
Hanging out at Times 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFCduFRXC9j
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1146Please respect copyright.PENANADmWMnclZcQ
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQs0Ku8A3Lp
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAewbKyRyY2n
But that didn't matter. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ritrx5kR9
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlhWe82liE8
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAKsbR8f1ZrH
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1146Please respect copyright.PENANARY9Su07QoO
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3IELARIi9P
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAmuhtDlTNmK
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAP7BEL9vvbO
actually played around with the adorable kids.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2qxq11C7VX
There were plenty of 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAniLIwLOKCs
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0XkPF3gxHk
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1146Please respect copyright.PENANAXJBRQGNhi7
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAXRZ0zrFF20
fans too.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAumDIOKDjar
The time we were done 1146Please respect copyright.PENANADaJd36xet4
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAu86xuipiKR
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAID6kSJNpnC
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1146Please respect copyright.PENANAGQsfR6Kaly
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyQja4Nwlgx
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAe4hgjSI5Ao
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3pbGOjMLHq
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAT8XNMaNgUW
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAW29kefjP1s
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHihI9rmLu4
previous day, of course.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyHbdkPvkZI
As much as the managers 1146Please respect copyright.PENANARnO1RAD2f5
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQRwXHh529E
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1146Please respect copyright.PENANAN8kxa3TB16
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkuoESfHxcY
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1c2OtdNDLQ
Right now, this very 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAhHAtznzc6I
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAdUTdavIAQE
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZjx4TarACV
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZO5hHSMrN
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAScO3Lrkjkv
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAve5rqZgRGY
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAUqpc709Dtz
and I just couldn't take it.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAy4Q1eRxotN
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0OsXzFIFkg
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyzn2wlHexV
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAAL3lUB6Z9D
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgzmmREx6p5
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIGWCRexeVr
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1146Please respect copyright.PENANALDc4j5NoL2
"I thought you said your plan would work."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYxVAZmV5QD
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1146Please respect copyright.PENANACN74EPzNvj
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAaPzKhb5gd0
I felt like slapping my 1146Please respect copyright.PENANArUHZCwUwmE
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuF9YGu5IJY
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIsWa8UKhOZ
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAU6VkdgQkAH
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA4xujl6F29C
off.1146Please respect copyright.PENANADnUtgkDzoR
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAExAs1EebsW
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAH1UTFLdmeW
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAMvJGHCKIEK
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANATwoEa3m6Yd
I shrugged. She read my 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOe1VOzKxkc
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAjKdjQab7fs
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1146Please respect copyright.PENANARMYgWjJumR
me the whole time."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAjKpq1o1ImC
I sat down on my bed as 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAoErnwlrP5o
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlpJpdoh1JQ
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1146Please respect copyright.PENANABoR5pPuNpx
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7vfLm1seJa
"Gosh, you really should1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuDasxtOETe
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzISB9V52kb
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA71mHI22PUh
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1146Please respect copyright.PENANAAiylykseOv
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZrqRQQB6f
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA59md3Syc8j
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnF5BXEnvdD
"Mike is annoying 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqLNlLMnXvg
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAd5zeRaWSV1
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqyhjVca1jv
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAwEfstARLi7
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyzmct1dRIy
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAcCu0VMaeow
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAtmgIKy4akr
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHJ5kLqsldw
"Sorry, but just so you 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYxzUhbD7Gq
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7cpxCLmV4G
that pic of you and him together."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0uuqVslw0x
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAG0wcCYSjCD
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAUBVVy4Fc98
I blushed and at the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQZA2uVT4vA
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA75Ss1qURaX
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAt4m1nQeAu7
other hidden agenda.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA14c69iLtyM
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAoh6nan0YxL
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAtvTE2UxJSQ
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1146Please respect copyright.PENANABFF993gzRS
I sighed in surrender. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFjj3Ka3aj7
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfjuMmZkHHA
