
Hanging out at Times 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6yQ7jCI0I5
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1132Please respect copyright.PENANAriHwzAWFSW
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1132Please respect copyright.PENANASgFp9j13bu
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1132Please respect copyright.PENANASrp2avkkqw
But that didn't matter. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA63MMyqJR2V
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAjK3XijzID7
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAAciDR29RSB
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3kgLYRhukp
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAcmRhID01qu
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAC1gGK0ypUg
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHLOYb1fawM
actually played around with the adorable kids.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAKd1vcTM650
There were plenty of 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtQMPooNdqT
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAVxqQPnDy8N
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1t2ZqVLkyn
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAWhXugCF3zy
fans too.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAwhe72SiVdp
The time we were done 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7HzfPDamAc
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAcLi67f3hyq
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAc0IC3r4Vw3
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1132Please respect copyright.PENANATfzqUgsRPf
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzcyCnf2lPO
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAa1O8Y7QWfb
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAH9TK38KRND
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1132Please respect copyright.PENANATfOsUCx2zj
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGcccn1xv6V
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA0U09hWYypS
previous day, of course.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYHuYKnlLmi
As much as the managers 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAjpnyS9mhyd
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAt8sZJsYwty
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvNUHbJsIiM
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1132Please respect copyright.PENANALQY38Uc30K
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAmuwGBq81qJ
Right now, this very 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA4YBmKIzh9B
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAs1aPbOBeWE
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHL2MRFE1AY
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1132Please respect copyright.PENANABGn9hN0HBG
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxzrahhPK6U
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzYIvV1IMQf
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlS4om4s7Bq
and I just couldn't take it.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJwO5oLB2hZ
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnqgqeU3IxM
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqlXJMHQrkw
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAReJlRD75e5
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHDqYV0i1OD
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXsasQUvtxB
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAEygb8Sg8X1
"I thought you said your plan would work."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAOFeMLqnqsa
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIU1Wx6Pu9R
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZXA6ayOU5o
I felt like slapping my 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPrYaANnrN1
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1132Please respect copyright.PENANArcU2PNQXQV
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFrXuhQ03A5
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1132Please respect copyright.PENANABOGXIAlZP2
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAOe2AaGP4ME
off.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQlhxKY8VJD
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYwWflo9g2P
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXKPxK4wWfN
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlT0EoRjqGJ
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAK5g9oEeSGc
I shrugged. She read my 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHZlTa6k4G7
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAv2qht7FYKW
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqdHkG57pMQ
me the whole time."1132Please respect copyright.PENANANhCN3vlC63
I sat down on my bed as 1132Please respect copyright.PENANACw3XGjjLua
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPQt3LejJKX
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1132Please respect copyright.PENANACUwKbX1fpg
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaFjCduwwPX
"Gosh, you really should1132Please respect copyright.PENANAiv07WzKUHQ
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvXYZRLE1D3
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3KMQvgfyWY
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1132Please respect copyright.PENANAv61wOF6xIf
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8wTO1Db5Pm
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQcODEhAe90
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxEaPHBCRFd
"Mike is annoying 1132Please respect copyright.PENANArhXfmIW6Bz
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAwhMM2OfqWe
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJkiY6dqXN6
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAakttD23lPr
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1132Please respect copyright.PENANASzMuWdqONJ
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1132Please respect copyright.PENANArVd7CXB6nl
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAajrzNbWsiP
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3qFImJw5au
"Sorry, but just so you 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAN2qyGFsyS2
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZqGMd5OKqw
that pic of you and him together."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA0jo1mH4TiD
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAAMP99FxUSv
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlnI7TIFEQK
I blushed and at the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANADGe5jiRt4m
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAAyg9SgzvOK
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHR15ZE9oKY
other hidden agenda.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAywXDLzyhB6
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3XgJfcaCJW
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdj652IvIhq
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAyjwGWc4G5V
I sighed in surrender. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQrHiK5BNO0
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAozO4aAn8oY
