
Hanging out at Times 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsOLiGxvuzA
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdJV9r0OIjy
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAi41mEIU5ky
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsiZ7tt41v9
But that didn't matter. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAC3aokddtbp
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUnewxxjHQ3
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2Lp02aNLKM
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAm24ZLnsF46
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJrsAAXDvoL
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJjnTdR4m3V
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAv81OQTgWyK
actually played around with the adorable kids.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgChaJ4ZkVJ
There were plenty of 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9mSJHGLB7Y
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPBSCpS68Dz
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXUSkCKluHQ
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGb6ikI4QDb
fans too.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWucGkGHJ2F
The time we were done 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5G5zumOYse
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiUCQ3Ac6Ue
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAw8MZ6b4HVt
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1ziPPIcQzo
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaXk8KpQXOd
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADA8oHyBh9S
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyt8HyHjHzT
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIOijImhEfX
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAexfbsp4w0Q
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADbX4suuLi6
previous day, of course.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAsfBGjeUyt
As much as the managers 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA457NGRdUET
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA28q7K1KIYH
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdaB5CqamBq
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0RhFkAQFEs
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuqTiiWj5nw
Right now, this very 1061Please respect copyright.PENANASftFxvTBaN
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAA4cYI1YAcx
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZHhwbQwphc
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWXtTkWKBiD
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9nNTL1BJVY
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlLMnQ1E2qA
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAavL3fIXWlg
and I just couldn't take it.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVVBEzQHeFG
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAU48HknS9v8
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAumGbrbhR1L
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANALKOyCYdrn9
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxWhxUcPzPr
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXxk3KdXOqB
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyeT84gPdyI
"I thought you said your plan would work."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAh23ddQ0qC8
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0pArkHf8Ta
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANANbxVuMBdDO
I felt like slapping my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoIjeleJdtP
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwFpsQgbGON
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAu1dQTZoSRL
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWdvTtMOkeQ
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbgRa9eHyiH
off.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAc5cxc314g3
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8Eaj9AJAQK
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtKt36gV3Q2
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmFsCLZlNH5
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKbKCEFSPrQ
I shrugged. She read my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcNUT7GdDep
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyzKPPlQ092
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWqBusHRAjH
me the whole time."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAf3qD3Uwn09
I sat down on my bed as 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANsCf3eCEBs
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlQQavqR2sY
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhZYuwiEpwt
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyYO0DamOce
"Gosh, you really should1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdeVNdvvgdc
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVnNGa8lrmU
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfNrrx3N1C3
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQdV6LarcAO
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVzIrCGdgb6
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1061Please respect copyright.PENANACogSnUqCA4
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXKeARqSt7V
"Mike is annoying 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjI7mNpEJA5
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQAiEvdXk3Q
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUF4nh5zcX3
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuquqNepKxA
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAz7T1QCCufF
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOrWO19aPgb
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsIjaP2KiMr
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUs6HlIDZvv
"Sorry, but just so you 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAR3GsBSw4Tl
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHb3Tr2Wu8H
that pic of you and him together."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAil5Gi5FEO4
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJFZIgA3Iz8
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEJnE6YvgT9
I blushed and at the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfnZMqEgaPo
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAI3VaL0T2at
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiWMmf1WFeQ
other hidden agenda.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7IHVeFzQeM
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8B00ZAMJBd
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfEF4SmzSjV
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAV8Y2BVPF6A
I sighed in surrender. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAz1Q11HOJ6D
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANASm8Re8dm3Z
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApvviVfbFuL
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgCKLOwwVRx
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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgqg7QocqGM
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkNZfsoMc9h
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbvyZPNl5lw
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzT3Et5Yx7l
Zoey had an excited look1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEflo6YuTnB
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADbrdEnthFE
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMQiOJivSZj
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPehefsKyfG
clearly show all over her face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANARTxraGi6ld
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0ofxuJvVUo
I shook my head. "And?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8m9GGuCUGs
Zoey folded her arms, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAT4WtZMmgFB
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1061Please respect copyright.PENANALI56nu4Iab
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGQCV2wZMNd
"Hold that thought. This1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdgD9CKm5xg
