
Hanging out at Times 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9mqxhkowRc
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from963Please respect copyright.PENANAY62AALpbZN
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWI6HItQxXX
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHKjIhA4pk9
But that didn't matter. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgyzOUFRXci
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjbNdP1ww2W
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvxk1ncJupK
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVzfFcY42VF
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 963Please respect copyright.PENANA2gDcjNOPyy
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9keEMKfGVu
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtvtFhuyOw9
actually played around with the adorable kids.963Please respect copyright.PENANAnUJDZCHMZX
There were plenty of 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzSScEfXueg
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 963Please respect copyright.PENANALIhsc5UTNI
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the963Please respect copyright.PENANAJUCgQyvS8u
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 963Please respect copyright.PENANAw7CXA7qiTK
fans too.963Please respect copyright.PENANAojs9D5uhAw
The time we were done 963Please respect copyright.PENANAM27yNW8hHM
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 963Please respect copyright.PENANAn8jjUYhJB7
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoXSLKtl2hP
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What963Please respect copyright.PENANAXlv1yoNSLH
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXjRTSXoXC2
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8HjhLI9pq3
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 963Please respect copyright.PENANAnSJkglS1nE
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtpJ7zObSFq
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlJeDaXpgU4
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAk6bfu49HXZ
previous day, of course.963Please respect copyright.PENANAF3oF7oqr6q
As much as the managers 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlu1CCZUOLd
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 963Please respect copyright.PENANANl7rhKzgpq
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without963Please respect copyright.PENANAr14lEhRrrz
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 963Please respect copyright.PENANAIfpbXwFHhs
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.963Please respect copyright.PENANAAVv1F3W8Lt
Right now, this very 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjrPULPYLNj
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5OyLeGWdXQ
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 963Please respect copyright.PENANAexrepzNnjd
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAhrVlAhMfNC
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 963Please respect copyright.PENANAiI3Fzx4YTk
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 963Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ul2PpYWeM
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzsWW95fggD
and I just couldn't take it.963Please respect copyright.PENANAf5Sx4VmkTD
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.963Please respect copyright.PENANAzkWhZP2wy4
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.963Please respect copyright.PENANA1yX4xUylUK
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2CfkDoTHO1
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.963Please respect copyright.PENANAnNQLZy9PmS
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.963Please respect copyright.PENANAYZL87wsbvi
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."963Please respect copyright.PENANAgdLXKzy3DL
"I thought you said your plan would work."963Please respect copyright.PENANAnb9z4pUuNO
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."963Please respect copyright.PENANAmz3cGq3tSv
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAP2pvrdFbl6
I felt like slapping my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAOrmy8Din7X
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.963Please respect copyright.PENANABGjnOQeC0R
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 963Please respect copyright.PENANARPjvzHxSYV
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfALYfREZNA
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvb7Uh2731b
off.963Please respect copyright.PENANAC6LHLwdPqU
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."963Please respect copyright.PENANAQlGtZXJ3ZE
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.963Please respect copyright.PENANAP0E1YS9bnG
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."963Please respect copyright.PENANAehRsAEq37Q
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA93bAHpvAzz
I shrugged. She read my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAK99Te3TG4e
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 963Please respect copyright.PENANA42cRJGEdDz
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJnaipfBpDa
me the whole time."963Please respect copyright.PENANAy2QEJ5pfsB
I sat down on my bed as 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAbOrlw2Mh7
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I963Please respect copyright.PENANAp6hNYV7bG1
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.963Please respect copyright.PENANArqVAsfr3al
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAUL3oMO7NHd
"Gosh, you really should963Please respect copyright.PENANALNLbLcovnx
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 963Please respect copyright.PENANA2d2vxDBWJ2
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEfX4qxBbjx
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really963Please respect copyright.PENANA3rFWZoqmjW
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."963Please respect copyright.PENANAX2DrnXP6If
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXKLzRxkPds
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.963Please respect copyright.PENANABp6J7iqPwB
"Mike is annoying 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkcbXKPYjdp
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVbd1WrkoPu
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsEp1Ex3e5d
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."963Please respect copyright.PENANAqfMqGkd1qQ
"You're right. I should burn him instead."963Please respect copyright.PENANAStBNP3ieva
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."963Please respect copyright.PENANA153LDX7eHl
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZLAhjogJVu
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.963Please respect copyright.PENANAjfpRWiMf8k
