
Hanging out at Times 994Please respect copyright.PENANA6gv5WC93lB
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from994Please respect copyright.PENANApaD3Gxct9U
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 994Please respect copyright.PENANAqMsVjEd3SL
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.994Please respect copyright.PENANAxMmpV4DVFj
But that didn't matter. 994Please respect copyright.PENANArHFi5CNiOd
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 994Please respect copyright.PENANAw2ZJas7bh3
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 994Please respect copyright.PENANAhWaroslI7b
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 994Please respect copyright.PENANAHgengExNez
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 994Please respect copyright.PENANAPoqVmxFrFz
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 994Please respect copyright.PENANAJQEatR9YGO
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 994Please respect copyright.PENANAC3cDbW2Dzl
actually played around with the adorable kids.994Please respect copyright.PENANABIFJy5jCan
There were plenty of 994Please respect copyright.PENANAhvUPmHfqS1
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 994Please respect copyright.PENANARHLvTErrMa
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the994Please respect copyright.PENANAd9VjjE0hUh
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 994Please respect copyright.PENANADTVd21a7HF
fans too.994Please respect copyright.PENANAScnz6psqiR
The time we were done 994Please respect copyright.PENANA5LSrfuakWr
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 994Please respect copyright.PENANAm1fO2XTEjw
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 994Please respect copyright.PENANAUJiRXYgq7u
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What994Please respect copyright.PENANAkIEqFEKc3x
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 994Please respect copyright.PENANAJBnfHVYcSO
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 994Please respect copyright.PENANAHFdnMmsob2
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 994Please respect copyright.PENANAM8LQXDAJtG
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 994Please respect copyright.PENANAlnEEm387pR
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 994Please respect copyright.PENANA2kTY9hFKQb
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAU5uNHTFW8g
previous day, of course.994Please respect copyright.PENANA92v0oqpv5W
As much as the managers 994Please respect copyright.PENANA11300EdDGF
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 994Please respect copyright.PENANARJZ3GEnWmp
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without994Please respect copyright.PENANAML9xpYVW06
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 994Please respect copyright.PENANAIsz4XkfAb4
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.994Please respect copyright.PENANADq0hPK9JLY
Right now, this very 994Please respect copyright.PENANAdDmjK5WusU
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 994Please respect copyright.PENANAitdfQ7fUOH
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 994Please respect copyright.PENANAOpLniysNZs
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 994Please respect copyright.PENANAjGmtQ3GzLB
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 994Please respect copyright.PENANA11rqnxKD8N
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 994Please respect copyright.PENANArT5Unlwpzr
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 994Please respect copyright.PENANACCQGCJiDIO
and I just couldn't take it.994Please respect copyright.PENANAzdDwi6uoQ8
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.994Please respect copyright.PENANAnz2q4YDX09
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.994Please respect copyright.PENANACpI6AC06mL
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZCokVfcTI
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.994Please respect copyright.PENANAUKvPLtUEJo
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.994Please respect copyright.PENANAG7mp2PKlFO
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."994Please respect copyright.PENANAt40uMS2ruh
"I thought you said your plan would work."994Please respect copyright.PENANAuEv6p1nBSF
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."994Please respect copyright.PENANAU8VqmPf7e5
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"994Please respect copyright.PENANA57mPAo3ecn
I felt like slapping my 994Please respect copyright.PENANAsIGyPIDqeO
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.994Please respect copyright.PENANAzXyZIA7gwu
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 994Please respect copyright.PENANAH5BdjhJrGS
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 994Please respect copyright.PENANABoSyVUZQqU
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 994Please respect copyright.PENANAYtCP6Osy9D
off.994Please respect copyright.PENANAZRNVFvRPgY
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."994Please respect copyright.PENANA4QSi9iubJY
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.994Please respect copyright.PENANAc7cq3l6WpN
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."994Please respect copyright.PENANA06xc8vUcAX
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAlMRbUbUoxb
I shrugged. She read my 994Please respect copyright.PENANASxxq30o1qS
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 994Please respect copyright.PENANAaFhWo86B77
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 994Please respect copyright.PENANAETeT3n5kfe
me the whole time."994Please respect copyright.PENANAXbnhAZNmjH
I sat down on my bed as 994Please respect copyright.PENANA2SBR6ol9Kp
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I994Please respect copyright.PENANAYi3oDLIpNS
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.994Please respect copyright.PENANAuvYfNTZ3WL
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.994Please respect copyright.PENANAptOGqXPBEW
"Gosh, you really should994Please respect copyright.PENANAuEANVc1h0H
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 994Please respect copyright.PENANAu08BTFo3EO
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 994Please respect copyright.PENANAqpU738aygY
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really994Please respect copyright.PENANAz6mxHrEKuA
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."994Please respect copyright.PENANAJfnv3N8DHB
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."994Please respect copyright.PENANA7tgYEM3ocE
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAJesjyt9MxX
"Mike is annoying 994Please respect copyright.PENANAuQLQci8dS2
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 994Please respect copyright.PENANA2uxgrV5du0
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."994Please respect copyright.PENANAEPaMGT0iWA
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."994Please respect copyright.PENANA8xuRrSQzOI
"You're right. I should burn him instead."994Please respect copyright.PENANAyEc6C65kD4
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."994Please respect copyright.PENANAAxxU0K5eBC
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.994Please respect copyright.PENANAxOerYsKZia
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.994Please respect copyright.PENANApEeDJfb7JR