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlrbKmY5tCh
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1146Please respect copyright.PENANArTHqx0cC7E
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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8SsSaXc6x7
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAcocuUV7XR9
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAvZQiGlZOLF
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA74X9oNXHND
Zoey had an excited look1146Please respect copyright.PENANAEOFAU9uhJy
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAS9VD49Uoo8
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZUxE2Gtx48
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAm0H27aiM8v
clearly show all over her face.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJn6YpgfJZr
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1146Please respect copyright.PENANATpsgmKXp1v
I shook my head. "And?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZVlqqJfwZ
Zoey folded her arms, 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAm6qv8kU6yI
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1146Please respect copyright.PENANADf9hAeQhhy
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlhYUtvCYAw
"Hold that thought. This1146Please respect copyright.PENANAND7KmQuBU7
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVeU45sY5p1
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyW6DN9laIr
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQciRXmo3DT
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1146Please respect copyright.PENANANODI81dWXL
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q8lnhe58A
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAWWtd5hqsHf
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANArLkp65ww5p
"Well, he hid in our closet."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuvO0bw2DUQ
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAs7uorZVy27
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAvDiPJrtQrE
"Ya, why?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAx84BjOh0sZ
"Looks like we just 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAC9ho2comFW
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3vgIOOrtPs
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1146Please respect copyright.PENANANmmAbPHXNf
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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANABVjyZ247Fy
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAy8WdM7jSUV
"What do you mean? You 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA71vzP37MVV
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAt4uF8JJP5K
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1ST04tyzhP
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIOX1ZkyW3d
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA43YQOeJR0r
"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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAruYhukHxVg
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIuN6GjD34c
"I wanted to but I kept 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7eLaT4Vigf
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAGUS10JOz4X
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2Adqxr68o7
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7Xwf27xDgM
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAktRAqS51e9
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAWHSu1THuTv
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANALeojWGCUYi
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA6rGp3z16E3
I quickly stood up and 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAUODSJl2ci0
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8SYyrkLC94
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgJKs367rbd
her back.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAj1ZcRb9c0t
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAG0ZBTE2e4q
"Zoey, you're going to 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAl0nl2wDIuO
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA79Vzz9Jdey
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHLjJVFw3ek
own hair pink in the next ten years."1146Please respect copyright.PENANANy7AS8E9uF
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAj8UwKUBSdg
"You're lying."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAL7tnn9rB87
"I'm telling the truth!"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOIHJdHjWbz
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANArGFuF27TuS
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANANJPp0a3A0W
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzdMZGPgIue
"I can't tell you that."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAjbw70LpreO
"Why?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfVHCMSAt7D
"Because it's 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2SbcX00uWh
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAjIU2LLEpky
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAE5cgX1tiVe
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA61Zz70E3vi
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqk8FXRcSu7
"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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAiryx4pBHjM
"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.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIAQBS7Sr7N
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzxXvAKzImE
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnTKofnpflO
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAcBfm4xakw6
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAjKGswwvfuO
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2ol7Seghfy
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA69fBTdb4vq
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA93Y5H4FNya
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1xobIFjGXD
I playfully rolled my 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA67tmtjUZcr
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyfKbKsTpAy
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA6zgj92MjQl
also looked worried.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAScLuoYAhOv
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA6VfVvIsC2h
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3F2OM2Rv7h
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAp30ImFroHh
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAKFyRKjcoY8
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7gbU8BQsrr
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgLYJYvf8mh
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0wODsHEZAh
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1146Please respect copyright.PENANARbaZLY9vLI
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeioFq9kMFV
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAGcYDvmFbcJ
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1p0J2QxNEZ
"Okay, first of all," 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAE76tAPsR9s
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAmrSisXhz2s
