
Hanging out at Times 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZYyTsoTmoY
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmGh2V8LhWt
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAn9GgBMXxU1
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKvoHAdSYmo
But that didn't matter. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAL0Rqph3kzq
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYCaiQ8yMIh
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1059Please respect copyright.PENANARj6GLxSlFA
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1059Please respect copyright.PENANACFjZnJkkmw
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJMw71GUtDH
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAp7LlHSbi6P
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmOxo1C1ZXn
actually played around with the adorable kids.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA32ndyOf524
There were plenty of 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA23GkR1IxbF
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiEmHeMItfq
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4V8mTAu7Sr
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtncMz8MSvC
fans too.1059Please respect copyright.PENANABkhgnRamBF
The time we were done 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqAOaDgiFl7
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbNw54HFqME
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1059Please respect copyright.PENANArdL5JF08Hn
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1059Please respect copyright.PENANAj2AxALMtxp
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHwma2MuyxQ
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAWKA3453FAe
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7os63udxO
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1059Please respect copyright.PENANACzYuSwTaDB
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfQikoQ2cWY
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAkemOq9s6iH
previous day, of course.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA39OENFs6e9
As much as the managers 1059Please respect copyright.PENANADVQy7VmCNh
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAONk9S9he1Y
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHFp26mM88S
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAMWVcf5NEth
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtXuYtg4x1s
Right now, this very 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA5kLFtGVJzk
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3tKLEtcWxW
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHCqNoe6hw5
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA310gcWf4yk
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbYraxlpLA7
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFHeRfrzVQe
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAic4Ej9zSSn
and I just couldn't take it.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAnXoHmqQeYs
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4u0D48lTf
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxXRa5Ec6yz
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAauM3nXGVDI
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7FZG5IRYJZ
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAAfNm6obER1
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAkBNgdW5s7D
"I thought you said your plan would work."1059Please respect copyright.PENANArUj8LGrt94
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAr87sicxcaB
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxOLxaDOdmb
I felt like slapping my 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxw4dLGqNeH
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1Dh9W7r1W6
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAvNs518vOmT
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1059Please respect copyright.PENANADfN6ehoLJN
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANALRbkvqa25X
off.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3bOazwLRO8
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOo9vUnmtUF
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOjnXimZ89s
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1059Please respect copyright.PENANATzbvly1Pvv
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAoBkgYa4eja
I shrugged. She read my 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtWkyuJcpkO
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1059Please respect copyright.PENANANx0KqOK7GD
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxphjNWF8Lr
me the whole time."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZXO25GDPSV
I sat down on my bed as 1059Please respect copyright.PENANArvMVdLTTB4
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1059Please respect copyright.PENANAALTJq4bVen
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVitvhCuz8a
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAP9JOr05Hsh
"Gosh, you really should1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgjgQcbK8st
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA60XthRmdJh
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAK7WbYKql8H
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtf90Xyfuxu
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2kgVz2rJKS
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAe6vUZTzOl0
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAO0163ofdmR
"Mike is annoying 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXizdHNaSx1
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7iUO0LSTNa
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1059Please respect copyright.PENANALjbN5O3bhZ
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYAP6hP3lIJ
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA8KihnQYko8
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaSLYlyyWYu
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgemLfbA77V
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA5ML10uFhBn
"Sorry, but just so you 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxc4jJzrC12
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAr0NBnoX8zi
that pic of you and him together."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAz7PeUKAgtA
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAMaUR5cVoZC
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7WHZB3S1Mu
I blushed and at the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA6FDfzYZ6xg
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1059Please respect copyright.PENANANKFgnUvFBE
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4YYOjZIfuc
other hidden agenda.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaDaPdtf0kW
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1059Please respect copyright.PENANApgBZUdsBPZ
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA8obBu0pXCk
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFDaivsHROi
I sighed in surrender. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfyHvJBkM02
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANATUw90iG8AS