"Sorry, but just so you 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxen5Zpt5pd
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 963Please respect copyright.PENANA2OzPKcVB2G
that pic of you and him together."963Please respect copyright.PENANA0MVIHkLG57
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.963Please respect copyright.PENANA3cfSOkMMg6
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."963Please respect copyright.PENANAnJoZcCsOT9
I blushed and at the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAMFtNN3a9Da
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 963Please respect copyright.PENANABc1Lf9wVqX
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlMH6rgl3qC
other hidden agenda.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWiw6obImEW
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.963Please respect copyright.PENANArR5LW5FYJg
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."963Please respect copyright.PENANAgUVQ3Uc7bs
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."963Please respect copyright.PENANA5o5zY1Ql4F
I sighed in surrender. 963Please respect copyright.PENANACcfZSNQjAd
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAsKaht9cl2o
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 963Please respect copyright.PENANAs704lRrkxm
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."963Please respect copyright.PENANAPJCzwym83J
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."963Please respect copyright.PENANAPqNUfrCu1x
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."963Please respect copyright.PENANAEFyB5YAbs0
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyAmJgR3vd3
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA96Q4vrUA2t
Zoey had an excited look963Please respect copyright.PENANAbYEUXV91Am
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 963Please respect copyright.PENANAON8qjklsLY
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAj66kouU5we
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVZdhq7lrz3
clearly show all over her face.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxM6E4wNEfH
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhwDYhWv5xt
I shook my head. "And?"963Please respect copyright.PENANArdzoTj5MIg
Zoey folded her arms, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPR2I1aXUuN
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 963Please respect copyright.PENANA3AjoDg8PMo
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."963Please respect copyright.PENANASdat3yD0My
"Hold that thought. This963Please respect copyright.PENANAV9SyMxf8qb
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us963Please respect copyright.PENANAaxJamwIhy1
after Seunghoon posted that picture."963Please respect copyright.PENANAeePsTcrYjU
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."963Please respect copyright.PENANA7JZXojZ6XO
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."963Please respect copyright.PENANAgyiFlAQBXp
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.963Please respect copyright.PENANAjA5VYQ58Jn
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.963Please respect copyright.PENANA72TQTomCvA
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"963Please respect copyright.PENANArMOZtPN5Vj
"Well, he hid in our closet."963Please respect copyright.PENANAnubu52tI3R
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."963Please respect copyright.PENANAjl1so843KP
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAnhn1hHUEg7
"Ya, why?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAOtKeaw7ZXh
"Looks like we just 963Please respect copyright.PENANAnYwWXHqyVG
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5M9gPO3S6Z
whom we consider perfect as our bias."963Please respect copyright.PENANAahEEPpoIga
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."963Please respect copyright.PENANApomjxQ2Qkb
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."963Please respect copyright.PENANAzrWmshwjNt
"What do you mean? You 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdb2GPxi0fO
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8TYkHRFtt2
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA9VzL7SP3xU
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."963Please respect copyright.PENANAJdwlp3CPm3
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAuO2XGJ3fRd
"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."963Please respect copyright.PENANADfJXjNnl7y
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAxbsr91dVrg
"I wanted to but I kept 963Please respect copyright.PENANATDIyeERZ97
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 963Please respect copyright.PENANAja3Ex2JbfX
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."963Please respect copyright.PENANASdSjbze5Rj
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.963Please respect copyright.PENANA3VxFuLes5G
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."963Please respect copyright.PENANAMFOJpZTgp1
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."963Please respect copyright.PENANAJuU4kBZw3a
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAL7Ap2xKqlA
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."963Please respect copyright.PENANAHwXvK9V4JT
I quickly stood up and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdjJrwrOZme
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 963Please respect copyright.PENANAaxSFja8crI
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled963Please respect copyright.PENANAfg2Q1oSVe2
her back.963Please respect copyright.PENANAL5FT3YEuYm
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZJQUQ8MhBG
"Zoey, you're going to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAThd3Rr2uPQ
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWitdBoRb6L
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQzE1UhpcJ0
own hair pink in the next ten years."963Please respect copyright.PENANAdvdCP10asJ
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."963Please respect copyright.PENANAbmiN4VQlcC
"You're lying."963Please respect copyright.PENANAG8oFYdpPtA
"I'm telling the truth!"963Please respect copyright.PENANA4ODW11IIZM
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA7A4PWIgRQK
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA08SZigiWY0
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA4xptIw43QR
"I can't tell you that."963Please respect copyright.PENANAAJkKz5xrUZ
"Why?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAcbh10eXPY2
"Because it's 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwEqP8XS7r3
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 963Please respect copyright.PENANA83wdC12Ipy
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"963Please respect copyright.PENANA8b02wJYUSD
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.963Please respect copyright.PENANAVh7gz3smx7