"Sorry, but just so you 994Please respect copyright.PENANAzLq2DTJFKx
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 994Please respect copyright.PENANAFRSwnV5l7V
that pic of you and him together."994Please respect copyright.PENANA88i9BxNIM5
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.994Please respect copyright.PENANAJXrVBA6VMM
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."994Please respect copyright.PENANAhPJH3MEFq0
I blushed and at the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAROdkfjTsmr
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 994Please respect copyright.PENANAUCDuCvAtBL
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 994Please respect copyright.PENANAcqSHS06KGU
other hidden agenda.994Please respect copyright.PENANA7qTuOKD6hd
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.994Please respect copyright.PENANAACbjCsvqfl
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."994Please respect copyright.PENANAp5ABJs5iSk
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."994Please respect copyright.PENANAWHJ7bM2Lbg
I sighed in surrender. 994Please respect copyright.PENANAvOiWBVrA6n
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 994Please respect copyright.PENANAUZMy95txkJ
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 994Please respect copyright.PENANAD21WPtETry
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."994Please respect copyright.PENANALCnibkDKFp
Zoey shook her head. "You really surprise me how much you aren't really a fan of social media when most of our peers are."994Please respect copyright.PENANATo5O0MSal2
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."994Please respect copyright.PENANAIYFWUDn2YM
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."994Please respect copyright.PENANAPzCs0lxqGQ
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAipiDDlNbiI
Zoey had an excited look994Please respect copyright.PENANARpLDgZliSF
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 994Please respect copyright.PENANAQgSEPYysjT
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 994Please respect copyright.PENANAS9Jd899aDZ
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 994Please respect copyright.PENANAC46tIWRm7u
clearly show all over her face.994Please respect copyright.PENANAFealmYYmqB
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.994Please respect copyright.PENANAbI59OF6uSx
I shook my head. "And?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAf5MuzxXUd8
Zoey folded her arms, 994Please respect copyright.PENANA6dzIYDo6nw
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 994Please respect copyright.PENANAGWOVLW2fs0
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."994Please respect copyright.PENANAtUa2XfWDvt
"Hold that thought. This994Please respect copyright.PENANAfztmxTzHGj
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us994Please respect copyright.PENANAGRi2QSMe6K
after Seunghoon posted that picture."994Please respect copyright.PENANA5cUiyOipRN
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."994Please respect copyright.PENANAf280mYTJuy
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."994Please respect copyright.PENANAIvhuYWemU3
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.994Please respect copyright.PENANA94t3vMtRvS
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.994Please respect copyright.PENANAIPtooES2bu
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"994Please respect copyright.PENANACjEtFnCOuY
"Well, he hid in our closet."994Please respect copyright.PENANAdxDm3sJidw
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."994Please respect copyright.PENANA1DppQE4CGh
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"994Please respect copyright.PENANA0aDavqrmZJ
"Ya, why?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAM4UusLycW3
"Looks like we just 994Please respect copyright.PENANA3uQS1g4lVQ
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 994Please respect copyright.PENANADpRXnJ2aeH
whom we consider perfect as our bias."994Please respect copyright.PENANAwxxAqmu76t
Zoey thought for a moment over what I said as she looked at the floor and then back at me. "Mmmm, I guess you're right."994Please respect copyright.PENANAutKQQNAeDM
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."994Please respect copyright.PENANAhYmgQWvKXG
"What do you mean? You 994Please respect copyright.PENANA56wchNgHFh
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 994Please respect copyright.PENANA6QbHxOac9E
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"994Please respect copyright.PENANArmKAjy3DGw
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."994Please respect copyright.PENANACJPofySPun
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"994Please respect copyright.PENANA88WyRUxpRb
"Not really. But I can say he was. Just a little. If he was a full time stalker, he would've been doing so everyday."994Please respect copyright.PENANAMUbnKjdpNI
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAxe3mPV83N4
"I wanted to but I kept 994Please respect copyright.PENANADh4O7ct0qY
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 994Please respect copyright.PENANACev0OlZqKi
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."994Please respect copyright.PENANAWmFV8RROg8
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.994Please respect copyright.PENANA0MNoWDSKmc
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."994Please respect copyright.PENANAq3FU8NaYl3
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."994Please respect copyright.PENANAtxYZuVjkmZ
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAxe3M9TOUeG
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."994Please respect copyright.PENANArXECOQBfCP
I quickly stood up and 994Please respect copyright.PENANAbO4Ozuhq7d
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 994Please respect copyright.PENANAX2SEF72YsW
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled994Please respect copyright.PENANABcoNmqdBmh
her back.994Please respect copyright.PENANAlCexHn1AUv
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.994Please respect copyright.PENANAh1SqsV7NrA
"Zoey, you're going to 994Please respect copyright.PENANAvco7PP3vFT
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 994Please respect copyright.PENANA7G6bZTnhzY
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 994Please respect copyright.PENANARuGH35fAv9
own hair pink in the next ten years."994Please respect copyright.PENANA8OHvq1FKEZ
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."994Please respect copyright.PENANAeLTYY70F60
"You're lying."994Please respect copyright.PENANAQB0QK0Xszu
"I'm telling the truth!"994Please respect copyright.PENANAGQRyzxPEWw
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"994Please respect copyright.PENANA6h0aSzwboL
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6r0aufrOI
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAThgtnXaaaR
"I can't tell you that."994Please respect copyright.PENANAITszfGOI8A
"Why?"994Please respect copyright.PENANABViPsBf89S
"Because it's 994Please respect copyright.PENANApqAfejuhWj
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 994Please respect copyright.PENANAX94lrtJRUi
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"994Please respect copyright.PENANAfkUkbkxntm
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.994Please respect copyright.PENANA2RAWHvTePP
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.994Please respect copyright.PENANASwvaOgMmK2
