Hanging out at Times 872Please respect copyright.PENANA2Xw6mE1Sm8
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from872Please respect copyright.PENANASaKASlRHAq
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 872Please respect copyright.PENANAzh2cdv5Esd
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.872Please respect copyright.PENANAu0PtTfxmPW
But that didn't matter. 872Please respect copyright.PENANAeQg75G2EoP
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 872Please respect copyright.PENANAz2UYvbVn7c
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 872Please respect copyright.PENANAw1o7BHUuEl
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 872Please respect copyright.PENANAkj1uew7P7A
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 872Please respect copyright.PENANA438AKY3PBQ
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 872Please respect copyright.PENANA3s7s2JCSB0
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 872Please respect copyright.PENANAij5TPpaCFX
actually played around with the adorable kids.872Please respect copyright.PENANAa9UyWjHT9Y
There were plenty of 872Please respect copyright.PENANARIfVZZN6Fk
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 872Please respect copyright.PENANAujuTbvZsPM
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the872Please respect copyright.PENANAHMqtKNYOku
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 872Please respect copyright.PENANAUs11ucIApS
fans too.872Please respect copyright.PENANAT1ZCc5GiFj
The time we were done 872Please respect copyright.PENANAwASjJyGRcu
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 872Please respect copyright.PENANAhjCJ8TGG9f
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 872Please respect copyright.PENANAF44n6YtnyR
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What872Please respect copyright.PENANAutS2585lMo
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 872Please respect copyright.PENANAuOmmKxlHfW
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 872Please respect copyright.PENANA9b2hnsRjRr
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 872Please respect copyright.PENANADUUIitfpDm
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 872Please respect copyright.PENANArpyce6vviJ
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 872Please respect copyright.PENANAKmqGXI3Hex
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAEiZqRoT4Gc
previous day, of course.872Please respect copyright.PENANAfiJgdcTVBA
As much as the managers 872Please respect copyright.PENANAT7MFbSLjG2
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 872Please respect copyright.PENANAMunkJvNe2c
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without872Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qtdtsdxkd
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 872Please respect copyright.PENANAgaREeU017P
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.872Please respect copyright.PENANAaabr2taEzt
Right now, this very 872Please respect copyright.PENANAEioVfH4xoX
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 872Please respect copyright.PENANAjGbRJL6lwX
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 872Please respect copyright.PENANA6pdFVDqFrd
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 872Please respect copyright.PENANAx0hOK4uu0F
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 872Please respect copyright.PENANAM6TyRmKoP0
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 872Please respect copyright.PENANA66Yl5fiQA1
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 872Please respect copyright.PENANA0I4xPTfdpV
and I just couldn't take it.872Please respect copyright.PENANAw24KRBeWkv
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.872Please respect copyright.PENANAYQeaACTraT
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.872Please respect copyright.PENANA75CDepfIPC
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANA3ELHWYeZoC
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.872Please respect copyright.PENANAbX6CFJYk3m
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.872Please respect copyright.PENANAt6JELAeuNe
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."872Please respect copyright.PENANAphsrb4k4Vk
"I thought you said your plan would work."872Please respect copyright.PENANAIZI8b2lwad
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."872Please respect copyright.PENANAd7XPXyUzvT
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAEmvT0WVhZm
I felt like slapping my 872Please respect copyright.PENANAC7yHa5cdpL
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.872Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y1uPG1gXA
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 872Please respect copyright.PENANA0pMf0jz2f6
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 872Please respect copyright.PENANA3p2S9uV4Uu
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 872Please respect copyright.PENANA07BnUsqy1t
off.872Please respect copyright.PENANAFZbKXpqxAh
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."872Please respect copyright.PENANAvSnHt1LVbU
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.872Please respect copyright.PENANAW9Svbcv1TQ
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."872Please respect copyright.PENANAtA5QDsqb4x
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"872Please respect copyright.PENANASc6f0Uj4wK
I shrugged. She read my 872Please respect copyright.PENANAQVijVC2rxn
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 872Please respect copyright.PENANApgCjZUIao1
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 872Please respect copyright.PENANAycBCJaaiqy
me the whole time."872Please respect copyright.PENANAbJ1mrgE1NZ
I sat down on my bed as 872Please respect copyright.PENANAwHoTosKrFv
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I872Please respect copyright.PENANAny30VE7AfT
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.872Please respect copyright.PENANAyfV3TweZiy
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.872Please respect copyright.PENANAHtwkOAKHd5
"Gosh, you really should872Please respect copyright.PENANA2tkfe7RnR2
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 872Please respect copyright.PENANAoJmylt6O7w
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 872Please respect copyright.PENANA36ALOty2mG
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really872Please respect copyright.PENANAiH2Igd4CMW
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."872Please respect copyright.PENANA7W1aOIySIZ
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."872Please respect copyright.PENANAfbjP5vwAvh
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAvdzrryydpr
"Mike is annoying 872Please respect copyright.PENANAPiAjl20zNm
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 872Please respect copyright.PENANAmhTYyaEGzH
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."872Please respect copyright.PENANA4efLrswM8y
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."872Please respect copyright.PENANAcfwdTdRt9f
"You're right. I should burn him instead."872Please respect copyright.PENANAHXYGoBSUrx
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."872Please respect copyright.PENANABWCCbajZUP
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.872Please respect copyright.PENANAPYkbePQzqS