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA20Z7by4aWQ
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhNsgQIuuRH
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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbSfUqXpBhj
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOc8roSgwQw
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1P8JokJT7A
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAO6X2fXYdN3
Zoey had an excited look1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7XujtVqwsX
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1059Please respect copyright.PENANADRfrn9iUz8
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhURG083egW
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAQfLue2gRyj
clearly show all over her face.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAISQj5vUkUI
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2IP8HjvRtu
I shook my head. "And?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtmoKiI5zpW
Zoey folded her arms, 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA0eR9FtpLq3
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAzkOeC79wCM
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAintQv97LnP
"Hold that thought. This1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwLnUgk5E1j
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1059Please respect copyright.PENANAoimfxrqoCY
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIuLUhaQzpN
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAMTpVCUHEEB
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1059Please respect copyright.PENANANluDJlv5TC
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1059Please respect copyright.PENANABSkMU0giZZ
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAnJQTBGkSI0
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANA6aira5ayzx
"Well, he hid in our closet."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA5WfqPAaa1e
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA17iELtRyYv
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAdkiaq518v8
"Ya, why?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANA906GnFYKwd
"Looks like we just 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwR2IczEZuh
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlhRYvtZore
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1059Please respect copyright.PENANACzWVsmRMgw
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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIQJWCc4Hhw
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2TyYpq8tbD
"What do you mean? You 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOnfmXZ1PBn
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxqF9bPhFJ5
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7fcCYFJLqv
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYny5iKMFbd
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAM1NNm32HG7
"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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAsIXKNYnHQI
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAw5987M778V
"I wanted to but I kept 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXztkHZh0AX
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXp9WR2mqFx
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAdFGKLkdgMZ
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1059Please respect copyright.PENANApaIOyiOxWS
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbhReNJO9SH
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKk3f5CR4Oj
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVirwqytcTb
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAm6PQo6p2mi
I quickly stood up and 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKiwH225HHP
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgGYMnHILD4
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7j5eEnrjMA
her back.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmnIpJV7Od4
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXSVbsLJ7Li
"Zoey, you're going to 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXxUKkPt2zF
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeLyYcPQpVL
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfHPMghvxD7
own hair pink in the next ten years."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlrfiBtFWA7
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAx6OPIlgqil
"You're lying."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAU6ZmBtL8Dz
"I'm telling the truth!"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbgyYpo6Xk6
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYluDGVyOd9
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGgJTshZhrD
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhvsUQIFBVB
"I can't tell you that."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAyRHT1La8ee
"Why?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANARNithkrGC5
"Because it's 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtHd7lWQZEs
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuIPqYglIib
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAU2roXlMfgU
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA75aSpSDz2W
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAcX8Z3M0e9N
"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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA49WDYFz3gX
"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.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgFnc5eK0nH
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOck14kSxWS
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHGMTZxwzBJ
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1059Please respect copyright.PENANABgVRVMShrC
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqPPnrb8Y1V
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA0GnYeWMqiq
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAs1NQ70sjAu
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFYbnhvjs8l
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAI0nXrup8a0
I playfully rolled my 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAMXAffjBp17
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1059Please respect copyright.PENANAcDyKWYD6Fa
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOZD5kGhTZ0
also looked worried.1059Please respect copyright.PENANACmm1ZHsxkb
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAc6ScK6YHex
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAUBi9c8rgCN
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7fs3rXnBML
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAM3hJzPXClX
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtyLc8E8xK6
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAl9urDnNgpL
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ad0fYGRSB
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9bBoPDLfc6
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhgLaMaVIBu
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVd3CGh2xYv
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAQJA8lRdv6L
