Hanging out at Times 735Please respect copyright.PENANA84Qw7G56bG
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from735Please respect copyright.PENANAYlIqnQgAkg
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 735Please respect copyright.PENANADLCUa7FU2E
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.735Please respect copyright.PENANACHcvhGkGFx
But that didn't matter. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAQAhHkwYG80
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 735Please respect copyright.PENANAUFwakPPFeX
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 735Please respect copyright.PENANAYTGLlV1Wzr
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 735Please respect copyright.PENANAsP3791tqtK
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0eXfK5LXjo
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 735Please respect copyright.PENANASng1dx8FnE
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 735Please respect copyright.PENANARZW6LF4T9w
actually played around with the adorable kids.735Please respect copyright.PENANAHS2VtHFDhT
There were plenty of 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8E0BUKFc6
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 735Please respect copyright.PENANABqMyGB3bLG
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the735Please respect copyright.PENANAeES2RzVxBu
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 735Please respect copyright.PENANAuQTYCjayfX
fans too.735Please respect copyright.PENANAaj9TU00dk6
The time we were done 735Please respect copyright.PENANAcUdNwacd3w
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 735Please respect copyright.PENANA25pEq2hb2z
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 735Please respect copyright.PENANAAeWDOFh5yF
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What735Please respect copyright.PENANAxY30YaX5M0
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 735Please respect copyright.PENANAOhAqtMnfGG
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 735Please respect copyright.PENANAnVzYBb9OXs
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtrk0mYIjhV
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 735Please respect copyright.PENANA6bh9mHiwOr
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 735Please respect copyright.PENANA6iRjTQtKJc
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAjlSqY8fDFc
previous day, of course.735Please respect copyright.PENANAoTVBdYeFF8
As much as the managers 735Please respect copyright.PENANAejDGQq6JFZ
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbSg4QA6g5H
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without735Please respect copyright.PENANAgLPnQYn3Lo
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 735Please respect copyright.PENANATY621osuW7
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.735Please respect copyright.PENANAXe1LidodUY
Right now, this very 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5it4IssGWA
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 735Please respect copyright.PENANAM7Fy0WyAWb
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 735Please respect copyright.PENANARXZh1ZzpEe
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 735Please respect copyright.PENANA8Cw3Gq2hSU
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 735Please respect copyright.PENANApNd22RbWS6
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAcQujZlIR09
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZCd94n93NS
and I just couldn't take it.735Please respect copyright.PENANAQw2mUj8bti
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.735Please respect copyright.PENANAEp6v1rkQYv
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.735Please respect copyright.PENANAqg3d9mBvc7
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAMZkWSZaxSl
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.735Please respect copyright.PENANAxQxcz7quvG
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.735Please respect copyright.PENANAdwxbEmGoGm
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."735Please respect copyright.PENANANnjLRxVSk8
"I thought you said your plan would work."735Please respect copyright.PENANAHiI00B40h9
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."735Please respect copyright.PENANAdCYVaYaG75
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAjfVUbVKVzh
I felt like slapping my 735Please respect copyright.PENANAvcmZKYx6oE
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.735Please respect copyright.PENANAnMVznIdmTR
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 735Please respect copyright.PENANA6PMliePZIf
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 735Please respect copyright.PENANA2FmcLnoEdt
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 735Please respect copyright.PENANArO6iH1PLdm
off.735Please respect copyright.PENANAtagw6bfY56
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."735Please respect copyright.PENANAckZ8K7fLpC
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.735Please respect copyright.PENANATMrkWAWDrd
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."735Please respect copyright.PENANAur6GxVf2eu
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"735Please respect copyright.PENANA2SoBdk33rz
I shrugged. She read my 735Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ6yCgIsbt
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 735Please respect copyright.PENANAe5UAGLkalR
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 735Please respect copyright.PENANAQR1HibxDzx
me the whole time."735Please respect copyright.PENANAORuQmkXptw
I sat down on my bed as 735Please respect copyright.PENANAEFbLuIdg55
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I735Please respect copyright.PENANAeWnJgAVQ3s
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.735Please respect copyright.PENANA7aoeW7Is5v
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.735Please respect copyright.PENANAT9sZnEJsAG
"Gosh, you really should735Please respect copyright.PENANApYBR8HMY1e
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 735Please respect copyright.PENANAXBS286JS6m
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 735Please respect copyright.PENANALMkmp448hB
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really735Please respect copyright.PENANAz5CjdilZGa
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."735Please respect copyright.PENANAdjkz4QIsQe
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."735Please respect copyright.PENANAxL1ZkjaZJD
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.735Please respect copyright.PENANALVEmZIunrb
"Mike is annoying 735Please respect copyright.PENANAHIG1X355Fb
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 735Please respect copyright.PENANAEFFzCg0Ncg
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."735Please respect copyright.PENANAGC11SEYDfi
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."735Please respect copyright.PENANAHnd1KeozQq
"You're right. I should burn him instead."735Please respect copyright.PENANAbH3AJ1Qur1
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."735Please respect copyright.PENANA6GnuBsHXsH
