Hanging out at Times 706Please respect copyright.PENANAwDorx1aNFy
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from706Please respect copyright.PENANA9gTQbKBFHh
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAaH1h8pbjQ5
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.706Please respect copyright.PENANAIgDmHYOHLg
But that didn't matter. 706Please respect copyright.PENANA9bsMnfZkwv
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 706Please respect copyright.PENANAonbzVYxN5z
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3nOocHMqz6
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 706Please respect copyright.PENANAchd9vghXsv
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 706Please respect copyright.PENANAK3iZK7Zzro
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 706Please respect copyright.PENANAWqwKZTyD8s
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdMsFKbqJBC
actually played around with the adorable kids.706Please respect copyright.PENANA4JgDLYjVIo
There were plenty of 706Please respect copyright.PENANAbHQSDO38bQ
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 706Please respect copyright.PENANA6htsVJOZoh
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the706Please respect copyright.PENANAxo2tujjAWh
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 706Please respect copyright.PENANA5OwHioawe8
fans too.706Please respect copyright.PENANAuXFULxob0k
The time we were done 706Please respect copyright.PENANAHoTnQyu7in
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 706Please respect copyright.PENANAcD4OiJHEvo
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 706Please respect copyright.PENANAcHuEqCbzY2
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What706Please respect copyright.PENANAHprib97ULH
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 706Please respect copyright.PENANA4RyxMTY08s
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 706Please respect copyright.PENANAgiByY94tYu
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 706Please respect copyright.PENANADUD3cXvrCR
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 706Please respect copyright.PENANApW2hNN40Zp
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 706Please respect copyright.PENANAfKWZg035Ux
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdKKKL6njSt
previous day, of course.706Please respect copyright.PENANAAGfo0K5IIm
As much as the managers 706Please respect copyright.PENANAB3MbH4FTqU
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 706Please respect copyright.PENANAmYuD8jl2O2
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without706Please respect copyright.PENANAJ79XuyL0Eo
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 706Please respect copyright.PENANAkzYZtX3MHW
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.706Please respect copyright.PENANAFI6ZzHA5ZI
Right now, this very 706Please respect copyright.PENANANq7qlDLkft
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 706Please respect copyright.PENANAlk268AnyER
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 706Please respect copyright.PENANASyqx6732n9
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 706Please respect copyright.PENANANBMgyAO5oA
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAOztW0fBJy0
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 706Please respect copyright.PENANA1fRqWwvIUn
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 706Please respect copyright.PENANAtsxdata9dF
and I just couldn't take it.706Please respect copyright.PENANAmjZd0zICnn
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.706Please respect copyright.PENANAgbmuBoVDy0
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.706Please respect copyright.PENANAghDxOh5bgw
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAFPLvZkMKz5
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.706Please respect copyright.PENANAkeaiJvrCJP
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.706Please respect copyright.PENANAmII2yei7CK
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."706Please respect copyright.PENANACM3DZTHZdt
"I thought you said your plan would work."706Please respect copyright.PENANABxUogQmFsq
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."706Please respect copyright.PENANAr3hWyDQ0lm
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"706Please respect copyright.PENANACta3yOzreJ
I felt like slapping my 706Please respect copyright.PENANANiYjkaPCs4
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.706Please respect copyright.PENANAH9X3Hc0G8r
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 706Please respect copyright.PENANAksiDYIPBAT
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 706Please respect copyright.PENANAO4eAqP9CuZ
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdWc5tTBx9V
off.706Please respect copyright.PENANARECOpxgB2P
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."706Please respect copyright.PENANA5IYEhqSgcx
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.706Please respect copyright.PENANAsF08Jz3zdh
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."706Please respect copyright.PENANAjRkNbICXF2
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"706Please respect copyright.PENANA1jmdTeMnoY
I shrugged. She read my 706Please respect copyright.PENANA8QC7HMPPE5
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 706Please respect copyright.PENANArHI7h8guIl
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 706Please respect copyright.PENANAQRkQOvIBeg
me the whole time."706Please respect copyright.PENANAVGYXWxolVy
I sat down on my bed as 706Please respect copyright.PENANAi9RBe2kVme
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I706Please respect copyright.PENANAZSrFnKdGJY
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.706Please respect copyright.PENANAQURFRpZQ9e
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.706Please respect copyright.PENANAneV879rBWA
"Gosh, you really should706Please respect copyright.PENANA1nKjgzWt36
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 706Please respect copyright.PENANAc8NPr3DzmL
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 706Please respect copyright.PENANAprvRaINzTw
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really706Please respect copyright.PENANAG8nLqC9SpM
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."706Please respect copyright.PENANAYmfqZxh5In
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."706Please respect copyright.PENANAkXJdArgcdJ
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.706Please respect copyright.PENANA7V3NtYIr3q
"Mike is annoying 706Please respect copyright.PENANAjteF0Oudba
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 706Please respect copyright.PENANAkUFi7wphVU
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."706Please respect copyright.PENANAsRf1D3rUql
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."706Please respect copyright.PENANAzRsxrTE223
"You're right. I should burn him instead."706Please respect copyright.PENANAq5XkFBk86S
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."706Please respect copyright.PENANAJgJgzACapx
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.706Please respect copyright.PENANApdif9G9uod
