Lee's P.O.V978Please respect copyright.PENANAhH6nlwMFPh
I was so tired as I sat 978Please respect copyright.PENANAmAE1DxHkFQ
on the chair which I had been sitting on for so long that my butt hurt 978Please respect copyright.PENANAUfm1Nmag8P
so bad and all I wanted to do was stand. I was just piling up the last 978Please respect copyright.PENANABgH1CdNdpZ
documents Collins and I had been passing through earlier on in the 978Please respect copyright.PENANArq27QOMJdW
morning in a file and I had never felt so relieved that I was done. I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAbwk6948eL4
leaned back further on my chair and blew out a sigh. A sigh of relief.978Please respect copyright.PENANAGiIa7RcAIg
The past two days have 978Please respect copyright.PENANA1kcZ6G6R9y
been pretty packed and I've been up and down all the time without a 978Please respect copyright.PENANAvblMa33lt5
chance to relax. The only time I ever did was when it was time for bed. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAEYziCoZfwZ
But even then, I still had to wake up early and get to work. Well, being978Please respect copyright.PENANAt8c7VYUSnU
Collins' assistant is what I signed up for. So I had no reason to 978Please respect copyright.PENANAn831kCvJ7C
complain.978Please respect copyright.PENANAxuuuJhi7IS
Why should I complain? 978Please respect copyright.PENANAWd1f1KpZPQ
So far, being an assistant manager isn't as bad as I thought it was when978Please respect copyright.PENANAK99Nq7EI55
I signed up for the job two years ago. That was almost the same time 978Please respect copyright.PENANA18EktFNwsf
The Toxins were discovered and signed their record deal.978Please respect copyright.PENANAYyIf3ZGtmC
I really love my job. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAkJIueqewWm
It's pretty involving and requires me to be here and there all the time.978Please respect copyright.PENANAhZBpiTneLc
When I not only got to work with Collins, but also with The Toxins, my 978Please respect copyright.PENANA25agLnSZrV
job became a concrete part of my life that I never wanted to let go of.978Please respect copyright.PENANAvIG3vnOOc0
Collins is strict and 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJLBzaxJB9H
wants everything to go according to plan, but he isn't half as bad. I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAaQwIEto4Vy
got to see that when he first discovered The Toxins and those five 978Please respect copyright.PENANAbHShE5jBCC
monkeys managed to break him down, bringing up a softer side of him only978Please respect copyright.PENANAK8viBVwneI
a few people ever get to see. I know as manager, you always have to set978Please respect copyright.PENANACRpa7QajoN
your limits and put up a straight face, but I can tell you, that 978Please respect copyright.PENANA8aAeDgDeih
Collins is one heck of a friendly person and we became very good friends978Please respect copyright.PENANAEQ6K50dsmb
over the years.978Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ9dOniJT7
And another reason I 978Please respect copyright.PENANA6IzN9MuGq9
love my job is because of The Toxins. Those five came like an unexpected978Please respect copyright.PENANA9cvhynxWir
wrapped up bundle of joy in my life. With them, there is never a dull 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8hSxmWcjL
moment and they always make my work easier. Well, let me rephrase that: 978Please respect copyright.PENANAvuZPoggMDz
most of the times harder. But that only makes everything about them so 978Please respect copyright.PENANA3cgCIiMcvg
memorable. I remember the first few months after they signed their 978Please respect copyright.PENANApen32zPnSY
record deal and they were all put under pressure to do their best. That 978Please respect copyright.PENANAm2dsYqDnfd
period was nerve wrecking for them and even for me. But the one thing I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAl4syzFff9A
loved about them was that they never gave up on who they were and that's978Please respect copyright.PENANAv9RhoX1UxB
how they have managed to make it this far.978Please respect copyright.PENANAME0iDK1RIi
As I remained seated and978Please respect copyright.PENANAeLVBYZyTes
thought of all those times with The Toxins, I finally realised how much978Please respect copyright.PENANAIQuODcp1nB
I missed them. I haven't been around them a lot these past days and I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAR6BakMj01c
really wanted to know what's up. I felt a little left out and I didn't 978Please respect copyright.PENANADd0T2sacGX
like that at all.978Please respect copyright.PENANAlAJopBClIG
Not that I'm acting like978Please respect copyright.PENANAtj69gZs42r
a mama bear or anything, I've always cared for The Toxins. We are all 978Please respect copyright.PENANAx5RvkFF09b
like one big family. And as a friend, they also tend to confide in me 978Please respect copyright.PENANAaCDNi9fsgF
for anything. Mostly Sam because she's a leader and always has to look 978Please respect copyright.PENANAkWZLZdX0r1
out for her team. Whenever she needs advice or help, I'm always there to978Please respect copyright.PENANA8TZT5cGBsj
help in any way I can.978Please respect copyright.PENANAxlMc7BZa7w
I looked at the time on 978Please respect copyright.PENANAV9K40GtmFU
my wrist watch and I realised it was fifteen minutes past twelve. I was 978Please respect copyright.PENANAxGNt7rxQxC
supposed to check up on The Toxins and I completely forgot.978Please respect copyright.PENANAYHWW4DX4FR
I quickly grabbed my 978Please respect copyright.PENANALXHfuMg5nf
phone on the dining table in front of me and I quickly dialled Sam's 978Please respect copyright.PENANAYN2N1vm51t
number. I put my phone to my ear and waited for her to pick up the call.978Please respect copyright.PENANA1UMFKYNaWd
"Hi, Lee," said Sam when she finally answered.978Please respect copyright.PENANAlgXlL1iko3
"Sam, hey," I said. I was so exhausted, I rubbed my forehead. "Are you done with practise? It's lunchtime."978Please respect copyright.PENANATVO1PXJ0tz
"Ya, we're done with practise."978Please respect copyright.PENANAp4mYtI1g0O
I waited for her to say something else and then realised a strange noise in the background.978Please respect copyright.PENANAQpvGmkr2DC
"Sam, where are you?" I asked. "You seem to be in some noisy place. Are you in the dance studio?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAS2w1LA34AJ
"No, we aren't in the dance studio."978Please respect copyright.PENANAnDYNBHw7r3
"Then where are you? In the live room recording something or what?"978Please respect copyright.PENANABcaK9zaOwN
"Truth be told, we aren't at YG."978Please respect copyright.PENANAE5R49iByIV
Whatever ounce of 978Please respect copyright.PENANAlXB7Trh4WD
exhaustion I had in my body disappeared as I sat upright. These guys 978Please respect copyright.PENANARy9U8NxzYG
weren't at YG so they were probably hanging out somewhere. And obviously978Please respect copyright.PENANALN8UZqxpKG
without Collins' permission. Oh, boy.978Please respect copyright.PENANAyMfK90TmTw
"Where are you? You know perfectly well that you can't leave without either Collins' or my permission," I said.978Please respect copyright.PENANAvhjVJSNnKT
"I know and we are so sorry," said Sam. "But we met TOP at YG and decided that we should just hang out."978Please respect copyright.PENANAUWG7ChO2c8