"Okay, first of all," 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA63yU7UVVf5
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAzmTyGt9BGW
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1059Please respect copyright.PENANAba0SeIn2xb
he wasn't mad at you."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVDHwjp87FR
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAnwXz4MngeD
"That, he couldn't say."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfAIZdeiE5i
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAMzPPW2otlc
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAT1ghGyEc5I
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1059Please respect copyright.PENANARiNa0CUxlt
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAk3koKgaoml
Christine pressed the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAU4frymkKsr
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlVWjHTshrf
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAsVetI8fqsD
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4EElR8Ttb5
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAUB22muk1PM
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAK81RO4GKX4
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVilRKYLbv3
We got to YG right on 1059Please respect copyright.PENANATmD2nb18xm
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1059Please respect copyright.PENANArIobsMvtI3
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGNzxZRMOlV
arrived a few seconds earlier.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKSIuTTC7bV
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwsRn1Zclmt
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAH49UIjIi9M
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ7C9YfIqS
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANATatzUxaHw9
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAljfDMqmx5Y
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGCh08RXd2P
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAf4xMpxgLXI
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAa3jVv5KED1
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuGcVGxAXgO
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeJ82zvM11U
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAdtHY6CuJ0G
"There will be no such 1059Please respect copyright.PENANALQnRQJwu3K
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1059Please respect copyright.PENANATWmDAJ3xVO
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA8OLaOkcGFd
"And you're making it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2LuKIIz62g
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4QCaBSIE3a
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmOVef79Qre
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1059Please respect copyright.PENANACdr6UvZBw4
"Trust me, you don't 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9kRh0ySkik
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaJauBYsXIP
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1059Please respect copyright.PENANApyjAAg7HOU
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmt0VEYb0Dm
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAi9TYCKNRG2
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwQNT7gGgIU
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAc7cwvQPaHc
"Look, whether they are 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOJa3UvHorK
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAcGTB9MWqRV
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGldHGMDFXD
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuaraHNC1YU
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqKhBAt6ES6
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaRWrvvFuIJ
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANACeDdFKUTpr
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3agbyx0G7N
I gave Lee a sad smile 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAziNKt4pXyj
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmPY1VJ0bt9
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXTBuMeGHKH
your life. Like suicide.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHzKAFtStAH
We started our way 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA233GVb2utO
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1rWIfZOmKm
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1059Please respect copyright.PENANABv7TrQweLn
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAUN36MqUtIe
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA59we8Fmsgv
I quickly ran out of the1059Please respect copyright.PENANAG3QdJV7GrP
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqEK3c3RbKT
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA98S90tZSQq
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAcaiZia8LTu
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1059Please respect copyright.PENANAX08zbAMtNg
check for it inside.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4eU7DxRaJm
When I got to the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOAKXR6wnVK
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiAsALXgvgq
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuBQzH2MBkp
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1059Please respect copyright.PENANAWXH7ZDeMAV
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAr8cra62Gkf
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhzHIEcPGsW
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1059Please respect copyright.PENANADyp2IRPhPB
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAjLbWMVVrwV
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaHmlNdTGlC
"Seriously, I can sue 1059Please respect copyright.PENANASVyieIgcvQ
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1059Please respect copyright.PENANAut3chsPIkZ
fast. I never even heard him coming.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA6PT21MLhMX
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYW5ygGGtV8
"You're not my bodyguard1059Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ1qXkSNaQ
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3c6Vzi1LXX
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAY60Xn0aBru
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA48FwyVUJog
I blushed. "You know about that?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4IlytqUtWi
"Everyone knows you have1059Please respect copyright.PENANARatlJAIiAH
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANATHFYyQzKY4
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1059Please respect copyright.PENANANzoQhK5ThQ
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOOlOyFJR98
"Looks like I did the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1uXJXC8FNf
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1dkMX73Xxg
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1059Please respect copyright.PENANArhtdWA4E9E
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAM9XszJo8xy
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAEAp5uy0qsB
