
Hanging out at Times 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjShpZfuASE
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from993Please respect copyright.PENANAMZtUDucGGa
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 993Please respect copyright.PENANA2SHxyZVpFO
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.993Please respect copyright.PENANAymyIovo52N
But that didn't matter. 993Please respect copyright.PENANABHyAuLitfP
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 993Please respect copyright.PENANA669ReLk6eJ
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8Jh3S71l6D
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAeuZ6BriGDY
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 993Please respect copyright.PENANA83DIIwhsIM
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 993Please respect copyright.PENANANHSG0EBHWN
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 993Please respect copyright.PENANADIbSFyODsg
actually played around with the adorable kids.993Please respect copyright.PENANA6NJgtDaMlh
There were plenty of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQawR0wDHXb
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjfKhkIFxH0
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the993Please respect copyright.PENANAcdETPCSAB6
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 993Please respect copyright.PENANAK4seRXb69X
fans too.993Please respect copyright.PENANAYQw04Ju1W7
The time we were done 993Please respect copyright.PENANA9ynSiDX6mP
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 993Please respect copyright.PENANAe7R97d85yg
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcGjq6qXgCm
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What993Please respect copyright.PENANAfBw3nE3pkJ
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzfTiQjIUzD
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxGbc3oq1md
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 993Please respect copyright.PENANAiU7FkpJWbX
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 993Please respect copyright.PENANANcZz0VXDkx
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 993Please respect copyright.PENANAV9m32vbJuR
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAOP3PP3fOZm
previous day, of course.993Please respect copyright.PENANAtLPLcv0ekp
As much as the managers 993Please respect copyright.PENANAmo2x0znOQy
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 993Please respect copyright.PENANA52oIclsNCp
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without993Please respect copyright.PENANA9no3Rt8suA
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 993Please respect copyright.PENANAY1oOj7Apga
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.993Please respect copyright.PENANA47WGzp9OBJ
Right now, this very 993Please respect copyright.PENANAr8pj4E1o9q
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhauwZfCEW8
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 993Please respect copyright.PENANAm186PAgbNm
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAx8uLoNcEhJ
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 993Please respect copyright.PENANAowNBCOf9MV
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJvmjDGyPhY
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 993Please respect copyright.PENANACFUaT8Upbd
and I just couldn't take it.993Please respect copyright.PENANAoBrYGgSt73
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmJPF6K2aFN
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3EmJzivmvJ
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAuVe5oTf0XH
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhGw8KgInI8
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.993Please respect copyright.PENANAl7UpNp6DH4
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."993Please respect copyright.PENANATGR0j0tocb
"I thought you said your plan would work."993Please respect copyright.PENANAWPofu2G0mL
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."993Please respect copyright.PENANA4lO7uPWE4S
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAk2r2yW37HS
I felt like slapping my 993Please respect copyright.PENANADIoT8HVlUS
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFzh2cMeDKl
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 993Please respect copyright.PENANAOlQKxE6Qvs
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 993Please respect copyright.PENANAD6E5XhVbll
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1jF5ApcgF8
off.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjBqiW4nqoC
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."993Please respect copyright.PENANAF8ylgAX8F8
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.993Please respect copyright.PENANAAYHj2E6pd5
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."993Please respect copyright.PENANADeN4bQwMhL
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAorBTNPUmDI
I shrugged. She read my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAU5QFDrirGw
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYJkoQUXXvk
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcIN6LVZqxX
me the whole time."993Please respect copyright.PENANA0dwXcbuMNh
I sat down on my bed as 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4un4h2Ve0c
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I993Please respect copyright.PENANAqvhVZkwpAO
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.993Please respect copyright.PENANApZeKbtlFqd
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.993Please respect copyright.PENANA2qPPls9j4R
"Gosh, you really should993Please respect copyright.PENANAz4YAfqqNcb
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 993Please respect copyright.PENANAx8t4rqEb9t
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbwonAhJwGA
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really993Please respect copyright.PENANAbdXv67ic94
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."993Please respect copyright.PENANALIVgaksQPy
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."993Please respect copyright.PENANAIFIl8fM8JH
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAJLRemRO4Wq
"Mike is annoying 993Please respect copyright.PENANAATFx9d10Lb
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHTcxBO22ds
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."993Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3WZKQsPE8
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."993Please respect copyright.PENANAYrEVEVE6lK
"You're right. I should burn him instead."993Please respect copyright.PENANAvTF8iNAXgm
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."993Please respect copyright.PENANAA5659mxJSV
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdf5EDZiZMI
