Hanging out at Times 703Please respect copyright.PENANALvpgEvgbgu
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from703Please respect copyright.PENANArubIQgnRgx
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 703Please respect copyright.PENANAerHb46aZ9o
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.703Please respect copyright.PENANALAQ83cQnkD
But that didn't matter. 703Please respect copyright.PENANA913Deq3a7S
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 703Please respect copyright.PENANAAxJYpHceJp
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 703Please respect copyright.PENANANBqTDKUIrI
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 703Please respect copyright.PENANAdv2tD6BS1o
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 703Please respect copyright.PENANA22VSr3090p
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 703Please respect copyright.PENANAGheZT0nGkp
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 703Please respect copyright.PENANA2LQ9fBzwpU
actually played around with the adorable kids.703Please respect copyright.PENANAvXjyNEeD7D
There were plenty of 703Please respect copyright.PENANAd5TeDuAojg
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 703Please respect copyright.PENANA9oc5uJ4Ctx
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the703Please respect copyright.PENANAZr7oQnMgsn
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 703Please respect copyright.PENANAdQZzL3kPm0
fans too.703Please respect copyright.PENANAee0zNiQ3GD
The time we were done 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQyuEGs0xUV
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 703Please respect copyright.PENANAC3MMNjyGRc
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 703Please respect copyright.PENANATS7nGAG5fc
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What703Please respect copyright.PENANAHvjfhhllUK
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 703Please respect copyright.PENANATe5CnDPkD0
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 703Please respect copyright.PENANA20gFXKAMAV
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 703Please respect copyright.PENANAuneHGV5aN1
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 703Please respect copyright.PENANAgrlyFnAJxJ
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 703Please respect copyright.PENANAs5cR1U9xED
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAV2tl056tOG
previous day, of course.703Please respect copyright.PENANAi7AGuBvqOr
As much as the managers 703Please respect copyright.PENANAmiGHKKK4wf
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 703Please respect copyright.PENANAUIzV2lbFPR
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without703Please respect copyright.PENANAzXJzZfpbo4
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 703Please respect copyright.PENANAC0n2jPm2Ar
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.703Please respect copyright.PENANAlMZXpRdaJE
Right now, this very 703Please respect copyright.PENANAun6frIHD9h
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 703Please respect copyright.PENANAIzXyGXIoMv
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 703Please respect copyright.PENANAj1ByH4fA9D
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 703Please respect copyright.PENANA47UDGcDibz
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 703Please respect copyright.PENANAlr2SK7I77y
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 703Please respect copyright.PENANAoeRqOjxYaR
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0dy8NAd2d
and I just couldn't take it.703Please respect copyright.PENANAMxoSq95a4R
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.703Please respect copyright.PENANASL3OPwIyxp
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.703Please respect copyright.PENANA9H8xEkealI
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANApGtforVaKj
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.703Please respect copyright.PENANACheWhXa0LN
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.703Please respect copyright.PENANAyUhacQT3Rv
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."703Please respect copyright.PENANAZUTDVmAlPM
"I thought you said your plan would work."703Please respect copyright.PENANAgyqgJ5g3mQ
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."703Please respect copyright.PENANAcD1sylBlat
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAWEP7tmGLpV
I felt like slapping my 703Please respect copyright.PENANAm9Z1Ogx5Wu
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.703Please respect copyright.PENANAxPqnNuwOsz
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 703Please respect copyright.PENANAImEUwZ0Cqd
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 703Please respect copyright.PENANAXvixJtaBGj
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 703Please respect copyright.PENANALf92UebTII
off.703Please respect copyright.PENANAD5JczYhmbA
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."703Please respect copyright.PENANA7AnAUc8f1K
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.703Please respect copyright.PENANASDo93Ghg6V
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."703Please respect copyright.PENANAHLsFRdl61k
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAHyUU14W6gQ
I shrugged. She read my 703Please respect copyright.PENANAdDJgr7kQWm
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 703Please respect copyright.PENANAX1jgc9La18
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 703Please respect copyright.PENANAJtmI4qFvxF
me the whole time."703Please respect copyright.PENANAgWlVOo52UF
I sat down on my bed as 703Please respect copyright.PENANA3G1Bs1sooq
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I703Please respect copyright.PENANAaXuA2k82LP
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.703Please respect copyright.PENANAdUimcKxXRp
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.703Please respect copyright.PENANA2ncTYmqFqT
"Gosh, you really should703Please respect copyright.PENANAWBGPSRw0ax
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 703Please respect copyright.PENANAMbRhiY0lk1
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 703Please respect copyright.PENANASHpvfrwqc2
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really703Please respect copyright.PENANAJwiZY5RkyU
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."703Please respect copyright.PENANAEzIkYD2Uph
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."703Please respect copyright.PENANA5wVCewF8MZ
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAKuquh3PqXI
"Mike is annoying 703Please respect copyright.PENANAOSHZS4cC7b
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 703Please respect copyright.PENANAIuLDmVgDWX
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."703Please respect copyright.PENANACwzOZpToAH
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."703Please respect copyright.PENANAuAMFOuHbs6
"You're right. I should burn him instead."703Please respect copyright.PENANAXPwWq2bnNo
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."703Please respect copyright.PENANAn1dlin3Ucw
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.703Please respect copyright.PENANAjVv8dDfsxD
