
Hanging out at Times 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9Mk6zLXPEX
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from969Please respect copyright.PENANABYLlxlcInu
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 969Please respect copyright.PENANAAfmHcoCRvm
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.969Please respect copyright.PENANAg7c2aDxpg1
But that didn't matter. 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9g5FMQPkHv
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 969Please respect copyright.PENANAVE0XfhxT5j
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 969Please respect copyright.PENANAyPslwsVm0F
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 969Please respect copyright.PENANAfG7nP6CZ7o
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 969Please respect copyright.PENANA19hCtsEVCa
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 969Please respect copyright.PENANAt7PsoS0jTh
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 969Please respect copyright.PENANAmHlponWCPy
actually played around with the adorable kids.969Please respect copyright.PENANAtj3r0xHF2r
There were plenty of 969Please respect copyright.PENANAR7EpTQVCrB
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 969Please respect copyright.PENANA8XRNS5oVaK
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the969Please respect copyright.PENANAJYwBXdIygj
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 969Please respect copyright.PENANApU30wJi63g
fans too.969Please respect copyright.PENANAr1PbswlNKk
The time we were done 969Please respect copyright.PENANA8gRHr7LqSw
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 969Please respect copyright.PENANAdvkCHjdzev
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 969Please respect copyright.PENANAwIrXWZiflS
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What969Please respect copyright.PENANAlRYUNyZv8o
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQAJJSoSfFQ
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 969Please respect copyright.PENANAjkHDGqhWYK
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 969Please respect copyright.PENANAMASITGmZRz
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 969Please respect copyright.PENANAF9fYDlzjQj
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 969Please respect copyright.PENANA3zgN0wHehh
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 969Please respect copyright.PENANACLFQ9diqax
previous day, of course.969Please respect copyright.PENANAaD7IfewSOs
As much as the managers 969Please respect copyright.PENANASfKr52gRtv
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 969Please respect copyright.PENANAWDTjiKtyE3
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without969Please respect copyright.PENANAMJS6dxhngC
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 969Please respect copyright.PENANAVCFx1RRo6x
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.969Please respect copyright.PENANAYyh6WIiluN
Right now, this very 969Please respect copyright.PENANAN9eaid8t0P
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 969Please respect copyright.PENANA7nKZ2Jv70j
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 969Please respect copyright.PENANARs28hM8ew7
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 969Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9H4syt8e3
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 969Please respect copyright.PENANASAdORLEz5o
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 969Please respect copyright.PENANAESWl03C3lZ
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 969Please respect copyright.PENANAdqWwW5PD2i
and I just couldn't take it.969Please respect copyright.PENANAu6BQAJRqoB
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.969Please respect copyright.PENANAcAo3gqgDb3
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.969Please respect copyright.PENANApyntRnxBrU
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAIe4gQGsrta
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.969Please respect copyright.PENANAYLcgqE8wUV
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.969Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q2sOKb0fy
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."969Please respect copyright.PENANAYtsOt2sjE9
"I thought you said your plan would work."969Please respect copyright.PENANAKlDT80E81K
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."969Please respect copyright.PENANA4dIFp9U2XD
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAyyFBGXKEKd
I felt like slapping my 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQslgZ9zwTK
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.969Please respect copyright.PENANAMTLdosQgNE
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 969Please respect copyright.PENANAuDpB3oWwVQ
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 969Please respect copyright.PENANAhE0sx9ISs7
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 969Please respect copyright.PENANAZWpvGtpRXG
off.969Please respect copyright.PENANAW2S0CGCSt3
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."969Please respect copyright.PENANACi9DPC4djg
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.969Please respect copyright.PENANAKwY5iFxp9C
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."969Please respect copyright.PENANA8iCuDWWy3U
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAnJGd2WKdKi
I shrugged. She read my 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3RTI4G5bu
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 969Please respect copyright.PENANAamD0LoBvOs
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 969Please respect copyright.PENANAV4VLEwfBX8
me the whole time."969Please respect copyright.PENANAAAWFliXTzw
I sat down on my bed as 969Please respect copyright.PENANAtgEZmLLwrI
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I969Please respect copyright.PENANAgxVQEtfDBk
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.969Please respect copyright.PENANA8EZr1QW1XF
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.969Please respect copyright.PENANAwSJtlPF78N
"Gosh, you really should969Please respect copyright.PENANAbgr3Ej61VN
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 969Please respect copyright.PENANAFiEHeaIro3
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 969Please respect copyright.PENANAHueYMbIeHw
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really969Please respect copyright.PENANAVSgdJpMgcD
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."969Please respect copyright.PENANAPOI50obkw4
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."969Please respect copyright.PENANAOlcDtYR70O
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAiYF2uHeYlP
"Mike is annoying 969Please respect copyright.PENANAd4to7Jg0SW
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 969Please respect copyright.PENANAaLdeFoUEEK
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."969Please respect copyright.PENANA2swA2DNn1u
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."969Please respect copyright.PENANAA9zqjHpbet
"You're right. I should burn him instead."969Please respect copyright.PENANAJLeKhOmAxy
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."969Please respect copyright.PENANARblOzo0C3t