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.735Please respect copyright.PENANAChIHDGQnYH
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.735Please respect copyright.PENANAk3qOAboQPO
"Sorry, but just so you 735Please respect copyright.PENANAQU8jjfR2Os
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 735Please respect copyright.PENANAgax56vbmsV
that pic of you and him together."735Please respect copyright.PENANA2ARuBRCEyU
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.735Please respect copyright.PENANAQwMgFVC9WA
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."735Please respect copyright.PENANANagdFYHORp
I blushed and at the 735Please respect copyright.PENANA9L5tmHtzF8
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 735Please respect copyright.PENANAeBoL1jcnP8
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5IOZ6KAKzp
other hidden agenda.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7erHBxaR0
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.735Please respect copyright.PENANAxc0mhzFOl2
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."735Please respect copyright.PENANAqqXqrCiZZ7
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."735Please respect copyright.PENANA1nGA0P4K9G
I sighed in surrender. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAMH2kpXFzHN
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAMMfuhdc4fw
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 735Please respect copyright.PENANAFhi3Ma0Yo8
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."735Please respect copyright.PENANAI7zWP0V8zZ
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."735Please respect copyright.PENANALcV4t5CWXk
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."735Please respect copyright.PENANAX29hWZUqXe
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."735Please respect copyright.PENANAqesvVYFg81
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAi12VBqpKKr
Zoey had an excited look735Please respect copyright.PENANAbehvT2PA2c
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 735Please respect copyright.PENANAW2Ai3RFXmU
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtzkHfintTY
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 735Please respect copyright.PENANAWVd7lCpVVk
clearly show all over her face.735Please respect copyright.PENANAF1mxVP8rwB
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.735Please respect copyright.PENANA85DHCdMHqc
I shook my head. "And?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAre6hHF5rhk
Zoey folded her arms, 735Please respect copyright.PENANAo9NVUmGmdg
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 735Please respect copyright.PENANAeR0pq6aT1I
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."735Please respect copyright.PENANARAeOVvPHyU
"Hold that thought. This735Please respect copyright.PENANAu0Sb5RXeC8
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us735Please respect copyright.PENANAkEUX5ZKF1G
after Seunghoon posted that picture."735Please respect copyright.PENANAvfU6qULihp
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."735Please respect copyright.PENANAWVE1OUR4j3
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."735Please respect copyright.PENANAbLFSAtaVc1
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.735Please respect copyright.PENANAB3XC2c5SjO
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.735Please respect copyright.PENANA6XOHUgokRZ
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"735Please respect copyright.PENANA7RV4pNAjh0
"Well, he hid in our closet."735Please respect copyright.PENANAtYXHBJjFS9
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."735Please respect copyright.PENANAcvEysLbqCg
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAuhzQfyHtsB
"Ya, why?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAZgFWFbemlo
"Looks like we just 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5WqCnPLyt4
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bt4nFgXku
whom we consider perfect as our bias."735Please respect copyright.PENANACXTKrNTy3F
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."735Please respect copyright.PENANAmUtZSgOp8u
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."735Please respect copyright.PENANAFdzC3F1jgC
"What do you mean? You 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkyKbtykHkE
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 735Please respect copyright.PENANA6n4hBu9AfO
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"735Please respect copyright.PENANApZrHDfSInJ
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."735Please respect copyright.PENANAPG6xptdvQL
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAO0MdqDgkFP
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANABUvoi4ZazN
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAJFN6uxEcUB
"I wanted to but I kept 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4ah39H8gCn
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 735Please respect copyright.PENANA7NqpJtp5dy
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."735Please respect copyright.PENANAFcDY8EKB6u
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.735Please respect copyright.PENANAigJ8ZQULNj
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."735Please respect copyright.PENANAnFqmgKbSet
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."735Please respect copyright.PENANAEJ6NJGt4Xj
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"735Please respect copyright.PENANANGVSp5cFzl
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."735Please respect copyright.PENANAUzf7st6RhG
I quickly stood up and 735Please respect copyright.PENANAexerPeJUCb
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 735Please respect copyright.PENANAhcVBi1Qim2
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled735Please respect copyright.PENANAJXD3tv0OkX
her back.735Please respect copyright.PENANAlISM7b0G57
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.735Please respect copyright.PENANA4JZtHj0dGY
"Zoey, you're going to 735Please respect copyright.PENANAaubKKz9lbH
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAAXjnB1UkKx
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 735Please respect copyright.PENANAFK7Npcs8Zx
own hair pink in the next ten years."735Please respect copyright.PENANAd3f501GYQF
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."735Please respect copyright.PENANAosZvM3w3L1
"You're lying."735Please respect copyright.PENANAmpqkIKC1Ut
"I'm telling the truth!"735Please respect copyright.PENANA205Ojy9j6t
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAPVZUP82pbB
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAriiRdgR8cD
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAMyVrcw4jSH
"I can't tell you that."735Please respect copyright.PENANABgNpZWeTay
"Why?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAF1YiRaoV4G
"Because it's 735Please respect copyright.PENANAVDkneNMxvP
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkNspkdn0xV
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"735Please respect copyright.PENANAF6vHDXYjJK
