Hanging out at Times 668Please respect copyright.PENANAlxejcebv1x
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from668Please respect copyright.PENANADb7bS3gzf2
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAKquuzQhQJU
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.668Please respect copyright.PENANAdF20hDThti
But that didn't matter. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAnnuyHM4Dkl
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 668Please respect copyright.PENANA6DUBkO6RSw
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 668Please respect copyright.PENANAyI56aflY1G
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 668Please respect copyright.PENANA1KSWlYQ23C
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQYQ1xMagR3
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 668Please respect copyright.PENANAHXyk0QLUdg
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 668Please respect copyright.PENANA7NUcUlgQZL
actually played around with the adorable kids.668Please respect copyright.PENANADOR2xgXNqr
There were plenty of 668Please respect copyright.PENANAUkH31qwhFe
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 668Please respect copyright.PENANAYKKCtCVsvU
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the668Please respect copyright.PENANA8vNovng6cv
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 668Please respect copyright.PENANAnVlcljPKFU
fans too.668Please respect copyright.PENANAh1zVrtQbQc
The time we were done 668Please respect copyright.PENANAOsNlchwq2N
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 668Please respect copyright.PENANAcbmE6GbSGB
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxuSZ9U8Xta
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What668Please respect copyright.PENANA4MFnO7f9fN
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 668Please respect copyright.PENANAVp1zd4vyfq
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 668Please respect copyright.PENANACKRluaEh7m
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 668Please respect copyright.PENANAEL0dUcLvFJ
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 668Please respect copyright.PENANA5oyRaZtr2f
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 668Please respect copyright.PENANAEP2KGBoKxl
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAKwmoKa8aYK
previous day, of course.668Please respect copyright.PENANA0bAGJKk7L8
As much as the managers 668Please respect copyright.PENANALeM5uiREPE
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 668Please respect copyright.PENANAssMRWPhPta
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without668Please respect copyright.PENANArLiFMCZubj
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 668Please respect copyright.PENANAjhzlmjy2PQ
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.668Please respect copyright.PENANADgdcL2NAHB
Right now, this very 668Please respect copyright.PENANAeRXDZRJDaE
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxeusk5et69
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 668Please respect copyright.PENANA9NmI8LFNjg
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAgHKHsNCvVa
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 668Please respect copyright.PENANAwN7rLjK0Jt
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAuwNM4SUrxq
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 668Please respect copyright.PENANA7R9ekibJC3
and I just couldn't take it.668Please respect copyright.PENANAh7USb6yAxf
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.668Please respect copyright.PENANA7H1nkwrF8T
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.668Please respect copyright.PENANAYjDy1PFNRp
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAToZyWsHHMa
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.668Please respect copyright.PENANAky0YjwbELD
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.668Please respect copyright.PENANAqop6OSMXOL
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."668Please respect copyright.PENANA0h54E12dAC
"I thought you said your plan would work."668Please respect copyright.PENANA69AERKzmlj
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."668Please respect copyright.PENANAerTjGCvVRF
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAmLBarBGUDM
I felt like slapping my 668Please respect copyright.PENANAVcB4oodzlx
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.668Please respect copyright.PENANAUUz4vSbSWt
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 668Please respect copyright.PENANAumxjGfxYdf
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmzTnKE7rPN
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 668Please respect copyright.PENANAywO4PvdzN1
off.668Please respect copyright.PENANAH2GNIYgTYu
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."668Please respect copyright.PENANAcAy9jW1PBL
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.668Please respect copyright.PENANAjMsowaOap7
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."668Please respect copyright.PENANAGGapBjAUYq
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAlI2ahoC0R0
I shrugged. She read my 668Please respect copyright.PENANA42rierxrkx
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 668Please respect copyright.PENANAX0IYaBPCcO
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 668Please respect copyright.PENANAVDji8E5FTv
me the whole time."668Please respect copyright.PENANAPzQdg9gdzS
I sat down on my bed as 668Please respect copyright.PENANAhdlCVOFLlC
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I668Please respect copyright.PENANAZI2qKcHx7g
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.668Please respect copyright.PENANAVllMCRLyH1
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.668Please respect copyright.PENANAPozrgDHsoy
"Gosh, you really should668Please respect copyright.PENANAbyY90ALlBa
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 668Please respect copyright.PENANAaZcHT3iFdX
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 668Please respect copyright.PENANAK4ssyVPY6q
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really668Please respect copyright.PENANAaJ9aPfCiPS
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."668Please respect copyright.PENANACaxdgvz0DO
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."668Please respect copyright.PENANADg6amYJ5AY
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAmmMgKdDH2A
"Mike is annoying 668Please respect copyright.PENANA124py3rcwW
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 668Please respect copyright.PENANA9ynEY1iFpc
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."668Please respect copyright.PENANAFXOITtiw6N
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."668Please respect copyright.PENANA7xnqxVCVed
"You're right. I should burn him instead."668Please respect copyright.PENANAzCPo7v94vD
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."668Please respect copyright.PENANA0uQJUF7DBJ
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.668Please respect copyright.PENANAmhwym40k4J
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.668Please respect copyright.PENANAumKbymCQn7
"Sorry, but just so you 668Please respect copyright.PENANAMVrU0j145y