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIKxLYHgVdr
"And because you're a 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA0kG6S446jx
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJjCt8Nwt8D
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZAJoFkopP6
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlk5WzwS7It
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAttjoxKlYLa
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAv1ob9cYh8z
"Can you at least tell 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAsDkm1oP2s3
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1059Please respect copyright.PENANAN3t4geY065
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIN7EvwLD0q
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAUnpiTxnetl
"What dramatic effect?" 1059Please respect copyright.PENANApkv8WGW5cy
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKW3dQfQ6wJ
came closer. I took a warning step back.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAWVsj7bcssE
"If you hadn't followed 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbAaSVYwYxk
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgYrZeLhFO2
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIqlnqrdG8M
room."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJ12alrO5yB
"What surprise?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9swMuOalRo
The elevator stopped and1059Please respect copyright.PENANADcLmSvbJAD
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANATaYeAeaW3v
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1059Please respect copyright.PENANAAmuqRUt1j5
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAUnArniFbZ9
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuzGPdNn3rv
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAISXBZysHeL
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaw0pkb0jff
"I already have a guess," I said.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiF3ZVEO6bM
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1059Please respect copyright.PENANADn93VEdQzl
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGgsHaJNajK
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAB5icYtzOio
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAoPX0TP9CEa
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAU7lhiOQV5A
When we reached the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwAhV2T69Id
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVYHkYe2RDE
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeFo4tM9hVO
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA6CtglGp9Cb
In the conference room 1059Please respect copyright.PENANABHfrebs6Zw
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAWKq21yXb9G
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlVIzoHRvHi
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2ToNuxDQ3k
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ0jDzdiPO
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFOKyfrFQGk
though I did my best not to show it.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA82bLNPFhoQ
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAC3pk0BR4mo
I looked to the opposite1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlr088uui2x
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAyPsXkny9wC
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3ABPxiwWxV
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqagH1y0DVP
"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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZN0CTznXpD
G-Dragon quickly turned 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiqYzm3on7v
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8louYGlKr
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1059Please respect copyright.PENANALd3apTmlxX
"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?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4AVcn4krB
"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.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAvud8YT5AK4
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgwjktEATeP
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbVmCVXm6X3
"Wait," said Lisa who 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAecvWKK9UI3
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1059Please respect copyright.PENANAny8XAQepyv
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAL5c9fLs2X2
"It felt simple and 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYgNrgNbs4f
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4xfdE1QVpM
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxnMzTbFtsR
with G-Dragon today."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAMjMLIg2dug
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAG0nOwe79Bn
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4KwkvxtlIA
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA0jDMNbbe3t
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqVi1jLQoTI
"Ya, I know I'm a 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAd6345atlnG
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1059Please respect copyright.PENANABOVmDIdLmB
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1059Please respect copyright.PENANArJSJyDvTVl
"If you mean us getting 1059Please respect copyright.PENANATAtqKJ6eb8
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAzmxVzMlqnj
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAdE1LTYWNsZ
by coincidence."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAM7PlbaIay6
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeTlCqz74Y8
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiIMuPeFNs7
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9BXoKtFRgZ
The rest of the BTW crew1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXlMJvYV4p7
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4bafEcuN83
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFMPiguoz0n
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXKbMm2IKlb
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhAVLeVhSrF
"Hold up," said Zoey who1059Please respect copyright.PENANA6EXvDJgK0o
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXBBXiHp54f
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANARD7XkKVfAe
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAk8JkQ5hh8L
"Told you we'll 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7TwfjVuqjc
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXLIz5R3pzt
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFbA1EKma4d
"But is he going to do 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxR0cCqSPGr
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA46CjRNN6zn
didn't really meet by coincidence."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAU4nxtEKsUj
There was silence in the1059Please respect copyright.PENANAzgyYEq9r6S
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAnOtdEoeh07
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1059Please respect copyright.PENANADJeTTTzT86
planning to do.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1ycTzQa1xf
