
Hanging out at Times 956Please respect copyright.PENANAt9TXLoAIBS
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from956Please respect copyright.PENANAh9ILCO7VKZ
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 956Please respect copyright.PENANAnpy0UMxFTZ
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.956Please respect copyright.PENANAPWmIffgZv5
But that didn't matter. 956Please respect copyright.PENANAvB4Kwhq899
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 956Please respect copyright.PENANAXmWqLa9Ttj
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 956Please respect copyright.PENANA3bBYqZV46C
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 956Please respect copyright.PENANAQxvwU7LTp5
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 956Please respect copyright.PENANAgHD5xCbz38
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 956Please respect copyright.PENANAIfhMWHIKCb
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 956Please respect copyright.PENANAMpdFKGSf0D
actually played around with the adorable kids.956Please respect copyright.PENANAuw7OE0lHkP
There were plenty of 956Please respect copyright.PENANAurTvtmSDRO
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 956Please respect copyright.PENANA8bVInzM8vP
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the956Please respect copyright.PENANAv7ljwyVdiY
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 956Please respect copyright.PENANA1L4HCygF3n
fans too.956Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9uhfmUKGG
The time we were done 956Please respect copyright.PENANAQk0g5RtQ30
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 956Please respect copyright.PENANAWF0dzSeTod
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 956Please respect copyright.PENANAhZMCRL2Ef6
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What956Please respect copyright.PENANAF4cuqWNK4W
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 956Please respect copyright.PENANAhIEKq9TCJU
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 956Please respect copyright.PENANAvmmR5iYscD
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 956Please respect copyright.PENANA71H0QOLtsA
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 956Please respect copyright.PENANAT3wPmJyxNI
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 956Please respect copyright.PENANAyxk9haN6Sz
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAi5N44kWQ7n
previous day, of course.956Please respect copyright.PENANADKdpoyBpuO
As much as the managers 956Please respect copyright.PENANALveyPUWNZq
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 956Please respect copyright.PENANA7rtFhQGGLP
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without956Please respect copyright.PENANAi554f3OL1y
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 956Please respect copyright.PENANAjvj8Ezw9mE
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.956Please respect copyright.PENANAo8MQh9YeYM
Right now, this very 956Please respect copyright.PENANAsZ3z0NyJis
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 956Please respect copyright.PENANA0cpqnd1ymg
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 956Please respect copyright.PENANAZOTboH9bJU
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 956Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wt4t5ty9R
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 956Please respect copyright.PENANAx2ovVTfPv9
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 956Please respect copyright.PENANAPCFLZjz7BU
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 956Please respect copyright.PENANAaar4eSV00L
and I just couldn't take it.956Please respect copyright.PENANArQ5OO9SSDP
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.956Please respect copyright.PENANAOcI7BxAjtX
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.956Please respect copyright.PENANAVEFYBTGJuK
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAb79DfXOaHF
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.956Please respect copyright.PENANAHQZsgyty8F
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.956Please respect copyright.PENANA1qkyg0QWDT
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."956Please respect copyright.PENANAnIXJIz3H0I
"I thought you said your plan would work."956Please respect copyright.PENANAmuWUKBqPEP
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."956Please respect copyright.PENANALknY6PqSEG
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAD7y3sf2WoP
I felt like slapping my 956Please respect copyright.PENANAAI5hKxDAoH
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.956Please respect copyright.PENANA5htfML7bjg
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 956Please respect copyright.PENANA6i1Pf9aUUn
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 956Please respect copyright.PENANA0BHxMA6bYa
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 956Please respect copyright.PENANAL3khZX0DdR
off.956Please respect copyright.PENANAPcqYHfH1u6
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."956Please respect copyright.PENANANLrdY661QT
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.956Please respect copyright.PENANA2YwvENbTB5
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."956Please respect copyright.PENANACFNnj7YtEg
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAghIvKRrDhl
I shrugged. She read my 956Please respect copyright.PENANATZQKia1n1P
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 956Please respect copyright.PENANAe6EmTBBdS8
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 956Please respect copyright.PENANAbtrJsNDL3a
me the whole time."956Please respect copyright.PENANAxSV0PEC5qe
I sat down on my bed as 956Please respect copyright.PENANAWSbGvAkZoU
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I956Please respect copyright.PENANAXM1GUoJpE8
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.956Please respect copyright.PENANACTZnGKkAm2
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.956Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZhpBWZWLf
"Gosh, you really should956Please respect copyright.PENANAU7c1pO2449
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 956Please respect copyright.PENANA2euElxphyx
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 956Please respect copyright.PENANAEcQiGiYryu
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really956Please respect copyright.PENANA8TF5ZnwjRC
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."956Please respect copyright.PENANA74tdA03GJK
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."956Please respect copyright.PENANAzPN3vWB9ju
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAxSgB1XpIDP
"Mike is annoying 956Please respect copyright.PENANATyow5X7MOp
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 956Please respect copyright.PENANANZE77ZTnOZ
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."956Please respect copyright.PENANAvoaOEngSWA
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."956Please respect copyright.PENANA6ejfFWyQpI
"You're right. I should burn him instead."956Please respect copyright.PENANASDogAzkCZq
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."956Please respect copyright.PENANArSt4N5lJ7H
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.956Please respect copyright.PENANAbx8b2WmT7e