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ2lI02EGK
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1061Please respect copyright.PENANASdjSWzkzOk
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoRqwV5hSBx
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJaRTltKOei
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcDoRr9IIml
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5NIiUtkYcL
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxi6ZCzhCMv
"Well, he hid in our closet."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAwowY3PkQJ
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFVfN8fUZ9x
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmYj4pVRGgn
"Ya, why?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANApLa86J4BAs
"Looks like we just 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUUxS7x2u9a
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHHLwpytwSl
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZmdqwNmaDG
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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYKeVHh9dHC
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1061Please respect copyright.PENANABRuUBZ6lgH
"What do you mean? You 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6h7z5wa8zb
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3WZ8IUnwVv
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANALNX9aKUIeY
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaNwMvFwDpw
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWNUA5YUfrP
"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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAe1zrUwqoKm
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhILIf4aulS
"I wanted to but I kept 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADYk0VmoCqm
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADzoWUeR2mP
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMT5CD1YhcJ
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjgBWRwe4iw
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfjKNLWRRYr
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIzhX2BpI7Y
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANARzAkTyFPhL
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1061Please respect copyright.PENANASJfB3auTpu
I quickly stood up and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHn4aRPDEi7
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQMy0tlDFs1
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHx53nj7LOe
her back.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAf1LFfWtIDj
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUhYbKRTen4
"Zoey, you're going to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4d7YolzOEd
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhFEDPyF8tc
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg8ssDl1FZM
own hair pink in the next ten years."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEVaJIqGa1c
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoaJtd8rqwE
"You're lying."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA16oOSFy4Xx
"I'm telling the truth!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvQHQnYJ9Zz
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANADKmWEhxVOu
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzv7gNJGhDb
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZXaFCoyt9i
"I can't tell you that."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGdUDe8hQs2
"Why?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAf5jXM8sP41
"Because it's 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJRnpeqp1fB
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFoeQeZW9cl
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUXlzMkHb5q
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoGKroaVbRy
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFPiVu25Tfo
"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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAW6CLj9cR6G
"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.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEAaTzifkam
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwPYZ5WI8nC
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVhOp5DPfrm
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9za47Z8QqB
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjIQunMhFHA
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1zG06Pe9hQ
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5DoUQPRiic
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAepEjbdPXGu
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg86o3mLLi3
I playfully rolled my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbrmsr3S6Qp
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUnxhz93Ml0
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7XpZzOMIyn
also looked worried.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdJZKYh4d9G
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAO9Lt3fclNP
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7d8mX0rNyg
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhQyqYhvOeB
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxRh4B3Ef2V
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjESFwMbxml
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAj9YQAqdPy2
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg7PCzZw2jp
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvJaDXPFw8D
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGAQuqNA7xL
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA24ZNieUL3C
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6GFYr73k5f
"Okay, first of all," 1061Please respect copyright.PENANABuikMdrMvT
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXKeko5M3s1
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1061Please respect copyright.PENANARZ6LkM9j9O
he wasn't mad at you."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAphnpxgtvRn
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPLKTeNfkbT
"That, he couldn't say."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAjGyUrRJXC
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKwAlM4qHfr
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQjjceAusSL
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1061Please respect copyright.PENANATnd8LjovQl
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAv8Q22tGOFk
Christine pressed the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdv713yi0NN
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYQgnV5LioH
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApg5ycL1GKe
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAu8nbh0WPr9
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzVH0FTLkQB
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPFPXRBX6uq
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxqTYiFfqGk
We got to YG right on 1061Please respect copyright.PENANArGoQ3EYbkL
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAslGBksGmP7
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgCOEq07kwT
arrived a few seconds earlier.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqnsEaU7S1f
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAx027OjHjMF
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJCc3k1Aeqm
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqyBvxnvBvJ
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7p3cHZgIU2
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmMcRjrWvzN
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMniyHbLnTW
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAt0lub54v8F
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUosOI0uCIl
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAKPUCiOYF1
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAT8gCerS4sR
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmhfQVDH9Kd
"There will be no such 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmFydWXVcyT
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbj9F1sVqQ9
