The water felt like a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAxcJi9Iv5sU
safe haven and I didn't want to get out. For some reason, it felt so 940Please respect copyright.PENANA1JFTgC9KSZ
warm and nice. I didn't want to go above the surface and face all the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAmCGmE68aRv
troubles out there. But I couldn't stay in water forever. That's 940Please respect copyright.PENANAE7UdhdNbNC
obvious. I didn't want to die in here and sooner or later, I had to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAoiTZUprqte
breathe. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAd4ARfv4Vbk
I pushed myself upwards 940Please respect copyright.PENANAEOJv2yZu6X
and my head stuck out of the water's surface. I took in a deep breath of940Please respect copyright.PENANAFawsp9TTP0
fresh air and I shook my head to shake the water out of my eyes. I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAKZeDIirqzC
opened my eyes fully and as I looked around the pool, I swam to the 940Please respect copyright.PENANA40oyYDpKvQ
edge.940Please respect copyright.PENANAFrtLQumwBA
When I finally got myself out, I saw Hyo-rin, Seungri and TOP run towards me. Taeyang and Daesung also appeared.940Please respect copyright.PENANAHiW4VIxeay
"Sam, are you okay?" Hyo-rin asked, when she got closer.940Please respect copyright.PENANAYZsITJLJSn
"I've never been better," I answered as I looked at myself.940Please respect copyright.PENANARLuqzwf4YZ
I looked ridiculously 940Please respect copyright.PENANAdmhhgj77mc
wet, that's for sure. My clothes felt so heavy. I pulled out my phone 940Please respect copyright.PENANAxE6XdJarBU
from the pocket and it was all wet and ruined. I sucked my teeth in 940Please respect copyright.PENANA4n6R5Fbyor
irritation. So much for having a cool fancy iPhone only to find it 940Please respect copyright.PENANAtHorrdgl8j
taking a dive with you into the water. I put my phone back in my wet 940Please respect copyright.PENANAJjivFm2Kae
pocket. My day couldn't get any better than this.940Please respect copyright.PENANAwUI88leAtz
I looked around me and 940Please respect copyright.PENANAJo5YrNWlMO
luckily, the little drama I had had with G-Dragon at the top of the 940Please respect copyright.PENANA3kPGOyh2ft
rocks, hadn't caught so many people's attention, but only to a few of 940Please respect copyright.PENANASmi8BBHdiJ
those who were in the same pool I had fallen in. That was a relief. The 940Please respect copyright.PENANAPCOuSCVrQN
last thing I wanted was to look embarrassed in front of the whole world.940Please respect copyright.PENANA32cptSDBRE
"You need a towel," said TOP. "You're soaking wet, and you need a change of clothes too."940Please respect copyright.PENANAVAAOwohGp7
"No need," I said as I started to remove my wet sneakers and water poured out of them. "We've to go."940Please respect copyright.PENANAoF5hx4ibXD
I heard Zoey and the 940Please respect copyright.PENANACyPcK6p80R
others' laughter and cheering on the other side of the pool. I looked on940Please respect copyright.PENANAMFrcVqD3yU
and I saw the others approach G-Dragon after he climbed down the rocks.940Please respect copyright.PENANAKHbu1WyhI1
They surrounded and cheered for him as though he was a hero. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAp0mZwgPXEy
"Sam?" I heard Taeyang's940Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ9KaV86dU
voice as he held my shoulder. "You don't look okay at all. And you 940Please respect copyright.PENANAZP83htioV1
really need a change of clothes or else you're going to catch a cold."940Please respect copyright.PENANAdcBhkRTgtV
"I already told you, I'm940Please respect copyright.PENANA7SqhGQ9UTg
fine," I said as I slowly brushed off Taeyang's hand from my shoulder. I940Please respect copyright.PENANAU7fImL5zYm
didn't want to be rude, but I was so not in the mood for consolation 940Please respect copyright.PENANAnK4oRnBlAv
from anyone.940Please respect copyright.PENANAI1hBuj3yrv
I made my way towards GD940Please respect copyright.PENANAa6Ib003E10
and the others, while they were chattering on with excitement over what940Please respect copyright.PENANAnjbKlenqZ5
had happened. Hyo-rin and the rest followed behind me. As the Toxins 940Please respect copyright.PENANAtfK27rjkPa
and G-Dragon saw me approach them, Zoey came forward.940Please respect copyright.PENANA0mqd7BPlAv
"Oh, man, Sam," said 940Please respect copyright.PENANA0mA0KC9wSm
Zoey, with a ridiculous smile on her face. "You should really see 940Please respect copyright.PENANAOWkYCXVpWG
yourself. Sorry for all that, but we had to add a little spice to the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAlngm6nTMma
game. Hope you didn't mind."940Please respect copyright.PENANAD5YwtAmqnO
"Can we just go back to YG?" I asked, with no hint of emotion on my face. "I've had a long day."940Please respect copyright.PENANAPdl8l7DVP7
"Go back to YG?" Zoey asked with a surprised look on her face. "I thought we were going back to the hotel."940Please respect copyright.PENANAl4iFmMMBoC
"I told you, our 940Please respect copyright.PENANARkSHtgyawc
managers need us back there. And as usual, you never listen to me." I 940Please respect copyright.PENANA1lXG9fA2B5
rolled my eyes as I soon remembered something. "Speaking of our 940Please respect copyright.PENANA8ABJaDV7sH
managers, Daesung, may I use your phone, please?" I looked over at 940Please respect copyright.PENANAMQGLotp1HL
Daesung.940Please respect copyright.PENANARxQrXfD3PL
"Ya, sure," said Daesung, as he gave it to me.940Please respect copyright.PENANA7VkJ7jlX7r
I dialled Lee's number 940Please respect copyright.PENANAy9HC9C80OW
and I placed the phone to my ear. The Toxins and G-Dragon looked on at 940Please respect copyright.PENANAAwtVyQcOYU
me, clueless. They were obviously wondering why I was making a call. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAK4JSNCBa13
They would know soon enough.940Please respect copyright.PENANAU42HpRKKAW
"Hello?" came Lee's voice at the other end of the line.940Please respect copyright.PENANAKKg3D7xGpY
"Lee, it's Sam," I answered.940Please respect copyright.PENANAe32J5UVSOC
"Sam, thank goodness, you called. Did you find them?"940Please respect copyright.PENANABrpZrDOUlH
"Ya, I found them," I said, as I looked on at the culprits in front of me. "Do our managers know anything?"940Please respect copyright.PENANA11WX8qGaws
"No, not yet. But you 940Please respect copyright.PENANACgmci7bZk6
better get back here quick. I can't keep them locked up much longer. And940Please respect copyright.PENANAp5aCynvtOo
the press have been waiting for you, so you better hurry."940Please respect copyright.PENANAeOE0I47sg9
"We'll be there in thirty minutes."940Please respect copyright.PENANAbrVtYkChFz
"Okay, I'll be waiting."940Please respect copyright.PENANAjXZmfujMzy
I cut the call and gave Daesung his phone back.940Please respect copyright.PENANA7mWSMuYECS
"Wait, Sam, what's going on?" Daniel asked. "Why were you talking to Lee? Is something wrong?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAhz8qU44M9G
"Everything is wrong," I answered, trying to keep my cool. "I'll tell you later. We better go now."940Please respect copyright.PENANAc7tBJWJvDc
"At least tell us what's going on," said Christine. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAMbNrAxWM3h
"It's best we get to YG first," said Seungri. "We're wasting a lot of time here."940Please respect copyright.PENANAa2gRefIb4b
"Come on. You heard Seungri, we don't have much time," I said.940Please respect copyright.PENANAbHvtA3NTn7
"But you better change your clothes first," said Zoey. "You know you easily catch a cold. At least get a towel to dry yourself."940Please respect copyright.PENANAq0gnGZrqsD
I shook my head. I was 940Please respect copyright.PENANArNq3Ok1Hkt
really on the edge of losing my temper. But I quickly took in a deep 940Please respect copyright.PENANA3hfpLPrycB
breath and started to walk away from the pool and the others in my bare 940Please respect copyright.PENANAleCIa8LS8r
wet feet and carrying my wet sneakers.940Please respect copyright.PENANA27x4ZEw3sS
After walking a few feet940Please respect copyright.PENANAndUNuB7oJR
away, I looked behind me and the others just stared at me, with 940Please respect copyright.PENANAssJcNQso7u
surprised and confused looks on their faces. The last thing I wanted was940Please respect copyright.PENANA7fADFI27C5
for them to just stand there because they would end up grabbing other 940Please respect copyright.PENANAF08I14Hv9Q
people's attention which I was highly trying to avoid.940Please respect copyright.PENANARLgUtm0QiW
"Aren't you coming or are you going to run off so that I go looking for you again?" I asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAh9zQV3tPxR
None of them answered as940Please respect copyright.PENANA354cen8BCA
they all started walking towards me and walked past heading for the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAghK6hp7eK6
exit. I stayed for a few minutes from where I stood as I watched them 940Please respect copyright.PENANAHSMTYbHLLs
go, except for TOP, who came to stand beside me.940Please respect copyright.PENANA72BmOXvztt
"Don't say a word, please," I said as I turned to look at him.940Please respect copyright.PENANACWn0JwbZ1T
"I wasn't going to say 940Please respect copyright.PENANAYSj8Mrs3Kp
anything, apparently," said TOP. "I know you're angry and the last thing940Please respect copyright.PENANAxLZ2bzGxsU
you would want to hear from me is advice."940Please respect copyright.PENANAtGXXs7PYb8
I turned to look the other way as I now felt a little guilty. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAehNF3CvUzf
"Was I harsh on them?" I asked quietly.940Please respect copyright.PENANApx3MySYaIS
"To be honest, you did the best you could not to let your anger get the best of you."940Please respect copyright.PENANAkAOmizchbe
"I'm still upset, though."940Please respect copyright.PENANAihAadNSFZC
"And that's normal. They will understand. You're human too."940Please respect copyright.PENANA9jrlECcHwD
"Thanks, TOP." I said, trying to put up a smile. "Sorry for being harsh on you earlier."940Please respect copyright.PENANAR1mf7XXeip
"It's okay. You guys go on ahead. I'll go get changed and I'll catch up with you later."940Please respect copyright.PENANA6GwKnYbasL
I gave TOP an assuring 940Please respect copyright.PENANARdwqnZMgQc
nod and he gave me a pat on my shoulder and walked away. I was on my way940Please respect copyright.PENANAV2XvfB9MfG
again and I found myself outside the indoor water park. I saw the 940Please respect copyright.PENANALjHNxX3eij
others ahead of me and I kept my distance. I was still soaking wet and I940Please respect copyright.PENANAfhSBStmU5Y
started to shiver. It was now in the afternoon but the sun still didn't940Please respect copyright.PENANAjWwyoNXwz2
seem to warm me up as I expected it to. It was hot, yes, but I still 940Please respect copyright.PENANAtjBQObv7zc
felt cold because of my dripping clothes.940Please respect copyright.PENANA41iwiZtqAw
We all found ourselves 940Please respect copyright.PENANAc8d5tZKo2I
back at the back gate of the water park. I found G-Dragon and the Toxins940Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZowoTHlKS