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfS0RP275jM
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhph419yO1v
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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaW1oCJvmKz
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1132Please respect copyright.PENANArxDbTCW9Wl
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1132Please respect copyright.PENANABTkLocSKR8
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfhbUHhQy22
Zoey had an excited look1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFQixqRviBN
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAgXsAT5bvzL
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8vPcfRxrBM
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAiFP0v6zj7D
clearly show all over her face.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAgQpFbdEUoS
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqI3DzorLTi
I shook my head. "And?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXkUN48CNKm
Zoey folded her arms, 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAUQClLPMmu5
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMDawu7ymnq
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaEhtrJtkpr
"Hold that thought. This1132Please respect copyright.PENANANCEVJPWuy6
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1132Please respect copyright.PENANAunx07qWRhS
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZm1CfcfQiz
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1132Please respect copyright.PENANARzbx2O6zMt
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8hrdVRvQ30
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1132Please respect copyright.PENANARAA2vxHxkm
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAuJwfdIf85V
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdSNlbwGsRM
"Well, he hid in our closet."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxsrFpa4zxW
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnjCeqHWJXM
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAVRH4FbObiP
"Ya, why?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAD7fpqv0L1U
"Looks like we just 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA0AuCK5qAOW
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAt8XxXgX1mb
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGUZmG6J4ct
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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAeFt47sAeZx
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1132Please respect copyright.PENANALgrpHvezR7
"What do you mean? You 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYoEyzKBA5v
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAAoJY9Emfes
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6u61YUvJmg
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAKd6F9eyncU
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAgyhEKuQxVh
"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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANANGVJlBMxAS
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANANhovKHYGzt
"I wanted to but I kept 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9LV0EBhadP
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAw58z3SafJe
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAa0v02fPcGf
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAE4wUKkDWu1
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzKvWbvdh6u
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1132Please respect copyright.PENANApb0Q0lOQeM
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzQkr9AnWZI
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIffOyTQPyt
I quickly stood up and 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1UdCJUpVw
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAstzrJBRdhi
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3r0ZYLvbCs
her back.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAismY9FYz5O
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA4OnxwFpYEH
"Zoey, you're going to 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbIHaYv5V1D
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXqGBf59VLc
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA67zJFqJYwn
own hair pink in the next ten years."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAI3U5WPhS3M
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAn6jvrLV9Mh
"You're lying."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1AoElYvAj8
"I'm telling the truth!"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtidNbt6oul
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAWo6CpS9Vtu
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAuyZQcZUryV
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPsjckdNUgR
"I can't tell you that."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1U32OggUQ0
"Why?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxwKhXv4TXD
"Because it's 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvDNtk4KsjP
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXiuh6rCwvh
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAadOJZJGV3K
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAVuC0zx9sps
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAS698DvIYwb
"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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA92PXMImkpk
"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.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbEEWk7XlRz
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPBX16CkMof
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAANKWLmMenW
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAcKoRn6Mfgm
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAEfWbsldqvT
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAE92fpAf3iC
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfb6kYTYaTi
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1132Please respect copyright.PENANArCAaItLaZl
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAq7jo2G7dfB
I playfully rolled my 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAubanfXJg7F
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1132Please respect copyright.PENANAEW58W4KgOD
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAU9xm1g5DsX
also looked worried.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAabMvNeIy4D
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1132Please respect copyright.PENANArVIh3B0jDY
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPl1yIhgRqw
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqykGomlwQg
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1132Please respect copyright.PENANATloV2dvxG6
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANARqz0hoV4cR
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsyNjShyuD6
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3qiXyTtDCp
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1132Please respect copyright.PENANAgQgSavoCD3
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIxHsJj6ZC5
