
Hanging out at Times 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPNUWHsJ5ru
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from545Please respect copyright.PENANAiPrkxvb1K9
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 545Please respect copyright.PENANAVBx6n7JFpY
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.545Please respect copyright.PENANAyU4ol74ayx
But that didn't matter. 545Please respect copyright.PENANA1ahC6fNIXa
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 545Please respect copyright.PENANAUrTfVORBbf
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 545Please respect copyright.PENANAVlaTBSQGso
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 545Please respect copyright.PENANATNJ6s311Mu
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 545Please respect copyright.PENANAx70MpSsaAf
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 545Please respect copyright.PENANAWUNDx8FG0t
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 545Please respect copyright.PENANATEPFIKYmWH
actually played around with the adorable kids.545Please respect copyright.PENANAQsJipb9XTg
There were plenty of 545Please respect copyright.PENANA6Hn0bIFHgj
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 545Please respect copyright.PENANAv3TyUt5sTO
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the545Please respect copyright.PENANAZLLNW6NR8L
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 545Please respect copyright.PENANAH3NIR8O6mk
fans too.545Please respect copyright.PENANAOedcyEjVEI
The time we were done 545Please respect copyright.PENANA3N9kYW7aYU
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 545Please respect copyright.PENANAff5Q2UtiVu
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 545Please respect copyright.PENANALO8pNGcl44
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What545Please respect copyright.PENANAsuzCJAxTAa
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 545Please respect copyright.PENANAK8lPswC4Qy
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 545Please respect copyright.PENANAfZFCSoHS47
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 545Please respect copyright.PENANAV3rFHZD4Ps
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 545Please respect copyright.PENANAg6jzi9KtLt
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 545Please respect copyright.PENANAi16iQNCPzM
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAYkRskzlJsh
previous day, of course.545Please respect copyright.PENANAUfhT39Desy
As much as the managers 545Please respect copyright.PENANAAIjhqnAzi7
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 545Please respect copyright.PENANAiUKS7kacSL
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without545Please respect copyright.PENANAjrLYdD7a7A
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 545Please respect copyright.PENANAjOhOOLTlK4
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.545Please respect copyright.PENANAJAdDgzc6OR
Right now, this very 545Please respect copyright.PENANAzftZL5upd5
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 545Please respect copyright.PENANADZ9m38Cm1O
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 545Please respect copyright.PENANAd771EUj1N6
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 545Please respect copyright.PENANABQwQX3dtnz
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 545Please respect copyright.PENANABIVXr029Do
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 545Please respect copyright.PENANArT4RpYLyii
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8DxyeO6q1T
and I just couldn't take it.545Please respect copyright.PENANAN5QPg6ch5m
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.545Please respect copyright.PENANAEXWLcgXRkg
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.545Please respect copyright.PENANARhwKKHlYlQ
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANADAYXG42rsx
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.545Please respect copyright.PENANArkHEtjtKqa
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.545Please respect copyright.PENANA2gQY1dEfvS
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."545Please respect copyright.PENANAoxGtTiuoGb
"I thought you said your plan would work."545Please respect copyright.PENANAIb6wi01tzs
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."545Please respect copyright.PENANAvCms3FrhAk
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA5hP4LNVwmA
I felt like slapping my 545Please respect copyright.PENANA12aVrwKYc2
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.545Please respect copyright.PENANANfbasfOgKl
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 545Please respect copyright.PENANALkzMDqg03b
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 545Please respect copyright.PENANAybTFD0iXzm
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 545Please respect copyright.PENANAdPR9t6ZXA2
off.545Please respect copyright.PENANAENbyMvVUnJ
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."545Please respect copyright.PENANAnIZXtYk64m
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.545Please respect copyright.PENANA6xn8Y79t9G
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."545Please respect copyright.PENANAxHL6USgWz5
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAoB8KuTox6e
I shrugged. She read my 545Please respect copyright.PENANA6YIe9ho9FJ
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 545Please respect copyright.PENANAe9LqbdFESH
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 545Please respect copyright.PENANAqoeLTpdQ2y
me the whole time."545Please respect copyright.PENANA3GcScE48Sg
I sat down on my bed as 545Please respect copyright.PENANA93DYYWzYBI
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I545Please respect copyright.PENANAVyNKN6Om6P
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.545Please respect copyright.PENANA5qbGISqXOH
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.545Please respect copyright.PENANAwN8k6Rka6o
"Gosh, you really should545Please respect copyright.PENANAq6u00OXtoC
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 545Please respect copyright.PENANAf5XDyJjgxp
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 545Please respect copyright.PENANA7sQsxxms6i
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really545Please respect copyright.PENANAdRu0YEoM7S
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."545Please respect copyright.PENANAa5aChy18J2
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."545Please respect copyright.PENANAAtaTYSxCkI
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.545Please respect copyright.PENANARVYp3gejXa
"Mike is annoying 545Please respect copyright.PENANAx8VTDq5Hmm
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 545Please respect copyright.PENANA2pf6pabi9u
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."545Please respect copyright.PENANAmht1Zkf9qt
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."545Please respect copyright.PENANARcqZYBCwiF
"You're right. I should burn him instead."545Please respect copyright.PENANA9ntcrN4WMe
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."545Please respect copyright.PENANALENpQ7qN8p
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.545Please respect copyright.PENANABXUvdHT3W4
