
Hanging out at Times 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1qdIHDJaWl
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6zgbw6OIve
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5HBIa7VD5k
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2C4TimJXcp
But that didn't matter. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANALIVjm9PYxG
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZSpr1EBnQT
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAO6uLxg75On
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwBvmvduFAS
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzFkBPFV15A
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANALUM3kN1UXY
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANXU6xZvE4j
actually played around with the adorable kids.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASFcMfpfIlW
There were plenty of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATySFYFlFXP
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsEfkzIq6Tj
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1021Please respect copyright.PENANARSCbloPwNd
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKedjWX8xMJ
fans too.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzmv7rnZLte
The time we were done 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXatKPEqaaV
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk8K1gMsTdj
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvB9k5CRAlM
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvvUdfSuSTb
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAX2Exqt0K3z
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdrxP6FceCx
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWuWMTr1lNQ
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnK2msC0IRl
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAH2lYzsPPfp
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAESDVg7hqFh
previous day, of course.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYYAjfVj4Cr
As much as the managers 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvptSaOLiEs
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxwdJt95ZoP
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZMZkAoqsA
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASn3t89524q
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsMXJZ3ZY5o
Right now, this very 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArA5sxgG3EG
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVf1JKTSdPG
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcHBmflxQAI
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUfJKqe0D3x
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8sofUonFfG
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANADRg6ED4JUE
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbepA7oUhAm
and I just couldn't take it.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU9KMIrPmqy
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAapoGUuVgum
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAasJB27XxaS
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZd5N4OrTmz
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKQqaFCYoeF
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQrwpFG9DkX
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1021Please respect copyright.PENANALhrPRVtOU8
"I thought you said your plan would work."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIflC2AetVr
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYHNcCzJxPl
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnjU1iGZLwa
I felt like slapping my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmNi0N8peK9
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGC00cybwOo
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu6VuvlfT5t
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI7iqk7LDtD
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQYtrJLThme
off.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlwmQ8NP372
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5GblYl5CmH
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAL0khh8snEv
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA53XmeGfYyB
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnaBKxK8uRv
I shrugged. She read my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAey5mofAEl4
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeKCKx9dup3
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAT4M41ZweKD
me the whole time."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3CitNswN82
I sat down on my bed as 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfJNQVJotRH
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3O7tMLK7Ms
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEZrVMYUEvd
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANABbSrcmgd8J
"Gosh, you really should1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7UdHKt1BLz
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnJYJjakCIo
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATKWVEZsbSv
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5ClHKqbL02
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAS1mGB7SOyJ
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANACTUQhZf6e7
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkgWsC9UCSt
"Mike is annoying 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyElpdr6XgT
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmwHOB1WDK3
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzs6kk5XWBH
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1aValunh6U
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIRh1SHaXwr
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvo1VdPCjvw
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASmuEU8k6td
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAm6lipY7VJN
"Sorry, but just so you 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsgiNZSQnYZ
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATctNIcOEq9
that pic of you and him together."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7QNKb5XUn3
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU4DfQnT67k
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARCSF7fMRTM
I blushed and at the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnCHv1z6tNP
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARAYFjLSBr0
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYByKLtvF8s
other hidden agenda.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcf0Y8PBDFD
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANABYfFAS14he
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAM83ptGDiNN
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7Sg4uikn4T
I sighed in surrender. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAn0Ihy6l7Xu
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYNw8VXkUsh
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6BswUHcP30
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhEUvTcj1u2
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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAO9UbB0w1kv
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnXhNHU7v5i
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk3RpsekhJi
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAV9lyLYzRaK
Zoey had an excited look1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoPIA8edE3X
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk7wFbQCXJG
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7j95uvKFpK
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASLBtmysvlb
clearly show all over her face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASf7wSYBHDJ
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5zTplLfOYE
I shook my head. "And?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlFPS2bqJyv
Zoey folded her arms, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAd7HlU717mm
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWOGaOvh5MH