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.969Please respect copyright.PENANAzB1aYqmn0M
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.969Please respect copyright.PENANATMYuxqIlt6
"Sorry, but just so you 969Please respect copyright.PENANAfavpvubHCI
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 969Please respect copyright.PENANAh6Vog0tBbl
that pic of you and him together."969Please respect copyright.PENANAfimBh0LiTK
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.969Please respect copyright.PENANApvJarKGMQ1
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."969Please respect copyright.PENANAtGoNLcKbXf
I blushed and at the 969Please respect copyright.PENANA904LAY5lxQ
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 969Please respect copyright.PENANAJSOs1Bjije
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 969Please respect copyright.PENANAmDN9hFcufb
other hidden agenda.969Please respect copyright.PENANAIozFI6Tmy0
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.969Please respect copyright.PENANA9oaQCuZcP6
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."969Please respect copyright.PENANAoWeFnhnMiO
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."969Please respect copyright.PENANAs3gUnSh8Wc
I sighed in surrender. 969Please respect copyright.PENANA5IcqJRuzRM
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 969Please respect copyright.PENANAB0kwI7aydh
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 969Please respect copyright.PENANAfuBLPB0fQ2
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."969Please respect copyright.PENANARx15MQZObZ
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."969Please respect copyright.PENANADwMCH1Un8I
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."969Please respect copyright.PENANABUCeYVCVze
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."969Please respect copyright.PENANAYwQ0pMJjqi
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAMmHcdb74KP
Zoey had an excited look969Please respect copyright.PENANArbmL4wB1oy
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 969Please respect copyright.PENANAiMSuwUfSuM
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 969Please respect copyright.PENANAs24WeJ9yoE
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 969Please respect copyright.PENANAP5HWUuK13g
clearly show all over her face.969Please respect copyright.PENANAElOwryrJFe
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.969Please respect copyright.PENANAdAjaZJLpSd
I shook my head. "And?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAGvpZSawhb0
Zoey folded her arms, 969Please respect copyright.PENANAm8qC7AqSBv
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 969Please respect copyright.PENANA8qm2VNEJoD
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."969Please respect copyright.PENANACqZt59KrFz
"Hold that thought. This969Please respect copyright.PENANA9xGZYMKdBC
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us969Please respect copyright.PENANAiQpdM8YNLp
after Seunghoon posted that picture."969Please respect copyright.PENANAIoTKZuu65R
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."969Please respect copyright.PENANAvlafAbaOox
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."969Please respect copyright.PENANAs2OpCISL5t
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.969Please respect copyright.PENANAPHO10gNvGk
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.969Please respect copyright.PENANAeC2XwXrCr2
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"969Please respect copyright.PENANA1h1LLNYX0l
"Well, he hid in our closet."969Please respect copyright.PENANAl9sMEy1z0z
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."969Please respect copyright.PENANAKeIYiBbQlJ
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAFDzLDcItMP
"Ya, why?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAipNL3NgnFS
"Looks like we just 969Please respect copyright.PENANAXLkdPrJ16C
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 969Please respect copyright.PENANA45v1yj2v2K
whom we consider perfect as our bias."969Please respect copyright.PENANANscsCQMHLq
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."969Please respect copyright.PENANAQRvjgMPqIe
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."969Please respect copyright.PENANAW5UUgrfLuD
"What do you mean? You 969Please respect copyright.PENANA1ypIHHe1ud
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 969Please respect copyright.PENANA4m1AtumTXp
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"969Please respect copyright.PENANA0JE008VXnw
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."969Please respect copyright.PENANAXWkV0jaLCl
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAuTDTKUfYIr
"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."969Please respect copyright.PENANAHrYfMmHEdy
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAixz0Uad0cG
"I wanted to but I kept 969Please respect copyright.PENANAFdWeNG9U70
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 969Please respect copyright.PENANA4pRsnGWPw2
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."969Please respect copyright.PENANAJYLSrqyXOM
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.969Please respect copyright.PENANAKwuiqOAM2j
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."969Please respect copyright.PENANANUHeyX7l3v
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."969Please respect copyright.PENANACePddlxP2e
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAKZdKyTWszV
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."969Please respect copyright.PENANAib8yQk4poS
I quickly stood up and 969Please respect copyright.PENANAm6oSRByxQS
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 969Please respect copyright.PENANAaL67t3r3nX
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled969Please respect copyright.PENANArhf9xTPh0X
her back.969Please respect copyright.PENANAnyTwLlBc7i
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.969Please respect copyright.PENANArmCGqDEhSr
"Zoey, you're going to 969Please respect copyright.PENANABbjujbdToB
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 969Please respect copyright.PENANArEPH0M2YFI
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 969Please respect copyright.PENANAkDDKIuT1dc
own hair pink in the next ten years."969Please respect copyright.PENANAcWnf4p51xf
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."969Please respect copyright.PENANAS9eBIkExUH
"You're lying."969Please respect copyright.PENANAjH7m1PfBaR
"I'm telling the truth!"969Please respect copyright.PENANA0hLPxBDbfj
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAqWg3N5BAFr
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAAhiLh1NCej
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAOSmU7XOjIo
"I can't tell you that."969Please respect copyright.PENANAnwXjy4J8CB
"Why?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAAIjJBWzxqS
"Because it's 969Please respect copyright.PENANAdrG9peJncE
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 969Please respect copyright.PENANAhKXTZX5uHs
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"969Please respect copyright.PENANAIJ4upztTio
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.969Please respect copyright.PENANAU5feCS4ClX
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.969Please respect copyright.PENANAYGR3FCPX7C
