Hanging out at Times 734Please respect copyright.PENANAGPztmdDD3j
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from734Please respect copyright.PENANAm3bgLE4Iwl
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyahS9DgdBE
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.734Please respect copyright.PENANAwelUVllNZE
But that didn't matter. 734Please respect copyright.PENANA00GAT6cwpU
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 734Please respect copyright.PENANAzWLIre3Qz1
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 734Please respect copyright.PENANAMmwZ5pQ7OK
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2xsKRIwS3m
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 734Please respect copyright.PENANA9CZ1qVW0Lq
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAiEPUtkmnct
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 734Please respect copyright.PENANAWsnNnhHCxh
actually played around with the adorable kids.734Please respect copyright.PENANAX3fo1xdRNM
There were plenty of 734Please respect copyright.PENANAySXpihlxwJ
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2PXs5k0OQF
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the734Please respect copyright.PENANAfMuMgPoQqR
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 734Please respect copyright.PENANATHxmT0fGnA
fans too.734Please respect copyright.PENANAXL8wLb2UGk
The time we were done 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgG8bj40m2j
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ2g4jJ6In
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 734Please respect copyright.PENANAawB7dex6sy
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What734Please respect copyright.PENANADA5nPur4bJ
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 734Please respect copyright.PENANAy2oELuSqre
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPUB4uCqqpt
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 734Please respect copyright.PENANA4MWMdL0nZw
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 734Please respect copyright.PENANAd21xP8X9Ma
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 734Please respect copyright.PENANAlptkyrKpn2
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 734Please respect copyright.PENANA7W5hrYumld
previous day, of course.734Please respect copyright.PENANAIRclxHSDNC
As much as the managers 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVtxXXeqkZu
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1Kj5EcbwnB
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without734Please respect copyright.PENANAywgpT3hMiK
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 734Please respect copyright.PENANAODVqKVKZM2
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.734Please respect copyright.PENANAgGHwLE8RDR
Right now, this very 734Please respect copyright.PENANA4kZAE8J53C
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQtVNnFDrgB
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgCNb4MfdUH
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 734Please respect copyright.PENANADJ9eHuIGP7
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXljDxoxXWR
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAi9puoI3k8L
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 734Please respect copyright.PENANAvhCSuxcPtj
and I just couldn't take it.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvqPEJojnoA
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxeX26OaX5S
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAUyeSqmxNdb
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAEsWs4QbtcC
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.734Please respect copyright.PENANAbKWtYI0pXC
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvFfq1Rw5B9
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."734Please respect copyright.PENANASs4TKyp9fv
"I thought you said your plan would work."734Please respect copyright.PENANAYEVa0UMb76
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."734Please respect copyright.PENANA6wlQZ530ae
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAP12Io7CT8u
I felt like slapping my 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnFjpFWwKEo
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.734Please respect copyright.PENANAR2TmjMQqad
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqRN0wCLREK
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJrukNItDWd
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAC2WAHyAy7H
off.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0mfONBwrAc
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."734Please respect copyright.PENANAyQXnKjaB7h
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.734Please respect copyright.PENANATC292Zhh96
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtKQvyjzDka
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAsi5tktOv4I
I shrugged. She read my 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXknR5rvl1O
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 734Please respect copyright.PENANA9kwGoiQ2r8
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 734Please respect copyright.PENANAOWZrc1p6v0
me the whole time."734Please respect copyright.PENANAAI8U4rWBem
I sat down on my bed as 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnp2SuBXLDf
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I734Please respect copyright.PENANAXVeP6lBVva
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWFw5aquF6T
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAcSOgPq48Am
"Gosh, you really should734Please respect copyright.PENANA1sTfrD6s0W
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 734Please respect copyright.PENANACWhipbt7aP
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 734Please respect copyright.PENANAayiQ4GsuXA
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really734Please respect copyright.PENANAeP75pjMHOH
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."734Please respect copyright.PENANAFKY3wosE9k
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."734Please respect copyright.PENANAX5TUx1nba3
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAM8ijGsolD4
"Mike is annoying 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7szlK1nEU
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPDEEPCR74h
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."734Please respect copyright.PENANAgPvqhTHJ3s
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."734Please respect copyright.PENANAlj3Tv0zeua
"You're right. I should burn him instead."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjYZNnM2Idt
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."734Please respect copyright.PENANA8U1h3Nu19x
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAAuvQWnQPoR
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.734Please respect copyright.PENANANmMyuYh3kt
