
Hanging out at Times 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeRLTtkZu4u
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkEfO1ZFkqb
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAyUvYrcqD3
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbqvR3rUUL1
But that didn't matter. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwnbO7piF6C
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAy593A9uCI3
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2i3IqXTFW8
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVkiBDcCjkH
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4LsPARwPZU
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfLZdv3qKRH
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8uO6ilto7l
actually played around with the adorable kids.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5FOiF3dNYX
There were plenty of 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwvXwEub0V2
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA3ghqqLlQt3
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1094Please respect copyright.PENANAX9dXB5BbuS
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHpxSU9xRVe
fans too.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAxeB7A5r8XU
The time we were done 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5GdpswdbUt
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAf0gD1JRl9S
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0SSaGPy1F6
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1094Please respect copyright.PENANASycQS3fohA
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAa7k9LRkm5n
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMMmsBvpj1V
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA55q82u9x4g
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAgMzflCtzov
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA3wdi33rg58
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqDMwJPkUT1
previous day, of course.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA1pDHVi8slw
As much as the managers 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhCGM1WIalz
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1094Please respect copyright.PENANArLLe5V2248
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeUPzv6vZhA
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtSCM8xK9w8
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6Zx0WoA1jb
Right now, this very 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7LotXhKJdX
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdxv5CmT7MM
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0DiOU2QLLY
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1094Please respect copyright.PENANANXc0R4NhgV
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFEmfXrf8cl
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATWMrzE87m4
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7UE0v1EM9I
and I just couldn't take it.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAWjAt0jXbAq
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHAejSicBZD
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAARw6ybI9Nz
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANArHf2reiYfm
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1094Please respect copyright.PENANABi3DocHZp7
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAchMP4jd1Ek
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0Cim4LVN2b
"I thought you said your plan would work."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAr5GI9Zo5Hy
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA3rzLNYtkSw
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtmKfsi0gH3
I felt like slapping my 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhAhlLh3cBD
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGhYwNcDEF4
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAlMWDiMLezg
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFwKbD0L1eO
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHEXMlW5SJd
off.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAynHV4Vgiq8
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZSbBr5FZfC
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAz7aVWlbPoX
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7gT0hC2xGy
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZHZqcPIp3M
I shrugged. She read my 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhjfyr9dYUB
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYFFiR8YRt0
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjLuOs511eX
me the whole time."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAklSInId3VD
I sat down on my bed as 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAudT7YuRek4
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1094Please respect copyright.PENANAw0XQZK3aDV
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAxYJyNqHUMS
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVghrCnPyRh
"Gosh, you really should1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEhFc5lFzVW
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8jKEWkWKxJ
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1094Please respect copyright.PENANADBoMF2Yt06
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7nY4RjxE2B
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAOtTvx7XrFi
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPIc40Zycte
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAWtmQZe6L9g
"Mike is annoying 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAd3y3aJeL9o
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtJuel59mA9
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFW3mUxjwXk
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQsQRCarxwW
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAOkR4BwSdOq
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7p2Z050BE8
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1094Please respect copyright.PENANATQzqrzGTrv
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAyviFhfr8d3
"Sorry, but just so you 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYxqDOBZMmh
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtnGfG8wfah
that pic of you and him together."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAd6sghqcIvu
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQB1X5yKa5u
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeVSMrhwb87
I blushed and at the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAClfXWnbW5P
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkwKVBmOQIi
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYSWKVtI0Xa
other hidden agenda.1094Please respect copyright.PENANASR6AfRTW95
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1094Please respect copyright.PENANACT1CHIyh0Z
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwtsFxGWC2J
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZf3WJLBIFt
I sighed in surrender. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAa8jrFLM5uq
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAyCOtJdgIGT
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAT98vYZ3Oks
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAImQ3HPN1ly
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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjh9M31aaaD
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1094Please respect copyright.PENANANqEjZfM0Gg
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAC6TMTH0xPG
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAKjjWRaTYLu
Zoey had an excited look1094Please respect copyright.PENANADoAQRQDScM
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATp0AOyZVXm
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAIkAUsfYrbn
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1094Please respect copyright.PENANASJP1IX8V4y
clearly show all over her face.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAD22Wo1Fy9M
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4ewzWV4jhx
I shook my head. "And?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQaPDJAZOen
Zoey folded her arms, 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAzRCrCavlcb