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.703Please respect copyright.PENANAjCBLpF8wtW
"Sorry, but just so you 703Please respect copyright.PENANADNxGYtz7FW
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 703Please respect copyright.PENANAzhn6jWLiAf
that pic of you and him together."703Please respect copyright.PENANAt9Du8bwE5x
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.703Please respect copyright.PENANAsfj27jxatP
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."703Please respect copyright.PENANAOWCRuZftDp
I blushed and at the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAg9aHH2jP7p
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 703Please respect copyright.PENANAuT2LHZs3Iz
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 703Please respect copyright.PENANAAVE9jdnEpT
other hidden agenda.703Please respect copyright.PENANAUJ8byB6b4v
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.703Please respect copyright.PENANATUIF9oFmeW
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."703Please respect copyright.PENANAZzBmcyjWs2
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."703Please respect copyright.PENANAhXQcBL20VG
I sighed in surrender. 703Please respect copyright.PENANA3UecPX10Tt
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 703Please respect copyright.PENANARa8PB84jah
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 703Please respect copyright.PENANA81ifmY6JZb
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."703Please respect copyright.PENANAJMeB8riqAt
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."703Please respect copyright.PENANA6VyVufcT8X
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."703Please respect copyright.PENANAOiSy0XhdXk
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."703Please respect copyright.PENANAMarA0gdrZi
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"703Please respect copyright.PENANA4PZhSBVaF3
Zoey had an excited look703Please respect copyright.PENANAhJPcYPnSUi
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 703Please respect copyright.PENANAaynXgXxoU7
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 703Please respect copyright.PENANAySpFmpEtJC
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 703Please respect copyright.PENANAahQ5J2IrLW
clearly show all over her face.703Please respect copyright.PENANAB8gICJyLBx
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.703Please respect copyright.PENANA3bdyL2piVp
I shook my head. "And?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAaChm7lZswH
Zoey folded her arms, 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0fTmIdn5s
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 703Please respect copyright.PENANAN6NeOCzz6J
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."703Please respect copyright.PENANALtG7zPQevR
"Hold that thought. This703Please respect copyright.PENANAV8AsYspvWk
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us703Please respect copyright.PENANAxDsHuL5ouK
after Seunghoon posted that picture."703Please respect copyright.PENANAfTe5HhE4g6
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."703Please respect copyright.PENANA9WBIG6Wzor
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."703Please respect copyright.PENANAtSrTGXFQmg
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.703Please respect copyright.PENANAoUQziK86Xp
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.703Please respect copyright.PENANA0GVpk9BvdR
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAtRy67issSg
"Well, he hid in our closet."703Please respect copyright.PENANAN5I0guMg7x
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."703Please respect copyright.PENANAjn2K8TYaWF
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAB8GPA9KA2u
"Ya, why?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAoDJ3pqHEVf
"Looks like we just 703Please respect copyright.PENANAmujMIWFDdQ
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 703Please respect copyright.PENANAgUKGyCTSbe
whom we consider perfect as our bias."703Please respect copyright.PENANAxMJcBh7RhM
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."703Please respect copyright.PENANAvT3W9C5SHO
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."703Please respect copyright.PENANAeJteHPpIYz
"What do you mean? You 703Please respect copyright.PENANA87hKmWeWPb
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 703Please respect copyright.PENANAvCl8VjtpkO
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAXGJUsQGrsp
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."703Please respect copyright.PENANAAggxHkxxhX
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAjQHpqd5uyX
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANAi29u5OcxP5
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAzuHQyQgJva
"I wanted to but I kept 703Please respect copyright.PENANAalZo405pPC
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 703Please respect copyright.PENANAd0vRbqcbLv
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."703Please respect copyright.PENANASveVR2qwoi
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.703Please respect copyright.PENANAGcEkrFR5oO
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."703Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7LS3gJWsF
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."703Please respect copyright.PENANA1mQ8kWl8WZ
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"703Please respect copyright.PENANA5vSByQAKqv
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."703Please respect copyright.PENANAR2RgIOcSgZ
I quickly stood up and 703Please respect copyright.PENANAxgZuxjhDQT
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 703Please respect copyright.PENANA4XNQ9LI9PR
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled703Please respect copyright.PENANAuhUFh4tf1X
her back.703Please respect copyright.PENANA6GR43uXuDk
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.703Please respect copyright.PENANAlKU5rSWqKV
"Zoey, you're going to 703Please respect copyright.PENANAojXWgrz8uw
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 703Please respect copyright.PENANACrX3gmhvfW
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 703Please respect copyright.PENANAFgiFPb3Oc1
own hair pink in the next ten years."703Please respect copyright.PENANAF65iQQQagQ
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."703Please respect copyright.PENANA0ALOMVFxRW
"You're lying."703Please respect copyright.PENANAhlplr9VEbb
"I'm telling the truth!"703Please respect copyright.PENANA6IZCqI6rHP
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAksXFf9HkNU
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAHBecJjrqIG
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"703Please respect copyright.PENANABmW7Awc5jh
"I can't tell you that."703Please respect copyright.PENANAYQso7vxfNg
"Why?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAdlubHEewsf
"Because it's 703Please respect copyright.PENANAiW36xAHjne
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 703Please respect copyright.PENANAxa2Jpkvvwr
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"703Please respect copyright.PENANAXCCZ9cVySA
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.703Please respect copyright.PENANAdKIbRR0yz1
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.703Please respect copyright.PENANA04cghXYTId