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.956Please respect copyright.PENANA67s5duDXwb
"Sorry, but just so you 956Please respect copyright.PENANAQRxm0zBU2a
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 956Please respect copyright.PENANAqposHn8WcG
that pic of you and him together."956Please respect copyright.PENANA1fYGwYISSW
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.956Please respect copyright.PENANA8D5n50nC5N
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."956Please respect copyright.PENANATwhsjQVtVh
I blushed and at the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAV51FlTynTu
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 956Please respect copyright.PENANAezzPeQuS5O
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 956Please respect copyright.PENANAp0FRhEl7bt
other hidden agenda.956Please respect copyright.PENANAKshvx3Xbo3
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.956Please respect copyright.PENANAjLICCjjJN2
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."956Please respect copyright.PENANADiUKEJZleF
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."956Please respect copyright.PENANADpG4MAjXZ5
I sighed in surrender. 956Please respect copyright.PENANAfGfxyH1ggR
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 956Please respect copyright.PENANAstJDSiINyt
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 956Please respect copyright.PENANAx0f7CuxW9J
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."956Please respect copyright.PENANAMiMizo4uY3
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."956Please respect copyright.PENANAwrynPw1thf
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."956Please respect copyright.PENANAMV1VkUIWjH
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."956Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ5jzWxDmn
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAC9Dewv1qkB
Zoey had an excited look956Please respect copyright.PENANAWWYrgs6AB5
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 956Please respect copyright.PENANA87gYjlA0Ka
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 956Please respect copyright.PENANAb0p56a3V9g
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 956Please respect copyright.PENANAqYFCUmC6u6
clearly show all over her face.956Please respect copyright.PENANA7JA9qXJbaR
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.956Please respect copyright.PENANAjE6wiOGtCh
I shook my head. "And?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAC4sEbMwmKa
Zoey folded her arms, 956Please respect copyright.PENANASoziGUEDUc
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 956Please respect copyright.PENANAsLR5oM3T5t
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."956Please respect copyright.PENANA9YWlNhVhWA
"Hold that thought. This956Please respect copyright.PENANA5RdOUoiwao
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us956Please respect copyright.PENANAUpVbxlkWmX
after Seunghoon posted that picture."956Please respect copyright.PENANARqT55WJBLY
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."956Please respect copyright.PENANAOLm8V0oLwT
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."956Please respect copyright.PENANAqIFKcFjgxF
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.956Please respect copyright.PENANAyBfRPZShfl
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.956Please respect copyright.PENANADHrhzC4hhy
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAry5XYyUN8t
"Well, he hid in our closet."956Please respect copyright.PENANARxdIaDDXC5
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."956Please respect copyright.PENANAxbwWYScadL
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAz0WrKWguFZ
"Ya, why?"956Please respect copyright.PENANA0kvOZ4tbrs
"Looks like we just 956Please respect copyright.PENANA5WkTk26dVV
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 956Please respect copyright.PENANAe6jWo7T1Xv
whom we consider perfect as our bias."956Please respect copyright.PENANA0VtOJnT2i9
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."956Please respect copyright.PENANAmoA2gUFmOx
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."956Please respect copyright.PENANAQssSH8uq3q
"What do you mean? You 956Please respect copyright.PENANAjfJagGXlhy
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 956Please respect copyright.PENANAmEIRtXJYBl
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"956Please respect copyright.PENANArgVsDJsvDi
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."956Please respect copyright.PENANA6GYMLQRfhe
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAhSFRRGUHih
"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."956Please respect copyright.PENANA1I5vv15x4p
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAQt9JPhmDNN
"I wanted to but I kept 956Please respect copyright.PENANAjB0vCXsfQh
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 956Please respect copyright.PENANAeUw1hOHteA
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."956Please respect copyright.PENANAkdY0A1cTyO
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.956Please respect copyright.PENANANbysSfj9On
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."956Please respect copyright.PENANAqx82PpjvGr
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."956Please respect copyright.PENANAi8wicS0zEV
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"956Please respect copyright.PENANA5UvLCLcAjK
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."956Please respect copyright.PENANAY3ycGSvuTd
I quickly stood up and 956Please respect copyright.PENANA1ERskWgIwA
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 956Please respect copyright.PENANARUTEcmrlDr
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled956Please respect copyright.PENANA4iw9Lh4n8h
her back.956Please respect copyright.PENANAO3cTRaC6UP
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.956Please respect copyright.PENANAQqx2nfUTZN
"Zoey, you're going to 956Please respect copyright.PENANAh9tKX785X9
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 956Please respect copyright.PENANAIoLGOG0WMD
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 956Please respect copyright.PENANAfr1VVW9Ux0
own hair pink in the next ten years."956Please respect copyright.PENANAgUe6j0P6CF
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."956Please respect copyright.PENANAVHQnpvrVbP
"You're lying."956Please respect copyright.PENANAvYEb8OtyCB
"I'm telling the truth!"956Please respect copyright.PENANAklJKl4havw
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAeIn11lSkEn
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"956Please respect copyright.PENANA4em123piZj
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAHLjWM0VKG1
"I can't tell you that."956Please respect copyright.PENANAJYhzKi5LSN
"Why?"956Please respect copyright.PENANADUBVWPShxg
"Because it's 956Please respect copyright.PENANAXu2K7BU133
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 956Please respect copyright.PENANAEaYWS3rcnA
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"956Please respect copyright.PENANAVuHnIwCf3R
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.956Please respect copyright.PENANA30QZdrSnDo