"Sorry, but just so you 734Please respect copyright.PENANA46mzndWgzE
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 734Please respect copyright.PENANA6cVk2dVlwI
that pic of you and him together."734Please respect copyright.PENANAEK5c7xAgcP
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.734Please respect copyright.PENANA7oi5yT6nu5
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."734Please respect copyright.PENANAoB2iSRtXkw
I blushed and at the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAb7RcLw6jAN
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQfID2dc6X8
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 734Please respect copyright.PENANARN6K5UQLKG
other hidden agenda.734Please respect copyright.PENANACCRxzXTbry
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.734Please respect copyright.PENANApDuP1uhtyz
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."734Please respect copyright.PENANAcTxINfea7h
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."734Please respect copyright.PENANATsnO3Ebheh
I sighed in surrender. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKS3NQGYm4c
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 734Please respect copyright.PENANApp9tsSgGfS
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 734Please respect copyright.PENANAeFRbtWdp39
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."734Please respect copyright.PENANAaj4PqiYqy5
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."734Please respect copyright.PENANATn1jStjiuZ
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."734Please respect copyright.PENANAYwSc0LGtaE
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."734Please respect copyright.PENANA9Mfdra8HkG
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA1xgsFum13H
Zoey had an excited look734Please respect copyright.PENANAG3s4WoCoVZ
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 734Please respect copyright.PENANAbAkfPqAvhX
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAx5mNS0gsKT
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 734Please respect copyright.PENANAveMzTu2RSE
clearly show all over her face.734Please respect copyright.PENANA6nJXmNDrhd
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.734Please respect copyright.PENANAx1aUOBUWED
I shook my head. "And?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAJrm0MUPM1U
Zoey folded her arms, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAFDwj53vj0D
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 734Please respect copyright.PENANADVEPfoEcXs
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9a4kqEbFq
"Hold that thought. This734Please respect copyright.PENANAVnHjd3deuD
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us734Please respect copyright.PENANA3RX9ypPESZ
after Seunghoon posted that picture."734Please respect copyright.PENANAX6HS9uhJuE
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."734Please respect copyright.PENANA71fRD3YIkU
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."734Please respect copyright.PENANA3kUx4y41BT
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWuePqThc06
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.734Please respect copyright.PENANAx7YBz0pSTY
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0e5HN6aif
"Well, he hid in our closet."734Please respect copyright.PENANA1UYH1P2E1l
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."734Please respect copyright.PENANAn7dc7vC0tQ
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAKP5KG5Qe86
"Ya, why?"734Please respect copyright.PENANATaCqL6GEhp
"Looks like we just 734Please respect copyright.PENANAR7bHxtznfY
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 734Please respect copyright.PENANANQyVQhhEvE
whom we consider perfect as our bias."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxBgX8I1Sqy
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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAa4Y6bGMQSX
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."734Please respect copyright.PENANA9W2BQXNDTS
"What do you mean? You 734Please respect copyright.PENANAR4CjHbV13N
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhaAJFzUIVn
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAigVtSZMRFv
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."734Please respect copyright.PENANA1QIvIjyW4R
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAjahUtDGUHV
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxKVMrof6zk
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAymHsFVhFKl
"I wanted to but I kept 734Please respect copyright.PENANAtEu9S0Lrpu
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 734Please respect copyright.PENANArlsZTbCZMg
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."734Please respect copyright.PENANAR27xHVhMdJ
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.734Please respect copyright.PENANArNS9RjjcI4
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."734Please respect copyright.PENANAqIPhLmGo9A
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjArwSb01Hy
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAfmM7m8AEEW
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."734Please respect copyright.PENANAWNCbkoaNHL
I quickly stood up and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAGXBJEfBPrI
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxahOi7wllV
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled734Please respect copyright.PENANAZtZQOKPYMK
her back.734Please respect copyright.PENANA1LH2KGwcCT
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvNdSQMZjW6
"Zoey, you're going to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgNdRYYaKsL
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAetw1i2uACH
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ52XDsBx5T
own hair pink in the next ten years."734Please respect copyright.PENANAWwoDVbAQPD
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."734Please respect copyright.PENANAhrNMloqIDE
"You're lying."734Please respect copyright.PENANAWixbjCoHys
"I'm telling the truth!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAtTtcIowq5x
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAKo56s6XiTq
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA1uwlzVnLAd
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAsSUE28lzWV
"I can't tell you that."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxIfKdOwsCB
"Why?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA1VwbyzYXCJ
"Because it's 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJQOKg88R3G
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 734Please respect copyright.PENANANhcdwVclrU
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAM6iyNPL9V4
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.734Please respect copyright.PENANA4AKWUFe631
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAAGiuROg2dm