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.735Please respect copyright.PENANAUirm9Xi1TN
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.735Please respect copyright.PENANAkAxkEoc35k
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANAdiaWSruZiP
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANARtWrVeSJdx
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."735Please respect copyright.PENANADpOAaBmhdt
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAwwyJvWgS92
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."735Please respect copyright.PENANAg6bjSZLGwj
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."735Please respect copyright.PENANAgBIXEnwInZ
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."735Please respect copyright.PENANAPtgMYv8pMG
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."735Please respect copyright.PENANAMdbVEnUw1B
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."735Please respect copyright.PENANATYNEcDQEbV
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.735Please respect copyright.PENANALyNFEs254f
I playfully rolled my 735Please respect copyright.PENANAvQotQWzPta
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee735Please respect copyright.PENANA4hharZyE7o
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 735Please respect copyright.PENANAav0OsIChnV
also looked worried.735Please respect copyright.PENANAfSVwlErGtZ
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.735Please respect copyright.PENANA8c32rBGdA0
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.735Please respect copyright.PENANAGeUV9noLGG
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.735Please respect copyright.PENANAFlDxSbKi5o
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.735Please respect copyright.PENANAXABN25BcoH
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANARz1KHCcxM7
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.735Please respect copyright.PENANA7QcZtvjB1o
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.735Please respect copyright.PENANAbcYuTMPGMO
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders735Please respect copyright.PENANAkmyPB5HaM5
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wn7oJiESN
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANA8rApKSQjT3
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."735Please respect copyright.PENANAds2tj8Zrvr
"Okay, first of all," 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ1uoCGTfV
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 735Please respect copyright.PENANANeyeUhaSUb
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and735Please respect copyright.PENANAVl4nEpHLiC
he wasn't mad at you."735Please respect copyright.PENANAYLMXpOj7v8
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANA7fII9vUpJn
"That, he couldn't say."735Please respect copyright.PENANA8lp3pBKZiH
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.735Please respect copyright.PENANAoluQPPTvdJ
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."735Please respect copyright.PENANAnFkwcUeqxa
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.735Please respect copyright.PENANA9bLtcQ9XCl
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."735Please respect copyright.PENANAJqxFE6mbVg
Christine pressed the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAwxNskwXJQO
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtX5WmyxxGP
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 735Please respect copyright.PENANAwPtP55Fhms
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 735Please respect copyright.PENANAG7BAfiAZ4u
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 735Please respect copyright.PENANAiI2SNEZl1y
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkQAOIrTLN2
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.735Please respect copyright.PENANA8YTr011dU1
We got to YG right on 735Please respect copyright.PENANAl0tQvHGocv
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 735Please respect copyright.PENANA6UOBvoRac9
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 735Please respect copyright.PENANAGxLy0tTSpZ
arrived a few seconds earlier.735Please respect copyright.PENANA7P8thhVZFG
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.735Please respect copyright.PENANAkBkNnUgqXX
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."735Please respect copyright.PENANAN9tordjZhD
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.735Please respect copyright.PENANA0SUB9JxIir
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAEMIiGVeclA
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."735Please respect copyright.PENANAWhtr3mI3BS
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.735Please respect copyright.PENANAX0QfNwAj69
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.735Please respect copyright.PENANAFX7GyeAh48
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAyZkMFKA0hm
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.735Please respect copyright.PENANAeF1Cbzcg9O
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."735Please respect copyright.PENANAKES2yXnNGn
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.735Please respect copyright.PENANApeVSxIfxmh
"There will be no such 735Please respect copyright.PENANAd3DlaluTlY
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 735Please respect copyright.PENANASGb8XVR2MI
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."735Please respect copyright.PENANAVIIv3ycO1d
"And you're making it 735Please respect copyright.PENANArM5YaFY9Za
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 735Please respect copyright.PENANA1GVxqXN43j
pouted his lip and scratched his head.735Please respect copyright.PENANAyL00pC2pMm
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.735Please respect copyright.PENANASmA7ORsEVO
"Trust me, you don't 735Please respect copyright.PENANAhiMI5J09Wu
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You735Please respect copyright.PENANALQWMduIVUV
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."735Please respect copyright.PENANAzMjAV6YPIM
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAyrPY63sNvM
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."735Please respect copyright.PENANAo5jnKDdiBO
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.735Please respect copyright.PENANAYkLTO588U1
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.735Please respect copyright.PENANAeXba3P3rDe
"Look, whether they are 735Please respect copyright.PENANAe3aFRQyjqV
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 735Please respect copyright.PENANAyzTxIdtT2A
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5KzhTA4ezA
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."735Please respect copyright.PENANAjEi5gzvbso
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.735Please respect copyright.PENANAjMIGKuOGAq
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."735Please respect copyright.PENANAmWc7zZ71QG
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAKyU33zhP4h
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."735Please respect copyright.PENANAzMP5QWPXJ1
I gave Lee a sad smile 735Please respect copyright.PENANAydIp8CFQqw