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8Bn1l7m6Vj
"Sorry, but just so you 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqqpXsTeWSZ
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhlUMwLGOY2
that pic of you and him together."993Please respect copyright.PENANApuraFgr7Tf
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQzOovGUPRd
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."993Please respect copyright.PENANAf1DgdgDwtj
I blushed and at the 993Please respect copyright.PENANADkkJnT2foQ
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUhVtCLXT9t
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 993Please respect copyright.PENANAI7Dt69QbXf
other hidden agenda.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9T8rBgbH0B
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.993Please respect copyright.PENANAPbdDI5BBG0
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."993Please respect copyright.PENANArkExTTq27N
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."993Please respect copyright.PENANAS56x4pK6Nz
I sighed in surrender. 993Please respect copyright.PENANARxvLmVkp02
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZuL0Tl6QYZ
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 993Please respect copyright.PENANAs06hdwumBd
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."993Please respect copyright.PENANAwgEgIDnviB
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."993Please respect copyright.PENANADA78mjYa1r
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."993Please respect copyright.PENANAaZ4rxFQHwS
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."993Please respect copyright.PENANA0W2wZcuQwt
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAaKl92bkHJm
Zoey had an excited look993Please respect copyright.PENANAyjy1FX5TLv
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYz7WGr6b1U
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 993Please respect copyright.PENANACKFDhtOZMS
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 993Please respect copyright.PENANABwEm86Qozc
clearly show all over her face.993Please respect copyright.PENANApLAd2m1cnQ
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.993Please respect copyright.PENANAm5loynaNZM
I shook my head. "And?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAmPOSB0EUV1
Zoey folded her arms, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAfZolYJgy8B
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 993Please respect copyright.PENANAGelJhcUcLz
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."993Please respect copyright.PENANAzO08K3ju9b
"Hold that thought. This993Please respect copyright.PENANAG8E7PxgEGJ
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us993Please respect copyright.PENANAUJN38OJGQl
after Seunghoon posted that picture."993Please respect copyright.PENANA6QKwX076BB
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."993Please respect copyright.PENANAKAyIAZALiE
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9EFXr1ZxD7
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUfHDB8gzp7
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.993Please respect copyright.PENANAasYBdNrF20
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAwKbZm4YiK7
"Well, he hid in our closet."993Please respect copyright.PENANAwCTXHaKPID
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZQ0LUfbTp
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAtK5r8ggrLE
"Ya, why?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAC5xjHoLdt0
"Looks like we just 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgklDRScswQ
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKGHHTbskmw
whom we consider perfect as our bias."993Please respect copyright.PENANAVH6dve9vpd
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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAICrmtMGcvI
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."993Please respect copyright.PENANAhaoCqKpmly
"What do you mean? You 993Please respect copyright.PENANAmP9pEauYxE
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 993Please respect copyright.PENANAIcIe9x515h
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAWGZYTLrH2A
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."993Please respect copyright.PENANAF7QIkRyW0Z
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dn2MrUBkS
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANA7yD2NWTk5v
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAAp9A3YrSED
"I wanted to but I kept 993Please respect copyright.PENANASsFBRfZyZs
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQDWIcTM9JW
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."993Please respect copyright.PENANAHsTaHs4Lyo
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.993Please respect copyright.PENANANc9nykUIz4
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."993Please respect copyright.PENANAfIkgypl5yJ
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."993Please respect copyright.PENANAIwERoFRSlb
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAZnPBAOvA6Q
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."993Please respect copyright.PENANAzHJbTwTSYa
I quickly stood up and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbIotFHesvs
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMbYq9lqvEX
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled993Please respect copyright.PENANA7RaqnnnjM8
her back.993Please respect copyright.PENANAk2clyH3XOb
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbSwWn0KJlU
"Zoey, you're going to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHZN3oUfRn5
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAN0WqmRUpPo
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 993Please respect copyright.PENANAEVMdS9KA7M
own hair pink in the next ten years."993Please respect copyright.PENANAtDrRoDa0nO
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."993Please respect copyright.PENANAONosEAqfdm
"You're lying."993Please respect copyright.PENANA8679bDZALR
"I'm telling the truth!"993Please respect copyright.PENANABA2WHkj3WX
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAjzo5SYs6hv
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA2pXomMmqjX
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA6u4jTc1sqd
"I can't tell you that."993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9o6nIIybm
"Why?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA5aF66jwYYO
"Because it's 993Please respect copyright.PENANA9bOglxJd6s
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4sVGudnsOj
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"993Please respect copyright.PENANAgi9uP4Vt7t
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.993Please respect copyright.PENANAMiCi5xgHco