"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."969Please respect copyright.PENANAH5Kg4B5FZU
"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.969Please respect copyright.PENANAmfHqPFC5zo
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."969Please respect copyright.PENANAxKJ5owRL3m
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAsaE3hrhFI5
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."969Please respect copyright.PENANAPpATg3WLWh
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."969Please respect copyright.PENANACUNRsE74TE
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."969Please respect copyright.PENANAHHpUBP8vo7
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."969Please respect copyright.PENANATJ0Np8iBrQ
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."969Please respect copyright.PENANAxFMStSgL1O
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.969Please respect copyright.PENANAsLMius3Dft
I playfully rolled my 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3ZiA4bUm1
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee969Please respect copyright.PENANAAIyUKOmReF
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 969Please respect copyright.PENANANzkWWX0hfV
also looked worried.969Please respect copyright.PENANAabS09R91GC
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.969Please respect copyright.PENANA3FszPFqtu9
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.969Please respect copyright.PENANANqG7jZsJ1Y
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.969Please respect copyright.PENANA7I8xuqIR4O
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.969Please respect copyright.PENANAy9DlOmbhWg
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAZeCPTqRSOU
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.969Please respect copyright.PENANA37NVEssOjK
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.969Please respect copyright.PENANAtbM2GHNxif
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders969Please respect copyright.PENANAmzsdGZgltA
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAJJVd0uunAh
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAWzxrSIXZE6
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."969Please respect copyright.PENANAGK2CwKZ4lf
"Okay, first of all," 969Please respect copyright.PENANAISIF4Q8sJP
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 969Please respect copyright.PENANAD97bgbEcTO
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and969Please respect copyright.PENANA1SKnaMJ6S5
he wasn't mad at you."969Please respect copyright.PENANAtTmQqtLJBW
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAA5Qa4x9bZg
"That, he couldn't say."969Please respect copyright.PENANARfj1fnQhds
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.969Please respect copyright.PENANASQowR10lqx
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."969Please respect copyright.PENANAmZxl7TO4Nx
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.969Please respect copyright.PENANAccJR1FTF0c
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."969Please respect copyright.PENANAxykvaIrlWw
Christine pressed the 969Please respect copyright.PENANAWCmXLUMB2p
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 969Please respect copyright.PENANA0fLy7z0vbW
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9MUaXDM5Vr
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 969Please respect copyright.PENANACutbaIioDD
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 969Please respect copyright.PENANAt2XMuglWH3
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 969Please respect copyright.PENANABZ6zEANleZ
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.969Please respect copyright.PENANA1i0FDFrWHE
We got to YG right on 969Please respect copyright.PENANAWBObrf8qGo
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 969Please respect copyright.PENANAa5Aln7sP6u
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 969Please respect copyright.PENANAEWgkMdXNpg
arrived a few seconds earlier.969Please respect copyright.PENANAfE5PRqYZZ6
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.969Please respect copyright.PENANA3Dx4mNaJ3J
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."969Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZTliCmdc4
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.969Please respect copyright.PENANAe0zmpDk2z5
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAWKwOHF1cm2
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."969Please respect copyright.PENANAauHVX8Q9Ni
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.969Please respect copyright.PENANA9hlU0hdqjp
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.969Please respect copyright.PENANAo1QdZfOplr
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAo3vWuKO9sQ
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.969Please respect copyright.PENANAzX2tr40UGf
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."969Please respect copyright.PENANACg3I4ixUI9
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.969Please respect copyright.PENANAkkmetLb5Uo
"There will be no such 969Please respect copyright.PENANA3FW7wY9fDE
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 969Please respect copyright.PENANAYoKBbk1P6O
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."969Please respect copyright.PENANATDCYiJjdcU
"And you're making it 969Please respect copyright.PENANAYExioo1MNT
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 969Please respect copyright.PENANAPaB9SZ1ySc
pouted his lip and scratched his head.969Please respect copyright.PENANAyrcsKAigZH
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.969Please respect copyright.PENANAAK0D6H0Ftt
"Trust me, you don't 969Please respect copyright.PENANAmcJogH7Bex
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You969Please respect copyright.PENANA5amDqp9VDb
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."969Please respect copyright.PENANA9FESCDIsH8
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAfk4wNZeHX1
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."969Please respect copyright.PENANAUn4aRKlOSy
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.969Please respect copyright.PENANAheOXjGlKlJ
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.969Please respect copyright.PENANAmmubt8n0Gm
"Look, whether they are 969Please respect copyright.PENANAZJZHyF26lx
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 969Please respect copyright.PENANA4bkGG8XN4N
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 969Please respect copyright.PENANAAfhSeSfL9t
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."969Please respect copyright.PENANAf9bexBKt4q
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.969Please respect copyright.PENANAYLTrNztvqf
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."969Please respect copyright.PENANAlXxV0mTSGW
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAHtsHe5fLkg
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."969Please respect copyright.PENANAsDaEtJuq08
I gave Lee a sad smile 969Please respect copyright.PENANApcdEZH4nKp
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt969Please respect copyright.PENANAlPhjNG0Q9v
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 969Please respect copyright.PENANAlnJU9ibHQa
your life. Like suicide.969Please respect copyright.PENANA3Dim4Lv5sk