I sighed as I leaned back on my chair again. "I guess if you're with TOP it's fine. But you should've informed me first."978Please respect copyright.PENANA22ktpkAPEi
"Is Collins with you?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAoYrQ0hWpby
"No, he left an hour ago to attend to something. Don't know what it was really. He'll tell me about it later."978Please respect copyright.PENANAQjoWtzLGp4
"Good. I've something else to tell you."978Please respect copyright.PENANAOgY9dr6c1l
I sat upright on my chair in panic mode again. "What is it?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAyraNFQOo4g
"Well, I don't know how I should tell you, so don't get mad."978Please respect copyright.PENANAizWbZSOkFT
"Sam, tell me. You know I don't tell Collins if it's something serious."978Please respect copyright.PENANAksIX7Xrnrp
"Ya, well, this is pretty serious."978Please respect copyright.PENANAgXUo3lyxjq
"Tell me then," I insisted.978Please respect copyright.PENANAgv1nIekvKO
"Awwh, Lee, I don't know how to tell you! It's so complicated."978Please respect copyright.PENANAiBFO6zpDxA
"Did you and TOP kiss?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAirjjeAyCx5
"What! No! No way!"978Please respect copyright.PENANAhLg5YkNE6G
"Okay, eish." I almost pulled my phone away from my ear from her outburst. "I was just assuming that it happened."978Please respect copyright.PENANAOrJKWq6j26
"What makes you think that?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAIRxKWk4nJu
"Well, it's obvious he flirts with you all the time and maybe he had the chance to finally kiss you."978Please respect copyright.PENANAgfbwGUlbwm
"I'm not ready for that kind of drama like I had last time, Lee."978Please respect copyright.PENANA946f8uln4k
"Then if that didn't happen, what's going on?"978Please respect copyright.PENANA7IhqOVFt3b
Sam took a deep breath over the phone and hesitated for a few seconds.978Please respect copyright.PENANAFfWEVq6jdh
"Lee, a lot has happened that you don't know about and you're going to freak if I tell you."978Please respect copyright.PENANAaZyWpUYtOF
"Try me, Sam. I've been 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJLbYtfAUMU
around you guys like forever. There is always something funny that goes 978Please respect copyright.PENANAFrBYtsfihQ
on that I won't be surprised this time around."978Please respect copyright.PENANAbgjrVICTVC
"No, Lee, this time it's different."978Please respect copyright.PENANA6USERVasTY
"What are you waiting for then? Spill the beans already! Now you're making me nervous."978Please respect copyright.PENANAtxlysxfsGi
"Okay, okay. Yesterday something happened. Ummm, where can I even start? Okay, so, there was someone in the......."978Please respect copyright.PENANAxgUrGGxebz
Before Sam could say 978Please respect copyright.PENANAqmM4boY7kC
anything more, she was interrupted by someone in the background. For a 978Please respect copyright.PENANAesk39YiVRh
moment, I thought it could be TOP or any of her two brothers, but I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAcO5O3Zl0i0
quickly realised that it wasn't.978Please respect copyright.PENANAFR4hGS4mHb
"Sam, are you going to talk on the phone all day? We're waiting for you," came a man's voice in the background.978Please respect copyright.PENANAqNUd0x8het
"Just hold on for a moment, Seunghoon. I'll be right there," said Sam.978Please respect copyright.PENANAwR6v9UH3Br
"What the what! Sam! 978Please respect copyright.PENANAynwKU53g5Z
Whose that!" I asked. I had no idea how I had quickly stood up from my 978Please respect copyright.PENANAxeDjRlcTWn
seat that even the chair behind me fell to the floor.978Please respect copyright.PENANAoWY9Ghq78k
"Wait, hold on, give me a978Please respect copyright.PENANAzGKkgPiQza
few seconds," I heard Sam talk to whoever it was beside her. "Lee? I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAuLP8CQnUC2
know you're freaking out, but that's kind of the long story I wanted to 978Please respect copyright.PENANA8vexSJ63aa
tell you."978Please respect copyright.PENANAubKQNljv2c
"Wait? Which Seunghoon were you talking to?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6fZaMW7RG
"Seunghoon from WINNER."978Please respect copyright.PENANAm1jmoJAvmy
I thought the world 978Please respect copyright.PENANANcpJEkhNZk
below my feet will open and swallow me whole any moment now. I also felt978Please respect copyright.PENANAyIwLZsnAV9
a wave of dizziness as I held my head and tried to stand steady.978Please respect copyright.PENANALR2hhcliwv
"Sam, I'm going to faint978Please respect copyright.PENANALkWvAfzTkk
right now and I'm alone in this hotel," I said. I took a deep breath. 978Please respect copyright.PENANACtRd8lLYM0
"Are you for real? Seunghoon from WINNER, like YG's own WINNER?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAlL5jmxz6cS
"Yes! And there's a lot more that's happened, it might be worse."978Please respect copyright.PENANA7jPxevBfgJ
"Oh no, Sam. Like what? Collins is going to freak."978Please respect copyright.PENANABv7Mn5PV00
"I know, but I've a plan."978Please respect copyright.PENANAgzX0epsip8
"Don't you always? How bad is the situation?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAl0txVIgTxE
"Very bad to the point where your mind could easily be blown away. And probably not in a good way."978Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ8h5g6rgc
"Wait, Seunghoon isn't the only person with you, is he?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAAgZxiQj1IE
"Yes, and it's much worse than that. If you want to know more, go online and see what's trending on Twitter."978Please respect copyright.PENANA5rGvZr2Cdz
"Okay, but can't I just come to where you guys are now and pick you up? Before things get any worse, I mean."978Please respect copyright.PENANA0gQ5IOHR1e
"Or you can just join in978Please respect copyright.PENANAMxhhRheGZ7
the fun. Things are already worse as it is and we're all just going 978Please respect copyright.PENANA50JNx7BZw0
with the flow. If I were you, I would be here at Times Square with us."978Please respect copyright.PENANAPQMqf5mhlI
"Okay, I'll be there. 978Please respect copyright.PENANA9NLq1c4Q50
But before then I'll have to see what kind of show you guys have put up 978Please respect copyright.PENANA3tbBSqCPqv
on social media so that I know what's going on. Why of all places did 978Please respect copyright.PENANA5EABkJobfA
you choose Times Square to hang out anyway?"978Please respect copyright.PENANADv3yVPAFIW
"That's another long story. You see, we were on a bus..."978Please respect copyright.PENANAtjFuvC1S7i
"You guys went on a bus?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "I am really missing out on this."978Please respect copyright.PENANAm5TYvqArJD
"And there is more. So you better come here quick if you want me to tell you the whole story."978Please respect copyright.PENANAtWDXtxDmv3
"Alright, I'm on my way."978Please respect copyright.PENANA9aOxNTodbj
I quickly cut the call 978Please respect copyright.PENANA60BlwNFFv6
and before I could arrange for the chauffeur to come pick me up, I went 978Please respect copyright.PENANAHXyLXXD6eE
on Twitter just as Sam had suggested I should. When I saw what was on 978Please respect copyright.PENANAcPEikmxS4d
the trending list, I was a little confused.978Please respect copyright.PENANA5V2UVbAW0Z