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.872Please respect copyright.PENANAix3Ifd45tR
"Sorry, but just so you 872Please respect copyright.PENANAxtMRiJ7ayf
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 872Please respect copyright.PENANA6twdJk0ntZ
that pic of you and him together."872Please respect copyright.PENANAXnwljg8Xn3
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.872Please respect copyright.PENANAxgdsph7FMw
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."872Please respect copyright.PENANAAxLz2DEGtd
I blushed and at the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAP4ioDcsXUv
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 872Please respect copyright.PENANA1mbOH44wh2
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 872Please respect copyright.PENANAYdxP49lykS
other hidden agenda.872Please respect copyright.PENANAWgCBv0HQbq
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.872Please respect copyright.PENANAu85Vxqo9Bi
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."872Please respect copyright.PENANAD9QOhyoEsk
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."872Please respect copyright.PENANAVEVdXEhx0w
I sighed in surrender. 872Please respect copyright.PENANANdmoIsHnFL
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 872Please respect copyright.PENANAptjlSLCVrn
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 872Please respect copyright.PENANAW81deGBqBz
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."872Please respect copyright.PENANAVeU5PjgmWT
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."872Please respect copyright.PENANAYljZEp1w6z
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."872Please respect copyright.PENANAvmCnUBcXtm
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."872Please respect copyright.PENANA6FGyXANKyv
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"872Please respect copyright.PENANA6smNhTesfR
Zoey had an excited look872Please respect copyright.PENANAhxBPWB2N55
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 872Please respect copyright.PENANA6dsqLn230B
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 872Please respect copyright.PENANArPzFNLtz2k
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 872Please respect copyright.PENANAY0RIrr3aU8
clearly show all over her face.872Please respect copyright.PENANAAS19ssUBeB
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.872Please respect copyright.PENANAAmlQeW0ZgD
I shook my head. "And?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAr1XDJJDvTY
Zoey folded her arms, 872Please respect copyright.PENANAAyrWK2KznC
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 872Please respect copyright.PENANAhxEpx8Av8H
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."872Please respect copyright.PENANANaMIrXvOya
"Hold that thought. This872Please respect copyright.PENANAOLuAZkWiUr
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us872Please respect copyright.PENANAetkcbouL4m
after Seunghoon posted that picture."872Please respect copyright.PENANAQjqOQBgTX6
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."872Please respect copyright.PENANA7WwbasgTvV
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."872Please respect copyright.PENANAHzJiNGZSUo
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.872Please respect copyright.PENANAcKwjqEE5WK
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.872Please respect copyright.PENANAa7ib4XcsdF
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAUVJoIrPpji
"Well, he hid in our closet."872Please respect copyright.PENANANUi2uz1ReI
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."872Please respect copyright.PENANAn9nf2FmMsJ
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAQx7j7aU9Zr
"Ya, why?"872Please respect copyright.PENANA2vXGxEN5G5
"Looks like we just 872Please respect copyright.PENANAzvckpGJxXN
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 872Please respect copyright.PENANALASTPEqEbC
whom we consider perfect as our bias."872Please respect copyright.PENANAiuolJ8mFwM
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."872Please respect copyright.PENANAHcJJorIka7
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."872Please respect copyright.PENANAygyQrqnC6s
"What do you mean? You 872Please respect copyright.PENANA1YlYRVpUEw
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 872Please respect copyright.PENANABV0E2zhoAz
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"872Please respect copyright.PENANA19sBKLbguh
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."872Please respect copyright.PENANAaexatUp4hM
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"872Please respect copyright.PENANA6wLZUe4IC7
"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."872Please respect copyright.PENANAvpwtJH6PxL
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAaKD52RS7Yr
"I wanted to but I kept 872Please respect copyright.PENANA7QXzsoeLOM
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 872Please respect copyright.PENANAl8gnNt83XK
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."872Please respect copyright.PENANAwHgBG5O8QA
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.872Please respect copyright.PENANAjhPluQ0aIJ
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."872Please respect copyright.PENANAk5E8vXRVF2
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."872Please respect copyright.PENANAJQZPvNnf9R
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAbrNNWijvGy
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."872Please respect copyright.PENANA5vN5lJ9SOe
I quickly stood up and 872Please respect copyright.PENANAq9VdCigvHs
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 872Please respect copyright.PENANAS4mAbtwR17
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled872Please respect copyright.PENANA2EDBQLAZxI
her back.872Please respect copyright.PENANAk04TKEwb7A
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.872Please respect copyright.PENANAOktuQAjlj5
"Zoey, you're going to 872Please respect copyright.PENANA0XvPQjpn2w
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 872Please respect copyright.PENANAiHRrkCvr11
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 872Please respect copyright.PENANALvjaXk3X0y
own hair pink in the next ten years."872Please respect copyright.PENANAzzu06xsflS
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."872Please respect copyright.PENANAhGGsd6uldU
"You're lying."872Please respect copyright.PENANABs0PIgADmW
"I'm telling the truth!"872Please respect copyright.PENANAplSIamaS4s
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAFVE3eHdMJ3
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAIKla6XNgFQ
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"872Please respect copyright.PENANA7HZhi6xsoS
"I can't tell you that."872Please respect copyright.PENANAhiGx2CPeaW
"Why?"872Please respect copyright.PENANA5no83zzZoT
"Because it's 872Please respect copyright.PENANAboToW8nTPA
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 872Please respect copyright.PENANAfED790Qudl
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"872Please respect copyright.PENANAPmcdZa0dLG
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.872Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ8R21Z4Mc