We started our way 969Please respect copyright.PENANAqTGnNMbHNO
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 969Please respect copyright.PENANAALZVVG9ctc
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 969Please respect copyright.PENANAvkg7QgkQGj
and my jean trousers. Nothing.969Please respect copyright.PENANAZT5nyidUMi
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."969Please respect copyright.PENANAvuKT1PU8pX
I quickly ran out of the969Please respect copyright.PENANADy8eJ4GG8q
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 969Please respect copyright.PENANAqOFRk6zICb
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 969Please respect copyright.PENANAr3hi7d4O8m
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 969Please respect copyright.PENANAYWGjRBusrj
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could969Please respect copyright.PENANAclC2wXdCUE
check for it inside.969Please respect copyright.PENANA3KFUemmcmL
When I got to the 969Please respect copyright.PENANAUQb48XdJf2
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 969Please respect copyright.PENANA2Br8LGzcxn
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I969Please respect copyright.PENANAwvSJfsv86E
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were969Please respect copyright.PENANAfTEGa5WRf0
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 969Please respect copyright.PENANA3RUk4gE2Lo
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 969Please respect copyright.PENANAVHPli5yvE4
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 969Please respect copyright.PENANA0slwV4dQyt
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.969Please respect copyright.PENANAKkume6i8z6
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.969Please respect copyright.PENANANWxwlh8HJy
"Seriously, I can sue 969Please respect copyright.PENANA1VvVMB8uVb
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so969Please respect copyright.PENANA4Upux5DuEE
fast. I never even heard him coming.969Please respect copyright.PENANAHtNVbvcb9i
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.969Please respect copyright.PENANA9HxPvcvgRZ
"You're not my bodyguard969Please respect copyright.PENANAc1lxa9CXhm
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 969Please respect copyright.PENANAkslANnkMHf
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."969Please respect copyright.PENANAZLdZXZ6EBa
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.969Please respect copyright.PENANAjZDFoujBnF
I blushed. "You know about that?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAKK2YwGg4xm
"Everyone knows you have969Please respect copyright.PENANAS6Gt1rGpmI
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 969Please respect copyright.PENANAU96YxdC1f4
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."969Please respect copyright.PENANAjU1sFkgsmn
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."969Please respect copyright.PENANAIBb9QX8E8C
"Looks like I did the 969Please respect copyright.PENANA49yqk9060A
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 969Please respect copyright.PENANAcZBzF6rc9l
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."969Please respect copyright.PENANAB0bRVUrMLR
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.969Please respect copyright.PENANAAbOBGSQuv5
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.969Please respect copyright.PENANADkPEhF6YrH
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."969Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8rvhuwH7B
"And because you're a 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9tPKJ7L41a
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might969Please respect copyright.PENANA2kwgmQmyIP
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 969Please respect copyright.PENANAAvZ6ZLnuse
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."969Please respect copyright.PENANADu0YPz9Ng5
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."969Please respect copyright.PENANAibYecWevcD
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.969Please respect copyright.PENANARKT8caKWZ1
"Can you at least tell 969Please respect copyright.PENANATvkgziFg9D
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator969Please respect copyright.PENANAymBs1MBmM2
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.969Please respect copyright.PENANAqOrcq8LLBi
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.969Please respect copyright.PENANAHCmuqbinSr
"What dramatic effect?" 969Please respect copyright.PENANA8aLmdmeOs8
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 969Please respect copyright.PENANA76kfpL9FLE
came closer. I took a warning step back.969Please respect copyright.PENANAMVliJWwryd
"If you hadn't followed 969Please respect copyright.PENANAoe6r4U4WbY
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 969Please respect copyright.PENANAibfIteAExB
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference969Please respect copyright.PENANA7AXCqlUfLW
room."969Please respect copyright.PENANAc9GSDlOMPj
"What surprise?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAXLjW1feCuN
The elevator stopped and969Please respect copyright.PENANAIClCZNKTnU
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 969Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ31UlXWNk
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the969Please respect copyright.PENANAoj7c6YjcXh
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 969Please respect copyright.PENANAT7pp0t1wfG
Seunghoon and I stepped out.969Please respect copyright.PENANAWwCK4gQJ8P
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.969Please respect copyright.PENANAJ128km90f7
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.969Please respect copyright.PENANAjqDLFMwkvN
"I already have a guess," I said.969Please respect copyright.PENANAq2IVRT1mpM
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.969Please respect copyright.PENANAyIBHbPq5yc
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."969Please respect copyright.PENANA3eZMsacMQ8
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.969Please respect copyright.PENANAttQPlErrvq
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAHUEcA25Nrj
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.969Please respect copyright.PENANAun5opaf28O
When we reached the 969Please respect copyright.PENANAF3FWYPEOPj
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 969Please respect copyright.PENANA5wTQQDFmOj
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 969Please respect copyright.PENANA40eg3xl9Ce
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.969Please respect copyright.PENANA4LOcg2ibEE
In the conference room 969Please respect copyright.PENANAYvNctHC2EG
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 969Please respect copyright.PENANAalRehBer1U
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office969Please respect copyright.PENANAskXT8VjOcd
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 969Please respect copyright.PENANA65rrtsZK1G
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 969Please respect copyright.PENANAKGtpN4tARl
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9sicz8n27n
though I did my best not to show it.969Please respect copyright.PENANARY6ZzIHJvQ
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.969Please respect copyright.PENANAnApTfFGEur