all settled in G-Dragon's car. Daesung, Seungri, Hyo-rin and Taeyang 940Please respect copyright.PENANAVY2kmkXVkv
were waiting for me. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAm3f8eSvGPV
"Hey, Sam, you don't 940Please respect copyright.PENANAc8rJ1AiiQV
mind if I ride along with you, Daesung and Seungri, do you?" Hyo-rin 940Please respect copyright.PENANAcPR6BYtR1W
asked as she approached me to keep the others out of ear shot.940Please respect copyright.PENANAmmVN3Yl4q5
"I'll ride with Tae, he shouldn't be alone," I said, giving Hyo-rin a small smile. "Don't worry about it."940Please respect copyright.PENANAbfMMxDYlob
Hyo-rin gave me a kind 940Please respect copyright.PENANAPLUoJF3eUT
smile and I looked on as she settled in with Daesung and Seungri in the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAgM84Khuvnm
car. G-Dragon's car took off first, then Daesung's. I continued to watch940Please respect copyright.PENANAj6fboaDAvk
on as the two cars left the premises and all I did was stand in the 940Please respect copyright.PENANA4kgKDG3e76
sun, trying to take in the warmth, but still shivering like a leaf.940Please respect copyright.PENANAiAeRUEVrSL
I had my eyes closed 940Please respect copyright.PENANAuYNW40q90s
when I felt something warm on my shoulders. I opened my eyes and I found940Please respect copyright.PENANAYlqqnHgtro
Taeyang wrap his warm coat around me.940Please respect copyright.PENANABzIl07gSlH
"You're really shivering," said Taeyang. "Let's hope you don't get..."940Please respect copyright.PENANAlySQHDzdIO
Before he could finish his sentence, I sneezed.940Please respect copyright.PENANAH9B5kYqvIe
"....a cold," said Taeyang, rolling his eyes at me. "Nice one, Sam. Now our managers will get pissed for sure."940Please respect copyright.PENANAZBmwwpUrkn
"Don't worry, it's just a small sneeze," I said as I sniffed. "I'll be fine by tomorrow."940Please respect copyright.PENANALv3n3cpvDs
"Let's hope so. Come on, we better get going."940Please respect copyright.PENANAGEjYkECScD
Taeyang led me to his 940Please respect copyright.PENANAVY0YWjs5Mi
car and he helped me open the door to the passenger's seat. We were on 940Please respect copyright.PENANATdMulxCndv
the road in no time, and as I sat in the car, I still felt cold that 940Please respect copyright.PENANA8Oss4l03Z8
Taeyang had to turn the heater on.940Please respect copyright.PENANAB0vB7xNsOM
In about thirty minutes,940Please respect copyright.PENANAmcDCrAQZro
we were back in Seoul and back in the YG premises. I found the others 940Please respect copyright.PENANAa5zVebqAPQ
all waiting for us at the front entrance of the building. Taeyang and I 940Please respect copyright.PENANA8gzjGfZ3Fv
got out of the car and walked up to them. I led them in, still barefoot 940Please respect copyright.PENANAsoX25cOpkL
and surprisingly at the same time, Collins, Yang Hyun-suk and Lee 940Please respect copyright.PENANA7z4eyDQGnx
appeared out of the elevator.940Please respect copyright.PENANAeGfYbeKUwM
"Where have you guys been?" Collins asked, as they approached us. "And why do you look so wet, Sam?"940Please respect copyright.PENANA38SPDlyJII
"We went to Caribbean Bay," I answered.940Please respect copyright.PENANAyENPmQAm1f
Lee who stood behind 940Please respect copyright.PENANAdigycHgIPL
Collins gave me a funny startled look. She probably thought I was going 940Please respect copyright.PENANAckBY5iuhvm
to make up some kind of a lie to cover up for the others. But I had 940Please respect copyright.PENANAFgwMvcMMzh
other things in mind.940Please respect copyright.PENANA7WIEIGWkZ9
"Caribbean Bay?" Yang Hyun-suk looked surprised. "We had things to sort out here and you went to have fun?"940Please respect copyright.PENANA1yEeoqfzox
Yang Hyun-suk sounded a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAux8KvBvrYF
little harsh and the rest of us were quiet. I could feel the atmosphere 940Please respect copyright.PENANA4Jf9zsk5Cb
behind me grow tense as no one said a word.940Please respect copyright.PENANAXtsWVdjDJL
"Well, is anyone going to say anything?" Yang Hyun-suk asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAwxDfCssrIB
"We didn't just go there to have fun," I said, with my head down. "If there's anyone to blame for all this, it's me."940Please respect copyright.PENANAznURkSPkf0
There was an awkward 940Please respect copyright.PENANAIy5BRktPAo
silence as I felt all eyes on me. Their eyes felt like piercing needles,940Please respect copyright.PENANArv0MM4K3YJ
but I had to ignore the feeling and carry on.940Please respect copyright.PENANAryNzWcjIEV
"What do you mean?" Collins asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZWK0PZrCo
"Well, I hear the press 940Please respect copyright.PENANAEOUiRlQMEQ
are here," said Sam. "And I bet they are here over the video of G-Dragon940Please respect copyright.PENANAGLbasDJKDK
and I. I'll tell you everything from there."940Please respect copyright.PENANAKXSXQUoeH3
"That won't be 940Please respect copyright.PENANAbY3JA6jnUt
necessary," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We can do all of that tomorrow or some 940Please respect copyright.PENANA67OYdzVKJu
other day. You look all beat and I don't think it will be appropriate to940Please respect copyright.PENANAFwStcDrcS8
go to the press looking all wet."940Please respect copyright.PENANASOk0BrgrW4
I breathed out a sigh of940Please respect copyright.PENANAHuESFjUTRs
relief. Things were simply going the way I thought they would. I just 940Please respect copyright.PENANAheflQfMEjl
hoped that what I was going to do next would work out too.940Please respect copyright.PENANAJXQpOynToX
"In the meantime, you go940Please respect copyright.PENANAM5PFz6On0H
to the hotel and get freshened up," said Collins. "We will talk later 940Please respect copyright.PENANAT40Th7yHI0
on in the evening and you will tell us all about it."940Please respect copyright.PENANASS8LVtCWBn
I nodded my head in 940Please respect copyright.PENANAv9DpPJZ4ER
agreement. Well, that was a relief. I seriously needed a change of 940Please respect copyright.PENANACsQa6jOoA4
clothes as I felt myself shiver vigorously.940Please respect copyright.PENANADvEJndKxs8
"Come, I'll drive you to the hotel," said Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAY7KGGA1BYp
"Alright," I said 940Please respect copyright.PENANAQPbGmesbNa
quietly, as I looked up at Lee. She seemed really frightened. The last 940Please respect copyright.PENANAScYscLgIwt
thing she wanted was for all of us to get into trouble and it seems like940Please respect copyright.PENANAYn1vzGPTjv
I was only making things worse.940Please respect copyright.PENANAwMXkKGOrsR
Before I turned to leave940Please respect copyright.PENANAhGeezq6ywP
with the rest of the group, I gave Lee a wink, assuring her that 940Please respect copyright.PENANAZEHwLvy6bx
everything was going to be alright and that she should trust me on this 940Please respect copyright.PENANAYpCaHtK5oG
one.940Please respect copyright.PENANAPFbbf0r23M
***940Please respect copyright.PENANA0fBpKXNwD3
I sat on the couch all 940Please respect copyright.PENANAY1PNKzBfeL
wrapped up in a blanket, coughing and sniffing like crazy as I continued940Please respect copyright.PENANAO4rdM1D5qb
staring at the TV. I was watching a K-drama series, "Boys over flowers"940Please respect copyright.PENANA2yfJ0ELpJJ
and I was really enjoying it, despite being down with a cold. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAOU0U1zNuu4
I had a box of paper 940Please respect copyright.PENANAdtT5kwu0hu
tissues right beside me and a plastic containing the ones I had blown my940Please respect copyright.PENANA5UtATY80Gv
nose on on my other side. Disgusting, I know, but hey, it was only a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAs3Pwy34NKI
cold and there was nothing I could do about it.940Please respect copyright.PENANAy1CrNTynUV
I continued watching the940Please respect copyright.PENANAoGglsbUZfo
series when the waiter came in to bring in my warm chicken soup and 940Please respect copyright.PENANAdxN5laGILm
announced that Taeyang had come to see me.940Please respect copyright.PENANAVGWOopgjx7
"Hey, how are you doing?" Taeyang asked after the waiter gave me the soup and left while he came in.940Please respect copyright.PENANAbT51nVCBNg
"Never better," I said, 940Please respect copyright.PENANABgWBqrWvaE
sounding funny with a blocked nose. "Take a seat, please. Not too close 940Please respect copyright.PENANAShWHwE7Tim
to me though, I don't want you to catch my cold."940Please respect copyright.PENANAO18a6q2jhV
"I wasn't even going to try," Taeyang took a couch right next to mine, but far away from me as possible.940Please respect copyright.PENANARWxHkmOuZO
"So, watching k-drama, huh?" Taeyang asked as he looked at the flat screen TV on the wall.940Please respect copyright.PENANAYkjUR2EGmr
"Ya, I'm actually enjoying it," I said as I put in a spoonful of chicken soup in my mouth. Mmm, it was so tasty.940Please respect copyright.PENANAoY4F097VeI
"And the others?" 940Please respect copyright.PENANApvTYACgmqL
When Taeyang meant the "others," I knew he meant The Toxins. I just rolled my eyes and continued staring at the TV.940Please respect copyright.PENANAWYVE68wWVg
"As usual, they went for practise two hours ago," I answered, not sounding like I cared.940Please respect copyright.PENANAFjc0dBptZI
"Are you still mad at them?" Taeyang asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAZtYNPbGAYi
I got the remote and paused the TV. I couldn't catch up with reading the subtitles and Taeyang's question just confused me.940Please respect copyright.PENANACED8xnJ3rm
"I don't know," I said, staring at my soup.940Please respect copyright.PENANAYm7eCAmuBi
"You don't know or you are?"940Please respect copyright.PENANA8tWv8UvOQX
I shrugged my shoulders. To be completely honest, I am still mad, but then again, I felt like I wasn't and that felt confusing.940Please respect copyright.PENANA5pkoubnvWW
"I don't know, Tae," I 940Please respect copyright.PENANA0Xg8zZ7Qqj
answered. "I'm still upset with all of them, but another part of me is 940Please respect copyright.PENANADGAabV1sOo
telling me that I won't stay that way for long and I should just try to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAgBlc8Dy1Be
forget all that happened yesterday."940Please respect copyright.PENANA2JrjzB2VXi
"Ya, I understand. They 940Please respect copyright.PENANAcpzVXJYtuZ
never listened to you and you had to carry on with their game. And in 940Please respect copyright.PENANA3h4jp83EYe
the end, you take the blame because you knew how angry our managers were940Please respect copyright.PENANAMgQ1IrJvx5
going to get."940Please respect copyright.PENANAJu1rUc2psf
I looked on at Taeyang 940Please respect copyright.PENANAO2rU10RN0W
as I sniffed. He was right. Yesterday was tough, and coming up with a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAz3taYT6Uwz
plan to help the others get out of trouble was even tougher when you 940Please respect copyright.PENANAGZynZQi13Y
know you weren't only dealing with Collins, but also with Yang Hyun-suk 940Please respect copyright.PENANAFWS3PAc0Ce
who was as tough as nails.940Please respect copyright.PENANAnwwZGSh38k
Last night, I took the 940Please respect copyright.PENANA6mpilkSxVr