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.872Please respect copyright.PENANAD8jJIprS5N
"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."872Please respect copyright.PENANAQmVsDg8oqv
"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.872Please respect copyright.PENANAubhVZ8icW4
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."872Please respect copyright.PENANA18bS42a8y4
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAy6b2zlDBIh
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."872Please respect copyright.PENANAzWWSk4MdYC
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."872Please respect copyright.PENANAGAfbnlA7Ah
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."872Please respect copyright.PENANAHHns76rnJK
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."872Please respect copyright.PENANAE3q0GntlVl
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."872Please respect copyright.PENANAntLQLTdBpi
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.872Please respect copyright.PENANASWF5YXbDsE
I playfully rolled my 872Please respect copyright.PENANAqfnw9YSP4a
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee872Please respect copyright.PENANA6dNpIvU2Wf
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 872Please respect copyright.PENANAVybrxCXOey
also looked worried.872Please respect copyright.PENANAbyXAZ0vejR
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.872Please respect copyright.PENANA3cgaAeoNc9
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.872Please respect copyright.PENANAjAaNBPSXsk
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.872Please respect copyright.PENANAb41SSvrs4T
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.872Please respect copyright.PENANAqTEZZ8LITX
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAePeSdN49gK
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.872Please respect copyright.PENANAUAsEJt1C7w
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.872Please respect copyright.PENANA1mo2E7Baw5
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders872Please respect copyright.PENANAuX4wPymrI1
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAkwIKhe9Ia0
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANA0U6gbqRCZb
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."872Please respect copyright.PENANAfxt8sYBGcL
"Okay, first of all," 872Please respect copyright.PENANAyBildLAZoy
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 872Please respect copyright.PENANAhlSMtTDnkY
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and872Please respect copyright.PENANAPZNpXnu4Eu
he wasn't mad at you."872Please respect copyright.PENANATVYTRKG5bi
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAKAwqc01Q9G
"That, he couldn't say."872Please respect copyright.PENANA4QJzhFx5S2
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.872Please respect copyright.PENANALIBQr56DxK
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."872Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6McIu17D2
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.872Please respect copyright.PENANAFWzP3L7mxb
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."872Please respect copyright.PENANADzkQQMFR4k
Christine pressed the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAdPG8ZsHWki
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 872Please respect copyright.PENANAeEZz0PD5vL
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 872Please respect copyright.PENANAoDu9Tec2tk
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 872Please respect copyright.PENANAC1liXQ04tQ
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 872Please respect copyright.PENANAiIODclsSGN
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 872Please respect copyright.PENANAQlIQfHLYey
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.872Please respect copyright.PENANAPfeOG5Rmwp
We got to YG right on 872Please respect copyright.PENANA2FNXhHllPf
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 872Please respect copyright.PENANAyamcPlIglT
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 872Please respect copyright.PENANA96O9VRxGZ2
arrived a few seconds earlier.872Please respect copyright.PENANAoZOfbsD4Zf
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.872Please respect copyright.PENANAv6MwM1ABHB
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."872Please respect copyright.PENANAXstrxX2kEW
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.872Please respect copyright.PENANAL63uuFJ51j
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAnLCAh74MHi
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."872Please respect copyright.PENANArB6IsCGIWF
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.872Please respect copyright.PENANA1mZHldj7tH
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.872Please respect copyright.PENANAiFFwP4TGzP
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANA5EMaShGvOE
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.872Please respect copyright.PENANARJMQsfBHvx
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."872Please respect copyright.PENANAw0aw7VT6g1
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.872Please respect copyright.PENANA6s0UEXEK1k
"There will be no such 872Please respect copyright.PENANA24WDrwCDmC
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 872Please respect copyright.PENANA5lQGkXiR9m
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."872Please respect copyright.PENANALDhHo0vGNf
"And you're making it 872Please respect copyright.PENANA3zyERgu4oX
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 872Please respect copyright.PENANANuSwmvpGou
pouted his lip and scratched his head.872Please respect copyright.PENANApSMXDuWYzC
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.872Please respect copyright.PENANAURyujnShDT
"Trust me, you don't 872Please respect copyright.PENANAUyqQ7OASs1
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You872Please respect copyright.PENANAKNcKN4jsNx
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."872Please respect copyright.PENANAqWz82gwB2G
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAcBQywl5mZ9
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."872Please respect copyright.PENANAI2pIZOfN2N
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.872Please respect copyright.PENANAv7rTO0MycR
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.872Please respect copyright.PENANAIwsSIA13dH
"Look, whether they are 872Please respect copyright.PENANARGykqV9ANY
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 872Please respect copyright.PENANAhp8YUcOaE3
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 872Please respect copyright.PENANAYX7l06rjUM
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."872Please respect copyright.PENANA6EBNvwUtsv
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.872Please respect copyright.PENANAZoiTuvSA58
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."872Please respect copyright.PENANAEc4PEZksfs
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAAGLF19iTrw
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."872Please respect copyright.PENANAbW7X72OZ9N
I gave Lee a sad smile 872Please respect copyright.PENANA4gu4nPn3PR
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt872Please respect copyright.PENANAnWVkf7dTaq