But once I realised what was trending on number three, almost made me faint for real.978Please respect copyright.PENANARgwPfdYdyr
***978Please respect copyright.PENANAiHTMAs99d5
Sam's P.O.V978Please respect copyright.PENANAM4N1Yf6A3f
I978Please respect copyright.PENANAXvPPzedtwm
quickly put my phone in my pocket and when I turned around, I found 978Please respect copyright.PENANALU8h75faGO
everyone the same way I left them, taking pictures, mostly selfies with 978Please respect copyright.PENANAzZI4LX7JMX
the fans.978Please respect copyright.PENANAVo3IsoLHDk
Since978Please respect copyright.PENANArBabr8rLHa
we came to Times Square, all we did was take pictures. The picture 978Please respect copyright.PENANAAr0rqRESkC
frenzy all begun when we were spotted by fans as we walked in the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAYgnVljT6GY
massive Times Square complex.978Please respect copyright.PENANAfTtOBrmyWz
So978Please respect copyright.PENANAs0lzutBrXO
far so good, my plan seem to be going smoothly. I got the reaction I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAZVrUKWdjtO
needed from the fans and already, we were trending all over Twitter. A 978Please respect copyright.PENANAyadwju1XZC
good thing on my part, but obviously a bad one when our managers find 978Please respect copyright.PENANAdOUTHmctzE
out. Hopefully they wouldn't get mad to the point where it might be 978Please respect copyright.PENANANXlj4QbMIk
serious.978Please respect copyright.PENANAmUrUAu1m9K
"It's978Please respect copyright.PENANAzGmMX84jnx
about time you were done with that call," said Seunghoon as he came 978Please respect copyright.PENANArQkvtGbR9p
flying, landed by my side with his phone held up and his arm around my 978Please respect copyright.PENANAAkd4cJJNpc
shoulder to take a selfie. "Smile."978Please respect copyright.PENANA12u5UWqdbj
I978Please respect copyright.PENANAt63M5ZjQqf
smiled at the camera, even when I didn't want to. Seunghoon has been 978Please respect copyright.PENANAVVpsTUCn5j
acting too clingy. And as much as that wasn't a bad thing, it was 978Please respect copyright.PENANA0AIxA6oinP
somewhat worrying.978Please respect copyright.PENANA457Cr8CyQb
"So cute," he said as he looked at the photo. "You and I make a very cute couple."978Please respect copyright.PENANALuiiCpQ8fS
"No, we don't," I answered when I looked at the photo with my eyebrows raised.978Please respect copyright.PENANAZZikdx4BT2
"I agree with Sam," said TOP, who came to stand beside me to look at the photo. "You don't."978Please respect copyright.PENANA4XkNXm3m32
"You're just saying that because you like her," said Seunghoon.978Please respect copyright.PENANAqJR3WH7zBs
"You're right. I do."978Please respect copyright.PENANA26owb2mxeQ
"Can you two fight later when I'm not here?" I asked as I waved my hand in the air.978Please respect copyright.PENANAOqXFf7W7zl
"Don't worry Seunghoon," said Zoey as she approached us. "You two look cute together, honestly."978Please respect copyright.PENANAd3AxiOxseU
"Thank you," said Seunghoon as he beamed at Zoey.978Please respect copyright.PENANAPN3fltuC9m
TOP and I just murmured. I ended up rolling my eyes and frowning.978Please respect copyright.PENANAP9kVRuop2K
"Now that we have made a statement to the whole world that we've already met, what next?" Zoey asked.978Please respect copyright.PENANABFyAlCIHpN
"You're978Please respect copyright.PENANApUQWV5MJZm
in Times Square," said Lisa as she came to stand beside Zoey. "One of 978Please respect copyright.PENANAeccDUztFSz
the biggest shopping complexes in Korea. There are a ton of stuff to do 978Please respect copyright.PENANAv8W4VMz1kD
around here."978Please respect copyright.PENANAjw45RTe2WR
"Shopping would have been nice but we didn't carry our credit cards," said Christine as she came to join us.978Please respect copyright.PENANA6YMpDGK4vQ
"Who said we need to 978Please respect copyright.PENANAi918x4692o
shop to have fun?" Mino asked as he followed Christine behind her. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAdojepoXMJX
"Times Square is an awesome place and you can do so many things."978Please respect copyright.PENANAQLOfyg6XEc
"Fine, then what do you suggest we do?" I asked. "You guys know the place. So, I suggest you be our tour guides."978Please respect copyright.PENANACFRUAPYVfl
"It will be our honour," said Rosé as she came and gave a playful little bow.978Please respect copyright.PENANA3RdKqvX4yo
"I think I know where to start," said Jinwoo.978Please respect copyright.PENANAfPOZpXW8wA
"Where?" Zoey asked.978Please respect copyright.PENANA9kIQAc8rQe
"Has any of you seen the largest screen in the world?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAc1ZhIFPWEU
My mind started to tingle in a funny way and I felt my face lit up when Jinwoo said that.978Please respect copyright.PENANANbx9ADQg4o
"Wait, a minute!" I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAH9dFxEQsXB
said. "This is the place which holds the largest screen in the world, 978Please respect copyright.PENANAkr00dWgg3U
right? CGV Starium, the world's largest permanent 35 mm cinema screen."978Please respect copyright.PENANAGm7p2Pno16
"That's correct," said Jinwoo.978Please respect copyright.PENANA0AKEX9W55T
"Oh, no," said Zoey as she covered her ears. "Nerd alert!"978Please respect copyright.PENANAuXa37ooKhf
"Did someone just say 978Please respect copyright.PENANAkr06NXD55U
'Nerd alert?'" Mike asked as he came to join us after taking pictures 978Please respect copyright.PENANAtWL13fQlpW
with some of the fans with Seungyoon. "What did Sam do now?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAp4JMSIWtWw
"Huh?" I looked confused as I shrugged my shoulders and looked at everyone else staring at me.978Please respect copyright.PENANAm1OSP5HQDN
"You're doing that thing978Please respect copyright.PENANAWu0AyUIfhm
again where you start talking about all the knowledgeable facts you 978Please respect copyright.PENANA3XmhZpItF9
know in this world," said Zoey. "Like about the largest screen."978Please respect copyright.PENANAy7DFimSPUf
"Try to be more clear, Zoey. Because I still don't get it."978Please respect copyright.PENANAawsQSfVNoC
"Well, there's a whole lot more where that came from. Remember in high school you were always up top with general knowledge."978Please respect copyright.PENANACP8kzvwIHS
"Ya, true," said Mike.978Please respect copyright.PENANAAg7pQQHqRp
"What's wrong with that?" Rosé asked. "Isn't that just how Sam is?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAOdjwK9ecBy
"I'm not going to 978Please respect copyright.PENANAPngtZIjHiv
tolerate you guys bullying Sam," said Seunghoon as he came behind me and978Please respect copyright.PENANAcwLTqtrGNA
held my shoulders. "She's smart, so deal with it."978Please respect copyright.PENANAKkZbixkNVb
"No, I'm scared that 978Please respect copyright.PENANA1wJJJwxG9J
Jinwoo might be joining her in the nerd train. Chooo-chooo!" said Zoey 978Please respect copyright.PENANAolHagHbCyj
with a smirk as she imitated the sound of a train.978Please respect copyright.PENANAIIWzSXqVYg
I looked at Zoey, then 978Please respect copyright.PENANAjDp5cuOukB
at Jinwoo who was staring back at me. He also looked as confused as I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAKOqgryuoDt
was. And right now, I was so not liking this. Not when I knew that 978Please respect copyright.PENANAUMItqWwOWU