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAkaikZU7sq
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkY1TwGQIHP
"Hold that thought. This1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4NneqXvsSt
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1094Please respect copyright.PENANAxHZnvbzyA1
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6UAy7ha2C4
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6xw0WXOBW2
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPTqXHckxxw
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUyWmPPL0Ft
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAmXOz7xrmA4
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAt1jXG8mGMt
"Well, he hid in our closet."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA1fU6o8xR3Y
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAX3nfKuGifj
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANA9uUkGucffN
"Ya, why?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvlX9FVgswC
"Looks like we just 1094Please respect copyright.PENANARA5M3BUcxh
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAx6jaF8QNLr
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1094Please respect copyright.PENANArTtDrWetyU
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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkoKiucglG0
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1094Please respect copyright.PENANArtRxKRDPwW
"What do you mean? You 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gs6cpMF5Z
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPWX6Z1Pn4Q
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANABgbA7YLf0m
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkCsRDyTAU9
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJG0KpIMJ4Q
"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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANATNieOrNjoO
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAumd1G5oWAo
"I wanted to but I kept 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5OQQX74Arj
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEe0Gl5kGuc
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4KcynX1b47
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFk7NdWKn7b
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAzEswuV7JPf
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHkW6Jjm5Gk
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAoV3o6fUrl5
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAW6BRaMKUNN
I quickly stood up and 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAn02Q34vhQj
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAteuYx1yAUr
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1094Please respect copyright.PENANAWzeR7FxEgH
her back.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhAOgjPRIAt
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqh6oFF23Sr
"Zoey, you're going to 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqQYWEfiAHk
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAlLnwzbMLu6
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZU29jIJTcH
own hair pink in the next ten years."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAMwwyulVbO
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAXsfbxyXwFr
"You're lying."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHu4UIACCKa
"I'm telling the truth!"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeDBXhAEk5c
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAIA5WkFgvMn
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANANigwEUXC1U
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHDiVcdHV09
"I can't tell you that."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAu2kt4ECrsE
"Why?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2nH4gjioZB
"Because it's 1094Please respect copyright.PENANABtLgXsajaS
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6hKNrONmT7
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6hb5V9O3Cn
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7KGaB63CIo
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeYC5uA6VGT
"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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfDS09Eqswy
"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.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAOHi0BOtQQQ
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAys610crT8G
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2GH7tsvLO
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAH4qRHfdwXY
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfSP6ZhmUbs
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFHit51iswj
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAm28EmLCpUG
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2FgD8iiG06
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFJlD9hxBJe
I playfully rolled my 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVZTLgSQ6ek
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1094Please respect copyright.PENANAXRUr9onQOE
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJXWUesZ95k
also looked worried.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0dT5pp0wcg
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAez4fdAY0TH
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVXP23tI4IL
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAsjc0osgt4N
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4UzqKIDhhZ
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAzae5vF6Cgu
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5mcmiKYitq
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbO5NscF1ni
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5cpMgOABuT
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA1PzNdx3RAm
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7iemilpKQA
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkjUAbpjdv0
"Okay, first of all," 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVmhqnU6k8e
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZMPcX5VQrN
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUqzckn8036
he wasn't mad at you."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Z3XBqks7
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqDVqcJ1Tw1
"That, he couldn't say."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHCM9kfuR3P
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFakdmwGOJI
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAIKTTSHVJNr
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAchEZTlUSHD
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdtK81qPF2H
Christine pressed the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJYxaGRSGSX
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMxTWWe11Fb
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAj2uxEmgy8H
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPGn078iv3p
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA9U3keAfoRG
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnYyYwQroR4
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAOEyMVX8PvI
We got to YG right on 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEe3Eom343R
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAsNdct1haL0
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAgYFeF8PvRo
arrived a few seconds earlier.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAu623ARVDRY
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2UiV5iqwWV
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYBp0WhdeIq
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZoDVfJ2jAb
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPLFINeVStj
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfCsIerRndy
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaQZmPcDmia
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAV0ZQjFmKUy
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbhFn5bCQYE
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnBa9LnCXQ2
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAyN9QCwiWKu
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAWsoqSUCIqL
"There will be no such 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0IH5rE82qd
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUSaduAjJxq
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAsusqUVtzqs
"And you're making it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2N1dEyqNHC
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATw43151E57
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAXpCxby4uwr
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAXUk6HLirdF
"Trust me, you don't 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYC9TCpBvhF
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1094Please respect copyright.PENANAf4kmmhSX21
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8CtYEvA1x0
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZWVW8mVAsI
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnBlAc4pnab
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdUvUjf9UAy
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUSaYJCv2fr
"Look, whether they are 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA46MjlHHYCM
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAq6wuuv8kP7
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1094Please respect copyright.PENANANxn5V4jZHh
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEbjax6gE9C
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1094Please respect copyright.PENANApNrhrqp69q
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAGZayX5Avq
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAO1cWEl2a0Z
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMrZvShpE2q
I gave Lee a sad smile 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbuza2Be8Gj
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1094Please respect copyright.PENANAxE9CfEfoRn
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA3GXtu9EcUr
your life. Like suicide.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjDJdkBLnqV
We started our way 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAzbAinUlK2Q
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0glJXcHFtI
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATxyeMY7BAY
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvT3cuNWdoS
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAm379rHO6Oq
I quickly ran out of the1094Please respect copyright.PENANAIbT1a3hmdF
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwZvQNSHwTe
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1094Please respect copyright.PENANARm8CxzGbbA
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAuKSlVMgww5
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1094Please respect copyright.PENANAz1mTnvNdDc
check for it inside.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAKWbDSwnqmU
When I got to the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANABAWONuHevm
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJyWxeuFG5H
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1094Please respect copyright.PENANATvpKmPuTTB
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1094Please respect copyright.PENANAasiU6C8EbX
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6D7AxmLE7a
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAONAYSYRFo3
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATubXbeGEtM
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAgortnaqnUK
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEfxWl0CIxX
"Seriously, I can sue 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAE3J1oDfE3F
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhIcgsA5FiN
fast. I never even heard him coming.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA9XdYpRWvFU
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAP5zixKDSRc
"You're not my bodyguard1094Please respect copyright.PENANAKs1KgXAO3Y
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAesXPXg4Cc2
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJu7pRKCj5m
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAk4eBkQjyXZ
I blushed. "You know about that?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaV9H4AK4Jb
"Everyone knows you have1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGGUHfPDTZ0
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8muM7TDGsT
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwamM63emrt
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAisL8BEW9XY
"Looks like I did the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAU6QdqRhoeP
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAECvfUsSVEG
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAx98sodlq9h
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAx453ihpZlN
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1094Please respect copyright.PENANACujuLnqH1Y
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAI2QthtqIoy
"And because you're a 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAalZy6Lf2dJ
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1094Please respect copyright.PENANAT5AL7ZkeBG
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZndsYiALqO
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZdQaFSwUA
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPag4sMg8ld
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1094Please respect copyright.PENANASdzDGvY8Hy
"Can you at least tell 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA54I3hWfa95
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaRVy9f3f57
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAW42Pvj1B5X
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAyGsNpBXeIM
"What dramatic effect?" 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeXG9GPHWHC
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqppjZFVhpE
came closer. I took a warning step back.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbM4m9n6XC9
"If you hadn't followed 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAlcOOUFdH7x
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1094Please respect copyright.PENANASnvRIIKlgz
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfMLjKUxoTr
room."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqirgup6Gyj
"What surprise?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtH4MFsdqCD
The elevator stopped and1094Please respect copyright.PENANAj6zLfjEghx
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMjLrdEi1kT
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1094Please respect copyright.PENANAN1sfu1sLEA
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZNKkZc4QIg
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1094Please respect copyright.PENANANMvP5uKnoo
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAH4BanIH7tZ
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAIOBdCXXIPn
"I already have a guess," I said.1094Please respect copyright.PENANATk3IhIvXlQ
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7QQB24KtDJ
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAsb7LKXXAmw
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAALnQVSh1VZ
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAh5pEHWMWbv
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQjrfyimTaa
When we reached the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAausQKBiaEP
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4FXQIwSfeP
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAcQMloGKuqe
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUOZtjOTvHP
In the conference room 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfJaR3UUoTk
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAzElzscrnlr
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1094Please respect copyright.PENANArlCGBEDN4v
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjg5q4jywBx
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYHwKjl3O4e
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHrw8zcfI4v
though I did my best not to show it.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2GCaPVKvhN
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJtoUO5Sd8r
I looked to the opposite1094Please respect copyright.PENANAuq5kXVNEly
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAENzk8vNVMh
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaR73bB2vEw
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaksZpdn253