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAVxoymanlHr
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1132Please respect copyright.PENANARYYK9d8AXN
"Okay, first of all," 1132Please respect copyright.PENANALAYx4O2FMz
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAT1maojwIVl
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1132Please respect copyright.PENANAEV8gl5dlEN
he wasn't mad at you."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAUpPOARI1MC
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkJr5yWr9FE
"That, he couldn't say."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHtTh5nJpMd
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9EHQ5nA2Eq
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAG9AAliSNQT
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAn6BIP1deFO
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1M3QsmhyGb
Christine pressed the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAk0zeWkKx4l
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYaUurQiNaN
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1132Please respect copyright.PENANABBP4m8uuI5
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAv8hbtqqsYB
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFu0Z1g7tco
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1132Please respect copyright.PENANApMcQOT1woO
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFt3908KUG3
We got to YG right on 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGrUosN9rR9
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2vc3iQz3dQ
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1132Please respect copyright.PENANApSqBLhAQfR
arrived a few seconds earlier.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxhUMZ9P92A
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1132Please respect copyright.PENANATg7OiLnRZq
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA0HTv8AHZjv
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtJiR21GBFE
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxnJWfXCVQy
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7FmZEb7sDV
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1132Please respect copyright.PENANASZU70PDMaX
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA5yvSSf4u5z
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQBjYnTLUAn
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAKAdFfKzLUO
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1132Please respect copyright.PENANATLKaMiSwjU
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1132Please respect copyright.PENANARysPjOspA0
"There will be no such 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbmGEVboLKy
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxG7sXI2jlV
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAeqybIGRbXi
"And you're making it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZkSXF2Oggc
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6vRBb75HY0
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAplYumr6lEc
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9evK0gCN8X
"Trust me, you don't 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdN2LgGfr9b
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1132Please respect copyright.PENANARdMVeDiPRw
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1132Please respect copyright.PENANArL4SDfH0Ol
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAU4ZOJurcqn
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaxmAImXUPm
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnpYBkSSyfd
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnYUPULzxR8
"Look, whether they are 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAU0uoNTr99Y
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAE5pBmq629H
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAz5JqT754bv
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnFWPRtVUbl
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA04aHp8cET9
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHzqcnpwL5q
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPAxJaQEt7P
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAwMFG8SNpgT
I gave Lee a sad smile 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9H0L4QJSy8
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1132Please respect copyright.PENANAeIWqNcYi4q
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA51R8lgmFHv
your life. Like suicide.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGu6KpBuL0Q
We started our way 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhvhBZ0DDce
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAo9iySfMtvK
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAmiVX2XoMQ5
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3N1bk660sK
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIHZPPNmAG8
I quickly ran out of the1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhTFyE3c8NT
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1132Please respect copyright.PENANARp8iXiUVCC
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1132Please respect copyright.PENANATQ4lNIfsFn
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7lrMpZkYne
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1132Please respect copyright.PENANA0DlNCxvXhB
check for it inside.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAh9JCOtAmYJ
When I got to the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqpDWlY8sMZ
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhgnLRqk9zt
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6NoF0law6m
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1132Please respect copyright.PENANATFVwRtZBaC
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6apoNWX3lq
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAeMsN5AVorI
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtYgG0AYrUH
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1132Please respect copyright.PENANArkhsJHbCKi
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANApZai7Vt4wE
"Seriously, I can sue 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFJSvdyXpe1
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfVuJqOZvoc
fast. I never even heard him coming.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAg4VAam2x62
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfAA1nu2J9N
"You're not my bodyguard1132Please respect copyright.PENANALX1oNo0TZb
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzxZNVJyl5f
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAl0nm3BV49P
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7EOybccan
I blushed. "You know about that?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGM2pQNAQDm
"Everyone knows you have1132Please respect copyright.PENANALMmv1nuaWw
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANARLgl6JalKM
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAv8Q70ywxhi
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHIWr8SlNpY
"Looks like I did the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZRSPJ0cWyt
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAI48LBYijDs