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.706Please respect copyright.PENANAXG7nBnd5t9
"Sorry, but just so you 706Please respect copyright.PENANA6lvfD5ktIv
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 706Please respect copyright.PENANATZsLiMoNwi
that pic of you and him together."706Please respect copyright.PENANAGYDRnTT4M9
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.706Please respect copyright.PENANA0zb9wqs8f4
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."706Please respect copyright.PENANAwkW7mCD9cj
I blushed and at the 706Please respect copyright.PENANARRbvCcFQpb
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 706Please respect copyright.PENANAMM43UYyUmq
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 706Please respect copyright.PENANARo0XFd812Q
other hidden agenda.706Please respect copyright.PENANAysWgYtuAgn
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.706Please respect copyright.PENANA9zYX4zm7s0
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."706Please respect copyright.PENANANjfKsAIbIv
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."706Please respect copyright.PENANAjR2Gd5tHYK
I sighed in surrender. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAWhNOMwLPfJ
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAyfNAssgcU3
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 706Please respect copyright.PENANAuV2bOrcoi4
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."706Please respect copyright.PENANA55qtJMY1Xp
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."706Please respect copyright.PENANAdw0Ku1kdEv
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."706Please respect copyright.PENANAV455uK4NOC
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."706Please respect copyright.PENANAdwjJzFV2SM
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAvoKwQxJVvb
Zoey had an excited look706Please respect copyright.PENANAeZZHdOZr6N
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 706Please respect copyright.PENANAVksXSlUIJq
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 706Please respect copyright.PENANAFDAPMdguMS
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 706Please respect copyright.PENANAiTJ2vMhM8y
clearly show all over her face.706Please respect copyright.PENANAHQQnuQzwvf
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.706Please respect copyright.PENANAhUxDrE7Fdf
I shook my head. "And?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAJnn5rJ1YFO
Zoey folded her arms, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAk0jjeChlGm
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 706Please respect copyright.PENANAMhfGovww0X
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."706Please respect copyright.PENANAuMYcmEYcWq
"Hold that thought. This706Please respect copyright.PENANAEGd9TnHXR6
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us706Please respect copyright.PENANA1wmzEV78Ik
after Seunghoon posted that picture."706Please respect copyright.PENANADXBUiTphRP
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."706Please respect copyright.PENANAr6B7gccTQT
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."706Please respect copyright.PENANAeCNOccSZ0Z
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.706Please respect copyright.PENANA4Hide6Zp4S
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.706Please respect copyright.PENANAHCjKcUKIrS
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"706Please respect copyright.PENANA6k2THsM3IA
"Well, he hid in our closet."706Please respect copyright.PENANAtat1xhIz4M
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."706Please respect copyright.PENANARog3Pq7iW7
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAIo0sOGM1TG
"Ya, why?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAWy5JVAWAqF
"Looks like we just 706Please respect copyright.PENANAp6Nm9ifm5a
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAgXRELDemvk
whom we consider perfect as our bias."706Please respect copyright.PENANAKEBWI8bDG7
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."706Please respect copyright.PENANA4XShig5IBK
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."706Please respect copyright.PENANAT8G7EUlAIP
"What do you mean? You 706Please respect copyright.PENANAKLFNwXqyeU
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 706Please respect copyright.PENANAwAl59g1kaJ
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAWofF1wf7MA
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."706Please respect copyright.PENANAFyzOnS0PZi
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"706Please respect copyright.PENANA8M7o7LCgJg
"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."706Please respect copyright.PENANAt2q5e3WWkA
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAPe0sPRmJM4
"I wanted to but I kept 706Please respect copyright.PENANASBEOfh5QlP
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 706Please respect copyright.PENANAPNXwPtgX23
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."706Please respect copyright.PENANA15n0XweSBl
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOKxbxybUrH
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."706Please respect copyright.PENANAEOuBCxCpLW
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."706Please respect copyright.PENANAxoUAPZKTW1
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAcu1rmp5nfF
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."706Please respect copyright.PENANAF5ZqpPEXnT
I quickly stood up and 706Please respect copyright.PENANA9hhG8pU7hA
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 706Please respect copyright.PENANAEGaRHcdHqJ
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled706Please respect copyright.PENANAiEITSe43Ss
her back.706Please respect copyright.PENANAmAluKMeDbj
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.706Please respect copyright.PENANAUhOrOgDxR3
"Zoey, you're going to 706Please respect copyright.PENANA8mxzEZK4pg
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAx8v7YJZOrf
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 706Please respect copyright.PENANA0prhMgB7oo
own hair pink in the next ten years."706Please respect copyright.PENANAstyeiQPPl4
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."706Please respect copyright.PENANA20VpbppEQl
"You're lying."706Please respect copyright.PENANALBR8RuFiSI
"I'm telling the truth!"706Please respect copyright.PENANA6Fpl1cbeha
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAGZJcDhx7Tk
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAtVex3Ad4Bz
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"706Please respect copyright.PENANA1m0o7WcoTO
"I can't tell you that."706Please respect copyright.PENANAVTMRT6tQFM
"Why?"706Please respect copyright.PENANASziQOjzqTO
"Because it's 706Please respect copyright.PENANAa4ItFasI6M
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 706Please respect copyright.PENANA4r4QB8OQ1S
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"706Please respect copyright.PENANAwSA0e1w7hA
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.706Please respect copyright.PENANAfyFPeb1LXH
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.706Please respect copyright.PENANAUPMdFIWBUT