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.956Please respect copyright.PENANAaz4JybtTVV
"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."956Please respect copyright.PENANAxJwTj71AqH
"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.956Please respect copyright.PENANAgDo7qE5z5s
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."956Please respect copyright.PENANA8TRJLNMt0Z
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAIXklBSWB8P
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."956Please respect copyright.PENANAXX5Ir8rXa6
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."956Please respect copyright.PENANApIMZkchMFi
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."956Please respect copyright.PENANA4Uvvo9i8Bg
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."956Please respect copyright.PENANAUya8c0g5LH
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."956Please respect copyright.PENANArA9UvcSKDh
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.956Please respect copyright.PENANA14KLQShrRH
I playfully rolled my 956Please respect copyright.PENANAr1ANXRWGWJ
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee956Please respect copyright.PENANAHce3Qaf7c5
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 956Please respect copyright.PENANAEaJpWYUBD8
also looked worried.956Please respect copyright.PENANAZizXZ9CJlm
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.956Please respect copyright.PENANAHB2Woo0XWx
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.956Please respect copyright.PENANAoN8OnGGBDR
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.956Please respect copyright.PENANAUXpSg5SE5i
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.956Please respect copyright.PENANAX4l5ULVxOu
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAukHsziqBGm
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.956Please respect copyright.PENANARmAj5UE9XO
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.956Please respect copyright.PENANAbX5BGoUKpG
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders956Please respect copyright.PENANAQhvxAS8Chh
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANA2ODO4RgwfY
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANA7qGBhC49PG
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."956Please respect copyright.PENANAAevFpImeeF
"Okay, first of all," 956Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fm5fGloL9
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 956Please respect copyright.PENANAX5LWuxZjIp
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and956Please respect copyright.PENANAvWEjuMytJU
he wasn't mad at you."956Please respect copyright.PENANAXEDLoR2lzi
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANA4iaXT8z65L
"That, he couldn't say."956Please respect copyright.PENANAFsAnobhRDm
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.PENANA38tqYMxT29
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."956Please respect copyright.PENANAW8gI2nc98p
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.956Please respect copyright.PENANAfTznsMtZbU
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."956Please respect copyright.PENANAxfkbVBtIm5
Christine pressed the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4AeDpWiPo
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 956Please respect copyright.PENANACxK423M9WL
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 956Please respect copyright.PENANAuy3sYIySvm
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 956Please respect copyright.PENANA1m1RGbucE4
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 956Please respect copyright.PENANA04kK4d2Jrb
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 956Please respect copyright.PENANAn08krQ3AA7
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.956Please respect copyright.PENANAwgazx2Sdz1
We got to YG right on 956Please respect copyright.PENANA5YMp5Gh9Ei
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 956Please respect copyright.PENANAB4666A6DQ0
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 956Please respect copyright.PENANA763siXMtqt
arrived a few seconds earlier.956Please respect copyright.PENANAroNtzDn7bW
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.956Please respect copyright.PENANA4mH9sYkGpB
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."956Please respect copyright.PENANAmUPjqbhQq8
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.956Please respect copyright.PENANAK91rRfSKbv
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAqA3jHwKHtb
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."956Please respect copyright.PENANAIfTSuF9SVn
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.956Please respect copyright.PENANAwyuXUyWbEX
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.956Please respect copyright.PENANAwOlWkNCAmq
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAcY1HhS4YO0
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.956Please respect copyright.PENANA6tDGgA4Apv
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."956Please respect copyright.PENANATBe5MSaYOV
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.956Please respect copyright.PENANAqxvzOFl42M
"There will be no such 956Please respect copyright.PENANAhmqW0d4LKT
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 956Please respect copyright.PENANAfMdk6L4vtN
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."956Please respect copyright.PENANAHEzESwQOSN
"And you're making it 956Please respect copyright.PENANAJDf8fuofRE
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 956Please respect copyright.PENANATlKQHnr4o6
pouted his lip and scratched his head.956Please respect copyright.PENANA26RMWdUZ2N
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.956Please respect copyright.PENANAj5iPH1XDiL
"Trust me, you don't 956Please respect copyright.PENANAsLDmJ39jl1
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You956Please respect copyright.PENANAvxWwdhXuZc
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."956Please respect copyright.PENANAKONv7UUuvP
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAWxqT2ArA7w
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."956Please respect copyright.PENANAKTaI1PzWMx
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.956Please respect copyright.PENANAO5RbHGGPAP
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.956Please respect copyright.PENANAzsiAKicoNi
"Look, whether they are 956Please respect copyright.PENANA5aojuW5Omy
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 956Please respect copyright.PENANAmRzhMv90j0
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 956Please respect copyright.PENANAyGypOAaSSC
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."956Please respect copyright.PENANAmLGUsZuzoy
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.956Please respect copyright.PENANAvBZqHxTgMd
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."956Please respect copyright.PENANAOk915tcAgC
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANABiqR5NpT4M
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."956Please respect copyright.PENANAwAyqlWzOQP
I gave Lee a sad smile 956Please respect copyright.PENANALRfiQTVCL6
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt956Please respect copyright.PENANAs2w7eCpH3W