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 872Please respect copyright.PENANAjYnA3ebDmn
your life. Like suicide.872Please respect copyright.PENANA8VoYN7JBkW
We started our way 872Please respect copyright.PENANAkFjSRa8qC3
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 872Please respect copyright.PENANAig2wijyibN
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 872Please respect copyright.PENANAi47GVzHUjt
and my jean trousers. Nothing.872Please respect copyright.PENANABhiPEfgyNS
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."872Please respect copyright.PENANAqxnmDxQPCM
I quickly ran out of the872Please respect copyright.PENANAxUBBfOkeuq
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 872Please respect copyright.PENANALfjk8MgTx5
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 872Please respect copyright.PENANAVur2qNa4oa
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 872Please respect copyright.PENANAIJyJ0zOfO7
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could872Please respect copyright.PENANAAr6pTaKadd
check for it inside.872Please respect copyright.PENANAuOIK2ZOGz6
When I got to the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAFoDFPU2qVI
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 872Please respect copyright.PENANAkTKztvL2Qi
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I872Please respect copyright.PENANAkqqmF9cFAV
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were872Please respect copyright.PENANAzuoQCoV76B
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 872Please respect copyright.PENANAz0K7f1hfQq
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 872Please respect copyright.PENANANMDVXbn21J
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 872Please respect copyright.PENANAjUJV7eIGYJ
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.872Please respect copyright.PENANAEm5UCh2k7P
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.872Please respect copyright.PENANAVZ3sHLENkU
"Seriously, I can sue 872Please respect copyright.PENANAcFxtGneQZu
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so872Please respect copyright.PENANAjKrzNuDZ5Y
fast. I never even heard him coming.872Please respect copyright.PENANAhiHsIEQNZC
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.872Please respect copyright.PENANAKIfgTcPIWq
"You're not my bodyguard872Please respect copyright.PENANAE3KmhWD1eC
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 872Please respect copyright.PENANAXCe4db6ewQ
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."872Please respect copyright.PENANAqSRYSUR6of
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.872Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZD3fzDuOb
I blushed. "You know about that?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAjeX939A6qI
"Everyone knows you have872Please respect copyright.PENANApKCIx1Y90u
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 872Please respect copyright.PENANAaNLPc8lquu
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."872Please respect copyright.PENANA5uar0HdrKZ
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."872Please respect copyright.PENANAW774NC1EM9
"Looks like I did the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAnhgnPumZNw
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 872Please respect copyright.PENANAQRArPIQlJ9
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."872Please respect copyright.PENANAMU2XKCQ5EN
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.872Please respect copyright.PENANAgX3APQ0ft0
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.872Please respect copyright.PENANA3Xja1kizvl
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."872Please respect copyright.PENANANVC0Xw540X
"And because you're a 872Please respect copyright.PENANAWNRZVwTaHi
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might872Please respect copyright.PENANAStuulFJlUK
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 872Please respect copyright.PENANA0IxuB9e9ei
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."872Please respect copyright.PENANA7NWNcmJp88
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."872Please respect copyright.PENANAMapeMn2WZX
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.872Please respect copyright.PENANAwjwidzMsZn
"Can you at least tell 872Please respect copyright.PENANA95wQCi30nl
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator872Please respect copyright.PENANAYiWvswecnA
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.872Please respect copyright.PENANAHeQCZ92TMl
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.872Please respect copyright.PENANATGrykMbuNf
"What dramatic effect?" 872Please respect copyright.PENANAKLgTOYlcTs
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 872Please respect copyright.PENANAoRXsyoHlo3
came closer. I took a warning step back.872Please respect copyright.PENANA07pJmC333S
"If you hadn't followed 872Please respect copyright.PENANAWND831XSJO
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 872Please respect copyright.PENANAhmJlceV4vs
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference872Please respect copyright.PENANAJORzG915PP
room."872Please respect copyright.PENANAS6BIvd5T64
"What surprise?"872Please respect copyright.PENANACEDuS3wMym
The elevator stopped and872Please respect copyright.PENANAx9RFZbOYca
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAG9HhpZansk
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the872Please respect copyright.PENANA2AHi4DWzDM
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 872Please respect copyright.PENANAGWevcHqbkm
Seunghoon and I stepped out.872Please respect copyright.PENANAcDwzPBZB0S
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.872Please respect copyright.PENANA7zltWyoICJ
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.872Please respect copyright.PENANAQEG5gJRcBI
"I already have a guess," I said.872Please respect copyright.PENANArK1RIY0Qmk
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.872Please respect copyright.PENANAKXyM3vsHwT
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."872Please respect copyright.PENANACytRF6vfvQ
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.872Please respect copyright.PENANAL2gz8iTrcN
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANA4tAPajiBUi
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.872Please respect copyright.PENANAmqtRKm5DlE
When we reached the 872Please respect copyright.PENANADOEeX5r7Aq
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAGWHyBxfg2o
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 872Please respect copyright.PENANAS9PQ3i1nf4
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.872Please respect copyright.PENANAyCvvT3RV6O
In the conference room 872Please respect copyright.PENANAFCq3jJrMTD
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 872Please respect copyright.PENANALwAaEikRgl
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office872Please respect copyright.PENANA6h5sCEMEP0
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 872Please respect copyright.PENANAQj2MNNumhr
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 872Please respect copyright.PENANAMiDSJ0YVFz
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 872Please respect copyright.PENANAKG1AyTtRkV
though I did my best not to show it.872Please respect copyright.PENANA4ajLSGYvcV