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAy8ZAfnxXI2
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAf0gORfTSsv
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ07uWJ0By
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA4YgI8JcEya
"And because you're a 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnvteCFxhDO
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFnShuhOf2A
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2syF3yxAtK
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA0DNX60x9Kd
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1132Please respect copyright.PENANArLqv5Y3OLY
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0xSGJIvWt
"Can you at least tell 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkTNOv1hvsn
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMajCVEeLnx
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAmtZcchpxO1
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHcaoBmNyhf
"What dramatic effect?" 1132Please respect copyright.PENANADHM7Tj3lY1
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZzBrMQEKCD
came closer. I took a warning step back.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAyb2MCO8Qc3
"If you hadn't followed 1132Please respect copyright.PENANACN6yCHgV4j
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAwyvR2Msm8F
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsvUxKIH7fR
room."1132Please respect copyright.PENANABiJi4hwK29
"What surprise?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7lY5dFuNkt
The elevator stopped and1132Please respect copyright.PENANATlyCMWwe8p
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbOn3NKLLmD
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1132Please respect copyright.PENANAwckCQSJa2t
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvgDFHAdozP
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYGxLEzRZxq
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1yUen6pZX8
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFHZketP9SJ
"I already have a guess," I said.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFt83cpz7IT
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1132Please respect copyright.PENANASlW81PaWrt
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAF3oXUPVbBl
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAWwLrphMA5K
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA4ty2EdjGho
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAwGgQsphSrU
When we reached the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANASoNwR7HP4U
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsXKPiWytHp
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAb9p3n3iy7K
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAICNxK1iwPE
In the conference room 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAmdlrhuMMDD
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1132Please respect copyright.PENANASF6Gcs7TGo
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhWcpIxIWXm
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA0BGuMPSfwy
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsg41IW2eGN
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqqvyPHL1PJ
though I did my best not to show it.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqpSsZhbMti
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1eUSRP0ZRf
I looked to the opposite1132Please respect copyright.PENANALbNylB4o7z
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAv9EAROXPtv
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6NvIAjFTPT
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAjhLqmIXZES
"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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYTxrJJUgrQ
G-Dragon quickly turned 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsv916GUfAq
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAutujYwHu7F
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA17NtX9mYPc
"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?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAKEsJLevDrj
"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.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFvF6XX06tC
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzhMMTLaTIE
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPPvYzxWVCC
"Wait," said Lisa who 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA46HwDc2Tjc
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1132Please respect copyright.PENANAX1XiomfGhU
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9lpIaO3X79
"It felt simple and 1132Please respect copyright.PENANALBpQBzDbrF
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkcVZxYtTDl
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1Snk4Cam0V
with G-Dragon today."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3SYtzTrwJn
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqDXmsmF7ra
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6p6qjn7dCX
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1132Please respect copyright.PENANArx2P8rsBr0
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9nQ8N7Na5v
"Ya, I know I'm a 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAB745Nyk2MX
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZLy2hk79oH
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAyn8u27R4kJ
"If you mean us getting 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzV6fYoQbUK
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAm5c9tJbd7t
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7YOjIKNNIN
by coincidence."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAOLq9quyl8C
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAOnyrbfYHTr
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsSJGHpBvuC
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAs7aLEDidWN
The rest of the BTW crew1132Please respect copyright.PENANA86YEymSNOm
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtrDWLGB964
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPm7uHbrU4l
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAt2xp7Ro41V
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbnyxEOjAuz
"Hold up," said Zoey who1132Please respect copyright.PENANAX7Hmu1ZYmO
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6naaCSwjrT
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAmdT6FnTPaE
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1132Please respect copyright.PENANATPD5lBqqGH
"Told you we'll 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAo0PDWJtmOr
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2taaZikPLf
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAcbsAmzu0zA
"But is he going to do 1132Please respect copyright.PENANADv9nKkUY5S
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAykNorh8TBg
didn't really meet by coincidence."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYWqLjbHJKY
There was silence in the1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnA3hWoUF6c
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1132Please respect copyright.PENANActFl0DnG1e