Christine liked Jinwoo. She might get the wrong idea and I was not ready978Please respect copyright.PENANAiMsgjjk0lG
for that bumpy ride again.978Please respect copyright.PENANAZrDDkL6py0
"So, are we going to watch a movie then so that we can go see the big screen?" TOP asked, changing the topic immediately.978Please respect copyright.PENANAnpGnMtn0oZ
"Did someone say movie?" Daniel asked as he, Jisoo and Jennie finally joined us.978Please respect copyright.PENANAjj8t4SHViV
"That's if you want to see the largest screen in the world," said Seungyoon with a smile.978Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ7RYAn8AF
Daniel's mouth gaped 978Please respect copyright.PENANAxLGIKyVJou
open, his eyes full of bewilderment as he looked at Seungyoon. "You're 978Please respect copyright.PENANANBwx0JHLWV
serious, right? The largest screen in the world? That's so cool!"978Please respect copyright.PENANAyhrz79Huvk
"Oh, ya," said Jennie. "That sounds like a great idea."978Please respect copyright.PENANAhOjUWUnwcp
"Well, I think we can 978Please respect copyright.PENANACT1C7aGepA
plan on watching a movie later," said Zoey. "I just realised that I'm so978Please respect copyright.PENANA4cd3c4yfNG
hungry and I don't think popcorn will do me any good."978Please respect copyright.PENANAj2Iuj1iALv
"Same here," said Mino.978Please respect copyright.PENANAXXV8RGRvaN
Zoey giggled. "At least I'm not the only one. Who's up for lunch?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAnioh0OTaxj
Everyone including me 978Please respect copyright.PENANAxabx82Tvs9
raised their hands. I hadn't noticed that we all haven't eaten yet. And 978Please respect copyright.PENANAAtdHzDYjg4
for some of us who just had dance practise and never ate any breakfast 978Please respect copyright.PENANAGyZoF0Ak7Z
needed all the energy we could get if we wanted to last the whole day in978Please respect copyright.PENANAAC8X4P3UqU
Times Square.978Please respect copyright.PENANAw1LHVmPGRO
"There's an open food 978Please respect copyright.PENANAe5aWvPdnMF
court down this way," said Seungyoon as he jerked his head to the side 978Please respect copyright.PENANALeh60N5cmK
pointing to the other end of the wide open lobby.978Please respect copyright.PENANANpSyKtR0mi
"Gosh, I've now realised978Please respect copyright.PENANA1OVh4dRNLG
that I hadn't eaten breakfast," said Daniel who walked beside me 978Please respect copyright.PENANAot4dkcqdUg
holding his tummy as we made our way towards the other end.978Please respect copyright.PENANAstZuXkWtHF
"What took you so long to even realise it?" Jisoo asked as she ruffled his hair.978Please respect copyright.PENANADInU175mI9
"Sometimes the excitement gets to you that you don't feel a thing until later on."978Please respect copyright.PENANAN9jy78JPy6
"No wonder you Toxins 978Please respect copyright.PENANAUI97lXxbf7
have a big appetite," said TOP who walked behind me. "You never eat 978Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9xC4B29ak
breakfast before practise and that's why you eat so much."978Please respect copyright.PENANAA4R64BJKwl
"No, we don't!" Zoey argued behind me.978Please respect copyright.PENANA7AjgbRrXFF
"Have you seen yourself eat? I'm telling you, you guys have a massive appetite."978Please respect copyright.PENANArfHK8kjgDd
"But that's because we use up all our energy," said Christine. "When we practise all we take is water and nothing else."978Please respect copyright.PENANANzBdcsLESx
"You should have been a fish then," said TOP as he chuckled.978Please respect copyright.PENANAJmeQqqLapK
Zoey, Christine and the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAOjX1AL0sQQ
rest of BlackPink behind me gasped in the most dramatic way any girl 978Please respect copyright.PENANAuk2SCcC6Yx
would ever do. The rest of us kept quiet to see where all this was 978Please respect copyright.PENANAMslxyW0S7U
going.978Please respect copyright.PENANAeETt0REKNQ
"That's insulting," said Jennie.978Please respect copyright.PENANAg1GDPmE3wO
"I know I'm annoying sometimes but that doesn't mean you have to call me a fish, Choi," said Zoey.978Please respect copyright.PENANA5e2gHQ34BO
"Okay, fine I take that back," said TOP. "You're a jellyfish."978Please respect copyright.PENANA4CCJUpTYAk
I burst out laughing 978Please respect copyright.PENANAzqX17arivf
with the rest of the others. Our laughs were so loud that everyone in 978Please respect copyright.PENANANCzyuuKJaT
the wide lobby and maybe including those up the first floor of the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAf7SZEROdML
complex, looked at us. I hope our laughs didn't echo all the way up the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAvevllyzfOk
other floors because that would surly be something.978Please respect copyright.PENANAxYMUZw1BSc
"Good one, TOP," said 978Please respect copyright.PENANAXnOvX8vmr0
Mike as he wiped away the tears from his eyes and laughed. "I wouldn't 978Please respect copyright.PENANAhZFTsit0lu
have thought of that in a million years."978Please respect copyright.PENANABHCKF6QmiD
Everyone continued to 978Please respect copyright.PENANAPdXnX8BCIb
laugh except from Zoey of course, who looked like like the odd one out 978Please respect copyright.PENANAdu16IWkSbL
from the rest of us with her arms folded and giving us the look showing 978Please respect copyright.PENANAmf77alb1uK
how annoyed she was.978Please respect copyright.PENANA1ApITzIcki
"I can't believe you 978Please respect copyright.PENANAtVQePXBroA
just said that to me, TOP," said Zoey as she looked at Choi. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAtGWmWCxRzw
Surprisingly her tone was calm. "You've really disappointed me."978Please respect copyright.PENANA2NHVNmjsKV
"Don't worry, Zoey," 978Please respect copyright.PENANARkETacn33l
said TOP as he came and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, giving her a978Please respect copyright.PENANA5WEKMb3iAe
brief hug. "I was just messing with you."978Please respect copyright.PENANAVXPE4OGDDW
"Careful," said Jinwoo. "You don't want her to sting you since she's a jellyfish."978Please respect copyright.PENANAh69HewlJB1
"She always stings," said Daniel. "So, TOP, you better get prepared for the worst."978Please respect copyright.PENANACzKpbSBEDb
"I'll sting him so bad, 978Please respect copyright.PENANAbx1taqMHMt
he will regret it," said Zoey as she furrowed her eyebrows and looked at978Please respect copyright.PENANAR7KiS63r8I
TOP next to her. TOP just continued to smile.978Please respect copyright.PENANABMtrd6Ra4m
"Oh, look, a stage," 978Please respect copyright.PENANAjQ5Rfe9zQS
said Daniel, pointing in front of him. That drew our attention away from978Please respect copyright.PENANAUHwYyuhiIE
Zoey and to where Daniel was pointing at.978Please respect copyright.PENANAuc3jtibZi4
In the direction Daniel 978Please respect copyright.PENANAyT3KD6oEvD
pointed at stood a small round stage. Daniel was even bold enough to go 978Please respect copyright.PENANA9mQ0lsKMk8
there and get up on it. We all followed him.978Please respect copyright.PENANAL0hQQ7b6Eu
"I've missed being on 978Please respect copyright.PENANAIYW6zvUfPc
stage," said Daniel as he walked around the stage with so much jolly 978Please respect copyright.PENANAVChojfYpMN
that he even started to showcase his dance moves.978Please respect copyright.PENANA8HYZl6WSl7
Jisoo also joined him up on the stage and started to dance alongside Daniel.978Please respect copyright.PENANAM9X2U8HCsC