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.993Please respect copyright.PENANAvE8ocL1hIU
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAskl6doW04l
"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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAa9CBQPIGny
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."993Please respect copyright.PENANAzi1hIo22yZ
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAlQisNMMskN
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."993Please respect copyright.PENANAuMikBoLv0q
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."993Please respect copyright.PENANAjKetBa0ET4
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."993Please respect copyright.PENANAM9hwJapO7D
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."993Please respect copyright.PENANARSOr96QfUA
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."993Please respect copyright.PENANAocryAwjHAo
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdClc2Cc8zr
I playfully rolled my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgJYCCM5dVi
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee993Please respect copyright.PENANAynW945refm
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkBSDuIS1B5
also looked worried.993Please respect copyright.PENANALIGZzi9077
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwvk5hiSoAG
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANAIIsxThBgZW
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdwowt4ssWi
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANAleTW2XGM35
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAWFib7EjmHH
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.993Please respect copyright.PENANAP6SliDpKs0
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.993Please respect copyright.PENANATc0lMm8JwV
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders993Please respect copyright.PENANAk5NBNX6zz6
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAk5o8fFWJRg
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQxmEwmK2qW
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9GfR2yzmz7
"Okay, first of all," 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtpFnX5PbxL
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHpqESlUw5a
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and993Please respect copyright.PENANASD4MADVnwp
he wasn't mad at you."993Please respect copyright.PENANAAe8MJHzZre
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAkVJig5XkW8
"That, he couldn't say."993Please respect copyright.PENANAmhZYgFrJGa
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHOs0qk03bc
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."993Please respect copyright.PENANAVCa77JdryJ
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3d0I0KF5pe
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."993Please respect copyright.PENANAcjhizcd7EX
Christine pressed the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlueaezVlj1
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3TNLizejUq
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 993Please respect copyright.PENANAx7oKXefGxL
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 993Please respect copyright.PENANADwrlAH0VOa
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjC8jnZw2G2
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKGYOb1crWl
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.993Please respect copyright.PENANAe7gjHJporm
We got to YG right on 993Please respect copyright.PENANAmU8tQEYt3J
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 993Please respect copyright.PENANAa4ca2QmkxY
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0R4kG78Xhk
arrived a few seconds earlier.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZZZJvZQ8kW
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.993Please respect copyright.PENANAPy0BzbpAfj
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."993Please respect copyright.PENANA0gM1toX2HX
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.993Please respect copyright.PENANAiUNfnU3m7R
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"993Please respect copyright.PENANARHg8IauUOK
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."993Please respect copyright.PENANA1SR12xG1OV
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.993Please respect copyright.PENANA92b3WYyh8M
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.993Please respect copyright.PENANANY4ut1WV5v
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAzDLrCwTJYp
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAJVpSqcwrku
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."993Please respect copyright.PENANAMO8lm0dfsc
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANAroQAAyv1RX
"There will be no such 993Please respect copyright.PENANARcqE0J5z2c
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxTkXpVfQSx
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."993Please respect copyright.PENANAgMYr95qxMS
"And you're making it 993Please respect copyright.PENANA87fHot2xfJ
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 993Please respect copyright.PENANAX4h4jB3JVY
pouted his lip and scratched his head.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEM6j4RvjpO
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1B53psz4A
"Trust me, you don't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbGweqRwIv5
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You993Please respect copyright.PENANAiYHmJsWqM4
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."993Please respect copyright.PENANA8lmDsG9HVt
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAXDQPenjDu7
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."993Please respect copyright.PENANAw2FDu17oZE
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9gPbwJHgmo
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.993Please respect copyright.PENANAElQmCmYcaR
"Look, whether they are 993Please respect copyright.PENANAawdYY7E3JD
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJbqVBsR2oq
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3EMT1HEKcd
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."993Please respect copyright.PENANAUy4h2VcJUl
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFphYf5sPhd
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."993Please respect copyright.PENANAdMBwlHVZ8x
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAfYcYwwP3bo
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."993Please respect copyright.PENANAKq3BsnePui
I gave Lee a sad smile 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUvZcKXAAtw
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt993Please respect copyright.PENANAPE1Wn1InjV