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.963Please respect copyright.PENANAktym1R7a1d
"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."963Please respect copyright.PENANALSONJR5xZg
"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.963Please respect copyright.PENANAg39RrZgxu0
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."963Please respect copyright.PENANA1uRrLArFTv
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8Hfy9wfPm4
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."963Please respect copyright.PENANAAk9ptFyQSF
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXI5B243UKL
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."963Please respect copyright.PENANANzBNH9uQVk
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."963Please respect copyright.PENANA7v4yOXuW8s
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."963Please respect copyright.PENANAnNu81kxLKA
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANARD5rt7hHMV
I playfully rolled my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAbw7tNLb1DY
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee963Please respect copyright.PENANAh0rJ2egcC0
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkdwETPusxt
also looked worried.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgwU6gXghEk
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHCmFZ3Cwwp
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAVKQkqoswqQ
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZGtYDCmm7r
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANAsoUNUe9h9m
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKTel39cYG5
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.963Please respect copyright.PENANALYYv4g3syW
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.963Please respect copyright.PENANAcjPyPCMKX7
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders963Please respect copyright.PENANArCIXUqDLEA
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA6CwJEImAdz
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2ekBj2ajcx
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."963Please respect copyright.PENANAviSLU14HU3
"Okay, first of all," 963Please respect copyright.PENANAuISO6nxchp
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAbaptjUJs40
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and963Please respect copyright.PENANAm3cBXSs4XZ
he wasn't mad at you."963Please respect copyright.PENANAIPmLhSzTLi
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAT2BgG286uX
"That, he couldn't say."963Please respect copyright.PENANADte9jZqFR4
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANAFgxOsZv8YN
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."963Please respect copyright.PENANAPckq0UTA74
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.963Please respect copyright.PENANACskshKR1Rt
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."963Please respect copyright.PENANAU76YH2FPRt
Christine pressed the 963Please respect copyright.PENANANpLzi3LaE3
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1XU1WAVvtg
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 963Please respect copyright.PENANAn4JYJx2VxF
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 963Please respect copyright.PENANAqSUDNUlIYD
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 963Please respect copyright.PENANAG8nFhtKHj2
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 963Please respect copyright.PENANAW3Xwk5RdWK
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.963Please respect copyright.PENANAumK64R4dHi
We got to YG right on 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPHNUXfyPqp
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 963Please respect copyright.PENANAz6MLgulIgx
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 963Please respect copyright.PENANA3v7llLJE8t
arrived a few seconds earlier.963Please respect copyright.PENANAVMXn8XwJRD
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.963Please respect copyright.PENANAzsecXj4o9d
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."963Please respect copyright.PENANAFvQX8OB6vZ
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgITHndMStS
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA9h6Gj4Ts9F
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."963Please respect copyright.PENANAqkX1MGSRLG
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxwg3h6bh5j
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.963Please respect copyright.PENANAp4azxASFEJ
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAX1s0TCyKoj
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxY9ISuO0js
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."963Please respect copyright.PENANAB6YRHBekFu
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWI4Ice7U0z
"There will be no such 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQiUhpBNDPd
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoXjTNobo64
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."963Please respect copyright.PENANAml3bFyaBKG
"And you're making it 963Please respect copyright.PENANAYzrPqooCeE
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 963Please respect copyright.PENANAh3ZPd1yoos
pouted his lip and scratched his head.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZIdzYnUoCc
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.963Please respect copyright.PENANAAyz7sxO3SV
"Trust me, you don't 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlCHES5TlbY
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You963Please respect copyright.PENANAovS8yQpgk4
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."963Please respect copyright.PENANABkhlATv3J7
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA4kiJo6jQ4c
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."963Please respect copyright.PENANAZmLbXf5mPA
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.963Please respect copyright.PENANAl9aRondGv5
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.963Please respect copyright.PENANAimUdeCMHof
"Look, whether they are 963Please respect copyright.PENANAKeN7ftiUmH
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 963Please respect copyright.PENANAu4m1hkX6ut
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXClCbPQYCM
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."963Please respect copyright.PENANAkvQ0v18PaN
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.963Please respect copyright.PENANAuwPRwilCe9
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyKIASvfNqK
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxQGYfhpS8E
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."963Please respect copyright.PENANAQhNnQm0MzL
I gave Lee a sad smile 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGtyKUeSYVh
