Hanging out at Times 741Please respect copyright.PENANABsvXjreDaj
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from741Please respect copyright.PENANAx6EZ0IGlLK
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 741Please respect copyright.PENANALwrhnIkLzl
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.741Please respect copyright.PENANAHfKZQRCw1L
But that didn't matter. 741Please respect copyright.PENANA1JuMkQjAxk
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 741Please respect copyright.PENANAbJq34aFMHu
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 741Please respect copyright.PENANAHR12kJWxne
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 741Please respect copyright.PENANApkRE6gSGgU
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 741Please respect copyright.PENANASerVcLdYBm
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 741Please respect copyright.PENANA5WMgSySpgc
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 741Please respect copyright.PENANAJXpAGbnSQi
actually played around with the adorable kids.741Please respect copyright.PENANAdlvLjVWsvN
There were plenty of 741Please respect copyright.PENANAFw1riDiCxV
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 741Please respect copyright.PENANAF5EoovmixH
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the741Please respect copyright.PENANAfTWATT2rfE
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 741Please respect copyright.PENANAJcys30jYVS
fans too.741Please respect copyright.PENANA4FiQvWppip
The time we were done 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjQC8ZCw9wr
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 741Please respect copyright.PENANArgpG61A4nI
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 741Please respect copyright.PENANAgfCutJw9pV
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What741Please respect copyright.PENANA8s33YwwW1D
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 741Please respect copyright.PENANA7vvS7csAA9
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 741Please respect copyright.PENANATp4K1T7r63
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 741Please respect copyright.PENANAOTO9lbp5xD
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 741Please respect copyright.PENANAmJb70wXUEb
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 741Please respect copyright.PENANAImGliJOFRI
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 741Please respect copyright.PENANACMSbJD3s9s
previous day, of course.741Please respect copyright.PENANAyU9wpoZWIT
As much as the managers 741Please respect copyright.PENANArqb4MLHhu5
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 741Please respect copyright.PENANAUWLf5RFcR5
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without741Please respect copyright.PENANADJWcNritPI
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 741Please respect copyright.PENANAXEJcsVSxUM
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.741Please respect copyright.PENANAKKutqDcejn
Right now, this very 741Please respect copyright.PENANA38tnhAsoDu
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 741Please respect copyright.PENANAsK10ovuu8e
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 741Please respect copyright.PENANAOIbyZUtTV2
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 741Please respect copyright.PENANA95b6YcEdvi
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAcHmaJJGXst
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 741Please respect copyright.PENANAKZKjnEuEB3
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 741Please respect copyright.PENANAVkmkq68wlR
and I just couldn't take it.741Please respect copyright.PENANATHx1jXzGT0
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.741Please respect copyright.PENANAw5u1Ix4DXS
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.741Please respect copyright.PENANABkuAOY631t
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAD15jEiNk54
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.741Please respect copyright.PENANAWT01rhr3L5
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.741Please respect copyright.PENANA3nDcIC1eoC
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."741Please respect copyright.PENANALS8moP3rtT
"I thought you said your plan would work."741Please respect copyright.PENANA4buI6q84Og
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."741Please respect copyright.PENANAfrV3nGNwL5
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAYUam6OJihR
I felt like slapping my 741Please respect copyright.PENANAnEhCgukUZa
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.741Please respect copyright.PENANA5n44ZxImA7
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 741Please respect copyright.PENANAUDPvigYYqw
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 741Please respect copyright.PENANAwuVWSj6Bj2
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAKZ4SkWBeTj
off.741Please respect copyright.PENANAQxFrxmr22D
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."741Please respect copyright.PENANAI0Koz0tnWH
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.741Please respect copyright.PENANAHGjLvEMbMP
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."741Please respect copyright.PENANAIB9bGPYAfF
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"741Please respect copyright.PENANA3HQJKwBugG
I shrugged. She read my 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvla3tVOplE
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 741Please respect copyright.PENANAn7Odx53mQQ
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 741Please respect copyright.PENANAGQBfB8RlA1
me the whole time."741Please respect copyright.PENANAc4bHryDedr
I sat down on my bed as 741Please respect copyright.PENANAacqV65eSf0
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I741Please respect copyright.PENANAXfH0apvJt5
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.741Please respect copyright.PENANAbDbPETG8HY
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.741Please respect copyright.PENANAmScNmYgVaR
"Gosh, you really should741Please respect copyright.PENANAQdXvJpKbf1
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 741Please respect copyright.PENANAf40KiSGANd
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 741Please respect copyright.PENANA3XCfGFCbVu
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really741Please respect copyright.PENANATXz1RbkDty
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."741Please respect copyright.PENANAfiQ4DN9euC
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."741Please respect copyright.PENANAiyY6KwUx6m
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAfkf4k4EJvM
"Mike is annoying 741Please respect copyright.PENANA4POBWraYVt
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 741Please respect copyright.PENANAzZ1WQLnm1A
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."741Please respect copyright.PENANAP8J3IvpTdJ
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."741Please respect copyright.PENANAyvvcFEk3So
"You're right. I should burn him instead."741Please respect copyright.PENANAQSTL0ebaqS
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."741Please respect copyright.PENANAecLzdR9b5V
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.741Please respect copyright.PENANAS5eqI975Cg