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt735Please respect copyright.PENANA1agj6fssXq
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 735Please respect copyright.PENANAWtRoIShuNY
your life. Like suicide.735Please respect copyright.PENANABFWB4QFbQE
We started our way 735Please respect copyright.PENANASTKtDRFgRT
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 735Please respect copyright.PENANAPDAih2MlCH
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 735Please respect copyright.PENANAGaoJVoL6Pj
and my jean trousers. Nothing.735Please respect copyright.PENANArGeHKmMUWD
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."735Please respect copyright.PENANAzme293C3Eb
I quickly ran out of the735Please respect copyright.PENANAMEgYeQ1Zk1
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 735Please respect copyright.PENANAar8wFf38Ut
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 735Please respect copyright.PENANANo4OAjfLrT
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 735Please respect copyright.PENANAjCvzxceSDi
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could735Please respect copyright.PENANAK3MIMndpBg
check for it inside.735Please respect copyright.PENANAG5db9R34iq
When I got to the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAmnetDAsj91
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 735Please respect copyright.PENANAfCTi7nerC7
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I735Please respect copyright.PENANAD5P5slmhL1
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were735Please respect copyright.PENANAKCuchGayE1
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 735Please respect copyright.PENANAg1sKi0arjC
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAhmQ5KLMFwJ
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 735Please respect copyright.PENANAgLH5dGLZw9
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.735Please respect copyright.PENANAzwb8p9DLMx
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.735Please respect copyright.PENANAeKjFx31ojo
"Seriously, I can sue 735Please respect copyright.PENANA2kBZhrNDRH
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so735Please respect copyright.PENANAbfHc8oqM5j
fast. I never even heard him coming.735Please respect copyright.PENANAvKtrg8s2pN
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.735Please respect copyright.PENANANGPWpSW2mC
"You're not my bodyguard735Please respect copyright.PENANAprXkVIGOsk
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 735Please respect copyright.PENANAAQxBQKaJNk
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."735Please respect copyright.PENANAxhPEWqTIAS
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.735Please respect copyright.PENANAsBeYBrg5kr
I blushed. "You know about that?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAHP7CtIVSJP
"Everyone knows you have735Please respect copyright.PENANAczC3iD1dNm
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAfm5OJ61uxS
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."735Please respect copyright.PENANAw9r2tcRRo0
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."735Please respect copyright.PENANAeoPCgGidbb
"Looks like I did the 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0fTfr3cIbO
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZbuvbwcJdI
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."735Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5htnxv1Q4
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgtrGjaEReg
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.735Please respect copyright.PENANA8OPnfGiCiq
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."735Please respect copyright.PENANAWEo2EF4sp9
"And because you're a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAWCg6h23s5P
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might735Please respect copyright.PENANAT1Lnu8L6Jk
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 735Please respect copyright.PENANA1bV2J4Dqbh
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."735Please respect copyright.PENANAzfe7IQU4NM
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."735Please respect copyright.PENANALMLD5vCslI
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.735Please respect copyright.PENANACSyqAQQ9ou
"Can you at least tell 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5VLj8njgDu
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator735Please respect copyright.PENANAYOOLyarq8Z
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.735Please respect copyright.PENANAO2bIUr4Nud
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.735Please respect copyright.PENANAtb0MGj9hW6
"What dramatic effect?" 735Please respect copyright.PENANAD8P2RCueHd
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 735Please respect copyright.PENANACLaVdjs8QX
came closer. I took a warning step back.735Please respect copyright.PENANAfdo3zxiOZx
"If you hadn't followed 735Please respect copyright.PENANAHRrY44AgvR
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5rMnWkP3zc
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference735Please respect copyright.PENANAKX6Dik9q7A
room."735Please respect copyright.PENANAhMFHD9mpBD
"What surprise?"735Please respect copyright.PENANA7zCBn2GmqC
The elevator stopped and735Please respect copyright.PENANAkSQJFLmZAV
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5TClXyLeDu
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the735Please respect copyright.PENANAGp2uxq8H9z
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAIQnE2sUqzn
Seunghoon and I stepped out.735Please respect copyright.PENANA4wG317XE0S
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.735Please respect copyright.PENANAzMtDQIiPep
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.735Please respect copyright.PENANAlLl8r7hltD
"I already have a guess," I said.735Please respect copyright.PENANAd20pVeJtnl
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.735Please respect copyright.PENANAlIbSJ3YW5S
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."735Please respect copyright.PENANA04wwSm4eB2
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.735Please respect copyright.PENANArflqUGJgL1
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANA2OoxNMIZqi
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.735Please respect copyright.PENANAsoRhlasD3s
When we reached the 735Please respect copyright.PENANASimQk2eMSt
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAY2zl2E6w6R
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 735Please respect copyright.PENANAduRhBmR052
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.735Please respect copyright.PENANArdfkWxD0ev
In the conference room 735Please respect copyright.PENANAyx4tVjgT2Q
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 735Please respect copyright.PENANAMQDP4qtD4f
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office735Please respect copyright.PENANAFjzAcUafQ2
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5JcDsH0g4T
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 735Please respect copyright.PENANAJFXdxXXGd6