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 668Please respect copyright.PENANADAlS49J697
that pic of you and him together."668Please respect copyright.PENANAEV7ch1gJrn
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.668Please respect copyright.PENANATQvrm0Z89c
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."668Please respect copyright.PENANA3HsZoJQMIm
I blushed and at the 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8gZgPuphVM
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxcnck0t6Ck
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 668Please respect copyright.PENANAhORzPodjwE
other hidden agenda.668Please respect copyright.PENANALkMK51d8Mx
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.668Please respect copyright.PENANApEbuo9IE1K
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."668Please respect copyright.PENANA8ekAr6zXXO
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."668Please respect copyright.PENANA78jf13xiyL
I sighed in surrender. 668Please respect copyright.PENANApiWkltbvtm
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAGhJ6eFFdUQ
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 668Please respect copyright.PENANA1oVLnc4om5
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."668Please respect copyright.PENANAvmXF7N6Ybp
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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAVSdtm5Qb7v
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."668Please respect copyright.PENANAdImFinlWQg
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."668Please respect copyright.PENANACAhJTGPnDC
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAPRFQEncsCD
Zoey had an excited look668Please respect copyright.PENANA7fdc32OJk6
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 668Please respect copyright.PENANAcDH9N8FEfq
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 668Please respect copyright.PENANAkOBlflr19u
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 668Please respect copyright.PENANAoaP4PuzjCt
clearly show all over her face.668Please respect copyright.PENANAufV8WuzksI
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.668Please respect copyright.PENANAGvRYaWRnLT
I shook my head. "And?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAkd3Mu8ftKk
Zoey folded her arms, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAhAhN3UYbiV
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 668Please respect copyright.PENANAIOtButjDCB
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."668Please respect copyright.PENANAXGsBkbfImn
"Hold that thought. This668Please respect copyright.PENANAKFvnPabkNr
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us668Please respect copyright.PENANAep45HlE8FA
after Seunghoon posted that picture."668Please respect copyright.PENANATXng7Fi0OJ
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."668Please respect copyright.PENANAhTWwONPGIs
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."668Please respect copyright.PENANAVV1iVbRwQw
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.668Please respect copyright.PENANAAwkJTKSmHk
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.668Please respect copyright.PENANA9ocXO5Nlzi
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAJiFymzInPN
"Well, he hid in our closet."668Please respect copyright.PENANAXTwrAcA7cq
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."668Please respect copyright.PENANASEEInufLO2
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAPqGUrbo9P5
"Ya, why?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAqzl4dALYBI
"Looks like we just 668Please respect copyright.PENANAOaXprp2r3u
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAK2fcZnxPKL
whom we consider perfect as our bias."668Please respect copyright.PENANAGRTXfTepHA
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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAGbEvvVPRnu
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."668Please respect copyright.PENANA8yLUqln43W
"What do you mean? You 668Please respect copyright.PENANAyJ1RiEhbnt
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 668Please respect copyright.PENANATW1XAiLZ7z
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAiGR5yXWYDj
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."668Please respect copyright.PENANAZpU4d7yiC3
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAnchcBTAoxi
"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."668Please respect copyright.PENANA6uAhG5Bl8M
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"668Please respect copyright.PENANA3EMOLgtZ4P
"I wanted to but I kept 668Please respect copyright.PENANACqHmCAcK8S
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 668Please respect copyright.PENANASlqV4qPZZG
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."668Please respect copyright.PENANAxdxswvkjaM
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.668Please respect copyright.PENANAd5QOuzI866
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."668Please respect copyright.PENANA6z3gaHdMbW
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."668Please respect copyright.PENANAvi4rSsBj8o
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAstvLY13HPo
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."668Please respect copyright.PENANAt8XNoh45nA
I quickly stood up and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAdtUYfjjw2E
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 668Please respect copyright.PENANAiQmHKOyT5o
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled668Please respect copyright.PENANAmm4UW6wDW3
her back.668Please respect copyright.PENANApsE4tyD3Hx
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.668Please respect copyright.PENANAcXdcEmTGO4
"Zoey, you're going to 668Please respect copyright.PENANA6AsPez1vx1
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAa8f24AVogE
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 668Please respect copyright.PENANAqBFRWEmybo
own hair pink in the next ten years."668Please respect copyright.PENANAKzOyatUCV0
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."668Please respect copyright.PENANAs7k06J5ntj
"You're lying."668Please respect copyright.PENANAlIRBquoQzW
"I'm telling the truth!"668Please respect copyright.PENANA2IqunyHSS1
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAX1vNQJB4XY
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAMdK4nXJQqI
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAezAE8cDwAo
"I can't tell you that."668Please respect copyright.PENANAm4eukjQy2e
"Why?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAz2BOGA7Gkx
"Because it's 668Please respect copyright.PENANAG2dhE4lYWa
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 668Please respect copyright.PENANA6JMFjXDUib
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"668Please respect copyright.PENANAWuMkQGHOez
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.668Please respect copyright.PENANA4KaFLMtw6W
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.668Please respect copyright.PENANAHRMr3gC6Kf
"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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAqpr4lpJR4m