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.741Please respect copyright.PENANA5TqaOcSczi
"Sorry, but just so you 741Please respect copyright.PENANA2Lo1pqS8LH
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 741Please respect copyright.PENANAQLjWr8urOs
that pic of you and him together."741Please respect copyright.PENANAW3gmIXk5db
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.741Please respect copyright.PENANAIuf4rxtzH7
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."741Please respect copyright.PENANA7WgfTe2G19
I blushed and at the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAgKgHwECZUK
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 741Please respect copyright.PENANADAYC3Uwum4
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 741Please respect copyright.PENANA9dxSxf8lLh
other hidden agenda.741Please respect copyright.PENANAVtSmsjcoyO
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.741Please respect copyright.PENANA3IAg7tch2Z
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."741Please respect copyright.PENANABzJr2oLL0j
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."741Please respect copyright.PENANAJaciz9Zymy
I sighed in surrender. 741Please respect copyright.PENANAEUmHryR3P4
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 741Please respect copyright.PENANA1Sxj6jS1gv
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 741Please respect copyright.PENANApgNxf1vI1N
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."741Please respect copyright.PENANAU1gkKU0h1L
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."741Please respect copyright.PENANALjUs2i0oRb
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."741Please respect copyright.PENANArUxSPnGeyR
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."741Please respect copyright.PENANA5uhoSEpBq3
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"741Please respect copyright.PENANApl3Zgj47IN
Zoey had an excited look741Please respect copyright.PENANApMbiqQnLjF
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 741Please respect copyright.PENANAIv15DMZDg9
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 741Please respect copyright.PENANABgPicwt9qg
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 741Please respect copyright.PENANAl71ChEJ1hh
clearly show all over her face.741Please respect copyright.PENANA065evpsPHH
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.741Please respect copyright.PENANAemz9iqszqs
I shook my head. "And?"741Please respect copyright.PENANA2Bmtca6oQo
Zoey folded her arms, 741Please respect copyright.PENANAeyi8X0risP
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 741Please respect copyright.PENANAWngTuk19Dd
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."741Please respect copyright.PENANAOFbtI0lp99
"Hold that thought. This741Please respect copyright.PENANAOLPXgSsPZJ
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us741Please respect copyright.PENANAqsPMR1iD7X
after Seunghoon posted that picture."741Please respect copyright.PENANAOs39NFx24z
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."741Please respect copyright.PENANAURVGqG9QGn
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."741Please respect copyright.PENANAlSr7boiggw
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.741Please respect copyright.PENANAxPcsoZbpqK
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.741Please respect copyright.PENANAincx37Xr0a
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAI8YbZ5BWOd
"Well, he hid in our closet."741Please respect copyright.PENANApEtGyOx4KX
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."741Please respect copyright.PENANAuToPeo8fOc
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAq70eEELRRT
"Ya, why?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAknzQu8Avq0
"Looks like we just 741Please respect copyright.PENANAf1tMFlsyVD
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 741Please respect copyright.PENANAIlyh4VHJvW
whom we consider perfect as our bias."741Please respect copyright.PENANAh7vE6hW4Dm
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."741Please respect copyright.PENANACA9EJSX6qP
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."741Please respect copyright.PENANAyKdUWZ6VcW
"What do you mean? You 741Please respect copyright.PENANAsb3RzwaTAh
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 741Please respect copyright.PENANA2zIFYjB8ES
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAKx1wD9LfhX
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."741Please respect copyright.PENANAydOZOfHODR
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAYKfRsw9DBx
"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."741Please respect copyright.PENANAQucVI8oUj5
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAVGjjUTqlFG
"I wanted to but I kept 741Please respect copyright.PENANA2TJKHjzHCi
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 741Please respect copyright.PENANAaSDMpQjRwP
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."741Please respect copyright.PENANAlCiL95DKW0
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.741Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5pApOl9dt
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."741Please respect copyright.PENANA5MuEKGlF1K
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."741Please respect copyright.PENANAxfD8bkaCzM
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAZOfa2oPOg0
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."741Please respect copyright.PENANARphTrsm5O5
I quickly stood up and 741Please respect copyright.PENANAeu81N1IRqp
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 741Please respect copyright.PENANAsZQhxh2Vud
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled741Please respect copyright.PENANADNwvPq0XJP
her back.741Please respect copyright.PENANAxqNXUGaJcW
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.741Please respect copyright.PENANAfzrbLVumdq
"Zoey, you're going to 741Please respect copyright.PENANAtac6WqT3L2
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 741Please respect copyright.PENANAh69SisS0h1
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 741Please respect copyright.PENANAVMCkb1LEHV
own hair pink in the next ten years."741Please respect copyright.PENANAaeMJFilZWW
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."741Please respect copyright.PENANAkjAdATqrDd
"You're lying."741Please respect copyright.PENANA8Q7FSgVohR
"I'm telling the truth!"741Please respect copyright.PENANAyWvzvaiKva
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAESSKdBduc1
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"741Please respect copyright.PENANA4BkvhW5oZD
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAw9QjZm86Mp
"I can't tell you that."741Please respect copyright.PENANAx2W4YVfA7m
"Why?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAjsHrQtRoC5
"Because it's 741Please respect copyright.PENANAAuxUK0Jood
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 741Please respect copyright.PENANA7NNllgEQbW
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"741Please respect copyright.PENANAQkr6rMlaPS
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.741Please respect copyright.PENANACzXg2LQLyT
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.741Please respect copyright.PENANARCLiMYOuw8