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt963Please respect copyright.PENANA17Hsqievwu
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 963Please respect copyright.PENANAKaoslWdb2p
your life. Like suicide.963Please respect copyright.PENANAtWZnwn7Z4W
We started our way 963Please respect copyright.PENANAICnVOf4q6V
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyXXac3kIHS
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6Cs3beROp9
and my jean trousers. Nothing.963Please respect copyright.PENANAdTCWLF1G5c
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwUvIrktk6X
I quickly ran out of the963Please respect copyright.PENANAi1HRaYTKEo
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJJ5U7YUJvh
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6GCxKxgdRV
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6ngc1XN1yh
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could963Please respect copyright.PENANATGu0j6EBak
check for it inside.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7OXTN59PbC
When I got to the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxx7xffGT36
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 963Please respect copyright.PENANAaBt8CAOLnh
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I963Please respect copyright.PENANACnmYkatOSn
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were963Please respect copyright.PENANArd4CLNRydR
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5cosohdAyP
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA2s9rR1OOMJ
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0G0mGjZb1
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.963Please respect copyright.PENANA6pGgfMJytv
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAelBjxCk0OA
"Seriously, I can sue 963Please respect copyright.PENANA3jNS6HwWh6
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so963Please respect copyright.PENANA1JMduXAWrx
fast. I never even heard him coming.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmW3LdyvmRt
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8gdIobyo1z
"You're not my bodyguard963Please respect copyright.PENANALAzgEghTy6
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAh6xcjXUrrp
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."963Please respect copyright.PENANAE2Y2ohYoip
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAV3fWunjZuy
I blushed. "You know about that?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAAbfD3oQRBl
"Everyone knows you have963Please respect copyright.PENANAVQjjZbnVbH
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwhg7xBHXeZ
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."963Please respect copyright.PENANAkO0OdOqskI
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."963Please respect copyright.PENANA1KOlNh7eCL
"Looks like I did the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAOskyXPLQxO
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 963Please respect copyright.PENANAD8saM2e2Bx
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."963Please respect copyright.PENANAF0coY8IBTh
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.963Please respect copyright.PENANAYsj9sTc4yx
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.963Please respect copyright.PENANAONpTNe18Ab
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."963Please respect copyright.PENANASvGQsyL5rU
"And because you're a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAeKp2htlfJ8
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might963Please respect copyright.PENANASI9Z0jhs7c
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyzZazUkpOu
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."963Please respect copyright.PENANA7zedmQOKGf
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6B7cKpzLW
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.963Please respect copyright.PENANAQtIOYPSRku
"Can you at least tell 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJsvzmBkdSV
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator963Please respect copyright.PENANAci5yJuoztK
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPDoAYtk8N2
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.963Please respect copyright.PENANAo4oLSDQHcV
"What dramatic effect?" 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZRDyOSsmuH
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkR975vWMpj
came closer. I took a warning step back.963Please respect copyright.PENANAN7rDXsURWX
"If you hadn't followed 963Please respect copyright.PENANAv9XlS1Gm9b
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 963Please respect copyright.PENANAFGdtInL8KH
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference963Please respect copyright.PENANAaGXCMS8xyT
room."963Please respect copyright.PENANALJC32j8ryR
"What surprise?"963Please respect copyright.PENANArvQ0C2lrcg
The elevator stopped and963Please respect copyright.PENANAlNpKRRR1tF
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAk6ylWI3Qxr
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the963Please respect copyright.PENANAQOmNfklSX0
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUl343ToqyR
Seunghoon and I stepped out.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0iuJPPZVcF
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKCEkFGG3KW
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGFprw21Uno
"I already have a guess," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANAA2Lm2y8lQ3
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z6ODyUzy2
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."963Please respect copyright.PENANAftIc6o4RDl
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.963Please respect copyright.PENANARRnGFX2g1i
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIj182tvXli
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANA1dhuyMZOVJ
When we reached the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzWK7FHofq2
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAl07yMGM96u
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyiVYpOfjxC
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.963Please respect copyright.PENANAsJe4OqOVEE
In the conference room 963Please respect copyright.PENANACdcF1kwcgt
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 963Please respect copyright.PENANADBidIUG9Nt
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office963Please respect copyright.PENANAv9lmBnsUdF
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6PfxzRa7Yp
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9juQibCBOY
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5ybCag6Xx8
though I did my best not to show it.963Please respect copyright.PENANADjho6eXZyC
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.963Please respect copyright.PENANAsg9642W9i1
I looked to the opposite963Please respect copyright.PENANAZiWVRhnZYb