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.545Please respect copyright.PENANA7wSrzIPPxc
"Sorry, but just so you 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8kNWzeHgM8
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 545Please respect copyright.PENANAKBaQdT6ZwS
that pic of you and him together."545Please respect copyright.PENANAt0yFEoWhYS
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.545Please respect copyright.PENANAWiFABAEpd7
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."545Please respect copyright.PENANAT6AHAnf2oR
I blushed and at the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAzpAOFHvVvO
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 545Please respect copyright.PENANAWEOkhWUXD6
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 545Please respect copyright.PENANA2YmjWWBh47
other hidden agenda.545Please respect copyright.PENANAC6LIEipOFI
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.545Please respect copyright.PENANAGURekqxho1
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."545Please respect copyright.PENANAG6xB02ivdn
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."545Please respect copyright.PENANAS1UWyuWQEq
I sighed in surrender. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAeTTWLRYrOc
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 545Please respect copyright.PENANA2cZPMDU9rn
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 545Please respect copyright.PENANAOcbzMsMIlz
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."545Please respect copyright.PENANA3fd0sGhWik
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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAvXdLiJaQyt
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."545Please respect copyright.PENANAHK4BnioL2n
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."545Please respect copyright.PENANAEP2f7GNf2H
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAi3LJ3jz0MP
Zoey had an excited look545Please respect copyright.PENANAcQe1muEwoM
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 545Please respect copyright.PENANAXtgiiaHd6a
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 545Please respect copyright.PENANAkkZzKg0p6n
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 545Please respect copyright.PENANAJoI5qDtgDQ
clearly show all over her face.545Please respect copyright.PENANAPHBAWLtOdu
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.545Please respect copyright.PENANAgDeF0ed348
I shook my head. "And?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAxwydWMKIUM
Zoey folded her arms, 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPQIMGexp9O
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 545Please respect copyright.PENANAciMqzbiqaa
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."545Please respect copyright.PENANAL04yUtJzFX
"Hold that thought. This545Please respect copyright.PENANApZcjNUG8U7
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us545Please respect copyright.PENANAOsa9F7CfDv
after Seunghoon posted that picture."545Please respect copyright.PENANAiFx95PGOrB
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."545Please respect copyright.PENANAK4Os52gGSd
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."545Please respect copyright.PENANA4DbesrJfG3
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.545Please respect copyright.PENANATK8Vwgj6sf
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.545Please respect copyright.PENANAevDfo5hVWl
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA2QZzE41trf
"Well, he hid in our closet."545Please respect copyright.PENANAt6R3D9rdnZ
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."545Please respect copyright.PENANAvV8ZR1i1HP
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA2Tog2Kzd3U
"Ya, why?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA113TUkNWDQ
"Looks like we just 545Please respect copyright.PENANAfURWqSIKhT
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 545Please respect copyright.PENANAWqIKFX0gNI
whom we consider perfect as our bias."545Please respect copyright.PENANAZo7w8CEG6c
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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAAgk7BhBa9l
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."545Please respect copyright.PENANAFlGfDXWgbq
"What do you mean? You 545Please respect copyright.PENANAdEGxWBN529
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 545Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6tX5KG5Zs
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAQVi3cwazHv
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."545Please respect copyright.PENANAOqUHNCG8ps
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAIQOK95qBlN
"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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAI5EeYTniM2
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"545Please respect copyright.PENANATacjoAGiPY
"I wanted to but I kept 545Please respect copyright.PENANARs4TAmrLX6
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 545Please respect copyright.PENANA4itzQyZQCt
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."545Please respect copyright.PENANAVc8kJZr35v
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.545Please respect copyright.PENANA7tL2cB35QX
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."545Please respect copyright.PENANAB57Fv1gYC9
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."545Please respect copyright.PENANAhE50fVaP0R
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAdm1M99W61C
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."545Please respect copyright.PENANA37tpyG1nq5
I quickly stood up and 545Please respect copyright.PENANANAnFf4idxV
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 545Please respect copyright.PENANAGvVz52ycmQ
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled545Please respect copyright.PENANATIxfF8wehd
her back.545Please respect copyright.PENANA1X9Ndr3mju
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.545Please respect copyright.PENANAaI6FnaiIBz
"Zoey, you're going to 545Please respect copyright.PENANAMdgEnusQRp
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 545Please respect copyright.PENANA1j10fu5dn7
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 545Please respect copyright.PENANAWs7smONlNA
own hair pink in the next ten years."545Please respect copyright.PENANA150u26sOJZ
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."545Please respect copyright.PENANAGvnzYohalU
"You're lying."545Please respect copyright.PENANAemveU8pdvm
"I'm telling the truth!"545Please respect copyright.PENANACVwHwntve0
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAfLqiV8ijYM
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZVWbNXJEH
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"545Please respect copyright.PENANABDu9b7Yg0H
"I can't tell you that."545Please respect copyright.PENANAkBsKqltO4d
"Why?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAvcWhPl1tZg
"Because it's 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8em6piN8Sb
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 545Please respect copyright.PENANATIdYVNNgd8
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"545Please respect copyright.PENANAHECURKy8Sd
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.545Please respect copyright.PENANAFVyRXwvRUW