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1146Please respect copyright.PENANApBswUJTwCi
he wasn't mad at you."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7NkGThS9j
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANASwYzUaWNbQ
"That, he couldn't say."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYWHZNtz1V3
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAwU63fhRr90
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAvqCIkym3Tf
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuK4eI7T26t
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAtcAtpxqKLy
Christine pressed the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1dnv4FxxqS
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAign7jYNmrI
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1146Please respect copyright.PENANASZDJcHSs20
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1146Please respect copyright.PENANABp1pq7P6zd
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkVjics83En
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA5V1Yyc2uKA
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ze5gqKE85
We got to YG right on 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVdSiGORpP5
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1146Please respect copyright.PENANABhBXfzd4Oi
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0To5PIZ2tB
arrived a few seconds earlier.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJy802dNOvQ
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlwuIcaLQTd
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHVv4kbPT3k
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHo3LG2ttRy
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfD6Ed80Y02
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAp8PDbWIeqd
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAiZsVYR9atz
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAXF5UPBBZt1
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAKnKu8VsXPH
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAj76TYw6QDT
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAD9cVWu2yro
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3bYNeVpuWw
"There will be no such 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAapH33uRSqb
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAelaFTU1ok0
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1146Please respect copyright.PENANADVZnaSxuyX
"And you're making it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA6EnxUJLnZM
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA4YuhY2lMNJ
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA6xWVchOsXi
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAe6Z1eTRZVe
"Trust me, you don't 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsgrkF1D5xS
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZEyIdjF2fE
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAProUMxGSE4
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIi43Akcaiq
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsaoL9ShHFT
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAdHoaitEHKX
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHPkB9z8mYN
"Look, whether they are 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAxrw1VYOu3f
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1146Please respect copyright.PENANACQybkbibsz
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1146Please respect copyright.PENANApY0tTxS2hN
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5fCzt1Qw2
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7rS39TJbJ
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqvHdvzRguF
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfftfaDHqFy
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1146Please respect copyright.PENANARKL3J9emXj
I gave Lee a sad smile 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA27yoIQozD5
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1146Please respect copyright.PENANAhIdw2mPLVV
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFikmes1zwI
your life. Like suicide.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHVxGPgVMWD
We started our way 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQiLxo4T5Q1
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOZH0Zkaa49
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOpEZHoGh0g
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAaN2fRdWysf
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAmHms86kssE
I quickly ran out of the1146Please respect copyright.PENANAMrI40F9irH
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAEwKRQ57kQO
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJR4YWe8wRr
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3a6Y4CDwCC
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1146Please respect copyright.PENANA88UhK1g0dI
check for it inside.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAv9OjzWA3iD
When I got to the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANABHlK8J9twE
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAjthgQsnP62
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuzNitSeAfb
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1146Please respect copyright.PENANAvCAdt39gDg
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAKH7XmDiMqx
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANARURhmVbmlr
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y5ftqVKob
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuGWZC31Rhj
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVz7LjYiuPV
"Seriously, I can sue 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA5tf0ZATlhC
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyiJrxzetDL
fast. I never even heard him coming.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsPyhfikQZK
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVWfb55TaTv
"You're not my bodyguard1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZhAJXQKZrn
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgTXGF7G4NT
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA6Jl6WCAWK1
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOawkv0E42N
I blushed. "You know about that?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAY6FvzcvXvV
"Everyone knows you have1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2DvLsYnmoU
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANATlYgomjZCR
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeNZF46CCVX
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1146Please respect copyright.PENANANSY3Lf3upp
"Looks like I did the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAA2SGCU5Glx
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAt55ezQqJie
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA9lP8K0wgcD
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAGO5CR7i8Df
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAhZfhY4sesX
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuNyasI8nHO
"And because you're a 1146Please respect copyright.PENANArqhtuWq1ni
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1146Please respect copyright.PENANApHj2JVAQts