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1021Please respect copyright.PENANALO64uSpfXn
"Hold that thought. This1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGXCGEeD1pP
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaXumNLqS1f
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoQS0gL8npq
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtt1Tzl8QoK
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKP0bvH9Jl5
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASjALztbEwc
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoV2cWFyz9M
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHVLKQ3MLrA
"Well, he hid in our closet."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcq7LhUgUpw
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9YnmywKJ37
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA39A71kdDHA
"Ya, why?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIy1wCJtDsx
"Looks like we just 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzdTCGBtMI6
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEC800VXa2D
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8XPKRaiqji
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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvskUZkuWZU
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmx7juSwGc6
"What do you mean? You 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeffxgtbKIG
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJKmf7Ep9Wb
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvujTFIK1vd
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYqQ7hFju5r
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1L14DifhHr
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bw8qpy9KG
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXNZQKMUBf5
"I wanted to but I kept 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACxffngikyb
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhxdrK95rbO
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9XGHl1C7Oy
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAij0JfeytN
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAywSvU2kucx
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvIMlZ0Gvzt
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKDzb1MDBSQ
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1021Please respect copyright.PENANADyaCmUnyVz
I quickly stood up and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0CSQ01Mftr
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJtfEiJOvEF
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgFJLJnejKF
her back.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOCG5K6ervS
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAl9uPZjSY2O
"Zoey, you're going to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPSlk74xqG9
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWMlLCcFmZX
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz0gy4ARDrC
own hair pink in the next ten years."1021Please respect copyright.PENANABbYX5Lbc0W
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAc1Iil84Uxz
"You're lying."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYvqx52M6Bn
"I'm telling the truth!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeshKZjg0YQ
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAclxyWz9IqY
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmPk1bUcehQ
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxJo7OQsy2o
"I can't tell you that."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkk0wCAjl7z
"Why?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANASqqMPXMCSg
"Because it's 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAytDwSi6WqK
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqDTS2ZY68v
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEGCpiRXMAz
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA12UHhqW0rd
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdzZxVxAblS
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAt1eeuVm8kL
"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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArZ6ghcBRGo
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJ18hzvvrcO
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnY5oxTySbU
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuQumiqgBqr
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARW4Ka232Du
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIrirKACMBp
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwAvquGmWuk
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3KseM2zbwu
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeHpMhpPgLx
I playfully rolled my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsvodLLf0SZ
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1021Please respect copyright.PENANATCFS9ElGu6
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGbFlQenYip
also looked worried.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZfeNDoi6HJ
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAujJkSC06Zi
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHGGtZVVU8j
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlTedQ7RbMf
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzdSMA2Nc16
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2022NrIzCQ
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4B77oGgMrY
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYmOisKNU0Q
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKBbWiuPojO
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXhILJc9Rqa
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxbz0xm5jY0
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgDUkZRwB7G
"Okay, first of all," 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzGKofwL0aa
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXLnVVtb9Jj
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQih4svt77q
he wasn't mad at you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlvMvTSvrUx
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz2ca5j9bto
"That, he couldn't say."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAc6Y5r2zigl
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbuAc4g8pF4
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8NvMKYc1Pq
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2wOwOt7Cfl
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHj1OnRkdLq
Christine pressed the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGkC28hsoUC
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArzqDOkL3vF
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAoqMXiLmwh
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAycMaLmeaOG
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAC2JHvbIBlr
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAO5gDqijeV4
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsKMAyRNCPf
We got to YG right on 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANdvwIoemAf
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFXJuwXiEH0
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXi2QRgg7a1
arrived a few seconds earlier.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI1yEKvV6fz
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu5jwMo9eOW
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaIL5bpmNGx
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgvfmnZ45G2
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAixbwfaS4qv
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1021Please respect copyright.PENANArxewzeXQE1
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHjTd1UGk10
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJLBEWe3rcH
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA70SOYLp0Gg
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcfwa0PSBlw
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoyh53P9iR5
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVTLHGlzWHj
"There will be no such 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4j75EafH9W