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.872Please respect copyright.PENANA51SndKUbuv
I looked to the opposite872Please respect copyright.PENANAKdMLp5xPAC
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 872Please respect copyright.PENANAwfCixMcUrC
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 872Please respect copyright.PENANAF1hb3Kaqub
turned their backs to us facing the wall.872Please respect copyright.PENANADTUHODBLna
"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."872Please respect copyright.PENANAT0X8boesAD
G-Dragon quickly turned 872Please respect copyright.PENANA0obFDqJnf3
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 872Please respect copyright.PENANABcE8eMozHV
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.872Please respect copyright.PENANA3nfN3pQ8ra
"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?"872Please respect copyright.PENANApJKIlmoTZX
"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.872Please respect copyright.PENANAOK9lghXfKg
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3xhzHs8sG
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.872Please respect copyright.PENANAXuYLM0oQYw
"Wait," said Lisa who 872Please respect copyright.PENANAKzd63IplGT
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused872Please respect copyright.PENANA3bDIRJtw08
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAri2z4SVEVG
"It felt simple and 872Please respect copyright.PENANABeKpHkCVF3
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 872Please respect copyright.PENANAwuSSiHZWir
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 872Please respect copyright.PENANAeUKk3ro5J0
with G-Dragon today."872Please respect copyright.PENANATdk0YPRKbZ
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."872Please respect copyright.PENANA1n47ujfCSM
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 872Please respect copyright.PENANAs9v2hJGexR
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."872Please respect copyright.PENANAYkaw0HdOvp
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.872Please respect copyright.PENANAjYpAjwuPKP
"Ya, I know I'm a 872Please respect copyright.PENANAn54fYU4DL0
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 872Please respect copyright.PENANAy4t1Rn9W29
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."872Please respect copyright.PENANATmPt8kDnx4
"If you mean us getting 872Please respect copyright.PENANAvLm4B3FlbJ
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 872Please respect copyright.PENANArJpMdyJZOH
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 872Please respect copyright.PENANAOBOqBbH4lz
by coincidence."872Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6JYjNsB4d
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."872Please respect copyright.PENANALWbY9hZMwj
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.872Please respect copyright.PENANAsOjJeVIiwv
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAdqUZI4H6lF
The rest of the BTW crew872Please respect copyright.PENANAYDujzJLTN0
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 872Please respect copyright.PENANANvyBz69bep
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.872Please respect copyright.PENANA0OaGxjnSGy
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.872Please respect copyright.PENANA1ooVtNngv4
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."872Please respect copyright.PENANAzon67916cG
"Hold up," said Zoey who872Please respect copyright.PENANAuEM6Xeu8Il
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 872Please respect copyright.PENANApx8MBB7xDy
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAL32ZjeEMET
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.872Please respect copyright.PENANAmlZSfSfoFp
"Told you we'll 872Please respect copyright.PENANAbVqbhyVmow
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear872Please respect copyright.PENANAOFCB9XHRu8
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.872Please respect copyright.PENANAsmqoFkIwe2
"But is he going to do 872Please respect copyright.PENANARp8ECBKLZS
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 872Please respect copyright.PENANAFKiQhr61g0
didn't really meet by coincidence."872Please respect copyright.PENANAmclPsu4VpD
There was silence in the872Please respect copyright.PENANAilDfvw0DFa
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 872Please respect copyright.PENANAi0KNW9Gnyk
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 872Please respect copyright.PENANAocBCdK3EcL
planning to do.872Please respect copyright.PENANAzq1FlrsPpa
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.872Please respect copyright.PENANAE3XimFid0c
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAQSQtUClBFi
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.872Please respect copyright.PENANATYJ6A2R0pT
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.872Please respect copyright.PENANALR3jf5X8H0
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.872Please respect copyright.PENANAj94GVz7ho5
"And also because he's 872Please respect copyright.PENANACrVdPU4T6D
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 872Please respect copyright.PENANA9akHcg5sWL
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."872Please respect copyright.PENANAwhcfdIosl6
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.872Please respect copyright.PENANA5ixZPmOYpk
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAvYDMOUlkBQ
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.872Please respect copyright.PENANA8VMo0CtBmM
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANASHf0yuxA6M
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAFuLWQlqws7
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.872Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2hRPbfAGp
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."872Please respect copyright.PENANAxtdNafJwAn
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAksFL8y45vz
G-Dragon smiled. He had 872Please respect copyright.PENANAEkhTcCo26t
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 872Please respect copyright.PENANANnm0b95YfW
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to872Please respect copyright.PENANA6irLME7plc
deal with G-Dragon instead.872Please respect copyright.PENANA7Pd5mvaK9G
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.872Please respect copyright.PENANAfd7cDUHbKL
"What do you want?" I asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANA3taVD5N3ub
G-Dragon looked at me as872Please respect copyright.PENANA1XMjP67uun
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 872Please respect copyright.PENANAOn9ZXXuO6c
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I872Please respect copyright.PENANAHzZeZzqrB6
came to any conclusions.872Please respect copyright.PENANAwRVak7akvl
"To make things clear 872Please respect copyright.PENANAY2z6Ee6kqw
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a872Please respect copyright.PENANA85Cyr9aR0m
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 872Please respect copyright.PENANAQNHyzr6nEc
thinking about doing the same thing."872Please respect copyright.PENANAPFg0RJWujN
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.872Please respect copyright.PENANAyfwQYdbZ8J
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."872Please respect copyright.PENANAto8OEMi1bt