"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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMKOYHGWUP4
G-Dragon quickly turned 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtObruAwpxv
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1094Please respect copyright.PENANANHVyW4RMY0
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1094Please respect copyright.PENANASY4u48oYaK
"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?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUQJMN1LCmm
"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.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAlETtCHPflY
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANANxvfwe4LMV
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAg4nZwZUGDd
"Wait," said Lisa who 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaEYMByXGul
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1094Please respect copyright.PENANA888Bu6W6av
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwFwuzB1mLa
"It felt simple and 1094Please respect copyright.PENANANDIORRNfHM
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbrG3Oq1JNu
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8J3s6SjuMr
with G-Dragon today."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJJkeGSRdKq
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGlqZfB9KUE
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8joP8rTN6l
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA89gwBfvYPR
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZDATaCln8
"Ya, I know I'm a 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA9H4YdzfGnY
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZTWVgf79Ei
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYL2hcCLik1
"If you mean us getting 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAD2M8NEu0ZO
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAuPK67pKpWE
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1094Please respect copyright.PENANALliCQP1s8j
by coincidence."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQMCNvIouWK
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAE6ziItT20q
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1094Please respect copyright.PENANACQcsT8gTDT
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMS5Qn6aFIF
The rest of the BTW crew1094Please respect copyright.PENANAr6YE2jFDum
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAb4iapIbFPY
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUoICCE7OAl
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeN5jqmt15I
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHED1AAC6kY
"Hold up," said Zoey who1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfrZ0GUnqpb
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA3GuldDUZ7P
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFMJxCS0pAo
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAKGMOmGZfPS
"Told you we'll 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4xBrAsWNY8
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHACOrOk6PU
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAibPNmvJkpx
"But is he going to do 1094Please respect copyright.PENANArBVAyGSWuU
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1094Please respect copyright.PENANACV1NWduI0C
didn't really meet by coincidence."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAyS8EWSW471
There was silence in the1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtzl3bWj5oH
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEO7xMlrxj6
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaw6lgkhm5Y
planning to do.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGhIFSgV0IQ
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAWGfuEZ4f2l
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMCA6d7xHsz
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhaotH0GDKj
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUP0pr08q8R
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAuvG7atB9yz
"And also because he's 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJBOkTJcVbB
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAS5noQVxtpB
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAWNQPbuUrxm
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQsoPokPdjD
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAf3h4GUndd4
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVDBOn7rgZv
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAR2lMigCOxJ
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAxzpLozl0RK
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0jcfefSYmO
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAKX6mHSDm1w
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnYQIztPkVa
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAuGPiMuvYbD
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4btxyPvjOD
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbUKDaarAXf
deal with G-Dragon instead.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEZBMQamGev
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAB3N9stot4h
"What do you want?" I asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYGSISAVT5m
G-Dragon looked at me as1094Please respect copyright.PENANAgVHYw8TNhp
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeLa1HbxI6G
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfYMvNle1Od
came to any conclusions.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMMuGJMy54P
"To make things clear 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYhCiQRiZ3h
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVzhF8FtERz
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiGuD6sbE6k
thinking about doing the same thing."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAXO6cmecYrZ
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjHzvQXfyOw
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1094Please respect copyright.PENANANo6PE38u2R
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1094Please respect copyright.PENANASjH8i1voO0
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAg0bxX3Pwr0
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAslzxJUi71N
"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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2krCdQclru
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVLjIjhK9VH
"All's fair in love and 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGvkuOmnuYq
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwstdna9GDl
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPI1PxFDLEr
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGIxGaHM3aG
"Come on," Christine 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiuU9ILEGL6
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATOryRfoXKs
won't be here for long and you know it."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA27M2O3uCDT
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnniua3ZERL
"BTW is nothing but a 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAh4BaZrLca8
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAWewZeatNTq
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbmtB0TAhE8
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAecA3WXwY1J
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiuqZRZfq84
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZDPeFuW17U
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6E485bjZJ1
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1094Please respect copyright.PENANABUG9uyORbY
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAT4xa2Y9h8q
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJVaeXSm3WR
"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.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYkvxk0FAR9
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAxRsaItOEKH
Upon saying that, the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6CjLOl1Gh1
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATzD8Id530e
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6FyHXx6bX7
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhjwPnd8q9x
seated stood up.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAcfeBBTwpy6