blame and told our two managers that I was the one who decided that we 940Please respect copyright.PENANApARpJDDCaM
should all go out and the others had nothing to do with it. I told them 940Please respect copyright.PENANAdgUeM2ykAX
that the others had insisted on working on the song, but I was the one 940Please respect copyright.PENANAHHjBlLqiMY
who objected and made everyone do whatever they wanted. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAXdZkf4VMOY
Apparently, the managers940Please respect copyright.PENANAFFZa33fejc
weren't that mad at me at all. If I hadn't lied on their part, they 940Please respect copyright.PENANAv59jxdM2Jz
would've been way mad at the others instead. They were glad I had bought940Please respect copyright.PENANAlji7dEFIMt
these guys back on time without creating much of a scene on social 940Please respect copyright.PENANAeB0ZCBjQNv
media. Luckily, only a few people had taken pictures of us. Most people 940Please respect copyright.PENANAXsORJkBNny
on social media were even surprised that BigBang and The Toxins were at 940Please respect copyright.PENANA17dYpA7pST
Caribbean Bay. Well, at least my plan worked out. What I was truly 940Please respect copyright.PENANAZVcj64lCHb
avoiding, was grabbing too much attention from our fans, the paparazzi 940Please respect copyright.PENANA2iQrIZ2qWr
and the reporters.940Please respect copyright.PENANAkPlMIw1diL
After my confrontation 940Please respect copyright.PENANAdKllBWRzIl
with our managers, I went straight to bed without talking to anyone and I940Please respect copyright.PENANAoCA8qRgz2P
didn't have supper. One, I was totally beat from all that had happened,940Please respect copyright.PENANAdDG6Ey2JGS
and two, I just didn't feel like talking to anyone.940Please respect copyright.PENANAqzekQRlC1I
"Huh, I guess am still upset," I said, as I took in another spoon of soup in my mouth. "Especially after what GD did to me."940Please respect copyright.PENANALxm9fVnLis
"Ya, what happened was kind of dramatic," said Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAb1cgqJLy9j
"You saw that?" I looked surprised. "I thought you came later on when I fell into the pool."940Please respect copyright.PENANAv4KXIM8GTa
"No, Daesung and I arrived when you got to the top."940Please respect copyright.PENANA3h1twfC7d4
"Oh," I sniffed and coughed. "Ya, it was kind of dramatic."940Please respect copyright.PENANA7gmAngUP1g
"Have you tried talking to GD?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAEO9MQdaUVl
"To be honest, I haven't940Please respect copyright.PENANAs023gIPsiq
even tried. I don't even want to see nor talk to him. I would probably 940Please respect copyright.PENANAVktfxiWobX
slap him in the face if I see him."940Please respect copyright.PENANA5rWaUVPXtY
"I don't doubt that."940Please respect copyright.PENANAuTK8zlGHXZ
"And thank goodness my 940Please respect copyright.PENANAx5gGPKw8Ms
new phone isn't coming in until late in the afternoon. I wouldn't like 940Please respect copyright.PENANAoZze6LMWZ3
anyone calling me trying to tell me how sorry they are. Right now, all I940Please respect copyright.PENANAOvpoFD27Vg
want to do is watch some TV."940Please respect copyright.PENANAE8GGy9fhdr
I quickly drank my 940Please respect copyright.PENANANTFoyHdZMM
chicken soup from the bowl. And my goodness, the cooks here really knew 940Please respect copyright.PENANAV3tGqrRaPZ
how to make lovely soup. I would probably order for it again if I had 940Please respect copyright.PENANAtqEwTEZD1l
to.940Please respect copyright.PENANAqAFP13mw76
"So, how are you and Hyo-rin?" I asked, after putting the bowl aside.940Please respect copyright.PENANAOFlsUOJlx8
"Still not talking to each other," Taeyang amswered as he leaned back on the couch and stared at the ceiling.940Please respect copyright.PENANAsek0CdBDaM
"Looks like I'm not the only one not talking to people, aren't I?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAW6v0lAn4jM
"Nope."940Please respect copyright.PENANA1h0GbY1cI7
I stared at Taeyang as he continued to look at the ceiling as I thought of what to say or ask next.940Please respect copyright.PENANAGEWZjuG77H
"What really happened to you two yesterday?" I asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAGbovU41Tdt
Taeyang didn't say 940Please respect copyright.PENANAlQ8eEpYGVN
anything at first. Then he breathed out heavily and said, "what happened940Please respect copyright.PENANAphdGDV5UZp
to us happens to every other couple, Sam."940Please respect copyright.PENANA2a0a0O2Q4z
"I know you fought or 940Please respect copyright.PENANAEokuY5tsUg
probably had an argument. I just want to know what it was all about. 940Please respect copyright.PENANA6PCQg3xYBh
That's if you're willing to tell me. I won't push you if you don't."940Please respect copyright.PENANANHoqqh74va
I noticed Taeyang smile 940Please respect copyright.PENANAIxKtx01WPQ
while he continued to look upwards. It was probably over what I had 940Please respect copyright.PENANALLx3gkBZmo
said. I was not one who liked to push people over talking about their 940Please respect copyright.PENANA9dW6OhagnV
problems. I wasn't like Zoey who always got away with such things.940Please respect copyright.PENANATi3WRRW6JO
"Aren't you going to say anything?" I asked Taeyang who continued to smile.940Please respect copyright.PENANAbnHFrvDF0I
"I'm just wondering why some things you wish for never come to pass."940Please respect copyright.PENANAr5JXKZVPnT
I raised an eyebrow this time around. Was he diverting the question or was he talking in riddles now?940Please respect copyright.PENANAGFVWiCWy3Q
"I thought I was the only one who is sick today," I said rolling eyes.940Please respect copyright.PENANASYmboeesfT
"Don't mind what I just said," said Taeyang, as he looked at me. "It's nothing."940Please respect copyright.PENANA84doDLAUlU
"Mmm, figured. If you don't want to say anything, it's fine by.."940Please respect copyright.PENANAeBpeuWwR1U
Before I could finish my940Please respect copyright.PENANAlwFQJD10Zg
sentence, I sneezed. Like, really loud. There was silence at first 940Please respect copyright.PENANAFXDUJaFq3Q
until Taeyang started laughing at me while I blew my nose with a tissue.940Please respect copyright.PENANA2NFLUulfF8
"It's not funny, Tae," I said furrowing my eyebrows and threw the used up tissue in the plastic.940Please respect copyright.PENANAcLt6RZf2NA
"You sound funny when you sneeze. That's why I laughed," said Taeyang, giving me his eye smile.940Please respect copyright.PENANAJpJKoEVCXO
"Well, it's good I made you laugh then. Just like me, you haven't been smiling at all since yesterday."940Please respect copyright.PENANA8L6PcWp7bD
"Looks like the two of us really have a lot in common when things don't go our way."940Please respect copyright.PENANAjYizJOdC2h
"Yep, cheers to that." 940Please respect copyright.PENANAKJqqYiAbjy
"So, have you thought of any lyrics for the song yet?" Taeyang asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAA4XJo7hpMR
I slapped my face. I had completely forgot about the song since I was running up and down the whole of yesterday.940Please respect copyright.PENANAhewp2WUGlR
"I completely forgot," I said, as I sniffed. "Weren't you guys supposed to work on it today?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAp5K2wYvQ0B
"We can't work on it without you," said Taeyang. "You and G-Dragon decided that the both of you would work on it together."940Please respect copyright.PENANAjSVbURYr8z
"Don't mention his name because I feel like breaking something."940Please respect copyright.PENANAUgOaE16wiI
"Wow, that sounds personal."940Please respect copyright.PENANAL4hHRLSpzo
"Ya," I nodded my head. "It really is."940Please respect copyright.PENANArl9w15PU9d
"Then how are the two of you going to work on the lyrics if you're still angry at him?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAQyDqWPTkSy
"I think I've a better 940Please respect copyright.PENANAsyltJRCSj2
idea. Let's all just work on the song together. I may be the songwriter 940Please respect copyright.PENANAcvbIQqxS0K
in my group, but I always give a chance for others to bring in their 940Please respect copyright.PENANAy0hdhqpDQM
lyrics. It's better that way."940Please respect copyright.PENANAamdksBBQPx
"That's not a bad idea. Aren't you going to tell GD about it?"940Please respect copyright.PENANA4Vi3LNmHBw
"Uh, no. Until I'm no longer mad at him, you will have to act as my middle man."940Please respect copyright.PENANAC3Vfro3LSr
"Me? Your middle man?" Taeyang burst into a fit of laughter. "That's going to be classic."940Please respect copyright.PENANAJiPVWoGvdo
"You should be honoured. Most people would die just to be my middle man."940Please respect copyright.PENANAOJV2PJtWfk
"I wouldn't. FYI, I'm a pop star just like you and people would die just the same."940Please respect copyright.PENANAR0bV7RzekC
"Haha, good point."940Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4FYn5fZAh
Taeyang and I continued 940Please respect copyright.PENANAn7otlhXi6E
to talk for a good thirty minutes and it was so much fun. I was glad he 940Please respect copyright.PENANAaeqjmDHtad
came to see me because life tends to be boring sometimes when you're 940Please respect copyright.PENANAHunM0H7zn0
alone. Apart from talking about the events that took place yesterday, we940Please respect copyright.PENANAFi8eZ8dVTr
talked about other fun things concerning our personal lives. Mostly 940Please respect copyright.PENANA5aQeWWsdeV
focusing on the funny things that goes on whenever we were with your 940Please respect copyright.PENANA43f9WAfu2O
group members. I mostly talked about Zoey, since she always creates 940Please respect copyright.PENANACDqHk8S7Oy
drama in my life, while Taeyang talked about Seungri, who always got 940Please respect copyright.PENANAaONG2Xc1kM
into trouble since he was the "maknae" (막내) (youngest) in the group.940Please respect copyright.PENANASLlsRcrRaX
While the two of us were940Please respect copyright.PENANAB8pk4nEbep
laughing after Taeyang finished telling me a funny story about Seungri,940Please respect copyright.PENANAaDaDd3fqhY
I received a phone call from the hotel land line. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAG3fIL7ja63
I quickly went over to 940Please respect copyright.PENANA5SMyNQYgg7
the phone, trying to calm myself after laughing so much. Luckily, it was940Please respect copyright.PENANAAcb4hvpcNl
just the receptionist downstairs, informing me that Seungri and Daesung940Please respect copyright.PENANAmOkiJ9hVTD
had come to visit. I told the receptionist to tell them that they could940Please respect copyright.PENANAQyBDzj5rWy
come up and I put the receiver down.940Please respect copyright.PENANAt2oL9oucZe
"Speaking of the devil," I said as I passed Taeyang, going back to my seat, "he is here with Daesung."940Please respect copyright.PENANAX9Xx5QKILc
"Seungri is here? Well, that's a surprise."940Please respect copyright.PENANARfsAkCH5JN
"I'm not," I said shrugging my shoulders. "He's obviously here to check up on me, since he calls me his panda."940Please respect copyright.PENANADy9z5Vl8YV
"Trust me, you're one of his many pandas," said Taeyang, as he smiled.940Please respect copyright.PENANA3VlEwRzwV5