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAW3cn3VSndC
planning to do.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAe9oku4ZdvB
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAP7OtcSF3xK
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQy1tOmSH5w
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFVvca7ciJa
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfQIUGJt4D2
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAG4iQdDpk5B
"And also because he's 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAN51ZCuoiWw
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ1TaKhotX
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfEpqZvrIwo
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJsvA627owL
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqNataNXCyT
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAcPSt6WLRxk
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3CgyoWKj0L
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXFGXJ8bL9r
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJvd7QO1QyQ
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMQID9oy4XH
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAykT1eltNgE
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbIK5cf7sSo
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxDZzY3cxof
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnI0bo3DQoe
deal with G-Dragon instead.1132Please respect copyright.PENANATIDsTFB0Bs
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAit1FqBTZrQ
"What do you want?" I asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIpa9o5eWbC
G-Dragon looked at me as1132Please respect copyright.PENANASNTPTq2Bsv
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHyRgDzLTdc
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2hKZcva1Ep
came to any conclusions.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAj0yjNzSHJ5
"To make things clear 1132Please respect copyright.PENANACB4flLXxy3
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFiRh2uxGBW
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAAOCaXjd0Xl
thinking about doing the same thing."1132Please respect copyright.PENANABl4DvDY4Po
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlnLbfvJiij
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfGigG0j3Cb
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8MDtkoYmlg
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaFPBD7Y8Pg
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAl6Y3TcGQN2
"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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZPm6aOFUSC
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdjlp51reaD
"All's fair in love and 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMqWFMAIfmh
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1132Please respect copyright.PENANATYUA4zUcEk
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8tCsVGqHNq
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1132Please respect copyright.PENANASlPh3dynCc
"Come on," Christine 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvwVvYpklwv
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1132Please respect copyright.PENANACHOf1ULbKV
won't be here for long and you know it."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdYIpUgGqle
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAmRsew5NuIm
"BTW is nothing but a 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7DRvCjbTUJ
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1132Please respect copyright.PENANABZYO0whs5J
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAagrqWhGZHV
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9YIIjwWTCL
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsvRbwckz0B
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1132Please respect copyright.PENANABqjYFlmoNs
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2QdWueWu46
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlZAfPkW9Pm
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1GSeoCa0p7
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAKWOV0zF2E3
"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.1132Please respect copyright.PENANALZNHdK4iqr
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6VIDK0401
Upon saying that, the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAB7KoVUbkX8
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1132Please respect copyright.PENANABkQ5ZEPcv9
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7R83YwMx7f
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAW9bEolX3mJ
seated stood up.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPd4RiGqJqI
I gulped. I hope the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvIi0Nk55vx
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbbc4YtGDLf
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhIA3El1XFp
The two managers had 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8g6rlz504o
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1132Please respect copyright.PENANApd7MkAufUt
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvrNHDQwpLw
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhfonlwAraI
is wrong.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAh83NZyTt5t
"Good that you're all 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7hWCEdQlWU
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxCrfzfMEaV
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA5CeY8bmW0R
I have always hated it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdmLABFH0vM
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAalO4oFcLAa
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6RAT5GVUqO
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxJVK9QGzCi
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1132Please respect copyright.PENANATRFgqAfDdQ
their seats.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkTpG2rdNge
The two managers and Lee1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqaELatR2bg
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3d3oovf2af
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlbOnuthnFG
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFGtpBHxWLH
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1132Please respect copyright.PENANATie49gt7co
was.1132Please respect copyright.PENANALD75n4QMa4
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJvrjas010L
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlu8fSvZrV5
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqs5A8Xl3fY
Zoey sighed loudly in 1132Please respect copyright.PENANATRLy02PfQi
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIKrlS7PlXH
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1132Please respect copyright.PENANACiRNR60dlf
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1132Please respect copyright.PENANATYg6NllubN
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYj1tD3CQDu
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAVxIO1hn2mN
The two managers 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQgL8K7JJZ5
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7pknD8rJeR