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANAKh2S7Bwx3e
"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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAEkvb8gvMsC
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."703Please respect copyright.PENANAbnGZEciN17
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANA3nJtPZadF0
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."703Please respect copyright.PENANAKUPetosQQ4
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."703Please respect copyright.PENANAfI7n2xNfb3
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."703Please respect copyright.PENANAyx9anrYTnf
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."703Please respect copyright.PENANAi1TzPfR8Y3
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."703Please respect copyright.PENANAgbZyxkbVqE
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.703Please respect copyright.PENANAv0U3w8JFDR
I playfully rolled my 703Please respect copyright.PENANAe0YjE45Cv0
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee703Please respect copyright.PENANAllriayd4JR
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 703Please respect copyright.PENANAJMyK82sQnX
also looked worried.703Please respect copyright.PENANAca0rt1qYdI
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.703Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ti6qiU0hf
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.703Please respect copyright.PENANALbnIA38Z8S
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.703Please respect copyright.PENANA54G2ITDmQY
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.703Please respect copyright.PENANAkm2wDGpLT6
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAwy66uP9dUk
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.703Please respect copyright.PENANAkvy2tOafXW
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.703Please respect copyright.PENANAG3c6bPvzts
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders703Please respect copyright.PENANAqZJHABopfS
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAIi3llyZ8vX
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAREITCCXzlb
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."703Please respect copyright.PENANAcMttg85jpM
"Okay, first of all," 703Please respect copyright.PENANAvJtjROJaRv
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 703Please respect copyright.PENANAIdbqtZh7Cx
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and703Please respect copyright.PENANAEkJEOAChM8
he wasn't mad at you."703Please respect copyright.PENANApGyMlgRu4R
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAHA4dgmoBqR
"That, he couldn't say."703Please respect copyright.PENANADDDQ9aGpvg
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.703Please respect copyright.PENANAJGnJy6OmEJ
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."703Please respect copyright.PENANASS63ys4EcX
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.703Please respect copyright.PENANAbRGqmqUf54
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."703Please respect copyright.PENANAkMVnsaIZvG
Christine pressed the 703Please respect copyright.PENANASYw8m9odXh
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 703Please respect copyright.PENANAjZLGiMUu0k
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 703Please respect copyright.PENANAxM5AtKtDj7
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 703Please respect copyright.PENANA23wVHnmcKb
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 703Please respect copyright.PENANAwpX9b8cERI
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 703Please respect copyright.PENANAtGuA9Ndcy6
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.703Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0vya3nePZ
We got to YG right on 703Please respect copyright.PENANAJr3JpNP3lg
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 703Please respect copyright.PENANATqLvyykNWp
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 703Please respect copyright.PENANAGnEeAUzidY
arrived a few seconds earlier.703Please respect copyright.PENANAahGt1Zfh40
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.703Please respect copyright.PENANAqHvMuGFBH7
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."703Please respect copyright.PENANAThAxXy2dLv
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.703Please respect copyright.PENANAVNJkU7TKju
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"703Please respect copyright.PENANA9eW7sz3rAs
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."703Please respect copyright.PENANAuXphPntMN3
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.703Please respect copyright.PENANA3UdlEDk0yR
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.703Please respect copyright.PENANAH559EHrTWU
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANASEVCKcMjF2
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.703Please respect copyright.PENANAUbF5A33kRy
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."703Please respect copyright.PENANAjCNkHrtm8D
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.703Please respect copyright.PENANAGEnyhoI7It
"There will be no such 703Please respect copyright.PENANAu4PCQlITFj
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 703Please respect copyright.PENANAmgeHUiidwn
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."703Please respect copyright.PENANAFKkZN3F0Fe
"And you're making it 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQGDNiXPLkS
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 703Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ6xuYLDTJ
pouted his lip and scratched his head.703Please respect copyright.PENANAeXVLojWoZn
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.703Please respect copyright.PENANAlawETr9QiX
"Trust me, you don't 703Please respect copyright.PENANAKUSBgQnQPI
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You703Please respect copyright.PENANAMCpKoZG7Nc
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."703Please respect copyright.PENANA4tYaAL3DON
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAfPBicifT1u
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."703Please respect copyright.PENANALSe3RhhIbp
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.703Please respect copyright.PENANAxSgWKz64Ub
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.703Please respect copyright.PENANAawDdzSHoAh
"Look, whether they are 703Please respect copyright.PENANAoFGTbt5qkq
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 703Please respect copyright.PENANAsTcgwtgSBK
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 703Please respect copyright.PENANAfGSjCMssui
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."703Please respect copyright.PENANApuAKxJbecB
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.703Please respect copyright.PENANAnkoN1d0fmt
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."703Please respect copyright.PENANAxjbhw5oROJ
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAet00Xd7itA
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."703Please respect copyright.PENANAcmEVkUD3mR
I gave Lee a sad smile 703Please respect copyright.PENANAuRXDNOLrgz
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt703Please respect copyright.PENANAJOkJ4OwIjt