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 956Please respect copyright.PENANASll9iERzRp
your life. Like suicide.956Please respect copyright.PENANAUes0DSdqeF
We started our way 956Please respect copyright.PENANAEheAB1QZna
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 956Please respect copyright.PENANADhSs7luQyW
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 956Please respect copyright.PENANA1TkKD4oG6G
and my jean trousers. Nothing.956Please respect copyright.PENANAI9dv8IxRu6
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."956Please respect copyright.PENANApaBXbZOATk
I quickly ran out of the956Please respect copyright.PENANAABu2gsgmPJ
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 956Please respect copyright.PENANASJc1D2CZDP
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 956Please respect copyright.PENANApxMwSx0ZMF
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 956Please respect copyright.PENANAbjacgVDIXw
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could956Please respect copyright.PENANAyYeN3zuZ0O
check for it inside.956Please respect copyright.PENANAxDk2RH4Z55
When I got to the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAjRbWzIpfxO
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 956Please respect copyright.PENANAu3dqOnF3Wf
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I956Please respect copyright.PENANAMfYJUSSk82
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were956Please respect copyright.PENANA68Cy1R7uCN
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 956Please respect copyright.PENANAify7aUF7eY
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAU7SxCuK3rE
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 956Please respect copyright.PENANAmN9404LvfM
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.956Please respect copyright.PENANADQIIfhkjU8
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.956Please respect copyright.PENANA9dZZw0FP6G
"Seriously, I can sue 956Please respect copyright.PENANAuUCziCZNaq
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so956Please respect copyright.PENANA1AqYxOhMOR
fast. I never even heard him coming.956Please respect copyright.PENANAjmLsCGMtiW
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.956Please respect copyright.PENANAYZg9crnyBe
"You're not my bodyguard956Please respect copyright.PENANAZhGf3xuv0k
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 956Please respect copyright.PENANAFQxTH5ApOh
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."956Please respect copyright.PENANA3C04cd7rh0
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.956Please respect copyright.PENANALfePIkspXK
I blushed. "You know about that?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAR0fkpbyYkJ
"Everyone knows you have956Please respect copyright.PENANAakhETSASrH
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 956Please respect copyright.PENANAXYzdwBKkUm
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."956Please respect copyright.PENANA4av7jBJ1C1
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."956Please respect copyright.PENANALniVGr4LzE
"Looks like I did the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAaYz07HVAgl
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 956Please respect copyright.PENANAngYfnPxU2n
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."956Please respect copyright.PENANAxt55xXBIPM
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.956Please respect copyright.PENANAIwu0TIEO6F
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.956Please respect copyright.PENANAs116U1tnUQ
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."956Please respect copyright.PENANAiwPmGHZXDM
"And because you're a 956Please respect copyright.PENANAoc8tBQCleZ
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might956Please respect copyright.PENANA36FOGVGIVK
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 956Please respect copyright.PENANAPPOzHseF89
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."956Please respect copyright.PENANATwuMml1vKV
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."956Please respect copyright.PENANAAiqBeEoaME
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.956Please respect copyright.PENANA5d3iiYcdjR
"Can you at least tell 956Please respect copyright.PENANA73GU2wdOZu
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator956Please respect copyright.PENANA7EuOgAQtwA
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.956Please respect copyright.PENANA6JUFvHWm8Q
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.956Please respect copyright.PENANAnmOfyaQC7A
"What dramatic effect?" 956Please respect copyright.PENANApfImR9IHnP
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 956Please respect copyright.PENANA6TsHBrphpS
came closer. I took a warning step back.956Please respect copyright.PENANAaPKdDR7LQ7
"If you hadn't followed 956Please respect copyright.PENANAijJkDy0ViJ
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 956Please respect copyright.PENANA85ttLiGsH6
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference956Please respect copyright.PENANA5sM98ZNCck
room."956Please respect copyright.PENANAI1DKySs5Zn
"What surprise?"956Please respect copyright.PENANADrDe0P05Qu
The elevator stopped and956Please respect copyright.PENANAknDvpB2el2
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAxvUHWd2NWv
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the956Please respect copyright.PENANAXsNihqbU96
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 956Please respect copyright.PENANA6nIzqyrQ7g
Seunghoon and I stepped out.956Please respect copyright.PENANA2TCB6gdLMr
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.956Please respect copyright.PENANAjDpl36dULO
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.956Please respect copyright.PENANAeJXI1kVcvX
"I already have a guess," I said.956Please respect copyright.PENANACdfxLFry62
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.956Please respect copyright.PENANAq8g7cGjdNM
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."956Please respect copyright.PENANAz3mhEuWFIa
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.956Please respect copyright.PENANALi8ZAZcXxA
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANA6F3xEk8iFM
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.956Please respect copyright.PENANAghdDw5oeRa
When we reached the 956Please respect copyright.PENANA5ihsIBmWbN
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAWrsyJa1XVO
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 956Please respect copyright.PENANAOMa3Tbvw8C
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.956Please respect copyright.PENANAvH9yY9ZFYb
In the conference room 956Please respect copyright.PENANArtU3y2Qt53
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 956Please respect copyright.PENANA972GX4LQDW
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office956Please respect copyright.PENANAdlWjVH7TK3
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 956Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ3lYasnrQ
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 956Please respect copyright.PENANAovFp68ErgB
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 956Please respect copyright.PENANAZgD3cAxZZS
though I did my best not to show it.956Please respect copyright.PENANAOHSmsbUOeS