"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."706Please respect copyright.PENANAfLAaYmKNE2
"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.706Please respect copyright.PENANA6EqRLM23Aw
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."706Please respect copyright.PENANAI8JJfE5roq
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAhkNlCdRhm5
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."706Please respect copyright.PENANAnAVUMbcM5I
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."706Please respect copyright.PENANAYUWZxfxhWZ
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."706Please respect copyright.PENANAt0BZTaM1VS
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."706Please respect copyright.PENANAhiRGqlGLAb
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."706Please respect copyright.PENANATuakxrnSAB
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.706Please respect copyright.PENANAEcQYLZ0oXG
I playfully rolled my 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3w59rawugg
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee706Please respect copyright.PENANAlTA8GM8YNf
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 706Please respect copyright.PENANA77yGzd95CO
also looked worried.706Please respect copyright.PENANAYml9U03Z71
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.706Please respect copyright.PENANApuRIJ792sb
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.706Please respect copyright.PENANAx5A2pK5Hvy
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.706Please respect copyright.PENANAAbHIWAFSx0
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.706Please respect copyright.PENANAQFQX2vGXaF
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAkFGVBLGBsI
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.706Please respect copyright.PENANASZVrml2LJl
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.706Please respect copyright.PENANAEnu7aOmjAN
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders706Please respect copyright.PENANAPekmxg6WBf
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAstAJhmCgPK
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAVo1Nh4HWbi
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."706Please respect copyright.PENANAy2pJV1xzWd
"Okay, first of all," 706Please respect copyright.PENANA7mElPYWZFS
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAjfWCIaw9Sw
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and706Please respect copyright.PENANAj7PeAGzE0N
he wasn't mad at you."706Please respect copyright.PENANAEILVQUawRl
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANA7y7PowwQeJ
"That, he couldn't say."706Please respect copyright.PENANAAmMl2US1jm
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.706Please respect copyright.PENANARtWkksWzXt
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."706Please respect copyright.PENANASb4uuyd388
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOhJIZyEolC
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."706Please respect copyright.PENANAt6rnpea355
Christine pressed the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAEoPWdfNICX
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 706Please respect copyright.PENANAEkeAYkBXEG
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 706Please respect copyright.PENANAsrLp0LONMv
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 706Please respect copyright.PENANAXEiEFJHgy6
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 706Please respect copyright.PENANAqunFQXHDnn
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 706Please respect copyright.PENANAQqFg0p8ljO
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.706Please respect copyright.PENANATU6NncZKzT
We got to YG right on 706Please respect copyright.PENANAxeBaottMTS
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 706Please respect copyright.PENANATQGkP7jEv5
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 706Please respect copyright.PENANAr2XpHIGqSg
arrived a few seconds earlier.706Please respect copyright.PENANAdtBWRfdohd
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.706Please respect copyright.PENANAMwTrvTK0jr
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."706Please respect copyright.PENANAOWzowgJVso
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.706Please respect copyright.PENANA7fAFWRaSbu
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"706Please respect copyright.PENANABKcfOk4BJw
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."706Please respect copyright.PENANAzVJO7f9znE
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.706Please respect copyright.PENANAiJwtJiLizE
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.706Please respect copyright.PENANAsiTkNVy1OL
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAJqXEAsmSfg
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAdk3jALVSHH
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."706Please respect copyright.PENANA36EFLsXAfP
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.706Please respect copyright.PENANARxBBKz3JRh
"There will be no such 706Please respect copyright.PENANAEDV8bOu57i
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 706Please respect copyright.PENANAQruCosVZRQ
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."706Please respect copyright.PENANAhgNWYwNYHr
"And you're making it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAsU9SLjLblN
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 706Please respect copyright.PENANAF5dPPcjgVY
pouted his lip and scratched his head.706Please respect copyright.PENANA8oWf9P1dxM
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOtj7cCiVuW
"Trust me, you don't 706Please respect copyright.PENANAjOwTECy3hE
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You706Please respect copyright.PENANA3WvOL9FBUV
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."706Please respect copyright.PENANAafOnZuG9ga
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAP4w9Ukb0N1
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."706Please respect copyright.PENANA755OiER91r
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.706Please respect copyright.PENANA0TJZF4kQV9
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.706Please respect copyright.PENANAWfWgKqV43Y
"Look, whether they are 706Please respect copyright.PENANAq1JOBmOIpA
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 706Please respect copyright.PENANA0dNl5PUyvq
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 706Please respect copyright.PENANAX6j4yhnomV
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."706Please respect copyright.PENANAwy8G5aN6lu
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.706Please respect copyright.PENANAovx0sZCSDq
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."706Please respect copyright.PENANALMWur6ZHrG
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANA8VwMBWjzOF
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."706Please respect copyright.PENANAY3eKDLddND
I gave Lee a sad smile 706Please respect copyright.PENANAElT9pNrblD
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt706Please respect copyright.PENANAxMnyldZbMz
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 706Please respect copyright.PENANAevex2hE7BF