I looked to the opposite969Please respect copyright.PENANAHBj3HCjlz1
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 969Please respect copyright.PENANAnSEYuVSXH7
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 969Please respect copyright.PENANAimLHw1VdcE
turned their backs to us facing the wall.969Please respect copyright.PENANAgK8zw6h0fV
"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."969Please respect copyright.PENANAVIgbiZksek
G-Dragon quickly turned 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQTNs0KqUgf
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9kwkJFoCZ9
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.969Please respect copyright.PENANANJVnx0VjbU
"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?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAgsH492ztHi
"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.969Please respect copyright.PENANA2iWYCj19LP
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAeDV7KSJuHX
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.969Please respect copyright.PENANAGv8GTbavVk
"Wait," said Lisa who 969Please respect copyright.PENANA1uNa8BdWES
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused969Please respect copyright.PENANAnZTPHSiDvC
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"969Please respect copyright.PENANATuPPHpHI4T
"It felt simple and 969Please respect copyright.PENANAv7KBLex7ys
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 969Please respect copyright.PENANAbmciQSxXHQ
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 969Please respect copyright.PENANA1jZD3CuLpi
with G-Dragon today."969Please respect copyright.PENANAZOiQYQAeQo
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."969Please respect copyright.PENANAiH10FDoIml
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 969Please respect copyright.PENANAIXXlL3IXsQ
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."969Please respect copyright.PENANA3svq5OwyDl
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.969Please respect copyright.PENANAiLYAbV78cQ
"Ya, I know I'm a 969Please respect copyright.PENANALlgKFMP0rS
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9yrD5cDVMD
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."969Please respect copyright.PENANADsVzI1KI8y
"If you mean us getting 969Please respect copyright.PENANAMK8wAq5vTc
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 969Please respect copyright.PENANAxH3TfdesyM
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 969Please respect copyright.PENANAiHfXov6ynX
by coincidence."969Please respect copyright.PENANAhvKNRZuUbQ
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."969Please respect copyright.PENANAKjmaCHAZrH
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.969Please respect copyright.PENANASp8UGmc8fX
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAGhD3FIt2MA
The rest of the BTW crew969Please respect copyright.PENANANhWYjWC5FV
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 969Please respect copyright.PENANALXUgVHRr8c
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.969Please respect copyright.PENANAqKvPq9qJCq
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.969Please respect copyright.PENANA4HnUEbvdA3
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."969Please respect copyright.PENANAkxr7MnrCnb
"Hold up," said Zoey who969Please respect copyright.PENANAQoe6I4e99x
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 969Please respect copyright.PENANAJAaBPquIyJ
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAKX9xmH8MUo
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.969Please respect copyright.PENANAnv6juVQrxK
"Told you we'll 969Please respect copyright.PENANAbNEzwdYkkE
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear969Please respect copyright.PENANA6LXUJzBYiU
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.969Please respect copyright.PENANAPLyd7lifhT
"But is he going to do 969Please respect copyright.PENANAzqZR57nLra
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 969Please respect copyright.PENANAk08E05I4y6
didn't really meet by coincidence."969Please respect copyright.PENANA9NW5xNPKYM
There was silence in the969Please respect copyright.PENANAUFE17DqIQa
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 969Please respect copyright.PENANAIiwPMbTZR8
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 969Please respect copyright.PENANAdrm4JrpaOj
planning to do.969Please respect copyright.PENANArhFHE7TiAM
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.969Please respect copyright.PENANAMKwGO79jv1
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAEReEIEmcqF
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.969Please respect copyright.PENANAvbNPxciPR0
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.969Please respect copyright.PENANAVljLTCPKfU
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.969Please respect copyright.PENANADaV2Kt7bpy
"And also because he's 969Please respect copyright.PENANA6H8s1cKyL2
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 969Please respect copyright.PENANAXCJyiBtpOy
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."969Please respect copyright.PENANAFaiS21fTLw
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.969Please respect copyright.PENANA2TF7NMzzP2
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANATrNh18W3CR
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.969Please respect copyright.PENANAePEJvMuJ7n
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAfO4hme5rLf
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAnWLbNfKO2w
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.969Please respect copyright.PENANAfewqVSuvEY
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."969Please respect copyright.PENANAVx9Tlbomzk
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAA46L4ulyYM
G-Dragon smiled. He had 969Please respect copyright.PENANACmOjZEghem
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 969Please respect copyright.PENANATTJq1g6Zzx
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to969Please respect copyright.PENANAnRF42JJdoC
deal with G-Dragon instead.969Please respect copyright.PENANAarxGUxQvTC
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.969Please respect copyright.PENANAfeLwsmmdOJ
"What do you want?" I asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANADEtRJ3uqyT
G-Dragon looked at me as969Please respect copyright.PENANAI5PKLkPy57
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 969Please respect copyright.PENANAGU0A6GNdtA
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I969Please respect copyright.PENANAGTxhVGc7UP
came to any conclusions.969Please respect copyright.PENANA3XVmEhaUzk
"To make things clear 969Please respect copyright.PENANAvX9XSfhPr3
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a969Please respect copyright.PENANApKAKkXtIj2
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 969Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ93qVUGrv
thinking about doing the same thing."969Please respect copyright.PENANAmFM6wihXap
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.969Please respect copyright.PENANAPU5adoqMcq
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."969Please respect copyright.PENANA1lZIv9FtgT
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."969Please respect copyright.PENANADSsFOcalwV