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 993Please respect copyright.PENANAn3TClIKjgq
your life. Like suicide.993Please respect copyright.PENANAL7MvGBmSeL
We started our way 993Please respect copyright.PENANApJazMY2kla
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 993Please respect copyright.PENANABQexpkm9vo
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 993Please respect copyright.PENANA2BQLUtz4O2
and my jean trousers. Nothing.993Please respect copyright.PENANATgrvdbFt9n
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."993Please respect copyright.PENANADlK1WlSue5
I quickly ran out of the993Please respect copyright.PENANAgbAtYwBSVW
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 993Please respect copyright.PENANApaqkZ5xvmV
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 993Please respect copyright.PENANApcwA1n9eAD
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAFx4bMV6hpX
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could993Please respect copyright.PENANAbYQkr9tEMV
check for it inside.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwH8VOrv5dE
When I got to the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAA5AP0wLoCK
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 993Please respect copyright.PENANAs7mMJNmEYa
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I993Please respect copyright.PENANALiLuF7f5U6
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were993Please respect copyright.PENANALi54ydmzjU
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 993Please respect copyright.PENANAaxfyeOXwrA
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgu9uclKDNG
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbsrXQZHcng
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.993Please respect copyright.PENANA5RWxUfCH3S
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAXL3wZvVNmY
"Seriously, I can sue 993Please respect copyright.PENANA7RrArm1wA8
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so993Please respect copyright.PENANAhcCQjAuQns
fast. I never even heard him coming.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFcppQDOPwR
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANA14ZMGJbrbX
"You're not my bodyguard993Please respect copyright.PENANAgWV5Yuy2HH
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhLvIlz6yo3
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."993Please respect copyright.PENANAPn6pCj9DY0
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1elvg3zLj1
I blushed. "You know about that?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAkvhvqnUv0B
"Everyone knows you have993Please respect copyright.PENANAVBgLLLLBd7
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 993Please respect copyright.PENANA2wzzHc5pPI
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."993Please respect copyright.PENANAKTlZiienV9
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."993Please respect copyright.PENANANdHizK3bXe
"Looks like I did the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA92ifmonOvi
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQSSFtgiFOA
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."993Please respect copyright.PENANA72TJGSyJ5L
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyxpVV0r9yM
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.993Please respect copyright.PENANAXXtvUjI146
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."993Please respect copyright.PENANAPwZ3k7FDAH
"And because you're a 993Please respect copyright.PENANABpaz4IlGaI
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might993Please respect copyright.PENANA4qv8B29bDy
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAk2iDzYiQiu
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."993Please respect copyright.PENANAuASJApTvEd
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."993Please respect copyright.PENANAqlcqCfdmeh
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1v2cLY9Dgp
"Can you at least tell 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkHiyZjW33v
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator993Please respect copyright.PENANASTezMhNnmB
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwtMHTbp1lk
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.993Please respect copyright.PENANACxPI5h3OUs
"What dramatic effect?" 993Please respect copyright.PENANA26zIosEYme
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 993Please respect copyright.PENANAL4pMA42sFd
came closer. I took a warning step back.993Please respect copyright.PENANAnu0Zc3W377
"If you hadn't followed 993Please respect copyright.PENANAW2SZAK10du
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 993Please respect copyright.PENANAIFGWRhvEeY
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference993Please respect copyright.PENANAV6ijeQBktl
room."993Please respect copyright.PENANAbzZEm0nW3U
"What surprise?"993Please respect copyright.PENANADvCLQphFb6
The elevator stopped and993Please respect copyright.PENANAf3GxxUz4P7
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMeXh0dGNc7
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the993Please respect copyright.PENANAWtFIPHAYZT
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 993Please respect copyright.PENANArgTeLMUKd9
Seunghoon and I stepped out.993Please respect copyright.PENANAaMQ6MQChc6
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.993Please respect copyright.PENANACpS0rbT9TW
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANAB9Cq33daQQ
"I already have a guess," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANAWO6cFgvgj4
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwApTFQ91EY
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."993Please respect copyright.PENANALpzXLvkcJX
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.993Please respect copyright.PENANAP9XLqw5DQw
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAAdngc8PfA3
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANAMZBhAz3dLC
When we reached the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1sL2nGT5w
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYD2eQ5UXvs
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 993Please respect copyright.PENANA78CfXUDpli
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqlOIv2p28y
In the conference room 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHuxsw10IiV
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 993Please respect copyright.PENANAELIlTkZPtJ
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office993Please respect copyright.PENANAcPvfD4ygRW
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYIUJ8QZZkZ
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHGzHVZK67S
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 993Please respect copyright.PENANAygfFRaFkKt