"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.668Please respect copyright.PENANAVaywiCLDqv
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."668Please respect copyright.PENANARF3fQ2XnO7
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAiyEdgQzQgE
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."668Please respect copyright.PENANAxAYvrPca5J
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."668Please respect copyright.PENANAey43AANRX2
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."668Please respect copyright.PENANAYd5HgjpHfF
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."668Please respect copyright.PENANAM6fXTWPxCh
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."668Please respect copyright.PENANAOKt8cID41L
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.668Please respect copyright.PENANAiQBOD2RATI
I playfully rolled my 668Please respect copyright.PENANAUmPVnRC8gU
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee668Please respect copyright.PENANAkwp1Wgrfo5
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 668Please respect copyright.PENANASuTTBodNI7
also looked worried.668Please respect copyright.PENANAGMMpTSZezr
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.668Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2QhEEyN2k
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.668Please respect copyright.PENANAFPxULJV2f7
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.668Please respect copyright.PENANAbADkyzzB0m
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.668Please respect copyright.PENANAndOeSpRXfl
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAmrNYjK44H5
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.668Please respect copyright.PENANA1aHC3mcxwJ
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.668Please respect copyright.PENANA9OgEw0Q6Wk
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders668Please respect copyright.PENANA7o4JZoC1wc
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAyGvTc8WmY9
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAVoBa8poenb
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."668Please respect copyright.PENANArZx467gzbf
"Okay, first of all," 668Please respect copyright.PENANAKMhuLzUcjJ
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAj2tIQuAgTk
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and668Please respect copyright.PENANAt5TdZymZVP
he wasn't mad at you."668Please respect copyright.PENANA8Sj0OvuDTd
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAzlZtHKDm0M
"That, he couldn't say."668Please respect copyright.PENANA94GnE0c9ck
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.668Please respect copyright.PENANA2HHqMs7g9t
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."668Please respect copyright.PENANAG1tTdRmh3q
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.668Please respect copyright.PENANAfeg0Lcz7oW
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."668Please respect copyright.PENANAshlAmyDdNH
Christine pressed the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAEGT9g8ubWF
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 668Please respect copyright.PENANA6IdrhXD7Fv
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 668Please respect copyright.PENANAplyoX48ycL
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 668Please respect copyright.PENANABROW1oUEve
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxMpNzq6kyK
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 668Please respect copyright.PENANANVG2wddpL6
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.668Please respect copyright.PENANADL9WTUudtc
We got to YG right on 668Please respect copyright.PENANAwbpYfjP1Az
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 668Please respect copyright.PENANAlAzNTFdCiP
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 668Please respect copyright.PENANAHiq3btaekX
arrived a few seconds earlier.668Please respect copyright.PENANAErVTyejH0A
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.668Please respect copyright.PENANAhxNag8uvzY
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."668Please respect copyright.PENANAyZgFbrbrm3
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.668Please respect copyright.PENANAaqoto5dFM9
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAXUJOSkLToi
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."668Please respect copyright.PENANA4oLkRbp0Nl
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.668Please respect copyright.PENANAUkGb2DvpSi
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.668Please respect copyright.PENANAwOrng2ODet
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANA6IBKhM9w25
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAatIoBSzdIc
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."668Please respect copyright.PENANAM7jf6djn1s
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.668Please respect copyright.PENANAbVkOsrMAe4
"There will be no such 668Please respect copyright.PENANAunbwnGrphp
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 668Please respect copyright.PENANAkmwQ4EZ6TO
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."668Please respect copyright.PENANA1OfSyVFB5M
"And you're making it 668Please respect copyright.PENANAIIWxEh9vZI
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 668Please respect copyright.PENANAt97rOgaX6d
pouted his lip and scratched his head.668Please respect copyright.PENANAvx5ZphTlu8
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.668Please respect copyright.PENANASYt3BEP6OP
"Trust me, you don't 668Please respect copyright.PENANAUZVSeM9bJB
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You668Please respect copyright.PENANAHEYQDjTnBx
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."668Please respect copyright.PENANAknp7qkrFV5
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANADVdDfckev7
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."668Please respect copyright.PENANAc3Mgi1JXSo
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.668Please respect copyright.PENANAHZWecvR99C
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.668Please respect copyright.PENANAShmtJyaga8
"Look, whether they are 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8Jdt0YymZo
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 668Please respect copyright.PENANAkrOV5q7wAO
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 668Please respect copyright.PENANAdXrOC5gr5d
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."668Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8kLATy9tZ
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.668Please respect copyright.PENANAIi3kDPD9H0
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."668Please respect copyright.PENANAYLztL4GW1E
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANA0nJkXER4nC
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."668Please respect copyright.PENANA43TW9N8oGF
I gave Lee a sad smile 668Please respect copyright.PENANA4fmPnXZJah
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt668Please respect copyright.PENANAi4VSbbp4Nw
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 668Please respect copyright.PENANA0bLof6dozF
your life. Like suicide.668Please respect copyright.PENANA9qvf61UCyt