"Yes, I was," I said as I let go of Zoey's hair and Zoey blew out a sigh of relief. "Turns out, I'm not that good at it at all."994Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5hOtZXTsO
"No, you aren't," said Zoey as she massaged her scalp from where I had pulled her hair and she looked at me with a frown.994Please respect copyright.PENANA5ammT4ixVE
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."994Please respect copyright.PENANAraURL1hyGa
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANATLOCsoKgmi
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."994Please respect copyright.PENANABN7UfIJEiL
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."994Please respect copyright.PENANAN9JoJKkC5w
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."994Please respect copyright.PENANARVBUAsJsOl
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."994Please respect copyright.PENANAqO1syXpfPF
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."994Please respect copyright.PENANAMbLJyMfBab
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.994Please respect copyright.PENANA5QhSguowrW
I playfully rolled my 994Please respect copyright.PENANApzXwRVxnyC
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee994Please respect copyright.PENANAJn1J7AXpiT
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 994Please respect copyright.PENANAVOuzxiHm0I
also looked worried.994Please respect copyright.PENANAXpJ8R5cwpB
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.994Please respect copyright.PENANAIaTiROsYyS
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.994Please respect copyright.PENANAW066bdhx0A
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.994Please respect copyright.PENANAxbyjPvH5OW
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.994Please respect copyright.PENANADonSZlWxWe
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANARfC0ELLlti
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.994Please respect copyright.PENANAjNvEH757jb
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.994Please respect copyright.PENANAm10HhpiyNv
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders994Please respect copyright.PENANAHWaTYkvSMv
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA1Q6oGx92lN
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA1oGCMMcDxg
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."994Please respect copyright.PENANAVYoDv3cRtk
"Okay, first of all," 994Please respect copyright.PENANA5GGPnB4rzg
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 994Please respect copyright.PENANAdwSOiTPDbs
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and994Please respect copyright.PENANAaMA1Dnhfn8
he wasn't mad at you."994Please respect copyright.PENANAOa6AYhrcpv
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANABfYwSEiYaY
"That, he couldn't say."994Please respect copyright.PENANALfl0o7e3O9
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.994Please respect copyright.PENANAYyMKvGdCAg
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."994Please respect copyright.PENANA8tEa5NTEoh
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.994Please respect copyright.PENANAAMuu00G3mU
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."994Please respect copyright.PENANArov8WSjx15
Christine pressed the 994Please respect copyright.PENANA6LtZ7DTPax
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 994Please respect copyright.PENANAVj7NSrxfd7
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 994Please respect copyright.PENANAk3kZJ5cBJt
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 994Please respect copyright.PENANAuuD9425aoj
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 994Please respect copyright.PENANAclPAfBoIGX
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 994Please respect copyright.PENANA8GKvvIakL4
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.994Please respect copyright.PENANAIm5705A08A
We got to YG right on 994Please respect copyright.PENANACLSdlThQ76
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 994Please respect copyright.PENANAcIdBtvDCwM
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 994Please respect copyright.PENANA2dGJ15AzBK
arrived a few seconds earlier.994Please respect copyright.PENANACp7E0PFdMB
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.994Please respect copyright.PENANA0lbBi07y6I
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."994Please respect copyright.PENANAll1e2nf5NS
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.994Please respect copyright.PENANA5pmJfa8hnT
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAXdqDYIMwcm
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."994Please respect copyright.PENANA0S08cO3fvq
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.994Please respect copyright.PENANAL6Jt22L0mw
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.994Please respect copyright.PENANAGCT1tyTaam
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAOWXjBHYX3U
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAte2aGv6f05
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."994Please respect copyright.PENANAKyQCcs2T3m
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.994Please respect copyright.PENANAVPUV6eAM7n
"There will be no such 994Please respect copyright.PENANA73CQWbOER1
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 994Please respect copyright.PENANA30h98dA9oj
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."994Please respect copyright.PENANAAWOohmtC4w
"And you're making it 994Please respect copyright.PENANANQ8XUrp1Hd
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 994Please respect copyright.PENANAAOLDVOXQ6H
pouted his lip and scratched his head.994Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ5cjDkSJd
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.994Please respect copyright.PENANAheCs33xzsy
"Trust me, you don't 994Please respect copyright.PENANAmklmkCgskj
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You994Please respect copyright.PENANAEvuXi2bIiz
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."994Please respect copyright.PENANAfcxHX2GEz7
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA2gsIEio2Fb
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."994Please respect copyright.PENANAUfUzdZNh61
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.994Please respect copyright.PENANAMq1qSc4PSF
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.994Please respect copyright.PENANANZzgB60nsg
"Look, whether they are 994Please respect copyright.PENANAAZJWNYChNR
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 994Please respect copyright.PENANAR14p9wvQuD
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 994Please respect copyright.PENANAAmmB2z3PcV
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."994Please respect copyright.PENANAQsIAncVOyP
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.994Please respect copyright.PENANA3WlQeJHGOY
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."994Please respect copyright.PENANARqT1doz7wY
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAa56U2Zo4QK
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."994Please respect copyright.PENANA3nyIU8u4Zb
I gave Lee a sad smile 994Please respect copyright.PENANA5WEoCASCPq
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt994Please respect copyright.PENANAcVXLYLrzhB
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 994Please respect copyright.PENANAXys9heHGG7