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.956Please respect copyright.PENANA93PeZWOTJg
I looked to the opposite956Please respect copyright.PENANA8iLTnCaGSV
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 956Please respect copyright.PENANAnF9cWmm0sP
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 956Please respect copyright.PENANAjnG6lhpqE4
turned their backs to us facing the wall.956Please respect copyright.PENANAV1cxfH17jz
"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."956Please respect copyright.PENANAZH3oRU2rEb
G-Dragon quickly turned 956Please respect copyright.PENANAPjo6f1CsD5
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 956Please respect copyright.PENANAnzW7MuoyBG
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.956Please respect copyright.PENANALcMkKkRr4a
"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?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAWZhHM6cSv7
"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.956Please respect copyright.PENANAcHFBjTnUlx
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAHcW0ibBMMN
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAc6zdrMZVm8
"Wait," said Lisa who 956Please respect copyright.PENANAFlqLItjhxH
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused956Please respect copyright.PENANAzI4Ue5HI2t
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"956Please respect copyright.PENANA2GTXSyVwnB
"It felt simple and 956Please respect copyright.PENANAR6dSv8pB6y
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 956Please respect copyright.PENANAGWdPZgFCOI
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 956Please respect copyright.PENANAPO1GERf4uY
with G-Dragon today."956Please respect copyright.PENANAG8hTTQcrf8
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."956Please respect copyright.PENANADX7zygUjLp
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 956Please respect copyright.PENANAKTWe0BCSQr
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."956Please respect copyright.PENANA52XCn0PfSe
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.956Please respect copyright.PENANAHyOUclwW1q
"Ya, I know I'm a 956Please respect copyright.PENANAd3AXahQcar
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 956Please respect copyright.PENANAk92VNNxi2u
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."956Please respect copyright.PENANA97PSLfFXfo
"If you mean us getting 956Please respect copyright.PENANAGAn6V7oCHZ
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 956Please respect copyright.PENANASeOTAMjfLJ
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 956Please respect copyright.PENANAO92klYImab
by coincidence."956Please respect copyright.PENANARzTWjsAkO4
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."956Please respect copyright.PENANA2wZPKfnDpA
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.956Please respect copyright.PENANAI64ukJdZis
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAajB6kosMfW
The rest of the BTW crew956Please respect copyright.PENANA3V7NoA5308
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 956Please respect copyright.PENANA3mbH2yh8Mp
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.956Please respect copyright.PENANA75CZeZEpGf
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.956Please respect copyright.PENANA5MZBmgLFpr
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."956Please respect copyright.PENANABbbjwyVsSP
"Hold up," said Zoey who956Please respect copyright.PENANAk5OVzjcREn
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 956Please respect copyright.PENANAagSSrHYbOQ
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAO3BjyMGmUb
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.956Please respect copyright.PENANAr5rSyCg9RD
"Told you we'll 956Please respect copyright.PENANArsor5YCfAU
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear956Please respect copyright.PENANAwOczV3xC0g
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.956Please respect copyright.PENANA568xLrDIMz
"But is he going to do 956Please respect copyright.PENANA2n8aoGsbFX
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 956Please respect copyright.PENANAH6b3aiEMep
didn't really meet by coincidence."956Please respect copyright.PENANAmvShr8D2uW
There was silence in the956Please respect copyright.PENANAdI6iJ2wLf6
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 956Please respect copyright.PENANAOy7KL58Wr9
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 956Please respect copyright.PENANAnlJ6wG9zuj
planning to do.956Please respect copyright.PENANATp3M3tjCTb
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.956Please respect copyright.PENANA9qkrvlSa6t
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAl7IdFx5yFy
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.PENANAduFZRpLaZ8
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.956Please respect copyright.PENANAJJCRy2WbhH
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.956Please respect copyright.PENANARJP0gsEdQv
"And also because he's 956Please respect copyright.PENANAi76c6YJtgt
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 956Please respect copyright.PENANAVaOnWr3mKc
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."956Please respect copyright.PENANA6dhEPmkkhp
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAWVd5Uf4c1K
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAuzZISGdrvt
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.956Please respect copyright.PENANA174NNI65rj
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAEQmk3oIopU
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAjk4UXjXecU
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.956Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZYqIQ0659
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."956Please respect copyright.PENANAWmdokSLsY7
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4FlZDkbwd
G-Dragon smiled. He had 956Please respect copyright.PENANAA7FnoNTRFM
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 956Please respect copyright.PENANArQ6CPRdWvS
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to956Please respect copyright.PENANAtUzvVRvuPh
deal with G-Dragon instead.956Please respect copyright.PENANAzYl3SojvxD
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAmgDAXeuC6a
"What do you want?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAz0EqDZDPco
G-Dragon looked at me as956Please respect copyright.PENANAgHfgwovMvB
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 956Please respect copyright.PENANAPlNJiuXntI
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I956Please respect copyright.PENANATm6nwZa60V
came to any conclusions.956Please respect copyright.PENANAuMpyHb1L0d
"To make things clear 956Please respect copyright.PENANAvOeLmq5OQE
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a956Please respect copyright.PENANARFY0uc8QEj
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 956Please respect copyright.PENANAB9uh1TUOiL
thinking about doing the same thing."956Please respect copyright.PENANA2TMFnsjfSR
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAXNLuRDjbhi
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."956Please respect copyright.PENANAdYB2g0pJk7
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."956Please respect copyright.PENANAJwZdDv5Bmy