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 735Please respect copyright.PENANA7vsu8R3NQ4
though I did my best not to show it.735Please respect copyright.PENANABpX1NYTbks
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.735Please respect copyright.PENANAa0j0hDQFdt
I looked to the opposite735Please respect copyright.PENANAhD5M5wEkUf
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 735Please respect copyright.PENANAsrfKFsKbUD
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 735Please respect copyright.PENANAxhIL6dRdhR
turned their backs to us facing the wall.735Please respect copyright.PENANARCy13UXM88
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANAaCi5rp7ceg
G-Dragon quickly turned 735Please respect copyright.PENANA56ItUEAxf6
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 735Please respect copyright.PENANAE8IrjnPncU
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.735Please respect copyright.PENANAx7gcAXmyVQ
"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?"735Please respect copyright.PENANApPper0eoz7
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANATwJGMBnOiH
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAC2mQvNvLMz
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.735Please respect copyright.PENANASks8mELJQE
"Wait," said Lisa who 735Please respect copyright.PENANAt2tulH6R0o
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused735Please respect copyright.PENANAPfmpxcCvzh
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"735Please respect copyright.PENANA5XXjct9zj2
"It felt simple and 735Please respect copyright.PENANAi4jjCVdFqN
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 735Please respect copyright.PENANAV5fCgBFjf5
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 735Please respect copyright.PENANAqdDGR7zWPn
with G-Dragon today."735Please respect copyright.PENANAU14G94zdkU
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."735Please respect copyright.PENANAEVTroNbjzR
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 735Please respect copyright.PENANAL1Im3HEFsE
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."735Please respect copyright.PENANA053AAmnQmr
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgFrUHGrzYc
"Ya, I know I'm a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAQHcHGtqhG7
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 735Please respect copyright.PENANApbYS03WQmk
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."735Please respect copyright.PENANAH19AbwVi66
"If you mean us getting 735Please respect copyright.PENANA56CEy6SU1p
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAJUss6ZCjUP
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 735Please respect copyright.PENANAsaRjkO3FZb
by coincidence."735Please respect copyright.PENANAJsiZHut7sy
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."735Please respect copyright.PENANAUIEmbVdWZ5
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1H5q2dNDpA
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANA2jeekJwEaq
The rest of the BTW crew735Please respect copyright.PENANAmquq6Y5npK
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 735Please respect copyright.PENANAP9ygPSBFLx
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5tATI3yuZ
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJcZOS3pkWH
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."735Please respect copyright.PENANAn7Ast2aMq1
"Hold up," said Zoey who735Please respect copyright.PENANAdZW1M29iEK
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 735Please respect copyright.PENANA53QIWoFTqN
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAR2Q1Cc9eDe
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJd30Zukx8G
"Told you we'll 735Please respect copyright.PENANACfIS2U5uek
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear735Please respect copyright.PENANAyv33j32oAj
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.735Please respect copyright.PENANAS3KVskjquI
"But is he going to do 735Please respect copyright.PENANAE35WRtULUT
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 735Please respect copyright.PENANAKOLgFVnsGP
didn't really meet by coincidence."735Please respect copyright.PENANAIq8ZCWJl2Q
There was silence in the735Please respect copyright.PENANAswU4VDOZil
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4MNGabQXEr
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAK9HtaVulAX
planning to do.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1vAkH7yRzW
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.735Please respect copyright.PENANAqMNpaZYe1F
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAiERuPEbem7
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.735Please respect copyright.PENANACabMEGBJ42
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.735Please respect copyright.PENANA7jOP4TTlR6
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.735Please respect copyright.PENANAeqxdOhwmCN
"And also because he's 735Please respect copyright.PENANAJeV5R42o2g
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbuWd8Rg5ZX
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."735Please respect copyright.PENANALr0S0H0t4G
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.735Please respect copyright.PENANA9sYo4dPqQ9
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANA8LDn9D7PbT
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.735Please respect copyright.PENANAHeoR197doq
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAtVHfeJ0CtN
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANArYW4y70BEK
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.735Please respect copyright.PENANAyMeSiO8wNS
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."735Please respect copyright.PENANAjAr6SPg9Zi
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANA8kfbw6hThV
G-Dragon smiled. He had 735Please respect copyright.PENANAf6irNgZkUU
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 735Please respect copyright.PENANA48gErHGrBt
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to735Please respect copyright.PENANAiQi6SusOz1
deal with G-Dragon instead.735Please respect copyright.PENANA3nwTPqm4pX
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZ10O1IxH5u
"What do you want?" I asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAAaydWGZQSt
G-Dragon looked at me as735Please respect copyright.PENANAxUzimHZND6
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 735Please respect copyright.PENANAS0ERW76oRN
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I735Please respect copyright.PENANA1F936nlDMu
came to any conclusions.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1QP29daH0f
"To make things clear 735Please respect copyright.PENANAeDBJBJf64w
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a735Please respect copyright.PENANAIPQ3LVWhEy
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5ar9VGQo3Z
thinking about doing the same thing."735Please respect copyright.PENANA7jypqYyIno
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.735Please respect copyright.PENANA8cV4gOWIVi
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."735Please respect copyright.PENANAtMpjzOpedB