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAF47GTopTJV
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlnFImiTTe3
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1059Please respect copyright.PENANABJ8HfbRXUP
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1059Please respect copyright.PENANArHp6ZT4mOB
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1059Please respect copyright.PENANALClEALEujG
"And also because he's 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbfUhcMmZjw
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAekynCWRCbg
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKWM6TDfTym
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHlKXNWUqxG
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAORk9PxlGMi
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqfr2LW52MU
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAjmmGi3RMDf
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbTqwjfpYtF
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAatNhCYc567
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAjKHTYDGxlA
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHNIPm48WvI
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAPMLVT39kzh
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAC5KhCyC2nt
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1059Please respect copyright.PENANATFiWaRf2w6
deal with G-Dragon instead.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYgAhCe4wF6
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANACS6p7hjIhv
"What do you want?" I asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeUUOUSlKQF
G-Dragon looked at me as1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuQxK9kYDHK
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAAKwDkqdRlb
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1059Please respect copyright.PENANAPjUPBByaWV
came to any conclusions.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtejFETRxAa
"To make things clear 1059Please respect copyright.PENANArpFeOsGKIq
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1059Please respect copyright.PENANAAApkhD98ev
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlQTbbvoLNI
thinking about doing the same thing."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmVQ9j6jjiB
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiO7Hly33uz
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1059Please respect copyright.PENANARfdn7L798e
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuSPfBU5Yck
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAy3wagFFY2P
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3NKllermsG
"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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuvm8qGSIPC
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIeljHfAojS
"All's fair in love and 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVfOJgrEpBu
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4026un0Ap
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAx2GwnbZID0
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlqr4pfGim8
"Come on," Christine 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAg3pYYjo9Uw
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGdp9ULqIPW
won't be here for long and you know it."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA8GFqNlzSgh
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwwlJrcBDUX
"BTW is nothing but a 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAV7nDQC4G7S
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeYQnygvQ4K
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAPB3gMwdHmn
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAvyxJQAYA9A
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOnRRFZpBCY
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1059Please respect copyright.PENANASLQmoAz2xw
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAEG8Shz1uSU
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAs3rLRTW7gI
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1059Please respect copyright.PENANADfTSruPsTl
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7qOK9O0lBR
"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.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAC55lrZPMea
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANASO4WiGUt1G
Upon saying that, the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVEOrHhEGLj
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxDhamqPw6W
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqhVOWVBncE
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAO2B4AociWJ
seated stood up.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgw1iQKogX6
I gulped. I hope the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAP7pjp0ADi0
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1fsdgWmr5i
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAEc4lt2bin4
The two managers had 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfcFAiZqBxa
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA348ADf21WH
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAibu4YkqC0U
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1059Please respect copyright.PENANARuyB5hCl4G
is wrong.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAUDBMcTW7im
"Good that you're all 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAx8jnH8vHWx
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiImGLQl610
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9wtLdleWUA
I have always hated it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA5pP0v4Y7j9
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYGXUPGPCOY
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7IxciEMnDh
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbN1is6uX5o
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAuivC7UJfoU
their seats.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAQYTqMBtF1m
The two managers and Lee1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8GZPkyLA0
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxXKDxGpMuj
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1059Please respect copyright.PENANAoeckLRw4ND
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA0iNMBHUZ3M
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1059Please respect copyright.PENANA87e54qop09
was.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAd7bLIAOYya
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJdZj2GMK8x
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1XVVqv0wCS
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA8lMyqvqUYz
Zoey sighed loudly in 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAomRKeexjnE
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAzT8l6dXeWV
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAp8cHkbXGgD
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIUSm7e6FXG
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1mJp8pW6ms
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA54aC8yNHwq
The two managers 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKjVmjh2uU7