"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."741Please respect copyright.PENANA5L95b3PVlV
"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.741Please respect copyright.PENANA2Lfm2WYf4P
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."741Please respect copyright.PENANAjC7gOCoG2t
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAb6siN2Qlmz
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."741Please respect copyright.PENANATzf26F7s8C
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."741Please respect copyright.PENANAUry181UZPy
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."741Please respect copyright.PENANABHsPcKP1cc
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."741Please respect copyright.PENANA42fe1TdKk6
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."741Please respect copyright.PENANAbGU3LhhoRT
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.741Please respect copyright.PENANA875IQrcLa9
I playfully rolled my 741Please respect copyright.PENANANgi1Aw9f9k
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee741Please respect copyright.PENANAWMhl3blvYS
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 741Please respect copyright.PENANAzxDbmXKela
also looked worried.741Please respect copyright.PENANABNmhEKu5Su
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.741Please respect copyright.PENANAKKCD6hAxv5
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.741Please respect copyright.PENANAdcaU06ONta
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.741Please respect copyright.PENANAt84QbUZZin
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.741Please respect copyright.PENANAv1lfEBQUba
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAbWYSFfnqHn
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.741Please respect copyright.PENANA90FNBRFVjB
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.741Please respect copyright.PENANAIb1E9ce7UV
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders741Please respect copyright.PENANAtZgeSsYgDf
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAxDd9xdFADt
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAMV0snbV2VN
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."741Please respect copyright.PENANAWG7UHDk3Ep
"Okay, first of all," 741Please respect copyright.PENANAlX2vgsv1GS
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 741Please respect copyright.PENANAxcjdnS9nFj
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and741Please respect copyright.PENANAv18fPFcz9u
he wasn't mad at you."741Please respect copyright.PENANAlkQ0tTK4pA
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAshEuMdHrHf
"That, he couldn't say."741Please respect copyright.PENANA3uqNwLb7b0
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.741Please respect copyright.PENANAxG9Ejh9AW0
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."741Please respect copyright.PENANAWcX6ugbj4p
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.741Please respect copyright.PENANAt6yJ6LIcFI
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."741Please respect copyright.PENANAu2BQesyCTM
Christine pressed the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAASqvtyOKJZ
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 741Please respect copyright.PENANAMbIFR2jfF3
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 741Please respect copyright.PENANAwdj28mlZ8F
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 741Please respect copyright.PENANAOZpHV0KY99
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvVV7EnHMMj
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 741Please respect copyright.PENANAgWeLLY4lyi
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.741Please respect copyright.PENANAQYCfM32qDt
We got to YG right on 741Please respect copyright.PENANAC5fyLLEmPH
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 741Please respect copyright.PENANAJu7pdfw3Cn
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 741Please respect copyright.PENANAVzGUz1hWEl
arrived a few seconds earlier.741Please respect copyright.PENANA4kAdN434Nc
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.741Please respect copyright.PENANAuSsPd0Vm4F
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."741Please respect copyright.PENANApWYGi6s8Cp
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.741Please respect copyright.PENANAMScM4TEb4s
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAhlcmGHOScZ
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."741Please respect copyright.PENANAL9C8jVT3WW
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.741Please respect copyright.PENANA6QWvzjkdPP
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.741Please respect copyright.PENANAaK0ah47Bub
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANA7QEfN0KW1i
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.741Please respect copyright.PENANAxGlOBQgjcX
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."741Please respect copyright.PENANAXzdXadQXsW
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.741Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6vKbhnVlr
"There will be no such 741Please respect copyright.PENANAZVcgIToJxy
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 741Please respect copyright.PENANAShcIIMUmG7
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."741Please respect copyright.PENANAhjAPOrHJBC
"And you're making it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAN7lnhSnos1
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 741Please respect copyright.PENANA9xqRED2cmo
pouted his lip and scratched his head.741Please respect copyright.PENANArzeypvgCBq
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.741Please respect copyright.PENANA5tlVUb83nZ
"Trust me, you don't 741Please respect copyright.PENANAxXCOvw40fA
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You741Please respect copyright.PENANAQGI7Dl3m3t
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."741Please respect copyright.PENANACEZhDoUoca
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAiKuMfFIWq0
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."741Please respect copyright.PENANATJNyz3jE0A
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.741Please respect copyright.PENANAmj1osslaT0
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.741Please respect copyright.PENANAotsFIn60xm
"Look, whether they are 741Please respect copyright.PENANAydYU6CAkUZ
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 741Please respect copyright.PENANAkKGoaSCLCw
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 741Please respect copyright.PENANAA53MLzAoBy
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."741Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8bOncVeSb
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.741Please respect copyright.PENANABxMcO3AoxH
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."741Please respect copyright.PENANARQwT7X43ZT
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAACAMd8FUWm
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."741Please respect copyright.PENANAvQFCMk0QVM
I gave Lee a sad smile 741Please respect copyright.PENANA7z26ZxhmSg
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt741Please respect copyright.PENANAG7kYisNx8W
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 741Please respect copyright.PENANAzfmKZcZxEC