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."735Please respect copyright.PENANARXDyi1CA2r
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.735Please respect copyright.PENANAfn9lCwM0V1
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1ClLYVzM4O
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANAB7AwpYXEfI
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.735Please respect copyright.PENANAkMSzahc8oE
"All's fair in love and 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0smjLUqu2w
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 735Please respect copyright.PENANAWadO3a2aNS
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 735Please respect copyright.PENANATL8PGf7FMN
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."735Please respect copyright.PENANA7TvomgVMXW
"Come on," Christine 735Please respect copyright.PENANAKrUPGaYyaX
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 735Please respect copyright.PENANAEnDEjp9RbM
won't be here for long and you know it."735Please respect copyright.PENANAaPFUByuaHV
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."735Please respect copyright.PENANAZHbITdK2JW
"BTW is nothing but a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAzoWFjAm3kS
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 735Please respect copyright.PENANAE3xG7TdOas
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."735Please respect copyright.PENANA0HOWegnB1K
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.735Please respect copyright.PENANA6RlmwvX1ZT
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."735Please respect copyright.PENANA65VuqXBi6l
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.735Please respect copyright.PENANAyt98H2qqI6
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.735Please respect copyright.PENANAmxUtOL9A8K
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.735Please respect copyright.PENANAPRQdDHGdTI
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.735Please respect copyright.PENANAXlA74aOSPX
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.735Please respect copyright.PENANAR5St6FAT8C
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAfROCR5Lnng
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.735Please respect copyright.PENANAoJJtvGlCy9
Upon saying that, the 735Please respect copyright.PENANA8Uf3jdjuYK
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 735Please respect copyright.PENANAEwMQw0jTKu
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 735Please respect copyright.PENANAuTH3DfUKrH
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 735Please respect copyright.PENANA67vTZhj2K5
seated stood up.735Please respect copyright.PENANANTBeCY9l78
I gulped. I hope the 735Please respect copyright.PENANA9YlrixVG8f
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where735Please respect copyright.PENANAbv5aZNgBgO
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.735Please respect copyright.PENANAMwXjWhxNVF
The two managers had 735Please respect copyright.PENANADFkRFI0XXT
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAG4weLxVz9w
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 735Please respect copyright.PENANAHdf2bLkF9g
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 735Please respect copyright.PENANAGPkJiNixgX
is wrong.735Please respect copyright.PENANAjXhD7DYNzL
"Good that you're all 735Please respect copyright.PENANArWynm7Arfu
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 735Please respect copyright.PENANAAC9sxDeyXj
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."735Please respect copyright.PENANAIc5Mb2fkDr
I have always hated it 735Please respect copyright.PENANAXOE2YyvfEU
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 735Please respect copyright.PENANANKE4MIo2vT
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5M8fbnYaHx
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really735Please respect copyright.PENANApQb7sQzxvy
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 735Please respect copyright.PENANAESUVUYMc6h
their seats.735Please respect copyright.PENANAOG1fiHgbFb
The two managers and Lee735Please respect copyright.PENANAKZUldB6h79
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 735Please respect copyright.PENANA6l7h4E7pmt
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit735Please respect copyright.PENANAy7BD5lwyRe
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 735Please respect copyright.PENANAXx50t0jfc5
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I735Please respect copyright.PENANAYYVjmnDkrE
was.735Please respect copyright.PENANArhtEY750WR
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."735Please respect copyright.PENANAZKyrJPcmaF
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."735Please respect copyright.PENANAwzgdwmWt0x
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.735Please respect copyright.PENANAVXb34ncBSX
Zoey sighed loudly in 735Please respect copyright.PENANAGlCMEGDeZq
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 735Please respect copyright.PENANAt3QvvMLHT8
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 735Please respect copyright.PENANArPM9nnTvRr
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a735Please respect copyright.PENANARpLILCk7R3
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtG6tUzuyXn
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."735Please respect copyright.PENANAOmwCIl2pCh
The two managers 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5b6fNm6mr6
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 735Please respect copyright.PENANARImXUY2cKj
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAXStKl7wTUs
That was so not cool.735Please respect copyright.PENANAqPzYXqDN6S
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANARH5B139YMD
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.735Please respect copyright.PENANAWRnjZO7sqO
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.735Please respect copyright.PENANAb6DWjO7AUA
My ears perked up when 735Please respect copyright.PENANA7XGetWfymH
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 735Please respect copyright.PENANAsTHBqJbAhy
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?735Please respect copyright.PENANAV0fyEY1M6u
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAEjezWEkQ3T
"We heard you outside 735Please respect copyright.PENANAC3hDyluEfe
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 735Please respect copyright.PENANA3ywOU8qOuQ
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.735Please respect copyright.PENANAdsa7mBVSGc
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.735Please respect copyright.PENANATNusUu0yG4
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.735Please respect copyright.PENANAOTnjaid9BC
"Yes, Sam. For real," 735Please respect copyright.PENANACBg2BkbVlP
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 735Please respect copyright.PENANA5gU32Op0vx
through further scrutiny about this decision."735Please respect copyright.PENANAGXOL1fBbiE
I smiled. Even if they 735Please respect copyright.PENANAIcu4G9SI93
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 735Please respect copyright.PENANAGfXcvY6xTJ