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANApDveX0Ez6D
That was so not cool.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhIT3zVKemS
"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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJaTkhoeIvy
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMKZcywrjXS
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAsVYgJYuOhR
My ears perked up when 1132Please respect copyright.PENANACCiVSCvLgO
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3EvclGrijs
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1132Please respect copyright.PENANAts5OeVR6p0
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAjt4utAenKr
"We heard you outside 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGbP1XG6wpI
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1132Please respect copyright.PENANACCqEFf4fEO
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAq24W9tLsjM
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdnJIWypyzo
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzx2iDcTDr2
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAVBXSdSg07W
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1wGliwJpbk
through further scrutiny about this decision."1132Please respect copyright.PENANABU3mfvBDt1
I smiled. Even if they 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA5iz9QKgVlV
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGoHq6Nw9ev
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJlddiPM7vf
There was an exciting 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAy4C0B6r9uu
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlMt0C8yyWg
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtsjQm5MdEX
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA3Kg7nVpOkk
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZkiCVgxVpq
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfWuaPDAXYW
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAd1KQ8PbHF8
I turned to my other 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvC4Eb70yDC
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAHVPFI6fvmg
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAuauyN5aRhX
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6INtN78F4k
now, didn't matter.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAEh9jQqn3kZ
"You heard them when 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAg0wlmyxATn
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvgXmyTKbjz
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAfJ43t5vDu5
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdyTDk5timx
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAY5VORW2uNG
"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.1132Please respect copyright.PENANATpXEOdYL3m
This time it was me, or I1132Please respect copyright.PENANAW1ZZvNekeV
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAh7MRAMN409
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFFsqpYVZ7y
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPyRdFYKziS
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAyh9ZgwMoJW
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1132Please respect copyright.PENANABZ1cCRKbZ0
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqaYUF3pQNi
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIaOXwuaNUD
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqXpQzZrJ97
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2rDphSagQl
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1132Please respect copyright.PENANArMgltKFUaF
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA261qN1ymdj
"We all agree," said Daniel.1132Please respect copyright.PENANACf4DsgViod
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAZYBgRHoz2g
"But just because it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtgFQKpkXk2
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMs9rXldB2h
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzjcGFcH59P
"Okay, so that's settled1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnSwnCiVBbA
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAN9MIANs2nI
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXoN4ZlVEyT
BTW official."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAjffFiqdg4J
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzLvqIcOgcw
I noticed that most of 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAme22dWW8oF
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1132Please respect copyright.PENANATkpJxdkxKI
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1132Please respect copyright.PENANApPnu15Xeih
when she looked at me and I grinned.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2rF1G7Q3dh
"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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6yWx4fdczg
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAEfxNztx6Q4
"Before we make BTW 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMatWvoM6So
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvzAykoEqYl
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkIOIQ8VpyF
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAyKGCY3ntxT
low for a while. Is that good?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANA6lR2lPmGrK
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8ip3yBjIOY
"That's fair enough," 1132Please respect copyright.PENANASKgqD4ryPR
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAI8HGS8jyqH
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1132Please respect copyright.PENANANZj0PyewCs
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAavr3ktLYr2
so."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAm5Bqo5VTZ6
"So you want to crush 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAuluxVywHAF
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1132Please respect copyright.PENANAuNL8LGV8Ly
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7RpZerkuAP
strategy."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbTYkbrNz0w
"Then if all is well and1132Please respect copyright.PENANAbVUsSMNTJJ
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAOPQxjK9Ncu
updated and not a word on social media."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIZi8JCViue
I stood up from my seat 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtJ9Vbao0OW
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAoBDv9JWky3
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1132Please respect copyright.PENANASASLFtLUPB
walk out, I stopped them.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvkzO8taj6I
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvJzJcbH8Fr
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANANYkwZGeZeM
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAOhGKQkgkyW
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAe0ykpcqxlU
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1xPnL8RrE7
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1132Please respect copyright.PENANABeXoTug68g
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1132Please respect copyright.PENANApNQOS9xEa0