though I did my best not to show it.993Please respect copyright.PENANAOygH3Jr19f
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.993Please respect copyright.PENANABpgPT8px0S
I looked to the opposite993Please respect copyright.PENANAAQDpWgU8X9
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKEBskYi131
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 993Please respect copyright.PENANAfOz6HP1duJ
turned their backs to us facing the wall.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8U9vD1kO5L
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANA0SVTKxPAiA
G-Dragon quickly turned 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhAxbonwppF
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlt6PXD89ss
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUmoTtDjib5
"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?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAsjLXak0W2X
"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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAT8CFQwnbhs
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAC4xkf8VWTi
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9ssPUVIDmx
"Wait," said Lisa who 993Please respect copyright.PENANA9zgXxaQKCN
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused993Please respect copyright.PENANALl2Cj7SuLh
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAUFOlyLfmDj
"It felt simple and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJTBeo6JxNh
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1AUthwffGT
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjScZTo695B
with G-Dragon today."993Please respect copyright.PENANAxV0yGEjs9S
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."993Please respect copyright.PENANAuqju1UaLTT
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 993Please respect copyright.PENANA20dIUuOrmx
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."993Please respect copyright.PENANAUSwYzGPkNp
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhj94nJjvIq
"Ya, I know I'm a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcXr4Tohj5Y
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 993Please respect copyright.PENANASKAuNAG42c
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."993Please respect copyright.PENANAaBiGneIlVk
"If you mean us getting 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQVerq4fR9b
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAr8xL13iUf1
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbrgtCRKhEc
by coincidence."993Please respect copyright.PENANA8BogxlPSqn
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."993Please respect copyright.PENANAJvsv5oi1fW
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqxCVweAP6U
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAf6Zu84qNf0
The rest of the BTW crew993Please respect copyright.PENANAnOst5p30aD
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 993Please respect copyright.PENANAV3fzTm4pse
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.993Please respect copyright.PENANA4eipp2frfS
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.993Please respect copyright.PENANANubMo8LUty
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."993Please respect copyright.PENANAeU74i2sODP
"Hold up," said Zoey who993Please respect copyright.PENANAc8rTpBWnI1
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 993Please respect copyright.PENANAuqnO3zBBTR
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAKntKzOzkrp
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8jlM4sFEb1
"Told you we'll 993Please respect copyright.PENANAe0HQaO0a63
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear993Please respect copyright.PENANANBSRLrU5rS
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.993Please respect copyright.PENANAJMpDRV1HDT
"But is he going to do 993Please respect copyright.PENANAFGwUGxlDuG
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxjnto8XqvO
didn't really meet by coincidence."993Please respect copyright.PENANAd3URCrYZrH
There was silence in the993Please respect copyright.PENANAQcf7eGEzo9
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 993Please respect copyright.PENANAO0xasULrFk
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxHn4inkYIM
planning to do.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjHQjGgQOTj
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.993Please respect copyright.PENANAK5bLUepUNd
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyYMsPxoeoe
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANAli4qtBrqHD
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.993Please respect copyright.PENANAF4TVFSGOCy
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANALzH6mAQwI0
"And also because he's 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhshnashm84
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 993Please respect copyright.PENANARB89CQMyUW
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."993Please respect copyright.PENANAaScJClCgXk
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yx6cznkqu
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAe8GRSSQrZq
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANA0K80380huB
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAx9xNRPEgCP
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8RTwCOkxg9
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.993Please respect copyright.PENANAnHCEYiu62x
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."993Please respect copyright.PENANApHi7mvARnS
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3vB1ZCkXMW
G-Dragon smiled. He had 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHM0eGNh7rB
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAIsqamc6WT3
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to993Please respect copyright.PENANAhqxwZw5dvF
deal with G-Dragon instead.993Please respect copyright.PENANAXtJ8Mka2qx
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAc1hYtkhm9Q
"What do you want?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAzqZkI1dzYS
G-Dragon looked at me as993Please respect copyright.PENANANYDQZvDAcP
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcJnVLQ411X
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I993Please respect copyright.PENANAM5JsGUqFeA
came to any conclusions.993Please respect copyright.PENANAuPT41cP7AE
"To make things clear 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwAiMPsEgVs
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a993Please respect copyright.PENANAjpsxYFwvrV
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 993Please respect copyright.PENANALa42VxX9tj
thinking about doing the same thing."993Please respect copyright.PENANAQwovVX4TzD