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.545Please respect copyright.PENANAXLhPWsMArx
"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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAZbqa0p1jMy
"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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAyRGDDoLhtk
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."545Please respect copyright.PENANAmIhbxxjRp5
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANA0QBrOaLE6p
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."545Please respect copyright.PENANAVQhvjTsJ92
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."545Please respect copyright.PENANAvb0AbAiohZ
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."545Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZTenAeaom
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."545Please respect copyright.PENANA23ZiD2ZUDk
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."545Please respect copyright.PENANAXT6rrlmgoJ
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.545Please respect copyright.PENANAzJGFLLJ1Rk
I playfully rolled my 545Please respect copyright.PENANAw5D6wEqrrX
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee545Please respect copyright.PENANAwCS5llow1N
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 545Please respect copyright.PENANA4Hf8uolSM5
also looked worried.545Please respect copyright.PENANAPI2RgmOCfd
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.545Please respect copyright.PENANA9JtcnVcqDr
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.545Please respect copyright.PENANAMCSj396RQy
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.545Please respect copyright.PENANAMGzj9S3mbH
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.545Please respect copyright.PENANAluUMYowrB7
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAhfkeief7h2
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.545Please respect copyright.PENANArIkNigk9Hd
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.545Please respect copyright.PENANA0rpWk6Hzlq
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders545Please respect copyright.PENANAojYAKWX6ss
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAA996mQeXEz
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAnM5AFyYLdG
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."545Please respect copyright.PENANAMXJ857F2Ol
"Okay, first of all," 545Please respect copyright.PENANAsbjusfuvb9
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPNw9ml2gcu
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and545Please respect copyright.PENANABLCcNIQhtP
he wasn't mad at you."545Please respect copyright.PENANA9cQAAjji8M
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAjoLSwro4Jq
"That, he couldn't say."545Please respect copyright.PENANA7hb8UwTbe4
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.545Please respect copyright.PENANANEDORbWmBG
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."545Please respect copyright.PENANAXHSH9op5lW
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.545Please respect copyright.PENANAuYvR0ku7tI
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."545Please respect copyright.PENANAAy7LLVZ8er
Christine pressed the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAAAtUpb10eT
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 545Please respect copyright.PENANA3sLrwyxfBY
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 545Please respect copyright.PENANA37puX0jVWf
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 545Please respect copyright.PENANAc7MmMQkx3G
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 545Please respect copyright.PENANAJYP59KZT5F
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 545Please respect copyright.PENANAYFMP4fkLZc
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.545Please respect copyright.PENANAtITqDVcC1C
We got to YG right on 545Please respect copyright.PENANAexc3cfUvpF
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 545Please respect copyright.PENANAfpUuuoIZSb
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 545Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ04kLx4Mz
arrived a few seconds earlier.545Please respect copyright.PENANANe9VrCtq8o
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.545Please respect copyright.PENANAxc14vSOSm1
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."545Please respect copyright.PENANAMn08R3QRMn
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.545Please respect copyright.PENANAYhtdnYcKyW
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAzvbl5CXHej
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."545Please respect copyright.PENANAsCN8Asiteu
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.545Please respect copyright.PENANAZjlLhARTaI
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.545Please respect copyright.PENANAh4rS64KsiW
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAmyeMoQfTtj
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.545Please respect copyright.PENANAndthinhVuy
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."545Please respect copyright.PENANAndyeRibflF
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.545Please respect copyright.PENANA9pc9RNtqij
"There will be no such 545Please respect copyright.PENANAYoXVpV334o
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 545Please respect copyright.PENANAbuNkTZcNfi
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."545Please respect copyright.PENANAjcoRvAVMRN
"And you're making it 545Please respect copyright.PENANAjOpnsY72rp
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 545Please respect copyright.PENANAjiQUxYOhmG
pouted his lip and scratched his head.545Please respect copyright.PENANA8xZRZuZ7Px
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.545Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ifv5FVE3D
"Trust me, you don't 545Please respect copyright.PENANAgfkR8gXulD
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You545Please respect copyright.PENANApPOU6GvvIi
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."545Please respect copyright.PENANAQqyqzHFwDt
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANA4MGwuXTkkj
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."545Please respect copyright.PENANAqIfwWxpGlA
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.545Please respect copyright.PENANAFdnccCgT4K
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.545Please respect copyright.PENANAuOpjWh4fie
"Look, whether they are 545Please respect copyright.PENANAuM1S07VMQc
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 545Please respect copyright.PENANAzvojVRArvk
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 545Please respect copyright.PENANAkeHPci8IkU
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."545Please respect copyright.PENANAtxLwRrQsrE
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.545Please respect copyright.PENANAQC6kSsjDuh
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."545Please respect copyright.PENANARVGfTvL3hH
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANASHAnTV8rW4
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."545Please respect copyright.PENANAxsGvJVUdEq
I gave Lee a sad smile 545Please respect copyright.PENANADEQnIljUuw
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt545Please respect copyright.PENANAyRz1ZUbzFb
