
Hanging out at Times 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMsNv9PzcKN
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4CyX4cBs5N
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAymwdbFc5hR
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzt11gPJDo3
But that didn't matter. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAryKh0wCDxq
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUsw3L265gN
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAZwl0mbTNEt
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAlFBUXE7Osu
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA90ipCCHVCI
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAp4uCUPkZEr
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAt54OkZEszB
actually played around with the adorable kids.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAeBv0PsmTJG
There were plenty of 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAbDB634bnOk
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAp3ZHlJRLtq
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1078Please respect copyright.PENANAweZdODU5lH
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAvCHT80eT9F
fans too.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAITSen7Sgdg
The time we were done 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAKzUs33U7gH
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAJgIsaPryXn
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAg3E0KTcYyY
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMTKxPcUthH
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1078Please respect copyright.PENANARIX1nOxZqA
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1078Please respect copyright.PENANADdLneEIdjV
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmBKth27I8u
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA48qUWI5hEX
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAddzxRuDRaF
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANASPbT5FTzbD
previous day, of course.1078Please respect copyright.PENANATyIZdEx0Ny
As much as the managers 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGNmGwk0Wlj
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAsyrrsdNzsQ
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgATsLkE8i9
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiviadXQW2v
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4QL6qeHW3
Right now, this very 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuxBtgTMrQw
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAu4po3tRqdR
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAWgyTSLkUl0
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1078Please respect copyright.PENANADfkd2g0xRt
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXaX8CHXmp9
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuMr0lIiR8C
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8nSyvRoWR1
and I just couldn't take it.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQ03ITalCiZ
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1078Please respect copyright.PENANATIw1YwFE52
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAfEQIULksSF
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1JNLSsFTaa
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAat800wH0My
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAfKRgi6qomh
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAtIDd7T0nv0
"I thought you said your plan would work."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGS6nepzA2c
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1078Please respect copyright.PENANADfs7lNYZH9
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXwuE42TPzw
I felt like slapping my 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzErZpcx1UA
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAY5gjr19gIL
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAbWj0LeFDvR
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1078Please respect copyright.PENANADgGDhsjEHO
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAHWk1qdVqZ8
off.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAO4JySaEx6M
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAvDHrfCc64z
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQQDjuObfuU
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAbGvNx3BV2v
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAvcPVOCFoZA
I shrugged. She read my 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEWNmFy5MqZ
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1078Please respect copyright.PENANATyUzNjk4Xg
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1078Please respect copyright.PENANABh2rDvj9ce
me the whole time."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiRBoqp9MrT
I sat down on my bed as 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAarBNiiUAWj
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1078Please respect copyright.PENANAHzeXhuCDYM
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1078Please respect copyright.PENANADpw1c2hhGJ
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMofFbeh3oS
"Gosh, you really should1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgyFnPVTpSL
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQdTLnZKytC
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnfmH6Sh1VH
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1078Please respect copyright.PENANADxbOcYRTVG
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1078Please respect copyright.PENANACr2ICTDBrc
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAL7tstjN3n7
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqHHbs6KCs6
"Mike is annoying 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwNMsX7dtNE
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA9DUxYAjI8p
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAPuDpxxRCC6
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1078Please respect copyright.PENANASa3QlIPg6q
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1078Please respect copyright.PENANACABUybbNwx
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAF6oc30Oobt
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuW8RGqqqE3
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAx9agHhHVTT
"Sorry, but just so you 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1TVgTWcwi6
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1078Please respect copyright.PENANATi5ucN3C3Y
that pic of you and him together."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAAssTOCe0QL
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAPUqLYcxWHD
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkxnpof6ljW
I blushed and at the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnZEtFxTHrx
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAoPYAueq3GE
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAG6nbTeYG3D
other hidden agenda.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAoSGLDFMwsv
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgOaoAJtrnb
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1078Please respect copyright.PENANApth1uCN4y9
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1078Please respect copyright.PENANANpXF8ZepsY