"Shut up, Tae!" I threw a pillow at him and he blocked it as he raised his arm.940Please respect copyright.PENANASEjJTftkgr
"Eww, that pillow 940Please respect copyright.PENANAQqqwiJuPEk
probably has your germs on it," said Taeyang, as he disgustingly looked 940Please respect copyright.PENANASCg7FbKpPG
at the pillow I had thrown at him on the floor.940Please respect copyright.PENANAcbK71GAkOv
"You're welcome," I said with a devious smile on my face.940Please respect copyright.PENANAHp7iPHxlV2
A few seconds later, we 940Please respect copyright.PENANAHx5NYhVOsK
heard the sound of the elevator then Seungri and Daesung appeared into 940Please respect copyright.PENANAh1I3k2Kz2W
the lounge. Seungri was holding a huge stuffed panda and Daesung was 940Please respect copyright.PENANAEibbKnU59L
holding a box of chocolates.940Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1yZEzVNqk
"Awww, is that for me?" I asked as I turned on the couch to face them.940Please respect copyright.PENANAD16yyHJ0oa
"Ah, no, the panda is a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAfXBA3Cdg3E
very good friend of mine and just came along to see the famous B.K who 940Please respect copyright.PENANAfuvTZ8TJwf
is sick," said Seungri. Daesung and Taeyang burst out laughing at the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAR0ngPLIZa2
same time.940Please respect copyright.PENANAAAHzIUuIca
"Very funny, Seungri," I said, as I frowned at him. "Give him to me, I want to hug him."940Please respect copyright.PENANA7oEX4XzUoT
"And give him your cold? No ways," said Seungri, hugging and holding onto the panda.940Please respect copyright.PENANAbO9hUJifkx
"Do you really want me to come over there and fight for it?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAx8knRUSi5H
"I would give the lady the panda if I were you, Seungri," said Taeyang. "You wouldn't want to see her nasty side."940Please respect copyright.PENANAaGk8SKNt6V
"Hey, I don't have a nasty side," I said, as I looked at Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAWthz1Yv2u7
"Everybody has one," said Taeyang, shrugging his shoulders.940Please respect copyright.PENANAQ69iYOxwba
"Never mind that," said Daesung, "just give her the panda, Seungri."940Please respect copyright.PENANAfNesnVBiGf
"Really? But he'll be scared without me," said Seungri, still holding onto the panda.940Please respect copyright.PENANA84q8xpg1ns
"For goodness sake, I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAJcwnlnOatm
know the panda is mine," I said. "And besides, we ladies are good with 940Please respect copyright.PENANA6XEK4tEuGU
handling cute and cuddly stuff. Mr Panda won't ever feel lonely or 940Please respect copyright.PENANAGKg4Kx9whw
scared with me."940Please respect copyright.PENANAAIzVwcXIgY
"Ya, I know he won't," said Seungri with a smile as he walked over to me and gave me the panda.940Please respect copyright.PENANAku1Ej9nMf8
I took the panda in my 940Please respect copyright.PENANAb8Kh6NTumP
arms and I hugged and cuddled it as though I was a little girl who just 940Please respect copyright.PENANAyDKvknhPd1
got her doll for the first time. It was so soft and fuzzy that for a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAkIjQVuLcrS
moment, it felt like a warm pillow I could sleep on. The new smell of 940Please respect copyright.PENANAOTTxb5etl5
the panda triggered my nose though, and I sneezed so loud, yet again.940Please respect copyright.PENANAgkDmH7YbiO
"My goodness, Mr Panda would need a doctor," said Seungri. "You're gonna get him sick."940Please respect copyright.PENANAMJLwCaiWTM
"He's officially mine now," I said as I sniffed. "We're going to be the best of besties."940Please respect copyright.PENANA4m0tNhnto1
"Whatever, just take good care of him for me, okay?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAfSm2k73KEK
"I will," I said with a smile as I cuddled the panda in my arms.940Please respect copyright.PENANAJXX4x0LENx
"I got you some chocolates," said Daesung, as he handed over the box of chocolates to me. "Every girl's favourite treat."940Please respect copyright.PENANA4gkuNE36NZ
"Aww, thanks Daesung," I940Please respect copyright.PENANAWGto1n5X82
said as I smiled at him and I felt myself blush when I remembered what 940Please respect copyright.PENANAdKy427w09H
happened between him and I yesterday at the park. "That's so sweet of 940Please respect copyright.PENANAPAtuToP3yB
you. See, Seungri, you should be a little bit more like him."940Please respect copyright.PENANAzPUdaD9KWP
"What did I do?" Seungri asked looking surprised. "I bought you a panda."940Please respect copyright.PENANA5daXy1uMZf
"Never mind, come take a seat, please," I said. "It's good you two came to see me."940Please respect copyright.PENANA8UPmSTg89o
"Are you feeling any better?" Daesung asked as he and Seungri sat on the other couch opposite Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAktZjB1rRZe
"Well, I'm not really feeling that sick," I said, as I sniffed. "I'll be fine tomorrow, you'll see."940Please respect copyright.PENANAobV2lhYak4
"I doubt that," Taeyang blurted out.940Please respect copyright.PENANAyRHaAWUXRy
"Ah, put a sock in it, Tae!" I said angrily. "You really know how to make me feel bad."940Please respect copyright.PENANA2aFNpTRZvS
"Ya, I do."940Please respect copyright.PENANAcJnO1BDlFO
While the four of us 940Please respect copyright.PENANAnXZIXKRLIY
were chatting and Seungri kept on pulling funny faces at me every now 940Please respect copyright.PENANAlKAB3oyKHS
and then, just to make me laugh, The Toxins arrived. At first I didn't 940Please respect copyright.PENANANZ5XBPPgmG
notice since I was laughing so much, until Daesung looked behind me and 940Please respect copyright.PENANA7q2ijTRYIG
said:940Please respect copyright.PENANAABDGpGAqow
"Hey, Zoey." 940Please respect copyright.PENANANWmJEya0Z4
I stopped laughing automatically and I turned to looked behind me. Zoey was standing in the passage with her training bag. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAfcwnBmnfU8
"Hey," Zoey replied. "I was wondering why there was laughter when we came in."940Please respect copyright.PENANASvLSy3tbJ2
"We came to see how Sam was doing," said Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAvHs3AZKkDl
"It's good you came to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAOdVBeF6puG
keep her company while we were gone." Zoey turned to look at me, but I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAiRMRCZnNXG
quickly turned away, putting myself back in my usual position on the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAYq7m6ME24n
couch.940Please respect copyright.PENANA48HW1VM5Yc
"Hey, what's with all the laughter?" came Mike's voice. "Oh, you guys are here, that's great!"940Please respect copyright.PENANAVQlYo4Xt43
"Who's here?" Christine asked, also joining the others. "Hey, guys!"940Please respect copyright.PENANA3mKLS88zgX
"Hey, how was practise?" Daesung asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANABpebNAl2iP
"Tiring as usual," I heard Daniel reply. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAYXnE4jRsO2
"We will just put our stuff away and join you in a second," said Zoey.940Please respect copyright.PENANAx4j7XNx0eP
"Ya, please do, it will be so much fun," said Seungri.940Please respect copyright.PENANA8QfTzBtnND
I tugged at my panda's 940Please respect copyright.PENANAGYqCiCte0b
ear absentmindley as I felt Taeyang's eyes on me. I looked at him and it940Please respect copyright.PENANAZLbNQf2Xu4
was obvious he could read my mind. I was still not in a mood to talking940Please respect copyright.PENANA5pDcOcbAWI
to the other Toxins, and I so much as wanted as to leave the room.940Please respect copyright.PENANAiK6rlnKfrv
The Toxins came back to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAFV0ViBqvOR
the lounge area. Zoey sat next to me and I moved away from her as I held940Please respect copyright.PENANAvhcl5Q7fNz
my panda like it was the only thing that ever mattered to me. Christine940Please respect copyright.PENANAbpHiYNz9BZ
went to join Seungri and Daesung, while Mike and Daniel joined Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAlVGOLZewUg
For a moment, no one 940Please respect copyright.PENANAl272OqKC6b
said a word to each other. There was silence. As for me, I kept on 940Please respect copyright.PENANAtM5a3qgI7s
tugging at the panda's ear still not looking at Zoey.940Please respect copyright.PENANAr72RyemgSE
"Oh, Sam, you've a panda," said Daniel, breaking the silence.940Please respect copyright.PENANAhHT3cE20pd
"Ah huh," I replied dully. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAVXKuhwHxOs
"I got it for her," said Seungri, with a smile.940Please respect copyright.PENANAv5ITWs4YU5
"Aww, it's so cute," said Christine. "You should get me one just like that someday."940Please respect copyright.PENANAEPtVUGtK0o
I stared up at the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAU3MXVpssD2
ceiling and then at the panda. I got the box of chocolates that were 940Please respect copyright.PENANA6fa4UYk4ww
next to me, opened it and put a piece of chocolate in my mouth.940Please respect copyright.PENANA8VlglwFjSc
"And she also has chocolates too," said Zoey. "I also want some."940Please respect copyright.PENANA47ugWbreAb
When Zoey tried to reach940Please respect copyright.PENANAr3SHyMRpmV
out for chocolates, I lifted the box and took it to my other side to 940Please respect copyright.PENANASABDwG3CFu
prevent her from getting any. I looked at her as I furrowed my eyebrows.940Please respect copyright.PENANAxRtXqd5KER
"Sorry, I should have asked," said Zoey.940Please respect copyright.PENANA8XZv5LnAUT
"Ya, you should have!" I snapped at her.940Please respect copyright.PENANAD5fhr8uhdE
Zoey looked hurt with 940Please respect copyright.PENANARM5XKVVaVI
the way I responded to her, but at the moment, it didn't even matter. I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAj9Js90AufC
turned to face the other way sucking at the chocolate in my mouth.940Please respect copyright.PENANAt1jnaHr2zR
"Are you still mad at us?" Zoey asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAhV2qZZ4lWU
I didn't answer as I put940Please respect copyright.PENANA50F7lXFZGp
another piece of chocolate in mouth. My silence was an obvious answer. I940Please respect copyright.PENANALFOB4ntwZn
was still mad, especially at Zoey.940Please respect copyright.PENANAkmNQVB65gR
"I know it's a little 940Please respect copyright.PENANAQMHyaCn0XI
late to say this," started Zoey. "But we're really sorry for what 940Please respect copyright.PENANAUDvN3j345c
happened yesterday. Yes, we didn't listen to you as always and we're 940Please respect copyright.PENANARZ3OJRxdCq
sorry for that too. You even took the blame for us. And I know it 940Please respect copyright.PENANAvsHpgL22Eg
doesn't look like we appreciate what you do for us, but we really do. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAYEd8IZ0fyV
You've saved our necks a number of times before from Collins, but this 940Please respect copyright.PENANAtVIBesh40m
time you had to deal with Yang Hyun-suk too."940Please respect copyright.PENANAjs4RclT8Ef
I stared at the ceiling as I sucked at the chocolate in my mouth as though I wasn't listening.940Please respect copyright.PENANAZPAUrgwRid