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 545Please respect copyright.PENANA3zSvkR1ZfA
your life. Like suicide.545Please respect copyright.PENANAvUTUKLCO1j
We started our way 545Please respect copyright.PENANAsumRKFjgjP
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 545Please respect copyright.PENANAMIaAvUPruE
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 545Please respect copyright.PENANAkb7sdY2WKL
and my jean trousers. Nothing.545Please respect copyright.PENANA7QrxMtJEaz
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."545Please respect copyright.PENANAJGw5t5J8FL
I quickly ran out of the545Please respect copyright.PENANACPEWE5KXai
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 545Please respect copyright.PENANAQ664va2WPg
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 545Please respect copyright.PENANAhh7c9NgPaT
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPskpGfUKid
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could545Please respect copyright.PENANAB2USdGj7wN
check for it inside.545Please respect copyright.PENANA5vd3rrB1Pb
When I got to the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAEQhhV6x4Za
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 545Please respect copyright.PENANACcVzunaqrD
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I545Please respect copyright.PENANAUegl5rEFop
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were545Please respect copyright.PENANAy2SF2zoBUs
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 545Please respect copyright.PENANAi0V87hEcgz
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAgJ5vLoB41X
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 545Please respect copyright.PENANAUnyTTG6tFz
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.545Please respect copyright.PENANAbnW9LQiMAF
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.545Please respect copyright.PENANAPnCGUKOWBW
"Seriously, I can sue 545Please respect copyright.PENANAGpNZvCCIMv
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so545Please respect copyright.PENANAQegcKxKfFO
fast. I never even heard him coming.545Please respect copyright.PENANA9UbV1EkcwM
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.545Please respect copyright.PENANAEpBvOT1dUT
"You're not my bodyguard545Please respect copyright.PENANAeWhxHWvwMU
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 545Please respect copyright.PENANAqU6I5RXdOX
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."545Please respect copyright.PENANA1UZpLNKXHl
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.545Please respect copyright.PENANA9V8kzv9lS6
I blushed. "You know about that?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAhRwcdau7ed
"Everyone knows you have545Please respect copyright.PENANAt2VEL2TCFw
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAeKpMTheVqB
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."545Please respect copyright.PENANAHrCrM5v7jc
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."545Please respect copyright.PENANA2cbkyZlq7d
"Looks like I did the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAlAj8goksQ9
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 545Please respect copyright.PENANA5Np9QdOsqa
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."545Please respect copyright.PENANAqyNL73n4FC
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.545Please respect copyright.PENANAurkbH4AsWD
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.545Please respect copyright.PENANAz3L8U8fIDH
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."545Please respect copyright.PENANAyGBkoLopOt
"And because you're a 545Please respect copyright.PENANA7zXyZOAM4n
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might545Please respect copyright.PENANAnA4fSeVPIl
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 545Please respect copyright.PENANAhmIQNJJdJg
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."545Please respect copyright.PENANArxnCkzkBby
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."545Please respect copyright.PENANAYf3LViYjot
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.545Please respect copyright.PENANABO0LkOTPdH
"Can you at least tell 545Please respect copyright.PENANAIPm0qFDoEe
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator545Please respect copyright.PENANAzqIGdTDD3A
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.545Please respect copyright.PENANA9zCrGpgGPr
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.545Please respect copyright.PENANACYBOwSZ19v
"What dramatic effect?" 545Please respect copyright.PENANAJb36eqBuoL
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 545Please respect copyright.PENANAqUyl1sBGnp
came closer. I took a warning step back.545Please respect copyright.PENANAXDemllLUHR
"If you hadn't followed 545Please respect copyright.PENANAfQVKZEH6Cl
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 545Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6l8kAgb9x
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference545Please respect copyright.PENANAOsQWA3QUeV
room."545Please respect copyright.PENANAAExzqK0sOi
"What surprise?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAMjhS6xNzOV
The elevator stopped and545Please respect copyright.PENANAaIVbNw13GQ
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAs9DnN7dj9b
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the545Please respect copyright.PENANASrJNhkMlOI
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 545Please respect copyright.PENANApKUz7if3PR
Seunghoon and I stepped out.545Please respect copyright.PENANAJIru9R72rT
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.545Please respect copyright.PENANAbee7WWn5Tt
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.545Please respect copyright.PENANAr3BICY3Hj1
"I already have a guess," I said.545Please respect copyright.PENANApLmKCwfspP
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.545Please respect copyright.PENANAOkOGnRdcHe
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."545Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9SLGmU7K2
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.545Please respect copyright.PENANARDoqpNcmEf
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAvCBZcEP198
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.545Please respect copyright.PENANAkx4iVNyhhA
When we reached the 545Please respect copyright.PENANA30Vcsr7joP
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 545Please respect copyright.PENANApnxj82J8Wf
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 545Please respect copyright.PENANAlUud5TqziN
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.545Please respect copyright.PENANALAWkI3lzlX
In the conference room 545Please respect copyright.PENANAOmqig4EwPa
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 545Please respect copyright.PENANA4GvizCS3tw
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office545Please respect copyright.PENANAa3WqIZJBpz
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 545Please respect copyright.PENANARug9fvjnjA
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 545Please respect copyright.PENANAebDYWhqlVz
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 545Please respect copyright.PENANADGzcYIxPrd