your life. Like suicide.706Please respect copyright.PENANASyvDxapSYp
We started our way 706Please respect copyright.PENANAxDRIgRhWaD
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 706Please respect copyright.PENANAnQmjmYl6Cw
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 706Please respect copyright.PENANAYClqwiByaK
and my jean trousers. Nothing.706Please respect copyright.PENANAL7TwxqKvHw
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."706Please respect copyright.PENANAMpnbXg0NpW
I quickly ran out of the706Please respect copyright.PENANAHxsg0MNzwp
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 706Please respect copyright.PENANAq5oism3PRm
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 706Please respect copyright.PENANAqG8lJXUbQu
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 706Please respect copyright.PENANAP3M89X9mX2
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could706Please respect copyright.PENANAtLi4Ub10Qw
check for it inside.706Please respect copyright.PENANAm7YifUqzDw
When I got to the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAsa2plXTroW
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 706Please respect copyright.PENANAHI9uNyQ1Pt
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I706Please respect copyright.PENANAOozJlqLkKF
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were706Please respect copyright.PENANAQzDjEZmeFd
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 706Please respect copyright.PENANAMEsPZgpZiV
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAcd5xN58wea
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 706Please respect copyright.PENANALcBTlVZDk0
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.706Please respect copyright.PENANA0tEIyy9qmm
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAqzoRLaMsYI
"Seriously, I can sue 706Please respect copyright.PENANAFd3mk1DpYr
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so706Please respect copyright.PENANAPecVPibC08
fast. I never even heard him coming.706Please respect copyright.PENANACGCdY1y8t3
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.706Please respect copyright.PENANAeplkl0RWro
"You're not my bodyguard706Please respect copyright.PENANAAS3EvjphxE
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 706Please respect copyright.PENANABqAosl6xZr
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."706Please respect copyright.PENANAG3wM5Y9Bxw
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.706Please respect copyright.PENANACt4Q5fjFQL
I blushed. "You know about that?"706Please respect copyright.PENANATEQA0Y1wtn
"Everyone knows you have706Please respect copyright.PENANAOH0Gt8wjLl
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAHlAImrEDYa
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."706Please respect copyright.PENANA5piXFkSNqV
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."706Please respect copyright.PENANAhvBzn5Sc3Z
"Looks like I did the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1pXmg1dqX
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 706Please respect copyright.PENANAgyhmdoPR2F
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."706Please respect copyright.PENANARVxg7iTfTd
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.706Please respect copyright.PENANA2OFm6yszvI
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.706Please respect copyright.PENANAQl0OzT3VAe
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."706Please respect copyright.PENANAQgXWOKakpl
"And because you're a 706Please respect copyright.PENANAXPQ5oHxsF8
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might706Please respect copyright.PENANAQpYY5RSXMw
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAGcgvaoN4Gn
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."706Please respect copyright.PENANA12LcfkqwnO
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."706Please respect copyright.PENANAfqj5e7em34
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.706Please respect copyright.PENANADxqqdpeWxZ
"Can you at least tell 706Please respect copyright.PENANAXcU9DrC60p
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator706Please respect copyright.PENANAOa3a9CKDTF
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.706Please respect copyright.PENANAQtCj6X1TcS
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.706Please respect copyright.PENANADqF9Ux2t1o
"What dramatic effect?" 706Please respect copyright.PENANAGzniH8v90b
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 706Please respect copyright.PENANAMMZt44g9In
came closer. I took a warning step back.706Please respect copyright.PENANARGErlIwJZG
"If you hadn't followed 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdMNhCVF8Xf
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 706Please respect copyright.PENANAEJUO0OG2JQ
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference706Please respect copyright.PENANAXCZ6THAh70
room."706Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZaHzragB4
"What surprise?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAhsvJSkvIK1
The elevator stopped and706Please respect copyright.PENANAI3FMsfmzwu
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAy4TvZtEljw
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the706Please respect copyright.PENANAQy9mF6dbdu
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAtBRFaHVhWP
Seunghoon and I stepped out.706Please respect copyright.PENANA3rRCwoM4pk
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.706Please respect copyright.PENANABaKOkQRK9q
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.706Please respect copyright.PENANAgOSCKtUDIc
"I already have a guess," I said.706Please respect copyright.PENANAWo0GUadJS8
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.706Please respect copyright.PENANAsniWOx2wct
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."706Please respect copyright.PENANAqy7s5Utb4s
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.706Please respect copyright.PENANAnQecmvGcvq
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAHBPcZ2a7Vz
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.706Please respect copyright.PENANAEKzdR8mWDp
When we reached the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAO4tdNRh90l
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAZfEmjrXdUm
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 706Please respect copyright.PENANA5w4pwz8xgv
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.706Please respect copyright.PENANA9W75bdm0pJ
In the conference room 706Please respect copyright.PENANAO58MMKjQjO
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3BEGtpZBQn
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office706Please respect copyright.PENANAcNlec323TJ
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 706Please respect copyright.PENANAvH2ZcrvLvJ
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 706Please respect copyright.PENANAlQmpdbVJhB
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 706Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9Ytvg5q0z
though I did my best not to show it.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOTk9k17gfn
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.706Please respect copyright.PENANArfNDuSbnE6