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAzkfXM3v7bY
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANABeRICI01PF
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."734Please respect copyright.PENANAXcUDxJf7So
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAV5EB3y7LjL
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."734Please respect copyright.PENANA7UhGltSukb
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."734Please respect copyright.PENANATh8jFAOUwX
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjCLrdXa6m2
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."734Please respect copyright.PENANAYvJkH7aR7e
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."734Please respect copyright.PENANAAg20HRnO6M
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.734Please respect copyright.PENANAuCdU5Qfaxo
I playfully rolled my 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJmIfSiYaEP
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee734Please respect copyright.PENANAt25unvJ8Sn
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 734Please respect copyright.PENANApGPcfiOU63
also looked worried.734Please respect copyright.PENANAg1E7dX1skt
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.734Please respect copyright.PENANAg6Y5FFMVfz
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.734Please respect copyright.PENANAJheqnghceA
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMG0IvdaJE3
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAbgZa1HVAIG
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAyz4piydOej
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.734Please respect copyright.PENANATy7WOamR7A
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.734Please respect copyright.PENANAmDGpe9DVrn
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders734Please respect copyright.PENANAd2OPV3f2XT
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANArIJKqsYJUj
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAotbcvZikDJ
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."734Please respect copyright.PENANAOKqAFG5ZGp
"Okay, first of all," 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgl8IOlNGu8
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAvbWyev6gXD
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and734Please respect copyright.PENANAwuoDzNv8dK
he wasn't mad at you."734Please respect copyright.PENANAhq0OMUauAG
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMmODMddBau
"That, he couldn't say."734Please respect copyright.PENANAFpRVuj8mbp
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANApXEJFIKC8T
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."734Please respect copyright.PENANA1f0a6kNyXJ
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.734Please respect copyright.PENANARVlRkLdrIG
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."734Please respect copyright.PENANA6VVIT1IL6j
Christine pressed the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVDTHyAlBpR
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdwtEIFqrwp
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 734Please respect copyright.PENANABLrO8zfOBs
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqdBkGfxFRZ
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqAUVLSbtYe
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKRlLMaq5my
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.734Please respect copyright.PENANArdzlXAIqP0
We got to YG right on 734Please respect copyright.PENANAHJBENHiRLT
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmxQJI6OVf9
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnSpObCOdVM
arrived a few seconds earlier.734Please respect copyright.PENANAv0AbcUyhVF
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.734Please respect copyright.PENANAXQrJuYN3GM
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."734Please respect copyright.PENANAwYeE8f2B7m
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.734Please respect copyright.PENANAIzvdDOqT22
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAwhr9dow9wC
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."734Please respect copyright.PENANApGG431lNPX
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxJYSVrCrmu
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.734Please respect copyright.PENANALRf3VEvfmT
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANA7tB0m8M8i1
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfPB00Z7DOK
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."734Please respect copyright.PENANAIIadyElTBT
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvMVrevfTSF
"There will be no such 734Please respect copyright.PENANALhfef0SkvJ
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmxgwj9jH30
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."734Please respect copyright.PENANAevNn8QiVre
"And you're making it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmrLSGIBrjc
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 734Please respect copyright.PENANAryz9JgFCim
pouted his lip and scratched his head.734Please respect copyright.PENANA2dQh4zOnnr
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.734Please respect copyright.PENANAmohQPiWGLG
"Trust me, you don't 734Please respect copyright.PENANA3UxesAhxIX
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You734Please respect copyright.PENANAQkj6VfAsQ3
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."734Please respect copyright.PENANALNBfJHUkBU
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANA05XZwfPQor
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjQAjXkJAMp
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvgvTPxRZzb
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.734Please respect copyright.PENANAAb66wJLEPA
"Look, whether they are 734Please respect copyright.PENANALmugc1YdsI
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 734Please respect copyright.PENANAq7h4P9ZPoF
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 734Please respect copyright.PENANABTq2H74dZI
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxz4a57HMjb
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0BvKWGWZM5
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."734Please respect copyright.PENANAnCZnGC8STP
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANArJNwufxuCN
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."734Please respect copyright.PENANAMvY9ZgF13D
I gave Lee a sad smile 734Please respect copyright.PENANAx3cWp5yROB
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt734Please respect copyright.PENANAiN9q38NH8j
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 734Please respect copyright.PENANAp3JcxaGJWH
your life. Like suicide.734Please respect copyright.PENANAL5NI9biea1
We started our way 734Please respect copyright.PENANAaZFb1BfHfR
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5j54PzsMom
