
Hanging out at Times 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAingxJBsJxU
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZPGUsYD444
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAe52PqjjUq1
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMLDYfa0dT2
But that didn't matter. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANATCTD5cnCYb
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAlzbZq96UxD
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAD8jUXAmKUh
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAUdGFyxlCX
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0Z54T8iitt
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjLNnMRYZfO
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhMjClRVl4c
actually played around with the adorable kids.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAtpPfzZQBjn
There were plenty of 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAb9bcUwJCb8
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2An8ToL1vx
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7QTqxeIa42
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAX6sk7gS0Qb
fans too.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcBpaY6jihY
The time we were done 1109Please respect copyright.PENANApd9oKF2Ve5
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIKy9WQ9NZL
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA6QEFXofSJy
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1109Please respect copyright.PENANAm0GnXbP36Q
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1109Please respect copyright.PENANASGUby207mq
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsnGSbDhWm2
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwY8RsQhujw
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0DA19CZYjp
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1109Please respect copyright.PENANArAWb9F2lDT
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2BvmTBz3bp
previous day, of course.1109Please respect copyright.PENANASfSuV4keMG
As much as the managers 1109Please respect copyright.PENANADJaxjgjZTv
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1109Please respect copyright.PENANACredGk7ZRJ
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1109Please respect copyright.PENANAApaefmMe0Z
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAilhLhayXyJ
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFPCLllwvVs
Right now, this very 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbFjSJFHUhj
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0WEd0Jym3U
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAe8GGakXYYi
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAA4KD6TwQmF
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIdyq6nQoYV
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA47AEqGOBLG
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1109Please respect copyright.PENANARPQUaGKrMM
and I just couldn't take it.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOjM7Ma68WU
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJYXw2vczUU
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsj9NOC6drx
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAeybetSlErb
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPg53wBe5Yl
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1109Please respect copyright.PENANADttP2rZjqU
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjGKLFtT9sn
"I thought you said your plan would work."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKyvC1DpD9I
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvJcrivnOyA
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAoId1GSDiXa
I felt like slapping my 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnu520rkpua
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgYQLiwYgrl
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA6uyisEfRGc
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAd5l49PNKGP
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAiLcgP86qLJ
off.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOti8aMH1aU
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKCvAmHRQTN
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAe7pmoQ6nrU
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFUkPPDgVcV
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXAkXi06x1a
I shrugged. She read my 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAiPXJlxVFVA
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1109Please respect copyright.PENANADmX7Rv0QKq
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAW7AqBYJVt
me the whole time."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcSlKTW34WS
I sat down on my bed as 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFWW28o2Tbz
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1109Please respect copyright.PENANArdFP1G3CNt
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1109Please respect copyright.PENANALqAF9OQs7w
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1109Please respect copyright.PENANADZL66qO4wZ
"Gosh, you really should1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdSeFOpo8b3
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAfoq3pQTIUD
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvPg16UJmyi
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1109Please respect copyright.PENANAyadIY9X8eC
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIL7MDmXgVi
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOmcJhE8XS4
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAGkXzadPMj5
"Mike is annoying 1109Please respect copyright.PENANANkB1m7MsNK
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAetLOp9Lkxr
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUPtXlcrh1R
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAamTijbzxP6
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAj8PScNOr07
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHjfu362Rgx
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA3lHSmfXWhh
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAa9D5xWo0HY
"Sorry, but just so you 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZBl2EewHV
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1109Please respect copyright.PENANARsrksdA5AJ
that pic of you and him together."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAI9cLKVbSMN
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdqnEywnMhm
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkjCCYqva37
I blushed and at the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAAHzP3JU7K
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1109Please respect copyright.PENANARgj9oYulO2
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1109Please respect copyright.PENANALPiwqGtVL3
other hidden agenda.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA4Yzn82s1wi
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAuJVp2Zdlt5
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAW9k0UDWfGy
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgG5LOXHibi
I sighed in surrender. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzfduv68qUS