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1132Please respect copyright.PENANAxnPd7jLQ1A
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8gj3IV0K6g
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYHAM19CfMr
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAdy75mH7eew
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAX2BC5AbRbZ
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAlV9Rt1QipB
"This is like the best 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAKa27gfkY7v
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaYMSY6BQIL
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1132Please respect copyright.PENANARjlFftiXhd
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAEHMBRTy9DV
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9EU9CR4gs6
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9PLanTWzRS
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA1LhUnRa8ev
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMYtgdprzO3
"I knew there was a 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAT5KvmlqiBc
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAPV2z5LQQan
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAANdGsUCarZ
G-Dragon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAXhqBWw9CnI
"You knew?" Christine asked.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYc0vribCse
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1132Please respect copyright.PENANARBNwD0gJn2
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9WkEMW1a54
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA35X5kLdGl1
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAiPWQeX0BuI
"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.1132Please respect copyright.PENANApc4yGJXEAS
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkND6bSihdp
"Well, you guys can tell1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYftcXu69kx
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qp3Bgdzjm
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3ZdrFHVmc
aren't going to go into the same car."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAUx1VwY0nRc
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAgUEAwnKmee
Everyone else started to1132Please respect copyright.PENANAmgmXNTYUFj
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1132Please respect copyright.PENANA5VlWrV5Ov5
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkG8In6FlGJ
only G-Dragon and I.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAB7pDF3sYNp
"I'm mad at you," I started.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAQg8R8qCx9g
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA38oklqIJAu
"Save it." I held my 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtHIlMwpHXt
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1132Please respect copyright.PENANASpgAuFdcVA
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYFPR5DKfr8
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9fy9hr8796
a war again."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA02Zfb4wTF1
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1132Please respect copyright.PENANASY4CVJJCmS
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAhuO1WzGzY1
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8M5elkYpxd
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAjdO05AX2DR
G-Dragon looked at me 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2OZhDxqART
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMDsJtuF3sr
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1132Please respect copyright.PENANANJOmCwGQ8p
stab in the heart.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAMbxw8zT7OO
"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."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8F04JVKSql
"You know, the others 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAY4H8Nzbvfa
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAviO04yrNo6
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1132Please respect copyright.PENANAP5Nk9vEBIn
with WINNER yesterday."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFbeEw55Uq1
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAgJayeHpohB
I nodded my head. What I1132Please respect copyright.PENANAI6HgkfkyG9
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYCNokNn7km
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1132Please respect copyright.PENANA8b4kVY1eBC
of Seunghoon and I.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAIll3FnFjBP
"You know you and I can 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA2nnbSRgyc6
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1132Please respect copyright.PENANA4DXeYzf19P
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1132Please respect copyright.PENANAzrmInFDPoq
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAVnsH0v2mFE
down the rocks."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAF8JfMDKe4y
I headed for the door 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaCIqpyLzZF
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1132Please respect copyright.PENANATIXIseCOAJ
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1132Please respect copyright.PENANA9w36dE59Us
Zoey, waiting.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAaBrxDLQkyw
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFODNXKuvBr
"I sure hope so," I said1132Please respect copyright.PENANAeq2OtIybiV
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFOeOwqOb4v
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1132Please respect copyright.PENANA7LRosc2t6n
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1132Please respect copyright.PENANASkaUMQza7l
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAFxYxpGOM3f
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAnmF9COdWi1
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAP4Nvz1Th87
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1132Please respect copyright.PENANA4owacavU0D
"You know computers are 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAY4fIDHInlO
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1132Please respect copyright.PENANARr8c1joRFv
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYd0IN1uVHy
supposed to."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAwhK2clPY54
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAkHPNY7UFuV
I smiled. "You always call me that."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAE7QDHL8zOs
"Ya, because you're smart too."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAvP7BVKhOQT
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAYU5yoTNvrD
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAqFY5cuqGka
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1132Please respect copyright.PENANAtze9VppyYP
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1132Please respect copyright.PENANAyDDT49FuYU
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1132Please respect copyright.PENANAGdqWNjyD8J
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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