"I don't like it when 940Please respect copyright.PENANAchtw0XQaKj
you're not talking to me," Zoey continued. "And last night when you 940Please respect copyright.PENANAhxAXQ0lGIf
didn't say a word, I knew you were going to give us the silent 940Please respect copyright.PENANAQT3Z9D4ukF
treatment. You know you're my best friend and my only source of 940Please respect copyright.PENANAO4AVMkYHCP
happiness everyday. You know I'm not myself without you. I'm really 940Please respect copyright.PENANAeN2KJbvtK3
sorry, Sam."940Please respect copyright.PENANAyyBhsUn1Re
"We're all sorry, Sam," said Daniel. "I know you're hurt real bad because of our silly actions yesterday."940Please respect copyright.PENANAlRj7NYowwD
"I'm sorry too," said 940Please respect copyright.PENANAs3mvdthXn9
Mike. "I should have acted like the responsible one, but we all know 940Please respect copyright.PENANAeDsSCohMS4
that's not the case. You really saved us yesterday and all we want is 940Please respect copyright.PENANAbTMeOSdgIM
for you to talk to us again."940Please respect copyright.PENANAolnf0tmgAJ
"I'm also sorry, Sam," 940Please respect copyright.PENANAl4MuL6YjPV
said Christine. "We might say 'we won't do it again,' but we keep on 940Please respect copyright.PENANAy96cLdCxk0
doing the same thing. We can't do anything without you. You're our 940Please respect copyright.PENANANUzBWOKYUk
leader."940Please respect copyright.PENANAyOnqqhfWmG
I still didn't say a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAlpDgdvSPyu
word to them as I continued to stare upwards. I knew it would come to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAihvSSzbatF
this, them saying that they were sorry. My hatred for them wasn't going 940Please respect copyright.PENANA2s86WWCI1B
to last forever and I knew that very well. They were family and I loved 940Please respect copyright.PENANA5YtUOuDKna
them despite the awful things they put me through.940Please respect copyright.PENANA4XIiqQARQc
"Aren't you going to say something, Sam?" Taeyang asked. 940Please respect copyright.PENANA7c4pQ8imLi
"And what should I say?" I asked. "They know completely well that I can't stay mad at them forever, so...."940Please respect copyright.PENANAbUKbodtHzJ
"Wait, you're not mad any more?" Zoey asked, with a little hint of excitement in her voice.940Please respect copyright.PENANA7iLmSQND4a
I sighed deeply and I turned to face Zoey. And I each gave the other Toxins a look as well.940Please respect copyright.PENANAOis5DJ8l1P
"I'm mad and pretty much940Please respect copyright.PENANA455bhn0U7w
angry with all of you," I said. "But it's obvious I can never stay mad 940Please respect copyright.PENANAjFxpdKuPgY
at you forever. So, yes, I forgive you."940Please respect copyright.PENANATyi0umCGgl
"Seriously, you mean it?" Daniel asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAxy8OcQ4S7I
I sniffed and said, "ya, I mean it."940Please respect copyright.PENANAxIcWQSyxOv
"Aww, I love you, Sam!" Zoey exclaimed as she tried to come close to hug me.940Please respect copyright.PENANAthURZ77sTb
"Whoa! Back up!" I said 940Please respect copyright.PENANA1UMT18sJwu
with my hands raised to stop her from getting any closer to me. "I've a 940Please respect copyright.PENANA0C52R0bjTw
cold. Just because I forgive you, doesn't mean you can hug me."940Please respect copyright.PENANABJR7Lo8aDV
"Ah, you! Always acting 940Please respect copyright.PENANA32AUPtZliL
like you don't want a hug. Come here!" Zoey wrapped her arms around me 940Please respect copyright.PENANAOJqXCfSxx1
and hugged me. "Your cold isn't that contagious and I don't care if I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAcT5wJRRqOf
catch it anyway."940Please respect copyright.PENANA1cOG1km7hw
Christine, Daniel and 940Please respect copyright.PENANA6D7azVym2s
Mike also came over and we were all hugging each other on the couch. 940Please respect copyright.PENANANhNwtpNdGL
Even the panda got caught up in the hug. It was kind of nice and I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAttYWO3B1Dk
smiled. I completely wasn't mad at them any more, that's for certain.940Please respect copyright.PENANAMkzwq7yYmN
"Aww, let me take a pic of this beautiful moment," said Deasung as he pulled out his phone and took a photo.940Please respect copyright.PENANAKqSRkQWki1
"I'm glad you guys finally resolved things ," said Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANARmYKYjIZwR
"Ya, I'm glad we did," I said, as I felt my nose twitch. "Can you guys please stop hugging me, I'm about to...."940Please respect copyright.PENANAmoulf5U5Tv
I sneezed and the other Toxins quickly withdrew their arms around me and looked on as though I was contagious.940Please respect copyright.PENANAF8vK9zTDmi
"Excuse me," I said as I got a tissue and blew my nose. "I just can't help myself."940Please respect copyright.PENANA5DbC2RODYD
"Don't worry, you won't 940Please respect copyright.PENANAd7fBYrWeba
help yourself laughing once you see this pic," said Daesung, as he 940Please respect copyright.PENANA86ag4EcQwr
looked at his phone with a smile on his face.940Please respect copyright.PENANAbrdIIxsjaH
"Please don't tell me you captured me sneezing," I rolled my eyes when I obviously knew the answer.940Please respect copyright.PENANAlNKJrtk9Pk
"Ya, he did," said Seungri, with a smirk on his face.940Please respect copyright.PENANAtqeo7ZJpyZ
"Never mind. It's almost lunch time and I'm starving," I said. "What can we order for lunch?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAeeO8qm9x4p
"I'm glad you asked," said Zoey. "You just sit back and relax, my hungry kitty. We already have lunch covered."940Please respect copyright.PENANAlFgRuI7hXD
"What do you mean?" I asked, looking at Zoey with an eyebrow raised.940Please respect copyright.PENANAAZJpWaAZEL
"We thought of having a special lunch just for you since you were so mad at us," said Daniel. 940Please respect copyright.PENANACFFz3eNouC
"Well, that's interesting," said Taeyang. "Weren't you going to invite us as well?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAz8N4p3ZJDF
"Well, ya, but surprisingly you brought yourselves here," said Zoey. "We were about to call you as soon as we arrived."940Please respect copyright.PENANAKRaceyf3aA
"We already called the others so, no need," said Mike.940Please respect copyright.PENANAmwnfIrIXUi
At that moment, I had 940Please respect copyright.PENANAmTfsOSg9F2
put in another piece of chocolate in my mouth and I almost choked on it.940Please respect copyright.PENANAszQUQhxsHp
Mike who was the closet to me patted my back.940Please respect copyright.PENANAy1SmBdAdAW
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANApFCkttAjdU
"I'm fine, I guess," I said, as I held my throat.940Please respect copyright.PENANA39R4uABzGf
"This is what happens when you don't share chocolates," said Zoey. "Here, I'll help you."940Please respect copyright.PENANA5netvP4r5R
Zoey got the box of 940Please respect copyright.PENANAbfZiCK3LMs
chocolates and Christine went to sit next to Zoey to eat them while I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAJmMKcpsH1k
continued rubbing my throat, deep in thought.940Please respect copyright.PENANAhyuYyiGGSV
"Can you excuse me for a second?" I asked as I got up from the couch with my panda and left the room.940Please respect copyright.PENANAawaWc8rdPD
I was in the passage as I940Please respect copyright.PENANAkBFS4qEvay
leaned on the wall, close to the door of the room Zoey and I were 940Please respect copyright.PENANAcaJGFYXCGi
sleeping in. I held the panda in my arms and hugged it tightly. I sighed940Please respect copyright.PENANAHJhJOJIPjL
in what felt like sadness.940Please respect copyright.PENANA3UkQkKW8ma
"You aren't okay, again, aren't you?" came Taeyang's voice behind me.940Please respect copyright.PENANA7MKe9KNHUL
I sniffed and without facing him said, "you already know. I don't have to say anything."940Please respect copyright.PENANAOExRYL2IcM
I heard his footsteps 940Please respect copyright.PENANAt8o9MMjj7N
and I knew he was coming closer. He also leaned his back against the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAOJK2KlGsxx
wall as he stood right next to me and I heard him sigh.940Please respect copyright.PENANAGmCYHPDdrU
"Are you really going to stay mad at GD for long?" he asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANADd4lY8X2OX
"And are you going to do the same with Hyo-rin?" I also asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAGTvIkIzQQL
"Are we really do this right now?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAqL1GiYEktX
"Do you want us to continue making each other feel bad about yourselves?" 940Please respect copyright.PENANANqVlSVwaFl
Taeyang chuckled silently and I smiled, still not looking at him.940Please respect copyright.PENANA40QbXGxjPU
"This isn't working, is it?" Taeyang asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAU0Z6hd97ET
"Nope." 940Please respect copyright.PENANAfdWfXv1I3Y
I heard Taeyang take in another deep breath and said, "I really admire you, Sam."940Please respect copyright.PENANAnBCqyw2Ly6
My eyes almost felt like940Please respect copyright.PENANALZdRT2jxjL
they would pop out of their sockets. He admired me? Like how? Admiring 940Please respect copyright.PENANA4E6UlKspTe
meant a lot of things. And right now I felt really confused.940Please respect copyright.PENANAlPKt9uqwUX
I turned to look at him 940Please respect copyright.PENANAimICOS2Z6m
and I found him staring at me. He gave me a simple smile and I didn't 940Please respect copyright.PENANA89H9qGP07y
know where to begin to ask what he truly meant.940Please respect copyright.PENANAykg3e8KR3m
"I....uh, what do you, uh.... mean when you said you admired me?" I asked as I stammered.940Please respect copyright.PENANAodgZH7mZRt
"That you're surrounded 940Please respect copyright.PENANABMDCckpso1
by such amazing people in your life that you're even able to forgive 940Please respect copyright.PENANAJPkP49uAAl
them despite you getting hurt by them," he answered. "I admire that 940Please respect copyright.PENANAX43RU1AsGA
you've such a good heart. You don't seem to hold grudges for long."940Please respect copyright.PENANASTIPPEKTGt
"A good heart? Really? I don't think so. If it's anyone with a good heart it's you, Tae, not me." 940Please respect copyright.PENANAs8vpaKtx39
"Then if you can see that in me, I can also see that in you."940Please respect copyright.PENANAt9ubKFx7NL
I sighed and I gave Taeyang a stern eye. "So what's your point?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAFt8Mis9B9t
"That you also shouldn't stay mad at GD."940Please respect copyright.PENANAw9lydjgZ6V
"Tae, you don't know how I felt yesterday when he betrayed me and left me dangling on the cliff for my life."940Please respect copyright.PENANAJcPhYH2ddg
Taeyang raised an eyebrow at me. "You felt betrayed?"940Please respect copyright.PENANANge4bO5x5O
"Well, ya." I shrugged my shoulders. "What GD did to me wasn't.....It was so not....."940Please respect copyright.PENANAU6ZWXGTfTr
Apparently, I couldn't 940Please respect copyright.PENANAzOiIF8DUnI
seem to find the right words. I didn't even realise how I felt when I 940Please respect copyright.PENANAyfG0p5EzpD
talked about this to Taeyang. On one hand I was confused and on the 940Please respect copyright.PENANASACwNQLvqD