your life. Like suicide.994Please respect copyright.PENANAzXPGuPZDWX
We started our way 994Please respect copyright.PENANAJBCpW18QfT
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 994Please respect copyright.PENANAplpkLNTpYF
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 994Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ip5GzJJov
and my jean trousers. Nothing.994Please respect copyright.PENANAojLGEGgWvS
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."994Please respect copyright.PENANAHYve1OPAiq
I quickly ran out of the994Please respect copyright.PENANAITijqgwc4e
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 994Please respect copyright.PENANAB7YPhDE1Td
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 994Please respect copyright.PENANAmmwQBnRh5C
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 994Please respect copyright.PENANAv0Vmz84Orl
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could994Please respect copyright.PENANAmzFEi4DL2V
check for it inside.994Please respect copyright.PENANA5a3m9mJt9j
When I got to the 994Please respect copyright.PENANApS2DRmqH0k
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 994Please respect copyright.PENANAvZvZbzcheY
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I994Please respect copyright.PENANAz2hyBUBkog
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were994Please respect copyright.PENANAmIsGrm8zO9
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 994Please respect copyright.PENANAQzNWxWd0Oy
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 994Please respect copyright.PENANA5b4lYJ6wYu
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 994Please respect copyright.PENANAXbfaTTRm5x
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.994Please respect copyright.PENANAWttgD1t27o
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAJAGP7S2UB0
"Seriously, I can sue 994Please respect copyright.PENANAF59zfnqYRb
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so994Please respect copyright.PENANAU4kHNpPbca
fast. I never even heard him coming.994Please respect copyright.PENANA7wROQRgmtG
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.994Please respect copyright.PENANAT7iXZKwHry
"You're not my bodyguard994Please respect copyright.PENANAmc3XKSz6Uc
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 994Please respect copyright.PENANARnavLJOMq4
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."994Please respect copyright.PENANAcWILOLWj5Q
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.994Please respect copyright.PENANAtsiRVXBhsW
I blushed. "You know about that?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAmRpiBsaETq
"Everyone knows you have994Please respect copyright.PENANAh3Shb10I9z
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 994Please respect copyright.PENANAeUFLRtjOc6
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."994Please respect copyright.PENANAoOpii2l7pu
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."994Please respect copyright.PENANAP3XIY770Bl
"Looks like I did the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAqglDglKY6q
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 994Please respect copyright.PENANAlne3L3yLtW
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."994Please respect copyright.PENANABEMmnUG4pG
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.994Please respect copyright.PENANAxH4ZVWZk6g
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.994Please respect copyright.PENANAkFoHqbGWEp
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."994Please respect copyright.PENANAQqi1T6wyYn
"And because you're a 994Please respect copyright.PENANArb2uLb644j
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might994Please respect copyright.PENANA1XM1bUhJF1
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 994Please respect copyright.PENANA0Pb2T4wvxU
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."994Please respect copyright.PENANAKxS9jsRPRl
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."994Please respect copyright.PENANAaQw9qREcyj
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.994Please respect copyright.PENANAvjoTM8HAe0
"Can you at least tell 994Please respect copyright.PENANAkDKU8EQHRh
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator994Please respect copyright.PENANAeDrsECljN6
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.994Please respect copyright.PENANAsWn01Rd0kM
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.994Please respect copyright.PENANAIBn4zneN60
"What dramatic effect?" 994Please respect copyright.PENANAZz1pPJaeOp
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 994Please respect copyright.PENANAaYF2IlGWXK
came closer. I took a warning step back.994Please respect copyright.PENANAkkVFbIAZHU
"If you hadn't followed 994Please respect copyright.PENANAhFV77bfqlo
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 994Please respect copyright.PENANAlycDHExp5j
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference994Please respect copyright.PENANAFoUuO9n3w3
room."994Please respect copyright.PENANAFNwSDzIuhw
"What surprise?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAlC1b9fC1XJ
The elevator stopped and994Please respect copyright.PENANAux9c4bQL0D
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAwcxTVPKByb
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the994Please respect copyright.PENANAUWYoyUYkRp
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 994Please respect copyright.PENANAbLLt81SnNN
Seunghoon and I stepped out.994Please respect copyright.PENANAjtKUGJ9iUH
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.994Please respect copyright.PENANA0R7W5lyE5b
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.994Please respect copyright.PENANAt84ewXKlvF
"I already have a guess," I said.994Please respect copyright.PENANASfiwV7iSsI
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.994Please respect copyright.PENANAXGvhOKYmQZ
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."994Please respect copyright.PENANANuSipTzsKV
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.994Please respect copyright.PENANADG3GFOrqY3
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAltqojKSL3p
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.994Please respect copyright.PENANAG2xqgTDxOs
When we reached the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAkowFWq2oxe
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAIXlDSKI7dp
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 994Please respect copyright.PENANAi2BKoObD38
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.994Please respect copyright.PENANAvDCCUNAbyD
In the conference room 994Please respect copyright.PENANAtuOmyfOQEM
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 994Please respect copyright.PENANAfSfQJiba1T
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office994Please respect copyright.PENANAAnhgSq8rbq
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 994Please respect copyright.PENANAYkX7AJ5sdL
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 994Please respect copyright.PENANAQD9StskIit
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 994Please respect copyright.PENANAl4qcmQcSPB
though I did my best not to show it.994Please respect copyright.PENANAUEJbIjilIy
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.994Please respect copyright.PENANAaj5b9nJji6
I looked to the opposite994Please respect copyright.PENANAhPHw3QSSNC
