cFJxcOJ
"And what idea have you come up with for the song?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAMHEdB7319b
"I thought we should all972Please respect copyright.PENANAYDOuGGkAfk
work on the lyrics together. I feel it will be a lot better if we all 972Please respect copyright.PENANApqya8I1Kh6
bring out our ideas and put them as lyrics."972Please respect copyright.PENANAcLXTTWNoBB
"But why do we have to put our heads together if there is you and G-Dragon who are better at song writing?" TOP asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAsVQ3CW7G7R
"I don't know, I feel we972Please respect copyright.PENANALvEABfHAAB
have to put our all in the song by coming up with lyrics from everyone.972Please respect copyright.PENANAMUUaUNXfpa
It might sound a little strange, but we all have to help each other out972Please respect copyright.PENANABbqdvg1Zkt
on this. If there is anyone objecting to it, you're free to do so."972Please respect copyright.PENANAobA9ZduqQP
"I don't get it though,"972Please respect copyright.PENANAF2O3EpvjH9
said G-Dragon, as he leaned back on his chair and stared at me. "What 972Please respect copyright.PENANAZeOUD279lD
made you come up with this idea when we already agreed on who will write972Please respect copyright.PENANAXXyvGjKAeV
the lyrics?"972Please respect copyright.PENANABdNMLt51WE
"I don't know, it kind of felt right, I think," I said.972Please respect copyright.PENANA3TP2GFpQhG
"You think?" G-Dragon now raised his eyebrow at me. "Is there something you aren't telling us?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAUa1XEOUxYm
This time, I also raised972Please respect copyright.PENANAn7Y6Se91XH
an eyebrow. I had told Taeyang about my idea earlier not because I was 972Please respect copyright.PENANAp1Vn9V3cg9
trying to avoid G-Dragon but for everyone else's benefit.972Please respect copyright.PENANAbu5jtv068n
"What makes you think I have other intentions?" I asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAGxK3axpXvE
"Maybe you might still be mad at G-Dragon," Zoey blurted out.972Please respect copyright.PENANAbvmIjsCLpI
I sighed. Great! These were the times you wished Zoey never had such a big mouth.972Please respect copyright.PENANA3clAwnbrH3
"Is that true? Are you still mad at me?" G-Dragon asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANAEMYUdTkvff
"No, not any more," I answered. "At first I was, but now I'm over with what happened yesterday."972Please respect copyright.PENANAdxkuHXj8Qk
"Or are you still mad that you don't want to work on the lyrics with me?"972Please respect copyright.PENANACHn2EDPKqD
By the way G-Dragon 972Please respect copyright.PENANAfuagTB6yOm
spoke, I could tell he was hurting. But it was pretty hard to try to 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhqTcGpylHo
convince him that yes, I was mad at first and I wanted to avoid him. And972Please respect copyright.PENANADUKwgYJmhZ
no, since I'm no longer mad at him any more and that the idea of all of972Please respect copyright.PENANASlHkX7oGe8
us working on the lyrics for the song seemed like a good idea.972Please respect copyright.PENANA8cxFGsdOoV
"I just told you, I'm not mad anymore."972Please respect copyright.PENANAfGRuB0bK6V
"Why is it that I don't believe you?"972Please respect copyright.PENANALmOX7tjU8M
"Maybe, it's because you're objecting to my idea and you just want to make up what would be a valid reason for it."972Please respect copyright.PENANAz40BYf6YQk
"Mmm, looking at it through Sam's point of view, I see nothing wrong if all of us work on the song," said Daniel.972Please respect copyright.PENANAw3PjxdfBAE
"Then why come up with this in the first place?" Zoey asked. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAofsSGUCuc4
"I already told you, I just think it's a good idea," I repeated.972Please respect copyright.PENANAW84uVe5lUC
"Well, I'm not up for it," said G-Dragon folding his arms. "I object."972Please respect copyright.PENANAB6tLHT8YTB
"Well, you should have said that instead of blaming me for coming up with this as an excuse."972Please respect copyright.PENANACvbOoNtPKN
"I think you are, and you're not telling us."972Please respect copyright.PENANAJjYZk4syrR
"Are we going to go through this again? You just objected."972Please respect copyright.PENANAhcKeryNYD3
"I could go through this over and over again if I had to until you tell us the truth."972Please respect copyright.PENANAjQwauKtPrU
"What truth?" I asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANARNdPIZAHkN
"Okay, guys this is getting a little out of hand," said Taeyang. "Don't forget, we aren't the only ones here."972Please respect copyright.PENANAd1Ff0krYnr
Taeyang was right. I was972Please respect copyright.PENANAWpZhy2utsX
so caught up in the argument with G-Dragon, I forgot that we were in 972Please respect copyright.PENANAKTItwBr0LT
the hotel dining room. I looked around us and a few heads from other 972Please respect copyright.PENANAFRO6lCslGT
tables turned to ours. It seemed like our argument caught some people's 972Please respect copyright.PENANASf76xNMr0q
attention.972Please respect copyright.PENANAezdmKp9CKe
"Tae's right," I said. "We shouldn't be arguing, much less here."972Please respect copyright.PENANALTS1u7GZGU
"Then let's conclude on this once and for all then," said Deasung. "Those who favour Sam's idea, raise your hand."972Please respect copyright.PENANAPjZZd8QM8b
Taeyang, Daesung, Daniel972Please respect copyright.PENANAgRREQ70rlA
and Mike, raised their hands. That meant Zoey, TOP, Seungri and 972Please respect copyright.PENANA72i2DghYm1