though I did my best not to show it.545Please respect copyright.PENANA3HT1APeVbN
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.545Please respect copyright.PENANAlQjn0zLwhl
I looked to the opposite545Please respect copyright.PENANAMtK0dZUpds
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 545Please respect copyright.PENANALDUYhozsdY
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 545Please respect copyright.PENANA4mV50xOR3y
turned their backs to us facing the wall.545Please respect copyright.PENANA6MVSvLSKJo
"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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAJC0DtRWywR
G-Dragon quickly turned 545Please respect copyright.PENANAzcDaTczQOW
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 545Please respect copyright.PENANA0BZQhHHxt0
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.545Please respect copyright.PENANATJBqh9owmu
"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?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAojn3LlQC0b
"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.545Please respect copyright.PENANABcpkeDtbYX
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAibgc30Z6sc
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.545Please respect copyright.PENANA6A7HvPBeD8
"Wait," said Lisa who 545Please respect copyright.PENANABGEA3RvCfh
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused545Please respect copyright.PENANAWt2MIm1JkR
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAFHmrL54Grj
"It felt simple and 545Please respect copyright.PENANAqApneQzFqE
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 545Please respect copyright.PENANAptN6DeeFYZ
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 545Please respect copyright.PENANAmqGvzKr9cy
with G-Dragon today."545Please respect copyright.PENANAND4PGzk4pD
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."545Please respect copyright.PENANANsb2ylcAPO
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 545Please respect copyright.PENANAC6zoalhGCL
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."545Please respect copyright.PENANAZFe9tv6dBY
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.545Please respect copyright.PENANA5rAe00EBLX
"Ya, I know I'm a 545Please respect copyright.PENANABymiL6N7ll
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 545Please respect copyright.PENANA01CnVgcTw0
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."545Please respect copyright.PENANA04SBt5yZZd
"If you mean us getting 545Please respect copyright.PENANAvU5d9iOTkX
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAL885QnpOkX
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 545Please respect copyright.PENANAAene1iAwnM
by coincidence."545Please respect copyright.PENANA6kjMg5x2qC
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."545Please respect copyright.PENANAqUJhVxxwcR
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.545Please respect copyright.PENANAQJumP8HsDd
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAnestd8sbnx
The rest of the BTW crew545Please respect copyright.PENANAzo0zvcUTD8
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 545Please respect copyright.PENANAFbE2C9qjRZ
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.545Please respect copyright.PENANAsh1tzhrhuF
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.545Please respect copyright.PENANA6ECBz3OTri
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."545Please respect copyright.PENANAl7tli3F1bk
"Hold up," said Zoey who545Please respect copyright.PENANAcTV9AWR7mL
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 545Please respect copyright.PENANAH2wnSzz0cl
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA2LUwStvZhp
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.545Please respect copyright.PENANAXwQ0fSTpNL
"Told you we'll 545Please respect copyright.PENANAZG8ieEhnWV
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear545Please respect copyright.PENANAaLb46QQW76
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.545Please respect copyright.PENANACxYQ55UnyJ
"But is he going to do 545Please respect copyright.PENANAnNFaqDgGk1
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 545Please respect copyright.PENANAO22cuxZqeU
didn't really meet by coincidence."545Please respect copyright.PENANAoOOG2a9jc6
There was silence in the545Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1OdHKI6Fw
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 545Please respect copyright.PENANACZKU0dNP83
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 545Please respect copyright.PENANAfNq7NRgGTw
planning to do.545Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1HpG0CGTK
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.545Please respect copyright.PENANAYgwDYKWvpk
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAQsrPW1WGCb
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.545Please respect copyright.PENANAyphAGvQYjk
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.545Please respect copyright.PENANA027KPKL7Cv
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.545Please respect copyright.PENANAHWzlVyDgXS
"And also because he's 545Please respect copyright.PENANAisHP5dpYuV
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 545Please respect copyright.PENANAAUKnoPdjIh
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."545Please respect copyright.PENANAOwq5FHLLP8
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.545Please respect copyright.PENANAD90Nc3Iyyb
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANA81iWQSXzxf
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.545Please respect copyright.PENANAFIA80N8gGO
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAi9PTpX8Zdv
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANA0JX8a0T0Ka
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.545Please respect copyright.PENANAeD0NCwDRkk
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."545Please respect copyright.PENANAQGbsGrY8Y3
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAWcjVkXCBDG
G-Dragon smiled. He had 545Please respect copyright.PENANAHlHTVMBX6J
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 545Please respect copyright.PENANAELh41vUI2N
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to545Please respect copyright.PENANAZDKgPrm084
deal with G-Dragon instead.545Please respect copyright.PENANA6sjtlOQobI
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.545Please respect copyright.PENANAfFo731nUVJ
"What do you want?" I asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAvurZrY7ZzX
G-Dragon looked at me as545Please respect copyright.PENANAWgupbSapoa
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 545Please respect copyright.PENANAvxHcC20yFi
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I545Please respect copyright.PENANAoiC0U5VKGu
came to any conclusions.545Please respect copyright.PENANAHM4m76p28i
"To make things clear 545Please respect copyright.PENANA3bYkXd7Pt7
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a545Please respect copyright.PENANAw2xN1blvOC
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8sst4kUGqg
thinking about doing the same thing."545Please respect copyright.PENANA3aQitOlT9y
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.545Please respect copyright.PENANAgmLnWIZCrX
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."545Please respect copyright.PENANAuwqX5Fyvk4