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMyuWDyFR30
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ27WduJ6A
"And you're making it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmsgsNfHbkb
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAswNiga3RXL
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACePNYGnITg
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyMM7sQpfQf
"Trust me, you don't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0SLqYyjbc3
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1021Please respect copyright.PENANAouacZ89aGP
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsOUsYVl9mq
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFGdFMlbfoy
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKXWGnSfpQO
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhC31O5kJ3z
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAa5BMIjp8iN
"Look, whether they are 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaTATxYjMkW
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz3V7AHtl9U
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkiZGL5Gx8G
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUWBcptuVDR
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhArXb85gmz
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1021Please respect copyright.PENANASbsIESBEra
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWO2k1BvCz3
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAE4IESJ5Ibp
I gave Lee a sad smile 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAM5KgqWp6n3
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyU8G8eVAbe
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeBBciw56Gh
your life. Like suicide.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGRR4SozQBC
We started our way 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmZT5gIfk2W
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZebD8AzmL
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJduQkyn7jv
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArf0Za0AJVC
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXJ7eTvsjpy
I quickly ran out of the1021Please respect copyright.PENANA79K4dp5kPf
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAShqYN965A2
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1021Please respect copyright.PENANABrPfDGcobN
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAStI6Xz13wK
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVxOrYpnX5W
check for it inside.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVqGMbw6TTB
When I got to the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArP4yaLtgXp
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjg3OUwNGno
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI21YnZZuQv
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZSXE6CQzhu
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFoqbwxTtmJ
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHXEaEhvRiK
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3jsmUfjEET
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPP7fEKi2UH
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAprSZnWnOwY
"Seriously, I can sue 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnvVnxPVVzY
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzzIA6mGLNp
fast. I never even heard him coming.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHzr0I816DW
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yb6Tfbofr
"You're not my bodyguard1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdGsa7fcP7E
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbFFVwTY8EC
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnfRwt8olUy
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA66FWB7VsVj
I blushed. "You know about that?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzP5U0RoqkD
"Everyone knows you have1021Please respect copyright.PENANADeCgi8P0gL
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA12568xIXb6
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1021Please respect copyright.PENANALcOV2zVRNh
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQp9VrJ5Tyv
"Looks like I did the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAl3tfNg0klZ
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAe6kOn0loBM
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4S6DAXerQW
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAB2JiQJg4Qj
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1021Please respect copyright.PENANANoSUhsOQ8t
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA310gsjk04L
"And because you're a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdZSKeyasT3
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8FAkCIyZkf
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFF0RmVUty4
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARqNTWpPqb7
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvO1g3Fr3vM
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfEJBxWXKaU
"Can you at least tell 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQZhbogbiiL
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6nT7VkVSmz
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjF1ijQSdAZ
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPnMLkp7rhI
"What dramatic effect?" 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZy3xm89BtT
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbq9squTz8W
came closer. I took a warning step back.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA49LWkajoAd
"If you hadn't followed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAih8ZI4MPfv
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoVuEF0pnVm
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1021Please respect copyright.PENANATFXmp8lHhy
room."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjT16YSIN6w
"What surprise?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3fdeX4xZtF
The elevator stopped and1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0CL8aGTq2i
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOnFoAMedSb
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdhF410c98j
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZr9lOBHZty
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAc7HnAeaJvQ
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI8zDCr4oxy
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA127CaVgWqa
"I already have a guess," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOex5SosLJe
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXgh5L8nD0v
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7yYKk0aPg0
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADt444dgx8k
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAr9YSsLxANj
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI786JolK0i
When we reached the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYQqk2a7Dtp
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAp8QM2I5OIy
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaResNpkKSS
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9ko8GAeXik
In the conference room 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYYpDM7beg4
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8M1U3rHXMi
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7rk9ts7vr7
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcXHbb5B3Us
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHrin25ulXY
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0QOZQFJUZv
though I did my best not to show it.1021Please respect copyright.PENANARIRbw95gcQ
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5J6rJ4ojCW
I looked to the opposite1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9GpQK57oOg
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgubcNdkNdK
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANwYa0ZAeWe
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArG574ruvWu