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAF3BgUbR6d5
"And you're making it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjuBl2nJ62Z
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA30pIzXYCc5
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAR2IxLKwd4b
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAH51mjsMelk
"Trust me, you don't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAW5tXLGdryO
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1061Please respect copyright.PENANAH5DuJYmhPM
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1061Please respect copyright.PENANALWeh56ayDp
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5ceuBPqD2L
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlUCqT2Rlxl
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAu3B0Amua2l
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA57AIGXifUn
"Look, whether they are 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAexF872iYeJ
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaVaDnrcevU
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1cIrj72sqK
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkubJArQ0lE
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1061Please respect copyright.PENANApY4X8gDML7
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA71saP2FjaP
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfrDcGVEC1f
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzoLxBYQ54S
I gave Lee a sad smile 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3EnoSUTVka
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlapbOKaNIv
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGxgvu132aC
your life. Like suicide.1061Please respect copyright.PENANATjNksTLIpN
We started our way 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnDTXPrlUdo
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAo0dH0RAPcJ
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZbngfuSwke
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMctBJNMqST
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxMOxiePYpG
I quickly ran out of the1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7iJAOSAGsE
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkIOC4PyW4h
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY41OVUIUr9
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAF3TMoZifsw
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlgBWkHSrdj
check for it inside.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzt23omVvxl
When I got to the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaI0TLCpLcF
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMD6XzCMbyF
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVIvgT7OCqj
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1061Please respect copyright.PENANA731V0FgRw0
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmZtas0dnZu
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFAfkrkNi7o
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANlF6YCVjXm
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGi0wUXElao
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA71fXnjAOjT
"Seriously, I can sue 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAu8Kydm7tKR
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1061Please respect copyright.PENANADUqWa8KAYf
fast. I never even heard him coming.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAra12dOaPrE
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYuMLQd25Yt
"You're not my bodyguard1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPLiOAjiOgI
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7pFIw7bvSe
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAExP6zRdzz1
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQupqG1dawv
I blushed. "You know about that?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMByuOQptTW
"Everyone knows you have1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjmqKsoDG43
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzE0T5tzmtA
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwxkpjBuPJv
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaSggy0z5Yv
"Looks like I did the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAA4K9dq7h1T
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGde3ceBaO1
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2sr64sKCFS
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKXGV5jKL8v
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1061Please respect copyright.PENANABCzlDRt28a
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1xc41wBAVk
"And because you're a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAK3v8ODKdNZ
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeu3nJ0RKp7
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIj5uQsbavv
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5VjcxKSWyo
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVm6yUX1Dgv
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuT5eEw7eqU
"Can you at least tell 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfnmVb6Zxpt
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1061Please respect copyright.PENANAm4bvVyVwsK
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1LrCoExCXH
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ox33HH4JR
"What dramatic effect?" 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAauO402cMyL
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQUdHE1ezeP
came closer. I took a warning step back.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkgrtacXRuj
"If you hadn't followed 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAK0kEl2bAMC
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxaug5LmdAf
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPkzeiYL4eq
room."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOXgWKH2HJL
"What surprise?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPvjjUZkfRn
The elevator stopped and1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdnz6Q35WLH
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfwbnNM2FGR
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMJKn9B0jzu
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhlIdPHauDC
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1061Please respect copyright.PENANADBVS1tfJ3x
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAH2sl2Vg5Sj
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAowRGyMv7fY
"I already have a guess," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsP23ZzZI4L
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOHFvL0unYO
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAl8HKpeYoCp
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1061Please respect copyright.PENANACFpmnkbJoC
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAE2u3bIo99q
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAODKyO82J38
When we reached the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHDUnP3UxZL
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFtkTh9l8r2
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKve83QLRlg
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkV78zdG2Rq
In the conference room 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYlQIkaL1V2
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVUumP2llP3
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcEwWQAHLf5
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqWy7IYF9Vt
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhYqereFJG2
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEhvMU5xllQ
though I did my best not to show it.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtFE841S2bb
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1061Please respect copyright.PENANABpkhLyApQM
I looked to the opposite1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7sW191PcBW
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkKjeTqHXT9
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiOOEBSgxN7
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcBGE30ViJX