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcyYPSJykGd
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAG4bpO9U71W
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbR4FQCcDcS
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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANATFVVPKXbPr
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOa8Is9oQP5
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0ToJRlBNFa
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAT52Su1rp7I
Zoey had an excited look1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcgTbutJ8v1
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAeImWnV6qUX
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmfVAe4vH7d
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA6GlfmdRchR
clearly show all over her face.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcShGGMK2r8
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhkGLA49Wzz
I shook my head. "And?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgIlCovEPnH
Zoey folded her arms, 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHfKBbDx5E6
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1109Please respect copyright.PENANArHZGBmq1ae
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2S6pktRpaF
"Hold that thought. This1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzyUPsZEaQt
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOKYFRTo9m0
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA98BD765HBw
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZhtlRlbb51
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnRuLSWzOOa
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdLckUJS88P
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnv9siGSDBf
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2MazGkB9Zr
"Well, he hid in our closet."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHHWU7QD98M
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZMzMVa7eTI
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOeAscLneLn
"Ya, why?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAlMEoIBiy3b
"Looks like we just 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMuNB3S0HKl
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1109Please respect copyright.PENANALboSQECZkk
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOsGDHJtOTd
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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMRL6J1T7UC
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1109Please respect copyright.PENANApzJSFs0WP7
"What do you mean? You 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA4Pya1eyBXv
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhsHy5Hp3Yo
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANA46ebHDDywT
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8u4E68CsFg
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzeJgAcfHUL
"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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbvH10D9n2N
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANArowcYmzINz
"I wanted to but I kept 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbSggffhfJ1
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQAdMC9zKyg
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA5Z89s1KitL
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAu6HmzHGF7h
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAh7d6yVkfgX
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAss2zvmJpdj
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQaQ3vOusfM
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAicaHWcmlg9
I quickly stood up and 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA4bsvRWGtYl
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAqPceT0JvNv
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1109Please respect copyright.PENANAK90oSl6hk8
her back.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbDSUixbaPn
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA9CdZyFlqE3
"Zoey, you're going to 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAGYfmY74QxA
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAwg9z4BvGF
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzlB1UElcHe
own hair pink in the next ten years."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAWViZm9nKK
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXHCpOABTYK
"You're lying."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdzO2Gws03R
"I'm telling the truth!"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdTl2wmCqXG
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAP7IdiNBxn2
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAD30gp6PXMg
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPt452AAXsS
"I can't tell you that."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAGl2tT5DcgZ
"Why?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAqc1MMtmmCj
"Because it's 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwL1GligXBU
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAb71cmncEXX
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1109Please respect copyright.PENANA5N40r5hYJv
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgklJj8qfKx
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdNitjsox7t
"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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUw9UQe7rfM
"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.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAtO7CMDrA2r
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjlr4nyorPr
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsHshIcsNcv
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmQY25CCgCF
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvyj14sy9Av
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2OrBzxwg1w
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA6OERMB4XmT
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1109Please respect copyright.PENANABczUzzBgB8
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1109Please respect copyright.PENANANlTZpy3ex2
I playfully rolled my 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQLmfLnpKXG
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1109Please respect copyright.PENANA1rdS3vpwlz
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1109Please respect copyright.PENANACpiwkoj5ne
also looked worried.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwsgUiEeUzs
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwRTlaCMB0z
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAlYmdRdzH6X
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ7cYcgOdF
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1109Please respect copyright.PENANASgYtxCelL5
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaObCgp1C6v
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1109Please respect copyright.PENANANW5L1W1hf5
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQeL1avF4HE
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1109Please respect copyright.PENANASI1mgOlnDP
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAggeMGrgQtZ
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAafnGgPjqGe
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMrb1XYmdyJ
"Okay, first of all," 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjuRK6hdEr6
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1109Please respect copyright.PENANADJS2qYj8Fr
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1109Please respect copyright.PENANASQoX1ZIqqQ
he wasn't mad at you."1109Please respect copyright.PENANASJoKLllVoi
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPFLfNDqWp6
"That, he couldn't say."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJP2SMYur3C
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvMoM16duzH
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAyKTM2FGsm5
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAtQSzvt5mLs
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFx9ZmKZHNu
Christine pressed the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAijxftZTcrE
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvEXf25GTkY
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1109Please respect copyright.PENANANwJG1ovNzc
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA11sKQ0HBnP
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA3lRUPR8xcZ
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzM5MKAUkCK
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA4XGE7NI8Nm
We got to YG right on 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIifIZzdxRT
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAI0T7gc4py2
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAj2mIKWd5Mw
arrived a few seconds earlier.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7eByveiWun
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1109Please respect copyright.PENANABXV69RdjMT
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIOU4CWWfoz
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAfErNjCuh3i
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgcEwioVdQg
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPj0SzxNR8j
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAYNGl8DJatr
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsluLsBxe1V
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhDsmkpofr2
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAj27illBbTo
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAYbuUNTh3Sm
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbi7yNQdSYS
"There will be no such 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnRroSCKT6A
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAviATBuoWPS
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAaizjfADCb
"And you're making it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANArrgt0pGYVg
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAYYvbgTblHa
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA1j35ZU8VJl
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIeToGu6jUT
"Trust me, you don't 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPUDTpjvSru
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8AeuW3hsUP
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0yTB0fRQTs
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMDTr9TrGZT
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQtrxAXh9td
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAelmQj2SaRN
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvHXR7kXETK
"Look, whether they are 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXejPGg4x5T
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2om8rqN1Gc
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnBHJQdSOac
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA9TMFgqCuor
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1109Please respect copyright.PENANATRRqZpwdYS
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1109Please respect copyright.PENANASdvL2QcWjq
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAI86iQvl0td
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAYmyiQcTVUZ
I gave Lee a sad smile 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAqiNMu21nL9
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0xRfL07Q7c
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxexHpEJGjV
your life. Like suicide.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7ALbOr6Uc
We started our way 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcC8qBgpPKc
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmp0erIh41n
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAW1nwghbpTK
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAT2QpvMq0hC
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAC52K8MY62s
I quickly ran out of the1109Please respect copyright.PENANARpZp0U2VqG
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAm5WcXNxQJg
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcSEeFgVNAg
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA5d8WSoXYbw
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1109Please respect copyright.PENANAK5iwvRvdGw
check for it inside.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAF8iv4ljbdy
When I got to the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAVaBOP3yOmB
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAWTSs6Sm8l3
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1109Please respect copyright.PENANAqC0GTHxuyu
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8f775W6uqo
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzBfsz8Of5K
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANApA0nQ5lpm5
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAi6PWZTCkZT
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHT9kuWqaPR
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAH7jA9O40QS
"Seriously, I can sue 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcyYoWlG0vM
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1109Please respect copyright.PENANArCN9FDnmKq
fast. I never even heard him coming.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAisTOS0qTqq
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsKux2PonG9
"You're not my bodyguard1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhk7oI68tdi
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAVIQJ5GkfHv
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzYzTuyQod5
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjXcYtD14uu
I blushed. "You know about that?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxrWO9IL2Jw
"Everyone knows you have1109Please respect copyright.PENANAGGEw6WygPb
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAGlHhwS9elF
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAeveuT1FuKa
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1109Please respect copyright.PENANALj7Jv5yshj
"Looks like I did the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAI0jDOh0SmU
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAuzLacgo1Jr
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAN5Lw3QoYeZ
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1109Please respect copyright.PENANARzdAym0JWX
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA1D6R0LEI3o