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 703Please respect copyright.PENANA86uybTJqov
your life. Like suicide.703Please respect copyright.PENANABsQ82NLFsC
We started our way 703Please respect copyright.PENANAOhoTIqi1Ps
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQCL1xaquqf
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 703Please respect copyright.PENANALZYnvRcfUX
and my jean trousers. Nothing.703Please respect copyright.PENANAq46w2qKS5i
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."703Please respect copyright.PENANATLXKzOYC1w
I quickly ran out of the703Please respect copyright.PENANA2zURzOnDN0
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 703Please respect copyright.PENANAgerPFy9vFg
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 703Please respect copyright.PENANAbgOHOOGRhh
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 703Please respect copyright.PENANAkRAFPdtNVA
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could703Please respect copyright.PENANAREnpbI4IPl
check for it inside.703Please respect copyright.PENANAOULMApdAIU
When I got to the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAHjtdytqCKi
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 703Please respect copyright.PENANA4xjJAD7EmJ
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I703Please respect copyright.PENANAAyhST0FaiA
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were703Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7UNgoi27E
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 703Please respect copyright.PENANAqZSlhy1hzH
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAe0WNvpTUtf
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 703Please respect copyright.PENANAWStlXK2pJa
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.703Please respect copyright.PENANA5HRaPXE2CL
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.703Please respect copyright.PENANAejvlQT9xih
"Seriously, I can sue 703Please respect copyright.PENANAzvEnWIiXea
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so703Please respect copyright.PENANAtRlkXHG7Dp
fast. I never even heard him coming.703Please respect copyright.PENANAEMv8TJOElB
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.703Please respect copyright.PENANAQJwGpGsDX2
"You're not my bodyguard703Please respect copyright.PENANAVXPdyxNSvW
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 703Please respect copyright.PENANAlQoDUgsEpC
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."703Please respect copyright.PENANAHpcs7R8MqS
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.703Please respect copyright.PENANAUchtrAjHaw
I blushed. "You know about that?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAOWZACIXQLk
"Everyone knows you have703Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ3xSH25jI
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 703Please respect copyright.PENANAdPzbOF0YNq
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."703Please respect copyright.PENANABWhtCxVywm
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."703Please respect copyright.PENANAcRqDj891Lf
"Looks like I did the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAMUoMxEwZEU
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 703Please respect copyright.PENANAAuHU3v0ETr
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."703Please respect copyright.PENANADhcoTEMJOl
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.703Please respect copyright.PENANAqbQNxjLxbc
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.703Please respect copyright.PENANAl7NAYu7BkC
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."703Please respect copyright.PENANAMahh5E9dMW
"And because you're a 703Please respect copyright.PENANAu4tVzTNLDG
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might703Please respect copyright.PENANA4gXqMKnWev
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 703Please respect copyright.PENANAdJOdEyL9hx
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."703Please respect copyright.PENANAFVJreZTlTh
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."703Please respect copyright.PENANAMG0CE7Rw60
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.703Please respect copyright.PENANADfmaDWnNzR
"Can you at least tell 703Please respect copyright.PENANAk97ibBynMb
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator703Please respect copyright.PENANAgGCGeenhqw
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.703Please respect copyright.PENANAJHpwIRUy5o
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.703Please respect copyright.PENANAmUQaIBTqWc
"What dramatic effect?" 703Please respect copyright.PENANAdamhQmhVNX
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 703Please respect copyright.PENANAf3JvDpipsH
came closer. I took a warning step back.703Please respect copyright.PENANAQLnkicuGtr
"If you hadn't followed 703Please respect copyright.PENANAABEhwHVuIU
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 703Please respect copyright.PENANAKl1vMD6gkQ
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference703Please respect copyright.PENANAM6syUbgDuK
room."703Please respect copyright.PENANAxVPx0KKHlx
"What surprise?"703Please respect copyright.PENANA7eMgY4wwSd
The elevator stopped and703Please respect copyright.PENANAj0KbKzg738
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAwKEGgiKAqr
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the703Please respect copyright.PENANAX8j6NM9Jaz
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 703Please respect copyright.PENANAkWagGGQJ5e
Seunghoon and I stepped out.703Please respect copyright.PENANA4nyKWvrvC0
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.703Please respect copyright.PENANAhh9hnch9zL
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.703Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Oh6HQcsF
"I already have a guess," I said.703Please respect copyright.PENANAo0s1MTBvZJ
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.703Please respect copyright.PENANAKgYYjyDv2E
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."703Please respect copyright.PENANATaEJvOL6LS
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.703Please respect copyright.PENANAKSAzkJV1bX
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAIapYlOgVpx
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.703Please respect copyright.PENANAX4oLSwPG1e
When we reached the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAml5LSMft58
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAyISwgXTqZW
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 703Please respect copyright.PENANADjwgIZvOFI
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.703Please respect copyright.PENANAoEZedlThQQ
In the conference room 703Please respect copyright.PENANA6sVoMrrURC
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 703Please respect copyright.PENANAI8BYwfWO13
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office703Please respect copyright.PENANA55NpSpRiTw
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 703Please respect copyright.PENANAbVI1mHIQpu
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 703Please respect copyright.PENANAfsp8IANRCT
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 703Please respect copyright.PENANAoXQNEGKZdp
though I did my best not to show it.703Please respect copyright.PENANAZSEm4w2Sm5