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 994Please respect copyright.PENANACIQc0F7J1N
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 994Please respect copyright.PENANAZQWxQaTW7h
turned their backs to us facing the wall.994Please respect copyright.PENANAqqSHQzuUb5
"You don't have to act all high and mighty, you know?" I said to the person facing the wall. "I know it's you, GD."994Please respect copyright.PENANAMSJ9G9Aa7r
G-Dragon quickly turned 994Please respect copyright.PENANAogcj8j82uF
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 994Please respect copyright.PENANAXUhdLyZb7V
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.994Please respect copyright.PENANAL7VWUlRCuD
"Hi, Sam," said G-Dragon as he leaned his elbows on the table and his hands under his chin. "How did you know it was me?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAtcWfjx7lu7
"The message you sent me wasn't too hard to figure out that you would be here," I answered as I held up my phone.994Please respect copyright.PENANASRoFlxfP2C
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAOR4qU6LZYu
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAFAvji01knb
"Wait," said Lisa who 994Please respect copyright.PENANAJwdgIrhAyB
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused994Please respect copyright.PENANA8CN7KLqK8w
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAnOegZj0TR5
"It felt simple and 994Please respect copyright.PENANADiqeMej3zW
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 994Please respect copyright.PENANAjFHOtCONt2
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 994Please respect copyright.PENANAtAJlDjv6gL
with G-Dragon today."994Please respect copyright.PENANAhXn7v45SQi
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."994Please respect copyright.PENANAaB9MdBFdT6
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 994Please respect copyright.PENANAIlHSC7mDXI
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."994Please respect copyright.PENANAOfjbZMTS8Z
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.994Please respect copyright.PENANAhibanye6Iv
"Ya, I know I'm a 994Please respect copyright.PENANA5SDejnqDBd
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 994Please respect copyright.PENANA1qvusNFqhA
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."994Please respect copyright.PENANAjcFoiFspAA
"If you mean us getting 994Please respect copyright.PENANAN6RIcsTlK7
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 994Please respect copyright.PENANAJyvPDeNMvq
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 994Please respect copyright.PENANAeqHSenbvoE
by coincidence."994Please respect copyright.PENANAcJhqA17FlP
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."994Please respect copyright.PENANALXq2XD6pug
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.994Please respect copyright.PENANA2uucoeTqaF
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA8AFqDZfOsH
The rest of the BTW crew994Please respect copyright.PENANA6RZr2P2YdH
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 994Please respect copyright.PENANAh3xm668OGZ
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.994Please respect copyright.PENANAucJOXJYOBi
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.994Please respect copyright.PENANA8yq4CnNubS
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."994Please respect copyright.PENANAAjseV2VV0k
"Hold up," said Zoey who994Please respect copyright.PENANAQVdkSnUA2a
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 994Please respect copyright.PENANAPlwnNHfxmW
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAIMqFRT8ino
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.994Please respect copyright.PENANAicSYOfIaNx
"Told you we'll 994Please respect copyright.PENANAvUkEM5oFTA
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear994Please respect copyright.PENANABtUN63QsAo
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.994Please respect copyright.PENANABXHN90ToSb
"But is he going to do 994Please respect copyright.PENANAld05ILvY4j
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 994Please respect copyright.PENANABbNxuoD4j4
didn't really meet by coincidence."994Please respect copyright.PENANAZyunWUn0Ju
There was silence in the994Please respect copyright.PENANAVzBYQTbdJp
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 994Please respect copyright.PENANA38C2Rzz450
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 994Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ4wmdd9Xc
planning to do.994Please respect copyright.PENANAELOzpacBKG
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.994Please respect copyright.PENANAIeGblwvZgk
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAcs1EcoKDW0
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.994Please respect copyright.PENANAKn0qiZotCn
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.994Please respect copyright.PENANAXeXY4LEvAZ
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.994Please respect copyright.PENANAvBZfXMHNfQ
"And also because he's 994Please respect copyright.PENANAnd7iwYiY9J
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 994Please respect copyright.PENANAxU0LVQZChf
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."994Please respect copyright.PENANA4uo5A4sKED
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAJi3qqbQ7tK
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA0hN7AuUeAI
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.994Please respect copyright.PENANA112ExQHdeU
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA5URux4KZet
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5MkmqRHDS
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.994Please respect copyright.PENANARInuXa92QG
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."994Please respect copyright.PENANAqZ6otmmc2b
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAGBLz6x3Flw
G-Dragon smiled. He had 994Please respect copyright.PENANA46GVJJbLl5
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 994Please respect copyright.PENANAqKO14zHRgG
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to994Please respect copyright.PENANAuqwjvNYwEc
deal with G-Dragon instead.994Please respect copyright.PENANAJJR9FFoKeJ
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAmF5YLqKq3C
"What do you want?" I asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANA0seouWEPOn
G-Dragon looked at me as994Please respect copyright.PENANAHztVlKRD2y
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 994Please respect copyright.PENANADCLwcOChzq
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I994Please respect copyright.PENANAP0I3U1BZI8
came to any conclusions.994Please respect copyright.PENANAdRHEfIqqV5
"To make things clear 994Please respect copyright.PENANAhXval8jKEI
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a994Please respect copyright.PENANA5JZmmbgHsp
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 994Please respect copyright.PENANABzIQoHdSGx
thinking about doing the same thing."994Please respect copyright.PENANAWrhSMENKgr
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.994Please respect copyright.PENANATuTO1TQvwy
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."994Please respect copyright.PENANA7oCEYJVxiN
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."994Please respect copyright.PENANATi40Rv2Jq3
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.994Please respect copyright.PENANADVY3WhxFKk