"Come on, guys, we aren't supposed to be there," said Seungyoon.978Please respect copyright.PENANA31VJsoNCgH
"We're just having fun,"978Please respect copyright.PENANAEGnplVjCv7
said Daniel. He turned to look at Jisoo and offered up his hand to her.978Please respect copyright.PENANA9G0nWrPdlr
Jisoo gladly took it and Daniel spun her around, dragging her close to 978Please respect copyright.PENANAX0odSlhgxU
him and in the end held her waist and bended her backwards so that she 978Please respect copyright.PENANAi63aZdOqu6
could be looking up at him and he down at her. It looked they had just 978Please respect copyright.PENANArMx4OiVF5n
done a ballroom dance and had added the finishing move.978Please respect copyright.PENANAWkUMAJOpbT
The rest of us down the 978Please respect copyright.PENANArI744UTsj7
stage cheered and clapped for them. I was pretty impressed with Daniel 978Please respect copyright.PENANADMVvp2KBYw
though. I never knew he even had interest in ballroom dancing. He was 978Please respect copyright.PENANAQSmA0yLZZ7
one who never even had a date to his high school prom, so seeing this 978Please respect copyright.PENANAyY2gJMS0le
side of him was a shocker.978Please respect copyright.PENANAaU751nGgGi
"Wow, Daniel," said Lisa. "I never knew you could dance like that."978Please respect copyright.PENANAIrlojjc7nj
"Thanks," said Daniel after Jisoo had finally stood up straight.978Please respect copyright.PENANASwqH2SjFhQ
"Mum would be so proud,"978Please respect copyright.PENANA619MhPKvel
said Mike with a mood of sentiment in his voice. "She would think 978Please respect copyright.PENANAtszzRsROLq
you've now grown up to be a gentleman."978Please respect copyright.PENANA52ltl0o0AC
"Haha, very funny," said978Please respect copyright.PENANAHI0ZRZve93
Daniel as he folded his arms and looked at Mike. "You want me to dance 978Please respect copyright.PENANA6ob7lIKinm
again so that you can capture it on video, don't you?"978Please respect copyright.PENANA51ITVAYKK1
I looked at Mike and he 978Please respect copyright.PENANAbnJsoD0oNe
had a smirk on his face. He already had his phone in his hand and was 978Please respect copyright.PENANA5jrlZyD56D
twirling it around like it was something light. "You know me so well, 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJuYmf41sG7
bro. Sometimes I feel we were meant to be twins."978Please respect copyright.PENANAvI7wPP0MxP
"Thank goodness, you aren't," said Zoey. "I can't handle two Mikes."978Please respect copyright.PENANAtVVYloje3E
"I'm still not going to 978Please respect copyright.PENANAT19d1P48Xi
dance so that you can capture me on video," said Daniel. "Well, not 978Please respect copyright.PENANAqkInU3tHEZ
alone with Jisoo. It would look weird on my part."978Please respect copyright.PENANAAbevoiyjcc
"I'll join you then," said Mino as he walked up on stage and then turned around to look at Zoey offering his hand to led her up.978Please respect copyright.PENANAC6YjRcO2Vz
"Care to dance with me?" Mino asked.978Please respect copyright.PENANAIKAusHCEzy
Zoey folded her arms and looked away, rejecting the offer. She could be so skittish sometimes.978Please respect copyright.PENANAB3jzxzeQ4a
"No," she said still not978Please respect copyright.PENANAWYERmKW1bP
looking at Mino. "I'm not going up there since someone called me a 978Please respect copyright.PENANAV8ZeGXB47b
jellyfish. So my dance moves will obviously be pathetic."978Please respect copyright.PENANAnGeMqsfjb3
Everyone turned to look 978Please respect copyright.PENANAnBkIwBwOM4
at Zoey and suddenly us Toxins all mourned in annoyance at the same 978Please respect copyright.PENANAYKAbeqUYOT
time. Mike and Daniel both hit their heads at the same time while 978Please respect copyright.PENANAEqJJG4C0N5
Christine and I rolled our eyes which still landed back on Zoey. This 978Please respect copyright.PENANA0FHKV1tvuG
was the melodramatic Zoey, alright. And the only way to soothe her anger978Please respect copyright.PENANA3KSHxTnjL6
was to sweet talk her somehow.978Please respect copyright.PENANAkv7FMII0Up
"You're still hovering over that joke?" Mike asked. "FYI, it ended a good five minutes ago."978Please respect copyright.PENANAIy08V8lt5P
"I never knew Zoey could be this difficult," whispered Jennie behind me in my ear.978Please respect copyright.PENANAUSEVrJ5aub
"Trust me, this is just the scope," I whispered back.978Please respect copyright.PENANAefBYeKbE9g
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "Don't you think you're taking this a little too far?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAoriLgZuQ5B
"No, I'm not," she replied. This time she even pouted her lip.978Please respect copyright.PENANACtTuj3unQo
"It's not nice to leave Mino hanging like that," said Christine. "Don't forget that you aren't a jellyfish. You're Zoey."978Please respect copyright.PENANAmV7riBiqMu
"Our sweet, sweet Zoey," I added the cherry on top.978Please respect copyright.PENANAte7OYzRuhF
"Our sweet like sugar, Zoey," said Lisa, following my lead.978Please respect copyright.PENANAVHrwmCAIyk
"You're sweet like sugar," sang Jisoo on stage.978Please respect copyright.PENANAwAODF0LNhS
"You're sweet like sugar," Jennie and Rosé sang along.978Please respect copyright.PENANAa9M0Q4aQ78
"This sugar got us sprung," Christine and I joined in.978Please respect copyright.PENANAMeBQL7IL7H
I snapped my fingers 978Please respect copyright.PENANAKYHdSP8nZC
following a certain tune and the rest of the girls even Jisoo on stage 978Please respect copyright.PENANAWNawYNDiXM
joined in. Zoey's attention was captured by us all snapping our fingers.978Please respect copyright.PENANA49Ul9NtczW
I approached Zoey from behind with Christine, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa, 978Please respect copyright.PENANAf7AWrC4a1S
forming a half circle, still snapping our fingers.978Please respect copyright.PENANAdqUL1rcAgN
The girls: Da double dee double di [x3] 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJa751AZktt
Lisa: You're sweet like 978Please respect copyright.PENANAPr5RibOcFR
All girls: Da double dee double di [x2]978Please respect copyright.PENANAIVkUe1uFQu
Jennie: You're sweet like 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJlUh6H0ksD
All girls: Da double dee double di Sugar 978Please respect copyright.PENANApdSgDqnz4B
We all ended up giving a978Please respect copyright.PENANATq5ZXgfDjx
Zoey a little shove in the back and she took a step forward. Mino took 978Please respect copyright.PENANAoYjTC7hu7p
the opportunity to grab her hand and bring her up on stage. What a way 978Please respect copyright.PENANAIR5Zgfqvoi
to make an entry. When Zoey got on stage, Mino spun her around. Zoey 978Please respect copyright.PENANALgZjTer6tr
looked confused as to what was going on until Mino started to rap out 978Please respect copyright.PENANAFWpVEIUy9L
the words to Flo Rida's "Sweet Like Sugar" verse.978Please respect copyright.PENANA1Lv0tw7aEM
Mino: Hey, I've got a mouth full of cavities.978Please respect copyright.PENANAKxSaEkj6KA
Sweet tooth, full of mama, like sugar to me.978Please respect copyright.PENANAj4FDvjA6Bv
So my love with the lips, put a bug in the ear tone.978Please respect copyright.PENANA7y2e57hfkB
Shawty gotta kiss, it's an emergency. Spit sprung for the taste, addicted to her gloss.978Please respect copyright.PENANANajujKNScf