I gulped. I hope the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6FP5WXQwld
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1094Please respect copyright.PENANAF0Op33WHaF
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6gxLgmAUFs
The two managers had 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2CXR46t4gX
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfFtupwmSm7
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5fVW0x2Nbi
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1094Please respect copyright.PENANArsEda1t3Tc
is wrong.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPHMyUTQVSk
"Good that you're all 1094Please respect copyright.PENANADDbYttIl7Y
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA1Lb2akLbOV
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAaolQ2ShdZF
I have always hated it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeCCyfhPrlu
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAcXLmNJZZdg
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFKSjDLFofu
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkEdGdkkbto
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAofwI2sVbk7
their seats.1094Please respect copyright.PENANARJyDscN8vq
The two managers and Lee1094Please respect copyright.PENANAylCkietstj
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAijMMj0ShKJ
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4UE8BkoA68
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8AkLhhatQv
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhj2fdhenhP
was.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdavBCBoGlS
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAXY3Lz8rnmJ
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHwlpMN6kHg
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAiCTVI6bt9
Zoey sighed loudly in 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbZYzggPuVG
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjw6jtASLwc
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAVeBcGKGzbA
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiJq0p5EIZ3
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAji4TQL30OL
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAS3gphV6QNP
The two managers 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZz3WWbxqF5
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGXs5Szv5as
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQOkX80qIM2
That was so not cool.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAR3DGyTd0S8
"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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANASVI5H9fLVp
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAA8Nj3ptqcn
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA60DccWIiTa
My ears perked up when 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdhWvMTKhlC
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPRtJbLIUMQ
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1094Please respect copyright.PENANAlhVSGfuTu0
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAmxEhkgdQwY
"We heard you outside 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjsRQNsP3Tw
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdr7KajjqWa
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8O66OZtNaS
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA49lXQqG71F
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdx4gkx6Goz
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZiJsaRn87v
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAKeAclEz6Q8
through further scrutiny about this decision."1094Please respect copyright.PENANACCM7xyCxfl
I smiled. Even if they 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAb259rQpTeh
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA1mVzgXGLjS
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbLLC49NyQE
There was an exciting 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJLzkkWU5bc
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1094Please respect copyright.PENANABImmB7tu3g
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAieRbIFi5vz
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAENzJVcCtqD
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvHW5uSXO3n
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAxtePkFdhze
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnEO5HkkIfM
I turned to my other 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAZfoqj3Tdqk
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvkm36g6jz4
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1094Please respect copyright.PENANATTG4nwh6ZB
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAR7YJgJHZeI
now, didn't matter.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAO6f7hR9ehx
"You heard them when 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAH8u17ZGfcB
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAlsNXi3cIgX
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA28DomFRBeH
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAViNGf2ncyo
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMbmKSTlSWo
"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.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA84I6I8P5sh
This time it was me, or I1094Please respect copyright.PENANAJdlcT8qF92
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1094Please respect copyright.PENANArC6aF41uxO
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAKhbEJqACBp
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAfEYmWG971b
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjF8fjPoYgD
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkssgQSWQbm
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdwZj3m4xgm
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1094Please respect copyright.PENANABc1anv6Jgv
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiMvDF8uuyp
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvFdaYMWHzF
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPfdbXReU4e
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAj7pBYNCYQF
"We all agree," said Daniel.1094Please respect copyright.PENANARZneHgSzHP
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAF0CUjtGiwF
"But just because it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8shhamhEhz
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAb6xxOxGOC5
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUwqJiJtdsX
"Okay, so that's settled1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAxG3i8SNia
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA9z7C88Ug7h
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkuOXJFsHDN
BTW official."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6xiA3ZfalE
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANApDXyiRPSyZ
I noticed that most of 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiaJaoVxKC6
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1094Please respect copyright.PENANACSfOZdRNpq
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiGUkIIGn0k
when she looked at me and I grinned.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQf7i1eNPPP
"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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAkkru7kyFNY
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA56TMXIchcK
"Before we make BTW 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPCL2mK0nAs
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiH88tR31XL
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAG178qyHH3
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1094Please respect copyright.PENANANjxNftSnk2
low for a while. Is that good?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4aU7Z8ND9
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAcmQaxB2luK
"That's fair enough," 1094Please respect copyright.PENANANCPzev6LLP
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1094Please respect copyright.PENANABqhGtj1MfA
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1094Please respect copyright.PENANAA8h9gp7dvS
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA221J7xHney
so."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAyVhegQrMyR
"So you want to crush 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQc7XpauH8d
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1094Please respect copyright.PENANALrkfOZZ0Ly
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0uGkCWqek4
strategy."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAldo6CHXq5c
"Then if all is well and1094Please respect copyright.PENANAligeXm2FwM
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQqjOLOL706
updated and not a word on social media."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAmMIytHPjQB
I stood up from my seat 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqj2qIoJy06
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPw7JMtmS9l
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAyQJGi0TQQj
walk out, I stopped them.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAk2WcBJ1tCZ
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFpSOWzDpUc
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUHGUO7zcBR
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvgB7klQv4n
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA6wD7L0hJyb
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0xn3O2DdcM
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqvRtFGkChq
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA7XGSpcTCfH
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFt7NZnUyE9
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvAsKeM3rX5
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhbr7uy8jin
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAeFhluihhje
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhhI8Lq6DMU
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAp6le2T4u8n
"This is like the best 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHy026qcYoN
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdoMqwDNZ8m
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAArAjRiBHZe
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4uA0XB26JI
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAdKcU3FnS8p
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAr3DQIdXDRj
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1094Please respect copyright.PENANABaRxdolDlq
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4QrBGEM9jJ
"I knew there was a 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8AGUIWJq4N
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAIdluQ0tjuQ
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1094Please respect copyright.PENANABvaYe5eHQB
G-Dragon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANABMYmqL8zdv
"You knew?" Christine asked.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAczQCY9pzit
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGqDslxQ96I
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA5ETKKyE8fI
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEq5vDaNcW7
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAP004KvGufN
"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.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAJznRBxJSJ
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1094Please respect copyright.PENANALl2kjQjtmI
"Well, you guys can tell1094Please respect copyright.PENANANl2CyDM7UT
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2AnNBHdh0Y
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAmVAyhAfvii
aren't going to go into the same car."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAM2NCfqtElc
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbekFxwmyxI
Everyone else started to1094Please respect copyright.PENANAh0wrt54kVx
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMm6r1f6pva
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bf7LpDcvR
only G-Dragon and I.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAmfF3ecz7bp
"I'm mad at you," I started.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA1R45Bd2pnh
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbfbTlLw0r6
"Save it." I held my 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAhjAlRo9NkJ
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA25XoDTC43Q
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1094Please respect copyright.PENANARY1aU2HKP4
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1094Please respect copyright.PENANArYbDq2y8jP
a war again."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAPUBh35xvbM
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAbUOoCxuBsj
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAvx8FqbDq4p
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnTS77rQQO9
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtJCV3iBp0W
G-Dragon looked at me 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAzNhetfoAyh
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAoWOTe6Fqwv
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHWwrpIYbHA
stab in the heart.1094Please respect copyright.PENANApeR6gM0P6E
"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."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA38rkvSve6o
"You know, the others 1094Please respect copyright.PENANANwANl1ST40
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0UL378oT7T
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1094Please respect copyright.PENANAMTEQSSppln
with WINNER yesterday."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAed6nybYi0P
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGc3HtGgbAq
I nodded my head. What I1094Please respect copyright.PENANARxfD2XPBcp
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1094Please respect copyright.PENANA8hWDCZqEHJ
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHbwvMkn9cJ
of Seunghoon and I.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAqfAZcYnxxT
"You know you and I can 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAT8RLc5mroO
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAjUGawArdka
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1094Please respect copyright.PENANASGguONcW8u
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAHOD8456t6V
down the rocks."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA2tEjSloivd
I headed for the door 1094Please respect copyright.PENANALnOWwyLOeW
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAFcFJowIWci
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1094Please respect copyright.PENANAAwa4cpQny6
Zoey, waiting.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAYqhCC1eUVr
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwds3Tr5DOr
"I sure hope so," I said1094Please respect copyright.PENANAOkuoYH0n1C
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAktFRUBClfs
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAtbTStrbYYk
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEBuE22Wfcs
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAQDVIaY0clf
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAU98cibKkrW
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAn7ZmUJ2Zwk
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA0a7b2dRyqM
"You know computers are 1094Please respect copyright.PENANAEo1OqTrxD6
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1094Please respect copyright.PENANARVMba5YmbX
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1094Please respect copyright.PENANApZKGEXaA1V
supposed to."1094Please respect copyright.PENANA4RaTZrt3Pe
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAUi7ZLfZqX0
I smiled. "You always call me that."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAducx6rSU33
"Ya, because you're smart too."1094Please respect copyright.PENANAGCeBdYqVhZ
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAnLg9JUyflA
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1094Please respect copyright.PENANA3blEWgOzUX
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1094Please respect copyright.PENANACwir4WZ3U3
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1094Please respect copyright.PENANAiRoqewHNC3
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1094Please respect copyright.PENANAwxn3w6rPJo
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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