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.956Please respect copyright.PENANAxEHH32k4oK
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.956Please respect copyright.PENANAqWrfGKgsTO
"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."956Please respect copyright.PENANAInp0Fj9thO
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.956Please respect copyright.PENANAAVo0j3yhlz
"All's fair in love and 956Please respect copyright.PENANAbtzoTQP7HS
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 956Please respect copyright.PENANAWc9TqsaNuz
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 956Please respect copyright.PENANA9B3Rs7RW0Z
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."956Please respect copyright.PENANAkm2cObWzAw
"Come on," Christine 956Please respect copyright.PENANA0MMnjnxWpF
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 956Please respect copyright.PENANAOvU7Ry5xwf
won't be here for long and you know it."956Please respect copyright.PENANAnLuoB597fz
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."956Please respect copyright.PENANA07fV56Vhc1
"BTW is nothing but a 956Please respect copyright.PENANADcCiTcYT4t
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 956Please respect copyright.PENANAnVCfG0y50e
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."956Please respect copyright.PENANAe45xCtXVkN
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.956Please respect copyright.PENANAJnPTOtOV4C
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."956Please respect copyright.PENANAL3ivGaIAA0
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.956Please respect copyright.PENANAQc9hboSFEV
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.956Please respect copyright.PENANAkB3VkGwj4j
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.956Please respect copyright.PENANAL2VgiNOThG
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.956Please respect copyright.PENANAwDpHhMVFC4
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.956Please respect copyright.PENANAjNEPujr8jK
"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.956Please respect copyright.PENANAILeHDMgsaA
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAgQkrJwEwLi
Upon saying that, the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAiAeH1aB0yL
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 956Please respect copyright.PENANA3ObOu3rPpp
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 956Please respect copyright.PENANAYtvn3bFX7u
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 956Please respect copyright.PENANATfWOPopokb
seated stood up.956Please respect copyright.PENANAiWCWXFg18a
I gulped. I hope the 956Please respect copyright.PENANACUpYpgUXzT
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where956Please respect copyright.PENANA8BUTMdlxS2
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.956Please respect copyright.PENANAgkCIvpCyck
The two managers had 956Please respect copyright.PENANAYZQUdpFzQA
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 956Please respect copyright.PENANAXAtz9K7WRR
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 956Please respect copyright.PENANA9esTfGC2tv
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 956Please respect copyright.PENANARKwieYM61v
is wrong.956Please respect copyright.PENANAftyqcloOFw
"Good that you're all 956Please respect copyright.PENANAFkGCI86WP7
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 956Please respect copyright.PENANA4GGbvSlSyi
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."956Please respect copyright.PENANA8oZ99Q8ou2
I have always hated it 956Please respect copyright.PENANA3CWRIpN9Lw
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 956Please respect copyright.PENANAYxlBxp5Gkt
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 956Please respect copyright.PENANA8WqirHyw1g
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really956Please respect copyright.PENANAhdd4klmhe2
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 956Please respect copyright.PENANAQtslGvpNg3
their seats.956Please respect copyright.PENANALhl33r8lo2
The two managers and Lee956Please respect copyright.PENANAmFPIrFsIMI
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 956Please respect copyright.PENANApP0bAuFGqx
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit956Please respect copyright.PENANAVDk2wynkG7
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 956Please respect copyright.PENANAmRSYPcuaPB
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I956Please respect copyright.PENANAQvAIeeP4YZ
was.956Please respect copyright.PENANAUKVzQPqCbn
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."956Please respect copyright.PENANAxdTSKGjxR8
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."956Please respect copyright.PENANAKrIImIxGNb
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.956Please respect copyright.PENANAgIInslHDhz
Zoey sighed loudly in 956Please respect copyright.PENANAUQ4hIz19tK
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 956Please respect copyright.PENANAqRBxvM0Ugw
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 956Please respect copyright.PENANA67PJvOSzJj
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a956Please respect copyright.PENANAjW7T3S7R6m
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 956Please respect copyright.PENANAvOal7MIR9m
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."956Please respect copyright.PENANAToN6hWGiMy
The two managers 956Please respect copyright.PENANAi1SG8jne5N
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 956Please respect copyright.PENANA96UnoURpb0
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 956Please respect copyright.PENANACG1HoS53hx
That was so not cool.956Please respect copyright.PENANAuNycgLtbtj
"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."956Please respect copyright.PENANAJeP8DYxNTM
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.956Please respect copyright.PENANAJF7HAiWWjR
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.956Please respect copyright.PENANALPXYpPAAaL
My ears perked up when 956Please respect copyright.PENANA0qWkgIwyB9
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 956Please respect copyright.PENANAV91b4pi8IP
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?956Please respect copyright.PENANA6QtoJYiLGO
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANABaRQXAD1w0
"We heard you outside 956Please respect copyright.PENANAQTQywPlGI0
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 956Please respect copyright.PENANA39opGCUV6f
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.956Please respect copyright.PENANAi0ph0GUrPR
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.956Please respect copyright.PENANAckhXR6hStJ
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.956Please respect copyright.PENANAfrLKCrrX9W
"Yes, Sam. For real," 956Please respect copyright.PENANAMfJjVXDD5u
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 956Please respect copyright.PENANAkeUaYwAfUl
through further scrutiny about this decision."956Please respect copyright.PENANAWFW8k5vWqI
I smiled. Even if they 956Please respect copyright.PENANAI7gISBRxCj
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 956Please respect copyright.PENANAthzzt6TAwL
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.956Please respect copyright.PENANAuUZL1WKLPm