We started our way 668Please respect copyright.PENANAT5sSQedR6J
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 668Please respect copyright.PENANAOiCKuQFq34
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 668Please respect copyright.PENANA1IUpciYXGu
and my jean trousers. Nothing.668Please respect copyright.PENANA3s8W9c1v4y
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."668Please respect copyright.PENANAmxBncs7z4U
I quickly ran out of the668Please respect copyright.PENANA9kKnEYlISZ
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 668Please respect copyright.PENANATyIaBycuz3
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8yCjPldVGx
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 668Please respect copyright.PENANADFAq1kSERN
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could668Please respect copyright.PENANANYT6xOdGW6
check for it inside.668Please respect copyright.PENANAXoH7xMxvUU
When I got to the 668Please respect copyright.PENANA1Yl4HPBGmy
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 668Please respect copyright.PENANAKvqBXdfxi4
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I668Please respect copyright.PENANAt7d8ercbvK
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were668Please respect copyright.PENANA3YZIWqn3ir
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 668Please respect copyright.PENANAPxPlprm3VU
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 668Please respect copyright.PENANA6LATcTfaO0
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 668Please respect copyright.PENANADMJhw8i20e
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.668Please respect copyright.PENANAq8D1zkKfPg
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAc5SIdXIM9s
"Seriously, I can sue 668Please respect copyright.PENANAid62Ve0p50
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so668Please respect copyright.PENANAoerlBeWAgG
fast. I never even heard him coming.668Please respect copyright.PENANAdoySNczolq
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.668Please respect copyright.PENANAUABnGFLiPC
"You're not my bodyguard668Please respect copyright.PENANAvqMSAhkAOv
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAdyyzTLXCwZ
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."668Please respect copyright.PENANAFELIsAv9QK
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.668Please respect copyright.PENANAYoRPZ7A0G3
I blushed. "You know about that?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAnZue3s9XjV
"Everyone knows you have668Please respect copyright.PENANAjw666MekLT
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxwG7XscOT0
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."668Please respect copyright.PENANAA1cBjPj43H
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."668Please respect copyright.PENANAy9GAPjwZbX
"Looks like I did the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAomKeAh7fRV
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 668Please respect copyright.PENANAHM68ZPKvCm
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."668Please respect copyright.PENANA8XpulWacw7
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.668Please respect copyright.PENANAHcIil8AsFX
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.668Please respect copyright.PENANAjkQcPPO9sn
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."668Please respect copyright.PENANAII0lBCkQPd
"And because you're a 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQZSQl2HOKx
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might668Please respect copyright.PENANABDAfkmQ3nf
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAnpZyLRtrkM
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."668Please respect copyright.PENANAfAx3QIXpIq
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."668Please respect copyright.PENANAll0K2I0yWg
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.668Please respect copyright.PENANAWxwMGhty0V
"Can you at least tell 668Please respect copyright.PENANAIUzMp1riN0
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator668Please respect copyright.PENANAPG9xuZeN8N
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.668Please respect copyright.PENANAJ45BoRyzu7
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.668Please respect copyright.PENANAj6R9qj6za6
"What dramatic effect?" 668Please respect copyright.PENANABnPSDR8AcY
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 668Please respect copyright.PENANAArqYcH4YMn
came closer. I took a warning step back.668Please respect copyright.PENANA72zVzIYKE7
"If you hadn't followed 668Please respect copyright.PENANA2SoYOsp7is
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 668Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ1lKxBSYY
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference668Please respect copyright.PENANA8O3uRWpGKn
room."668Please respect copyright.PENANAl5cp8Iqkp5
"What surprise?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAyJZAwXqh90
The elevator stopped and668Please respect copyright.PENANA67X44aWnph
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 668Please respect copyright.PENANATyXn7uHP0r
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the668Please respect copyright.PENANAXORzVua4Uw
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAx9vBH6M4sw
Seunghoon and I stepped out.668Please respect copyright.PENANAtEaN3iAtB8
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.668Please respect copyright.PENANAlcCFsR3k0B
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.668Please respect copyright.PENANA3yamjzhorM
"I already have a guess," I said.668Please respect copyright.PENANAK9U1D4D5Ld
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.668Please respect copyright.PENANACh8mRvZXwV
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."668Please respect copyright.PENANAsZf4hp747S
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.668Please respect copyright.PENANAuO8tEM8j6b
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANA0CmJRqGH6B
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.668Please respect copyright.PENANAJy3UaXO0vN
When we reached the 668Please respect copyright.PENANANUJrU1SlAk
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 668Please respect copyright.PENANA4UYIaDUm4B
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmDT5EASMiS
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.668Please respect copyright.PENANAU2VuL7WOOZ
In the conference room 668Please respect copyright.PENANAMSOablJ0FL
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 668Please respect copyright.PENANAXw6FTiochE
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office668Please respect copyright.PENANAa1xWsOfO9e
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 668Please respect copyright.PENANAyY28uwmWZI
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 668Please respect copyright.PENANAFp4GDzmiey
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 668Please respect copyright.PENANATIgaw4JsUH
though I did my best not to show it.668Please respect copyright.PENANAmxMejZ3zj5
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.668Please respect copyright.PENANAsEa1WjKxcb
I looked to the opposite668Please respect copyright.PENANAKMgP1nPHMY