other, I was still mad I could break something. I was even squeezing my 940Please respect copyright.PENANAMWpSue834Q
panda tightly. If it were a live animal, I would have choked it to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAhKHGFYH1iQ
death.940Please respect copyright.PENANAqvDFlezQg9
Taeyang still looked at me with his eyebrow raised and I didn't like that he wasn't saying anything.940Please respect copyright.PENANAhV9GUrhJpv
"Aren't you going to say anything, Tae?" I asked, sounding frustrated. "Don't look at me like that."940Please respect copyright.PENANACJ087bVSeH
Taeyang folded his arms 940Please respect copyright.PENANAIIdZpibMzu
and said, "if you really want me to say something, I'll say what I think940Please respect copyright.PENANAbfsIlhtrKJ
and what I'm seeing right now. You aren't mad at GD. You're just hurt."940Please respect copyright.PENANA7qStApzEpm
"Hurt? I don't get it." I felt even more confused.940Please respect copyright.PENANAl565KqqceK
"You're may think you're940Please respect copyright.PENANArAkWjJVGPK
upset and angry, when actually you're hurt. You just said you felt 940Please respect copyright.PENANA22umhAyQq1
betrayed with what GD did to you. Feeling betrayed isn't getting angry, 940Please respect copyright.PENANAS7KHy8I3B6
but feeling hurt."940Please respect copyright.PENANALAGUYWhgwq
I slowly took in what Taeyang said and I couldn't help but feel he was right on this one.940Please respect copyright.PENANA3nwliKiwjD
"But I wouldn't feel 940Please respect copyright.PENANAHuh4xL3yz8
hurt or betrayed if I...." I was soon hit with the most shocking 940Please respect copyright.PENANAB0rdCdbA5x
revelation of my life and I stopped myself in mid sentence as I looked 940Please respect copyright.PENANA9VYI1zhU7X
at Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAhsEI7qzy42
Taeyang gave me that 940Please respect copyright.PENANApk1zZlfpb4
look that he already knew what I was about to say. And he probably had 940Please respect copyright.PENANA1Tl7x1XZ9B
figured it out a whole lot sooner than I did. I shook my head at him, 940Please respect copyright.PENANAhMa6Ez1VPK
while in return, he nodded.940Please respect copyright.PENANAT6hmCFm1kX
"No, freaking way," I said, trying not to raise my voice. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAKuYQfzNbee
"Ya," said Taeyang. "Believe it or not, it seems like you like him."940Please respect copyright.PENANANun6JuXEXr
I didn't say a word as I940Please respect copyright.PENANAv1hkLKHT4h
went back to leaning my back against the wall. I buried my chin into my940Please respect copyright.PENANAAq1HXt4uBa
panda's soft head not really believing what just happened. The thought 940Please respect copyright.PENANAvokG2wfmDM
of liking GD clouded my mind. Not only that. What happened between 940Please respect copyright.PENANAUkgFW7xzLv
Daesung and I at the park really made things complicated.940Please respect copyright.PENANAdHvCSF6y81
"I guess you're right," I muttered to Taeyang. "But I can't tell for sure if I really like him or not."940Please respect copyright.PENANAze3Ie4Adr8
"Maybe all you need is a little time to figure it out," said Taeyang. "Right now, you're just confused."940Please respect copyright.PENANAtm5uJTdk5p
"I'm 'really' confused. You've no idea."940Please respect copyright.PENANAzR27AVlC9a
"Did something else happen that you aren't telling me?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAOeY9irOJNK
If there was ever a way I940Please respect copyright.PENANAjPaYmPXxoq
would personally give Taeyang an award for, was for mind reading. It's 940Please respect copyright.PENANAKPYw3zA7gd
like he knew what was going on inside my head. I wondered if I should 940Please respect copyright.PENANARqVmEWiJVI
tell him about Daesung too, but I was saved my the bell.940Please respect copyright.PENANAMUzMGQGsmX
"Hey, you two, let's go, lunch is ready downstairs," said Zoey appearing in the passage. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAumbEzdZrjx
"Okay, let me put my panda away," I said as I quickly disappeared into the room and I left it on my bed. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAK4ZzOA4pPB
When I came out, I still found Taeyang where I had left him and the two of us went to join the others entering the elevator.940Please respect copyright.PENANA007txnKlua
"You two are really close today. Are you up to something?" Zoey asked Taeyang and I as we got into the elevator.940Please respect copyright.PENANAuTnBqyHfZv
"No, why do you ask?" I asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANA5IqbudWSoK
"Well, I'm just asking,"940Please respect copyright.PENANAyOkNbPUzyV
said Zoey, as she playfully scratched the back of her head. "Who knows,940Please respect copyright.PENANAxH9wkFBBTi
Taeyang might steal you away from me and become your new best friend."940Please respect copyright.PENANA2yOOpqnm4C
"Sounds like you're jealous," said Seungri, with a mocking smile on his face.940Please respect copyright.PENANA0USoEBGltL
"No, I'm not!" Zoey snapped.940Please respect copyright.PENANA0Pu4EMAi1R
"Hilarious," muttered Taeyang, as he smiled.940Please respect copyright.PENANAExJPMMtOq3
"If I knew that's what you were thinking about, I wouldn't have asked," I said, as I rolled my eyes.940Please respect copyright.PENANA6sqIwt00MT
I pressed the button 940Please respect copyright.PENANAPpyXK1KbNC
leading us to the ground floor and the doors to the elevator closed 940Please respect copyright.PENANAZkcgjg9Qtf
before us. In a matter of seconds, we found ourselves on the ground 940Please respect copyright.PENANAKZoxpeU4SG
floor and we all walked out of the elevator.940Please respect copyright.PENANAqxFUPjzYJa
We went to the main 940Please respect copyright.PENANAt4PjlyEBz3
hotel dinning room and a waiter lead us to the table reserved for us for940Please respect copyright.PENANA12i1oRwYSV
lunch. It was a huge round table in the VIP section. There were ten 940Please respect copyright.PENANAUF1EKzIl5l
seats around the table, obviously for all BigBang and Toxins members.940Please respect copyright.PENANAxytesh50Fu
"Why didn't you invite, our managers and Lee?" I asked Zoey as we approached the table.940Please respect copyright.PENANAMzTSIQYUNk
"Are you serious? Those guys are busy and you wanted me to invite them?" Zoey asked. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAkLINyBR5H4
"To be honest, we just 940Please respect copyright.PENANAv1aLDo7fC8
wanted to avoid them asking us questions about yesterday," said Daniel. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAPkLltOQbuj
"We wanted it to be strictly Toxins and BigBang."940Please respect copyright.PENANAs26RbaUUiK
"Was that so hard to say?" I asked Zoey upon Daniel's answer.940Please respect copyright.PENANA6pLToUtg2y
"Maybe. Let's forget about it and sit, shall we?" Zoey suggested and she walked ahead of us, reaching the table first.940Please respect copyright.PENANAgjBjfWKDDR
We all got to the table and before I could pull out my chair, Taeyang pulled the chair out for me and I glady sat.940Please respect copyright.PENANAX5zPW3SxbD
"Thanks, Tae," I said as I smiled up at him.940Please respect copyright.PENANABSlLz8rsDW
"You're welcome," said Taeyang as he sat next to me and Daesung sat on my other side.940Please respect copyright.PENANArOfkSDAQTM
"Okay, weird, you two are getting real close," said Zoey as she sat across the table looking directly at Taeyang and me.940Please respect copyright.PENANARrVeIaKXoT
"Nah, I don't think so,"940Please respect copyright.PENANA9EY2kKxKj9
said Christine. "Taeyang is just so sweet. I wish I was the sick one so940Please respect copyright.PENANALiwV6a4vxS
he would be treating me like that."940Please respect copyright.PENANAm3x79iv0mF
"Mmm, I don't think so,"940Please respect copyright.PENANAziXhItF4xz
said Zoey, shaking her head. "Did something happen between the two of 940Please respect copyright.PENANAY1eAMkCWOf
you yesterday that I'm not aware of?"940Please respect copyright.PENANA0VvWk9arXG
"My goodness," I rolled my eyes and sniffed. "Stop making a drama out of everything, Zoey."940Please respect copyright.PENANAgQfBLfMcDF
"I'm not," said Zoey, shrugging her shoulders.940Please respect copyright.PENANAErZh2YmAT1
"Then, stop trying to make one."940Please respect copyright.PENANAxwzDo5EepV
"Before you two decide to tear each other apart," said Seungri. "Can we please have our food now? I'm starving."940Please respect copyright.PENANAafXPeMA9VL
"Ya, me too," said Mike.940Please respect copyright.PENANAwY47VcUNQG
"Wait, we've to wait for TOP and GD to get here first," said Zoey.940Please respect copyright.PENANAinVxyIdNQG
"Seriously?" Daniel asked. "Do we really have to wait?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAp2zaeP5jRX
"We can't really be so sure how long they're going to take to get here," said Daesung.940Please respect copyright.PENANApytfcmXDzU
"They will be here any moment now," said Zoey as she stared at her fancy white wrist watch. "Trust me."940Please respect copyright.PENANAFXsydPdU1I
"Really? Can we just get on with it?" Mike asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7qlQab5jS
"We haven't even passed a minute, and you're complaining already?" Daesung asked almost in a fit of laughter.940Please respect copyright.PENANA1XY24D2c8M
"Ah, here they come," said Zoey as she looked behind me. "Told you they will be here."940Please respect copyright.PENANA8Sp1U8JMQx
I didn't even dare try 940Please respect copyright.PENANA2KRwiemLL4
to look behind me as I twirled a strand of my hair with my fingers as I 940Please respect copyright.PENANA8OXYiKVV0m
coughed. Zoey got up from her seat and ran over to G-Dragon and TOP.940Please respect copyright.PENANAxPHfhE0MRw
"I'm so glad you're here," said Zoey. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAQIGVfTcucU
"I'm glad you invited us," came TOP's voice. "How is our patient doing?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAMxJUoDecqt
"Why don't you see for yourself?" Zoey suggested.940Please respect copyright.PENANAtRefTnE37C
I heard footsteps coming940Please respect copyright.PENANA2MWYc18tPH
towards the table and I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable 940Please respect copyright.PENANAYl9b0Ef9Rw
as I moved in my seat. Taeyang must have noticed because he turned to 940Please respect copyright.PENANASzs9tuj3mr
look at me.940Please respect copyright.PENANAMz0pyfmLHc
"Are you okay?" he whispered.940Please respect copyright.PENANAusRb1zlS2k
"I'm trying to," I whispered back.940Please respect copyright.PENANAorm5DZZzdJ
I soon felt strong hands940Please respect copyright.PENANA4ewfGSyvgC
grip my shoulders and I was startled. For a moment, I thought it was GD940Please respect copyright.PENANAUihryw77Xx
until I took a whiff of TOP's musky cologne.940Please respect copyright.PENANAE38meeIcTc
"Hi, Sam," said TOP, as he bent over to give me a peck on the cheek. "How are you doing?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAUkRjSqc5DM
"I'm a whole lot better,940Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ8iwH6YYr
thanks," I replied, as I felt myself blush and the spot where TOP 940Please respect copyright.PENANALexFC4SYbM