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."872Please respect copyright.PENANAP0arHDBk8Z
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.872Please respect copyright.PENANAE7MORXLkfK
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.872Please respect copyright.PENANATnh8tRx1KN
"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."872Please respect copyright.PENANAbtMLvYiBW7
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.872Please respect copyright.PENANAjkTrKcwd9F
"All's fair in love and 872Please respect copyright.PENANA8wjkgmYeqB
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 872Please respect copyright.PENANA5fJZQ3iOuy
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 872Please respect copyright.PENANABSIWXXLPUz
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."872Please respect copyright.PENANAXDTW4CDmbG
"Come on," Christine 872Please respect copyright.PENANAs8ul2gpipw
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 872Please respect copyright.PENANAtyXuBD49zC
won't be here for long and you know it."872Please respect copyright.PENANA28c3iFCKHw
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."872Please respect copyright.PENANABZW7HV9QVg
"BTW is nothing but a 872Please respect copyright.PENANArat00ekTGf
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 872Please respect copyright.PENANAnWcsywQOsQ
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."872Please respect copyright.PENANAkqleigifiF
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.872Please respect copyright.PENANAfUrfBAVB1j
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."872Please respect copyright.PENANAlODonb4zGQ
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.872Please respect copyright.PENANAVZJACTfME2
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.872Please respect copyright.PENANAKYBSSP7Z9l
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.872Please respect copyright.PENANA3UX0BBXNZB
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.872Please respect copyright.PENANACv3fDeLWAT
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.872Please respect copyright.PENANAkke1Rnaaij
"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.872Please respect copyright.PENANAe2CYnyTz3O
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.872Please respect copyright.PENANAnaJpfenJ9G
Upon saying that, the 872Please respect copyright.PENANANdB5E6DHDc
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 872Please respect copyright.PENANAtGYdVaOaYs
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 872Please respect copyright.PENANAwBvrk0Mc2c
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 872Please respect copyright.PENANAUnQrHALgGR
seated stood up.872Please respect copyright.PENANAEXUuxqIJxH
I gulped. I hope the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAqYjU7m3Aof
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where872Please respect copyright.PENANATxiLZYemr6
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.872Please respect copyright.PENANAoXeaH1RYTS
The two managers had 872Please respect copyright.PENANAfzaJkZLJbn
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 872Please respect copyright.PENANA0CYDz78CrQ
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 872Please respect copyright.PENANAjR27nae0vi
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 872Please respect copyright.PENANAr0JKsmHSi0
is wrong.872Please respect copyright.PENANAkd6DmIwVGj
"Good that you're all 872Please respect copyright.PENANAifKWxt0MrB
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 872Please respect copyright.PENANAi4vpVIRTjD
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."872Please respect copyright.PENANAhG7YFpe9qP
I have always hated it 872Please respect copyright.PENANA7EBROHmzkf
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 872Please respect copyright.PENANAeRwO7V0wvs
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 872Please respect copyright.PENANAeXHK74FRo0
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really872Please respect copyright.PENANATwnQMjedsa
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 872Please respect copyright.PENANAqMeVjDAHyK
their seats.872Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ0qsJZnbx
The two managers and Lee872Please respect copyright.PENANAFAOHFon6KZ
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 872Please respect copyright.PENANAtPGiie0MSO
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit872Please respect copyright.PENANAOzA7hygAlE
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 872Please respect copyright.PENANAiY16LmvPNN
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I872Please respect copyright.PENANAlPyMrhRt57
was.872Please respect copyright.PENANA34oyOgnDPR
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."872Please respect copyright.PENANAL6AYdTavLv
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."872Please respect copyright.PENANAjTgZIefnY9
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.872Please respect copyright.PENANAdD2YTtGXCX
Zoey sighed loudly in 872Please respect copyright.PENANAcgbUB7WjdY
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 872Please respect copyright.PENANAfrWn3ifho9
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 872Please respect copyright.PENANAOjxk5CRZFx
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a872Please respect copyright.PENANAnwfKa8bEtq
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 872Please respect copyright.PENANAoUkVM5qYZi
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."872Please respect copyright.PENANAbpN7MIaD24
The two managers 872Please respect copyright.PENANAzeaK0zNmmI
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 872Please respect copyright.PENANAJ50nENDRRg
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 872Please respect copyright.PENANAghdVuGtYW6
That was so not cool.872Please respect copyright.PENANAsO1G5GuALP
"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."872Please respect copyright.PENANA5o8pqjuxqH
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.872Please respect copyright.PENANATBggU3mVFu
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.872Please respect copyright.PENANAWeHD98UcHa
My ears perked up when 872Please respect copyright.PENANAM6BnfaMEdQ
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 872Please respect copyright.PENANA66fswu6V73
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?872Please respect copyright.PENANAqv2YgEk45L
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAi0ASziYW1e
"We heard you outside 872Please respect copyright.PENANAcyf5IAcAI0
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 872Please respect copyright.PENANAplnu1NDQnc
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.872Please respect copyright.PENANAGWOhkiW1Fm
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.872Please respect copyright.PENANAA9fcvb2fUr
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.872Please respect copyright.PENANA592uP5wMcw
"Yes, Sam. For real," 872Please respect copyright.PENANANzy2DHK65V
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 872Please respect copyright.PENANAVDSYGQmn5w
through further scrutiny about this decision."872Please respect copyright.PENANACShGWIKtL5
I smiled. Even if they 872Please respect copyright.PENANAYl5ul31kOy