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 963Please respect copyright.PENANAccvIddwwAo
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 963Please respect copyright.PENANAN1JHanwLYP
turned their backs to us facing the wall.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgosp5ZTeXU
"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."963Please respect copyright.PENANAbBeKxL00K0
G-Dragon quickly turned 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAPS8EPupZ4
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 963Please respect copyright.PENANAsoCna8kaXE
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.963Please respect copyright.PENANAb6bv3dMao1
"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?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAD3Y5xC22k5
"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.963Please respect copyright.PENANAU83BVrjcQr
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"963Please respect copyright.PENANANGjwLc4Uav
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAtBDY2TLDGl
"Wait," said Lisa who 963Please respect copyright.PENANAM7PLKvskx0
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused963Please respect copyright.PENANAKN8YZsTSF0
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAJkjaoVTlTK
"It felt simple and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtFMnkoW9jC
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAiVKPsUhnbb
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxHgz5JNLKg
with G-Dragon today."963Please respect copyright.PENANA45EBwLEA59
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."963Please respect copyright.PENANA6qHDPQu1Ot
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQa1mUcSnFE
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."963Please respect copyright.PENANAmv99qfUNRb
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHPC2eoOUF5
"Ya, I know I'm a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAcp6KXc12P7
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9ITQF9Obu2
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."963Please respect copyright.PENANANKjgUejAPa
"If you mean us getting 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGM2qlaAL6L
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyBlcXl3sC1
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUoTQDVzfLZ
by coincidence."963Please respect copyright.PENANAmllXdOpRpm
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."963Please respect copyright.PENANAYmmErqaK4j
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWJxJ4CFMQN
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7TDp55ko66
The rest of the BTW crew963Please respect copyright.PENANAuhkmBpis67
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 963Please respect copyright.PENANALZVkdoX1Ds
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.963Please respect copyright.PENANALUhJhSNCW2
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAjv9RJ9nd1d
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."963Please respect copyright.PENANAiJrMDpXGXT
"Hold up," said Zoey who963Please respect copyright.PENANAkhNG0jkctX
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 963Please respect copyright.PENANArDov1eC9vA
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAUTV7m2uPjA
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxPWUvT4jaK
"Told you we'll 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZmEne0CqOh
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear963Please respect copyright.PENANAS96AOTuLcj
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmFppE7tqO0
"But is he going to do 963Please respect copyright.PENANANy0dFmZibP
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 963Please respect copyright.PENANABKhZb5eFDA
didn't really meet by coincidence."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyR42LN1PQi
There was silence in the963Please respect copyright.PENANA6us8NxAqvg
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 963Please respect copyright.PENANAa5KSROVrGx
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAr1P6Abk2QN
planning to do.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGW0u7H0hDH
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2woyym9bAo
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAloJOffLv21
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANAlklbeLleyH
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.963Please respect copyright.PENANAQREBtJxyTH
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANAuY7ALxoT16
"And also because he's 963Please respect copyright.PENANATvPcXvsOzR
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 963Please respect copyright.PENANAI1VGuBXd8u
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."963Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Pf8ymFla
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0T1eIpdml3
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0iZfhWyqJZ
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANAdsWUuQcrnB
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAlkxdVslg0L
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANABBtXR5yihC
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.963Please respect copyright.PENANAjmg7e96drc
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."963Please respect copyright.PENANATHBLX0K5S8
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANACOT7JA1LyY
G-Dragon smiled. He had 963Please respect copyright.PENANA4XmZQgY1kQ
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 963Please respect copyright.PENANArtxRZiFLU1
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8k6oNh3pa
deal with G-Dragon instead.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMrlANifcit
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAuOVV8RF56M
"What do you want?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAsbintxlZ9Q
G-Dragon looked at me as963Please respect copyright.PENANAg7B7BuKVHm
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 963Please respect copyright.PENANAz2SW2YEeyA
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I963Please respect copyright.PENANAz8JaFEOvh2
came to any conclusions.963Please respect copyright.PENANAW6jyHDMaK6
"To make things clear 963Please respect copyright.PENANATGAXXaZSPY
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a963Please respect copyright.PENANAPLsHU9SLgL
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 963Please respect copyright.PENANATgviEhnOqk
thinking about doing the same thing."963Please respect copyright.PENANALmpSHoGeIB
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.963Please respect copyright.PENANALpVRoPidkf
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."963Please respect copyright.PENANArr4mdIVUup
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."963Please respect copyright.PENANAb0MOBODSxW