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAW3vGnKD0Qf
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA926gXOtP3Y
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAKeZkLTHFh1
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAL6IQK1MteD
"Can you at least tell 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAk5VrDsXRrA
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsJCUe02h7Z
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAbye1k0aDrC
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAg1zUCMpbuy
"What dramatic effect?" 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA5MUeLoDLIv
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAtKmvhUAZ8e
came closer. I took a warning step back.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFsYd8dMqh8
"If you hadn't followed 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAog2CBxHIkf
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgjhVSWopL5
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIuWWfcIed5
room."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAEfAjV0JAk4
"What surprise?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAiKvcv6c2fW
The elevator stopped and1146Please respect copyright.PENANAh9nlZnipFN
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wk2GEkqEJ
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1146Please respect copyright.PENANAGm9GUdefYj
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAznsNrPEbUe
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1146Please respect copyright.PENANATYZg20G7kr
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFdXhegunUz
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1146Please respect copyright.PENANACD0rfJzV7Y
"I already have a guess," I said.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0UjHpV9c2e
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHPznAKxKyH
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlQYuHCH6KH
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeL045wwuB1
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnNr7fU5TIA
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHbPkhhQadF
When we reached the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAX28KvdLxYb
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJRK89cA7MR
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFQVE2I3e4M
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAdP4oJOcFvH
In the conference room 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAL8DckILTnJ
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1146Please respect copyright.PENANARpfecvZI52
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1146Please respect copyright.PENANA9M3EoWVCyV
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAP8Qa77QjCK
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAv0bvkj8zPV
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAz1poY7UioP
though I did my best not to show it.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5FLYxK9w7
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIFsojEmrzN
I looked to the opposite1146Please respect copyright.PENANAl7DJ0ZRnzI
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAEk5E2UU0fY
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7EEfVKs7Sn
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnZEpU9jRaR
"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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnuFAwJUbPj
G-Dragon quickly turned 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAR7nGzmGGMw
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAE5lr1lxg3g
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzlHcaZoGvt
"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?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAO8SGAfuQGv
"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.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA134dILHS9J
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1nrnbwub2V
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANATttrkynD3S
"Wait," said Lisa who 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAPuSN8Jzrcx
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1146Please respect copyright.PENANAovo6bxGjXb
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA35tVflzXHh
"It felt simple and 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJPCawF75uJ
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOVldHNnlKx
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA84fVqqRKUz
with G-Dragon today."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJXJo9M4mQV
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAWimfFDhPlb
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAUWco7IwP09
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAz3IJ1T3alt
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZsgtKa3kWK
"Ya, I know I'm a 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0BfJyyeE1f
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHpFGtgMqrU
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFOnDCWpeNC
"If you mean us getting 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAbX01dpvPzB
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2I8hu2ZLCi
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAp40P8bsUTw
by coincidence."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAd2pf5GxCMX
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAI6GvtQpj8I
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7j2hacfuX
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkPwWfcuOR8
The rest of the BTW crew1146Please respect copyright.PENANAf3N9ckLJ5F
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeaHa27mPV4
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAjBxQtvUAcv
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAakxZBIPPYv
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1146Please respect copyright.PENANALvtYm6e05z
"Hold up," said Zoey who1146Please respect copyright.PENANATaaObaOpEd
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAAmhyHCiM6k
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAoURDrIBR4M
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1146Please respect copyright.PENANArZGGdWMR8h
"Told you we'll 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFdJkO05Z5f
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfS2ETq3tVb
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAbRxdwP4rMX
"But is he going to do 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA4YKWhlYfg1
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1146Please respect copyright.PENANANuwNrzTJen
didn't really meet by coincidence."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAg3j1X2AhCO
There was silence in the1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkP5sgof1R1
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkOr54mGZON
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAl9labR4b8R
planning to do.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAM0YLQz6W2t
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqQipPS2XKF