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 872Please respect copyright.PENANAgG3AUlK0TB
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.872Please respect copyright.PENANABDziHIqqZ2
There was an exciting 872Please respect copyright.PENANAEiL1RAdfZq
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 872Please respect copyright.PENANAacUSBNrSYY
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 872Please respect copyright.PENANA28SDWCMuSY
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 872Please respect copyright.PENANAiqVhyYzhR8
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 872Please respect copyright.PENANAnGOKgBQViX
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.872Please respect copyright.PENANA1PrUAFI3fv
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAR3od061QWE
I turned to my other 872Please respect copyright.PENANA4JgZPreRZz
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 872Please respect copyright.PENANA3lRsh3coAl
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 872Please respect copyright.PENANAJ56pbhFfcO
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 872Please respect copyright.PENANAjI6BRUa1bS
now, didn't matter.872Please respect copyright.PENANAGPFLpo62vn
"You heard them when 872Please respect copyright.PENANACAOtJ6KV6D
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 872Please respect copyright.PENANAVOtiCQ9QWb
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."872Please respect copyright.PENANAk1KHNg8EBU
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.872Please respect copyright.PENANAYdNgDUv5ii
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.872Please respect copyright.PENANAkxtCUKYx3K
"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.872Please respect copyright.PENANA7SmaRjiNIu
This time it was me, or I872Please respect copyright.PENANAQYhAxkUQEq
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 872Please respect copyright.PENANAGvpaJmJUY1
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 872Please respect copyright.PENANAISovcDaSSG
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 872Please respect copyright.PENANAETYT5bVC0m
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 872Please respect copyright.PENANA6IXpq2e0Ft
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him872Please respect copyright.PENANAcZKoVsw76O
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 872Please respect copyright.PENANAd8Tz4W9qgV
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 872Please respect copyright.PENANAWF3ioEl2Hk
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.872Please respect copyright.PENANABtOiEsHf8P
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.872Please respect copyright.PENANAGCyVoEj3Tx
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.872Please respect copyright.PENANAomB8UUqSIn
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."872Please respect copyright.PENANAuuOwr9n3LV
"We all agree," said Daniel.872Please respect copyright.PENANAluCYwzluBH
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."872Please respect copyright.PENANAHr2CDhfpED
"But just because it 872Please respect copyright.PENANA9zyFhcNS1E
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 872Please respect copyright.PENANACkv1Ors6Ba
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.872Please respect copyright.PENANAMrZBl0raPJ
"Okay, so that's settled872Please respect copyright.PENANAoyGjrqiGhP
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 872Please respect copyright.PENANAgULEOrvNwh
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make872Please respect copyright.PENANAa7h3boBopt
BTW official."872Please respect copyright.PENANAc2R0XR6wZo
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAP9bQUjCl1O
I noticed that most of 872Please respect copyright.PENANAOtwcnOwboM
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 872Please respect copyright.PENANABawGGaglQF
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 872Please respect copyright.PENANAUHf7Di9XsS
when she looked at me and I grinned.872Please respect copyright.PENANA7pGoYm8HLB
"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."872Please respect copyright.PENANAmdlisD4yi0
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.872Please respect copyright.PENANAI4ZFFlMl8b
"Before we make BTW 872Please respect copyright.PENANAAtWnaq6WGZ
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 872Please respect copyright.PENANA4tNlwtI2YQ
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 872Please respect copyright.PENANAARf1StAHHX
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 872Please respect copyright.PENANAMxuY5i0Iqq
low for a while. Is that good?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAZNhKpGfYmq
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."872Please respect copyright.PENANAeRdegd44FB
"That's fair enough," 872Please respect copyright.PENANADdpU1EDHmE
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 872Please respect copyright.PENANAi3c81XFRTV
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to872Please respect copyright.PENANAmamKbhxOLs
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 872Please respect copyright.PENANA4uSZmENf0A
so."872Please respect copyright.PENANA0vxZWaLmvP
"So you want to crush 872Please respect copyright.PENANAl1NqXCGUcy
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I872Please respect copyright.PENANAoLLIR6IFa6
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 872Please respect copyright.PENANAvVWHy6p20M
strategy."872Please respect copyright.PENANAgggINUlRrM
"Then if all is well and872Please respect copyright.PENANA8RDOMW3GAx
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 872Please respect copyright.PENANAeMDOv01oVb
updated and not a word on social media."872Please respect copyright.PENANAoPBGOwcJ38
I stood up from my seat 872Please respect copyright.PENANA7QafuPylke
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 872Please respect copyright.PENANAByuVtyBoZN
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 872Please respect copyright.PENANAKkCelWnArX
walk out, I stopped them.872Please respect copyright.PENANAoNL0fyGlFx
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.872Please respect copyright.PENANAOre515FZQz
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAnTbj6ckqex
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."872Please respect copyright.PENANA39FUN5yfa1
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.872Please respect copyright.PENANA7EoBdplx1S
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.872Please respect copyright.PENANAO03xJMBt5h
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.872Please respect copyright.PENANAGmjMGhLuWD
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 872Please respect copyright.PENANAimeJjSh26S
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a872Please respect copyright.PENANA4FvarcvVBd
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.872Please respect copyright.PENANAysaLJegtG9
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"872Please respect copyright.PENANAAD8mjMbREe
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.872Please respect copyright.PENANApLnYNRPgyy
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.872Please respect copyright.PENANA8zx9D0YTLc
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.872Please respect copyright.PENANADhe8a4mycu