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 668Please respect copyright.PENANAYk499c2bYo
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 668Please respect copyright.PENANAiUEUjC3XLP
turned their backs to us facing the wall.668Please respect copyright.PENANAe0tO6bjyER
"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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAFHuoorXf5l
G-Dragon quickly turned 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQJph4Fypf4
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 668Please respect copyright.PENANAYTQmzJ0NEz
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.668Please respect copyright.PENANA61hkJAVhtS
"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?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAqK6RBpR7eu
"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.668Please respect copyright.PENANA63TholFHqL
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAu85WSv8kQm
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAknGsWqBh4P
"Wait," said Lisa who 668Please respect copyright.PENANAPbRdUGWxq1
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused668Please respect copyright.PENANA2Sp9jq23gn
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"668Please respect copyright.PENANALbktPgZayX
"It felt simple and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAWNXPkzWElR
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 668Please respect copyright.PENANAUFMi9UKocm
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 668Please respect copyright.PENANAXaLPK6xsrn
with G-Dragon today."668Please respect copyright.PENANArLf6mzdXRJ
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."668Please respect copyright.PENANA3DKMGKDeMc
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 668Please respect copyright.PENANARc2c54hm5J
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."668Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2pY10xqUI
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.668Please respect copyright.PENANAAoa5rVVclM
"Ya, I know I'm a 668Please respect copyright.PENANAkIFVKFOw7H
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 668Please respect copyright.PENANADFVoaHG6yu
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."668Please respect copyright.PENANABIibD15tC1
"If you mean us getting 668Please respect copyright.PENANASRcRXfp0ZU
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAUSvzRED88h
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxfPg0edk92
by coincidence."668Please respect copyright.PENANAieWQmiRy6J
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."668Please respect copyright.PENANAZurV8ZfDUv
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.668Please respect copyright.PENANAJX0Mlrdimu
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAorPDBE8lRi
The rest of the BTW crew668Please respect copyright.PENANAmr3AqlbiFe
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 668Please respect copyright.PENANAdNKw4xR0cI
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.668Please respect copyright.PENANAxWVrOZs88z
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.668Please respect copyright.PENANAfIdYIoKrh7
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."668Please respect copyright.PENANAWfqbhbK83y
"Hold up," said Zoey who668Please respect copyright.PENANAFPu3uCYdU8
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 668Please respect copyright.PENANAOylhPxoECb
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAui5xiJiI5I
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.668Please respect copyright.PENANALB4mZcmDR6
"Told you we'll 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmHDihkOZfo
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear668Please respect copyright.PENANAZKmQjkwz4y
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.668Please respect copyright.PENANAaXdYqp4LWm
"But is he going to do 668Please respect copyright.PENANAeHE6JSguAR
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQBfcx4Ftm2
didn't really meet by coincidence."668Please respect copyright.PENANABOhEOszFI0
There was silence in the668Please respect copyright.PENANAEADW260oL0
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 668Please respect copyright.PENANASFomBkC6ft
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 668Please respect copyright.PENANA6dNUhlIapi
planning to do.668Please respect copyright.PENANAplBcLad8Wx
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.668Please respect copyright.PENANA4C4dPflD8S
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAKGMHVkEpQV
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.668Please respect copyright.PENANAYfnftCupSE
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.668Please respect copyright.PENANAd2N5pK5fqg
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.668Please respect copyright.PENANA3FUsuqLDKx
"And also because he's 668Please respect copyright.PENANAoO44Mb9XHZ
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 668Please respect copyright.PENANAICNimrtpMK
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."668Please respect copyright.PENANA1t7KKSIKhh
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAJDPmkclv4h
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAKXQVaNO40z
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.668Please respect copyright.PENANAXOUGoLGeux
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAPrN3MRKQFl
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAdXPGTnBJLL
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.668Please respect copyright.PENANA3mfI8ngKdW
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."668Please respect copyright.PENANAZzookOWIzu
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAGN7dCvOgam
G-Dragon smiled. He had 668Please respect copyright.PENANAldHul6NExf
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 668Please respect copyright.PENANAEGd0VuhtU7
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to668Please respect copyright.PENANAPdfTdza3Xd
deal with G-Dragon instead.668Please respect copyright.PENANABNTmepmPhG
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAm6BH9L4DPA
"What do you want?" I asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAfvQdEJEHAV
G-Dragon looked at me as668Please respect copyright.PENANAoOPOffIPB9
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 668Please respect copyright.PENANAf3RRs1qeKC
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I668Please respect copyright.PENANAZRkJAkpuBF
came to any conclusions.668Please respect copyright.PENANA13wIzMKkq3
"To make things clear 668Please respect copyright.PENANACPnWyK3FLu
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a668Please respect copyright.PENANAld0ipXLQnt
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 668Please respect copyright.PENANAaaYHFCOOOD
thinking about doing the same thing."668Please respect copyright.PENANAX9oM57EubW
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7hwiHYbVi
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."668Please respect copyright.PENANA7syCiP0cGK
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."668Please respect copyright.PENANAxZp3TnQwhu
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.668Please respect copyright.PENANA2KzKmpZHyv