I sighed in surrender. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAYqwSNRRFLo
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAsc8tR0MTxP
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAM6Tz3VhJ94
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMliZrbVKA5
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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUeWssZPDOU
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzYfuA6dPfE
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzVzudtrt6Q
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANA39lRRplm24
Zoey had an excited look1078Please respect copyright.PENANAlKw5bquJ6d
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAlICtbB63n9
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAovm1SSz65L
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgBBURWILa2
clearly show all over her face.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcd7rrw3HwZ
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAZdFB4ZlaFA
I shook my head. "And?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAflrLAzlPey
Zoey folded her arms, 1078Please respect copyright.PENANArz11GRLByU
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAKAqnEI9VAN
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyFmk7X0FPV
"Hold that thought. This1078Please respect copyright.PENANAKIqG52taQQ
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1078Please respect copyright.PENANAATHOiv1Xjo
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAihqoP0htvO
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1078Please respect copyright.PENANABQAxPigWcH
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAw7vqmG7ant
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAZwdL4FGF0Y
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEiS9IXqKNM
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANApNRivww1Uj
"Well, he hid in our closet."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA07GIxfl4uZ
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAAwHdLXTBZP
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAfWVJBeqszE
"Ya, why?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4n86QIKt5A
"Looks like we just 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAL2weUc1N6C
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAX7UuxKBvH8
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAO7fc2geJZR
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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAosSkzBSWAs
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEWZkieqWpK
"What do you mean? You 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAIWRX0jcbUk
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1078Please respect copyright.PENANABjbOolcLPB
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANA2SLoQXQbFh
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAYjtr5N4Nol
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXx3UzKermw
"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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAjBjrVXmear
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANA7ncP5k4G8B
"I wanted to but I kept 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGFQh22VX4p
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA2L6Edk8PvK
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8jyrfyQlQp
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA82hrni5qTs
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFUYdzD2TZu
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1078Please respect copyright.PENANALQrStp6784
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkKLKhBOqC4
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFMGRdw6PLq
I quickly stood up and 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXnoMHltPpY
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1078Please respect copyright.PENANADI9wHTI0d8
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0tCeO5P4QA
her back.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGHu1upRXoe
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFmG5Jvzxb1
"Zoey, you're going to 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3YzzPDoUr1
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFuxAQukMFJ
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAApYKaIV4P1
own hair pink in the next ten years."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA69Za7jYRyb
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0333KQDOYZ
"You're lying."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqgNlJCmCNZ
"I'm telling the truth!"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwpsqEc74Eh
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANA79vmokGT33
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANA6XA6sXLi7s
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAsrJnRyUY3m
"I can't tell you that."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAosdJex97tl
"Why?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzPpZVBoFIM
"Because it's 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnPHr2zKXw1
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAu287tDh906
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqiFQeZ3Q4s
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1078Please respect copyright.PENANARRAU5cSWdN
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAfkxE1Nu03c
"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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFhgZCQhvDh
"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.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwUFQZXRFMS
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnPtO8e85Xe
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAtDS2xDNe1d
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA7V62aC7id7
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1078Please respect copyright.PENANADN5h9d8eMP
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1buzEhFoUH
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqtCrwPV4Fs
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAETHeecOvLv
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0jT4ZJgsGm
I playfully rolled my 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA9z7zq3ZAFH
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1078Please respect copyright.PENANAOYBKocKC0U
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAWybaHnQkt7
also looked worried.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAu5djaaY9wM
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQsvH1kTSrS
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcopM1EMNlm
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA5dSPy0LxBh
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwEu9YscnE9
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGTmqIbQBoo
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkAnPoZa1E3
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyfc4POt814
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1078Please respect copyright.PENANA02wMA9xwjJ
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgp9ds0IjDf