pecked me burn up. "It's nothing serious." I sniffed.940Please respect copyright.PENANAOdy2mya1FQ
"Glad to hear that."940Please respect copyright.PENANArXz5JKk66h
When TOP let go of my shoulders and walked away to take his seat next to Mike, I heard G-Dragon's voice behind me.940Please respect copyright.PENANAuoLuST8xMR
"I'm glad you're okay, Sam. I thought of the worst when you got sick."940Please respect copyright.PENANAHD97RFj68d
I was planning not to 940Please respect copyright.PENANA5zvYrb0Hrw
turn and look at G-Dragon, but I did anyway. When I looked at him, he 940Please respect copyright.PENANAxiPBdqG9Zg
was staring at me with those captivating eyes of his. I could tell that 940Please respect copyright.PENANAEMnI63fRCH
he was sorry for what he did to me yesterday. I was wondering whether to940Please respect copyright.PENANAwm1u28CEgj
jump at him and tear him apart, or just let the problem go like water 940Please respect copyright.PENANA55lQU1KxoL
under the bridge.940Please respect copyright.PENANAYVi1U9hUX8
I smiled, at least that was an effort, and said, "I'm fine, GD, my cold isn't serious neither is it contagious."940Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ3azZ3Ogw
"Wait, you're not mad at me anymore?" he asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3lCyoR575
I tried not to frown. "Let's not talk about that. I'm starved."940Please respect copyright.PENANAxqZENj1Bcw
"Okay, then," said Zoey, as she wrapped her arm around G-Dragon's elbow. "Let's sit and have lunch."940Please respect copyright.PENANAdyyMJNjQVX
Zoey and G-Dragon sat down next to each other as they were conversating about something.940Please respect copyright.PENANAWt7N9OOixf
"You know what? At least I tried not to sound mad at him," I said to Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANA5wWbGOCXzv
"Will you try to keep that up for long?" Taeyang asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAOxzMMO22xv
"If I can manage to have lunch without any mishaps, then I know things will be okay."940Please respect copyright.PENANAzXGPSb7Leh
The waiters soon came 940Please respect copyright.PENANAeShduiAiKQ
and laid our lunch on the table. We first had lovely soup for a starter.940Please respect copyright.PENANAJLulUWI6yK
And since Zoey mentioned earlier that it was a special lunch 940Please respect copyright.PENANAS7iJmk2DUV
specifically for me, we were all served my favourite dish as the main 940Please respect copyright.PENANAW1Aolnf82e
meal, Italian chicken terazzini.940Please respect copyright.PENANAMzL4Vmg5gv
For a moment, I felt 940Please respect copyright.PENANAoQEiNtSee9
more at home than ever before. A feeling I hadn't felt in a long time. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAbo0asoccea
Zoey really knew how to make me feel more pleased with her in order for 940Please respect copyright.PENANAauOxlzNNoj
me to forget that I was ever mad.940Please respect copyright.PENANA7PZFrOGKNa
"Mmm, this is so 940Please respect copyright.PENANACxPeQg1s9Z
delicious," said Mike, a few minutes in during the meal. "Now I see why 940Please respect copyright.PENANAN4ky5ssp5y
you like this dish, Sam. It's so awesome."940Please respect copyright.PENANA4iZslrT0Xo
"I agree," said Seungri. "And the chefs here really know how to make a good meal."940Please respect copyright.PENANAMlqjZJtk1z
"We wouldn't have had this if it wasn't for Zoey," I said, as I looked at her. "Thanks, by the way."940Please respect copyright.PENANAUqXC7t67Uf
"Anything for you, Sam,"940Please respect copyright.PENANAH3SEMlTSTE
said Zoey with a huge grin on her face. "But to be honest, this whole 940Please respect copyright.PENANASVb1EP9D6T
lunch thing, wasn't really my idea."940Please respect copyright.PENANAKVSA3WoufX
"Oh? Then whose was it then?" Daesung asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAFKssvulYZk
"Da, GD. Who else?" Zoey replied as she playfully nudged G-Dragon on his arm with her elbow.940Please respect copyright.PENANAs13PM7qqyA
I had just taken in some940Please respect copyright.PENANAmxvHYq0v3x
food into my mouth and I almost choked on it, but I tried not to make 940Please respect copyright.PENANArD7Qot2vqF
it look obvious. I slowly put my spoon and fork on the plate as I slowly940Please respect copyright.PENANAD3CAnY6iUA
tried to chew my food, but at the same time, processing what Zoey had 940Please respect copyright.PENANAwolfdvsGxQ
just said.940Please respect copyright.PENANAGjfs0vKE4p
"This was all G-Dragon's idea?" I asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAgVpRWs5pWv
"Well, ya," Christine 940Please respect copyright.PENANAC0ZGRZ1FCX
replied. "You were so mad that you weren't talking to us, when we met 940Please respect copyright.PENANAjG3iTISiwM
G-Dragon at YG this morning, he suggested the idea of throwing you a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAkuIObAuE8U
special lunch to lighten your mood."940Please respect copyright.PENANAQzfoUIJwjC
At that moment, I didn't know if all this lightened my mood or just darkened it even more.940Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZBxn2NGmU
"Thanks for the lunch, 940Please respect copyright.PENANALSPVp4omGi
GD," I said with a smile, which felt rather painful on my face. "It's so940Please respect copyright.PENANAh25rHu7ztk
sweet of you to have come up with this."940Please respect copyright.PENANAIb2i9gEF82
"You're welcome," said G-Dragon as he winked at me.940Please respect copyright.PENANAdeDi9WGRqi
I almost felt like 940Please respect copyright.PENANAWnuFclBkkf
jumping at him from my seat to poke his eyes out with a fork, but I was 940Please respect copyright.PENANAwOOJ5fhbo6
surprised with myself when I didn't move a muscle and continued to stare940Please respect copyright.PENANAjhWvW6VcBO
at him with a fake smile on my face. Where was all this anger coming 940Please respect copyright.PENANA3qt0DROk1D
from? And why was it that with every minute that passed, my anger kept 940Please respect copyright.PENANAPpJ1FyBGZj
turning into rage?940Please respect copyright.PENANAZt2SsBaIt0
Oh, goodness. I needed 940Please respect copyright.PENANARISJBajRoV
help, that's for sure. I wasn't supposed to be mad at G-Dragon up to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAHA0orDqOB3
this point. But why did I still feel angry and hurt? 940Please respect copyright.PENANAUDfYUIaTlH
I tried to push aside 940Please respect copyright.PENANAC9lbZ6yWd0
the questions and my boiling anger as I stared at my food and continued 940Please respect copyright.PENANAZdHBtBA50B
to eat. When we were all done with our main meal, we were served 940Please respect copyright.PENANA0hMzCg8ZOd
dessert. Again, surprise, surprise, it was my favourite dessert, frozen 940Please respect copyright.PENANAFJy4EsFt4t
chocolate moussé.940Please respect copyright.PENANAsqHAXPWazi
"Yum, yum, yum," I said,940Please respect copyright.PENANAUa0jKPVTSj
with a bright smile on my face as the waiter laid down a dessert bowl 940Please respect copyright.PENANAMtMN8DlUcr
filled with chocolate moussé in front of me.940Please respect copyright.PENANAQzk9hbJoZy
"This is the most excited I've seen you today, Sam," said Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAqfJll39fSh
"It's because chocolate moussé is her favourite dessert," said Daniel. "Give her that and she would be your best friend."940Please respect copyright.PENANAKgfNdGst1N
"I'll keep that in mind," said TOP.940Please respect copyright.PENANAEmfvghuELN
I didn't wait for 940Please respect copyright.PENANACqLjh8hgPR
everyone else to get their own share of dessert. As soon as I got mine, I940Please respect copyright.PENANA00nio8LDgz
got a dessert spoon and started to eat the cold dessert. Mmmm, I closed940Please respect copyright.PENANAWOqUxqI4zG
my eyes as I took it in my mouth and for once, I felt like I was in 940Please respect copyright.PENANAncPvO9EjEs
heaven.940Please respect copyright.PENANATjUcLLcozS
"This is so good," I said, with my eyes closed as I savoured the chocolate in my mouth.940Please respect copyright.PENANA2SCKsgeBuG
"Be careful though," said G-Dragon. "You're not supposed to be eating cold stuff when you've a cold and a cough."940Please respect copyright.PENANAUWgppSS7dM
"I don't care," I said 940Please respect copyright.PENANA67moWMAnUl
as I opened my eyes and smiled at G-Dragon. "I would end up with a bad 940Please respect copyright.PENANA0paIAly6hd
sore throat and I still wouldn't mind."940Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7oRp1QUb2
G-Dragon smiled back at 940Please respect copyright.PENANAC1gtGgCvS2
me and I realised that I wasn't mad at him anymore. It looked like I 940Please respect copyright.PENANANky0dvhBQG
really couldn't stay mad at him. And I was glad that all the hate faded 940Please respect copyright.PENANA8vIoeR2fpp
away.940Please respect copyright.PENANAVvOHGjBOnV
After dessert, we all 940Please respect copyright.PENANA0KqEKQxkVe
just sat there and started to chat. For once, it felt really good to be 940Please respect copyright.PENANARPRrmwfHL3
on speaking terms with everyone again. We were soon talking about what 940Please respect copyright.PENANAo8ZOdD6DlZ
happened yesterday. After going through all that and talking about it, 940Please respect copyright.PENANA3kC7lzyByL
it all seemed rather funny and we all laughed about it. Although, the 940Please respect copyright.PENANAuQJVleXjqN
part where G-Dragon had made me dive into the pool seemed to hurt a 940Please respect copyright.PENANAIyCA5DzXyi
little, I knew I would grow out of it someday.940Please respect copyright.PENANAIqcdgAtSiN
"Hey, may I ask?" Seungri asked. "How did Lee manage to keep our managers at YG for so long?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAK69UkPuHuF
"Not sure, I'll make sure to ask her later on," I said.940Please respect copyright.PENANAGcxl0yBS4h
"Yesterday, was just hilarious," said Zoey, wiping away a fake tear after laughing. "We should try that again some time."940Please respect copyright.PENANAFTfriQbeUe
"But this time, not at the water park," I said.940Please respect copyright.PENANASPJwKwRBqQ
"Then where?" Daesung asked. "The water park was so much fun."940Please respect copyright.PENANAmUheyGw1KW
"I suggest we try to figure that out later," I said. "We have stuff to do."940Please respect copyright.PENANAvz81sH00Hq
"What stuff?" TOP asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAuN315sOW4X
"The song. Don't tell me you all forgot?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAUTNVMMomXV
"Oh, the song!" Mike slapped his forehead. "I myself forgot about that."940Please respect copyright.PENANA7vIoCosutY
"I thought both you and G-Dragon were going to work on it," said Christine.940Please respect copyright.PENANAc5zpprWm9L
"Ya, but I have a better idea," I said.940Please respect copyright.PENANAr9KnzWv5G2
I felt Taeyang look at me and I turned to look at him.940Please respect copyright.PENANA1cVppRJNTD
"Are you really going through with that?" Taeyang asked, as he whispered.940Please respect copyright.PENANANx8UZJhDDt
"I don't think that's a big deal, is it?" I whispered back. "I think it's a good idea."940Please respect copyright.PENANA3MvA6OwH6u
"Wait, what's going on?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9lDHwMOkR