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1109Please respect copyright.PENANABDmjaZlFTH
"And because you're a 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhilWvZXkJZ
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1109Please respect copyright.PENANAidvZVoBCcg
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJtOtztdrIM
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaehaK4ykNl
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhfOtZLfuIT
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAW1s7z8YPF3
"Can you at least tell 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA46WVvC0gDG
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2Xx6GJsFZo
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPmuns9BNKE
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAioWmy0XPYn
"What dramatic effect?" 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXOkqbd58Yv
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjzVyv2uO3e
came closer. I took a warning step back.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMAfeNwpQy8
"If you hadn't followed 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHd69lsrRJj
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1109Please respect copyright.PENANATiy0UIZDVI
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1109Please respect copyright.PENANAtzqNWgYCrG
room."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmOIPqTVszf
"What surprise?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANARLx2VuOu2p
The elevator stopped and1109Please respect copyright.PENANAl3JpCwKlpH
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFmyA37vkqE
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1109Please respect copyright.PENANAos0BMnltPB
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA98i7zrq89g
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHinNqzoDyL
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAW8IkGrtjuI
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAP1drre9vzi
"I already have a guess," I said.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIHoEl8vdOb
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwx1O5h2ElM
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA1IvT8UbRd9
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAWGllo6VdaO
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZFzKbJ4Xvs
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1109Please respect copyright.PENANABYYprFyjzP
When we reached the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAa2cCP0dWqQ
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxodUEByJbW
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAeOs21jkcPf
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHM1kTaBlmH
In the conference room 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAy2VMYJVH0H
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA5U5El3jFNi
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAxmpW8B2cY
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnWTHkWMloO
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvZqzh6xMFw
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAb9lHp0ALRi
though I did my best not to show it.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAA9TqSYAd9V
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvLIMrRALEK
I looked to the opposite1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXRU7VpnbLE
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0hMQZDa9YV
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAm3s8reM2a7
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsNxby4Dbxc
"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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0KwQe1TMQ7
G-Dragon quickly turned 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxlu8HKDTPc
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUopB2Vyl8x
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPYRnV0Z8gX
"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?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAd2W2JmRlKi
"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.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8OU0tBV99S
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAG3DaoKrlKM
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsqMrRNEu7S
"Wait," said Lisa who 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAEHIUW8vA1z
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbRC6dDOa14
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhE3bhGBdRJ
"It felt simple and 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7TJc9oN1NW
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPXtt2CMRIQ
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA9MQMyzUvA6
with G-Dragon today."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaSYvmqjRlt
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1109Please respect copyright.PENANADJ5tMe1ffG
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1109Please respect copyright.PENANANvhixQS7rM
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1109Please respect copyright.PENANARMssoObgKC
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAg9pg0d7CXe
"Ya, I know I'm a 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAWHQGPFqf7
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmOcS8h6j9B
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQtf52PSetL
"If you mean us getting 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA3FArtlAZIx
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZeAQIcEMqh
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxKN32Apk1N
by coincidence."1109Please respect copyright.PENANATjl051QOk4
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUcqE4lgbJ7
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAyiT6QqPkhC
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAd5IZwK552u
The rest of the BTW crew1109Please respect copyright.PENANAyg7Uudsj3r
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA07TziC6sac
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3Hf9bIfWv
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1109Please respect copyright.PENANANChlcCF0oR
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUM9GbwLXaC
"Hold up," said Zoey who1109Please respect copyright.PENANAEKzSjUDcvb
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjUpLF6Y1Z0
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANABoKeoaQMp6
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1109Please respect copyright.PENANArXTJyiNbfc
"Told you we'll 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwgMQ4kbtgh
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1109Please respect copyright.PENANAqYQ7Tqzg5K
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1109Please respect copyright.PENANABVaQg4dFjy
"But is he going to do 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwwc8euyXP9
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXa4P6EzczP
didn't really meet by coincidence."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAiWY9TqJrqD
There was silence in the1109Please respect copyright.PENANAB7A3VB7CmV
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOF5N7lmUzb
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgEE7o25VgU