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAvQiVd8wy6r
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA9a7e3wZXJm
"Okay, first of all," 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAom63hgrhQb
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAtyNlivpZzk
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFe8TYpmgkX
he wasn't mad at you."1078Please respect copyright.PENANACkthR51dcZ
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rc3XbEvot
"That, he couldn't say."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMgU9E1NUg0
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQEmjFDHVfY
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAWahf4efbgn
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqxbukBky22
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAs95TOSiPNY
Christine pressed the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAlV8SK59Ca8
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAV7lCzvV1cC
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEFa9C1tLRp
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAYx2OagNjGq
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAabLvow5Uzq
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAn66oNKYHQr
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1078Please respect copyright.PENANARk51KFFTAJ
We got to YG right on 1078Please respect copyright.PENANACspLqGzayQ
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAirJT4crY2c
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAv07kiIisLt
arrived a few seconds earlier.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAHkqYZ2d8Fm
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA9eDA8UuqzC
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1078Please respect copyright.PENANABdMrEIFyJb
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAU7AqqICtLG
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAJU0oPOCYeG
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAny2BAIjzo3
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAjB7fNRskzR
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAZdgavXZUUb
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3TsMJL2P27
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA7humqJbPAg
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuNsnWgKfRZ
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdSKM280lKe
"There will be no such 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzuF7Rsg7xe
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAB29ZKNiEre
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAE7mTLILGt9
"And you're making it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAE4rcSWsNCU
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAJJwUh4Rhqc
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAX0L4Tm84AL
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1078Please respect copyright.PENANABemzOduvDF
"Trust me, you don't 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnaMomI8Eu5
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3uaXY5rBwK
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqCBsU2lesC
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAPs97pGqibo
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1078Please respect copyright.PENANANsyPHnctUk
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1IVDs33qYR
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAIjSbNfgZao
"Look, whether they are 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcRw4kWOTXh
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAoCUWicjC29
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1078Please respect copyright.PENANApjqVXMfCeO
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAOc2MK0z6sQ
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAWivNpoUlmd
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFasqLKu7A1
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAY1r7euAPrY
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAaVpvRhOZI8
I gave Lee a sad smile 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAw55VRy1Evu
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1078Please respect copyright.PENANAOAR5K2GFuf
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1078Please respect copyright.PENANADo6churKMj
your life. Like suicide.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAjW9Jnd4jPh
We started our way 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqkGndocOu1
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkHhc8S9Y8g
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAWdDlHvauVj
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdJgRVAZcDM
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAhsuixpwrnd
I quickly ran out of the1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUMvbwh4PrS
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1wnAH5vDo5
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgHVNji0CD4
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqbivjoWPve
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1078Please respect copyright.PENANAlrIJYDa4wA
check for it inside.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcSGlcNJ24s
When I got to the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA5d60qG56Y8
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAsxywHJ5Z0e
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1078Please respect copyright.PENANA49HMIM00qC
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgTPgsDI011
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAvDDAplQgzt
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8AbbOp6tuI
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzwWX6DSiIU
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkaUdJP3JAa
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGMCUSJqNYJ
"Seriously, I can sue 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAO9kj1oyulp
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1078Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Y0XCbn6f
fast. I never even heard him coming.1078Please respect copyright.PENANArSvnDNBAhQ
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAHUo5kBRaBK
"You're not my bodyguard1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmwGpokt9RL
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ6f7wkrKW
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEkYq78sHPj
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAKYRT2wVwRV
I blushed. "You know about that?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkKO8T31cPf
"Everyone knows you have1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGchErKXnCM
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqTUi1KoGmZ
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAV4wQT0tQzF
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdTmOp4g0jn
"Looks like I did the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAm3LwcC19Gk
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAW7UqndJ0qQ
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAIS37a2DEsT
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA28jdTwFnU1
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1078Please respect copyright.PENANALBsqLqLZ9p
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA7L8hdK66Gt