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.668Please respect copyright.PENANAsnltbwCABw
"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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAOndYXBJQPu
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.668Please respect copyright.PENANAbA9nWFo2JH
"All's fair in love and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxdvDRxRcE0
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 668Please respect copyright.PENANAnFK8Cc8y5b
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8SJjw1NqUO
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."668Please respect copyright.PENANAcJL4BDn5bU
"Come on," Christine 668Please respect copyright.PENANAoJTl98CFaY
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 668Please respect copyright.PENANAn0oadTABI0
won't be here for long and you know it."668Please respect copyright.PENANAe4UZTDvBmR
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."668Please respect copyright.PENANAvolZf17fHq
"BTW is nothing but a 668Please respect copyright.PENANATnqabgEN0o
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 668Please respect copyright.PENANAtPdoz6qiAe
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."668Please respect copyright.PENANAdGsmwEabgK
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.668Please respect copyright.PENANA7NRoIZDUzS
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."668Please respect copyright.PENANArsGHmtkssJ
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.668Please respect copyright.PENANAmd2G4qMMez
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.668Please respect copyright.PENANAwPo3x3RhSu
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.668Please respect copyright.PENANAG6LxPbXbWJ
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.668Please respect copyright.PENANA9SOt0ZNcQT
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.668Please respect copyright.PENANAtniVGDJ08k
"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.668Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0VUvzWbRF
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAUVMcW0wnmz
Upon saying that, the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAuGFkJXGJ0Z
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 668Please respect copyright.PENANAGnPlYC3yrX
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 668Please respect copyright.PENANABVXOttQudM
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 668Please respect copyright.PENANACT0ZEMzjpX
seated stood up.668Please respect copyright.PENANAGhqX0irXuM
I gulped. I hope the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAynsTXjeTdR
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where668Please respect copyright.PENANATKErNlSVFw
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.668Please respect copyright.PENANA4z84tNy5BA
The two managers had 668Please respect copyright.PENANAJQeUcqvkZS
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 668Please respect copyright.PENANA27rPkzD0wb
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 668Please respect copyright.PENANATFrzroRXU9
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 668Please respect copyright.PENANApGZovmMBi5
is wrong.668Please respect copyright.PENANAVQ8Oyivx3h
"Good that you're all 668Please respect copyright.PENANA4QRjChLTOs
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAUug0tI7wLy
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."668Please respect copyright.PENANAvXNqZn5OYU
I have always hated it 668Please respect copyright.PENANAYoJKfMZ0aE
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 668Please respect copyright.PENANANTMVvQoSjc
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 668Please respect copyright.PENANAtwc31qRWQP
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really668Please respect copyright.PENANAtlK2hMOMAG
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 668Please respect copyright.PENANANH2kJb7F9x
their seats.668Please respect copyright.PENANAq7C44wn0PO
The two managers and Lee668Please respect copyright.PENANAGLZX9SRwy6
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 668Please respect copyright.PENANAL6aFK3VE6G
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit668Please respect copyright.PENANAdAHAHAdeum
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 668Please respect copyright.PENANA9ie7LGHLyG
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I668Please respect copyright.PENANAeR5kBm7I57
was.668Please respect copyright.PENANAevficKZp6g
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."668Please respect copyright.PENANAy9W7y2eo54
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."668Please respect copyright.PENANA8rX6BmXZxz
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.668Please respect copyright.PENANAM8WOH6iWPH
Zoey sighed loudly in 668Please respect copyright.PENANAN9G11BoyTT
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 668Please respect copyright.PENANAagVdB3K5UD
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAwXivxXRVFD
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a668Please respect copyright.PENANALnLsDzeeZ6
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 668Please respect copyright.PENANAMrW2tdPASz
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."668Please respect copyright.PENANABsWfIVmNz0
The two managers 668Please respect copyright.PENANArb3PHUlN2j
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 668Please respect copyright.PENANASrEUJzYIID
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 668Please respect copyright.PENANARx3Yas6dph
That was so not cool.668Please respect copyright.PENANAABHhnLyw1b
"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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAFtEK7FE3sO
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.668Please respect copyright.PENANAgik559rG7i
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.668Please respect copyright.PENANAwAfzH9hnvY
My ears perked up when 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8FQlckHNho
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 668Please respect copyright.PENANAFTpYsFpzht
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?668Please respect copyright.PENANACmm0NzG1xY
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAjtFqVBmWfM
"We heard you outside 668Please respect copyright.PENANAKuPbdaulD6
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 668Please respect copyright.PENANAzwZUwSWkO7
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.668Please respect copyright.PENANAOi9WjPJdH3
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.668Please respect copyright.PENANA4a2OjP0uiX
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.668Please respect copyright.PENANAaE9Uenai5i
"Yes, Sam. For real," 668Please respect copyright.PENANAHSHTN9X2bo
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 668Please respect copyright.PENANAECxJmUmPaT
through further scrutiny about this decision."668Please respect copyright.PENANAQI30zE8RBq
I smiled. Even if they 668Please respect copyright.PENANAqIlsGx9eFH
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 668Please respect copyright.PENANAo00oaiPwNp