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.994Please respect copyright.PENANADwoyiONOCg
"That's the problem," said G-Dragon. "You guys aren't going to let it slide and this why I came here with a deal."994Please respect copyright.PENANAK5UHihq2IL
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.994Please respect copyright.PENANAcy774k6pxn
"All's fair in love and 994Please respect copyright.PENANARQkDVZVfoV
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 994Please respect copyright.PENANAIpKBbvWQ0V
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 994Please respect copyright.PENANA1wtyamTCur
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."994Please respect copyright.PENANAVfYuv9oJMK
"Come on," Christine 994Please respect copyright.PENANA8HhP6TJjLf
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 994Please respect copyright.PENANALrBJBlYsmD
won't be here for long and you know it."994Please respect copyright.PENANARGAJmirqdR
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."994Please respect copyright.PENANA7JcMHTG5ht
"BTW is nothing but a 994Please respect copyright.PENANAyatRih3e4Q
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 994Please respect copyright.PENANAVFL0fABEHL
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."994Please respect copyright.PENANAYvJeulKiLz
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.994Please respect copyright.PENANAh1w6A9gqq1
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."994Please respect copyright.PENANAV7TPwcGEyc
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.994Please respect copyright.PENANAoGKwvgAwOI
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.994Please respect copyright.PENANAMoykKygakF
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.994Please respect copyright.PENANA4kBgHxQzkQ
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.994Please respect copyright.PENANAHphSLw54SB
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.994Please respect copyright.PENANAp0qetMzoAx
"See, there's a lots of things BTW can do though it might only be for a short while," I said as I smirked looking at G-Dragon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAab2hPqfm54
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAve3I9KYtuj
Upon saying that, the 994Please respect copyright.PENANA8D8aM9BfMc
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 994Please respect copyright.PENANA8AmJQV2l06
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 994Please respect copyright.PENANAn8vGX1RDVd
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 994Please respect copyright.PENANAaBZ9AvEez3
seated stood up.994Please respect copyright.PENANAKSeRDlt6a4
I gulped. I hope the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAoe21gMaP6j
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where994Please respect copyright.PENANAXJtWPnvWqs
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.994Please respect copyright.PENANA6W3YM1IR1e
The two managers had 994Please respect copyright.PENANAorW9XArnL9
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 994Please respect copyright.PENANAbxk0Xy57KL
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 994Please respect copyright.PENANAOZ0lNZn6G8
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 994Please respect copyright.PENANAkSChxlWSK1
is wrong.994Please respect copyright.PENANAf1HRcd3gHw
"Good that you're all 994Please respect copyright.PENANAy5922E6ZJU
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 994Please respect copyright.PENANAPZbtiWfjxk
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."994Please respect copyright.PENANAE0TEaTfFHS
I have always hated it 994Please respect copyright.PENANAMctoZbqF0O
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 994Please respect copyright.PENANA7xfgYbB6pP
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 994Please respect copyright.PENANA8XtkXOiz53
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really994Please respect copyright.PENANAqUK1iJijDz
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 994Please respect copyright.PENANAo9nNi9JIXz
their seats.994Please respect copyright.PENANAkl42h86JiM
The two managers and Lee994Please respect copyright.PENANAbCuRt7NIRp
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 994Please respect copyright.PENANAUotIDmqpvR
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit994Please respect copyright.PENANAqdp2G5a5yt
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 994Please respect copyright.PENANAP9uElX5nE4
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I994Please respect copyright.PENANAw5SrxCM8HK
was.994Please respect copyright.PENANAFVYZ61Ir9t
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."994Please respect copyright.PENANAnHyoWOYkU8
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."994Please respect copyright.PENANAwe3cGUUFtH
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.994Please respect copyright.PENANAiKqBjTZVKB
Zoey sighed loudly in 994Please respect copyright.PENANAsfVmh1trxH
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 994Please respect copyright.PENANAzM81agKUZb
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 994Please respect copyright.PENANAcIAYiwUbA5
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a994Please respect copyright.PENANA1XNWzplUNs
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 994Please respect copyright.PENANAPyO8J9PSdz
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."994Please respect copyright.PENANAnle92WCwqN
The two managers 994Please respect copyright.PENANAe5DBAVN8N5
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 994Please respect copyright.PENANANheBRJapkz
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 994Please respect copyright.PENANAsVgJSSxBc5
That was so not cool.994Please respect copyright.PENANAjqU47waffr
"You never cease to amaze me, Zoey," said Yang Hyun-suk. "And you're right. This BTW thing was nothing but a one time thing."994Please respect copyright.PENANAq0tomrW3EL
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.994Please respect copyright.PENANAGZGup0mfUJ
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.994Please respect copyright.PENANAf8s48pw59G
My ears perked up when 994Please respect copyright.PENANAEhvMwMrQmd
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 994Please respect copyright.PENANABoCtKZAi8E
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?994Please respect copyright.PENANAhXUHJMvtdf
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAvnPMBsfzVm
"We heard you outside 994Please respect copyright.PENANAseMrC3ERC1
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 994Please respect copyright.PENANAS4RNaPBw1K
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.994Please respect copyright.PENANAT5VGcTGTMc
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.994Please respect copyright.PENANAh2ss5DUZlf
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.994Please respect copyright.PENANAyGM440317h
"Yes, Sam. For real," 994Please respect copyright.PENANAiTbgRE24kU
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 994Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ2VMiazxu
through further scrutiny about this decision."994Please respect copyright.PENANADNOwrg25BB
I smiled. Even if they 994Please respect copyright.PENANA5QbD1dbUSU
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 994Please respect copyright.PENANAirRsm9ZcOx