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2QPDGu4LMW
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.963Please respect copyright.PENANAduYVdTPwsa
"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."963Please respect copyright.PENANA4awzwYFDah
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0h0gl1pKbX
"All's fair in love and 963Please respect copyright.PENANACQEI4N1HI8
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUwbTY4dGWd
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 963Please respect copyright.PENANATnhdBI4hsB
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."963Please respect copyright.PENANABYhg55Savx
"Come on," Christine 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZPvoqmxbv2
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 963Please respect copyright.PENANAieoEMi9SQy
won't be here for long and you know it."963Please respect copyright.PENANAx9KqmE83em
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."963Please respect copyright.PENANA0XJhyKSrCL
"BTW is nothing but a 963Please respect copyright.PENANA46gGMDr2CS
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzbJI5pRkk4
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."963Please respect copyright.PENANAqUEmbeF6KB
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.963Please respect copyright.PENANAQRGewJC4G7
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."963Please respect copyright.PENANA4rJAfV9GAk
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.963Please respect copyright.PENANAUoIwa4ZnJw
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgK9BwH2ctm
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxhAj7vw6WE
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxSFbsZeFcb
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.963Please respect copyright.PENANAF19MZvgq4c
"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.963Please respect copyright.PENANAuaQKSYfjrQ
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAVHdQz5qMwL
Upon saying that, the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6mJhQdhmeT
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7adeKj3ZeW
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 963Please respect copyright.PENANAKRi6R5jeKd
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlBTnp5QLFO
seated stood up.963Please respect copyright.PENANAsEBWnfDy9b
I gulped. I hope the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAcpmAzwmG4F
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where963Please respect copyright.PENANA8BjHVqco5O
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2oRzUtwJB7
The two managers had 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPALoEATdVU
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 963Please respect copyright.PENANASSykiLR1XI
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyl3D3R1JyO
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 963Please respect copyright.PENANAeMnTXLlp7V
is wrong.963Please respect copyright.PENANAld4xouw0FW
"Good that you're all 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyOIbnzzf0X
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 963Please respect copyright.PENANA0FWGwADTdt
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."963Please respect copyright.PENANA0WKz7cKX39
I have always hated it 963Please respect copyright.PENANAm8g8231NBI
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdGDlDe8jaC
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 963Please respect copyright.PENANAi8oUwHhoml
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really963Please respect copyright.PENANAbAHsFwKARp
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7zUvFwyDS5
their seats.963Please respect copyright.PENANA3c8sjo5bvj
The two managers and Lee963Please respect copyright.PENANAPMIU98wOy3
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAniStbpDYCL
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit963Please respect copyright.PENANAxxjrwJJY5k
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXbSPqtw6pE
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I963Please respect copyright.PENANAmtzc7pmHFJ
was.963Please respect copyright.PENANAx0mVlu7Sml
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."963Please respect copyright.PENANADa368ceFnJ
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXuaDqw5EcG
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWDC1X9EaTN
Zoey sighed loudly in 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdBGObo3BXN
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 963Please respect copyright.PENANAChwSxtfNjw
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 963Please respect copyright.PENANA16rzR4ajF7
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a963Please respect copyright.PENANATtaUTFSC3V
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 963Please respect copyright.PENANAes63J4elwq
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."963Please respect copyright.PENANAPjBuLdckuP
The two managers 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1OBFdJoom6
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjdf88vHCcz
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWY1MLKrRzb
That was so not cool.963Please respect copyright.PENANAnam4e2Oxeo
"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."963Please respect copyright.PENANAZCAvmMD4TG
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.963Please respect copyright.PENANANk45DDSjhD
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.963Please respect copyright.PENANAXhvsJrff4P
My ears perked up when 963Please respect copyright.PENANABUdzUFUX5R
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 963Please respect copyright.PENANAiNXoPymsEd
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?963Please respect copyright.PENANAYg7xsqvJ3d
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANATaQSoLhW6Z
"We heard you outside 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5sbynnYocb
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 963Please respect copyright.PENANA10a6OqMJus
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqprGToJOkr
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.963Please respect copyright.PENANAO7WHeYwyfs
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.963Please respect copyright.PENANATKzeItGOWd
"Yes, Sam. For real," 963Please respect copyright.PENANAepQTj1O3I2
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 963Please respect copyright.PENANAFfj1WQvWdd
through further scrutiny about this decision."963Please respect copyright.PENANAFJoJcXsCEk
I smiled. Even if they 963Please respect copyright.PENANAe0aOoSVD9O
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHeeXF6EAxW
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMhBHnXZvUl
There was an exciting 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAt1YQgyDeq