your life. Like suicide.741Please respect copyright.PENANA5c2gZyGq2a
We started our way 741Please respect copyright.PENANA91lvdzc2k0
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 741Please respect copyright.PENANA18B2SAd1qP
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 741Please respect copyright.PENANArTlwL6JH2w
and my jean trousers. Nothing.741Please respect copyright.PENANA9ewacp9Tjw
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."741Please respect copyright.PENANAUd6Ajg6IY0
I quickly ran out of the741Please respect copyright.PENANANrzqO4vC6M
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 741Please respect copyright.PENANAMd91Pfdix6
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 741Please respect copyright.PENANAyArUZuxEE5
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 741Please respect copyright.PENANArJ7Pdyj4Mg
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could741Please respect copyright.PENANAtBYSLIK1qr
check for it inside.741Please respect copyright.PENANAHEESmNcIqP
When I got to the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAiiF6gq65Iv
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 741Please respect copyright.PENANA90EdmhtQPB
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I741Please respect copyright.PENANA2jiM3buonB
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were741Please respect copyright.PENANAwZNhVCRJIx
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 741Please respect copyright.PENANAKw72Q6nXuE
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAWIHcUjuzot
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 741Please respect copyright.PENANAEIuLyWg6uS
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.741Please respect copyright.PENANAD62qX6BCqX
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.741Please respect copyright.PENANAwK5qyzsBXp
"Seriously, I can sue 741Please respect copyright.PENANA6vnB8DCQK8
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so741Please respect copyright.PENANAcYo3r60onz
fast. I never even heard him coming.741Please respect copyright.PENANAruVWrmK0KZ
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.741Please respect copyright.PENANAOOB7J1YYOh
"You're not my bodyguard741Please respect copyright.PENANAtGTJRefnJf
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 741Please respect copyright.PENANA7a7Pa5bAlz
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."741Please respect copyright.PENANAJLrRSxS5JP
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.741Please respect copyright.PENANAORgKWRTQbW
I blushed. "You know about that?"741Please respect copyright.PENANA3VCnxC1OEV
"Everyone knows you have741Please respect copyright.PENANAF7zvx3ctLu
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 741Please respect copyright.PENANA6whkfEdRT5
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."741Please respect copyright.PENANA94xIrVIQjL
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."741Please respect copyright.PENANAR17DRRuB3R
"Looks like I did the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAnSWzeGlIUS
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 741Please respect copyright.PENANAfX5PjiTjh8
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."741Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ6QwJ76Kd
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.741Please respect copyright.PENANAJNudywGkkn
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.741Please respect copyright.PENANAw7E9laDO3h
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."741Please respect copyright.PENANACkqjXYptgG
"And because you're a 741Please respect copyright.PENANAOOC2dJH2tp
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might741Please respect copyright.PENANAdfpIAwNgyz
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 741Please respect copyright.PENANA1uW3zlIjNV
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."741Please respect copyright.PENANAwySCkW5oZi
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."741Please respect copyright.PENANA7MrQBha3Ot
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.741Please respect copyright.PENANAYN5dbHZQbN
"Can you at least tell 741Please respect copyright.PENANA6NHlv10aRv
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator741Please respect copyright.PENANAPpAmYVAtHQ
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.741Please respect copyright.PENANAb1AZRtSqL9
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.741Please respect copyright.PENANAXErsnuOTfa
"What dramatic effect?" 741Please respect copyright.PENANArN3CQYPZdz
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 741Please respect copyright.PENANAu6FDTBJl9R
came closer. I took a warning step back.741Please respect copyright.PENANA1R89sLxzs6
"If you hadn't followed 741Please respect copyright.PENANAzPffgeB7MP
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 741Please respect copyright.PENANAGaDJxp6X9h
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference741Please respect copyright.PENANArESkL21ft8
room."741Please respect copyright.PENANA563Uy2Icyj
"What surprise?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAT7k9faJjui
The elevator stopped and741Please respect copyright.PENANAXjnSg6Xscz
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAwHahkhjhaW
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the741Please respect copyright.PENANAM0DE8kzBOe
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 741Please respect copyright.PENANAe0ycIoXULI
Seunghoon and I stepped out.741Please respect copyright.PENANA1XXVOx5Qxc
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.741Please respect copyright.PENANAJG5jgX9zPa
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.741Please respect copyright.PENANAPW2bYa5EGo
"I already have a guess," I said.741Please respect copyright.PENANAHQbfvT2H33
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.741Please respect copyright.PENANAfchiBaQCra
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."741Please respect copyright.PENANAcl1cTZeANl
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.741Please respect copyright.PENANAUDa5VfUAcn
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANA7NVsWgiVWf
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.741Please respect copyright.PENANA3udbWrS6RU
When we reached the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAfnCfgrMqYC
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAdV69WIZS5m
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 741Please respect copyright.PENANAPAs91ZFDiO
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.741Please respect copyright.PENANAN8Rz7of89I
In the conference room 741Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ben3gVwLG
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 741Please respect copyright.PENANAsOV6omYaCE
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office741Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ7q3Pilq3
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 741Please respect copyright.PENANAqBPvFNfs2F
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 741Please respect copyright.PENANANBrown5xam
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 741Please respect copyright.PENANAlYYoheT6X4
though I did my best not to show it.741Please respect copyright.PENANAIP7iVreCCP