"This is like the best 872Please respect copyright.PENANAINYUBVuzby
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 872Please respect copyright.PENANAVB7QEKatn0
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."872Please respect copyright.PENANAAPmv7hKgVF
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.872Please respect copyright.PENANAWuTTpFIErI
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."872Please respect copyright.PENANAgVjMGGtvTm
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.872Please respect copyright.PENANAZybTwgEZQh
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."872Please respect copyright.PENANAOISRKCU0Qo
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.872Please respect copyright.PENANA891FNNqPot
"I knew there was a 872Please respect copyright.PENANAWWo8MCiqtz
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"872Please respect copyright.PENANAaYuKhH5I2h
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 872Please respect copyright.PENANARbeyeEcDnC
G-Dragon.872Please respect copyright.PENANAMYyV9l0iL5
"You knew?" Christine asked.872Please respect copyright.PENANAnyQrJjL1Ra
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."872Please respect copyright.PENANAZgmTdWgl5b
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."872Please respect copyright.PENANAasQQ7C2eqG
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.872Please respect copyright.PENANAtREMmfZ2an
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.872Please respect copyright.PENANAF5BpITSIaz
"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.872Please respect copyright.PENANAddE8DqAhVE
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"872Please respect copyright.PENANAvduyWu6XR3
"Well, you guys can tell872Please respect copyright.PENANAr7to7wzinU
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 872Please respect copyright.PENANAiKCuvyM3kS
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 872Please respect copyright.PENANAMTWMoLBN87
aren't going to go into the same car."872Please respect copyright.PENANAv4WocSblMO
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAe6PHZYksyi
Everyone else started to872Please respect copyright.PENANAkiwICgjnwL
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and872Please respect copyright.PENANAATtToT4VPO
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 872Please respect copyright.PENANAk6vZrAoK6n
only G-Dragon and I.872Please respect copyright.PENANAdE6dxazeXS
"I'm mad at you," I started.872Please respect copyright.PENANA1JfggrIkRZ
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."872Please respect copyright.PENANA3hCMnTJfSL
"Save it." I held my 872Please respect copyright.PENANA76IpPCdCJ9
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 872Please respect copyright.PENANADvOlYxRtQh
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 872Please respect copyright.PENANAoqq5vtp10f
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up872Please respect copyright.PENANA2NXICVbB8r
a war again."872Please respect copyright.PENANAWrtSiUrjnw
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."872Please respect copyright.PENANAh63FE2WrtM
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."872Please respect copyright.PENANAfuyAfJXhjQ
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."872Please respect copyright.PENANAUGPwvlmC3W
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."872Please respect copyright.PENANAFGATdA1DAU
G-Dragon looked at me 872Please respect copyright.PENANAoPInA63i6q
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 872Please respect copyright.PENANA66OFf4FybS
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 872Please respect copyright.PENANAVaezkF4NEQ
stab in the heart.872Please respect copyright.PENANAgD9OM0qC7S
"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."872Please respect copyright.PENANANxMItUc4pf
"You know, the others 872Please respect copyright.PENANAk4MfgAfQ1C
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 872Please respect copyright.PENANAaf4R7KzIQy
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out872Please respect copyright.PENANAyzotBI5OC5
with WINNER yesterday."872Please respect copyright.PENANAUGZ1DaaeKE
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."872Please respect copyright.PENANAV3LorYofjX
I nodded my head. What I872Please respect copyright.PENANAbBb9kTHSPg
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 872Please respect copyright.PENANAoPhKrmOOrf
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but872Please respect copyright.PENANA0cdamKPR4m
of Seunghoon and I.872Please respect copyright.PENANA7C2tHlOUcG
"You know you and I can 872Please respect copyright.PENANAw4vAUaMEFC
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 872Please respect copyright.PENANABev3azl70m
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest872Please respect copyright.PENANAuY1Q31f7cd
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 872Please respect copyright.PENANArjNBTtzDr6
down the rocks."872Please respect copyright.PENANAMsYHDwWGzK
I headed for the door 872Please respect copyright.PENANAG4StwjBQd4
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 872Please respect copyright.PENANAZz9MtSTD3J
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood872Please respect copyright.PENANAhCjPBphvnz
Zoey, waiting.872Please respect copyright.PENANAuDrRHMfUbE
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.872Please respect copyright.PENANA7Gva19RFjE
"I sure hope so," I said872Please respect copyright.PENANAk8EtSzSu9V
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 872Please respect copyright.PENANAWJobZKvLEW
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.872Please respect copyright.PENANAd4InvBaxI4
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."872Please respect copyright.PENANAIvl5XgcKYP
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.872Please respect copyright.PENANA6QYEwIojPl
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.872Please respect copyright.PENANASk38efWiJG
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.872Please respect copyright.PENANAKzwHQYSS2w
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."872Please respect copyright.PENANAB3MlY9egQR
"You know computers are 872Please respect copyright.PENANAgxhqgcWRAC
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do872Please respect copyright.PENANATqdEKkKwMO
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 872Please respect copyright.PENANAI6dndKVW5P
supposed to."872Please respect copyright.PENANAVyar0DkNnp
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."872Please respect copyright.PENANA8S8ISmbuty
I smiled. "You always call me that."872Please respect copyright.PENANADR04uqFKtb
"Ya, because you're smart too."872Please respect copyright.PENANApxqyPWuwXE
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.872Please respect copyright.PENANANAaashd5E7
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.872Please respect copyright.PENANATjtQTbljya
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."872Please respect copyright.PENANA8pAHfrI46s
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"872Please respect copyright.PENANAyHcUt63uGz
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.872Please respect copyright.PENANAmJ8OL1q3UB
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
ns 15.158.61.48da2