"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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAis32aLl22u
G-Dragon quickly turned 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4NLUwGyzGX
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUGtZvdP2Xs
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvU1epv1atm
"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?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhF35KM4HjB
"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.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhq8xSTlzEc
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAG4qNzscaPf
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAydcarVy19A
"Wait," said Lisa who 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuvOtqKZjGs
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1061Please respect copyright.PENANACjIcjHtfAx
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZOPFvRJMCX
"It felt simple and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaUKchK9obR
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAG4VT8fjo5r
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGtSC36wQJ3
with G-Dragon today."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXtwKJEnBrt
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAapm1aKM18z
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2jI9HDc6ag
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAU2vw3BUury
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAia4k57oIuo
"Ya, I know I'm a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbjTzXbCSHJ
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANATkDPjEjWMr
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1061Please respect copyright.PENANATRN2JcXR8o
"If you mean us getting 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwqVlAZQvAE
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXIqBSfxKXj
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGMTj9zk9fO
by coincidence."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsNRMkzt33T
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwYgZIlsYHn
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnLGgl1Qal9
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgEEAyUKnf3
The rest of the BTW crew1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiKhAMLu5lP
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANALEayd46M0r
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA26rKWPbzSM
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGyRFawyToE
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnB580A5TER
"Hold up," said Zoey who1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZpOqA5d2oq
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5ADaPTILBE
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANALqIK2JUyte
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlNW1e0IB0g
"Told you we'll 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzN3RVBKbFF
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuJK3ZQM256
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMxH6xBhuQi
"But is he going to do 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA16R516L89m
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmWwudPjCRa
didn't really meet by coincidence."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgaeU9pX6PZ
There was silence in the1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYa0i768Lnq
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3eaIKrKrtr
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPYMLSWRwVv
planning to do.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkGzcbVbNur
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1061Please respect copyright.PENANABH803Q8rIH
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhoHdpnpRF4
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAid0QhklaJ9
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1061Please respect copyright.PENANApfpuDgd9vx
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgOEovoxk7e
"And also because he's 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1NXU9VgMZU
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8JJuRTLWOB
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA29TfevrnTS
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgCFXfSHB4h
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzyGHBQcyA3
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXNKVJ6tNLK
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkXeWmA9NEC
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAciqkjcBoqH
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8zYUZrfl8M
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkInNFZ3fOd
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0GksXPs7je
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUEtcA2gvZT
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIynDZyLsJy
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1061Please respect copyright.PENANAssQ8uPwjZS
deal with G-Dragon instead.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxt4RX6IEbu
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7PSNEXziWV
"What do you want?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEQM97hSdQ1
G-Dragon looked at me as1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAkWMYSQiAq
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXfea4xLDFx
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4eBB7GqpVO
came to any conclusions.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXV2w7PLG2t
"To make things clear 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA241y1HxLb0
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhEass1snAv
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfQivYkE148
thinking about doing the same thing."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjwPHz2wMrk
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA86GIa06S5H
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1061Please respect copyright.PENANApxx5pCOfoa
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeEXWlXkyQa
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUGa4xSMMgA
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAadG4yCG2gH
"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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoZMQWWCHBI
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANATHD0zBmRXy
"All's fair in love and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANATE3r9EYZ1M
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApP5LZ0ammj
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwzQADSEfLM
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAx77jmC7vWa
"Come on," Christine 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAafpG5f5KMM
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACjUQKFIuAk
won't be here for long and you know it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsfAqu24Fis
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhwazgDHCNQ
"BTW is nothing but a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANABarJd3fZHy
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXEHZcXNfCs
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZfgEecws5j
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAw1VkMu4WhN
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2s9Igf5LJX
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAa59MxI5osJ
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA95rJt6OCEw
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5WyndYklLu
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXRUxFPZahx
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAifR5PYMMHF
"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.1061Please respect copyright.PENANANxrBAXFuqB
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKywTxjglia
Upon saying that, the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAb9kMeqpcmE
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAr4Su6oF6FG
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMdhrlZ1m8V
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAf2SxPzFoPc