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.741Please respect copyright.PENANASNEAreuFRN
I looked to the opposite741Please respect copyright.PENANAjXxMCdKF7v
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 741Please respect copyright.PENANAHOcTuqvrDZ
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 741Please respect copyright.PENANAU663HSi1e0
turned their backs to us facing the wall.741Please respect copyright.PENANA55l3Eecqen
"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."741Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yyub3SW3y
G-Dragon quickly turned 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvSf4xGpAAl
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 741Please respect copyright.PENANAeWydNEFxAP
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.741Please respect copyright.PENANA7Wtwnr5kYo
"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?"741Please respect copyright.PENANACaiB6PeB8A
"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.741Please respect copyright.PENANAkPXIhvZOh0
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAJNjFe28Nnm
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.741Please respect copyright.PENANAGbgDg1fEgw
"Wait," said Lisa who 741Please respect copyright.PENANAhJ5ZzRHI2J
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused741Please respect copyright.PENANA3uQ8sWWQya
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"741Please respect copyright.PENANA5y0B1jZdbS
"It felt simple and 741Please respect copyright.PENANAzLq8gLm8c0
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 741Please respect copyright.PENANAshmKzqYRy3
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 741Please respect copyright.PENANAOMY7es82UT
with G-Dragon today."741Please respect copyright.PENANA7YTHLbHgwb
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."741Please respect copyright.PENANARLJlSL8X7y
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvpMJTRlEIp
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."741Please respect copyright.PENANALumqsQZMmb
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.741Please respect copyright.PENANARzheE1ajKz
"Ya, I know I'm a 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvuT0SsM7Ae
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 741Please respect copyright.PENANAhTYwb9FhCV
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."741Please respect copyright.PENANAfvE93cCtDL
"If you mean us getting 741Please respect copyright.PENANAqcbyNo2P14
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 741Please respect copyright.PENANARHXlHQdItM
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 741Please respect copyright.PENANA9vPJRLWrlq
by coincidence."741Please respect copyright.PENANAXh5TjPiLAA
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."741Please respect copyright.PENANATFD5YCYfoo
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.741Please respect copyright.PENANAEOSTXAoJTA
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAx17FF6JxGf
The rest of the BTW crew741Please respect copyright.PENANAmvaFazu5OR
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 741Please respect copyright.PENANA22ukrLDOc7
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.741Please respect copyright.PENANAmu1zLc94n4
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.741Please respect copyright.PENANADb74dW2k8x
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."741Please respect copyright.PENANAJYmXlHYgIj
"Hold up," said Zoey who741Please respect copyright.PENANAes2sneoPHK
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 741Please respect copyright.PENANAhnKmjQGWfR
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAjfJym4qUQx
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.741Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5ak2c2mt3
"Told you we'll 741Please respect copyright.PENANAO9InMFExrL
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear741Please respect copyright.PENANA30mUUoVFmG
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.741Please respect copyright.PENANA8iaHbFBzXx
"But is he going to do 741Please respect copyright.PENANA4qiBPBdEuf
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 741Please respect copyright.PENANA70ojfT2sM4
didn't really meet by coincidence."741Please respect copyright.PENANACAxHDCObgB
There was silence in the741Please respect copyright.PENANAF3WNZDjAMc
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 741Please respect copyright.PENANASDMPlAegLD
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 741Please respect copyright.PENANADDcOy6XqSh
planning to do.741Please respect copyright.PENANA0uKHaOwMh0
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.741Please respect copyright.PENANAgravyFBHmu
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAfkOWfFrwgV
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.741Please respect copyright.PENANApHSlubeWbI
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.741Please respect copyright.PENANA8D6tViKJXA
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.741Please respect copyright.PENANAOBZzsnXWB5
"And also because he's 741Please respect copyright.PENANAaYU0J2qsJc
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 741Please respect copyright.PENANApmzhDu4VDz
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."741Please respect copyright.PENANAal8dUUAasY
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.741Please respect copyright.PENANAV45bWooMwV
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAttHJCjthoU
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.741Please respect copyright.PENANAD4bg2Gdx37
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAUYXfhHucDV
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAVsvXWuCX3h
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.741Please respect copyright.PENANA1eIcCPXmVK
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."741Please respect copyright.PENANAodq24BYcu2
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAiz9K9vdckC
G-Dragon smiled. He had 741Please respect copyright.PENANALoNTTm5nQQ
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 741Please respect copyright.PENANAtwQKXU0I7Y
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to741Please respect copyright.PENANAbcwml3uzHc
deal with G-Dragon instead.741Please respect copyright.PENANAHpjztN9aid
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.741Please respect copyright.PENANAMXezspYvxR
"What do you want?" I asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANABZviCpmdhU
G-Dragon looked at me as741Please respect copyright.PENANAq0JHA4VBuC
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 741Please respect copyright.PENANA9w3jzWUTOH
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I741Please respect copyright.PENANA1r685BLDCi
came to any conclusions.741Please respect copyright.PENANAe8IRjONq2Z
"To make things clear 741Please respect copyright.PENANA7ktJF6Ptvs
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a741Please respect copyright.PENANAFVMuxhXxGm
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjC4O4CuYQT
thinking about doing the same thing."741Please respect copyright.PENANAfXGzhZi8gb
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.741Please respect copyright.PENANAJAVBWYN6NW