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 734Please respect copyright.PENANANHWruOwrVv
and my jean trousers. Nothing.734Please respect copyright.PENANAdi8v31Og2U
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtv7FSxo3VI
I quickly ran out of the734Please respect copyright.PENANAvLATgf7Viu
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAP5cN8SP5FI
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 734Please respect copyright.PENANAcrRiMBtYK9
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdc1AB517bb
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could734Please respect copyright.PENANAkUlUevDL8s
check for it inside.734Please respect copyright.PENANALOVtNv051a
When I got to the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAO16o9610JB
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 734Please respect copyright.PENANAydPEkg5MB8
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I734Please respect copyright.PENANAeSoGpvcYYV
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were734Please respect copyright.PENANAcNUFUUcmVE
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 734Please respect copyright.PENANAfRthrv9Re3
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXwZJMPyqvU
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 734Please respect copyright.PENANAUCpDr7HH5M
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.734Please respect copyright.PENANAyCbZBqtADS
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvkDCJqAXPj
"Seriously, I can sue 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxXvLhuOgqi
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so734Please respect copyright.PENANA7hgIMlr1Dl
fast. I never even heard him coming.734Please respect copyright.PENANAGm1Z9Q5cZF
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.734Please respect copyright.PENANA1txMEuwpJM
"You're not my bodyguard734Please respect copyright.PENANAnf4zOOiUB4
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 734Please respect copyright.PENANApO4VnIzyw3
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."734Please respect copyright.PENANABQxfvzH39W
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.734Please respect copyright.PENANADdpuoV9HAp
I blushed. "You know about that?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAZugldIsKjb
"Everyone knows you have734Please respect copyright.PENANA8Zv8ibocTq
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVUNwkIeHHE
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."734Please respect copyright.PENANADpagKSOs0Z
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."734Please respect copyright.PENANAqKGYVVSF91
"Looks like I did the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAg8N4jRpa1v
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 734Please respect copyright.PENANARZ6PWl87EH
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."734Please respect copyright.PENANAi9tpfdidiv
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.734Please respect copyright.PENANAEsR47EGYTZ
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVWLJ4upPyn
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."734Please respect copyright.PENANA8k6pUyqQ9k
"And because you're a 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXjmdGAF2p2
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might734Please respect copyright.PENANAgVwZdYEioT
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJUOeJfrXpl
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."734Please respect copyright.PENANADyQCAgQcLe
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."734Please respect copyright.PENANAXRDGVJ1VEm
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.734Please respect copyright.PENANAlRO0EQTEke
"Can you at least tell 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQD7NoTtW8F
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator734Please respect copyright.PENANACHmnyqp49E
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.734Please respect copyright.PENANAraI0yodeSC
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.734Please respect copyright.PENANAQEguRaVIL3
"What dramatic effect?" 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdaICSHtW7T
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 734Please respect copyright.PENANACclYzaYWnD
came closer. I took a warning step back.734Please respect copyright.PENANAD55odnhfjb
"If you hadn't followed 734Please respect copyright.PENANAL59fFFpdu2
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXABqfRaBIY
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference734Please respect copyright.PENANAv3Lw93cSIE
room."734Please respect copyright.PENANAwRMw5O3luT
"What surprise?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAxtNnSidW00
The elevator stopped and734Please respect copyright.PENANAkdCWNoxvP8
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAUsH3oH3Zdc
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the734Please respect copyright.PENANAHa3bLOlYa1
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgSs2Ng4XMa
Seunghoon and I stepped out.734Please respect copyright.PENANAlrFjgLRdM3
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.734Please respect copyright.PENANASIOsINdik8
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.734Please respect copyright.PENANA2TUHPjCIZk
"I already have a guess," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANA6UI5jvP7BI
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAQGrfGqAxs2
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."734Please respect copyright.PENANA7YSnOJIKJ6
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.734Please respect copyright.PENANARigeDlqjG7
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAAiso1lYVNw
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfOpgNu2THI
When we reached the 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1HeeHKCuaV
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAlrOqSH0i1a
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZDj6MNQIrR
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.734Please respect copyright.PENANA8hw1Mhsk4k
In the conference room 734Please respect copyright.PENANANysJFXUD48
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 734Please respect copyright.PENANAcdMzXl5CFp
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office734Please respect copyright.PENANAUGOTa0tyR3
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVp6cdjqO9D
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 734Please respect copyright.PENANAOtuinm1z2G
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 734Please respect copyright.PENANAoWx3YqgsI1
though I did my best not to show it.734Please respect copyright.PENANAinfJ87QZCa
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.734Please respect copyright.PENANAXQEPEHyvJ7
I looked to the opposite734Please respect copyright.PENANAYI36dDDSQp