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJEBCoDumrb
There was an exciting 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbPYzTCzb6Q
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 735Please respect copyright.PENANAIBSABbZMO1
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 735Please respect copyright.PENANAVegKxFN04P
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 735Please respect copyright.PENANAnNxbA0FOax
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 735Please respect copyright.PENANAw6lmBH1zTi
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.735Please respect copyright.PENANAicNRVk4Q4R
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAF38RQ09Mdq
I turned to my other 735Please respect copyright.PENANAStYsTSGBX0
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 735Please respect copyright.PENANALgCSwylZFa
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 735Please respect copyright.PENANAuN5ms9XQb1
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 735Please respect copyright.PENANAydkwsYojbU
now, didn't matter.735Please respect copyright.PENANA12WCISOzxw
"You heard them when 735Please respect copyright.PENANAOupJdyBsWn
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 735Please respect copyright.PENANABzg3YIu9WM
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."735Please respect copyright.PENANAAqMTm3noIX
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.735Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9H3vRrOh8
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.735Please respect copyright.PENANAEkQiMOCCml
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAQb12IU4g13
This time it was me, or I735Please respect copyright.PENANADYts9i44U6
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 735Please respect copyright.PENANADLvu1Mp84V
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 735Please respect copyright.PENANAg3DIjxvocO
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 735Please respect copyright.PENANAuP7p8qyU5b
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4qVH4qB9iI
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him735Please respect copyright.PENANAktdnFERyoG
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 735Please respect copyright.PENANAICcyR9uM0m
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 735Please respect copyright.PENANASlYVAPf1kn
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.735Please respect copyright.PENANAoeasbOEYpi
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.735Please respect copyright.PENANACIWZEUTkQP
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.735Please respect copyright.PENANAy5YSdC5CLo
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."735Please respect copyright.PENANA7OrCdzEsy3
"We all agree," said Daniel.735Please respect copyright.PENANAiIx6NfbaCy
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."735Please respect copyright.PENANAP7U5foKQKj
"But just because it 735Please respect copyright.PENANASmIGiKoGym
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 735Please respect copyright.PENANAeR1bSWY3RB
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgkkwOwPIad
"Okay, so that's settled735Please respect copyright.PENANAoz4AScqNS2
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 735Please respect copyright.PENANA00uN5o7qVM
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make735Please respect copyright.PENANAG2stJZam2V
BTW official."735Please respect copyright.PENANA6AcRKuMWRa
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAO66eJu0m0P
I noticed that most of 735Please respect copyright.PENANAC4BgTIYrdS
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 735Please respect copyright.PENANAXoNVdOCNHj
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 735Please respect copyright.PENANASv6X35SI8l
when she looked at me and I grinned.735Please respect copyright.PENANA9FJxTs3xnr
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANAGEAq83t9b3
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.735Please respect copyright.PENANA0ufPKV7woV
"Before we make BTW 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtyxsyoPyXS
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZWA0W5lEOE
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 735Please respect copyright.PENANAY2Ecw0LXj4
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 735Please respect copyright.PENANAjLbb9vZe4y
low for a while. Is that good?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAt7efNsXwJt
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."735Please respect copyright.PENANAAxnzmgUPoK
"That's fair enough," 735Please respect copyright.PENANAuIbVAnOvpq
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 735Please respect copyright.PENANA63p9AWVhfp
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to735Please respect copyright.PENANAOzEYUQNbtX
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 735Please respect copyright.PENANAf0emSxnpBv
so."735Please respect copyright.PENANA5HAmUH5O6F
"So you want to crush 735Please respect copyright.PENANAVRd2tF1z15
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I735Please respect copyright.PENANApKxaxoQ4IO
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 735Please respect copyright.PENANA7xq4iK5LMx
strategy."735Please respect copyright.PENANAlqGlNIlRwW
"Then if all is well and735Please respect copyright.PENANAYg0P53w0TI
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 735Please respect copyright.PENANASTes09yDsc
updated and not a word on social media."735Please respect copyright.PENANAaPdiB6vll7
I stood up from my seat 735Please respect copyright.PENANA90sXV1Ypwm
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAr4PPDaAPJA
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4qjZxhrG3E
walk out, I stopped them.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2XFs5CiVA
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1pFkTz7UGy
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAADWSy2asSj
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."735Please respect copyright.PENANASiKhZrhtL8
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.735Please respect copyright.PENANAuMT7acVjMS
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.735Please respect copyright.PENANAk5BKAIuIgd
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.735Please respect copyright.PENANAI2RqRhDnUW
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 735Please respect copyright.PENANAoA8SRq7PyL
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a735Please respect copyright.PENANA8lAw6VM1QV
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.735Please respect copyright.PENANAWh8GKLevHd
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"735Please respect copyright.PENANAwK3J1DajU7
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgRkR0MgeAA
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.735Please respect copyright.PENANAvDAR6MLoZw
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.735Please respect copyright.PENANA5j4OnnBpMM
"This is like the best 735Please respect copyright.PENANAaCQBH1utKA
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 735Please respect copyright.PENANANyfaFQLfUl