I looked to the opposite706Please respect copyright.PENANAeKGwA4p67n
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 706Please respect copyright.PENANAORoCygrTXR
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 706Please respect copyright.PENANA60Rljw89uH
turned their backs to us facing the wall.706Please respect copyright.PENANAodO9eznA6q
"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."706Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4uCymhbQf
G-Dragon quickly turned 706Please respect copyright.PENANA1XdHtVRhb8
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 706Please respect copyright.PENANAKwS7O725Hn
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.706Please respect copyright.PENANAP7f3CnfYiz
"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?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAko8ACoki0K
"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.706Please respect copyright.PENANARxTLxUBGCZ
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"706Please respect copyright.PENANADr4jexfZKD
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.706Please respect copyright.PENANA8D5pMB5nyT
"Wait," said Lisa who 706Please respect copyright.PENANAzsifVzANBC
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused706Please respect copyright.PENANAnJLCS1natp
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAlquRxn3ijE
"It felt simple and 706Please respect copyright.PENANAh69X57JD9S
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 706Please respect copyright.PENANAs2sKPPMbGe
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 706Please respect copyright.PENANAS8sYLlNjsa
with G-Dragon today."706Please respect copyright.PENANAYevz2Cyx0G
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."706Please respect copyright.PENANAGB2NsJy1HD
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 706Please respect copyright.PENANAZmQbeDbq4C
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."706Please respect copyright.PENANAqZH3QJGKJM
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.706Please respect copyright.PENANAS2f3lFgGJN
"Ya, I know I'm a 706Please respect copyright.PENANAgog2l2RFZf
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 706Please respect copyright.PENANAosnhTnwn3W
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."706Please respect copyright.PENANA4PeLweIVjL
"If you mean us getting 706Please respect copyright.PENANAMMIUU8MUlm
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAeB3HSqhABo
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 706Please respect copyright.PENANAmb6dlc4yP9
by coincidence."706Please respect copyright.PENANALOuZiAOgKB
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."706Please respect copyright.PENANANmT13TpQWP
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.706Please respect copyright.PENANASGwUiy4jze
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAfOjXl3GCef
The rest of the BTW crew706Please respect copyright.PENANA48OYmbBbcK
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 706Please respect copyright.PENANAzKz4azN37v
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.706Please respect copyright.PENANAkt7lZMkmBj
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.706Please respect copyright.PENANAeSmBVMetAQ
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."706Please respect copyright.PENANAGyn9DRvCEG
"Hold up," said Zoey who706Please respect copyright.PENANAscbmkRTe3M
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 706Please respect copyright.PENANA4xUzVATmY2
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAaKjWkBjsVV
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.706Please respect copyright.PENANAYOVWqy43JL
"Told you we'll 706Please respect copyright.PENANALUPbgyMCDN
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear706Please respect copyright.PENANAH2okXCZ0tE
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.706Please respect copyright.PENANAWceIZUFcsX
"But is he going to do 706Please respect copyright.PENANAxYsfi8muEP
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 706Please respect copyright.PENANAlYcIVDUVYT
didn't really meet by coincidence."706Please respect copyright.PENANA01agahPDEl
There was silence in the706Please respect copyright.PENANAD6JYLRd3VL
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 706Please respect copyright.PENANADT7FuDQniS
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdmOha4lb5B
planning to do.706Please respect copyright.PENANA7FLwEpCby9
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.706Please respect copyright.PENANANkrGDDsvYm
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAU3pAsRNB2R
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.706Please respect copyright.PENANAYxlA5cw8At
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.706Please respect copyright.PENANAKfLQWsDiwG
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.706Please respect copyright.PENANArlGP6FEcWZ
"And also because he's 706Please respect copyright.PENANAI4hQr9iYGI
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 706Please respect copyright.PENANAQLfYBi9LIP
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."706Please respect copyright.PENANAmn4L032sth
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAcaDXEJzXxy
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANALLYGzM1np5
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOxUkxt08IV
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAr6lY1nNMRo
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAhI6jOPJHP0
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.706Please respect copyright.PENANAlXcsl6KVjC
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."706Please respect copyright.PENANAOExT7DD1iY
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAlWWEwWJRli
G-Dragon smiled. He had 706Please respect copyright.PENANAHysN6OkuaR
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 706Please respect copyright.PENANA9LqYHg1TVF
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to706Please respect copyright.PENANAuE7Od9612N
deal with G-Dragon instead.706Please respect copyright.PENANA5aWDFgsEji
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAPrX5fXSLh0
"What do you want?" I asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAsfz1nu7XxJ
G-Dragon looked at me as706Please respect copyright.PENANA9Rz3ANQUx1
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 706Please respect copyright.PENANA2x6Ec2ecJo
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I706Please respect copyright.PENANA7KSnyR5Saq
came to any conclusions.706Please respect copyright.PENANA8A264ueexm
"To make things clear 706Please respect copyright.PENANAi84Q42r6Dl
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a706Please respect copyright.PENANAbrwE71L4cJ
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 706Please respect copyright.PENANAOrDxEaAazB
thinking about doing the same thing."706Please respect copyright.PENANAVexXrNJzaR
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAKky2I8HcAK
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."706Please respect copyright.PENANAPDj4HNgUS6
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."706Please respect copyright.PENANArfSEYCUmPW
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.706Please respect copyright.PENANAlDO8nqKVsz