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqZd8MTwQSi
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 734Please respect copyright.PENANAHbf3tBkSyk
turned their backs to us facing the wall.734Please respect copyright.PENANAdmiHuwHc4Z
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAWDnKoX2qIT
G-Dragon quickly turned 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqslvbQrbOl
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQv1iRvpr9u
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.734Please respect copyright.PENANArGr1URfS4t
"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?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAy7eOmEa7fN
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANAs6ALMn6EdB
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAz2KgsSMDCo
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAlixYv8etmg
"Wait," said Lisa who 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgypFOmChnK
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused734Please respect copyright.PENANAO5yIzMiAiI
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAQvdMJO5pMY
"It felt simple and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAfl3TKT9Z9b
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAzsiUHuiH88
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 734Please respect copyright.PENANAITWJ1oFxxT
with G-Dragon today."734Please respect copyright.PENANAEBogJdtNVf
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."734Please respect copyright.PENANAvjm1sZe2BW
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 734Please respect copyright.PENANACzJBQjQbOb
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."734Please respect copyright.PENANAsJAvuhPue1
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.734Please respect copyright.PENANAStU7pBT8v7
"Ya, I know I'm a 734Please respect copyright.PENANAwyaVvOZGYn
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAa36kC0JiD5
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."734Please respect copyright.PENANAs8P9boeWfp
"If you mean us getting 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPOBR3klRDp
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ87n0YcL4
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 734Please respect copyright.PENANA55KoBCecA8
by coincidence."734Please respect copyright.PENANAJmfy4csXQn
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."734Please respect copyright.PENANAAKyEkzaV3t
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.734Please respect copyright.PENANA2v7BFg6koH
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAz1rni7C969
The rest of the BTW crew734Please respect copyright.PENANAbyt2ndkMnF
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAA0IApDtWBI
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.734Please respect copyright.PENANA8f4QV5S8Al
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAQg9NqnXaE3
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."734Please respect copyright.PENANAUMs82yMVve
"Hold up," said Zoey who734Please respect copyright.PENANAnxx4jjUpFh
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 734Please respect copyright.PENANAOX4GpZunMI
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"734Please respect copyright.PENANACqv5T8Bb1V
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.734Please respect copyright.PENANAYtIa1VKrbC
"Told you we'll 734Please respect copyright.PENANAN0eib6byUl
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear734Please respect copyright.PENANAHs20wdS8aZ
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.734Please respect copyright.PENANAhZVwynLTzD
"But is he going to do 734Please respect copyright.PENANATyXKNT6Vhm
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 734Please respect copyright.PENANApvOxBjkg0h
didn't really meet by coincidence."734Please respect copyright.PENANAHWys6Ly3NM
There was silence in the734Please respect copyright.PENANADnenTAt6z4
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3G3mZtjTr
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKCZpjBiZHK
planning to do.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxHQbUomTr5
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.734Please respect copyright.PENANAEqmPz2f4jl
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAw4QYKfhzZC
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANALi1RacTlWu
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.734Please respect copyright.PENANA30eAudoCgu
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANALOeeVjBJCp
"And also because he's 734Please respect copyright.PENANAU99PBh7SVf
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 734Please respect copyright.PENANAzaxYs6NV1A
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjeJXaFL0FE
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.734Please respect copyright.PENANA7HMC4qvcBO
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAjRdIhEVcRs
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAOT7WjVZnE0
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAg2sjeEybsK
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANA63WpH6sMBG
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.734Please respect copyright.PENANA7zle1yMPT7
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."734Please respect copyright.PENANAX2SRleVcKg
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAKaDua3B8pX
G-Dragon smiled. He had 734Please respect copyright.PENANACDSmt3sMsd
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAYIEWGDe0xv
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to734Please respect copyright.PENANAa4ZPuWktPH
deal with G-Dragon instead.734Please respect copyright.PENANAzNvGefw5U4
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.734Please respect copyright.PENANA6FTTzIPxFj
"What do you want?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAw60r7sroRp
G-Dragon looked at me as734Please respect copyright.PENANAms75Tz2XPD
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 734Please respect copyright.PENANARvHhHb7p9h
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I734Please respect copyright.PENANAWG8MDQ8Yas
came to any conclusions.734Please respect copyright.PENANAKLLLu77OiW
"To make things clear 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxMEGkw74hb
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a734Please respect copyright.PENANAYzXmrY0LoG
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 734Please respect copyright.PENANAYguLvo2ZAf
thinking about doing the same thing."734Please respect copyright.PENANAVqyETHgtGU
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAY5d9CYFVa5
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtWmX656Qvr
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."734Please respect copyright.PENANAnqJTVbIhw3
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.734Please respect copyright.PENANA9mtpwFW3jI