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."545Please respect copyright.PENANADr4KAz1pt7
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.545Please respect copyright.PENANAtM0JhWsyBu
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.545Please respect copyright.PENANAbcdBxavhQD
"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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAM1UY5W2epp
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.545Please respect copyright.PENANAncUcv6bwA2
"All's fair in love and 545Please respect copyright.PENANA41QXhRbUhj
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 545Please respect copyright.PENANAMoglAYEqfC
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 545Please respect copyright.PENANANyuedHe0pk
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."545Please respect copyright.PENANA5IwvEkjlGn
"Come on," Christine 545Please respect copyright.PENANAWjODYYuFus
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 545Please respect copyright.PENANAlYarDBlJaD
won't be here for long and you know it."545Please respect copyright.PENANAwZvvJxHSBS
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."545Please respect copyright.PENANAmHURqXDmmS
"BTW is nothing but a 545Please respect copyright.PENANAKITPc84Vvi
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 545Please respect copyright.PENANAXGnXOVxA9l
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."545Please respect copyright.PENANA73bGV7y7fI
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.545Please respect copyright.PENANAKAMlFCJE93
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."545Please respect copyright.PENANAiYNLP4PnaG
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.545Please respect copyright.PENANAUF68lVZCR5
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.545Please respect copyright.PENANAlmCMnZ7kLS
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.545Please respect copyright.PENANA58qE5qYSkX
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.545Please respect copyright.PENANAqGClRRvJHK
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.545Please respect copyright.PENANAXKs5jQDHYo
"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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAGwM7mUzAAZ
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.545Please respect copyright.PENANAck8fRHbnV0
Upon saying that, the 545Please respect copyright.PENANAu6xKwZmn4x
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 545Please respect copyright.PENANA2t7ZykDnP2
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 545Please respect copyright.PENANA7WZzx4k6KU
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 545Please respect copyright.PENANAXupOI1rPP8
seated stood up.545Please respect copyright.PENANAt8P8yuGF6B
I gulped. I hope the 545Please respect copyright.PENANA0tYrZmKAnE
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where545Please respect copyright.PENANAv2qGzJZw44
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.545Please respect copyright.PENANA3xWuVakYBW
The two managers had 545Please respect copyright.PENANA3V9AkRPJks
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 545Please respect copyright.PENANAUzEtZvkwWz
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 545Please respect copyright.PENANASXqOigyoE0
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 545Please respect copyright.PENANAoI48f6UPTY
is wrong.545Please respect copyright.PENANA8HuohYcyB6
"Good that you're all 545Please respect copyright.PENANAE36122svwY
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 545Please respect copyright.PENANAcZDaEf2X0S
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."545Please respect copyright.PENANATjqi1n14XC
I have always hated it 545Please respect copyright.PENANABL8vffaLNx
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 545Please respect copyright.PENANA1q02IaA8Yo
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 545Please respect copyright.PENANAA0CC5CZbfi
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really545Please respect copyright.PENANAXT2gXKLOta
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 545Please respect copyright.PENANAcGBB5Yq7Rb
their seats.545Please respect copyright.PENANAqAXytJHhq4
The two managers and Lee545Please respect copyright.PENANAJqHYjPoq54
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 545Please respect copyright.PENANA4QcSN8q6R5
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit545Please respect copyright.PENANAX9oHe7dYnD
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 545Please respect copyright.PENANAAv2VRzAW91
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I545Please respect copyright.PENANAZLQAmGjfNo
was.545Please respect copyright.PENANAokgqTcioa8
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."545Please respect copyright.PENANADOc901g2tN
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."545Please respect copyright.PENANAOMmAQyQu6A
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.545Please respect copyright.PENANAamSXLZeeN0
Zoey sighed loudly in 545Please respect copyright.PENANA85VKFfhgIK
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 545Please respect copyright.PENANAss1C5ECC3x
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 545Please respect copyright.PENANABliUsy7q2T
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a545Please respect copyright.PENANARuHDxxJr7u
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 545Please respect copyright.PENANAgrqdxpfNXl
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."545Please respect copyright.PENANALvv0ERQWKd
The two managers 545Please respect copyright.PENANAAr8Dnb3kZK
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 545Please respect copyright.PENANAV0SMuogoqx
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAAIKxB1ih43
That was so not cool.545Please respect copyright.PENANAScKr3ePgsq
"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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAFMty9Ah8iU
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.545Please respect copyright.PENANApTecsLi2Os
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.545Please respect copyright.PENANAKVJV34sloy
My ears perked up when 545Please respect copyright.PENANARCfYOqw9zO
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 545Please respect copyright.PENANAdJiOxw6rdu
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?545Please respect copyright.PENANAeMrGo76gPJ
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAGF3flUOukN
"We heard you outside 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8JHjVl5JeS
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 545Please respect copyright.PENANAkFFc7E0gDx
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.545Please respect copyright.PENANA9ccGbZXhUM
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.545Please respect copyright.PENANAUUd57teC6C
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.545Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZcrsZoqQc
"Yes, Sam. For real," 545Please respect copyright.PENANAap3wToGMdI
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 545Please respect copyright.PENANAL02KbWFnfg
through further scrutiny about this decision."545Please respect copyright.PENANAErW8BXMwKr
I smiled. Even if they 545Please respect copyright.PENANAbkNCNAgeeY