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.994Please respect copyright.PENANAAC9suGRGkF
There was an exciting 994Please respect copyright.PENANAzWReTiLSYn
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 994Please respect copyright.PENANAjPofvRFG9x
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 994Please respect copyright.PENANAUyV4pfuYZM
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 994Please respect copyright.PENANAX4PFscgFAt
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 994Please respect copyright.PENANAeJp55RbpPr
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.994Please respect copyright.PENANAXZmKdoXMj3
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAduJeGeVHAm
I turned to my other 994Please respect copyright.PENANAhoGDwacRsU
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 994Please respect copyright.PENANAvlm4j2Lt26
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 994Please respect copyright.PENANAPPp7xYOEW2
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 994Please respect copyright.PENANAY4zHvttdQJ
now, didn't matter.994Please respect copyright.PENANAcFUXbmFIsn
"You heard them when 994Please respect copyright.PENANA1TZvTk39ZH
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 994Please respect copyright.PENANAGtGpumShRs
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."994Please respect copyright.PENANAHwF42O8iPF
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.994Please respect copyright.PENANAhngL55ZX1L
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.994Please respect copyright.PENANAHGlsH6s00D
"And so even if we tried to object to it you would refuse us to do so because the decision came from you, right?" I asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAdVJuxfj5SZ
This time it was me, or I994Please respect copyright.PENANAt3NgV2rOx3
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 994Please respect copyright.PENANArUaCYLjKSm
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 994Please respect copyright.PENANA5DLFBLFPFa
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 994Please respect copyright.PENANAx9DqcyELIl
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 994Please respect copyright.PENANAe9vhZpoRhN
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him994Please respect copyright.PENANAcJmLujst8D
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 994Please respect copyright.PENANAZkn9crExn8
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 994Please respect copyright.PENANABG52JOFSz5
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.994Please respect copyright.PENANAlidIS1fITL
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.994Please respect copyright.PENANA1xeD7MJgnE
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.994Please respect copyright.PENANAkmhdnCUOdE
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."994Please respect copyright.PENANAgzTBR1rUjg
"We all agree," said Daniel.994Please respect copyright.PENANAompfaUgS2b
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."994Please respect copyright.PENANAMymxKriAXf
"But just because it 994Please respect copyright.PENANAzlEXlH4kso
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 994Please respect copyright.PENANAMBUTBvSqRg
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.994Please respect copyright.PENANA5FeO5xnyGM
"Okay, so that's settled994Please respect copyright.PENANAZwe3z1WYwD
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 994Please respect copyright.PENANA54XkXrBrTW
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make994Please respect copyright.PENANAjibIp3kWYO
BTW official."994Please respect copyright.PENANAhFWC1B1RLd
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAl9nMvILpiy
I noticed that most of 994Please respect copyright.PENANAAk8IN1qBa9
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 994Please respect copyright.PENANAHrN5VaiQMj
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 994Please respect copyright.PENANAy43vLwK7kw
when she looked at me and I grinned.994Please respect copyright.PENANAxjovZu6KSR
"Okay, then," said Yang Hyun-suk as he rubbed his hands. "Now that's been taken care of, you may go but, with one condition."994Please respect copyright.PENANAKYkLtuwgsJ
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.994Please respect copyright.PENANAiS3EUn8nlL
"Before we make BTW 994Please respect copyright.PENANARXdtB4sBhT
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 994Please respect copyright.PENANAZErxOzx0TR
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 994Please respect copyright.PENANA7j0qriITn4
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 994Please respect copyright.PENANAREGDSR0K1o
low for a while. Is that good?"994Please respect copyright.PENANA38S9PV6Gdc
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."994Please respect copyright.PENANACHgfglqRYA
"That's fair enough," 994Please respect copyright.PENANAzUzEhXHBgj
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 994Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3OJAccXKi
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to994Please respect copyright.PENANA1eJpFhzkBZ
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 994Please respect copyright.PENANA47DJz4hQTV
so."994Please respect copyright.PENANAIRUlqaA5iI
"So you want to crush 994Please respect copyright.PENANASKeX333k77
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I994Please respect copyright.PENANAqx1sum1TwN
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 994Please respect copyright.PENANAKq9Pz4ehki
strategy."994Please respect copyright.PENANA4HWGSKOxGG
"Then if all is well and994Please respect copyright.PENANATAAgYO2GlS
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 994Please respect copyright.PENANAnWZ4ZpAkyj
updated and not a word on social media."994Please respect copyright.PENANA9En20j5nLD
I stood up from my seat 994Please respect copyright.PENANA3Xp4byYMr9
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 994Please respect copyright.PENANAcdmRw7OMR0
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 994Please respect copyright.PENANAQxtpX1rW8m
walk out, I stopped them.994Please respect copyright.PENANAFzaS0pOUev
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.994Please respect copyright.PENANAUvE6T1ePfO
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANANWsALUxHQN
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."994Please respect copyright.PENANAFh2frJM45q
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.994Please respect copyright.PENANAJWN83zUS6U
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.994Please respect copyright.PENANACUceXfHNUM
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.994Please respect copyright.PENANAia9A7tG4Iy
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 994Please respect copyright.PENANANamfHP6fHV
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a994Please respect copyright.PENANAfmyLgMUHID
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.994Please respect copyright.PENANAveq8TEz0gA
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"994Please respect copyright.PENANAe9UaLtfuPz
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.994Please respect copyright.PENANAX52pZHLu5U
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.994Please respect copyright.PENANAXGESQ1dF10
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.994Please respect copyright.PENANA9s18qlGPuF
"This is like the best 994Please respect copyright.PENANAKFM3oyVkOi