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.703Please respect copyright.PENANAWed0ypI4nF
I looked to the opposite703Please respect copyright.PENANAS6Eqe91dtw
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 703Please respect copyright.PENANAkM7zZvN74H
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 703Please respect copyright.PENANAgHa2JyHCc3
turned their backs to us facing the wall.703Please respect copyright.PENANAkqP4fOOTOB
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANAXQR4Tp30jn
G-Dragon quickly turned 703Please respect copyright.PENANASenIiRlY5G
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 703Please respect copyright.PENANAHzHP92S6l0
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.703Please respect copyright.PENANA6uV3TGjseF
"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?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAh5akicUjcf
"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.703Please respect copyright.PENANABa9HrSWCoi
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAh5rxik6hAA
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.703Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2RFjSNz50
"Wait," said Lisa who 703Please respect copyright.PENANA1tY63fqFhF
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused703Please respect copyright.PENANAtwLDBO2M4c
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAQFTnnbhRWK
"It felt simple and 703Please respect copyright.PENANAabUgt6RlfP
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 703Please respect copyright.PENANAt2A6RSFCln
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 703Please respect copyright.PENANAReNkQ9fmoT
with G-Dragon today."703Please respect copyright.PENANA2fg0NWATAq
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."703Please respect copyright.PENANAx9qfFwsJ2I
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 703Please respect copyright.PENANA7wQUB99CQo
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."703Please respect copyright.PENANA3b5txcd3PA
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.703Please respect copyright.PENANAki5XSGfFUG
"Ya, I know I'm a 703Please respect copyright.PENANAGUzb33hgIB
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 703Please respect copyright.PENANAzA7SXeSMY2
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."703Please respect copyright.PENANAOm8L1Y0ZS3
"If you mean us getting 703Please respect copyright.PENANAHbsbx5rSbX
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 703Please respect copyright.PENANA72oAM2eUSC
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 703Please respect copyright.PENANA9yBY5ghD5n
by coincidence."703Please respect copyright.PENANAqpgkepyhSi
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."703Please respect copyright.PENANAoJFVKS57Z6
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.703Please respect copyright.PENANAsQorl4D49q
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAPoDr5wtCaJ
The rest of the BTW crew703Please respect copyright.PENANAC80cSg1EER
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 703Please respect copyright.PENANA6QQ58svhBq
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.703Please respect copyright.PENANAFllgvaJjcj
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.703Please respect copyright.PENANAmqGUq0GjLm
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."703Please respect copyright.PENANAubOD2Mavpg
"Hold up," said Zoey who703Please respect copyright.PENANAcbcu28Be7N
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 703Please respect copyright.PENANAUkgyNWZXW7
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAwJzZCoaWVW
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.703Please respect copyright.PENANAat2Kl5G2XJ
"Told you we'll 703Please respect copyright.PENANAqrvK9YZa1X
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear703Please respect copyright.PENANAG49ZiPbrBw
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.703Please respect copyright.PENANAYP0rQjk9Dk
"But is he going to do 703Please respect copyright.PENANAEcvCorFFrV
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 703Please respect copyright.PENANA6t2MUlNdSq
didn't really meet by coincidence."703Please respect copyright.PENANAhHLq55hRo5
There was silence in the703Please respect copyright.PENANAB6fHHs5GIU
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 703Please respect copyright.PENANAydpxfcsh1s
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 703Please respect copyright.PENANAWm0kLIDlJe
planning to do.703Please respect copyright.PENANAwqK0UhXvh9
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.703Please respect copyright.PENANAzQtupTxO4L
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAyFFD7XToz3
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.703Please respect copyright.PENANAgbMcIwKTtx
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.703Please respect copyright.PENANAcuqclsQhCq
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.703Please respect copyright.PENANATDkrQbRdWJ
"And also because he's 703Please respect copyright.PENANAXeSBhtxuSo
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 703Please respect copyright.PENANALZocVOzpNk
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."703Please respect copyright.PENANA2B34tJJQCT
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.703Please respect copyright.PENANAB1VpvJv5ub
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANA8EzlmV9Ktt
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.703Please respect copyright.PENANAZzk4BtS3uq
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAdn07nj8s3G
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAEqZrCktiIh
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.703Please respect copyright.PENANA063j1vh9Dg
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."703Please respect copyright.PENANAxvOqD3HidE
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAE48QuGmnsG
G-Dragon smiled. He had 703Please respect copyright.PENANAnGQLF0EaRt
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 703Please respect copyright.PENANA9V1UJUjtsa
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to703Please respect copyright.PENANA8LTQosITVW
deal with G-Dragon instead.703Please respect copyright.PENANARNdgnwBiHZ
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.703Please respect copyright.PENANApSbY5qLuY4
"What do you want?" I asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAr13BgBvOcN
G-Dragon looked at me as703Please respect copyright.PENANALMrnEd7ADo
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 703Please respect copyright.PENANAENZQNktUCy
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I703Please respect copyright.PENANAwhEnZYy37k
came to any conclusions.703Please respect copyright.PENANAjpqKSwyfoQ
"To make things clear 703Please respect copyright.PENANAmjYjJ5kynH
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a703Please respect copyright.PENANATXJ6esAkPJ
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 703Please respect copyright.PENANArs6rTaTbDh
thinking about doing the same thing."703Please respect copyright.PENANAuSxQCUGYwZ
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.703Please respect copyright.PENANAOGHMZptmiU
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."703Please respect copyright.PENANAVpwZlWCrYX