Daniel who was following suit with Mino and dancing with Jisoo also rapped the first verse.978Please respect copyright.PENANAiRI4wnfPqF
Daniel: Won't smile this way, baby I rub it off.978Please respect copyright.PENANA4856IE0HMf
Put my tongue in your face A little mistletoe, sippin Gram I A.978Please respect copyright.PENANAKs4IugLnxw
Im a fan all day.978Please respect copyright.PENANAQUBXjy7Vfs
Do me that favor, cuz I like your flavor.978Please respect copyright.PENANAcbAYOvzFGo
My manage behavior; Im into your major.978Please respect copyright.PENANAyRcuubSvDK
Sweeter so flavor, thats good for this player.978Please respect copyright.PENANAvFCfDGwFgR
Mike grabbed Jennie's hand and on their way to the stage, he also rapped:978Please respect copyright.PENANAxKVWyLAtOc
Mike: My hood, now and later, throw back like a pager.978Please respect copyright.PENANASImFjMAcxy
Pretty much, youre givin me a sugar rush.978Please respect copyright.PENANAX8Zgy57Uoo
Lil mama, give me high blood pressure when you blush.978Please respect copyright.PENANASn1PgvO3KD
Lips feel soft as a feather when we touch, Shawty thats whats up. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAoUBW83sJSB
The three couples on 978Please respect copyright.PENANA0Sxhnl9A70
stage dancing and the guys twirling the girls around got me smiling. And978Please respect copyright.PENANAZajQD2unY5
surprisingly, I was dancing my way on stage as I sang the chorus. I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAqdfLKqm3IN
spun around and I found myself at the centre of the stage while the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAdFjzpIU8AL
three couples surrounding me in a circle.978Please respect copyright.PENANAqfZ5L2Vvgf
Me: My lips like sugar [x2]978Please respect copyright.PENANA3tPd7svPdR
This candy got you sprung [x2]978Please respect copyright.PENANARrjplD3OdK
So call me your sugar [x2]978Please respect copyright.PENANAbe6HxVcKhZ
You love you some [x2]978Please respect copyright.PENANAfsFsN5l8r4
I'm sweet like 978Please respect copyright.PENANAU2JYVNQsVo
All girls: Da double dee double di [x3] 978Please respect copyright.PENANAh1tqC8QrLT
I'm sweet like Da double dee double di [x2]978Please respect copyright.PENANARabss2FA6r
I'm sweet like Da double dee double di978Please respect copyright.PENANAvtnCWGlp86
Sugar978Please respect copyright.PENANAVAgmHH2VpB
Seunghoon came up on 978Please respect copyright.PENANAr8nWaKZ50l
stage and joined me at the centre. I smiled at him as he held my hand. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAAWu8zQr3sl
We danced together as he rapped out the second verse.978Please respect copyright.PENANATBkOLRhTy9
Down stage, Seungyoon 978Please respect copyright.PENANALNi2KorbA6
paired with Lisa, Jinwoo with Christine and TOP with Rosé. Everyone had a978Please respect copyright.PENANAWutPtre8On
partner and it was so fun. We faced our partner as we danced. The 978Please respect copyright.PENANApX4FI1eW26
ladies every now and then will be twirled around and the fact that we 978Please respect copyright.PENANAnKIckSwxGF
all did that simultaneously was awesome.978Please respect copyright.PENANAGr33RX2dIi
The other guys continued to rap out Flo Rida's verses while we could all sing out the chorus together.978Please respect copyright.PENANALIUmaou85K
All: My lips like sugar (x2)978Please respect copyright.PENANAJKtoqq7YCc
This candy got you sprung (x2)978Please respect copyright.PENANAz6bwvmJDFR
So call me your sugar (x2)978Please respect copyright.PENANATltmSqP0Up
You love you some (x2)978Please respect copyright.PENANAloSEW1cfQ6
I'm sweet like Da double dee double di (x3)978Please respect copyright.PENANAtVz3pc0tFE
I'm sweet like Da double dee double di (x2) 978Please respect copyright.PENANAcURh36XHZR
I'm sweet like Da double dee double di978Please respect copyright.PENANA7PoUs03wda
Sugar 978Please respect copyright.PENANAORu6PXCIYT
I978Please respect copyright.PENANA3hin040OUv
was staring straight into Seunghoon's eyes as he and I breathed out 978Please respect copyright.PENANALd96qEVfTV
heavily right after we finished the song. Our foreheads touched as we 978Please respect copyright.PENANAtRdzmI3Ofm
looked at each other and for a moment, all I could see and feel was him 978Please respect copyright.PENANAcvFTLDOjg9
until a loud round of applause brought me back from my little world. I 978Please respect copyright.PENANATn4eUd13hG
quickly broke away from Seunghoon.978Please respect copyright.PENANAdH24Kk7Rn6
Onlookers978Please respect copyright.PENANADLOK4iYySG
in the lobby had surrounded the stage to watch us perform when all we 978Please respect copyright.PENANAcD0IxnIPIb
did was just have fun and dance on stage. Bright lights from people's 978Please respect copyright.PENANAP4GNRoo2cu
phones blinked before my eyes and there were loud screams from the fans.978Please respect copyright.PENANAwK6qpwtAkP
For a moment, I felt a little confused until I slowly took it all in.978Please respect copyright.PENANAWHcjFiVq8k
"Wow, what's happening?" Zoey asked. I looked to my side and I hadn't noticed that she was standing next to me.978Please respect copyright.PENANA81lPMrlqog
"Looks like we just performed in front of a crowd without realising it," I answered.978Please respect copyright.PENANApJKTBtr6Am
I looked at everyone else on stage and also those those who danced down stage. They also looked as confused.978Please respect copyright.PENANA09u2tgLeaR
"Isn't this where we all take a bow?" Seunghoon asked as he came to whisper in my ear.978Please respect copyright.PENANAOVSvYknBSz
"Ya, we really should," I answered.978Please respect copyright.PENANAJNzTUB4Qym
"We should do what?" Mike asked as he came to stand next to Seunghoon.978Please respect copyright.PENANA5xcw5wo6Du
"Take a bow," I said.978Please respect copyright.PENANADPC5qEKv0e
Zoey who stood next to 978Please respect copyright.PENANA4ONU9ZLSIG
me held my hand and I saw Mino standing next to her also take hold of 978Please respect copyright.PENANAI70PIvGe3j
her's. I felt Seunghoon's fingers enclose around my hand. Mike also took978Please respect copyright.PENANAdjLRFfNjYD
Seunghoon's and Jennie's hand. And the rest of the others who were down978Please respect copyright.PENANALa0mcjEYeU
stage came and joined us in the joining of hands. Then all together we 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJovTkb1EP7
bowed at the same time and we received an even bigger round of applause.978Please respect copyright.PENANAj995YANlcV
"Well, this just got 978Please respect copyright.PENANAB8xtbgt0cn
interesting," said TOP. Somehow, I still managed to get him through the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAzyHMBLNMO9
loud noise of the audience who kept on cheering.978Please respect copyright.PENANAqLncTXwVr0
"It's about to get even more interesting," said Mike. "Look who's in the crowd."978Please respect copyright.PENANAFPgw2cHXFQ
The way Mike said it 978Please respect copyright.PENANAXUfp68sz0W
made me think of Collins and my heart skipped a beat as I looked at the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAT9q0O6nE9P
crowd. Was Collins here? But then my heart settled when I saw who was 978Please respect copyright.PENANAHFwN2WWBth
making their way to us through the crowd. Lee.978Please respect copyright.PENANAw6DTgFCmxa
"I told her to come here," I said with a smile and I broke away from the others to head to Lee.978Please respect copyright.PENANAi0miUqMNca