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 545Please respect copyright.PENANA4jZfNlC5LG
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.545Please respect copyright.PENANAkVEdsVrFBh
There was an exciting 545Please respect copyright.PENANAEdQVsIDH8N
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 545Please respect copyright.PENANAfyjDXcTUc6
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 545Please respect copyright.PENANAiPQuvjpA3M
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 545Please respect copyright.PENANAsnvlgRsCbF
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 545Please respect copyright.PENANA1QANYAuJaM
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.545Please respect copyright.PENANAvFTb9mopkq
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANA0LrTJbDPHj
I turned to my other 545Please respect copyright.PENANAnRMzDWxK5k
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 545Please respect copyright.PENANAcx2H76wsWI
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 545Please respect copyright.PENANAYenH2gfwSW
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 545Please respect copyright.PENANAYazj4uZKUW
now, didn't matter.545Please respect copyright.PENANAC6SlwaBzRQ
"You heard them when 545Please respect copyright.PENANArhFqqLpKDg
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 545Please respect copyright.PENANAeu9kMK4JXU
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."545Please respect copyright.PENANAYRmB6FT4hR
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.545Please respect copyright.PENANAirzJt6E6EF
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.545Please respect copyright.PENANA8bzn5bLbPs
"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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAaZNTXXPgJZ
This time it was me, or I545Please respect copyright.PENANAOiJ7X9Aa7E
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 545Please respect copyright.PENANAtm6FtDJx7T
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 545Please respect copyright.PENANAoRfYj8WWKn
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 545Please respect copyright.PENANABWG1fl0rMU
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPZysGDUw6k
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him545Please respect copyright.PENANAnCyzULwQZ8
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 545Please respect copyright.PENANA5J766J6yMi
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 545Please respect copyright.PENANA36n8D29p0l
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.545Please respect copyright.PENANAEowF5vbMA5
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.545Please respect copyright.PENANAmRd1ffZd6d
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.545Please respect copyright.PENANAmhX4B3PBIU
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."545Please respect copyright.PENANAoLR2aqy4aG
"We all agree," said Daniel.545Please respect copyright.PENANAtWyGGE6vkS
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."545Please respect copyright.PENANA1wCYwcv2HZ
"But just because it 545Please respect copyright.PENANACVLvdV97WX
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 545Please respect copyright.PENANA4NNkmlfgVO
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.545Please respect copyright.PENANApElwMcBnVv
"Okay, so that's settled545Please respect copyright.PENANAiqxdnzaNlY
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 545Please respect copyright.PENANAOLKBtaq5N0
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make545Please respect copyright.PENANAKY1lomBbix
BTW official."545Please respect copyright.PENANAVZuBzkRklG
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA1pIbRlYNu7
I noticed that most of 545Please respect copyright.PENANArvNwijbXy8
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 545Please respect copyright.PENANAmwwUBUvT8v
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8DjC6OWrsQ
when she looked at me and I grinned.545Please respect copyright.PENANANn5G6RvPRh
"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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAZVFrmgmkux
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.545Please respect copyright.PENANA1CrkFZu2Fe
"Before we make BTW 545Please respect copyright.PENANAEjAKHsiebB
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 545Please respect copyright.PENANA6KZKYZU4LT
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 545Please respect copyright.PENANAJR0L8XNHBT
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 545Please respect copyright.PENANAC0bNFBxWBQ
low for a while. Is that good?"545Please respect copyright.PENANA8UitifFQzE
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."545Please respect copyright.PENANA4KILC5FgJ3
"That's fair enough," 545Please respect copyright.PENANArT9HThlK2k
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 545Please respect copyright.PENANA18wfiEx721
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to545Please respect copyright.PENANAbSdRv2DfTq
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 545Please respect copyright.PENANA0rhY59DT6N
so."545Please respect copyright.PENANA4bo8Ws7drl
"So you want to crush 545Please respect copyright.PENANA29frjScYEK
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I545Please respect copyright.PENANAHxSNp4bNXl
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 545Please respect copyright.PENANArBe9dU3vJW
strategy."545Please respect copyright.PENANA0lofN4itqk
"Then if all is well and545Please respect copyright.PENANAkI48a3fhP0
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 545Please respect copyright.PENANAi5yn05AJcR
updated and not a word on social media."545Please respect copyright.PENANAlW88JDOu8L
I stood up from my seat 545Please respect copyright.PENANAwF5j2r4xlM
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 545Please respect copyright.PENANADlPsGIIFaN
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPElcJ2w64W
walk out, I stopped them.545Please respect copyright.PENANAoE2rYmrEi9
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.545Please respect copyright.PENANAMaRXilglN9
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAObpcaL0O5m
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."545Please respect copyright.PENANAJq9vtiMNju
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.545Please respect copyright.PENANAkp8dDPJskx
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.545Please respect copyright.PENANAchf0tlpnpz
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.545Please respect copyright.PENANAURf8t7FmTf
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 545Please respect copyright.PENANAkeIXjR6n7R
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a545Please respect copyright.PENANAAfZ3BLW2TQ
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.545Please respect copyright.PENANA3hbSpiIlgX
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"545Please respect copyright.PENANAbwF6wAv74W
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.545Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1261g5LLk
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.545Please respect copyright.PENANAZz6Exb0Pez
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.545Please respect copyright.PENANArYYn34eL2O