"And because you're a 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAaTpCwWnaki
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1078Please respect copyright.PENANAG4GTgE0OqF
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAxzMaVcw6tj
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAevRz10JLyB
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAP1nXff5Los
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1078Please respect copyright.PENANATZH4gMScAs
"Can you at least tell 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUgpz2EvFBT
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1HSFSicIZW
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgVMskK6oAe
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1078Please respect copyright.PENANADjQJHJq49P
"What dramatic effect?" 1078Please respect copyright.PENANACoDcAPorRc
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1078Please respect copyright.PENANArVx7RFtnIn
came closer. I took a warning step back.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA6AeuS9eBaa
"If you hadn't followed 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkxmlkF4N8g
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAhpu4iEZUjD
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXpoV09iyrU
room."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAN09eWf2FXE
"What surprise?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkXZHb0aEkk
The elevator stopped and1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnUObhoDqLY
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgdaWhGmKeB
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqiNoE8T9wR
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAfEM3YHH8rZ
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1078Please respect copyright.PENANArETqhrTkv5
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAL8ngYXHLrD
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAVpLX6VwwNg
"I already have a guess," I said.1078Please respect copyright.PENANACIgEW9FTQZ
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1078Please respect copyright.PENANABTtAVMCYjI
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAJfMvYbqfkD
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1078Please respect copyright.PENANASPZ6Jn9kqv
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqHU2PavASc
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiimuaq8hC4
When we reached the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4GwZaz67UH
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAN7uaf4UxSU
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEpEcICccK6
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzOGh08Gouf
In the conference room 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAAYtVq3BB8J
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMh9mYtmoW3
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1078Please respect copyright.PENANAf1b2e2Cf3z
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1078Please respect copyright.PENANABjwuLTgZvo
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUe1qBHL6l0
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA7N5QXcGObL
though I did my best not to show it.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA2MN3wUUZLP
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1078Please respect copyright.PENANApVcz8nqZ8e
I looked to the opposite1078Please respect copyright.PENANAbtruu7L8ax
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAW3JNE2Gjgi
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAACYaQGXmqS
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAejfCtZoptj
"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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmdXrZuRdQB
G-Dragon quickly turned 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAWIwdyLVann
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1078Please respect copyright.PENANABO8vXYJDB9
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAi20kc9lY7H
"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?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAIdnmtsyJJl
"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.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAOVv1df5adc
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXWzNvsXSvZ
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiFkgYrCgeU
"Wait," said Lisa who 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAPbYSV5K1vg
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1078Please respect copyright.PENANAF5mya7Q5Nc
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMFodL4bFmf
"It felt simple and 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQZDlJDDlK2
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMtsyULbNhG
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAX4U5S8qkoW
with G-Dragon today."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyXBvOY9u2q
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAClDdQou39h
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEAkL4D8qNP
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAI1OGEInMX3
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAbbWVvhAY6a
"Ya, I know I'm a 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAVXOjiSx4pe
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0GnLwPDbPd
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA64CwUrNONE
"If you mean us getting 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAB9DagaRs2A
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwJfWf0AGUi
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwdy0yIrf7B
by coincidence."1078Please respect copyright.PENANACtw681pBkI
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAjSwfSU8nBe
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAZCQp0TFmgW
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFJg4OrJC4D
The rest of the BTW crew1078Please respect copyright.PENANABGW1AS4eV5
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1078Please respect copyright.PENANALKunszdbP3
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFy7C7UUlPS
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAa1ZxM8jFJG
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3QQhxfUgk3
"Hold up," said Zoey who1078Please respect copyright.PENANAPDLFdbirGA
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAVfEqvw3B2y
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAtam6UUo2oH
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkaSMF5Jlr6
"Told you we'll 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAPvIxy4wucT
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnCFC7Tgv1b
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUnYwLltgsk
"But is he going to do 1078Please respect copyright.PENANACaJIjdH5Ia
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAo3XexTkwp0
didn't really meet by coincidence."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAH9NQc4dedu
There was silence in the1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0rr74IOHQy
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcCjmEz4vXu
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMlwduxqWMu
planning to do.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyvNSzS0mMR