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4s3gvO7Lto
G-Dragon quickly turned 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjDxKU0tw1j
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu4fcEslUoq
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOpPEbYNK5o
"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?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6IoHAUxvzo
"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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIc0zi4wQtk
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHEproEFPAa
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgmE7uxl03t
"Wait," said Lisa who 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaWFqVFmzlk
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1021Please respect copyright.PENANARpW5StDS2Y
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiQINbBNG8Q
"It felt simple and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAil9lsHpMrX
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHE2OxQtuyZ
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAM9JsguUpKK
with G-Dragon today."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuXaopQhrUK
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgW5p29I1u3
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1021Please respect copyright.PENANABOQcLAivOA
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9f0a48e5T8
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWWbijil799
"Ya, I know I'm a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAo5a9ipf2iJ
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7CsUL6qssK
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4krtr1fMd2
"If you mean us getting 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz8M7KptvGq
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3d5wbY2Rw6
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAC69s9y0Xel
by coincidence."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWULjFlduI2
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcFACB4zGkU
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAE2tRf3qzSP
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmV8yGJR4Ut
The rest of the BTW crew1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnlzfZk3v8p
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANALjApFb2tIo
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzzbjKDnUXj
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0usyHLjoTx
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA17zNzWk0Z9
"Hold up," said Zoey who1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtE8Bka5Z5i
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8vhB4rSi6U
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsD5tXWJhgL
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmGgsxs17No
"Told you we'll 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVs0JsZriYU
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1021Please respect copyright.PENANAddwHGBZpSB
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADX7bfaYAEo
"But is he going to do 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9nkoZGBh8a
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy0AFaanrFj
didn't really meet by coincidence."1021Please respect copyright.PENANALgb9JZQYR4
There was silence in the1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyoYdI8qzV0
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIPbEOjvsW3
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfn8NCiSwOw
planning to do.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkWlfqQFOsr
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfTxE32mmW2
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1DYxc0wHj8
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnnIZfKFaWi
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAg8GGHYbZg3
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAT6ZjjQhihu
"And also because he's 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAL4TKzEAhrq
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlfCcSK7WlC
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAY8YaPxXygG
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAti2SrE6cHX
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhPwdtspYMo
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAe2tWAsiHpo
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATvH527pqJc
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzqvxv2Xu5G
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEZZADuPsrC
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5WP1ITZNXp
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwwG2zuyJvy
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA58P07kwGX2
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFQ316fntNW
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9nhKDOV8a1
deal with G-Dragon instead.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATJSYbZQ4sB
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAL0jIyCIJaL
"What do you want?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADcY6iUP1NW
G-Dragon looked at me as1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxef9T7dWic
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANI9DXdnl7i
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxszOrN3zYx
came to any conclusions.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADPJOqYkSVX
"To make things clear 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7yCXJbeJ4g
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfWxLtzMpxe
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA47URzawbYe
thinking about doing the same thing."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA426hFeWg4X
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaMH4YhLf8H
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoKHDBqWjtw
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeT5rT9AQMh
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArmqkzu2pfu
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU2EebrwyEU
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFa1hvHnmwD
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAN6ieV4Szcg
"All's fair in love and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANnd9x8O1Wm
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGLzqwbkoP0
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvXHNmg7IZG
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAH83g6Sh2cD
"Come on," Christine 1021Please respect copyright.PENANALWlDuPzAld
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3VDa4X4ZDo
won't be here for long and you know it."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlE79tK1KIZ
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZH2bXbBEC9
"BTW is nothing but a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATd94qiwSLA
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATNEbAeU7yS
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1021Please respect copyright.PENANApymUpFBIs1
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVjsjN98iRu
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUSmiKjvd8f
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdLE5iZmoHA
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA95Q2s8CUdE
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaHzsJtmp5t
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAo63eVjlaPu
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAflDwbPWBbv
"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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxbSBDHelqn
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0mbyuQR43H
Upon saying that, the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAx26lS9YzYt
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8nhqqB7ErL
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAv3HkjS3t5h
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmFXdXMKQp5
seated stood up.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsFwXspMrFz
I gulped. I hope the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIqlGo2Sn4g
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmUT1C2GDpb
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASM6tr0Q8Vx
The two managers had 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjoZRLsd2Ct
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWCDQpYn35Z
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAb0bBmpR8Dc
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcjMeMSlzOr
is wrong.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYGfKtgzN8b
"Good that you're all 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqGC6PbVgr1
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdBzF3gkvpa
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaPrXkoDOM0
I have always hated it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAY6UpRrPfPa
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAa46HWIHVBW
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA25mSWm82f9
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzn9gACa4Pg
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEdT9aFE3AO
their seats.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuce5dIPeDC
The two managers and Lee1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAVnrsLoHYP
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARHNC6oEtx1
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1021Please respect copyright.PENANAg5ilGwntOj
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsQ74TEKMnK
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAK5uzso4Oy3
was.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcHX4DgLdiy
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9z2f4680T0
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcmHrY1yRQC
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJuxcdcgq3e
Zoey sighed loudly in 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA47oGQGCPdW
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5wpG1kCLK
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwuqqcgfWUe
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyjlIOpX8by
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1021Please respect copyright.PENANApnaQageMsb
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwIF7yrqj9n
The two managers 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlKUxx3ZqA4
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHLHZhFHJBx
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAObhWwI1LcH
That was so not cool.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcHCUkQpmvh
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKYJRVmGs6f
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQeeSFcY3oW
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4AkUa6LFJ1
My ears perked up when 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwDvYhWRq91
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7XB12bLlxd
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWA7A6a7Ifs
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASJv3bSTitE
"We heard you outside 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAChF4AgVrPd
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz0ClhRiV23
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzAU9Za37bS
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkr9X8h68wX
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1vYDTLca0v
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3OCw6o9CnL
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjfLAKTYM1N
through further scrutiny about this decision."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3h92FDkvwp
I smiled. Even if they 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFKXFWwgMBk
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAo99tPZ7mcQ
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuvH5kJnygu
There was an exciting 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlUM6pkCyQo
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3CPuMjn300
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANznT2wkpj7
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANfIXu6t47Y
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaasR6cd1PN
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3Lk9l34qcW
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0ToO29FwAu
I turned to my other 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiVrNdIhyG0
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHuQeHOZu0c
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5vAgYyu2u1
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOBOAHKQT9i
now, didn't matter.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvL7dY4WouK
"You heard them when 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAh7kScPNbXw
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA84z6XgVwQv
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1021Please respect copyright.PENANATBfAb9AICt
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwoIpuJdphP
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmACadm2XXQ
"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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADSx1uLIa4M
This time it was me, or I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwJNegEmaUh
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3riFW01179
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHdks1Q2aXM
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACGts8s5XXB
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1021Please respect copyright.PENANADYjTogYXB6
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1021Please respect copyright.PENANAi3pKl1c3pL
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAX0sFQz9VJN
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFJ0KgGjZhj
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArdZFGG48Zm
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgr6nALQ9RA
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUSONtdMySf
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvH8uut9y2H
"We all agree," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAN4OyLyyt4e
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAo3wXBe4SAA
"But just because it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQjtp7WInND
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJc0oeKFuSL
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbHhOZKVXiX
"Okay, so that's settled1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZyHpSuPF6n
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsIiQLALepP
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8umQN8DsHm
BTW official."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA79hfo02OmE
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfWxnu4ZLOQ
I noticed that most of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6K5c0DDu5H
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmAA3teyuZE
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQVnxtRp8FZ
when she looked at me and I grinned.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA29xuuAYm2g
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjInuci5VhL
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAHMw3ALQdD
"Before we make BTW 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEsLOOWnjba
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1021Please respect copyright.PENANABic31WBKqR
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1ltbws2FWt
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAznvsvHZ1Ku
low for a while. Is that good?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEjGURQA85z
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWJFNm1CBwM
"That's fair enough," 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu1nrxyUXVp
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1Bmb7Sng3m
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1021Please respect copyright.PENANAb9HmdyRlk5