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmnb2R4qKZk
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."993Please respect copyright.PENANANjgLmuia0k
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."993Please respect copyright.PENANANAyO1gkkGz
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.993Please respect copyright.PENANATnScytS2LA
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.993Please respect copyright.PENANAi2auoi3OKk
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAAhAY6wcb5f
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQihpHC9Ua1
"All's fair in love and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjXUERdJPES
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQUF8uP4baj
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 993Please respect copyright.PENANAvf4JeXJp2q
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."993Please respect copyright.PENANAaOKh1bgwU6
"Come on," Christine 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1uBrZomlto
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 993Please respect copyright.PENANAs6Cy5ojmcz
won't be here for long and you know it."993Please respect copyright.PENANAe81j6a2HuZ
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."993Please respect copyright.PENANAOOQhwa6mXv
"BTW is nothing but a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAFCquvCZzmv
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8csGJWOQst
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."993Please respect copyright.PENANAEbbuR2xp6W
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbDwwnpgNbm
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."993Please respect copyright.PENANA7XJL4cgLFB
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFDJqJIjrRy
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.993Please respect copyright.PENANAueHiKtKem9
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwZHRH3VoNq
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUyOXl0KIex
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.993Please respect copyright.PENANAtLNlnFKLNh
"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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHAPVrQtJo8
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAzT2okbfdYQ
Upon saying that, the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAB0Xr9ViIM9
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 993Please respect copyright.PENANAdb6PEM8h5Q
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 993Please respect copyright.PENANARc4ChDlKwr
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 993Please respect copyright.PENANAdS780YJFMq
seated stood up.993Please respect copyright.PENANATHGBvyGoz1
I gulped. I hope the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAG2Ez3yXXXp
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where993Please respect copyright.PENANA1EBh9PzLvY
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.993Please respect copyright.PENANAkAPN5cJPRa
The two managers had 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQudNe3OcoR
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 993Please respect copyright.PENANA46CiXeC9KB
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAodtVeYy6Dm
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjy8dabAwUO
is wrong.993Please respect copyright.PENANARMNGwfHRNx
"Good that you're all 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkcJHqkXNNN
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8RSIemDH2o
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."993Please respect copyright.PENANAOtgRsVnAF2
I have always hated it 993Please respect copyright.PENANA81wd8ElEn0
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 993Please respect copyright.PENANAM2Wu2Q1wN8
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgfP0fbSGzv
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really993Please respect copyright.PENANAcsjgT87oOb
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbKQWDoE5qI
their seats.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjiRWSsbpMT
The two managers and Lee993Please respect copyright.PENANACZuBCwU9ip
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPCSnUoxcZ7
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit993Please respect copyright.PENANAKDdmfHA2Jj
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 993Please respect copyright.PENANAOU0y7aNhRl
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I993Please respect copyright.PENANAMWeLJKSN3t
was.993Please respect copyright.PENANAxcuiA1OgQr
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."993Please respect copyright.PENANA6tyui5Gq3W
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."993Please respect copyright.PENANA6cdi0Ziyyg
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.993Please respect copyright.PENANA5w8UwB7Vgo
Zoey sighed loudly in 993Please respect copyright.PENANAATye1K8q6F
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8XtlodvOAm
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAygdld90Niv
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a993Please respect copyright.PENANAoXwShVw6TO
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwuHSI4Cz5o
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."993Please respect copyright.PENANAup4QHgkb0j
The two managers 993Please respect copyright.PENANALs7NVmXWRw
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhuoKqj5pyM
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 993Please respect copyright.PENANApJaOH2VVsx
That was so not cool.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8NQdGqGwkt
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAcoRPDSCanb
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyvjQRwes2C
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.993Please respect copyright.PENANAf3OPtqPJmk
My ears perked up when 993Please respect copyright.PENANAuj8pBmuf1t
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 993Please respect copyright.PENANAe5VLSwGVKP
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?993Please respect copyright.PENANAbHYcE1OwMU
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwlz1fReDWt
"We heard you outside 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqrjrGNYxmm
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 993Please respect copyright.PENANA7QKpVSWHDc
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFxNZqMEIWn
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.993Please respect copyright.PENANAlVT3QllMFL
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.993Please respect copyright.PENANARHaHWsz021
"Yes, Sam. For real," 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8QDdaldPxi
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 993Please respect copyright.PENANATXH5YONy9x