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.969Please respect copyright.PENANAhXaevlqbyf
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.969Please respect copyright.PENANAL96RlXwRKM
"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."969Please respect copyright.PENANAgTq4uA3SVr
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.969Please respect copyright.PENANAq1YjUZYqrn
"All's fair in love and 969Please respect copyright.PENANAeTrEftPsmS
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 969Please respect copyright.PENANApR1bCoFQwl
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 969Please respect copyright.PENANANuiJq7yGDw
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."969Please respect copyright.PENANA0OeZGaxSon
"Come on," Christine 969Please respect copyright.PENANAssSAoMV9IK
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 969Please respect copyright.PENANAtK4w9Tzpyb
won't be here for long and you know it."969Please respect copyright.PENANAsGcOQvGmWj
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."969Please respect copyright.PENANAb6Bn17qvrH
"BTW is nothing but a 969Please respect copyright.PENANAs59R6XnVkY
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 969Please respect copyright.PENANAPKyedRlbp5
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."969Please respect copyright.PENANAaPfXal9mfZ
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.969Please respect copyright.PENANArZzHMkAnP9
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."969Please respect copyright.PENANAbKa0iVHg14
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.969Please respect copyright.PENANAPQX9pTPgkr
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.969Please respect copyright.PENANA2qFxJZb5SG
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.969Please respect copyright.PENANAmIrgI7DrCt
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.969Please respect copyright.PENANAOunWBTOyWw
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.969Please respect copyright.PENANA2T5vq7P93S
"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.969Please respect copyright.PENANAVh81VOPK7Y
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.969Please respect copyright.PENANA469KIEgiXy
Upon saying that, the 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQQA42Z6tzX
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 969Please respect copyright.PENANA44DN2ZQHUS
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 969Please respect copyright.PENANASAzWC8JOXT
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 969Please respect copyright.PENANAT5D4r3zioM
seated stood up.969Please respect copyright.PENANAbZaP8T5EcD
I gulped. I hope the 969Please respect copyright.PENANA69WAZMY2FN
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where969Please respect copyright.PENANA5YComci1dU
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.969Please respect copyright.PENANA2rXpjRY5h1
The two managers had 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9vLS7z1Xie
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 969Please respect copyright.PENANA7kpsgG1hIZ
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQYrretkbGh
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 969Please respect copyright.PENANAZu3Xbu0SQJ
is wrong.969Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7NJR4P4Hh
"Good that you're all 969Please respect copyright.PENANAD4xByzpvdm
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9ucKbxpoH0
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."969Please respect copyright.PENANAV22E2VzWTx
I have always hated it 969Please respect copyright.PENANAFc1xkDsNkj
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 969Please respect copyright.PENANAJSxJsEGXIp
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 969Please respect copyright.PENANA9Q5EsaaoWu
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really969Please respect copyright.PENANAKxKTxwt2xv
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 969Please respect copyright.PENANAF9mwelNInj
their seats.969Please respect copyright.PENANADoaxVexO6f
The two managers and Lee969Please respect copyright.PENANAha8GZ6brQv
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 969Please respect copyright.PENANA52YwIZP8tK
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit969Please respect copyright.PENANAUCgXMroPCs
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 969Please respect copyright.PENANAcMMhxY3fWw
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I969Please respect copyright.PENANAFtCzTHhmaZ
was.969Please respect copyright.PENANA5zBp4eS6hA
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."969Please respect copyright.PENANAi4ZhbzJGsK
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."969Please respect copyright.PENANAk9iLX4UlAy
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.969Please respect copyright.PENANAC6QYFhgaFj
Zoey sighed loudly in 969Please respect copyright.PENANA1zGeLkDYYI
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 969Please respect copyright.PENANAg0ucx91jBF
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 969Please respect copyright.PENANAD787ozlzSL
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a969Please respect copyright.PENANAA21x6FJqeP
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 969Please respect copyright.PENANALOla9lbuQ1
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."969Please respect copyright.PENANAjnm9dPY2O5
The two managers 969Please respect copyright.PENANAESEWAotaUU
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 969Please respect copyright.PENANAlMmqK0Obch
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 969Please respect copyright.PENANAfbmeVHa8Ku
That was so not cool.969Please respect copyright.PENANATC5BsUxLPv
"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."969Please respect copyright.PENANARzsVxgw8nx
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.969Please respect copyright.PENANAMi8l4adFd3
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.969Please respect copyright.PENANAkGttdKcl2y
My ears perked up when 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQujXNpELFd
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 969Please respect copyright.PENANAI44WojDsUV
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?969Please respect copyright.PENANADRMAKATjUR
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANA12gh0WYmts
"We heard you outside 969Please respect copyright.PENANAjSclQ5cx4d
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 969Please respect copyright.PENANA5sXWcmZVcT
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.969Please respect copyright.PENANAj3Ue8mMYil
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.969Please respect copyright.PENANAlgVyAUN4zI
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.969Please respect copyright.PENANA9hv2BocW79
"Yes, Sam. For real," 969Please respect copyright.PENANADdsbtQKOOP
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 969Please respect copyright.PENANA1uzWAJ5XJ9
through further scrutiny about this decision."969Please respect copyright.PENANAN63btH0z0L
I smiled. Even if they 969Please respect copyright.PENANAb56xSgIi8i
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 969Please respect copyright.PENANAm8MYwfSugr