planning to do.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMDwsc7UFjC
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1109Please respect copyright.PENANApDFIHCfolN
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA4Zj3y2ZrqR
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAu1g4zJccx7
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJgLQnrGYyI
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA1lRbgfXMQU
"And also because he's 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcgjmP4Fbgj
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA99dpLqQqKd
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1109Please respect copyright.PENANASodQQV309c
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAS1Z67FTbb2
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKLdifD0z20
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKKk2XCTPHd
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAuMjriJKfzb
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZG8uiM2btZ
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjZBmKGNB8B
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA415BEws2ys
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIf3MoxVIA7
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAUN1kOI6zY
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbvyIHWMo22
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1109Please respect copyright.PENANAeCCzoW8A9h
deal with G-Dragon instead.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXkRnsqMVpj
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAe2t1auJJNx
"What do you want?" I asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUgwHlRMLpv
G-Dragon looked at me as1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbYpfH9DvFl
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhpqyscceXy
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1109Please respect copyright.PENANAx9oeIj0Aqy
came to any conclusions.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmr8ytLlEnk
"To make things clear 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaZUi1rF61n
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1109Please respect copyright.PENANACHAMSPmvhr
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAVJinUEWfl2
thinking about doing the same thing."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAVI3xSahjDZ
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZHMLX0SV6
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAiOhib5xuDC
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1109Please respect copyright.PENANArViBAniaet
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1109Please respect copyright.PENANApZ8aVoRgcn
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPQE1sX3XAj
"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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAa8zkAMo5MO
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxJziecy9ir
"All's fair in love and 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0THqWhWmbk
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOLiXBqOKhk
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcFqVEpiiC4
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAV10tzwJrVU
"Come on," Christine 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPaNsh38115
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnSzGxDdcKo
won't be here for long and you know it."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAVfLAId5NWE
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFJjRIZrhu4
"BTW is nothing but a 1109Please respect copyright.PENANARjKka9Ah5d
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcIkbUFGeds
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAecrix8ClWc
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAlU37Myi9Lg
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAuSrO7ZF5Gy
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzIauRqNm0t
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA61CbxBZfAt
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAupk3jP9ipR
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1109Please respect copyright.PENANApPkKjM8JYl
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAqW9hCrN4Aj
"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.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmAoMywUKor
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmPxUjbTDJW
Upon saying that, the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzmg3X4RN6Y
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcwSfqJQv6z
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAYUn3YCRJkJ
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0nvjfs4vdq
seated stood up.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA5ldsHeyJlD
I gulped. I hope the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaXTVp7UOnX
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1109Please respect copyright.PENANAfH0b35drRl
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZWcMzXaHOm
The two managers had 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvxa8qZHAcQ
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAzfcAMrLDlw
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHTta4AoL7w
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgny7FixTgI
is wrong.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA477hq08Gx0
"Good that you're all 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA5j2rcQYwmg
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAf9MpbvlZ9I
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1109Please respect copyright.PENANALRiKVEhKKp
I have always hated it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAIJ4NhHYBD5
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAY3isLnL67H
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAyIf2Mjlaj0
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjue9Jt3tFq
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAYgf7khm04A
their seats.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkWlKJcVc2V
The two managers and Lee1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhadaGLw41r
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsajixrbXVF
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ9R7w9Z0o
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAX6WCNw3isL
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1109Please respect copyright.PENANAyUdQI20lVu
was.1109Please respect copyright.PENANABbJ4B4Jf4D
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1109Please respect copyright.PENANADKEALnGhSW
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAuXLdlybo8H
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFSKXhmn4kX
Zoey sighed loudly in 1109Please respect copyright.PENANABKDHO2aRaE
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvC08KJoXAt
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAoHhaRtj9L0
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxlaAWfTnMI
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAiYtLVaIdJw
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA78IbKRt2ZN
The two managers 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMunVG1YxpL