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAunJyHUMFcz
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1146Please respect copyright.PENANASDKztLnccF
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVdhRQMFX8R
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyysGn3BZG6
"And also because he's 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAz2M4D6KFDd
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1146Please respect copyright.PENANASfRcb8lMlA
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8blxbPAAda
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYDSyxnV7ec
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzCzctkSudI
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1146Please respect copyright.PENANASQ210ceB31
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFOSpTkTtOe
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA72gfveU2WP
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA9UVuLA9Zlr
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAAyowUug4Ue
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOekunJHWdq
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAdo2bJQG8uf
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqmG5LsJ5l0
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1146Please respect copyright.PENANArLpyK5jP5F
deal with G-Dragon instead.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyz20gtvr1C
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANANCkuKEDxgv
"What do you want?" I asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAdmSfssJnBz
G-Dragon looked at me as1146Please respect copyright.PENANAMT1eUnBkWV
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgorUfdXQXu
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1146Please respect copyright.PENANA27jXUUzREG
came to any conclusions.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0Q5UaaAKWU
"To make things clear 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAudKpMFkoe3
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1dsAVnHPev
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAwpqdsRe4Dx
thinking about doing the same thing."1146Please respect copyright.PENANABfe0UCLXTa
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA4NdeWkS7Dr
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkMh6B2d6Ve
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7flXAC6Mva
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAebrB6XKafy
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnDKf0bS1Su
"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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqZIat2Je50
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA5K1qCamyCD
"All's fair in love and 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7W4fMkKItY
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAu6UjzOw1MV
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAO3TJ9QKM8n
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAWquqrIq07r
"Come on," Christine 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzZHzysksSX
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAEkBjshrN8T
won't be here for long and you know it."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAffjGcYTqh0
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1146Please respect copyright.PENANANHywjNanru
"BTW is nothing but a 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYoSzUwi6l9
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAxoiioEfjdL
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAR4Jgxb7h6c
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgi5lqimL4w
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsKD9X0CBCI
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1146Please respect copyright.PENANANg2fC6TEjy
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlbJhIwANRd
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAmLt5DHNCJK
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAaOWA5JzIV1
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA9FWt5AUaXc
"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.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIMB8zKfhr0
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgkdoWJMryD
Upon saying that, the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJiqqL0CgQM
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfLGoXl6tSB
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gr0Mm5EjM
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAo8t3Hzm74a
seated stood up.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsvYCAtGhoW
I gulped. I hope the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANANGWdxRglwo
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1146Please respect copyright.PENANAv5I4eDzKmo
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAXiIbA9QYI7
The two managers had 1146Please respect copyright.PENANACBsmgMtgs3
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAMps1UvWyLw
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1VCyARLXfj
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1146Please respect copyright.PENANASvJdHDmSGz
is wrong.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAmvVwSnFfrk
"Good that you're all 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJoxXKcIg7Y
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1146Please respect copyright.PENANACN7WxUK2Hq
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1146Please respect copyright.PENANABZSlaoFi03
I have always hated it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYIvwlybRJ7
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1146Please respect copyright.PENANArhJELRKFTT
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAudeoe25xvA
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZEis2cCSnn
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAiS71Z6w02p
their seats.1146Please respect copyright.PENANACrxj1y1nQM
The two managers and Lee1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJuKqNOKvrN
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAUw66KQSaWu
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYSmVPj38SM
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAEBPjdqLqkK
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1146Please respect copyright.PENANASgIOri9dMA
was.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA9Bmwk6apTW
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAXiPxAWMq4T
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkTLapPmYhm
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8hty0LDH8M
Zoey sighed loudly in 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAPBZe38a7Nj
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAtLrniMelc2
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAwCd32AW7Au
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnRZOrT3XyB
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3vif08d0j5
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYIerUfrflg
The two managers 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2en7KqjZF
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANApRXvBbrq2s
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAs5dVlYgGUe