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."741Please respect copyright.PENANAqLzfcyqvy3
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."741Please respect copyright.PENANAmeqarWwm81
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.741Please respect copyright.PENANAXf3UoU1PO7
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.741Please respect copyright.PENANAB84R8XNg7x
"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."741Please respect copyright.PENANAOftR3f3Hnv
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.741Please respect copyright.PENANA1PmFAhgmYT
"All's fair in love and 741Please respect copyright.PENANAbqXbaa7JwT
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 741Please respect copyright.PENANAXCP5EsncrE
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 741Please respect copyright.PENANAgyToL4sAZA
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."741Please respect copyright.PENANA4mk2W6gzLt
"Come on," Christine 741Please respect copyright.PENANA0t5NnE8L1s
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 741Please respect copyright.PENANACWO10CxqEL
won't be here for long and you know it."741Please respect copyright.PENANAXeasN545CQ
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."741Please respect copyright.PENANAFO53LG6sE3
"BTW is nothing but a 741Please respect copyright.PENANAwZxA1qo8WG
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 741Please respect copyright.PENANAKMex0T2DuE
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."741Please respect copyright.PENANATqbGnwceuq
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.741Please respect copyright.PENANAlhdIVCJm9T
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."741Please respect copyright.PENANAIrFCpAuruH
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.741Please respect copyright.PENANA82qAvkCkq5
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.741Please respect copyright.PENANAJcH8Ktgqdr
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.741Please respect copyright.PENANAxhvVuPgDoy
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.741Please respect copyright.PENANAoJAh0UEGkc
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.741Please respect copyright.PENANAkXoSQcnKIM
"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.741Please respect copyright.PENANARUckQ1mULm
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.741Please respect copyright.PENANA1rrUix1J9b
Upon saying that, the 741Please respect copyright.PENANAVr8RP7FIXv
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 741Please respect copyright.PENANA7cjJzMexM3
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 741Please respect copyright.PENANAIZevx3KpBo
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 741Please respect copyright.PENANAQL4pzWZVe6
seated stood up.741Please respect copyright.PENANA8JigfECbDl
I gulped. I hope the 741Please respect copyright.PENANALAOVkuXmJv
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where741Please respect copyright.PENANAeWal3aTWax
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.741Please respect copyright.PENANAJngjhlfLtW
The two managers had 741Please respect copyright.PENANAnNrzPZH1ER
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 741Please respect copyright.PENANATtktcMVRGC
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 741Please respect copyright.PENANAj8Ulzs0rcN
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 741Please respect copyright.PENANA2JxZZqVxoZ
is wrong.741Please respect copyright.PENANAreDYRCZFXG
"Good that you're all 741Please respect copyright.PENANAv45zb7aKnI
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 741Please respect copyright.PENANAZCBrvXrUkv
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."741Please respect copyright.PENANArkbW9H8aD1
I have always hated it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAz2eHitEAGe
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 741Please respect copyright.PENANAhiagJY9beb
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 741Please respect copyright.PENANA5LFjU30ZVa
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really741Please respect copyright.PENANApQFFVhbhPU
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 741Please respect copyright.PENANAXwn51BTrw5
their seats.741Please respect copyright.PENANABkiyNkhSWy
The two managers and Lee741Please respect copyright.PENANAIr2XrArnDd
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 741Please respect copyright.PENANAkmcaxfAXEA
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit741Please respect copyright.PENANAaPNz4A650Q
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvlyk0e21ZM
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I741Please respect copyright.PENANAosU8Pqx1bh
was.741Please respect copyright.PENANAnXdV00aKpL
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."741Please respect copyright.PENANA2QIR9Cm5zr
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."741Please respect copyright.PENANAwigNgwD6UC
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.741Please respect copyright.PENANAymlzBx55IG
Zoey sighed loudly in 741Please respect copyright.PENANAr6Dd9O4rGi
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAHHBihkucvu
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 741Please respect copyright.PENANAmUYDuwHi8G
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a741Please respect copyright.PENANAdhlVZvsmFp
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 741Please respect copyright.PENANAUoHKuLk3wX
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."741Please respect copyright.PENANA19mBLAk1nW
The two managers 741Please respect copyright.PENANA2XZGwaMjP5
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjRCMSoOlLd
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 741Please respect copyright.PENANAgeVmnONUvN
That was so not cool.741Please respect copyright.PENANAmgMNA4TUTp
"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."741Please respect copyright.PENANA5cIy8NpE9P
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.741Please respect copyright.PENANARCrvapCJQ4
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.741Please respect copyright.PENANAOcQUNfaxu6
My ears perked up when 741Please respect copyright.PENANAK7AnGlTKXi
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjoIiggDZpb
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?741Please respect copyright.PENANAbh5xycL8W8
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANABDgwxyMh5d
"We heard you outside 741Please respect copyright.PENANAZIS6XISNpM
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 741Please respect copyright.PENANAFVGtZ78NcW
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.741Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ekfmiwssa
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.741Please respect copyright.PENANADNfHbC8UnC
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.741Please respect copyright.PENANA98MVWQVj7a
"Yes, Sam. For real," 741Please respect copyright.PENANAOj22pch75y
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 741Please respect copyright.PENANAG3a3m6tK4G
through further scrutiny about this decision."741Please respect copyright.PENANAI9fLxS3Jef
I smiled. Even if they 741Please respect copyright.PENANAXgo8ndLj31
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 741Please respect copyright.PENANAsdPFVFke8V