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.734Please respect copyright.PENANATpaJ8xFjL4
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANA2aAdf6HVV5
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAOxIobdHinp
"All's fair in love and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAAwesIhswLC
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 734Please respect copyright.PENANASVSjb2vUrV
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 734Please respect copyright.PENANA15a97QCSui
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."734Please respect copyright.PENANAmmbdanGRMJ
"Come on," Christine 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqLsXAC8j3T
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 734Please respect copyright.PENANAW3usVneizd
won't be here for long and you know it."734Please respect copyright.PENANAMWapVSXUko
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."734Please respect copyright.PENANAc9fo3WuLAX
"BTW is nothing but a 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmkzWn3FdxH
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqeLYP8d5qh
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."734Please respect copyright.PENANAS6kZ4dp0LI
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.734Please respect copyright.PENANAo078gmkok4
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."734Please respect copyright.PENANAGyd7vOaPYk
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxU0UbXOy4w
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.734Please respect copyright.PENANARmc7149nFU
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.734Please respect copyright.PENANAdTHywvy9bz
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.734Please respect copyright.PENANAg1icNRJ8qa
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfd8tfgTPCz
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWFLkAcMB3p
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAoyo2UPpcnV
Upon saying that, the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgzspZYJ2pq
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 734Please respect copyright.PENANAOuFuThPI5q
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 734Please respect copyright.PENANABRsHQKdUYx
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAd0FdhFbwhk
seated stood up.734Please respect copyright.PENANABocsvpfjTq
I gulped. I hope the 734Please respect copyright.PENANA3iGJSfh5Dj
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where734Please respect copyright.PENANAPyChDJ9La1
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxCbtGMkffV
The two managers had 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyvRKSreq2d
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhZfw3cEzcK
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 734Please respect copyright.PENANASp99FJrLl6
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 734Please respect copyright.PENANA7Xk7NeKPKo
is wrong.734Please respect copyright.PENANAr0Hv2dvW5Z
"Good that you're all 734Please respect copyright.PENANAosEWKCyaEk
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAaCwZih8LFg
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."734Please respect copyright.PENANASSpXe1VPPE
I have always hated it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAajbPOCa1ug
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 734Please respect copyright.PENANAWy4XH87cpQ
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 734Please respect copyright.PENANAy4pRTvkkLx
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really734Please respect copyright.PENANAtX3esV70rw
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 734Please respect copyright.PENANAatW3eSCv7a
their seats.734Please respect copyright.PENANAf9TCRBKV4w
The two managers and Lee734Please respect copyright.PENANABGnIEDP3PY
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhnsx2ZCotr
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit734Please respect copyright.PENANA5GcmGORljC
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPX6hoe6hfU
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I734Please respect copyright.PENANAtL4vsV2JKF
was.734Please respect copyright.PENANAupZa9imk3x
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."734Please respect copyright.PENANAg8pvpeXkop
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."734Please respect copyright.PENANAaAFXPJv7rZ
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.734Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZBkRQtws4
Zoey sighed loudly in 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJVpaYFaZ8k
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 734Please respect copyright.PENANArY8L6lHfz5
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 734Please respect copyright.PENANA4sRyX5nwSJ
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a734Please respect copyright.PENANA411OxvRXcv
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 734Please respect copyright.PENANA71RNyPLxlJ
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."734Please respect copyright.PENANAALixGfKaWG
The two managers 734Please respect copyright.PENANApHB73y1TqI
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAL0HHysAb1W
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKKVfA3Vb9w
That was so not cool.734Please respect copyright.PENANAymQ9VeXLYV
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAevQasDEBTK
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.734Please respect copyright.PENANAwkqWMfU7uK
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.734Please respect copyright.PENANAXl79GdYhtp
My ears perked up when 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJjGRjxPM3j
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 734Please respect copyright.PENANAkQrcDO6kD1
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?734Please respect copyright.PENANAC3NI7ZfCXr
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAiu01vCbsPB
"We heard you outside 734Please respect copyright.PENANAUNPAX4fsKs
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 734Please respect copyright.PENANAi82znkrHfO
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.734Please respect copyright.PENANAl2zIDBtEGt
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.734Please respect copyright.PENANAarbFh2hHLT
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.734Please respect copyright.PENANA7UqRrgBbJF
"Yes, Sam. For real," 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXnqR7eE0Ji
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 734Please respect copyright.PENANApl3ukTGHBZ
through further scrutiny about this decision."734Please respect copyright.PENANAt9tkSaiMt5
I smiled. Even if they 734Please respect copyright.PENANAoKsYyfOdXq
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAiQD9xBMhMc