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAORGCg9Xr2n
so."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgW3rMqVwCK
"So you want to crush 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyNHoDuw0FV
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvkVCicQ8BQ
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAvVsV3fPR2
strategy."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJcHchuipnY
"Then if all is well and1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0PIImDYJGE
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMfzC05rcDc
updated and not a word on social media."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4eZmqDNgGN
I stood up from my seat 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeeO5cLr48P
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6PmBqIxrMF
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcH9xAguEwQ
walk out, I stopped them.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6QuQMkofQ0
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0BHuOzYMW7
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqOPt7jt5DB
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy8CwWJH7L6
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0DYKMPGqfd
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1eyvzx3VHZ
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyBAs4YN0Uu
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgOkGc3adCG
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1021Please respect copyright.PENANAE3A9ePPuoK
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1021Please respect copyright.PENANARFnnRb5Zp7
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyFS6zG6iLf
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdM2ECRotek
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwPQn2y0b77
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9gOk2UsGq0
"This is like the best 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAm1zcK5qGH
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0OYwCoIz2L
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARJBl3iXaV4
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAySjM5S6LEy
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwd49S517Cq
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4BX8PhE5zj
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEpYDGbP348
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANARFfBzFgrRH
"I knew there was a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjQM4yOCLHQ
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6biPKFDCmA
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjiGC7NwQSc
G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYdyyt2MxGb
"You knew?" Christine asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATiqGorOKnH
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQjKZjS8PhO
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA39Yeccx3gi
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACPKGlcIYWJ
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAprWvSUVsEc
"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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5i89ibi1OT
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAv5D4xdLBP2
"Well, you guys can tell1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdpaWPvznkV
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARIuh8IQ7Ij
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2JVbpztErc
aren't going to go into the same car."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYFW8h4MLqi
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1ob3ye7APv
Everyone else started to1021Please respect copyright.PENANADM2ZpBjYE2
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmJJCdbDlZr
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGUehe2EvpJ
only G-Dragon and I.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvcMBZpKpe1
"I'm mad at you," I started.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAl5OPnSmiU3
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsFAYAjS60J
"Save it." I held my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAavKwg07mvo
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFo6mKjjdQf
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA47ASYHGsX7
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4jNOwqV22x
a war again."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0FUNExN7vy
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUvbwnFD7cO
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhfyqahrI6j
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEObVwKPzRp
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlnx0LmsN2X
G-Dragon looked at me 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATwNw08EJWS
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARA8FHKdU1s
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8Sg6ko0wln
stab in the heart.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeyCMMHVjTk
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgNTUOxCENY
"You know, the others 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATGyE0Q2Jzg
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfRngfPPNi1
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMboGVk5I5p
with WINNER yesterday."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlXwPsASPiK
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZgsafXI2R2
I nodded my head. What I1021Please respect copyright.PENANArS7M2Sv1H6
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA33Kt02uBeI
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMu5c0Y4rMc
of Seunghoon and I.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwBi63wEjVC
"You know you and I can 1021Please respect copyright.PENANApskyvTzA81
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y6ssTlaIN
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1021Please respect copyright.PENANAode9iyVxfV
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACbP2ppZ6od
down the rocks."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKWUDpbnLQJ
I headed for the door 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1EghLKtM3c
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMw0xd6QOgU
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyLBK2RH7JL
Zoey, waiting.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5U7msp6WlR
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU3QzS1WmGq
"I sure hope so," I said1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVcMoSeqLsZ
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA939PVDntUs
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXDul14ZLKX
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHQLjFGgAhO
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6PqGZX7BAk
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAS3loGP2Rym
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANALPlNoVYbrz
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAH6Km6oxUSF
"You know computers are 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQWhvmlFsTu
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5GEgQkLmfb
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAL7vyfzoX3p
supposed to."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYB6JWUtm6Q
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1021Please respect copyright.PENANASKstdemYuB
I smiled. "You always call me that."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPagYLAdNPD
"Ya, because you're smart too."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFUbVmwMjvr
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2kqyt8tvDL
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATYhAwxZ3AT
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYWDSPdUU6h
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzuyvyGAFF0
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAndrafM1RHW
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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