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.741Please respect copyright.PENANAkmRpdDJSAy
There was an exciting 741Please respect copyright.PENANAIPDqhZBZlG
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 741Please respect copyright.PENANABRZrpwLI1r
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 741Please respect copyright.PENANAYemdTF75sZ
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjI9PKThc4o
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 741Please respect copyright.PENANARrvNpPWFVA
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.741Please respect copyright.PENANAjkG7T9H4mI
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAnoGv9DgL9M
I turned to my other 741Please respect copyright.PENANA761KRg7PI0
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 741Please respect copyright.PENANAdFjRTd2Ix6
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 741Please respect copyright.PENANAV4Ss6Yvbbm
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 741Please respect copyright.PENANAo17LTygWx2
now, didn't matter.741Please respect copyright.PENANAQrmv7TZFKy
"You heard them when 741Please respect copyright.PENANAs6j0GIPQK9
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 741Please respect copyright.PENANAF8do1bpAqR
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."741Please respect copyright.PENANA5cIyYcON37
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.741Please respect copyright.PENANA9A47srxxkv
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.741Please respect copyright.PENANAFtPidAVTJl
"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.741Please respect copyright.PENANAo1FuWqgYyf
This time it was me, or I741Please respect copyright.PENANAGjQVjvi77M
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 741Please respect copyright.PENANAxiUP0UE8hc
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 741Please respect copyright.PENANAdCvijVJINU
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 741Please respect copyright.PENANA88lSc1ssNe
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 741Please respect copyright.PENANA8NWmmk93pq
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him741Please respect copyright.PENANAGXQomQAkbe
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 741Please respect copyright.PENANAfpfhzdMfxl
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 741Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZQTFOstDx
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.741Please respect copyright.PENANAXz8xEnVnYN
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.741Please respect copyright.PENANAGkvtGa2Cl2
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.741Please respect copyright.PENANA4IdBIOgSAq
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."741Please respect copyright.PENANAX01K6MuKo8
"We all agree," said Daniel.741Please respect copyright.PENANAgfMEYfgOtV
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."741Please respect copyright.PENANAizK91nHoNr
"But just because it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjT3s2jtXOn
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 741Please respect copyright.PENANAUrNsbRP2Tf
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.741Please respect copyright.PENANAg2mulTuiJH
"Okay, so that's settled741Please respect copyright.PENANAyseYu3WOEy
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 741Please respect copyright.PENANAfAmuFHuEKV
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make741Please respect copyright.PENANAgVeNhXOvb9
BTW official."741Please respect copyright.PENANAshN1agmi3V
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAjrAxOXli2D
I noticed that most of 741Please respect copyright.PENANAWjFX5FQThj
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 741Please respect copyright.PENANAHT9RMPtsj4
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvzs4rCQvHr
when she looked at me and I grinned.741Please respect copyright.PENANAug2TxZKdeq
"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."741Please respect copyright.PENANAiKLt6nytwA
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.741Please respect copyright.PENANApVmX4dA2Cw
"Before we make BTW 741Please respect copyright.PENANAS1O6T0fodz
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 741Please respect copyright.PENANABCOathTGcp
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 741Please respect copyright.PENANAKvScUAoJ77
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 741Please respect copyright.PENANAaomSQRSSVR
low for a while. Is that good?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAWI4Z5emZos
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."741Please respect copyright.PENANAMhaahEXLYG
"That's fair enough," 741Please respect copyright.PENANAqVOwahBFvO
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 741Please respect copyright.PENANAeW3YcJIE0u
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to741Please respect copyright.PENANAMttERZLWfL
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 741Please respect copyright.PENANAP3oU6qBam4
so."741Please respect copyright.PENANAutZOl306R4
"So you want to crush 741Please respect copyright.PENANA3Zo4D621JZ
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I741Please respect copyright.PENANA07LAluzZDc
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 741Please respect copyright.PENANAM5RSK4EwK1
strategy."741Please respect copyright.PENANABn6fgCeIBE
"Then if all is well and741Please respect copyright.PENANA0O7midonQs
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 741Please respect copyright.PENANAcjflYxY9Tr
updated and not a word on social media."741Please respect copyright.PENANATFKH63nLlT
I stood up from my seat 741Please respect copyright.PENANA1jxdZAo5at
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 741Please respect copyright.PENANA4d1VjNmyyz
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjce7vjWBBm
walk out, I stopped them.741Please respect copyright.PENANAWthDqIXaDg
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.741Please respect copyright.PENANAECG9Wjf0Vp
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANAqw5satbhyT
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."741Please respect copyright.PENANAThd97NLhmu
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.741Please respect copyright.PENANAJX4RatpBXN
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.741Please respect copyright.PENANAoBOUF86bBp
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.741Please respect copyright.PENANAg9Umc5E50E
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 741Please respect copyright.PENANAFktzrZTgWs
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a741Please respect copyright.PENANAXOsPeu6Cn5
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.741Please respect copyright.PENANApmPebpeNLQ
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"741Please respect copyright.PENANAUWgSroMdpM
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.741Please respect copyright.PENANAqaIHl7JTbB
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.741Please respect copyright.PENANAUFuhQyI0ZB
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.741Please respect copyright.PENANADFSKu41lHX
"This is like the best 741Please respect copyright.PENANAzJhHOPei8E