through further scrutiny about this decision."993Please respect copyright.PENANAGTKwNvu6eK
I smiled. Even if they 993Please respect copyright.PENANApaWdRz8se6
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVH0FCftvc6
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.993Please respect copyright.PENANAshlGUbxzA2
There was an exciting 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHlgH7LqXz4
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 993Please respect copyright.PENANAGxnl6kK41W
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 993Please respect copyright.PENANANljNqokLi6
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwDgcaaMkzE
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9s09q4ziU
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHseC9ICo34
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhyLTYKP5VM
I turned to my other 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0vOX8ObxJZ
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 993Please respect copyright.PENANALMCLMgGm1l
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 993Please respect copyright.PENANAoAtMYiBfT2
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 993Please respect copyright.PENANAu3aatWZnbO
now, didn't matter.993Please respect copyright.PENANA7dd0jWCiLB
"You heard them when 993Please respect copyright.PENANATKZbGyfdZn
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1k8msWD5Ee
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."993Please respect copyright.PENANAjlry4ZYqUx
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.993Please respect copyright.PENANAz3oojEMZgm
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.993Please respect copyright.PENANAtlNqmlnfr2
"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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7Q6zf9Q4c
This time it was me, or I993Please respect copyright.PENANASNGcaJIqIZ
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 993Please respect copyright.PENANArya5T7NEF9
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMDc91BGvzn
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtqtKNCwBZ6
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 993Please respect copyright.PENANAG1CAGY5dBF
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him993Please respect copyright.PENANAoNwDBgw4DO
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZtmMEYAgkZ
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQitpa6Yfun
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsivGfTI1Oi
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.993Please respect copyright.PENANAlIR6DehOdx
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.993Please respect copyright.PENANAfekPeEfN84
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."993Please respect copyright.PENANAnSqYRkrsBX
"We all agree," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZavEQTXyb
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."993Please respect copyright.PENANAvQgUla1X5n
"But just because it 993Please respect copyright.PENANAC2lOdGeZ75
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 993Please respect copyright.PENANAylazGO6GYU
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmynDp99pDI
"Okay, so that's settled993Please respect copyright.PENANAdUxXaaY5hH
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 993Please respect copyright.PENANAukujQOZ9JV
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make993Please respect copyright.PENANAa2zEM8ZUQd
BTW official."993Please respect copyright.PENANAnNTiRkNJl0
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA4VKdriM2FQ
I noticed that most of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAiT2sK4jkYu
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVviFdxHxNp
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqxXAWmauzs
when she looked at me and I grinned.993Please respect copyright.PENANAvBY5LBYXDT
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAtLF2ynA8dJ
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.993Please respect copyright.PENANAIfaMq9NbCY
"Before we make BTW 993Please respect copyright.PENANAg5ACSczenx
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZQX551wDLK
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 993Please respect copyright.PENANAh5i1iv0ECx
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwcW4DEc0g0
low for a while. Is that good?"993Please respect copyright.PENANADx1YxmxTQ8
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5qwSaQRT9X
"That's fair enough," 993Please respect copyright.PENANAU8Zy5d2Uky
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1PLAnZFqps
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to993Please respect copyright.PENANAzMw29AFqFg
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 993Please respect copyright.PENANANFP5jFtqYC
so."993Please respect copyright.PENANAzieceYgi1m
"So you want to crush 993Please respect copyright.PENANAO8BrX3NkWa
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I993Please respect copyright.PENANArEBuMxwUez
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzwJz32m8YB
strategy."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXbFHun2fMa
"Then if all is well and993Please respect copyright.PENANAAQx4GBB13M
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQCFVJJsLHz
updated and not a word on social media."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXfSsjAfVIt
I stood up from my seat 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqOEqI1xjIM
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXAImxqWgY0
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0n09WGbxQp
walk out, I stopped them.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZZtW9yKzzK
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZCkfrAc8HJ
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAMSJLzkSAgW
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."993Please respect copyright.PENANATFO3h5N7Ey
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGJn4b7hx5x
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsf1s0Yct8P
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjlze7tkuvJ
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 993Please respect copyright.PENANAR2N8FJipOb
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a993Please respect copyright.PENANAT0S0Ta9CAh
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHg8qGWkbqq
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"993Please respect copyright.PENANAaNRQJ5Qvra
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANA2OGw5TZ3Nm
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.993Please respect copyright.PENANAMk9yWStNmz
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.993Please respect copyright.PENANAluiA1EYNkY