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfKe2i8XKTn
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGohUdFFnfj
That was so not cool.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwnjMJqt8sr
"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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAImfarYYwHo
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAu9agSIWa0X
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeCLg10FNML
My ears perked up when 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtvcodeaXz6
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAnQwT83YLs9
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaCu9usmNs8
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7MizwziQGj
"We heard you outside 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAW1QltFtxEj
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAkbAnpp5aLM
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwiJli1ksa7
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAD6i6daHRdm
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7yVMcec9u5
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAI314TQKoIf
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIgbxrrdXcT
through further scrutiny about this decision."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOHG1bVYJKF
I smiled. Even if they 1059Please respect copyright.PENANArewBwVHqxx
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAA7a0ooPE1i
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAalGOx9FwZ7
There was an exciting 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAPPLEoLHKfQ
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAw0fqQA8vX8
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAxGGTCEsJmu
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYcfEh0qhZI
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtLBXP3wNAa
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAWpe2swjS4l
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAoCPwSYRg3z
I turned to my other 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAetUmo3zPsi
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAUxkxfkkjgk
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAN10YYBffX1
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAzbFuupqoev
now, didn't matter.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAx8ZCBA1Y1r
"You heard them when 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA1kRUcjtsCy
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1059Please respect copyright.PENANASeLMW55lqp
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOf2UkLas1l
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAboCaOogjiR
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlkoaZ2dw8Q
"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.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7y7VOCAbmX
This time it was me, or I1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJdjnpeZY9R
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtEyfyNX9pX
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9SDi3S1Qkm
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAIl1Onws9We
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAguV1Gda5O6
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1059Please respect copyright.PENANAEKIluoyOPq
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAa99iXkWQf3
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1059Please respect copyright.PENANALl9gcviBFv
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVDt6W4mIOq
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZQup1DsHY1
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA6ziPPy4og4
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1059Please respect copyright.PENANADjIGQswpch
"We all agree," said Daniel.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAjcri5MzNzm
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwtIXtlqv1w
"But just because it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA39vuu3nCwz
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqG7tb03lEB
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZM6SveMRrR
"Okay, so that's settled1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHUEWsrM7FN
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1059Please respect copyright.PENANASeZz51Qq7y
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiy9ifQDPY8
BTW official."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2czNvDAalm
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4tBn5B5z6T
I noticed that most of 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2ptfMXs2Xw
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiR3EPKcLav
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAGLlDBi2VI8
when she looked at me and I grinned.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAdMqSYM8q3n
"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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhZuYI9crde
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJZdILwE9ym
"Before we make BTW 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXmYDABZDt9
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAE7VvfZqyOw
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1059Please respect copyright.PENANABB8zH9sXZY
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOoTcJDo12P
low for a while. Is that good?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAEjLr8GOERS
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeIZFIOwIcc
"That's fair enough," 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeowSo6Wr3R
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA6ej8SRA5F5
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmhIBjz1bJe
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFV6JEcY0E3
so."1059Please respect copyright.PENANADn9tx2dSXz
"So you want to crush 1059Please respect copyright.PENANADixiy1saXj
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1059Please respect copyright.PENANAa25xom0tuj
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA5s6epS8DbC
strategy."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAQnxv2rEihi
"Then if all is well and1059Please respect copyright.PENANAw4LuAQVARA
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1059Please respect copyright.PENANApFBM4RJFUD
updated and not a word on social media."1059Please respect copyright.PENANApSpmFlUQGB
I stood up from my seat 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaKTFpmdyas
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAWxdi39R988
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1059Please respect copyright.PENANATamDpVmNhv
walk out, I stopped them.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHTkqNYLHrG
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3qpHxwMJtC
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9paN4pdcPR
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeITTsY6kIg
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwBo0fcLGAj
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAyIjLo7s9TR
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVY6cdKCeD6