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxJzokmNb0z
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAhGfQRvrLd8
That was so not cool.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXJ4ickWXyr
"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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxRWZsyebMD
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKhVR1uR2q6
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAEfJkAlgXcB
My ears perked up when 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgPnuOzEBJM
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAWC0hk0PBK7
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7XG7f5ZOGC
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA6KRm4UA7cf
"We heard you outside 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA40ZCE13MZh
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcR9X8YG7bu
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8A4b57zVuK
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUywZU6xKuy
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXRpnflO5OT
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1109Please respect copyright.PENANArbuWyW165q
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAutdYbD2IzU
through further scrutiny about this decision."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHu95vC7Qoj
I smiled. Even if they 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaqIJlLXPAM
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAoWR2uRReVV
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA32geqmV5nv
There was an exciting 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvrMvENpyeK
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1109Please respect copyright.PENANACsFCvZeDmd
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA3h0QOfFNFl
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAACjXdYIAOU
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAd1iLLf35M1
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7IeR42oqd6
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAixEXnafnST
I turned to my other 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAeqcm4cEwiV
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1109Please respect copyright.PENANApYZEuoRCsh
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAh1UtNZltX4
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7ha2fGH2Rk
now, didn't matter.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAs9nvOChBcS
"You heard them when 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcwLMAbatCW
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkAhRGLX5x4
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA3lduOfpnF0
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOCPXsNOBIR
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAqlNnLPBhh5
"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.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAG82IhsDQ5Z
This time it was me, or I1109Please respect copyright.PENANA9CxXdGHO9H
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAlGaWyRZmoD
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1109Please respect copyright.PENANATY6yhscOS6
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkZoSwKTg8k
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAAjTupiGE1b
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1109Please respect copyright.PENANAD5y2CPCxuu
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA0rGOaJ4jJl
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA3hHF04f4Sa
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1109Please respect copyright.PENANANMu5lq43lZ
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbsLbNOOeQF
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8zb1VhwniV
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1109Please respect copyright.PENANALn6okqpqMq
"We all agree," said Daniel.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbIkNGJQn9h
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1109Please respect copyright.PENANABERGWwoOMc
"But just because it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHDhWsoUbVW
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdoihAUsA22
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1109Please respect copyright.PENANArYNpyaCqic
"Okay, so that's settled1109Please respect copyright.PENANAGYvBZ9hNfr
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA6VBIBl3yV8
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1109Please respect copyright.PENANAlSIifl77sb
BTW official."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2aRtPdQgDM
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkUaWByLowf
I noticed that most of 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAc4DeO8MpuJ
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA9E4Rh9IZc1
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHtkQkNAkbD
when she looked at me and I grinned.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkFQ0T1BpSc
"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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMcqykAuors
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAw1zb5zxUfi
"Before we make BTW 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAi8tDpPsxIk
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA92Q6l3RKgQ
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgWyesZscXE
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2gMBrDMc7S
low for a while. Is that good?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANABnRmlm8CM5
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmAESg38hGR
"That's fair enough," 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAc7v6s7gyiV
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAC40ebOXnhU
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1109Please respect copyright.PENANAPivBYb3A50
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1109Please respect copyright.PENANArmV6L8g8Z3
so."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbPhLjhJy7p
"So you want to crush 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnmnxUDiRtn
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1109Please respect copyright.PENANAe4mkXmuP0h
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA8dwwuCLZ6c
strategy."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAip2DmfVXWb
"Then if all is well and1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7JjEszOsvb
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1109Please respect copyright.PENANACLQu6qYn6X
updated and not a word on social media."1109Please respect copyright.PENANABYrkGogMw6
I stood up from my seat 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA4tLbtqB8Wu
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1109Please respect copyright.PENANASPMdJoq5x1
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAtdOEMSs1my
walk out, I stopped them.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgAUvxa00mU
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1109Please respect copyright.PENANArXmWq8WdwR
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAtPvZzh48wB
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAMsBc7Hao95