There was an exciting 956Please respect copyright.PENANAhkhkzJaHcF
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 956Please respect copyright.PENANAuGpSQ26IKa
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 956Please respect copyright.PENANAZMOPP7iupB
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 956Please respect copyright.PENANAYTRb9wMgsP
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 956Please respect copyright.PENANAoTXb6LWqGP
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.956Please respect copyright.PENANAWa5tOW4ujz
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAKYu4fMDxGO
I turned to my other 956Please respect copyright.PENANAFQtrSQeNsn
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 956Please respect copyright.PENANAzdUSeHtBjD
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 956Please respect copyright.PENANAA6hj8hzaWP
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 956Please respect copyright.PENANACfMjoBFGQ6
now, didn't matter.956Please respect copyright.PENANAUSeosYg80n
"You heard them when 956Please respect copyright.PENANA7LAo0802OZ
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 956Please respect copyright.PENANAWeVJyNrzXU
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."956Please respect copyright.PENANAEbzIjojqn1
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.956Please respect copyright.PENANAaRmpIsLzoM
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.956Please respect copyright.PENANAyxOcdEFLry
"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.956Please respect copyright.PENANAK8vo5UsGwz
This time it was me, or I956Please respect copyright.PENANARbNLng0e4c
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 956Please respect copyright.PENANApFPFtvGHoE
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 956Please respect copyright.PENANAk6KBOnZLGa
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 956Please respect copyright.PENANAFd9wubVsUb
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 956Please respect copyright.PENANAa3ziszF21x
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him956Please respect copyright.PENANAQVUe99R4sS
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 956Please respect copyright.PENANA0Td0Lwwzta
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 956Please respect copyright.PENANACLXNEnkjsz
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.956Please respect copyright.PENANAwYtl5lphKX
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.956Please respect copyright.PENANAWBasuMCAZn
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.956Please respect copyright.PENANAX9Qsmp2sx1
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."956Please respect copyright.PENANAh7xIBifJI3
"We all agree," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.PENANAQHYyD7cvax
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."956Please respect copyright.PENANAy41bBJbI7h
"But just because it 956Please respect copyright.PENANAjXcPdnEaDd
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 956Please respect copyright.PENANAXqyyPBjkYh
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.956Please respect copyright.PENANAFroAVnZK1X
"Okay, so that's settled956Please respect copyright.PENANAwXykoDWvuX
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 956Please respect copyright.PENANAz4Qy1HfRsT
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make956Please respect copyright.PENANAUYAaYaye65
BTW official."956Please respect copyright.PENANAjyZeoFsrim
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAqDzVWRzhSd
I noticed that most of 956Please respect copyright.PENANAieRRyajLcR
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 956Please respect copyright.PENANAYuCUUMd3lZ
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 956Please respect copyright.PENANAscdRBWSz6J
when she looked at me and I grinned.956Please respect copyright.PENANAqUQy4gz0Q5
"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."956Please respect copyright.PENANARxpgmldwc0
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.956Please respect copyright.PENANAlusD4HY9Ee
"Before we make BTW 956Please respect copyright.PENANA2OD8jR5bvc
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 956Please respect copyright.PENANAlgFeBOD1GG
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 956Please respect copyright.PENANArzPdr4eDum
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 956Please respect copyright.PENANA4Wi0G1k4Nc
low for a while. Is that good?"956Please respect copyright.PENANACCscGg0PZ7
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."956Please respect copyright.PENANAjAHJrOwCHs
"That's fair enough," 956Please respect copyright.PENANAF0FNiZ95xF
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 956Please respect copyright.PENANA6jkguhIJ4k
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to956Please respect copyright.PENANAbXoZC79dIj
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 956Please respect copyright.PENANABU3GsmVrMu
so."956Please respect copyright.PENANAQfkOEaQsCS
"So you want to crush 956Please respect copyright.PENANAoDk5SAzPuu
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I956Please respect copyright.PENANAxxoyZtAqrK
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 956Please respect copyright.PENANALedLfiW7Bw
strategy."956Please respect copyright.PENANAXpoUED3vz0
"Then if all is well and956Please respect copyright.PENANAWK1EpciTBw
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 956Please respect copyright.PENANAbVBv2SdXLF
updated and not a word on social media."956Please respect copyright.PENANAGnF78WvUUT
I stood up from my seat 956Please respect copyright.PENANAiNjGKLh8f4
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 956Please respect copyright.PENANAea1ViZhAdo
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 956Please respect copyright.PENANAstIAWF4QA8
walk out, I stopped them.956Please respect copyright.PENANAgcGuD3b83n
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.956Please respect copyright.PENANAVvbHMEnNAs
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANACJdL0IhQw4
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."956Please respect copyright.PENANAP6hQErUbMV
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.956Please respect copyright.PENANAwXrm8kusGm
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.956Please respect copyright.PENANAXdg1ePkSFs
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.956Please respect copyright.PENANASxo6gbM90P
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 956Please respect copyright.PENANAGFGNr0imTU
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a956Please respect copyright.PENANACW5Qoj6uja
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.956Please respect copyright.PENANAHDv1hOWq2t
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"956Please respect copyright.PENANA2hqyIH6b2D
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.956Please respect copyright.PENANAqVRRq1dcpK
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.956Please respect copyright.PENANAcnoczyAZfz
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.956Please respect copyright.PENANAEMtrGSzVE3
"This is like the best 956Please respect copyright.PENANAtAF3f8JsgZ