seated stood up.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsJRf2XcUl8
I gulped. I hope the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQVzi2ShpIl
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4FsjHTl8AA
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXGywv4WkvH
The two managers had 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAu8IyM0Qlwd
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwq3G6lK6S7
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAL4VEre9P3r
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtajPTTH2oD
is wrong.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2T0TTwPk1S
"Good that you're all 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFMzZEtlMvu
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvsgCgikTPs
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjhI1MAGvQl
I have always hated it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAav9QRNxRr0
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwn3YHuEjKU
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnA1Z8DFFIa
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHhlYeXuGN3
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ3gnQt38b
their seats.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOk89dxeJoa
The two managers and Lee1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPluX4vSGBb
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZCJzugNrS9
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVNm7j3iB18
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqFucCS8cVm
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7u53p87Pbu
was.1061Please respect copyright.PENANACcuUxwgPES
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQe1wOfG69y
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAInr1WlsrIu
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA24EgcLNg7O
Zoey sighed loudly in 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUnDVazcSQu
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACSY3hQlOxk
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPGmshsMCGy
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvjWeMBAyhj
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAP2hJSS0Gwt
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1061Please respect copyright.PENANArfHDRslSj9
The two managers 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMgXPylhQCl
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjdWz8tL1OI
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANARYmI5rCmn9
That was so not cool.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAynKvGeI5Ro
"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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9sXLeHk9qA
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1061Please respect copyright.PENANALSEMAcM6R1
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdmMDecKJ1h
My ears perked up when 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9a7wdZUsOT
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAa4kwSTcmCP
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1061Please respect copyright.PENANA68pqTpFRff
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANACMFNb9X8IO
"We heard you outside 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANMay0vxnmu
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAScW38CirHB
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPDusUeTL0e
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIy1WKQxS9j
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKc4psVfmNC
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaYTi7ySQ0R
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnYS9nYH7c0
through further scrutiny about this decision."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAx8iVYB7upR
I smiled. Even if they 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoRrYy73Azb
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxBvl3h2WlE
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgoEhraKKsd
There was an exciting 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAisxABI2Pr8
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlKKaEJtn1N
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHNwY1duVYT
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfo4jp95j3v
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1061Please respect copyright.PENANABMZHI0t3d8
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXOmEWP3ZYp
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgdLjsK6NJ0
I turned to my other 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzYJecD6i6C
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAL6jPkppWgS
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhHQZIiKdJB
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9HZ3MDr21N
now, didn't matter.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHIDfSw5fWK
"You heard them when 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEpwGNK8ixW
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAt3nIwutnfM
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAE6gQS2j1tx
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKrsPUF2xZA
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4xj0ofjNoV
"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.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9qQiOPbCy1
This time it was me, or I1061Please respect copyright.PENANApDeeFTbtaY
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAU4NEXmlZzi
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAV7b9o5GR3v
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkOBHTGpJDZ
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5xvYcEnllj
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhJrKYfXGYV
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAI6UYA6mXzL
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAw9ohn06UX4
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1061Please respect copyright.PENANABWLfcF7vwR
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1061Please respect copyright.PENANApl7wbabQLW
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZQc2H6FFFj
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAp9hNUFlWRu
"We all agree," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2b5L47GAYe
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA75svyyO1ay
"But just because it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqbxVQKYMA6
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADcLLLxDJ8B
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAo7FC9AZvOm
"Okay, so that's settled1061Please respect copyright.PENANATau9fhXQP0
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeAjCm4G0ZD
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoKdKRH31kE
BTW official."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyXEX2MAQxa
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAn3ZA0TErA6
I noticed that most of 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAm75K8zTZbZ
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzmaUiJv3zB
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgiUGvwHLI1
when she looked at me and I grinned.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAz35nCMy2Tb
"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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWUWrWub8Kl
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4jX8Hwoqp9
"Before we make BTW 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACp4KdfVO2Q
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg6W98Jmn5J
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQmC7bmbhWb
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANArY53hJMYY1
low for a while. Is that good?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjFpw4kP4JS
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5nadG38I9Z
"That's fair enough," 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJntCyylC5g
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAFrWjowk7D
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzssV0XX2CS