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcpduYldOWv
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANALb5nyxMPEr
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAluiF9URMh0
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAxmXHndCqXl
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1078Please respect copyright.PENANARD3qLMUD85
"And also because he's 1078Please respect copyright.PENANADZwFE7BwiP
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAs0lSvkgCQt
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXepz9MEAR9
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAsr65fUk3cx
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZB3QiNH97
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkcYaHHJ48p
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1FSHXGBFVZ
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1y1GEF1vI
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnKlEGxvPCb
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwOT4RO966l
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAJzaQ9fOr5n
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0rPkdk3TDP
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAs8pWK9AZb8
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1078Please respect copyright.PENANAa0O2RlQ3dS
deal with G-Dragon instead.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAo0WsLuUAcj
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuCE6hmtHbD
"What do you want?" I asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA2x72WcomfH
G-Dragon looked at me as1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmmrmdUl8lq
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAxCyeG7US0N
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGEB6ZukA3d
came to any conclusions.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAejaBblQP7n
"To make things clear 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAZFBzxaex8Z
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnB1ajuJxys
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1078Please respect copyright.PENANASmLCGdcFcu
thinking about doing the same thing."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1VAACrIgYl
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdNNdfGZwV6
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAKAifezaiYe
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1078Please respect copyright.PENANACLoqyxKcYB
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA21w9r7HQJH
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkYP19WdnaQ
"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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAaJWjfBfaSA
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFxnNKgBPYa
"All's fair in love and 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAkbcac98FfD
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAf23BVy0XVZ
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAbRFs8snmOp
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAW6drKLGsKa
"Come on," Christine 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAW7EFd8F2cB
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1078Please respect copyright.PENANACwjDvH3PJJ
won't be here for long and you know it."1078Please respect copyright.PENANABGb4A5WSbQ
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1078Please respect copyright.PENANABh7zfyVALK
"BTW is nothing but a 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA38ywKtrhnx
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1078Please respect copyright.PENANATHnfiwX4Z2
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMF3cy04pPI
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmF1yktVScK
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1UEv3B27c
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4icZ2K5fXp
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1KbFWV2TvZ
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAtyoXAHEhYx
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA9oS4eLGbiZ
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8tTkevooU9
"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.1078Please respect copyright.PENANADscA6TKvR2
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANArdqqXt78DZ
Upon saying that, the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAAaFT1p3I3H
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyMV2FtHhcs
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAn1HENllkpV
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyRYipa4UOB
seated stood up.1078Please respect copyright.PENANALnfSGoOeTN
I gulped. I hope the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1iQmx90ixS
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1078Please respect copyright.PENANApN2C6ZZJPi
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAHlzymMmjhx
The two managers had 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8eKKjjVYKn
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1078Please respect copyright.PENANARzTgesz7gG
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAWEAaONVPdi
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiKsGcT4HIm
is wrong.1078Please respect copyright.PENANApsGnVOzW7F
"Good that you're all 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwcMrsN43Xf
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1078Please respect copyright.PENANARD7Sw462gy
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1078Please respect copyright.PENANACdoNE7LZbm
I have always hated it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzpfsjSl3IP
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQHoNG1tLaa
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1078Please respect copyright.PENANARlOhPnouW7
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1078Please respect copyright.PENANAfRtvoUmMnL
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1078Please respect copyright.PENANASxRYBOI8ky
their seats.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAE6O4LxBtnD
The two managers and Lee1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3V3OkmSR8U
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1gs8bujrKk
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiCpIW8OC9Z
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1078Please respect copyright.PENANASgExhKhG1u
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1078Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Ej9GKjia
was.1078Please respect copyright.PENANASt15QuzqnO
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAfpukScca7y
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAga5WxjLVIn
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAxEJ7uRrdWw
Zoey sighed loudly in 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA5NiORv2QVp
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdIsYR32CS5
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAnOe0poncXr
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiIWyTQMKnT
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAAxs0BKXMPf
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAeLAcXZKNK8
The two managers 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8ERIkpNkB0