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4BiPIcVXU2
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtxgzOx9lSR
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtYKHFq1dBW
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAK8Ji5kCJwg
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1059Please respect copyright.PENANApBoDC9rFCQ
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAyyvxcajHPM
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAh2cI9ebhJT
"This is like the best 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFEVMHKGCbM
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAArZiCZrUCv
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAPm3phSzZRz
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAcYcmlPI3TW
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAvjwllXEIBQ
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAcEz7ETgpdX
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1059Please respect copyright.PENANACRQSnGF6xi
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbvZK6P303b
"I knew there was a 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAFx5YHVf6Oq
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1vnXg9JsB
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAAJZQBMt7wp
G-Dragon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAayutPoW0vF
"You knew?" Christine asked.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOrzEf708Ad
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1059Please respect copyright.PENANALfBeLUDM1E
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAAXNI1wLPQb
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1059Please respect copyright.PENANANrUBcF4Sqn
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAsEuL0E6kTn
"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.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbO05SNLyQJ
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAlG9m4Ikuts
"Well, you guys can tell1059Please respect copyright.PENANAmLT70Guzu3
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAjJV2HTHRLu
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9XAOmX0rFv
aren't going to go into the same car."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAEPhtGCaG8C
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANAW9EOnxVyhf
Everyone else started to1059Please respect copyright.PENANAhhIzFTgc2l
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXvmEBxBrEm
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4j6Ik8Yp6P
only G-Dragon and I.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6F5fcowGu
"I'm mad at you," I started.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAqaX5prqZa3
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKjQQwhsv1Z
"Save it." I held my 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfao31bcGDD
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeEmzhOxb4l
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA8ntJ27O7DS
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1059Please respect copyright.PENANAL3IyHg12e6
a war again."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAdoiTRCilpq
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtXX1RzsTnU
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJT6QwVRISj
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAs9uoTnN35a
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAiGwtiJXefc
G-Dragon looked at me 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAjkPnnlJzAw
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAXTFWh2cyPR
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1059Please respect copyright.PENANACOT7B7XA1c
stab in the heart.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAHk6OV1pOfr
"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."1059Please respect copyright.PENANALBoIZ2S1sp
"You know, the others 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAimsOAEkqkp
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAZEIQeWnCIP
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1059Please respect copyright.PENANA3URdIvDjEu
with WINNER yesterday."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAzKhOAAFB9K
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJ81AljsutT
I nodded my head. What I1059Please respect copyright.PENANAf1716yMvKO
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAeXUJbwMS6a
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1059Please respect copyright.PENANAJMZzD6895T
of Seunghoon and I.1059Please respect copyright.PENANACyLUQlq942
"You know you and I can 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAVCpPWbQ2C0
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2xAgna9DDT
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1059Please respect copyright.PENANAWnUCZZfNqK
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAYUzV7mP4Pv
down the rocks."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAahoVSAlX2v
I headed for the door 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA0ivntBKRKv
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAKEdyalBGg7
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1059Please respect copyright.PENANABR0z9AmCIw
Zoey, waiting.1059Please respect copyright.PENANASFMPBMPmTK
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAaBmgLVotSz
"I sure hope so," I said1059Please respect copyright.PENANAOCrsmM1lEh
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAgcphhsvWfQ
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA7UMQIQSSui
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbpEYvoJisZ
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1059Please respect copyright.PENANATSQ8sbrkQc
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1059Please respect copyright.PENANA9VKduEECAR
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1059Please respect copyright.PENANARnKMRqwAMj
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAfxve4RKpu8
"You know computers are 1059Please respect copyright.PENANA54cL5NbKQh
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4jTUcoWwSA
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1059Please respect copyright.PENANAbV8YMUySrc
supposed to."1059Please respect copyright.PENANADyKsLMxQ7A
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAtqWe8nMOOi
I smiled. "You always call me that."1059Please respect copyright.PENANAwEgoGgO9KH
"Ya, because you're smart too."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA2Arwjkkg2n
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1059Please respect copyright.PENANANxUreUX3KO
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1059Please respect copyright.PENANAQyiRUCHMZz
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1059Please respect copyright.PENANA4K8XOjJyhj
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1059Please respect copyright.PENANASiRRPzZ5qY
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1059Please respect copyright.PENANALZkpyH7TIa
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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