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."735Please respect copyright.PENANAFCIFLi0pmg
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.735Please respect copyright.PENANA7LeCo0WkO3
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."735Please respect copyright.PENANA7UX5NkqxvO
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.735Please respect copyright.PENANAPjhserEQjX
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."735Please respect copyright.PENANAcwSTmYEYyP
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.735Please respect copyright.PENANAmTTMYpnxKp
"I knew there was a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAJdIJecnVMl
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"735Please respect copyright.PENANAgxdSt4i9ds
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 735Please respect copyright.PENANAyyXicM1q2h
G-Dragon.735Please respect copyright.PENANALOyNTV8Ddx
"You knew?" Christine asked.735Please respect copyright.PENANAC3nCvKCIgB
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."735Please respect copyright.PENANAnIYADyjbZM
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."735Please respect copyright.PENANAXQxQth5JsI
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.735Please respect copyright.PENANAVsgsUB3YFv
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.735Please respect copyright.PENANAKY654fO7Qw
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAGlYDVVmcJl
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"735Please respect copyright.PENANAEOqJWmwW7L
"Well, you guys can tell735Please respect copyright.PENANAELfBxizvOg
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0NT9J56MY2
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 735Please respect copyright.PENANAW08vsZClD6
aren't going to go into the same car."735Please respect copyright.PENANApG60n5ZSqX
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"735Please respect copyright.PENANA3HEKJnDmWW
Everyone else started to735Please respect copyright.PENANAdkn1hHrGia
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and735Please respect copyright.PENANAV8DJlq3ZXF
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAcneRn3GoyQ
only G-Dragon and I.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZNsvkAmU7T
"I'm mad at you," I started.735Please respect copyright.PENANAP0kXV1u2zM
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."735Please respect copyright.PENANAXEJ94jQJD7
"Save it." I held my 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbI72WFuMN5
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 735Please respect copyright.PENANAGz2M3vptrC
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 735Please respect copyright.PENANAgfu5Pkiu3T
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up735Please respect copyright.PENANAjeAUhqppsP
a war again."735Please respect copyright.PENANAq0XCjC5bdr
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."735Please respect copyright.PENANAFibKYMDT2y
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."735Please respect copyright.PENANA9fDFPWH6tn
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."735Please respect copyright.PENANAluJf8tJ1bc
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."735Please respect copyright.PENANAao1ZbnbCEG
G-Dragon looked at me 735Please respect copyright.PENANA3CdcpdeVX2
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 735Please respect copyright.PENANAHJopxqUGFC
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAvVQer4LVxx
stab in the heart.735Please respect copyright.PENANA9lPjBlXb0d
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANAqgFLGXBaGB
"You know, the others 735Please respect copyright.PENANALcKv3RRQYw
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 735Please respect copyright.PENANAEL1bhv4DmF
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out735Please respect copyright.PENANA2PD0TokmLo
with WINNER yesterday."735Please respect copyright.PENANAXR8qrNHaOU
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."735Please respect copyright.PENANAHsKDzDYhI5
I nodded my head. What I735Please respect copyright.PENANAI2WwT6kCye
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAxQyWdp67A0
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but735Please respect copyright.PENANAcZIEG1td4i
of Seunghoon and I.735Please respect copyright.PENANAj5PDwibPGj
"You know you and I can 735Please respect copyright.PENANAIkdbprO6U1
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 735Please respect copyright.PENANA8nCdV7sXjV
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest735Please respect copyright.PENANA8xGJ1bQsX7
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkCqA8L0U4a
down the rocks."735Please respect copyright.PENANANBq4NnNkG9
I headed for the door 735Please respect copyright.PENANAvlNd6vtTv8
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 735Please respect copyright.PENANAf3I5lN4ph2
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood735Please respect copyright.PENANAz7cMSnImkF
Zoey, waiting.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZaZAUyboSo
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.735Please respect copyright.PENANAI3ff0Kf3Ge
"I sure hope so," I said735Please respect copyright.PENANAlr34mlhVbR
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 735Please respect copyright.PENANAYlUB7iHf5j
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.735Please respect copyright.PENANAYau3k0z5Vq
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."735Please respect copyright.PENANAknOH1sLwxL
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.735Please respect copyright.PENANA5K53D5lLdz
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.735Please respect copyright.PENANA2TeOLVlQsF
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.735Please respect copyright.PENANAYqmp7OH68M
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."735Please respect copyright.PENANAQwR96brtmU
"You know computers are 735Please respect copyright.PENANAmSlyWj2zsQ
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do735Please respect copyright.PENANAij1XtB5cMx
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 735Please respect copyright.PENANAvIgAJUyyEa
supposed to."735Please respect copyright.PENANA1YuZ5W5rdQ
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."735Please respect copyright.PENANAB7fDArM8lf
I smiled. "You always call me that."735Please respect copyright.PENANAOpiMam6esp
"Ya, because you're smart too."735Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4eTImS2Qb
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.735Please respect copyright.PENANA4AzMsLNShj
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.735Please respect copyright.PENANA5fZ71wmsv3
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."735Please respect copyright.PENANAGsWz9ml2WS
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"735Please respect copyright.PENANA5pERXO4DGg
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.735Please respect copyright.PENANA4BVMl07E40
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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