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAu4QARAElyI
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzbFXKTkNBO
That was so not cool.1078Please respect copyright.PENANABeHYLCMC7E
"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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8B8IaPCwT4
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFBLvaDjiS5
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAO3gycSoTeV
My ears perked up when 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAOgIeQ2kQFA
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFL0tc7I6Eb
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdOZdj4n3zv
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANATVSM6ks5vT
"We heard you outside 1078Please respect copyright.PENANARz4ul9YLkc
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwp7sYn5c7e
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAIhfRYeOR65
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1078Please respect copyright.PENANACxxPs62obS
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA6EStm9j3fB
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4TwPxZRvKj
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAbgBNSR9tWO
through further scrutiny about this decision."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzmKkOiliEV
I smiled. Even if they 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0slzviDK1L
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAz31cK2gGMX
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1UnWhk4ZJT
There was an exciting 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFwAM8IC8je
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwRwKJhv5Be
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAErrA8kLXnx
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAerDduUNwre
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAYe37d1pfCf
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmH6IBZo57J
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAL7yDkbCVvI
I turned to my other 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMycAaMEMoD
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAVz5AtdMiPK
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgGCv2IaBSy
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXubeumNzW1
now, didn't matter.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAR2VD5yV9dV
"You heard them when 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAKVFb8FenBD
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAhGCdc5h4TZ
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA01GV2cguym
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1078Please respect copyright.PENANARd6NfAvITV
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAtFdFjGMv23
"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.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAhfjp4Gqh8j
This time it was me, or I1078Please respect copyright.PENANA48tlNPHMuq
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0tCrp55Jlo
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1078Please respect copyright.PENANArHKp0T17iB
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z9yD8QO94
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAH2O8uQscQV
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1078Please respect copyright.PENANA9BOuRCVe1e
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXpTN5XodDi
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA60xY45MGXK
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAp2pzMIJbtG
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAIXC1ILX9r2
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFBF4Avwx3E
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAZlvXcllQhV
"We all agree," said Daniel.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcJlROz0n5i
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0QMIHJ8oo6
"But just because it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAKHP0w2qH73
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8PXPM7FswA
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1078Please respect copyright.PENANASPebmxxGSi
"Okay, so that's settled1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4Z7MngleBi
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAVnjpyui5QG
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1078Please respect copyright.PENANAiWyan8x6z4
BTW official."1078Please respect copyright.PENANArj5e3Z4zeI
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAt0SMlMHjbb
I noticed that most of 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAg0GGlwPrPh
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1078Please respect copyright.PENANASm3twejOAL
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1078Please respect copyright.PENANANeg5ACeOXR
when she looked at me and I grinned.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAOOV9ZbIh7g
"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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA73RBFR5tX6
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXJszrhNAG4
"Before we make BTW 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4og21EyRgK
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAi6wuTuByh4
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgqrV9DQzas
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmXaPz6RZVV
low for a while. Is that good?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXuXBAIyHxZ
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcbxU9xl5nI
"That's fair enough," 1078Please respect copyright.PENANADk1Px5dJIX
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1078Please respect copyright.PENANACBj7VRGitZ
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1078Please respect copyright.PENANASYGlhTI4oI
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA51h72i95XK
so."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAhEwngtQgtX
"So you want to crush 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA51Ry2DaWfD
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwoBMEkvf2X
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1078Please respect copyright.PENANASzd0hMbA3j
strategy."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXuC8EGQNQA
"Then if all is well and1078Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ1nFcI5E0
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFzFfgW5Vqd
updated and not a word on social media."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAvKCtZm0ip9
I stood up from my seat 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAl67U6ylJ19
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAewXBiCnzvq
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAOoalH6QCzc
walk out, I stopped them.1078Please respect copyright.PENANApZF9SidOKF
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuwmQDmKuo2
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANACXXwbXjOCe
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUjXMgz5Duk
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA5wEpQhpzXd
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0tLohJB6pU
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzE08WDAfG2