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."703Please respect copyright.PENANAar5VHTTdbY
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.703Please respect copyright.PENANAgwIPNKSnvN
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.703Please respect copyright.PENANA7HNgRoOp6S
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANA0WWKpTsdpR
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.703Please respect copyright.PENANAUDo7ydMfCR
"All's fair in love and 703Please respect copyright.PENANAbNHM8ZGpwk
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 703Please respect copyright.PENANAGo2RvCBDqI
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 703Please respect copyright.PENANA1KZKgIzVPV
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."703Please respect copyright.PENANAscWww65Il6
"Come on," Christine 703Please respect copyright.PENANAgT7qv7FNMl
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 703Please respect copyright.PENANAn0GQT8YAIy
won't be here for long and you know it."703Please respect copyright.PENANApsN0OkMj7T
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."703Please respect copyright.PENANAPjPeSYLmpZ
"BTW is nothing but a 703Please respect copyright.PENANA0pZKx7LZzu
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 703Please respect copyright.PENANAU95iZcv9A6
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."703Please respect copyright.PENANApzayEIzKHx
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.703Please respect copyright.PENANA1HnRdf9uzG
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."703Please respect copyright.PENANAKm0WdS581F
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.703Please respect copyright.PENANA7INsQU5PVu
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.703Please respect copyright.PENANAmyXgrXJzke
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.703Please respect copyright.PENANA25s0VcnHm9
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.703Please respect copyright.PENANA3QrJnO14RH
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.703Please respect copyright.PENANAbyPbu0VOs1
"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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAcuoXATx9q9
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.703Please respect copyright.PENANAF0fVjZUGOZ
Upon saying that, the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAaEagUWPhUi
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 703Please respect copyright.PENANAjdAvXPc4N6
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 703Please respect copyright.PENANAVtlIyA3iXa
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 703Please respect copyright.PENANA5iNYPlf7VC
seated stood up.703Please respect copyright.PENANAqz6pZvH931
I gulped. I hope the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAdk57pEfqeR
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where703Please respect copyright.PENANA8KM3tBKeOs
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.703Please respect copyright.PENANAD8X1XVKKty
The two managers had 703Please respect copyright.PENANA8GHX8wnHsl
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 703Please respect copyright.PENANAIUDkbkudsx
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 703Please respect copyright.PENANAIu01ChTOt7
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 703Please respect copyright.PENANAifrfTAWG3F
is wrong.703Please respect copyright.PENANAhURYPeennT
"Good that you're all 703Please respect copyright.PENANAHUzBXPu4vM
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 703Please respect copyright.PENANA4vD4K3bVPG
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."703Please respect copyright.PENANA7E6XH7nPaz
I have always hated it 703Please respect copyright.PENANA2AKp2ro4YU
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 703Please respect copyright.PENANAUfmBiXE4wU
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 703Please respect copyright.PENANAvAaD1WlwPZ
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really703Please respect copyright.PENANAdXN02e0KjS
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 703Please respect copyright.PENANA1L25Nm0ofI
their seats.703Please respect copyright.PENANAocLwEQjmIR
The two managers and Lee703Please respect copyright.PENANAOOsn0Wx6VE
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 703Please respect copyright.PENANAw9ysZGYHfJ
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit703Please respect copyright.PENANAhpvMsl3Mai
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 703Please respect copyright.PENANABb93iIBNpN
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I703Please respect copyright.PENANAotgJc8eELV
was.703Please respect copyright.PENANAtTy6uK44he
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."703Please respect copyright.PENANA0K1opHmsIx
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."703Please respect copyright.PENANA8UNfut3ebZ
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.703Please respect copyright.PENANAeTH4s9SsQC
Zoey sighed loudly in 703Please respect copyright.PENANAK6KOV0BsyE
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 703Please respect copyright.PENANAcUHyknqLyM
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 703Please respect copyright.PENANA6gnhkEGCPa
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a703Please respect copyright.PENANANSJxymWLsX
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 703Please respect copyright.PENANAywF6m5eVR9
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."703Please respect copyright.PENANAh6jOviW9Ah
The two managers 703Please respect copyright.PENANA52vjjjicdm
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 703Please respect copyright.PENANA3CgGxY3AGi
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQjDbkD9Lp0
That was so not cool.703Please respect copyright.PENANA81KrLKyjdD
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANAFRFDNyrgNS
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.703Please respect copyright.PENANAyCLYn9W1tW
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.703Please respect copyright.PENANATCVRLH1q8f
My ears perked up when 703Please respect copyright.PENANASVLPRGhbg5
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 703Please respect copyright.PENANAPe37Katg6f
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?703Please respect copyright.PENANACTDE0l1TZn
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAaIx30Aa57S
"We heard you outside 703Please respect copyright.PENANAvKL0NDBGgA
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 703Please respect copyright.PENANAJf0ec4Lqqh
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.703Please respect copyright.PENANANiENlpYWJC
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.703Please respect copyright.PENANAr8h8nyX07x
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.703Please respect copyright.PENANAOMUzPS5Dgk
"Yes, Sam. For real," 703Please respect copyright.PENANAgMzgHlHc67
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 703Please respect copyright.PENANAUj7nt0YHdI
through further scrutiny about this decision."703Please respect copyright.PENANA2lJGcCIw4i
I smiled. Even if they 703Please respect copyright.PENANAJRZjMfrXlL
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 703Please respect copyright.PENANAOj8aDy1qbC