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.706Please respect copyright.PENANAyuKl5wQATA
"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."706Please respect copyright.PENANAgNWIWaHCRs
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.706Please respect copyright.PENANAPqRWPBQLda
"All's fair in love and 706Please respect copyright.PENANAcpKESSpNx1
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 706Please respect copyright.PENANAEFgUtSAKu7
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 706Please respect copyright.PENANArj3Hu2cy5V
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."706Please respect copyright.PENANAvquWr2ccUu
"Come on," Christine 706Please respect copyright.PENANADON16Bdtbh
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 706Please respect copyright.PENANA7PNbgWs0sj
won't be here for long and you know it."706Please respect copyright.PENANAZuy8wTOTFE
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."706Please respect copyright.PENANAvbOd7ZMriS
"BTW is nothing but a 706Please respect copyright.PENANAS5cgVhZitW
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 706Please respect copyright.PENANAVswAVLXEJH
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."706Please respect copyright.PENANAGOYUDy0ow8
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.706Please respect copyright.PENANAQHBNimP8Rx
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."706Please respect copyright.PENANAlmOmGbi5Yd
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.706Please respect copyright.PENANAwz4hPbbEvT
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.706Please respect copyright.PENANAhye7fU9vXO
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.706Please respect copyright.PENANAbijw4vvQKV
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.706Please respect copyright.PENANA7InGLiiGfO
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.706Please respect copyright.PENANA4nsnRdeen4
"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.706Please respect copyright.PENANApL7hAggL3M
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAKmM2XtLQG2
Upon saying that, the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAjzLnI1Asug
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 706Please respect copyright.PENANAWEy2PGqdK6
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 706Please respect copyright.PENANAsOJNMJWBd9
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3wZjuOn6zX
seated stood up.706Please respect copyright.PENANAAr11nX7yPD
I gulped. I hope the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAGJ2UYTaGtE
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where706Please respect copyright.PENANAODxJpyLBD7
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.706Please respect copyright.PENANAu9F6KVNPPI
The two managers had 706Please respect copyright.PENANAggDI35IZBU
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 706Please respect copyright.PENANA2vd9jamkwt
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 706Please respect copyright.PENANAvuqjaozibz
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 706Please respect copyright.PENANAlARCM9nJkc
is wrong.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOuoq6Spv3c
"Good that you're all 706Please respect copyright.PENANADRfkRqu9Om
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAPUaeoC3F80
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."706Please respect copyright.PENANABpStlUnxsg
I have always hated it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAFc1LHOLdcU
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 706Please respect copyright.PENANAUi1rk7jkTq
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 706Please respect copyright.PENANAw4qfrJi0CB
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really706Please respect copyright.PENANA64PNiA6FHL
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 706Please respect copyright.PENANAHMH6JwCkNP
their seats.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOlxas2dRnR
The two managers and Lee706Please respect copyright.PENANAt5FGXwNVn9
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 706Please respect copyright.PENANAsIpJYXMZWn
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit706Please respect copyright.PENANA1IiMjyxTQr
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 706Please respect copyright.PENANAy8KfOHiQXj
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I706Please respect copyright.PENANA6gMI4a6xd3
was.706Please respect copyright.PENANAuIYqPhC0Xo
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."706Please respect copyright.PENANA9PgozyKk9A
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."706Please respect copyright.PENANANytF0mRnqi
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.706Please respect copyright.PENANAIJUapLMQtF
Zoey sighed loudly in 706Please respect copyright.PENANA94C4Vimwvk
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAXkAvl7jVcs
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAiqQaXYMTPO
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a706Please respect copyright.PENANAQ42Kx6cJUe
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 706Please respect copyright.PENANAIURmnyed36
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."706Please respect copyright.PENANAMtUH9c8GqP
The two managers 706Please respect copyright.PENANAbnSt5CQwei
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAC6zEpJvSB9
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 706Please respect copyright.PENANABZRy9dvomq
That was so not cool.706Please respect copyright.PENANALovXf9GrG1
"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."706Please respect copyright.PENANAib19QnjBjK
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.706Please respect copyright.PENANAwBan5Nh5QT
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.706Please respect copyright.PENANAe0HHTgbz1i
My ears perked up when 706Please respect copyright.PENANAgAEZhPH766
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 706Please respect copyright.PENANAXZYyPzB7Az
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?706Please respect copyright.PENANA7077VK1f6b
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAKjJ88Fq6rA
"We heard you outside 706Please respect copyright.PENANAemrOG9iDGg
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 706Please respect copyright.PENANAHlSP2YEb9b
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.706Please respect copyright.PENANA6tnAKEh75R
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.706Please respect copyright.PENANAMSraoCJ0r5
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.706Please respect copyright.PENANAhchmCrgih7
"Yes, Sam. For real," 706Please respect copyright.PENANAIQpp5t9TIV
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 706Please respect copyright.PENANAse8lZv1ACW
through further scrutiny about this decision."706Please respect copyright.PENANARDCKeDkdbM
I smiled. Even if they 706Please respect copyright.PENANAB849sMMA0O
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 706Please respect copyright.PENANAE8a4K0PU9h
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.706Please respect copyright.PENANAvMwKlfY9gH
There was an exciting 706Please respect copyright.PENANAHs5ITq5z97