When I got down from the978Please respect copyright.PENANApc3t0rLwug
stage, Lee had already gotten away from the screaming fans. And the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAyKj34jQING
surprising thing was that I hadn't noticed that the security had come in978Please respect copyright.PENANA7v1MwCvjtv
to handle the crowd from getting up on stage. Noticing the commotion, I978Please respect copyright.PENANAdGFIoeYlRY
quickly grabbed Lee's hand and pulled her with me up on stage.978Please respect copyright.PENANApb9WAYUrvI
"Well, you guys sure 978Please respect copyright.PENANAz1Nt3RDaUf
know who to stir a crowd," said Lee as she looked behind her. "I even 978Please respect copyright.PENANAOoTtzJ0Aq5
had to warn the security before I could even get here."978Please respect copyright.PENANAf60ntn6Utj
"Lee, you're here!" came Daniel and the next thing I know, all four Toxins had quickly surrounded Lee into a hug.978Please respect copyright.PENANAPYgo5Z4wJD
"Goodness!" Lee couldn't978Please respect copyright.PENANAAJKx4QJXkV
believe all the love she was getting that she couldn't help but smile. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAtkFAa3H1Ni
"I haven't been gone forever, you know?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAJ16cGJaRfn
"We just missed you, 978Please respect copyright.PENANACRsy4nnMor
that's all," said Zoey, they were all still hugging her. "You're usually978Please respect copyright.PENANAz7p6z8oKlJ
with us but these past days you haven't."978Please respect copyright.PENANAuOxWAywE8M
"You're right and I miss all of you too. Been caught up with work. And now, you have all given me a much bigger mess to clean."978Please respect copyright.PENANA1vggGlqeGB
"Does Collins know?" Christine asked as they all broke away from hugging Lee.978Please respect copyright.PENANAPNhuC5Wcg7
"He would've called by 978Please respect copyright.PENANACut6Iu54WL
now," Lee answered. "Yang Hyun-suk would've done the same, but so far, 978Please respect copyright.PENANAhJb9mZLBXs
no calls from the grim reapers yet."978Please respect copyright.PENANATVbJII7STz
"When you put it like that you make it sound like a bad thing," said Mike as he sulked.978Please respect copyright.PENANAO9IlpsajhB
"It is!" Lee emphasised through the loud noise of the crowd behind her. "You better have a reason for all this. Sam?"978Please respect copyright.PENANA2ocHeaGFdJ
Immediately Lee focused 978Please respect copyright.PENANA8TbcMJocrm
on me, the other Toxins did the same. I hated such moments when everyone978Please respect copyright.PENANAWciNkhLMqD
looks at you just because you have to give an explanation. For now, I 978Please respect copyright.PENANAmDXcDUCabm
couldn't blame them.978Please respect copyright.PENANA9jxTk1A1oL
"We've a lot to tell you, Lee," I started.978Please respect copyright.PENANAyAbbqtQ71w
"That's true," said TOP as he came from behind to stand next to me.978Please respect copyright.PENANA9uw0wfGSb3
"How978Please respect copyright.PENANAKjhBKkGWM3
did you even allow all of this to happen, TOP?" Lee asked as she looked978Please respect copyright.PENANAqju2LfIaDR
at him. "And you ended up joining in the fun and turned this place into978Please respect copyright.PENANArSUuAOn2mm
your own dance hall."978Please respect copyright.PENANAtZEOkTWyue
"Can you hear us out first?" Zoey asked. "Because all this just didn't start from YG."978Please respect copyright.PENANAapGtNvSwYx
Lee had a horrified look on her face as she looked at Zoey. "What do you mean?"978Please respect copyright.PENANA8MubmQ71Dr
"It all started yesterday," said Mike.978Please respect copyright.PENANA45BUcn5K4V
"And....?" Lee was waiting for someone to go on with the explanation until.....978Please respect copyright.PENANAEwOelf0ZKK
"I was in Sam's and Zoey's closet," came Seunghoon who came to to stand on my other side.978Please respect copyright.PENANA31oM9K7Aza
Lee looked shocked. First of all, because of Seunghoon's sudden appearance and second, because of what he said.978Please respect copyright.PENANAKwSrKEUgAM
"You were in what now!" Lee asked, looking like she was going to faint.978Please respect copyright.PENANAkb3FAk9r93
"I told you it was a long story," I said. "Why don't we just talk about this over lunch? We're really starved."978Please respect copyright.PENANApDBt51pNp4
"No,978Please respect copyright.PENANAHVdi2ViDg0
wait, hold up," said Lee as she held her hand up. "How WINNER comes 978Please respect copyright.PENANAl2XjRBYkk4
into the picture, I now understand, but what about BlackPink? Don't tell978Please respect copyright.PENANARMIXNI8hFr
me someone else was hiding in the boy's closet too!"978Please respect copyright.PENANAfYG6oqDVuH
"That would have been nice," said Mike with a stupid grin on his face. I threw him a look and the smile fell right away.978Please respect copyright.PENANAUc7ZtNCC9I
"No, we met them today," said Lisa as she came to stand beside Seunghoon and looked at him. "You hid in the girl's closet?"978Please respect copyright.PENANA1IPFwQ24ry
"It was a surprise," said Seunghoon.978Please respect copyright.PENANAdTbyOWRKOl
"That's something," said Jennie as she rolled her eyes and came to join us with the rest of BlackPink and WINNER.978Please respect copyright.PENANAEXdUa8Bp8g
"Don't blame me for being a fan," said Seunghoon.978Please respect copyright.PENANA2aitvIZHdg
"I told him we should've come up with another surprise," said Seungyoon.978Please respect copyright.PENANA146i26jzey
"Well, he barely listens to us anyway," said Jinwoo.978Please respect copyright.PENANAFpw688HUA2
I978Please respect copyright.PENANATROdVmzFJm
looked at Lee and realised that her face was losing colour as she 978Please respect copyright.PENANA4nek9dEh1U
looked at the number of people standing before her. Now that she knows 978Please respect copyright.PENANAvV2qHhP2dW
she wasn't just dealing with The Toxins but now BlackPink and WINNER, it978Please respect copyright.PENANASW6Z3IbQkO
was a lot to take in.978Please respect copyright.PENANAgyEFTCq4WX
"I think I'm going to faint," said Lee. "This is just too much even your managers will explode."978Please respect copyright.PENANAOzhMkdVZyb
"That's978Please respect copyright.PENANA8ea3J5V3pE
why you shouldn't worry about a thing," I said. "We all know that we 978Please respect copyright.PENANACZL13iBAdT
are in trouble and there is simply nothing we can do about it. We all 978Please respect copyright.PENANAApxBXTLAHA
wanted to hang out and even if we were to do it in secret, they would 978Please respect copyright.PENANAK4zMXZ1XR0
still find out anyway."978Please respect copyright.PENANAOdYoqSPDGQ
Lee scratched her head. "You're right on that one. There's nothing we can do but feel their warth when they find out."978Please respect copyright.PENANA0kzT0sL66V
"As long as we had fun today, I've no regrets," said Mino.978Please respect copyright.PENANAnLVmGhqgoS
Everyone978Please respect copyright.PENANAhAqf5hE7uE
else apart from Lee agreed. Even I had to admit, we had fun and we had 978Please respect copyright.PENANAMoiwFFPLFN
only just started. We had a lot of things to do in Times Square and 978Please respect copyright.PENANAVYYfdYoLQY
somehow the anxiety was killing me.978Please respect copyright.PENANAP78YqOBhux
After978Please respect copyright.PENANA5Uo7h6Sf2Y