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAlwjM74W1TK
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuNgEiYVy76
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAVMuMFkdBfx
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1078Please respect copyright.PENANADvxgN3BiK8
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQgJuZGQUXA
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAjl7QGFbxRi
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAV8EDHa4IOB
"This is like the best 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAmfmngNMNay
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA6ngaYPbfUM
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAe5Ur3TubaW
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwzOItsk1BZ
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAcpje91nEH4
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyk7PjEv06R
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFigH7BYCyw
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAzM2sl3Y6wM
"I knew there was a 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAabUTJ8CcYk
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAVJJj9gCkq5
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1078Please respect copyright.PENANABo0aM70AK2
G-Dragon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAYR6lumLgX7
"You knew?" Christine asked.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAlBV4VTnbG2
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0TkTlYeoFq
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1078Please respect copyright.PENANADwGukx7zmV
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwa04ppkgHo
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3763i9Hrkk
"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.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAarjFHNwyGs
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAy95DeFF7jv
"Well, you guys can tell1078Please respect copyright.PENANAQrSjNYXD9W
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgmrdXJQRIz
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAIgCAtr5P78
aren't going to go into the same car."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA5q9SViTofL
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANADVdUoNMR60
Everyone else started to1078Please respect copyright.PENANAq3qkbF8YFS
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1078Please respect copyright.PENANAhGIl1acClY
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAyAv11hDZvA
only G-Dragon and I.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3zC1eDEWzs
"I'm mad at you," I started.1078Please respect copyright.PENANACiK6yj4S0f
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1078Please respect copyright.PENANASzz5GYjKmw
"Save it." I held my 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAYm6VryX6sv
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAtNZfFQgJKn
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAr2bjDeU5Bj
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1078Please respect copyright.PENANACJJXgF923B
a war again."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAvlZDlY5InF
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGwKVRLChE1
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgHwEpSkv9V
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGzeF6qc6ms
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqFNGw0KmRy
G-Dragon looked at me 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqyGEFAg2Ps
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAS0a4diWWo3
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqYjDzPTgkC
stab in the heart.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAdhuGr4CkRB
"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."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAeI0hR9uDKe
"You know, the others 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAu9qKnr6xx0
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAo5iWMjsuvJ
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1078Please respect copyright.PENANA1R9mwlRHb9
with WINNER yesterday."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAEr2lMWXPUc
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAwWwV2SuQam
I nodded my head. What I1078Please respect copyright.PENANALeiLFpoTiD
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFR6NVKH5hq
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1078Please respect copyright.PENANAuDqA6hbvOH
of Seunghoon and I.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA9j400liaQX
"You know you and I can 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAXUSx5uESLP
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA2UgRGAfrOY
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1078Please respect copyright.PENANAjtqsRtiyhm
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAFm8HSHB2Ji
down the rocks."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAA0ZwhYM8d0
I headed for the door 1078Please respect copyright.PENANA0e14wYKa6i
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1078Please respect copyright.PENANARZub8QNGuh
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1078Please respect copyright.PENANAHT3yDYEedM
Zoey, waiting.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAunAdtODqBi
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAxxt1adL4PP
"I sure hope so," I said1078Please respect copyright.PENANAUEvRqwgpLV
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1078Please respect copyright.PENANARXlBuBHwui
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAMNxoCv3kVT
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA5gybJbOXAs
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA4EmXeg7AXe
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA2IxOKaP1DO
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1078Please respect copyright.PENANA8PYNcSiXAR
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1078Please respect copyright.PENANA3iqhGpL6Jk
"You know computers are 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAAV6oe88ibc
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1078Please respect copyright.PENANANSp84TK3h4
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1078Please respect copyright.PENANAof54QbURX2
supposed to."1078Please respect copyright.PENANArhU3VUQjmv
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1078Please respect copyright.PENANARxQ7YHimZa
I smiled. "You always call me that."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAGlK5SFpluM
"Ya, because you're smart too."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAq51nsDUTjS
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAgYfezzREAn
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1078Please respect copyright.PENANASOrcS5nYMg
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1078Please respect copyright.PENANAW2k9EXUUZr
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1078Please respect copyright.PENANAqhQub81gBA
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1078Please respect copyright.PENANAc5VfuTqlRS
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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