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.668Please respect copyright.PENANAKIIG9T7neh
There was an exciting 668Please respect copyright.PENANACwcUKwbHit
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 668Please respect copyright.PENANAfbBInYcUWy
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 668Please respect copyright.PENANAuUSqyvyv1i
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 668Please respect copyright.PENANANi6CJu2jJD
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 668Please respect copyright.PENANALC0dHt5o06
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.668Please respect copyright.PENANAXKCHHBe2PO
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANArXinSnmpRp
I turned to my other 668Please respect copyright.PENANA5hes7Ylnqp
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmec9ZSpwSm
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 668Please respect copyright.PENANAvDPGoGfAYJ
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 668Please respect copyright.PENANAD7uIRjctA4
now, didn't matter.668Please respect copyright.PENANAxH6p3yhsWR
"You heard them when 668Please respect copyright.PENANAw0ZytQf6Sb
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8BWDxOLmfy
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."668Please respect copyright.PENANAM95aGZVh6V
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.668Please respect copyright.PENANA4tycR2Q84Q
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.668Please respect copyright.PENANAWymWnDOcW8
"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.668Please respect copyright.PENANAuvi8gsZ61k
This time it was me, or I668Please respect copyright.PENANA3EctD8Me5I
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 668Please respect copyright.PENANAk0PAuSIjqN
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 668Please respect copyright.PENANAZeIJh53J4B
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 668Please respect copyright.PENANA71WyB8EWZP
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 668Please respect copyright.PENANAhtIpSgotqJ
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him668Please respect copyright.PENANA9erXKvAQ91
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxhqnJ0NSpi
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 668Please respect copyright.PENANAzVuK2AIZgi
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.668Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ms0kf0jMM
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.668Please respect copyright.PENANAEy13ittgzt
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.668Please respect copyright.PENANAVyM2aQbOgT
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."668Please respect copyright.PENANA2cZWqTotIE
"We all agree," said Daniel.668Please respect copyright.PENANAF7oO3XWkvP
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."668Please respect copyright.PENANAvp4x25ls8d
"But just because it 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8cQEd3yiSF
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 668Please respect copyright.PENANAtxD0jiGipQ
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.668Please respect copyright.PENANAQpuDQYO69u
"Okay, so that's settled668Please respect copyright.PENANABtt3yjDNGO
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 668Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3OVQ7iiga
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make668Please respect copyright.PENANAhHuwUwePK7
BTW official."668Please respect copyright.PENANA1xUeQeVfPr
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAaxc4e1B07J
I noticed that most of 668Please respect copyright.PENANASQwLRikkTy
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQF5tPDcrSE
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQU84dWeqf5
when she looked at me and I grinned.668Please respect copyright.PENANAdXWRDEjNvv
"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."668Please respect copyright.PENANA6us5DM6VP3
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.668Please respect copyright.PENANAYUjyEu12SZ
"Before we make BTW 668Please respect copyright.PENANAFw3GPCrE5g
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 668Please respect copyright.PENANACacBWL93D0
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 668Please respect copyright.PENANAsK05vTbMiw
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxLLammclKK
low for a while. Is that good?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAYQzGXDHMra
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."668Please respect copyright.PENANAx5Zih0aS3W
"That's fair enough," 668Please respect copyright.PENANAVhM3kSbS0x
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 668Please respect copyright.PENANAFAJCEHaAa5
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to668Please respect copyright.PENANAXJWcp3pM9G
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQ70A39ytee
so."668Please respect copyright.PENANAlFe6tPJgDY
"So you want to crush 668Please respect copyright.PENANALKfUs7xSgC
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I668Please respect copyright.PENANA5mFQGyIH6V
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 668Please respect copyright.PENANAwfIA8HzWTw
strategy."668Please respect copyright.PENANARBxe1gu0yg
"Then if all is well and668Please respect copyright.PENANA2iVCYzcz2m
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 668Please respect copyright.PENANAwaH1jTvcIX
updated and not a word on social media."668Please respect copyright.PENANAQqMUhfghrU
I stood up from my seat 668Please respect copyright.PENANAfr5Gc951Pz
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAeXc0pUDSrp
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 668Please respect copyright.PENANAA3AC4YzI9k
walk out, I stopped them.668Please respect copyright.PENANAaAaZ7z3K9L
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.668Please respect copyright.PENANATWTLfJeIuO
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAlUtIduOcaw
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."668Please respect copyright.PENANAv6XQ0aV1Q1
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.668Please respect copyright.PENANAeuPNBCZmRM
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.668Please respect copyright.PENANA059iLM3Utg
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.668Please respect copyright.PENANAwPIBd8D2JB
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 668Please respect copyright.PENANAuY7vdIvxji
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a668Please respect copyright.PENANANXMgRocRDW
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.668Please respect copyright.PENANAZnvUGgWiRQ
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"668Please respect copyright.PENANA5SAq9cCM9C
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.668Please respect copyright.PENANAyjuus9iUl5
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.668Please respect copyright.PENANAk6ZZIxNSge
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.668Please respect copyright.PENANAEj7nxPaXZg
"This is like the best 668Please respect copyright.PENANAGaryGWFyHM
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 668Please respect copyright.PENANAzyz0zQ8BNA