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 706Please respect copyright.PENANAcx4vjMNPdS
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 706Please respect copyright.PENANAUoAB99vjJK
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 706Please respect copyright.PENANAQRnTxzsJrg
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 706Please respect copyright.PENANAbxe1RM0B9b
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.706Please respect copyright.PENANA9I2dvPdqD8
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAxazBcJTZGZ
I turned to my other 706Please respect copyright.PENANA2kQwueGOUY
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdV4I9MLGY6
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 706Please respect copyright.PENANApz33bt53OX
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdLSxnpQxiu
now, didn't matter.706Please respect copyright.PENANAstZJnmSrSS
"You heard them when 706Please respect copyright.PENANAtqQeVY0kAZ
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 706Please respect copyright.PENANA2thJoKciHI
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."706Please respect copyright.PENANAGmMCgGDBWO
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.706Please respect copyright.PENANA1Xd2mO3Zu0
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.706Please respect copyright.PENANAiKxPztPDxX
"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.706Please respect copyright.PENANAGrke5HpUu8
This time it was me, or I706Please respect copyright.PENANAPZY7110Eb0
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 706Please respect copyright.PENANA6xf08dkBTs
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 706Please respect copyright.PENANA1hKYfBDgih
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 706Please respect copyright.PENANAUHYCWCegi1
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 706Please respect copyright.PENANAS5EX9vhYxa
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him706Please respect copyright.PENANA75dcNQGZab
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 706Please respect copyright.PENANAPsNuOkqThg
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 706Please respect copyright.PENANAl24185RSDq
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.706Please respect copyright.PENANAfpNEz5eW1o
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.706Please respect copyright.PENANA0BtlEIo6oZ
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.706Please respect copyright.PENANArgWtMS5qzE
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."706Please respect copyright.PENANAm96QuBeUCc
"We all agree," said Daniel.706Please respect copyright.PENANAHN0ACKrEhV
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."706Please respect copyright.PENANAzVs8Bz2fED
"But just because it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAzHFnYI5kg7
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 706Please respect copyright.PENANAxh1CvaqBK5
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.706Please respect copyright.PENANAeYkvhPfkbX
"Okay, so that's settled706Please respect copyright.PENANASmrzX7EKHK
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 706Please respect copyright.PENANAo7B9jkfPxk
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make706Please respect copyright.PENANAU5je1HGwn7
BTW official."706Please respect copyright.PENANAVvacWUgYIP
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"706Please respect copyright.PENANA5p5Me9hcvU
I noticed that most of 706Please respect copyright.PENANAkh9qbdH5u4
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 706Please respect copyright.PENANA0gTer9vBtQ
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 706Please respect copyright.PENANAO8d976JtuS
when she looked at me and I grinned.706Please respect copyright.PENANARthUPXk5z7
"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."706Please respect copyright.PENANALmpxGUor3N
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.706Please respect copyright.PENANAJsG0Rt3FW5
"Before we make BTW 706Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6CLNCPO2V
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 706Please respect copyright.PENANAWEb8Uo9dKW
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 706Please respect copyright.PENANAxx41M9ZE2n
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 706Please respect copyright.PENANAoFW5Q4brdA
low for a while. Is that good?"706Please respect copyright.PENANA1NMYMxezZk
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."706Please respect copyright.PENANANRcDabgAcG
"That's fair enough," 706Please respect copyright.PENANAkAFZi4502z
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 706Please respect copyright.PENANAVhNHzYASzW
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to706Please respect copyright.PENANAfuSRbiF6eB
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 706Please respect copyright.PENANAJqZrjAEkD2
so."706Please respect copyright.PENANA5QxubU06v7
"So you want to crush 706Please respect copyright.PENANAe8sz03bssR
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I706Please respect copyright.PENANA51pmUtSnvd
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 706Please respect copyright.PENANAoX8QsS8Js0
strategy."706Please respect copyright.PENANA695cx4r1ru
"Then if all is well and706Please respect copyright.PENANAKsYFw4tPgp
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 706Please respect copyright.PENANARMSNNjlyW6
updated and not a word on social media."706Please respect copyright.PENANA2erDQN9F5X
I stood up from my seat 706Please respect copyright.PENANA40SCAdKBSN
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAUL0ec0n121
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 706Please respect copyright.PENANAqwfxet25Gf
walk out, I stopped them.706Please respect copyright.PENANAeo6yiwLkzK
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.706Please respect copyright.PENANAL1gKE133As
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANAQmbvnkA7QI
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."706Please respect copyright.PENANARkrOIlkFjC
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.706Please respect copyright.PENANAFKFtuqA3c1
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.706Please respect copyright.PENANA1EguAI492M
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.706Please respect copyright.PENANANfo9PkX63t
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 706Please respect copyright.PENANAF2TOrOK3vY
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a706Please respect copyright.PENANACYgV9cwseJ
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.706Please respect copyright.PENANAfxMoSh0jt8
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"706Please respect copyright.PENANAXE4RE7ObWu
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.706Please respect copyright.PENANAobyuOssKEh
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.706Please respect copyright.PENANA7JNHZqp9zN
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.706Please respect copyright.PENANA7XxAf2JPMp
"This is like the best 706Please respect copyright.PENANAAuw7RmVCj1
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 706Please respect copyright.PENANACGOsQiQQqX