That was so not cool.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAW1orQBf3xl
"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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0EfRj5jxSD
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1146Please respect copyright.PENANACzC0jCdnxf
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQNBC6dw8k4
My ears perked up when 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA4fB42vzfpM
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1i5uQbndmj
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1146Please respect copyright.PENANADzms2vGMlF
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANARiAn6UkjsC
"We heard you outside 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsZIlrw0yvK
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAalX2iS9KaO
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZaNzVIN2M
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA6BozBAz7kX
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgZw8aP9msj
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAS9wmh9WFR7
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAztCVLUlB3W
through further scrutiny about this decision."1146Please respect copyright.PENANACH7TPSfGsc
I smiled. Even if they 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzUYjUKznzb
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA62fnL2au70
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAw6WT298b4a
There was an exciting 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgHWvrWxlfq
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAvS1ud4STtP
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1146Please respect copyright.PENANASbhEUVEQBI
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1146Please respect copyright.PENANACzU83N9i2c
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAU3zF7fejky
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1146Please respect copyright.PENANANSh1xhedeF
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA5Bi4K1PaPB
I turned to my other 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAPV1KEHusJK
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAXhkIbERx1r
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7fUFApNuBf
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFbFGlJ1L8J
now, didn't matter.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeKr44DfU1X
"You heard them when 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAz7dWHLRWCv
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfRKy5ZPLz3
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAGGenJOVPI4
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1xQgGgxDfI
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOF4QBG8zjG
"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.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8zLZiZarvn
This time it was me, or I1146Please respect copyright.PENANA41ORwnn73a
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuRDoiSlH0W
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAydyFidZYQ0
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZKijK6q96h
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAPDaFHVx4gY
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1146Please respect copyright.PENANAp3HvGyPLBL
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAy4ck62UKob
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlj1Pt0XmwH
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJsECb9AjAt
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOOxEq1FAnu
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJDU78A8mPI
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAIm3YtJFF3N
"We all agree," said Daniel.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeeB5IYVwgV
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzinZ1yefBc
"But just because it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAXb1Fjep5jW
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA9rPaul7QRC
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAiOif1qZ3zm
"Okay, so that's settled1146Please respect copyright.PENANAMvoPTIb6A8
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAG6gR4i6g8G
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJfb1p48oqj
BTW official."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAryjagOresX
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAW0JYz9caAL
I noticed that most of 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAUDEuYcWQVY
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsqUoY71uBn
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAaQcqQXYgSe
when she looked at me and I grinned.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAvseAJ4UDk2
"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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVkbvmX0a4y
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1146Please respect copyright.PENANANMG6hxLX4D
"Before we make BTW 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuE52Yrs23N
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1146Please respect copyright.PENANApnvICZqs8A
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlo8MwVvB6I
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVNFq7W4sLe
low for a while. Is that good?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7ThygbjgFk
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA3jivTUn9Se
"That's fair enough," 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqOyzjI77FT
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAPSxsPebCx3
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1146Please respect copyright.PENANAS9hnIEqFrA
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAA7sCbgeSNM
so."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8y96kcfdLD
"So you want to crush 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAhVQUaLd0Gc
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1146Please respect copyright.PENANAEYut2Q0JvF
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZUQRDvAUOc
strategy."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAQC3RrS5GOL
"Then if all is well and1146Please respect copyright.PENANADiqbnXzDc2
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAmYtKMySHUr
updated and not a word on social media."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1RGQyJc36X
I stood up from my seat 1146Please respect copyright.PENANApzgP1cHHhb
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAoGKTccoaiY
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAhVhExpCUpF
walk out, I stopped them.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAb5JXFFpytQ
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7O8m5bJz4P
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAHJLYMa2zji
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyOPABkYXxY
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1146Please respect copyright.PENANANRnImvzfXF
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1146Please respect copyright.PENANANlYLLHnriN
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAcyyAFltU21