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.969Please respect copyright.PENANAt6Pdl9huEL
There was an exciting 969Please respect copyright.PENANA7YURtlUI3Y
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 969Please respect copyright.PENANAddDyAhT7BB
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 969Please respect copyright.PENANAOrh85Oyzyi
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 969Please respect copyright.PENANArBvE9tsf9K
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 969Please respect copyright.PENANAzEoEprFGma
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.969Please respect copyright.PENANA5NDgkqWCrx
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANA4OFIqer72P
I turned to my other 969Please respect copyright.PENANACFtM7aJBhb
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 969Please respect copyright.PENANAYNRUi9Q7Gl
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 969Please respect copyright.PENANAZHCPwJ2iwQ
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 969Please respect copyright.PENANAnZnB7JnOHe
now, didn't matter.969Please respect copyright.PENANAsHqlo5OEX5
"You heard them when 969Please respect copyright.PENANAFikkdgbu6o
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 969Please respect copyright.PENANAfniC0YC7ZW
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."969Please respect copyright.PENANAXfWlBk1Sjd
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.969Please respect copyright.PENANAiYLmaPERi5
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.969Please respect copyright.PENANAtTICg3cmJp
"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.969Please respect copyright.PENANAftosgKaeuo
This time it was me, or I969Please respect copyright.PENANAFsGlhOb6j0
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 969Please respect copyright.PENANApChVR3G8ob
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 969Please respect copyright.PENANAVlF7Bdy7MP
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 969Please respect copyright.PENANAVqvlVcwcCq
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 969Please respect copyright.PENANACB25H11zHN
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him969Please respect copyright.PENANAm8gH2cJIGA
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 969Please respect copyright.PENANAFeFdGFvXKr
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 969Please respect copyright.PENANA6EQDNquBQ6
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.969Please respect copyright.PENANARdv7I26SAv
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.969Please respect copyright.PENANAOacfnJNwx1
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.969Please respect copyright.PENANAiZi2F0eKRK
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."969Please respect copyright.PENANAcEGLMwZVcE
"We all agree," said Daniel.969Please respect copyright.PENANA01AeNBn7ti
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."969Please respect copyright.PENANAayGahk7Gl1
"But just because it 969Please respect copyright.PENANA78ZjgxhH6z
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 969Please respect copyright.PENANAgCmwTALgIL
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.969Please respect copyright.PENANAgUqKCnRk1A
"Okay, so that's settled969Please respect copyright.PENANANoHq1xHWCC
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 969Please respect copyright.PENANAx7AqkMYpHx
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make969Please respect copyright.PENANA5J46aAkWnP
BTW official."969Please respect copyright.PENANAM5P86C0VPe
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAXNaNdAZnOr
I noticed that most of 969Please respect copyright.PENANAOq9kbloCcJ
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 969Please respect copyright.PENANAKTKbOVEwhx
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 969Please respect copyright.PENANAURqWw2fcTF
when she looked at me and I grinned.969Please respect copyright.PENANAw6egYHFMUW
"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."969Please respect copyright.PENANAA6P9LWy1xh
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.969Please respect copyright.PENANAcgUJx8k41j
"Before we make BTW 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQGcsFEUNp3
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 969Please respect copyright.PENANARh7DLwPFvL
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 969Please respect copyright.PENANAFDO8nerA66
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 969Please respect copyright.PENANA6XPCnyNQPj
low for a while. Is that good?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAWnwg4jpqmx
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."969Please respect copyright.PENANAmNFqUYGhLS
"That's fair enough," 969Please respect copyright.PENANAZHU7BBUdCb
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 969Please respect copyright.PENANAPHZVlJyzOM
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to969Please respect copyright.PENANA16MkzRkZ9U
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 969Please respect copyright.PENANAHZkMH3BP5J
so."969Please respect copyright.PENANArWLarNQDq3
"So you want to crush 969Please respect copyright.PENANAqkyg1bHN2O
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I969Please respect copyright.PENANAMevoWrD7Ce
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 969Please respect copyright.PENANAkzZJm9mjnR
strategy."969Please respect copyright.PENANAXmBuFaOhMM
"Then if all is well and969Please respect copyright.PENANAl798lZSc4w
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 969Please respect copyright.PENANA78cGDHkyvd
updated and not a word on social media."969Please respect copyright.PENANAJD3FdNe95r
I stood up from my seat 969Please respect copyright.PENANAROrsm25t07
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 969Please respect copyright.PENANASnA8D4aPrh
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 969Please respect copyright.PENANAUi5Zx9yCGl
walk out, I stopped them.969Please respect copyright.PENANATAcULWmw1X
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.969Please respect copyright.PENANArXBPaoYT7u
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANAnyEgofbhb6
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."969Please respect copyright.PENANAnCiFjvWx4o
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.969Please respect copyright.PENANAxa0bFFNLkI
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.969Please respect copyright.PENANAovWCZ4Kvx3
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.969Please respect copyright.PENANAhqScxbmEhE
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 969Please respect copyright.PENANA1P7KtQdCWj
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a969Please respect copyright.PENANAr8w04eUZd0
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.969Please respect copyright.PENANAO7cZo7owZO
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"969Please respect copyright.PENANAfpfolFPtqH
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.969Please respect copyright.PENANAYZOd6M3Fks
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.969Please respect copyright.PENANAl4EyIsaqAM
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.969Please respect copyright.PENANACGHzCaAtR7
"This is like the best 969Please respect copyright.PENANAUcmzvUgAAI