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 956Please respect copyright.PENANAlPjcYjQEYV
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."956Please respect copyright.PENANAvG0pIgifaz
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.956Please respect copyright.PENANApvGu4i3rGt
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."956Please respect copyright.PENANAnekl4AitOQ
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.956Please respect copyright.PENANAY2h4MgjIK7
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."956Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ej02KYjRw
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAiOWvVdoJI7
"I knew there was a 956Please respect copyright.PENANAZkShzMUmTh
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"956Please respect copyright.PENANA86P62zdYlW
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 956Please respect copyright.PENANAcEtCK2OsCu
G-Dragon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAIbFiVReCxj
"You knew?" Christine asked.956Please respect copyright.PENANAbpUjYEM6Xv
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."956Please respect copyright.PENANAmbY4rEhOjR
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."956Please respect copyright.PENANAHlvqQkqwhX
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.956Please respect copyright.PENANAaomVXbxe1t
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.956Please respect copyright.PENANAv5ugwKbB5T
"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.956Please respect copyright.PENANAFRZ0bFwJP6
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"956Please respect copyright.PENANARtClurS3NJ
"Well, you guys can tell956Please respect copyright.PENANAPqfAiGYNry
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 956Please respect copyright.PENANAB1FCxrWxAG
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 956Please respect copyright.PENANApKRkLPA89h
aren't going to go into the same car."956Please respect copyright.PENANAbAjN461imm
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"956Please respect copyright.PENANA8bRiUVWP9u
Everyone else started to956Please respect copyright.PENANAof1FpGtSFn
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and956Please respect copyright.PENANAz7YzstPmZx
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 956Please respect copyright.PENANAN7jbHEGubX
only G-Dragon and I.956Please respect copyright.PENANAPaTw35CQya
"I'm mad at you," I started.956Please respect copyright.PENANAClQfkgfCSM
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."956Please respect copyright.PENANAVOMUnDR559
"Save it." I held my 956Please respect copyright.PENANAaxsPeEoyV1
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 956Please respect copyright.PENANAC2IBygWNHi
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 956Please respect copyright.PENANAyK6MNcYlWn
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up956Please respect copyright.PENANA766gmLfgJJ
a war again."956Please respect copyright.PENANAZD1MvtuKGx
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."956Please respect copyright.PENANAyB8m4kmb6U
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."956Please respect copyright.PENANAucbkEV7a0k
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."956Please respect copyright.PENANA1x3eHMJ5v1
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."956Please respect copyright.PENANAgtkWvDNxtT
G-Dragon looked at me 956Please respect copyright.PENANAmSpG9ZsROE
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 956Please respect copyright.PENANA09l44J5JUD
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 956Please respect copyright.PENANAZPZALUM7bR
stab in the heart.956Please respect copyright.PENANAGW7rAYwiQl
"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."956Please respect copyright.PENANAfxtPLArsow
"You know, the others 956Please respect copyright.PENANAcpzlA90V4R
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 956Please respect copyright.PENANAxo0kcxjZZ7
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out956Please respect copyright.PENANASYFmXLDrTp
with WINNER yesterday."956Please respect copyright.PENANAcF4X0OpRcQ
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."956Please respect copyright.PENANADLNqPYCJwf
I nodded my head. What I956Please respect copyright.PENANAtououJV0U1
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 956Please respect copyright.PENANAdv9pwEBxxf
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but956Please respect copyright.PENANAq2tjuJcxy5
of Seunghoon and I.956Please respect copyright.PENANAQJW32zsPUa
"You know you and I can 956Please respect copyright.PENANAdXfJAWx77Z
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 956Please respect copyright.PENANAnjGUlWKuwY
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest956Please respect copyright.PENANAKRXasamMFk
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 956Please respect copyright.PENANAp6GGLwYRzO
down the rocks."956Please respect copyright.PENANAoiEfIFykR3
I headed for the door 956Please respect copyright.PENANAbCamwGbQaJ
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 956Please respect copyright.PENANA6zJnOfneEz
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood956Please respect copyright.PENANAYTo29zkcTJ
Zoey, waiting.956Please respect copyright.PENANAp5RrbGqG8m
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.956Please respect copyright.PENANA1IwtNWccw0
"I sure hope so," I said956Please respect copyright.PENANAuIrU7DUUkM
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 956Please respect copyright.PENANAr3bsYur66U
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.956Please respect copyright.PENANACYAKjUdQpi
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."956Please respect copyright.PENANAJnLYKAvytQ
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.956Please respect copyright.PENANAewTvOfxCnc
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.956Please respect copyright.PENANA6iL1jtgd46
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.956Please respect copyright.PENANAqpZYoysQDw
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."956Please respect copyright.PENANAv6d510FPE4
"You know computers are 956Please respect copyright.PENANAZgq6LZpsh0
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do956Please respect copyright.PENANAT9hqnk5HZU
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 956Please respect copyright.PENANAolG3v7zKV0
supposed to."956Please respect copyright.PENANALCsBhlW4Vp
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."956Please respect copyright.PENANATvXWtHksgQ
I smiled. "You always call me that."956Please respect copyright.PENANAjhxZJjic9t
"Ya, because you're smart too."956Please respect copyright.PENANA78QPWQqz0H
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.956Please respect copyright.PENANAoi1I1jEGQB
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.956Please respect copyright.PENANAPjty6R8H2p
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."956Please respect copyright.PENANAgZbsR8TiXq
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"956Please respect copyright.PENANAfMAlWF4o3g
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.956Please respect copyright.PENANA7WANafrxqZ
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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