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHxgxwCSojr
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA64euRwoSpN
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAm39koNyvd1
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAObxMBJXouY
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQxqtzICWZH
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaWMtzMPfDh
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1109Please respect copyright.PENANALyYBAgmNiG
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmTqg9UkAtt
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHQV1kZIGtm
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1109Please respect copyright.PENANArxxf281AkB
"This is like the best 1109Please respect copyright.PENANArJOwGeXWBH
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA5q4wB3eVK6
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAp7J5Sjrs5D
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAwFzUblERPT
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdkY1lZaT7E
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA839hRKu2mt
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKh5u0e1d48
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAiJ35sWF5TN
"I knew there was a 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKwWbLV0QkQ
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAUpf5quhoEr
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAsJG5OJVqwf
G-Dragon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5dLuz5ZSh
"You knew?" Christine asked.1109Please respect copyright.PENANANNLNzdJsGh
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAYwANqt7lyS
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1109Please respect copyright.PENANANTrXLXRDEI
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKtafP2j11X
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvRUKGygEll
"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.1109Please respect copyright.PENANABXsYFXFaM2
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXbYMm9mBrJ
"Well, you guys can tell1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFfRNyzyHRf
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1109Please respect copyright.PENANANk7aTrZtHs
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbIn5dOgJIH
aren't going to go into the same car."1109Please respect copyright.PENANADjWuPswwrI
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANAJuxTJbTjWN
Everyone else started to1109Please respect copyright.PENANAaoJ85Y1ETZ
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZMqFxM9uPh
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ2nHjDFZs
only G-Dragon and I.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAu2iCRFoNCN
"I'm mad at you," I started.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAtVjgR54KcE
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1109Please respect copyright.PENANARyCk7Y6NuT
"Save it." I held my 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHkFSyMMayH
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAHRbkQuAmlz
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnxpSSY2yFT
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1109Please respect copyright.PENANATgnWsEZuUh
a war again."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAgCndSHcftv
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAt00gsKTLV8
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAKX9SLAGcIf
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1109Please respect copyright.PENANANfjWiYcUEx
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAoPutM2gMLn
G-Dragon looked at me 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAo1opC49qRA
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA25cvt4t0W0
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdVHKgnesIv
stab in the heart.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAoeWLkWBz4L
"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."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmARGGNin9j
"You know, the others 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOcaupi2wrx
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1109Please respect copyright.PENANANemRj11owC
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZDpNTtFS3Q
with WINNER yesterday."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAp4HMPWDzhT
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1109Please respect copyright.PENANASLw4djDkiY
I nodded my head. What I1109Please respect copyright.PENANAFpTUs07E7b
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAQpFYTZldEN
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1109Please respect copyright.PENANAcG1NOFL4FJ
of Seunghoon and I.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmrdtJXsfIN
"You know you and I can 1109Please respect copyright.PENANA19BpGLjZ5C
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAvEM48qUWW2
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmNjdOAsuCw
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAOB3SFb74ji
down the rocks."1109Please respect copyright.PENANABwyM1VgLRE
I headed for the door 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAnTsn76fPzV
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAjN2ds1oqsF
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2AqEtwv2W6
Zoey, waiting.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAq1ElMt1Jnh
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAesw0gWY2jF
"I sure hope so," I said1109Please respect copyright.PENANAXoMonsRabq
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1109Please respect copyright.PENANACz8EDEaQRn
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7PrDloY0t8
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAdmOxM86TqA
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1109Please respect copyright.PENANASKOWgfsIud
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAF0B5buSR9w
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA7tWMPsTrYD
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAN5vuA4IHfB
"You know computers are 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAS9L6Zlg7MH
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1109Please respect copyright.PENANAxVW201Gvgz
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1109Please respect copyright.PENANAkETssG4GvX
supposed to."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAmVAULmjayn
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAZtlArTK27F
I smiled. "You always call me that."1109Please respect copyright.PENANALPUOfEi7PJ
"Ya, because you're smart too."1109Please respect copyright.PENANAot4LUf4RTh
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAbjiggLiYrJ
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1109Please respect copyright.PENANA6CyslQzYXm
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1109Please respect copyright.PENANA2oqj49ftP9
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1109Please respect copyright.PENANApokVZtAWbH
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1109Please respect copyright.PENANAahKLePTEEG
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
ns216.73.216.25da2