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIVgxeaQqis
so."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqhI7a2J6pZ
"So you want to crush 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEcT6C7t98y
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAP2bEFE3lWq
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaL6cJwELRN
strategy."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA36awxXeBjh
"Then if all is well and1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYnbUxNA2XP
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxvYdVnm309
updated and not a word on social media."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGCQ28WWT6A
I stood up from my seat 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeKxHtLXTBY
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJGoTBbVTLG
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6lH47fMDx7
walk out, I stopped them.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlm15AZECMl
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7ANmD2O8H
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfHWJZE7DlQ
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnvKbNaJQaD
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAe87otcauJH
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtksKaZyUct
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkzBU5DbGBk
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhScyiv6Oho
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvRHuTlGjnQ
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhquIdaV7fv
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAI99THLREjG
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAW6IpROSiLR
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgs531JbjRj
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfsBhQQDVrp
"This is like the best 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFrSso0PD9v
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADFwMDvJ5ge
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMdbnHsxYCH
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAA5nAkDwTSK
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5yG7t51pbk
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYu30qldZFa
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAi7xlu9iDg0
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHtAdjjk6xP
"I knew there was a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXY7NOc1Gf6
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFXVHkFPYU4
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZvgguFD86V
G-Dragon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPI2mF5WlxJ
"You knew?" Christine asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0CFG0Wsb3a
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1061Please respect copyright.PENANABXawJYTZvf
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmQOTVcWlPi
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYn2Z63xLRb
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMK3f9F3ADh
"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.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA425hb5VPHP
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAB72zmqGw85
"Well, you guys can tell1061Please respect copyright.PENANAr9kqS9Tsdn
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANdZkmJ9elU
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ts3IYrg7q
aren't going to go into the same car."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4nGuoZzB5R
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiqzZJaPTT9
Everyone else started to1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQJwq9mUCn8
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGfVoKBiJ7r
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhzcHYCBfSF
only G-Dragon and I.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA26vGD54WV6
"I'm mad at you," I started.1061Please respect copyright.PENANALxqCml5ZzM
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1061Please respect copyright.PENANARnQGN6JIpQ
"Save it." I held my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiDzjgX2QIp
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXSlNk0y2eJ
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmYN6aIXQRI
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1061Please respect copyright.PENANArfPqvXiedY
a war again."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAUgZQ2FnLa
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1061Please respect copyright.PENANANFveimR7P7
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHaZ9VTkM3t
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcu8ZfaOhkm
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1061Please respect copyright.PENANALsZzXVZgRs
G-Dragon looked at me 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxXqNjT9CzX
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVHtaK5y5uv
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmOVwq1FfjI
stab in the heart.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtAj7jE6YtZ
"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."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaNLG1SiFQG
"You know, the others 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjeSIKruZwX
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAftt08NqOfC
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3deighZCsJ
with WINNER yesterday."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9WPJutGXY
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlEqxTrNVKf
I nodded my head. What I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAirlcGFODYs
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIRHs2HcaSA
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcMlwQq1L19
of Seunghoon and I.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUR5w0FyPhx
"You know you and I can 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACq5ABAvSuJ
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdNw8cs5fsC
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1061Please respect copyright.PENANATUoKpgwJE8
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzKJuVfUs1Z
down the rocks."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwc2aBVPV2b
I headed for the door 1061Please respect copyright.PENANArkrFrckvUO
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAplOK6RZldx
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEzBbloEg9Z
Zoey, waiting.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlIaLOMmbIr
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIuvwta4kMR
"I sure hope so," I said1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJD1ptXaafI
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiTL9YTRbeI
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7Nam3nGO7q
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2HLE0OluBJ
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEOyo0GVXYD
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiZvQiiBgpC
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFLavVrvj6k
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMESZ1aXtIh
"You know computers are 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACCPZ2Oa4nK
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAtnRVRGJId
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXjWFJss1Xq
supposed to."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJC60Zj2BLC
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAs8GKjLDBcv
I smiled. "You always call me that."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXznpHtKnsX
"Ya, because you're smart too."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8fkYBvdWvl
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbF2oTSYK2o
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtZkks3qRk6
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVgC7BH9zww
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzbrRvess4O
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAE4HH9wKrqZ
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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