the crowd had cleared away from the stage, we were now back to the plan978Please respect copyright.PENANANQ55HGsIKb
we had had before. And that was having lunch. We were on our way to the978Please respect copyright.PENANA4sfTrXwjF7
food court when Lee asked:978Please respect copyright.PENANAC0jLP8SDla
"Who came up with that hash tag on Twitter?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAg4CxCMgIg4
"Zoey did," I answered as I pointed at Zoey walking beside me.978Please respect copyright.PENANAL3uu44s6xP
"What's wrong with it?" Zoey asked.978Please respect copyright.PENANAfiChCHZ2DG
"You978Please respect copyright.PENANA7xStVagmyO
put up #BTW," said Lee. "Won't other people apart from your fans find 978Please respect copyright.PENANAyBYL8dcaWa
it odd when they find that on the trending list and ask 'what could 978Please respect copyright.PENANA0TIiFTuMMv
possibly be a by a way thing?' BTW does mean by the way."978Please respect copyright.PENANAzCgmKaYi1w
"I978Please respect copyright.PENANAlw2J9H8GrG
don't think it's that bad," said Rosé. "I mean we couldn't make a long 978Please respect copyright.PENANA5jv0KngUUB
hash tag with the group's names so, putting it in abbreviations seemed 978Please respect copyright.PENANAyonUhh55GY
okay."978Please respect copyright.PENANAKeu9XPprpk
"I didn't like the BTW thing though," said Mike.978Please respect copyright.PENANASvCX1cCdyO
"Well, you should have maybe put WTB or TBW," said Lee. "BTW is already taken."978Please respect copyright.PENANA8GWQ7VtXWi
"You978Please respect copyright.PENANAuWmitzmxRT
can eat me later but that was all I could think of to prevent our 978Please respect copyright.PENANAglig9yltoH
managers from finding out about us quickly," said Zoey. "Not everyone 978Please respect copyright.PENANAJXXxaOZRKE
knew about it before we did our little performance. I bet others still 978Please respect copyright.PENANAOT3uML5xJE
don't know up to now."978Please respect copyright.PENANAicCpTQVhyJ
"BTW978Please respect copyright.PENANA9XkuiBWT16
is now trending number 2 by the way," said Lee. "I don't even know how I978Please respect copyright.PENANAaBO7YP03Hz
realised that BTW was even you three all together. At first I was a 978Please respect copyright.PENANA24mPIJExA6
little confused that that was trending until I realised there was 978Please respect copyright.PENANA9bhZpbop0P
nothing familiar trending on Twitter related to you guys."978Please respect copyright.PENANAuPHJpMAzva
"I978Please respect copyright.PENANAz0c00TUFdo
think Zoey did good," I said. "Even I would have thought of a name for 978Please respect copyright.PENANASNmcBfmYmO
this little group that wouldn't capture so much attention from the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAGCoyNWcibX
normal human perspective."978Please respect copyright.PENANABHWUivpTFx
"Is Sam calling me smart?" Zoey asked as she smirked. "Most people don't say that about me."978Please respect copyright.PENANAVOzTF99xZK
"I think she is," said TOP.978Please respect copyright.PENANAaEKgWRdQrw
"Yay!" Zoey clapped her hands with glee.978Please respect copyright.PENANAzAENqQHDxO
"You're smart now but you'll be a jellyfish later," jeered Mike.978Please respect copyright.PENANAst2z9LLAUq
Zoey978Please respect copyright.PENANAPiKgnYOuNl
stopped clapping and she looked at Mike who was walking in front of 978Please respect copyright.PENANAjpeqOFT5UJ
her. Her excited demeanor changed in an instant to killer mode.978Please respect copyright.PENANAj8YQSDNe6V
"Did Mike just say jellyfish?" Lee asked. "Where did that come from?"978Please respect copyright.PENANAPGP0LusWvi
"That's another long story," said Jisoo.978Please respect copyright.PENANAqlKZuHp2PZ
Before978Please respect copyright.PENANAAfV58nKFSV
Lee could say anything else, Zoey let out a war cry and immediately she978Please respect copyright.PENANAWYLykB5Ger
did, Mike took it on cue to run for his life. He ran ahead towards the 978Please respect copyright.PENANAWnfwHyABu0
open food court and Zoey was right behind him.978Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ2mw9XSxW
"I'm going to kill you, Mike!" Zoey called after him.978Please respect copyright.PENANACiaeG19hZi
"You better catch me first!" Mike called back.978Please respect copyright.PENANAAQyPj8gOZN
The978Please respect copyright.PENANAusnhjEPRR3
rest of us paused as we looked at Zoey chase Mike down and a few 978Please respect copyright.PENANAnU4HY6Jien
onlookers stopped to us see the sequel before them. I smiled. Those two 978Please respect copyright.PENANAZjhrWWWPr4
would never stop fighting no matter what.978Please respect copyright.PENANAvLDzaKsHx6
"I978Please respect copyright.PENANAgw8wCLhdS8
was about to say, my day is so full of stories," said Lee and she gave a978Please respect copyright.PENANABp0kVeHUX3
little laugh as she looked towards the food court. "But it looks like 978Please respect copyright.PENANARPO46GRsdB
it's full of drama too."978Please respect copyright.PENANABNNsNP1AR0
"I hope she doesn't sting him," said Jinwoo.978Please respect copyright.PENANAbIfSXWu2PF
"Do978Please respect copyright.PENANAzY8qfmwmyr
you think our managers would ever make BTW a real thing?" Seunghoon 978Please respect copyright.PENANATMKnJ9lpMn
asked, his eyes still focused on the two Toxins running around the food 978Please respect copyright.PENANAc1ODrxMVjO
court.978Please respect copyright.PENANA2qEYV2Cux0
"I hope they do," said Jennie. "It would be so much fun."978Please respect copyright.PENANARZCpL7K84s
"The fans are already loving it," said Mino. "I don't see why they wouldn't make it a real thing."978Please respect copyright.PENANAiGGBy2b2Ga
"I hope so too," said Christine.978Please respect copyright.PENANAlJZ6aVJSkH
"Come978Please respect copyright.PENANApE2cHuAmBN
on, let's not watch these guys run around, I'm starving," said Daniel. 978Please respect copyright.PENANAT70NWYozPM
"And we got a movie to watch on the largest screen in the world."978Please respect copyright.PENANAsv59mKrUiT
"Did you just say the largest screen in the world?" Lee asked with a surprised look on her face.978Please respect copyright.PENANAEaDinp4XIs
"Ya, I did." Daniel smiled.978Please respect copyright.PENANANGC8666YYj
As978Please respect copyright.PENANA6i4GkMpNPq
we made our way towards the court, the thing about BTW started spinning978Please respect copyright.PENANA66t9RYIyNY
in my mind. As much as that seemed like a good idea, the others were 978Please respect copyright.PENANAciCEaLgCdo
forgetting that despite dealing with two difficult managers, us The 978Please respect copyright.PENANA6NXGFHhBcr
Toxins weren't going to be here for long and there may be a lot more 978Please respect copyright.PENANAk8a3cM5nrF
other issues which I wasn't ready to deal with at the moment.978Please respect copyright.PENANAiwmGDni8Ch
I978Please respect copyright.PENANAL5CB4V3Je7
didn't want to burst everyone's bubble because they were all in a good 978Please respect copyright.PENANADpMzZKAV9k
mood, so I kept all these worries to myself. Hopefully this time I might978Please respect copyright.PENANAzI96Akpn3k
be wrong about my thoughts, except on the part where other issues out 978Please respect copyright.PENANAcJO5wPNwBT
of the blue may arise.978Please respect copyright.PENANAMoJVtlUXSm
But the other thing that worried me was that my premonitions in most cases, were never wrong.
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