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.734Please respect copyright.PENANAIClTZVw65s
There was an exciting 734Please respect copyright.PENANA92yzxAheNv
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 734Please respect copyright.PENANARa1YdfTW8f
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 734Please respect copyright.PENANAON32WzdDnx
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 734Please respect copyright.PENANA506ViHRcaX
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 734Please respect copyright.PENANAW4VMwXgOnt
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.734Please respect copyright.PENANAlt0DZLhoRw
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANA4jaJXqxB8J
I turned to my other 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmUqcaJUE8y
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPqise4kVf5
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 734Please respect copyright.PENANAsyoj5qvD5b
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 734Please respect copyright.PENANAighLOWva5Z
now, didn't matter.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWH6w49KOSM
"You heard them when 734Please respect copyright.PENANAz4GUKRLOzR
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 734Please respect copyright.PENANAFbovQV63Qk
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."734Please respect copyright.PENANA1WM0O0ORHQ
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.734Please respect copyright.PENANA9txm8lX7wp
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.734Please respect copyright.PENANAcDLVK9h0RZ
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANA7wqupQp1Jk
This time it was me, or I734Please respect copyright.PENANArLid0msq5y
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 734Please respect copyright.PENANA9lrFaD8Qa3
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1xUtPvPxn2
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 734Please respect copyright.PENANAMvpysJyuCO
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 734Please respect copyright.PENANADbKVdzyPCF
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him734Please respect copyright.PENANAU79gCQAwAp
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdrjnHONxmX
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 734Please respect copyright.PENANAwsB7nhJOiO
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVSLDeUtgJT
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.734Please respect copyright.PENANAuEclxlwKW2
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAe4Ki95cTIi
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtfPChlaMFc
"We all agree," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANAilUFagBf54
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."734Please respect copyright.PENANAHIFGmDqnFY
"But just because it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqluGiIHgNi
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 734Please respect copyright.PENANA6sjf1soQUQ
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.734Please respect copyright.PENANA2N5Day9er5
"Okay, so that's settled734Please respect copyright.PENANARdgre6XhPU
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 734Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZtLj8k97Y
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make734Please respect copyright.PENANAixDMTdqq9f
BTW official."734Please respect copyright.PENANA93okixQgjc
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA6KeACYXwrq
I noticed that most of 734Please respect copyright.PENANAzizorOAuFM
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXN4ZXpJcL9
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhKfkT6BSC0
when she looked at me and I grinned.734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ11gXfzt4l
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANA9CsEkEmFqb
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.734Please respect copyright.PENANA9UgPOg7otV
"Before we make BTW 734Please respect copyright.PENANAV3wT8BH1nl
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqcl2y6jaxi
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKOnggUE9Ef
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAfUI8s2xka0
low for a while. Is that good?"734Please respect copyright.PENANACJgTDxNyqW
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."734Please respect copyright.PENANA8dJaMryRCv
"That's fair enough," 734Please respect copyright.PENANAkQXAI6iEkF
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 734Please respect copyright.PENANADP8eHBIBPf
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to734Please respect copyright.PENANAcGTnP2L60w
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 734Please respect copyright.PENANAkKvQsgz7Fn
so."734Please respect copyright.PENANAEokHES8Cnz
"So you want to crush 734Please respect copyright.PENANA0icuB1tpRu
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I734Please respect copyright.PENANApsf5mHKwqP
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 734Please respect copyright.PENANA3z0FW8GqYH
strategy."734Please respect copyright.PENANAbTJuPmKFX5
"Then if all is well and734Please respect copyright.PENANATmwRCaLPfT
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2yUvfwPqjs
updated and not a word on social media."734Please respect copyright.PENANASdvvnMMiEp
I stood up from my seat 734Please respect copyright.PENANAjSxGrF1sZS
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 734Please respect copyright.PENANADC72Jf74dU
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 734Please respect copyright.PENANA6MtG4Dmpku
walk out, I stopped them.734Please respect copyright.PENANAqa0SJCAb2h
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAgQr9NfxaDI
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANA5ioULaTOe8
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxyO7gHvLl3
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.734Please respect copyright.PENANALUDqiEFf5l
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.734Please respect copyright.PENANAL8OwNRRuew
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.734Please respect copyright.PENANANWR41RdE1D
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 734Please respect copyright.PENANA9DXBMVhht0
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a734Please respect copyright.PENANApTgBUtJCKZ
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.734Please respect copyright.PENANAhhr0V3XJWH
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAZx5aVsJbij
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWMJzOIG8L0
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.734Please respect copyright.PENANAauVSIaEQNr
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.734Please respect copyright.PENANAkUg7KNBdrn
"This is like the best 734Please respect copyright.PENANAIHwSOMe8oE
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmmFTYHqKQe