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.703Please respect copyright.PENANAOkRnyex9Bn
There was an exciting 703Please respect copyright.PENANAz7gUq8ezMU
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 703Please respect copyright.PENANAuhuAZXALcD
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 703Please respect copyright.PENANA4AOOXB5KYp
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 703Please respect copyright.PENANACoCcxYmFNP
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 703Please respect copyright.PENANAxhSHrdlPSc
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.703Please respect copyright.PENANAazMKeshJGR
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZTT83VaGY
I turned to my other 703Please respect copyright.PENANAptQlX9X3Wi
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 703Please respect copyright.PENANA2HqItcBEP3
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 703Please respect copyright.PENANAW87G2bCYWl
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 703Please respect copyright.PENANARY3COjw0aA
now, didn't matter.703Please respect copyright.PENANArwpKPU8Rvl
"You heard them when 703Please respect copyright.PENANA9L0mdPK5TW
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 703Please respect copyright.PENANAllIp3R9aAq
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."703Please respect copyright.PENANAkYDt7LA37c
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.703Please respect copyright.PENANA9dRfQsnQYW
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.703Please respect copyright.PENANAvRgNJAw5O8
"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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAzd7ci7uOJQ
This time it was me, or I703Please respect copyright.PENANA10E0lhT9GA
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 703Please respect copyright.PENANAR2ESajPhOJ
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 703Please respect copyright.PENANAItYdLqWHMP
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 703Please respect copyright.PENANA0pW3fR5Waf
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 703Please respect copyright.PENANATlzFZ4PWGc
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him703Please respect copyright.PENANAUPkX3ZD2Tr
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 703Please respect copyright.PENANAxFIgdb6d9B
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 703Please respect copyright.PENANAXPUCc3xO2k
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.703Please respect copyright.PENANAkFwubJry5w
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.703Please respect copyright.PENANALxRWbAuqN3
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.703Please respect copyright.PENANAaYI5IJTKQ2
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."703Please respect copyright.PENANApfryfwkqA8
"We all agree," said Daniel.703Please respect copyright.PENANANszjIs2YY6
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."703Please respect copyright.PENANAEW3Vbh16eM
"But just because it 703Please respect copyright.PENANASRHOFQy5r1
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 703Please respect copyright.PENANA4kK6t6wGRM
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.703Please respect copyright.PENANAWbNDf2KujZ
"Okay, so that's settled703Please respect copyright.PENANARmDCD1dJqQ
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 703Please respect copyright.PENANAg8uIWx9Dtu
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make703Please respect copyright.PENANALABqY8IQrn
BTW official."703Please respect copyright.PENANAbDZ7zlg2H8
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAokrYuIFcdT
I noticed that most of 703Please respect copyright.PENANAnaTNFWCPaF
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 703Please respect copyright.PENANApTOADn1azm
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 703Please respect copyright.PENANARNnXu34PHF
when she looked at me and I grinned.703Please respect copyright.PENANAzFyi95UT1A
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANA17tSFf4w5e
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.703Please respect copyright.PENANAv39cnqZV4W
"Before we make BTW 703Please respect copyright.PENANAho4TJfsXBf
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 703Please respect copyright.PENANASW6ICfcNJq
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 703Please respect copyright.PENANAZcK2dM8gYd
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 703Please respect copyright.PENANA0RUlhF9EBQ
low for a while. Is that good?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAAjsCV0wAUD
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."703Please respect copyright.PENANAGYhTstsizK
"That's fair enough," 703Please respect copyright.PENANATM6aIvf0Nk
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 703Please respect copyright.PENANAUgS7eyz1Mv
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to703Please respect copyright.PENANAHHbL19ur9D
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 703Please respect copyright.PENANAKzlXuvE66d
so."703Please respect copyright.PENANA4hs3CAEu0G
"So you want to crush 703Please respect copyright.PENANAWFwBWIPCzf
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I703Please respect copyright.PENANAqmtwufD7Mu
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQXbQKkKI6Q
strategy."703Please respect copyright.PENANAJE1AGBldWE
"Then if all is well and703Please respect copyright.PENANAyoKp2Jf4bF
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 703Please respect copyright.PENANA1AD2FLXNOO
updated and not a word on social media."703Please respect copyright.PENANAGOaLmLDyrW
I stood up from my seat 703Please respect copyright.PENANAetbyuLNtaF
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 703Please respect copyright.PENANAT1BmZugjpC
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 703Please respect copyright.PENANAER9A16R79L
walk out, I stopped them.703Please respect copyright.PENANA8778fyY0fn
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.703Please respect copyright.PENANAMxVWpuA1D2
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAdJIpUNlL2h
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."703Please respect copyright.PENANANY8SDlpjul
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.703Please respect copyright.PENANA3fE0Bg2QOU
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.703Please respect copyright.PENANA4OTwBvPFmz
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.703Please respect copyright.PENANA4OW0g6ZHPG
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 703Please respect copyright.PENANArbreOtrCIW
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a703Please respect copyright.PENANAxMJPtN2ydV
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.703Please respect copyright.PENANApQHQ3jIPlt
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"703Please respect copyright.PENANAAICbZRN3eF
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.703Please respect copyright.PENANAxJc0sGqswK
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.703Please respect copyright.PENANAd729vjlQ1J
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.703Please respect copyright.PENANA6QGPzKwIGX
"This is like the best 703Please respect copyright.PENANA7xLiTIFdJo