"This is like the best 993Please respect copyright.PENANAvMilB0ugAz
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 993Please respect copyright.PENANAB2AgZNwdEU
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."993Please respect copyright.PENANAA6IrmGhfOV
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.993Please respect copyright.PENANAj4d1QsUqvW
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."993Please respect copyright.PENANAuENLvjMnD7
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEGXwfQilBT
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."993Please respect copyright.PENANAleXQgp7ACq
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.993Please respect copyright.PENANA6kfD2bJQyc
"I knew there was a 993Please respect copyright.PENANALNnrYUjppV
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"993Please respect copyright.PENANA4UX8QNP6Dc
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKwHMFCYIJp
G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFxSpg028kw
"You knew?" Christine asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAW2AcKpYiQK
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."993Please respect copyright.PENANAsrKu1MX0Q5
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXOI376ZDIj
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZmxbWMjBDB
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.993Please respect copyright.PENANAKByzXBvCrj
"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.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3fhZQhOJ5v
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"993Please respect copyright.PENANAbIZoudNvIi
"Well, you guys can tell993Please respect copyright.PENANAkxXjh3VGDY
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 993Please respect copyright.PENANAE6TZefzCNS
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 993Please respect copyright.PENANAiwwGSBCfMl
aren't going to go into the same car."993Please respect copyright.PENANAuEo5QPvP3Z
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAg8apS3bDLM
Everyone else started to993Please respect copyright.PENANA8HItIBFsqr
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and993Please respect copyright.PENANAqQcxNA4UkP
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtNZ8b1ZoJX
only G-Dragon and I.993Please respect copyright.PENANADljJHw5aIE
"I'm mad at you," I started.993Please respect copyright.PENANAK4rFWp6P75
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."993Please respect copyright.PENANAdFVAhdBPJc
"Save it." I held my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZT6nSbncn0
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXfenjX0oln
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjFtS61YQbs
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up993Please respect copyright.PENANAFyrMSStXhX
a war again."993Please respect copyright.PENANAAWIid06NXz
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."993Please respect copyright.PENANA6lrv5c2084
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."993Please respect copyright.PENANAlSG2OUZYCM
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."993Please respect copyright.PENANApNIVaSwqbb
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."993Please respect copyright.PENANAWyT88Mguji
G-Dragon looked at me 993Please respect copyright.PENANAm3Czq6x9oa
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4uYV2tJ3Sr
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYHwsuw6ygH
stab in the heart.993Please respect copyright.PENANAoqChQZB1Hj
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAjrOnIHc3bk
"You know, the others 993Please respect copyright.PENANA9M5ty0bOzz
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 993Please respect copyright.PENANAt6m3y696uF
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out993Please respect copyright.PENANAMChicIV5Vt
with WINNER yesterday."993Please respect copyright.PENANArn0G4wmk06
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."993Please respect copyright.PENANAt7yUEhnkws
I nodded my head. What I993Please respect copyright.PENANAiXIHIsSAG4
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVXpeUp7MuY
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but993Please respect copyright.PENANA7aLn17Te92
of Seunghoon and I.993Please respect copyright.PENANAgcVtGiserh
"You know you and I can 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMLpLsMQjz8
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjzPCxaedUh
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest993Please respect copyright.PENANA2qYNz9d4LD
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYbdz9WfwBH
down the rocks."993Please respect copyright.PENANAPwkm46bu9j
I headed for the door 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0CxqGOm6S4
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 993Please respect copyright.PENANAib1DLX8r5Z
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood993Please respect copyright.PENANAgUGHIHSHuk
Zoey, waiting.993Please respect copyright.PENANARGJnp9YSQv
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.993Please respect copyright.PENANAVROwtrMAYf
"I sure hope so," I said993Please respect copyright.PENANAhSpwxyBpqA
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHu1WOGnxeA
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEcYMpu2BAT
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."993Please respect copyright.PENANARwduaAUQJ0
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqlJNvll5G9
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAu1vGXxNyK7
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANABKlduwk2dC
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."993Please respect copyright.PENANAJtoAbkMKPS
"You know computers are 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwq2Tt2ZLRM
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do993Please respect copyright.PENANAKJZT7boCyM
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 993Please respect copyright.PENANAy4GWYi5wmN
supposed to."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9y8tHiMLHa
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."993Please respect copyright.PENANAu0QjMS04Ar
I smiled. "You always call me that."993Please respect copyright.PENANAGFfGsXTij4
"Ya, because you're smart too."993Please respect copyright.PENANAUdQFVtdiQq
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdTM2vDOudY
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANApSNT3eG6v0
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."993Please respect copyright.PENANACsngDLTS0h
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAGUKVU2ZBQj
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9B8KcxnECw
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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