"This is like the best 545Please respect copyright.PENANAcbveiiigxX
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 545Please respect copyright.PENANA2vjw1OsqTA
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."545Please respect copyright.PENANAYaUoaQ1FMs
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.545Please respect copyright.PENANADawgYwrkfh
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."545Please respect copyright.PENANAu41IaKzlTW
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.545Please respect copyright.PENANAdltHcfpgLr
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."545Please respect copyright.PENANAibVhqEhwYv
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.545Please respect copyright.PENANA5oAOt1LxIy
"I knew there was a 545Please respect copyright.PENANAcbGHqsLYQw
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"545Please respect copyright.PENANAXrGdwr0vUL
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 545Please respect copyright.PENANAQzZKpal4LU
G-Dragon.545Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ6nwg0NWS
"You knew?" Christine asked.545Please respect copyright.PENANAZND7MasJIo
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."545Please respect copyright.PENANAwYMvGeT1zz
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."545Please respect copyright.PENANAWIaivz5qlV
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.545Please respect copyright.PENANACsABFbXD2z
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.545Please respect copyright.PENANAuJGVgOyA1K
"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.545Please respect copyright.PENANArjEfbkEAvW
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"545Please respect copyright.PENANAGlhwcpC8w8
"Well, you guys can tell545Please respect copyright.PENANAwU02T3CTmz
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 545Please respect copyright.PENANAjVLv8FcHeQ
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 545Please respect copyright.PENANABZnZHe0n2V
aren't going to go into the same car."545Please respect copyright.PENANAL9NRMEj2ZA
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"545Please respect copyright.PENANAvrOfb6qxxV
Everyone else started to545Please respect copyright.PENANAhJaan04tZT
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and545Please respect copyright.PENANAlXbipPZK8s
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 545Please respect copyright.PENANAfis6Nnvq73
only G-Dragon and I.545Please respect copyright.PENANAXPLo1Tjcu0
"I'm mad at you," I started.545Please respect copyright.PENANAUl8GAhxmU7
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."545Please respect copyright.PENANAcR6T7jyPBw
"Save it." I held my 545Please respect copyright.PENANADHiCj27mNB
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 545Please respect copyright.PENANA7tK1tY1Rgp
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPREQay2EWE
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up545Please respect copyright.PENANAX8PNgvGG9h
a war again."545Please respect copyright.PENANAXVIJg0h8NN
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."545Please respect copyright.PENANAo983vyCW1T
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."545Please respect copyright.PENANAmSupJbzKio
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."545Please respect copyright.PENANApQZR6nwxck
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."545Please respect copyright.PENANATiDMRGzsBO
G-Dragon looked at me 545Please respect copyright.PENANAtKyurm6wm2
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 545Please respect copyright.PENANAdCu0SKTV92
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 545Please respect copyright.PENANA84ovdepz7O
stab in the heart.545Please respect copyright.PENANAB8OxtCqHiO
"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."545Please respect copyright.PENANAy2GcJvOZON
"You know, the others 545Please respect copyright.PENANAwhhtCEaPMc
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 545Please respect copyright.PENANApuaNDF0Jt8
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out545Please respect copyright.PENANAzRTZy93g9E
with WINNER yesterday."545Please respect copyright.PENANALj6NwDq94A
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."545Please respect copyright.PENANA8vgJG5Rpiw
I nodded my head. What I545Please respect copyright.PENANA2uHvNsji2z
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 545Please respect copyright.PENANAgYA6AHKIY7
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but545Please respect copyright.PENANAUqtbC0nVFz
of Seunghoon and I.545Please respect copyright.PENANAq6LxVt8ZgQ
"You know you and I can 545Please respect copyright.PENANAHf1FtZGnwV
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAXnq1Y113bl
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest545Please respect copyright.PENANAVT2UTkNIEE
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 545Please respect copyright.PENANAIN6VRIgnba
down the rocks."545Please respect copyright.PENANAxGKNS0x5tY
I headed for the door 545Please respect copyright.PENANA0CMpqPU2ip
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 545Please respect copyright.PENANAhmuomlYM0u
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood545Please respect copyright.PENANAzriJ4TWA4m
Zoey, waiting.545Please respect copyright.PENANAsPtDfsIawP
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.545Please respect copyright.PENANAmFvLIHMh6z
"I sure hope so," I said545Please respect copyright.PENANAQQv32mEzSU
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 545Please respect copyright.PENANAWzlchh0Flj
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.545Please respect copyright.PENANAUDWx9jekhw
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."545Please respect copyright.PENANAo7a8SumSGb
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.545Please respect copyright.PENANAFZuQkhMkum
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.545Please respect copyright.PENANAjp45PCcCcy
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.545Please respect copyright.PENANAmYhpFsPyFm
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."545Please respect copyright.PENANA1wrGxffRJ8
"You know computers are 545Please respect copyright.PENANAJ59JVpHpAO
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do545Please respect copyright.PENANAYHCkQdrkku
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 545Please respect copyright.PENANAi2jsjkmY4l
supposed to."545Please respect copyright.PENANACsOOTrlFLq
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."545Please respect copyright.PENANAFvITaEoMkI
I smiled. "You always call me that."545Please respect copyright.PENANA4pNLWUbGqj
"Ya, because you're smart too."545Please respect copyright.PENANAxEtMYs0H77
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.545Please respect copyright.PENANAWStU0vgzHZ
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.545Please respect copyright.PENANAdmkXCOGVJG
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."545Please respect copyright.PENANAqGZYmHDbxE
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"545Please respect copyright.PENANANEPDiZLvdo
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.545Please respect copyright.PENANA8IC6JHSL1X
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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