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 741Please respect copyright.PENANAiSrrwuw9Ee
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."741Please respect copyright.PENANALczysWeTl0
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.741Please respect copyright.PENANATvEdeMu8Js
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."741Please respect copyright.PENANAskwCS7gBUv
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.741Please respect copyright.PENANArfPU5V65PS
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."741Please respect copyright.PENANAwud4LSIRTU
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.741Please respect copyright.PENANATsNJVOYCZI
"I knew there was a 741Please respect copyright.PENANADltuxVxPW1
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"741Please respect copyright.PENANA2nr39mZHIF
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 741Please respect copyright.PENANAFfXfDWZe2y
G-Dragon.741Please respect copyright.PENANAUIZ72GEHq3
"You knew?" Christine asked.741Please respect copyright.PENANA11U1UvmSaZ
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."741Please respect copyright.PENANA6crcIsaAbJ
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."741Please respect copyright.PENANAgVRGUhbxen
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.741Please respect copyright.PENANALnpNW50paY
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.741Please respect copyright.PENANA94LaNVTobh
"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.741Please respect copyright.PENANAnCRh1OiUHI
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"741Please respect copyright.PENANAuFIqjNedtW
"Well, you guys can tell741Please respect copyright.PENANAGgVyXJRYWu
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 741Please respect copyright.PENANAb2Hw5bEzEq
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 741Please respect copyright.PENANAZIMII6dw2b
aren't going to go into the same car."741Please respect copyright.PENANAkRGilHvNBF
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"741Please respect copyright.PENANATNlLlVFHJg
Everyone else started to741Please respect copyright.PENANAiZzeWDorrd
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and741Please respect copyright.PENANAO1deELS3ko
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 741Please respect copyright.PENANANvc1IOzu4R
only G-Dragon and I.741Please respect copyright.PENANA8g6VyOEkVI
"I'm mad at you," I started.741Please respect copyright.PENANAUKE3S6UpiJ
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."741Please respect copyright.PENANABhnpRLEpLV
"Save it." I held my 741Please respect copyright.PENANA0w5ADZfTMd
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 741Please respect copyright.PENANAV8Rf50tU1D
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 741Please respect copyright.PENANAx7fk579FSF
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up741Please respect copyright.PENANASnXKLwyoaG
a war again."741Please respect copyright.PENANA6lHVHCCxRW
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."741Please respect copyright.PENANAYfs90uVWdQ
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."741Please respect copyright.PENANAtqKwgoi21V
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."741Please respect copyright.PENANAjG00bJQa0U
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."741Please respect copyright.PENANAYCsHquVqo8
G-Dragon looked at me 741Please respect copyright.PENANAatT5h8FDLa
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 741Please respect copyright.PENANAGZcTf4v6me
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 741Please respect copyright.PENANAyVS3Zerhoy
stab in the heart.741Please respect copyright.PENANAwUneTttG0K
"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."741Please respect copyright.PENANAF76fZqnAE2
"You know, the others 741Please respect copyright.PENANAjgNPV730E6
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 741Please respect copyright.PENANAUSevNLysj8
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out741Please respect copyright.PENANADZBIEwtnaH
with WINNER yesterday."741Please respect copyright.PENANADENTweMSk8
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."741Please respect copyright.PENANAjpeidq1KjI
I nodded my head. What I741Please respect copyright.PENANAINpFgP9C36
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 741Please respect copyright.PENANAGWptfwdMCM
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but741Please respect copyright.PENANAztJea6BBlq
of Seunghoon and I.741Please respect copyright.PENANAGigjKxKmbT
"You know you and I can 741Please respect copyright.PENANA5VFcRJVOOi
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 741Please respect copyright.PENANA2nplcrHSwN
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest741Please respect copyright.PENANA0s7vyU4o5r
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 741Please respect copyright.PENANAW0ePbjoKA2
down the rocks."741Please respect copyright.PENANAHOD0EWTIiX
I headed for the door 741Please respect copyright.PENANA5bSprn3kYe
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 741Please respect copyright.PENANAo33LcIxJTD
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood741Please respect copyright.PENANA1QRDEPW7bm
Zoey, waiting.741Please respect copyright.PENANAtKz1edFsbX
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.741Please respect copyright.PENANAcu7lIBI59D
"I sure hope so," I said741Please respect copyright.PENANARbA9ZnxjUw
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 741Please respect copyright.PENANAl3dE4RUOdO
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.741Please respect copyright.PENANA3skOPELIvN
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."741Please respect copyright.PENANA7fgvFjUT8o
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.741Please respect copyright.PENANAqgf3y9trKe
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.741Please respect copyright.PENANAU1BIlPwBAZ
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.741Please respect copyright.PENANAFzrWUnGHmO
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."741Please respect copyright.PENANAJceHoQ60Sq
"You know computers are 741Please respect copyright.PENANAp6V8TOQa86
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do741Please respect copyright.PENANAKWG4BsfeYC
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 741Please respect copyright.PENANAvgrUWvob54
supposed to."741Please respect copyright.PENANAiU53aR9qs0
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."741Please respect copyright.PENANAh2J6C6koPZ
I smiled. "You always call me that."741Please respect copyright.PENANA5hdgACbiJH
"Ya, because you're smart too."741Please respect copyright.PENANAeHgR23wRVR
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.741Please respect copyright.PENANAFIP9iNzYUb
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.741Please respect copyright.PENANAMi3Z5SsFXD
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."741Please respect copyright.PENANAICFIUOQ94i
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"741Please respect copyright.PENANAz7AOExVITG
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.741Please respect copyright.PENANATjGDU3EGDu
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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