G-Dragon asked, as he noticed Taeyang and I whispering to each other. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAIbLBg1pl5U
"And what idea have you come up with for the song?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAcWwVl3VICR
"I thought we should all940Please respect copyright.PENANAujgPrtXosH
work on the lyrics together. I feel it will be a lot better if we all 940Please respect copyright.PENANAal0bvjeX8E
bring out our ideas and put them as lyrics."940Please respect copyright.PENANA3MuIW19Unp
"But why do we have to put our heads together if there is you and G-Dragon who are better at song writing?" TOP asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAt5A4bLXQrC
"I don't know, I feel we940Please respect copyright.PENANAWkVdoiKwnT
have to put our all in the song by coming up with lyrics from everyone.940Please respect copyright.PENANAn5FyFNX1Lk
It might sound a little strange, but we all have to help each other out940Please respect copyright.PENANAF1qbeMRO0P
on this. If there is anyone objecting to it, you're free to do so."940Please respect copyright.PENANAEvhAROHPv3
"I don't get it though,"940Please respect copyright.PENANAqhflR5hMvY
said G-Dragon, as he leaned back on his chair and stared at me. "What 940Please respect copyright.PENANAjGqXD2CGNn
made you come up with this idea when we already agreed on who will write940Please respect copyright.PENANAJi4a18cZJN
the lyrics?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAmIUf3lYumn
"I don't know, it kind of felt right, I think," I said.940Please respect copyright.PENANAnS6eJbzuHL
"You think?" G-Dragon now raised his eyebrow at me. "Is there something you aren't telling us?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAZvvUF4C1q0
This time, I also raised940Please respect copyright.PENANAKjlFUfKy4n
an eyebrow. I had told Taeyang about my idea earlier not because I was 940Please respect copyright.PENANAsSxyDXJexN
trying to avoid G-Dragon but for everyone else's benefit.940Please respect copyright.PENANAeAI4xnd3fq
"What makes you think I have other intentions?" I asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANATJBGDEqboC
"Maybe you might still be mad at G-Dragon," Zoey blurted out.940Please respect copyright.PENANAK2VGeruqd8
I sighed. Great! These were the times you wished Zoey never had such a big mouth.940Please respect copyright.PENANAAumj3nf0N9
"Is that true? Are you still mad at me?" G-Dragon asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANA1jymZA8z9Z
"No, not any more," I answered. "At first I was, but now I'm over with what happened yesterday."940Please respect copyright.PENANAu4tIi7jpyh
"Or are you still mad that you don't want to work on the lyrics with me?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAKq2m51b7UU
By the way G-Dragon 940Please respect copyright.PENANAC4tBEfDYE6
spoke, I could tell he was hurting. But it was pretty hard to try to 940Please respect copyright.PENANAOtVTHNL1zt
convince him that yes, I was mad at first and I wanted to avoid him. And940Please respect copyright.PENANAb96ApWzliT
no, since I'm no longer mad at him any more and that the idea of all of940Please respect copyright.PENANAgf8KmnWDiM
us working on the lyrics for the song seemed like a good idea.940Please respect copyright.PENANAunXW7c4cEx
"I just told you, I'm not mad anymore."940Please respect copyright.PENANAvVXHT13MYI
"Why is it that I don't believe you?"940Please respect copyright.PENANA7XrwvemhUZ
"Maybe, it's because you're objecting to my idea and you just want to make up what would be a valid reason for it."940Please respect copyright.PENANAgbyBVNbDj2
"Mmm, looking at it through Sam's point of view, I see nothing wrong if all of us work on the song," said Daniel.940Please respect copyright.PENANAOPpmNytLVm
"Then why come up with this in the first place?" Zoey asked. 940Please respect copyright.PENANAvvpenroYfZ
"I already told you, I just think it's a good idea," I repeated.940Please respect copyright.PENANAuhCo3IBDN7
"Well, I'm not up for it," said G-Dragon folding his arms. "I object."940Please respect copyright.PENANAi69tNhG75Y
"Well, you should have said that instead of blaming me for coming up with this as an excuse."940Please respect copyright.PENANAq8IRvvueWi
"I think you are, and you're not telling us."940Please respect copyright.PENANA4UPqGIbYF5
"Are we going to go through this again? You just objected."940Please respect copyright.PENANAGhBd2mts1x
"I could go through this over and over again if I had to until you tell us the truth."940Please respect copyright.PENANAUXsnM2hEjG
"What truth?" I asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAzVCSucuvIH
"Okay, guys this is getting a little out of hand," said Taeyang. "Don't forget, we aren't the only ones here."940Please respect copyright.PENANAg4OWwSWlwH
Taeyang was right. I was940Please respect copyright.PENANAUtu4NSbsz8
so caught up in the argument with G-Dragon, I forgot that we were in 940Please respect copyright.PENANASDZJQWvCpW
the hotel dining room. I looked around us and a few heads from other 940Please respect copyright.PENANAZSCd9hR9hf
tables turned to ours. It seemed like our argument caught some people's 940Please respect copyright.PENANAA4MoCLeuqB
attention.940Please respect copyright.PENANAak9xArjE4h
"Tae's right," I said. "We shouldn't be arguing, much less here."940Please respect copyright.PENANAHesgTEp5wm
"Then let's conclude on this once and for all then," said Deasung. "Those who favour Sam's idea, raise your hand."940Please respect copyright.PENANAHVLr7MTQk9
Taeyang, Daesung, Daniel940Please respect copyright.PENANAx3ARhJXBxL
and Mike, raised their hands. That meant Zoey, TOP, Seungri and 940Please respect copyright.PENANAg2JcIpWPjk
Christine were on G-Dragon's side. What a bummer!940Please respect copyright.PENANAOotNkBAOrh
"Whoops, looks like it's a tie," said Zoey playfully with a smirk.940Please respect copyright.PENANAjLNAL20Zug
"It's not funny, Zoey," I said shaking my head.940Please respect copyright.PENANAWa01zRSCBV
"Well, this just got serious," said Seungri, scratching his head.940Please respect copyright.PENANAiUbw0s9MNc
"It's a tie, so I suggest we..." I was then interrupted by G-Dragon.940Please respect copyright.PENANA6FnS3xnOmc
"No, this time you aren't going to say or suggest anything," said G-Dragon.940Please respect copyright.PENANAjMabLOJYNV
"But I....." 940Please respect copyright.PENANACmwYWQXgYi
"Sam, sshh," said Zoey, 940Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6WIZwp8Bm
pressing her index finger to her lips, telling me to keep quiet. "You've940Please respect copyright.PENANAagiUXYiqzc
talked way too much, don't you think?"940Please respect copyright.PENANAHGKGViIgLs
That felt like a slap in940Please respect copyright.PENANAoD489aLq1Q
the face and I felt my face burn up in embarrassment. It looked like 940Please respect copyright.PENANAyq5VbeyBKl
the tables had turned on me today. At first I was mad at G-Dragon and 940Please respect copyright.PENANAovB8TbUE2p
the other Toxins, but now, I was the one pissing everyone off. What 940Please respect copyright.PENANArKaIv45HJ4
happened to me being the leader? I know G-Dragon was older, but what 940Please respect copyright.PENANAv4qYwDZnqE
about what I thought was best for the whole group?940Please respect copyright.PENANA43WslZXzg1
"I suggest we think about it and when we meet tomorrow, we vote over it again," said G-Dragon.940Please respect copyright.PENANAPNaEHQNqCn
"That's fine with me," said Mike.940Please respect copyright.PENANAt7ZG4kKKmL
Everyone else agreed, 940Please respect copyright.PENANASKaXwQRwOP
except me since I was told not to say a word. I personally also thought 940Please respect copyright.PENANA2Pi47tmFPQ
it was a good idea to try and think things through. But what if it 940Please respect copyright.PENANAgQh6saMle8
didn't work out tomorrow? What would we do then? I had a terrible 940Please respect copyright.PENANAjfCqIb5zTm
feeling that things weren't going to go as planned and we needed a Plan 940Please respect copyright.PENANAyUPGFIcejV
B, just in case.940Please respect copyright.PENANAFGecz4lWw0
"Okay, then, we will meet tomorrow," said G-Dragon as he stood up to leave.940Please respect copyright.PENANAXjJvpB5hVt
"But I've something to say," I blurted out.940Please respect copyright.PENANA2w3lFVPTyB
"Not now, Sam. We will 940Please respect copyright.PENANAnRoJrW4xMI
meet tomorrow," said G-Dragon as he looked at me and walked away from 940Please respect copyright.PENANASd6ldVMldS
the table heading for the door. I had to admit, the way he looked at me 940Please respect copyright.PENANALCtjC74DFz
gave me goosebumps.940Please respect copyright.PENANApTAaVNjvK2
"Way to go, Sam," said Zoey, as she also stood up from the table. "You just made him upset. I need to go calm him down."940Please respect copyright.PENANAbkTjqEgLDI
Zoey went after G-Dragon and I sat back on my chair, feeling defeated and powerless. 940Please respect copyright.PENANA7bR1iCLQHQ
One by one everyone 940Please respect copyright.PENANANuj0SCvad0
started to leave the table without even saying a word. It was awkward 940Please respect copyright.PENANAtKxqoUEAw9
with the argument that had taken place, and saying something didn't seem940Please respect copyright.PENANAVgGMb4a1Xg
appropriate.940Please respect copyright.PENANArl4bGB6Qo6
I was soon left with Taeyang at the table and I looked at him, wondering why he hadn't left.940Please respect copyright.PENANAbtLyzZhPvS
"Aren't you supposed to have left by now?" I asked.940Please respect copyright.PENANAKG5rfRU2SW
"And leave you all alone? No way," said Taeyang.940Please respect copyright.PENANAP5yiZAw6Bc
"Why do I feel like I've just become the villain?" I asked, my thoughts elsewhere.940Please respect copyright.PENANA5fqn8kMJeC
"You aren't a villain. You just feel bad that not everyone agreed to your idea."940Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZE2KP48ce
"It's not that. I pissed940Please respect copyright.PENANAzYjPs5l8HW
almost everyone off and that makes me feel bad. How I wish I could take940Please respect copyright.PENANA61uZKMHVqT
everything I said back. Too bad I can't control time."940Please respect copyright.PENANAFIHDDVAOKa
"You never knew that was going to happen. Let's just hope for the best that it would all seem like one bad dream."940Please respect copyright.PENANArgWSlM0G2O
"Thanks, Tae" I said, trying to put up a smile. "It means a lot that you're still here."940Please respect copyright.PENANANdJhG2dIGB
Taeyang placed his hand 940Please respect copyright.PENANAwCxKyXmuO3
on my shoulder, an assurance that he was there for me no matter what. He940Please respect copyright.PENANA1s5r3e2u0G
smiled back at me and I felt comforted.940Please respect copyright.PENANAiDaIvcmfLm
I knew I had to hope for940Please respect copyright.PENANAEPRuhRDkdL
the best just like Taeyang had suggested. But I couldn't ignore the gut940Please respect copyright.PENANART3Vbsm4rP
feeling that things weren't going to run smooth and easy from now 940Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4uUlltbiq
on wards. Especially now that G-Dragon was angry at me. He seemed more 940Please respect copyright.PENANAHpeddBzgCz
angrier at me than I was at him. I feared for the worst and I knew this 940Please respect copyright.PENANAkL7QfbxUdK
was just the beginning of a heavy storm ahead.