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1146Please respect copyright.PENANADwVn9krY3X
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeKFKrQuvpY
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAJIOXRqNAuw
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2PuJWzkOMQ
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOmyrmc6j6p
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAcLBj4OSEsD
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAzYARPkST9p
"This is like the best 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZKDirQQnVU
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAiYbQ1z2fmm
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeRvnFd0O7X
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAwZ2uFnLt5e
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAK3pJdMYMED
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuKtD4TeaGG
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1oCnvpEqf0
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAOXjsx2GCJ0
"I knew there was a 1146Please respect copyright.PENANALyHRztZv5j
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1146Please respect copyright.PENANA4YpagBgyQo
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAFD57NCCK1w
G-Dragon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAbLLClBl9T2
"You knew?" Christine asked.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAntjPuyDE6x
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAy5zDZq0DNb
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAoPDHEdWjQQ
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAH7V8hraYCa
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAkNsEn4cPnj
"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.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAAOlBGVu2v2
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAaDQi34St38
"Well, you guys can tell1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyOHYZe97AD
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2z0mDXvF7t
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAyDzupkJu8D
aren't going to go into the same car."1146Please respect copyright.PENANARUvGiKGYZe
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeVyh1bToBa
Everyone else started to1146Please respect copyright.PENANARasfia9RkS
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1146Please respect copyright.PENANA2vtDBg3Fs1
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAPugv8d6zsO
only G-Dragon and I.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAb1PVDJXRFW
"I'm mad at you," I started.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuk1ikCaSnw
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAPDA07ehW47
"Save it." I held my 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAsU2CPseodT
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1146Please respect copyright.PENANA8voB3BNnUm
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1146Please respect copyright.PENANANHdD34PAzp
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1146Please respect copyright.PENANAo1pkuDtktU
a war again."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA5X8vrk5gok
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1146Please respect copyright.PENANATvhqjskTma
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAo9vGDznztS
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAju8qgK78WA
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAMZejEQJSka
G-Dragon looked at me 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAwQ4JUsGi9X
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAtjpGsg3XaJ
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgWQr1c5ZhH
stab in the heart.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA0bsMNqTzA8
"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."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAclKIEqDLm0
"You know, the others 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZdnafiwdOB
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1146Please respect copyright.PENANALj8x1h36yj
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1146Please respect copyright.PENANAt51LSoVEK8
with WINNER yesterday."1146Please respect copyright.PENANASWUI3UDGEc
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAoCM58mlG1h
I nodded my head. What I1146Please respect copyright.PENANAgZnV3NGcop
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAhhbD3xDr5V
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1146Please respect copyright.PENANAD4ZOrLS1Hp
of Seunghoon and I.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZDUb3vHgie
"You know you and I can 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAenNV1ffi7B
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAMexBPI8Zto
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1146Please respect copyright.PENANAWe3d2udRvX
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAc6MYPLBP50
down the rocks."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAuyP9tGWrey
I headed for the door 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAeVLFztWNuV
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAf7ktbufu3n
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1146Please respect copyright.PENANAE2sXdhlZCg
Zoey, waiting.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ27pDAra0
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAnGr24TPL6i
"I sure hope so," I said1146Please respect copyright.PENANAtpKlif2EdJ
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAGANynjiB1I
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAi4EfERpFO4
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA013b1GhX9H
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAVggTqHB88X
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA7CmMPffqdl
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAcC0ncS0aSI
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAWbMM58DZqy
"You know computers are 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAfv4TRiLezK
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1146Please respect copyright.PENANAYgxevCjP7O
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1146Please respect copyright.PENANAZtA0acCnZJ
supposed to."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAwLBQWPPyZf
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAlzDDW32f90
I smiled. "You always call me that."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA1T7bvvLgMV
"Ya, because you're smart too."1146Please respect copyright.PENANA11mPZVTehP
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1146Please respect copyright.PENANApke7Y3UoRy
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1146Please respect copyright.PENANAw4NtDqi5Jd
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1146Please respect copyright.PENANAqwKcNK9NA8
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1146Please respect copyright.PENANALN0H2WoVNO
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1146Please respect copyright.PENANA4364Xz5vAG
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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