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 703Please respect copyright.PENANA1dKDOSAhKk
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."703Please respect copyright.PENANA09HJ4rXsFE
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.703Please respect copyright.PENANAZmqjMSLPvG
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."703Please respect copyright.PENANAz7vndusro3
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.703Please respect copyright.PENANA6RVLYAUQ0U
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."703Please respect copyright.PENANAEntLOfqKdf
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.703Please respect copyright.PENANA9RD51n9lyb
"I knew there was a 703Please respect copyright.PENANANwpl18xVq2
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"703Please respect copyright.PENANAvWHuU3QNFc
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 703Please respect copyright.PENANAu9rH8eps03
G-Dragon.703Please respect copyright.PENANATcyrCyvGbb
"You knew?" Christine asked.703Please respect copyright.PENANAMEhKpnBmC5
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."703Please respect copyright.PENANA2LHq2He3lo
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."703Please respect copyright.PENANA5O0oj54yZc
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.703Please respect copyright.PENANAbit8yyFPcT
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.703Please respect copyright.PENANAhHDieS4MJ9
"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.703Please respect copyright.PENANA6MriFmz42N
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"703Please respect copyright.PENANABSS4dxGTV2
"Well, you guys can tell703Please respect copyright.PENANAWo3oLF4Z58
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 703Please respect copyright.PENANAYv7FUo7AMV
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 703Please respect copyright.PENANAU0e6nG2Sq4
aren't going to go into the same car."703Please respect copyright.PENANAogbL5zxIjt
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"703Please respect copyright.PENANAZi3xffXLWn
Everyone else started to703Please respect copyright.PENANAVkILRwXIE6
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and703Please respect copyright.PENANAhpNnarziYd
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 703Please respect copyright.PENANAXk9pYSjPhC
only G-Dragon and I.703Please respect copyright.PENANALADwrT9ozN
"I'm mad at you," I started.703Please respect copyright.PENANAU5cxgWYWNf
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."703Please respect copyright.PENANAZlrnsIr8cD
"Save it." I held my 703Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3ZzPTwaAX
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQWGnllkmU2
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 703Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ0kKtGkB9
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up703Please respect copyright.PENANAXo2hfsuxnx
a war again."703Please respect copyright.PENANAPeDoubSfSE
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."703Please respect copyright.PENANAiIUQpS60rl
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."703Please respect copyright.PENANAxQJxzqHlT5
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."703Please respect copyright.PENANAXnKTL55XLR
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."703Please respect copyright.PENANAaPnyxrc8La
G-Dragon looked at me 703Please respect copyright.PENANAOi2WAYckvS
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 703Please respect copyright.PENANA4xBQqkmwcA
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 703Please respect copyright.PENANASZVs9wB255
stab in the heart.703Please respect copyright.PENANA628RgkCbiP
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANAVIhcQswkkV
"You know, the others 703Please respect copyright.PENANAxFMrln2Rua
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 703Please respect copyright.PENANAjlXzYMrg82
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out703Please respect copyright.PENANAyDEJ9h2I55
with WINNER yesterday."703Please respect copyright.PENANAIxRGPCkkhw
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."703Please respect copyright.PENANA2QgF5y7jlG
I nodded my head. What I703Please respect copyright.PENANAFjuN3sA1Zm
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 703Please respect copyright.PENANAQee61n38gJ
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but703Please respect copyright.PENANAjlGjNIRbEm
of Seunghoon and I.703Please respect copyright.PENANAucvPyUdnSH
"You know you and I can 703Please respect copyright.PENANAZRMg6kNyfB
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 703Please respect copyright.PENANA9G3175WnLs
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest703Please respect copyright.PENANAInZJ3Y6TQp
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 703Please respect copyright.PENANA0A9BDtgjR0
down the rocks."703Please respect copyright.PENANARafSTjyp5j
I headed for the door 703Please respect copyright.PENANAS6eu6yQbFq
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 703Please respect copyright.PENANAeCWIHjneJo
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood703Please respect copyright.PENANAO2M1C8s8Lv
Zoey, waiting.703Please respect copyright.PENANAclJ5dpb30F
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.703Please respect copyright.PENANA4KDI1PHEGt
"I sure hope so," I said703Please respect copyright.PENANAZuGtNwRxBx
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 703Please respect copyright.PENANAOXRtx631mg
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.703Please respect copyright.PENANAVTdFZZlSZW
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."703Please respect copyright.PENANATYDF0LvkOa
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.703Please respect copyright.PENANAsRPOWrEKau
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.703Please respect copyright.PENANAvSUHauBgtu
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.703Please respect copyright.PENANAMZEeO5CrE1
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."703Please respect copyright.PENANA7nMXcnju5v
"You know computers are 703Please respect copyright.PENANAWEgerwRMa8
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do703Please respect copyright.PENANAX4UMKEeCES
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 703Please respect copyright.PENANAwskd5BoUpq
supposed to."703Please respect copyright.PENANAmtrVJoFcfS
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."703Please respect copyright.PENANA21vB5xeW9I
I smiled. "You always call me that."703Please respect copyright.PENANAj9vGfL3MHa
"Ya, because you're smart too."703Please respect copyright.PENANAKKvwdKFFdE
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.703Please respect copyright.PENANAX5dw2Agq4W
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.703Please respect copyright.PENANAoSS9UiibTK
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."703Please respect copyright.PENANALg6R4DZ3OM
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"703Please respect copyright.PENANA1JJnfzKHKc
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.703Please respect copyright.PENANA7HPd5Om3hf
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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