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."706Please respect copyright.PENANAjUuR0sReLU
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.706Please respect copyright.PENANASdddcb0p8T
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."706Please respect copyright.PENANAvlVxYPAebe
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.706Please respect copyright.PENANAjL9KMnkrbz
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."706Please respect copyright.PENANAUrqTvz4pH9
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.706Please respect copyright.PENANA2X7XcDzqT2
"I knew there was a 706Please respect copyright.PENANAetQYUQLPhX
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"706Please respect copyright.PENANAGPCT8Yh195
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 706Please respect copyright.PENANABpixX9Hzil
G-Dragon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAvzqmOETmsg
"You knew?" Christine asked.706Please respect copyright.PENANArgKLplVWYK
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."706Please respect copyright.PENANAtdEMTb4h5d
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."706Please respect copyright.PENANAtuO8GBGINn
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.706Please respect copyright.PENANAQcmYgLyrKy
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.706Please respect copyright.PENANAiFfUJl49Zk
"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.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOfDPsaWbgz
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"706Please respect copyright.PENANA5rBwp2DbcA
"Well, you guys can tell706Please respect copyright.PENANAFQVxadvji9
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 706Please respect copyright.PENANAK5vVWfoq0d
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 706Please respect copyright.PENANAcX6CYd8hbp
aren't going to go into the same car."706Please respect copyright.PENANAc6rdIoLRNz
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"706Please respect copyright.PENANArgg7NKNv3C
Everyone else started to706Please respect copyright.PENANAQthxbnRWeH
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and706Please respect copyright.PENANA6HkARuuhDN
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 706Please respect copyright.PENANAbkaC5hzLxu
only G-Dragon and I.706Please respect copyright.PENANANBAd3UW6CH
"I'm mad at you," I started.706Please respect copyright.PENANArFfSsyVesN
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."706Please respect copyright.PENANAgWvcys9Z87
"Save it." I held my 706Please respect copyright.PENANASRqfx9G5kV
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 706Please respect copyright.PENANAtmTUwdBrqF
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 706Please respect copyright.PENANA6sBVT7OABM
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up706Please respect copyright.PENANAEvdV2eP41Q
a war again."706Please respect copyright.PENANACAMw5pzpHA
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."706Please respect copyright.PENANAUS3bStqXby
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."706Please respect copyright.PENANAjf3c7LxUmL
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."706Please respect copyright.PENANASGyHNfO8Tw
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."706Please respect copyright.PENANAlESeX6hZEq
G-Dragon looked at me 706Please respect copyright.PENANAv9kMVF4djc
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 706Please respect copyright.PENANAk4fMgwji4e
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 706Please respect copyright.PENANADGORlWhhoI
stab in the heart.706Please respect copyright.PENANAaDQVTScW2G
"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."706Please respect copyright.PENANAWwjJtFwUDl
"You know, the others 706Please respect copyright.PENANAwsELdBde3y
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 706Please respect copyright.PENANAbac4y9BnJB
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out706Please respect copyright.PENANAMZB9MuNVUI
with WINNER yesterday."706Please respect copyright.PENANAnh6XWgiFQJ
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."706Please respect copyright.PENANAY4nZK9OLUs
I nodded my head. What I706Please respect copyright.PENANAH1bkaEgDpl
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 706Please respect copyright.PENANApkLGR9V4fI
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but706Please respect copyright.PENANAhVyJyFeHyA
of Seunghoon and I.706Please respect copyright.PENANArSKGJ736KG
"You know you and I can 706Please respect copyright.PENANATqGOqKC1lF
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAXls0TJHyNX
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest706Please respect copyright.PENANAvGen1q8hmw
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 706Please respect copyright.PENANAVRru4nK78q
down the rocks."706Please respect copyright.PENANAdgeIQI4AXl
I headed for the door 706Please respect copyright.PENANAjIMT91AkJI
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 706Please respect copyright.PENANAT8MTB5tRO1
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood706Please respect copyright.PENANAA1vbtMgKBU
Zoey, waiting.706Please respect copyright.PENANAxQDfGHeAUG
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.706Please respect copyright.PENANAhYJPbqVAJS
"I sure hope so," I said706Please respect copyright.PENANAV2V7jiXAwD
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3tJw1TMcJu
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.706Please respect copyright.PENANAvRCTyAUlyK
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."706Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0GJd3ZLyW
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.706Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jw7DRs2yI
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.706Please respect copyright.PENANAjuGE1Qetz4
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.706Please respect copyright.PENANAqo8f5b2C9B
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."706Please respect copyright.PENANALLrOUqu9wr
"You know computers are 706Please respect copyright.PENANAKXkTCublgY
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do706Please respect copyright.PENANA4Rjv3s3xxZ
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 706Please respect copyright.PENANAGWjmh9xPDA
supposed to."706Please respect copyright.PENANAXniJ4SGFf6
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."706Please respect copyright.PENANAXiTPJVR7Fz
I smiled. "You always call me that."706Please respect copyright.PENANALrOCEPNYRM
"Ya, because you're smart too."706Please respect copyright.PENANAdE1mbx1v8J
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.706Please respect copyright.PENANA1I97OL9wIR
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.706Please respect copyright.PENANAOa8LV2dzM7
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."706Please respect copyright.PENANAZxHoebr473
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAbWcUncWFgD
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.706Please respect copyright.PENANARLIYe1jyWQ
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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