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."668Please respect copyright.PENANA8ph7uPA3Wz
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.668Please respect copyright.PENANAjG0nA8DQHJ
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."668Please respect copyright.PENANAU38pwRxUKt
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.668Please respect copyright.PENANA0ffoXC7q2I
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."668Please respect copyright.PENANA7vaNW8stQU
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAWAzzbEYY98
"I knew there was a 668Please respect copyright.PENANAU5w15nwGtJ
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"668Please respect copyright.PENANAZfJiUW4x9o
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 668Please respect copyright.PENANAgG8Lg6UidK
G-Dragon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAIirTLyemyA
"You knew?" Christine asked.668Please respect copyright.PENANAJr2podJpxK
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."668Please respect copyright.PENANAsVGyqe7CJw
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."668Please respect copyright.PENANAyvprSekh0y
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.668Please respect copyright.PENANAsh98mSGTzh
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.668Please respect copyright.PENANATZhJWXJ77c
"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.668Please respect copyright.PENANAYceXNXp2cr
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"668Please respect copyright.PENANAQIirbZmu4x
"Well, you guys can tell668Please respect copyright.PENANA1XIUtAUbCk
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 668Please respect copyright.PENANAufFJMpySkv
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 668Please respect copyright.PENANAMEZmFR7dNk
aren't going to go into the same car."668Please respect copyright.PENANAtKR3UPCyTK
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAlKmxbDgKNW
Everyone else started to668Please respect copyright.PENANAVy27ohkK04
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and668Please respect copyright.PENANAsvXZbZ7WT2
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 668Please respect copyright.PENANALBlk0kIP3U
only G-Dragon and I.668Please respect copyright.PENANAAX0Y6K57FV
"I'm mad at you," I started.668Please respect copyright.PENANAvYWdzbbzNv
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."668Please respect copyright.PENANA7wjcbyCxq2
"Save it." I held my 668Please respect copyright.PENANA0furRwatrj
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 668Please respect copyright.PENANAwgApEB8qv9
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 668Please respect copyright.PENANAGQzfFqwMWG
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up668Please respect copyright.PENANASKBQ2hEVMi
a war again."668Please respect copyright.PENANAAvdWcwDzfQ
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."668Please respect copyright.PENANAPFSSuOKm6C
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."668Please respect copyright.PENANAf5IRKQlopL
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."668Please respect copyright.PENANA3PTgYIfDyT
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."668Please respect copyright.PENANA3pRfHmTQmR
G-Dragon looked at me 668Please respect copyright.PENANAoWyU0WeW6P
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 668Please respect copyright.PENANA1sTXHcqstm
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 668Please respect copyright.PENANAkRJ05GKqxw
stab in the heart.668Please respect copyright.PENANAxUCpq9oezb
"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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAPDb127fHki
"You know, the others 668Please respect copyright.PENANAhNIGvdVMDg
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 668Please respect copyright.PENANAuI7KzR5aXy
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out668Please respect copyright.PENANAuM9VGWZQ89
with WINNER yesterday."668Please respect copyright.PENANAOMy2rGXWPp
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."668Please respect copyright.PENANAFs6B3dCJws
I nodded my head. What I668Please respect copyright.PENANAK5aqQ2Psyc
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 668Please respect copyright.PENANABsKhm41N3L
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but668Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2G9dHd8Jv
of Seunghoon and I.668Please respect copyright.PENANAeRwQjbmAtO
"You know you and I can 668Please respect copyright.PENANAGCjQYeo5Cq
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAhYXhI9ChVz
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest668Please respect copyright.PENANAOFKtlwR6d2
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 668Please respect copyright.PENANAxnpsYBXhKq
down the rocks."668Please respect copyright.PENANAYzzOPzukYC
I headed for the door 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2Cihi87Fb
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 668Please respect copyright.PENANAyb2Qtrmubt
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood668Please respect copyright.PENANAS0Knt6KRh3
Zoey, waiting.668Please respect copyright.PENANAFBzne4f1Bw
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.668Please respect copyright.PENANAqSMYbiPE3J
"I sure hope so," I said668Please respect copyright.PENANAdZPFzW9sJp
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 668Please respect copyright.PENANAaZuBmsYEBg
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.668Please respect copyright.PENANApslsBpCSc7
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."668Please respect copyright.PENANAsoZtxU5yrd
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.668Please respect copyright.PENANARCQDbCmAoW
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.668Please respect copyright.PENANAptlXoKLtWM
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.668Please respect copyright.PENANAO07ngKzT65
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."668Please respect copyright.PENANAKCsCqo0CVy
"You know computers are 668Please respect copyright.PENANA3W3ncBKcjl
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do668Please respect copyright.PENANAgwiFZ3apiV
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 668Please respect copyright.PENANAoO1YscHJQU
supposed to."668Please respect copyright.PENANAXorHw5Xwys
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."668Please respect copyright.PENANAouZvQtN3Pj
I smiled. "You always call me that."668Please respect copyright.PENANAmJXnDNiUXz
"Ya, because you're smart too."668Please respect copyright.PENANA7gWldlUuSf
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.668Please respect copyright.PENANA6gddOIeE9i
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.668Please respect copyright.PENANAxBIguCdstQ
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."668Please respect copyright.PENANAYO4ooCekkV
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"668Please respect copyright.PENANANjhHPjsCEg
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.668Please respect copyright.PENANA6gRG1cEepU
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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