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 969Please respect copyright.PENANAGScnUwepEG
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."969Please respect copyright.PENANA5x17jk3uL2
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.969Please respect copyright.PENANA7FCuorFMXG
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."969Please respect copyright.PENANAnYBVVhhTJp
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.969Please respect copyright.PENANACxLH5Ny2de
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."969Please respect copyright.PENANAMUJGjRNdKl
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.969Please respect copyright.PENANAwh20pdG1yg
"I knew there was a 969Please respect copyright.PENANAf5vGzIYmcO
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"969Please respect copyright.PENANAtzi50YzpnM
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 969Please respect copyright.PENANAcJpOmm0Qph
G-Dragon.969Please respect copyright.PENANAjXWqXBuYY0
"You knew?" Christine asked.969Please respect copyright.PENANABwNrQWliOZ
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."969Please respect copyright.PENANAFxdAdEmZya
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."969Please respect copyright.PENANAbwpFerD0HE
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.969Please respect copyright.PENANAyhJw6uDKMx
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.969Please respect copyright.PENANAvYZk4vMNtQ
"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.969Please respect copyright.PENANAygxYjnozGC
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"969Please respect copyright.PENANASpH0iFei3N
"Well, you guys can tell969Please respect copyright.PENANAZUvCtDPiUr
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 969Please respect copyright.PENANAYI54ExHVWh
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 969Please respect copyright.PENANAwlYUgJQFOU
aren't going to go into the same car."969Please respect copyright.PENANAruyehZeR4l
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"969Please respect copyright.PENANApcQAdwLf3K
Everyone else started to969Please respect copyright.PENANAnoTQPZVUWa
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and969Please respect copyright.PENANAGOobOTAObc
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 969Please respect copyright.PENANAChi2MHtetF
only G-Dragon and I.969Please respect copyright.PENANAbzaiJd1VnP
"I'm mad at you," I started.969Please respect copyright.PENANAIt1Z4IgiAp
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."969Please respect copyright.PENANARXoj64Ng4W
"Save it." I held my 969Please respect copyright.PENANAzZW8wUebJr
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 969Please respect copyright.PENANAwCWbSKOiG3
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 969Please respect copyright.PENANAvw7eKkZIcB
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up969Please respect copyright.PENANAUGvUdxMyJu
a war again."969Please respect copyright.PENANAvI2C20CXXO
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."969Please respect copyright.PENANAX68ifjG4eh
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."969Please respect copyright.PENANA4QekqdHN6O
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."969Please respect copyright.PENANAwoDV1KkxQz
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."969Please respect copyright.PENANAJR96zBmBnr
G-Dragon looked at me 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQsfrRlqWc0
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 969Please respect copyright.PENANA3t2o0RpCGz
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 969Please respect copyright.PENANAQiDICLWO9R
stab in the heart.969Please respect copyright.PENANAeJOzQ4yALV
"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."969Please respect copyright.PENANAKBOTmG7CIg
"You know, the others 969Please respect copyright.PENANAdqkMBP9ERX
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 969Please respect copyright.PENANAk5sjq6vfI0
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out969Please respect copyright.PENANAUC8TOqUXRl
with WINNER yesterday."969Please respect copyright.PENANASdxf2Bilbn
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."969Please respect copyright.PENANABC9jhlbqT8
I nodded my head. What I969Please respect copyright.PENANA8IrMHrxA5o
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 969Please respect copyright.PENANAUJYghRosNF
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but969Please respect copyright.PENANAviWY1jC0Dw
of Seunghoon and I.969Please respect copyright.PENANAafNKffUImq
"You know you and I can 969Please respect copyright.PENANAgWUFiybtoQ
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 969Please respect copyright.PENANA0rXaF9W65k
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest969Please respect copyright.PENANAcIzJvpm5zs
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 969Please respect copyright.PENANAcWaLxKWssa
down the rocks."969Please respect copyright.PENANAV2tnbAA4nQ
I headed for the door 969Please respect copyright.PENANAChVPiamLVH
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 969Please respect copyright.PENANApGHkuQImqw
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood969Please respect copyright.PENANAMfSpsgm9Mw
Zoey, waiting.969Please respect copyright.PENANAVqSMBmmj3e
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.969Please respect copyright.PENANAKTZrtC4Ufc
"I sure hope so," I said969Please respect copyright.PENANA7dnEhgCS1Y
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 969Please respect copyright.PENANAeVf4dL6Cfb
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.969Please respect copyright.PENANAreGOJIAGgR
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."969Please respect copyright.PENANAE6pkL4sSK2
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.969Please respect copyright.PENANAHzXNz0aHkL
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.969Please respect copyright.PENANAhFJAiuP33a
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.969Please respect copyright.PENANAapwoKrPwI1
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."969Please respect copyright.PENANACntsNQcq4R
"You know computers are 969Please respect copyright.PENANAvVFc7uduOf
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do969Please respect copyright.PENANAsz7qFAJpgl
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 969Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4PCuCKD0n
supposed to."969Please respect copyright.PENANAXEhnGwg5P5
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."969Please respect copyright.PENANAnAsQbaOtHK
I smiled. "You always call me that."969Please respect copyright.PENANAHntbVYnnBA
"Ya, because you're smart too."969Please respect copyright.PENANAyLELzQq0nS
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.969Please respect copyright.PENANAogsQY30fRc
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.969Please respect copyright.PENANAN7QqicmSLo
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."969Please respect copyright.PENANAA6xl08CIsJ
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"969Please respect copyright.PENANAO6t9Hh2LbX
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.969Please respect copyright.PENANA9bCYDrYPgZ
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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