Christine were on G-Dragon's side. What a bummer!972Please respect copyright.PENANAi1p6hmGjPb
"Whoops, looks like it's a tie," said Zoey playfully with a smirk.972Please respect copyright.PENANAnj0QkZxM8u
"It's not funny, Zoey," I said shaking my head.972Please respect copyright.PENANAGLqZYQDY6c
"Well, this just got serious," said Seungri, scratching his head.972Please respect copyright.PENANAl9YKzyLGjz
"It's a tie, so I suggest we..." I was then interrupted by G-Dragon.972Please respect copyright.PENANAkqtnz9pYzz
"No, this time you aren't going to say or suggest anything," said G-Dragon.972Please respect copyright.PENANAAeVOWwT21f
"But I....." 972Please respect copyright.PENANAkR8LPzYecY
"Sam, sshh," said Zoey, 972Please respect copyright.PENANAyGX7IYm56T
pressing her index finger to her lips, telling me to keep quiet. "You've972Please respect copyright.PENANA97pIVjM47S
talked way too much, don't you think?"972Please respect copyright.PENANAHhM3K0tb3f
That felt like a slap in972Please respect copyright.PENANAx7ou0AYH5F
the face and I felt my face burn up in embarrassment. It looked like 972Please respect copyright.PENANAA613TZd9dD
the tables had turned on me today. At first I was mad at G-Dragon and 972Please respect copyright.PENANAGqor2j4kdd
the other Toxins, but now, I was the one pissing everyone off. What 972Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ5ioyqCIW
happened to me being the leader? I know G-Dragon was older, but what 972Please respect copyright.PENANAxhzHjUvu5o
about what I thought was best for the whole group?972Please respect copyright.PENANAGo7D5r37kJ
"I suggest we think about it and when we meet tomorrow, we vote over it again," said G-Dragon.972Please respect copyright.PENANA2cmKOmDCAm
"That's fine with me," said Mike.972Please respect copyright.PENANA0EXibqvQXY
Everyone else agreed, 972Please respect copyright.PENANAstuiLCmoKr
except me since I was told not to say a word. I personally also thought 972Please respect copyright.PENANANE2uiNOJX4
it was a good idea to try and think things through. But what if it 972Please respect copyright.PENANAHo0LF9ma0b
didn't work out tomorrow? What would we do then? I had a terrible 972Please respect copyright.PENANAhBIX2WN64A
feeling that things weren't going to go as planned and we needed a Plan 972Please respect copyright.PENANA8zUjcwQYOH
B, just in case.972Please respect copyright.PENANAWEV9miD59q
"Okay, then, we will meet tomorrow," said G-Dragon as he stood up to leave.972Please respect copyright.PENANAyztLzdhnK6
"But I've something to say," I blurted out.972Please respect copyright.PENANAOKq9FnHL26
"Not now, Sam. We will 972Please respect copyright.PENANAuyQhBxNs81
meet tomorrow," said G-Dragon as he looked at me and walked away from 972Please respect copyright.PENANAYN96C0iLfl
the table heading for the door. I had to admit, the way he looked at me 972Please respect copyright.PENANAZa2FkEuzuB
gave me goosebumps.972Please respect copyright.PENANA3tCIK9BQ0n
"Way to go, Sam," said Zoey, as she also stood up from the table. "You just made him upset. I need to go calm him down."972Please respect copyright.PENANAvc9QEYebJn
Zoey went after G-Dragon and I sat back on my chair, feeling defeated and powerless. 972Please respect copyright.PENANAd7xFLNzUU0
One by one everyone 972Please respect copyright.PENANARTEHdqBsiz
started to leave the table without even saying a word. It was awkward 972Please respect copyright.PENANAegi0cnezw8
with the argument that had taken place, and saying something didn't seem972Please respect copyright.PENANAd3CTmmgg7k
appropriate.972Please respect copyright.PENANATqeaHi2kXV
I was soon left with Taeyang at the table and I looked at him, wondering why he hadn't left.972Please respect copyright.PENANAzB7NyYnbyg
"Aren't you supposed to have left by now?" I asked.972Please respect copyright.PENANA3vlca1XNQf
"And leave you all alone? No way," said Taeyang.972Please respect copyright.PENANAfDRjkzEfKd
"Why do I feel like I've just become the villain?" I asked, my thoughts elsewhere.972Please respect copyright.PENANA3ahzg3ZPoS
"You aren't a villain. You just feel bad that not everyone agreed to your idea."972Please respect copyright.PENANAGDZz9dMcc8
"It's not that. I pissed972Please respect copyright.PENANAZXT2Ywqgij
almost everyone off and that makes me feel bad. How I wish I could take972Please respect copyright.PENANAiblwtoQZT2
everything I said back. Too bad I can't control time."972Please respect copyright.PENANAkXczIcgdjJ
"You never knew that was going to happen. Let's just hope for the best that it would all seem like one bad dream."972Please respect copyright.PENANAOzz6OS2jUz
"Thanks, Tae" I said, trying to put up a smile. "It means a lot that you're still here."972Please respect copyright.PENANA08zLqSCteu
Taeyang placed his hand 972Please respect copyright.PENANAwGvCSxpfva
on my shoulder, an assurance that he was there for me no matter what. He972Please respect copyright.PENANAof6pKOzyip
smiled back at me and I felt comforted.972Please respect copyright.PENANAqjqKMCcArZ
I knew I had to hope for972Please respect copyright.PENANAqON4QhCAiB
the best just like Taeyang had suggested. But I couldn't ignore the gut972Please respect copyright.PENANAncRvVJs0xn
feeling that things weren't going to run smooth and easy from now 972Please respect copyright.PENANABIGv8O0UA5
on wards. Especially now that G-Dragon was angry at me. He seemed more 972Please respect copyright.PENANAfeUSSGxQwm
angrier at me than I was at him. I feared for the worst and I knew this 972Please respect copyright.PENANADg3OARmICN
was just the beginning of a heavy storm ahead.