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 994Please respect copyright.PENANAzNRXtulFsF
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."994Please respect copyright.PENANAhD7IUTm3jo
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.994Please respect copyright.PENANA9AUKrvWWSy
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."994Please respect copyright.PENANAhndecyFA44
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.994Please respect copyright.PENANACctnchthOX
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."994Please respect copyright.PENANAU9QlipzPzx
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAm5oJgsLu5M
"I knew there was a 994Please respect copyright.PENANAF5UelPEsrU
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"994Please respect copyright.PENANAHTCqBG0I5v
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 994Please respect copyright.PENANA0gMptI5W5o
G-Dragon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAOzv6xDKT2X
"You knew?" Christine asked.994Please respect copyright.PENANAKGJlDZyJX8
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."994Please respect copyright.PENANAHCfev8Dzsx
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."994Please respect copyright.PENANAE9F6y0fTPa
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.994Please respect copyright.PENANAXhPzk8xEqn
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.994Please respect copyright.PENANAsWBD7MnVf2
"I'll just say, I'm mad at you, GD. But since you did us this huge favour, I forgive you," said Zoey as she smiled.994Please respect copyright.PENANArWVd88Teck
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"994Please respect copyright.PENANATxS5Ve3QdF
"Well, you guys can tell994Please respect copyright.PENANAG4zXY8jKmm
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 994Please respect copyright.PENANA0WjwaeRXQS
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 994Please respect copyright.PENANAFy5scOPpkb
aren't going to go into the same car."994Please respect copyright.PENANAy7qpo9Qkjn
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAGFAG1aBGWG
Everyone else started to994Please respect copyright.PENANAZPhxpOkR37
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and994Please respect copyright.PENANAOStdNrwCLN
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 994Please respect copyright.PENANAAMWtdfnzO8
only G-Dragon and I.994Please respect copyright.PENANAgFMMNmLfjs
"I'm mad at you," I started.994Please respect copyright.PENANACGoVRwqHFK
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."994Please respect copyright.PENANAeLww3PN0Li
"Save it." I held my 994Please respect copyright.PENANA7fNS6JjRmO
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 994Please respect copyright.PENANA8g7sFSjvKG
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 994Please respect copyright.PENANAgPIVKnOFTU
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up994Please respect copyright.PENANAQC52DJrQNs
a war again."994Please respect copyright.PENANAtKGZlt61UB
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."994Please respect copyright.PENANAAjLXBjNCId
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."994Please respect copyright.PENANA8p4jA1tfM5
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."994Please respect copyright.PENANAh7OPz7pJHz
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."994Please respect copyright.PENANAMWiYaXACa8
G-Dragon looked at me 994Please respect copyright.PENANAbl2Jk37nzH
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 994Please respect copyright.PENANAI8fKSNq6qg
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 994Please respect copyright.PENANAnJERTtM1Du
stab in the heart.994Please respect copyright.PENANAUkF1VYi33y
"You're right. I realise it now because I didn't get what I want. But I want us to forget that all this ever happened."994Please respect copyright.PENANAJvaBIXehjT
"You know, the others 994Please respect copyright.PENANAvVVO0Onr2A
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 994Please respect copyright.PENANAEdXNYrHLEc
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out994Please respect copyright.PENANAvyN1FSBQJp
with WINNER yesterday."994Please respect copyright.PENANAAU3VMbVw9l
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."994Please respect copyright.PENANAeuVPafJ7mZ
I nodded my head. What I994Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5UQGP35ge
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 994Please respect copyright.PENANAM8F4LG2hDm
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but994Please respect copyright.PENANAXaczmhOXN8
of Seunghoon and I.994Please respect copyright.PENANAcaHNveGVAA
"You know you and I can 994Please respect copyright.PENANAHkolFoJnvr
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 994Please respect copyright.PENANALE8EskIqX4
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest994Please respect copyright.PENANAbc8wacFJHJ
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 994Please respect copyright.PENANAF9NICIKCy1
down the rocks."994Please respect copyright.PENANAHErLzcxLwG
I headed for the door 994Please respect copyright.PENANAegYMvLRdvA
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 994Please respect copyright.PENANAaS9Hjvis0R
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood994Please respect copyright.PENANAGwz2BYfSrK
Zoey, waiting.994Please respect copyright.PENANAKxvr1Jozmu
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.994Please respect copyright.PENANAFnN2hTDLG2
"I sure hope so," I said994Please respect copyright.PENANAsQH08P8uvu
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 994Please respect copyright.PENANAaytWf9DQZQ
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.994Please respect copyright.PENANAVd6JbPpgmh
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."994Please respect copyright.PENANA9wAf4Ssh59
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.994Please respect copyright.PENANAkrgdbYiBCP
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.994Please respect copyright.PENANAETUNlKn1eY
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.994Please respect copyright.PENANAmMscsYtQNZ
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."994Please respect copyright.PENANA0qC8j6Y2gn
"You know computers are 994Please respect copyright.PENANAxRFCzFFbv9
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do994Please respect copyright.PENANAuvXqfg9ufP
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 994Please respect copyright.PENANAcKSe5bGx2I
supposed to."994Please respect copyright.PENANAcEviz6fqOl
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."994Please respect copyright.PENANAKQs9bBXCIt
I smiled. "You always call me that."994Please respect copyright.PENANA2px8gWME2U
"Ya, because you're smart too."994Please respect copyright.PENANAs9ZDiTAM17
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.994Please respect copyright.PENANAlsN3pfwrlo
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.994Please respect copyright.PENANAhKDcT0rBRs
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."994Please respect copyright.PENANAVIwWXaWkgY
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"994Please respect copyright.PENANAcYiw0denFl
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.994Please respect copyright.PENANA0QBfwzIPz4
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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