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."734Please respect copyright.PENANA0b3BtdG5R9
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.734Please respect copyright.PENANAEwhnG5lcvS
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."734Please respect copyright.PENANAPobov7K1km
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.734Please respect copyright.PENANAjnEKm6U6Ex
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."734Please respect copyright.PENANAzHwiGlQyMq
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAzbW9LIw2zN
"I knew there was a 734Please respect copyright.PENANASE8uEjCLjQ
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"734Please respect copyright.PENANAZFPxxp2ROf
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 734Please respect copyright.PENANACIqAJa4C10
G-Dragon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAkQxPE057cz
"You knew?" Christine asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAIP8dUtFz8p
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."734Please respect copyright.PENANAPjUN5sCf2e
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."734Please respect copyright.PENANAiNJNf2I73D
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.734Please respect copyright.PENANAgHF69wceqe
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.734Please respect copyright.PENANAdvsujAKUaz
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANAXvbalpb385
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAJlAHJXsqI9
"Well, you guys can tell734Please respect copyright.PENANAlmmrPZ70Op
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 734Please respect copyright.PENANAO3xet3SNJU
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyy0f6EGHGW
aren't going to go into the same car."734Please respect copyright.PENANAe89EPKjHXZ
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAdPQwFa1hXQ
Everyone else started to734Please respect copyright.PENANAZllAd2HCy0
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and734Please respect copyright.PENANAgmzP6Na5ti
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnjV6CLNiOO
only G-Dragon and I.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWsxypJ35qO
"I'm mad at you," I started.734Please respect copyright.PENANAEhrIEBWJ3L
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."734Please respect copyright.PENANA948FuijzN0
"Save it." I held my 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVFtcy7DIsj
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 734Please respect copyright.PENANADXYCIBqryH
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 734Please respect copyright.PENANAHWK6QCccJ6
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up734Please respect copyright.PENANAzL1jvKbbQW
a war again."734Please respect copyright.PENANA5nuqETd2VU
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."734Please respect copyright.PENANA2ljLlVJS4J
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."734Please respect copyright.PENANAr0cN1hZnWy
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."734Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y3TyoFBgg
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."734Please respect copyright.PENANAZxi4verczS
G-Dragon looked at me 734Please respect copyright.PENANATgTgCSg0eR
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdEotMyPpJu
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 734Please respect copyright.PENANA89LLbeqGJE
stab in the heart.734Please respect copyright.PENANAlq90mflwAx
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAuqCdu2eocU
"You know, the others 734Please respect copyright.PENANA0RMbSWReL7
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2ezfF0sTlx
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out734Please respect copyright.PENANArHc8Dnrb4W
with WINNER yesterday."734Please respect copyright.PENANAsZ4elsog4M
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."734Please respect copyright.PENANA3zh798U6w4
I nodded my head. What I734Please respect copyright.PENANADtSiWNiG2V
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxKbrz2qXjF
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but734Please respect copyright.PENANAr3zcM6mb3n
of Seunghoon and I.734Please respect copyright.PENANAPiPgbH7hFC
"You know you and I can 734Please respect copyright.PENANASLlLY7muUN
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 734Please respect copyright.PENANApKFz3F6F3x
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest734Please respect copyright.PENANANHtNI6OXbm
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQAaSyog7Dq
down the rocks."734Please respect copyright.PENANANdNQ475jHN
I headed for the door 734Please respect copyright.PENANAAL13dxfwJe
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 734Please respect copyright.PENANACnNTs6ydM7
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood734Please respect copyright.PENANA7IAlZWjYEA
Zoey, waiting.734Please respect copyright.PENANAULOjbm3krv
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.734Please respect copyright.PENANA10xx2NH7Z6
"I sure hope so," I said734Please respect copyright.PENANAwRDRZRy7ZP
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 734Please respect copyright.PENANAA5rRXaoOhz
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.734Please respect copyright.PENANAhED7YVadh1
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."734Please respect copyright.PENANAifsG24HHOO
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.734Please respect copyright.PENANAYd2fdcZHsl
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.734Please respect copyright.PENANATrFLcMWOZL
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAuPEGV6Qs2Q
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."734Please respect copyright.PENANAvSIsfZqfEw
"You know computers are 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQjhK2reYfB
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do734Please respect copyright.PENANA8iIeH3H0jc
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 734Please respect copyright.PENANA46DxUzayJj
supposed to."734Please respect copyright.PENANAq6jwyd41b4
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."734Please respect copyright.PENANAErc1AJSA0B
I smiled. "You always call me that."734Please respect copyright.PENANApJARbUZa5u
"Ya, because you're smart too."734Please respect copyright.PENANA5dLNyBu0kA
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVn5xvLnuw6
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0iMzCLZ233
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4SlJU9HgQ
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA3iH0nHy0O7
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.734Please respect copyright.PENANAR6bnm5yjXv
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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