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5iyEkx2RMt
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 963Please respect copyright.PENANA0OcsHFg55p
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXKYYsRZDTm
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 963Please respect copyright.PENANAS0LDjnFoCW
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.963Please respect copyright.PENANAE5nja6Bvvb
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAJrCf37yy7D
I turned to my other 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXJ9wi12Lx7
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 963Please respect copyright.PENANArmEMisJhpF
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 963Please respect copyright.PENANAn9vYUBYqOx
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 963Please respect copyright.PENANAMw2P5lmV8I
now, didn't matter.963Please respect copyright.PENANAfLn1iZRa6N
"You heard them when 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXP0ueD3ToH
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 963Please respect copyright.PENANADBAKhIVsyN
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsOBIPwXR42
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMBmbrVNLnj
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGCCynG7MgJ
"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.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8ud9flb9Ko
This time it was me, or I963Please respect copyright.PENANAyFSNb9qvQw
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1yVQo4scQR
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 963Please respect copyright.PENANALrafos53hV
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6tYRITqRe
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdJMJbRyF2i
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him963Please respect copyright.PENANA2YyXmMcjb1
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 963Please respect copyright.PENANATehLhh3aQB
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 963Please respect copyright.PENANAMNz48x1O6u
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbxYTOXj4kC
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.963Please respect copyright.PENANABuT3O0HKcM
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPxpYdT698I
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."963Please respect copyright.PENANAP33Cglo9uq
"We all agree," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANABa225a5Vt1
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."963Please respect copyright.PENANA0sxUWZT5J4
"But just because it 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6mRFaIFQ5m
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 963Please respect copyright.PENANAF6WblebBYC
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.963Please respect copyright.PENANAooWtWhyiDe
"Okay, so that's settled963Please respect copyright.PENANA0CE75P5l8B
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzfdi1GIKxR
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make963Please respect copyright.PENANAx4d56f5x2M
BTW official."963Please respect copyright.PENANA2vWMv9Wf9n
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"963Please respect copyright.PENANARpfV2QuM6m
I noticed that most of 963Please respect copyright.PENANAL2qt3zbSET
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 963Please respect copyright.PENANATSSgJZI1OH
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 963Please respect copyright.PENANAILXhZhuEka
when she looked at me and I grinned.963Please respect copyright.PENANAN2OZQsq90z
"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."963Please respect copyright.PENANAtUbUzqSABW
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.963Please respect copyright.PENANAfV2Lb22ToJ
"Before we make BTW 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfQPilJdSE0
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwY181q5drk
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 963Please respect copyright.PENANAj6hR3B6ccR
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7T0I1mlYu6
low for a while. Is that good?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA9qAoZrRbWY
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."963Please respect copyright.PENANAMmn6asOUAj
"That's fair enough," 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6xJhmHTpwN
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8qEBIvhKpo
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to963Please respect copyright.PENANAz2zrRN7wZB
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 963Please respect copyright.PENANA2phbpLvrk3
so."963Please respect copyright.PENANA49yEpMN0dB
"So you want to crush 963Please respect copyright.PENANAFsIZK8SOPO
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I963Please respect copyright.PENANAVMNe49SLU1
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 963Please respect copyright.PENANACqN8vBWRst
strategy."963Please respect copyright.PENANADjUMx9J9dO
"Then if all is well and963Please respect copyright.PENANA6lXmHWVw5y
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfVCGNu62US
updated and not a word on social media."963Please respect copyright.PENANAZL3QMqqvZv
I stood up from my seat 963Please respect copyright.PENANAa5GYbeyzly
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9qseIckJyA
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwCNUihRYpT
walk out, I stopped them.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMfR7v6kPoU
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.963Please respect copyright.PENANADKE7YTiZe5
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAouDECAC8of
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."963Please respect copyright.PENANAFqdFNqQH03
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.963Please respect copyright.PENANAoroH5zP87P
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqUatj96i46
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqbvSOREUEv
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 963Please respect copyright.PENANALvsAloqOjd
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a963Please respect copyright.PENANAjVDO7G5wjR
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.963Please respect copyright.PENANACgYJaqciH5
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"963Please respect copyright.PENANAj9xCiqxTQq
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANA9fufwLHQl7
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.963Please respect copyright.PENANAFiW5dy7StE
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.963Please respect copyright.PENANARWps26hASG
"This is like the best 963Please respect copyright.PENANAIfYsibA1dp
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 963Please respect copyright.PENANAuOoYLXcMip
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."963Please respect copyright.PENANATIi9h1OsSX
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.963Please respect copyright.PENANAnIeiuAd0KN
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ9Maut3gd
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.963Please respect copyright.PENANA1NhKOr5uu2
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."963Please respect copyright.PENANA2xjQU6747F
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAjsy5QZ5peo
"I knew there was a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAI48FytPUYr
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"963Please respect copyright.PENANA0mz5Pt3BNQ
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 963Please respect copyright.PENANARAr68xK3wJ
G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhpixSK9s2N
"You knew?" Christine asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAyNcjce2AHg
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."963Please respect copyright.PENANAePyYdEujaY
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."963Please respect copyright.PENANA3TY9biSUNj
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAUqV4o0HkPu
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.963Please respect copyright.PENANAdkuUBd6DsU
"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.963Please respect copyright.PENANANQr3mM8Nz5
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"963Please respect copyright.PENANAfsOmzeaBUi
"Well, you guys can tell963Please respect copyright.PENANAnF2nL5Wofy
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 963Please respect copyright.PENANAiJkyEfr3ua
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 963Please respect copyright.PENANAr54eTV7yUS
aren't going to go into the same car."963Please respect copyright.PENANAethuaD9pqE
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAXgOZTrUUy2
Everyone else started to963Please respect copyright.PENANAPZVJr07mH0
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and963Please respect copyright.PENANA9sAKMKyPH5
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAT2YYQPMTIv
only G-Dragon and I.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmMY7yOitW4
"I'm mad at you," I started.963Please respect copyright.PENANAr4mk0umBCD
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."963Please respect copyright.PENANAoRDc1BWjS4
"Save it." I held my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAcTVt5DDXeJ
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7rAmNdexXN
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 963Please respect copyright.PENANAKOR3ULpt4B
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up963Please respect copyright.PENANAaM7jzbGXX8
a war again."963Please respect copyright.PENANAF2C6kIaHo7
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."963Please respect copyright.PENANAlUvld3qEOh
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."963Please respect copyright.PENANAE8lSCgE5MN
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAkCIelId74i
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."963Please respect copyright.PENANA3nLS10vErg
G-Dragon looked at me 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPDpUIAtztI
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAhFdkhlj7Zh
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAijszeb1uKe
stab in the heart.963Please respect copyright.PENANAEp1HWYSUly
"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."963Please respect copyright.PENANAGqLIZvWYe1
"You know, the others 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgUFMgrdNq7
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 963Please respect copyright.PENANAT72bFCS7Ra
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out963Please respect copyright.PENANA0UI6eZDrct
with WINNER yesterday."963Please respect copyright.PENANAMv3PakeDyY
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyqs7dyp5yi
I nodded my head. What I963Please respect copyright.PENANAwcfu9b3oOt
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPY6OQTOJOs
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but963Please respect copyright.PENANAuktxtfi1ly
of Seunghoon and I.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmfbTRv8PwI
"You know you and I can 963Please respect copyright.PENANAS6Va47F91M
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlCsOD3FRxH
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest963Please respect copyright.PENANA4vvF9h2ssF
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 963Please respect copyright.PENANAImV74Y0FhH
down the rocks."963Please respect copyright.PENANAUY7c2jk7rd
I headed for the door 963Please respect copyright.PENANA3nXFIOjH0h
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 963Please respect copyright.PENANAm8RgOa0EuD
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood963Please respect copyright.PENANADrdQBkrQKp
Zoey, waiting.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7h2I0j1rdH
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.963Please respect copyright.PENANAwM6YW7tyTi
"I sure hope so," I said963Please respect copyright.PENANAOi5u6Po4mB
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 963Please respect copyright.PENANAO9xlchDTEB
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.963Please respect copyright.PENANAV8d3rnHRqg
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."963Please respect copyright.PENANAK2LRhqzXw0
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.963Please respect copyright.PENANAYQXWGLzNfr
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.963Please respect copyright.PENANA3dCt4ROWS3
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANAd6riRT9eS9
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."963Please respect copyright.PENANAkkvVmCR7ve
"You know computers are 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvmQ3wNn6ZO
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do963Please respect copyright.PENANAkPDb6w4uYk
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8w7LwAlhkL
supposed to."963Please respect copyright.PENANAgvz39zms4z
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."963Please respect copyright.PENANAbjf4Z4TAZc
I smiled. "You always call me that."963Please respect copyright.PENANACFm0P424rP
"Ya, because you're smart too."963Please respect copyright.PENANA1zsJOy7MEX
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.963Please respect copyright.PENANAUGGuAJ2xZO
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAujzZIqbNkG
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."963Please respect copyright.PENANAse7JkYCaYW
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAowHARRTdXj
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.963Please respect copyright.PENANA4KR9sEtTEL
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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