Narrator's P.O.V:
When G-Dragon's car packed in the underground parking lot, Zoey, Christine, Mike and Daniel came out of the car. G-Dragon was the last to get out and after he locked the car, he led the others towards the elevator.
"Where are you taking us, GD?" Zoey asked.
"I'm taking you guys up to my apartment," G-Dragon answered.
"Oh, wow, this is going to be so awesome," said Christine. "Sam is really missing out on this."
They got into the elevator and G-Dragon pressed the button to his floor and the elevator doors closed before them and started to move upwards. In a few seconds, the elevator stopped and the doors flew open. It led them straight to G-Dragon's apartment.
"Wow," Zoey was stunned when she took in the view right in front of her.
"Welcome to my home," said G-Dragon as he faced the others, spreading his arms in a welcoming gesture. "Make yourselves at home."
Zoey, Christine, Mike and Daniel stepped out of the elevator and into the million dollar apartment with their mouths agape and their eyes wide open. They were greeted with luxurious expensive furniture in the living room and the dining area. There was a clear view of the state of the art kitchen even as you came in through the elevator. The floor was shiny polished wood and in between the living room and the dining area was a small but expensive glass chandelier. There were beautiful antique paintings on the white coloured walls and beautiful flowers held in beautiful antique vases which made the whole place look perfect.
"I can't believe that I'm in G-Dragon's apartment," said Zoey as she stood at the centre of the living room and slowly turned in a circle, looking around.
Christine slowly sat on the white plush couch which had white and blue checked pillows and said, "these chairs are so white, I'm afraid I could make them so dirty. And they are really comfortable too."
Mike went over to the wide screen plasma TV which was in-built into the wall and there also stood an expensive sounding system.
"Playing video games and watching movies on this TV will be awesome," said Mike.
"I see you like the place," said G-Dragon.
"Like it? I LOVE it!" Zoey exclaimed with glee.
"Hey, where is Daniel?" Christine asked, as she looked around.
"I'm right here," answered Daniel from the kitchen, as he was looking into the fridge.
"Seriously, are you that hungry right now?" Mike asked.
Daniel closed the fridge and had a can of soda in his hand. "I was just looking for a drink, I'm pretty thirsty. Besides, GD said we should feel at home and that's what I'm doing," Daniel answered.
"Don't worry about it, Daniel, I meant every word," said G-Dragon with a huge smile on his face.
"Can I go and take a look into your bedroom?" Zoey asked.
"Ya, sure," said G-Dragon. "You can take a look around the place if you like."
In a matter of seconds, the four Toxins quickly left the living room and started to look around. They first went into G-Dragon's room and they also took a sneak peak into his bathroom and his closet filled with designer clothes. They soon went to the balcony of his bedroom and they had a clear view of the beautiful Seoul city. They also found G-Dragon's small music studio and took a look around.
Afterwards, they went back to the living room and they found G-Dragon sitting comfortably on the couch, waiting for them.
"So, how do you like the rest of the place?" he asked.
"This place must have cost you a million dollars," said Zoey. "It's so exquisite. I bet when you die, they wouldn't even sell this place to anyone. It would be a national monument or something."
G-Dragon laughed and said, "you're very funny, Zoey."
"No, I agree with her," said Christine. "This place is to die for and I love it. When I buy my own apartment, I'm going to make sure that you're going to help me organise the furniture and other stuff for the place."
"I'll be honoured to do so, Christine," said G-Dragon.
"Too bad Sam isn't here to see this," said Mike as he laid down on the couch opposite where G-Dragon sat and made himself comfortable. "She would have loved the place."
"Well, forget about Sam. She didn't want to come with us in the first place," said Zoey. "We came here to have fun, isn't that right, GD?"
"Ya, we're," said G-Dragon rubbing his hands with excitement. "So, what do you think we should do first?"
"You're the one who dragged us here," said Daniel. "So, you are the one whose supposed to come up with something."
"Okay, then, I think I know how to put all of this to a good start," said G-Dragon with a crooked smile on his face. "Who's ready?"
"We are!" the four Toxins replied at the same time.
"Then let's get started."
***
Sam's P.O.V
I felt my body relax as I laid down on the grass and I took in some fresh air and breathed out slowly. I had my eyes closed and I felt the cool gentle breeze all around me. The leaves rustled above me as I laid under a tree. I soon came to realise that I had never felt so much peace and this relaxed in a long time. For a moment, I forgot all about my troubles and worries.
While I deeply took in another breath of fresh air, I also took in a whiff of Daesung's musky cologne. He also laid down beside me, our heads almost touching. We were both silent, enjoying the peace and the gentle breeze.
"When you said we should go to an interesting place, I didn't know you meant peaceful," I said still with my eyes closed.
Daesung chuckled and said, "but aren't you enjoying it?"
I smiled and said, "I am. It's really nice, quiet and peaceful. I think all I needed was a place I could just feel relaxed and free from all my thoughts. Right now, I feel like I'm drifting into the wind."
"Then it's a good thing I brought you here. You looked like you needed the peace and quiet."
"I sure did. Thanks, Daesung."
"Anytime."
We became silent again and from a distance we could hear the birds chirping. I smiled to myself again, still with my eyes closed.
I heard Daesung move beside me, but I couldn't tell what he was doing with my eyes closed. When I opened them, I found myself looking into Daesung's beautiful eyes. He was looking down on me and his hair was just a few inches away from my face. We continued to look at each other without saying a word and it felt like we could stay like that for eternity.
"You look really beautiful when you smile," Daesung said softly to me.
I didn't say anything for a moment as I continued to look up at him. His voice was like a lullaby, moving me like a song. I couldn't stop staring at him and I didn't want to look away. I continued to look into his eyes and then my eyes moved onto to his lips. He had such beautiful plump lips that I could kiss him if I had to. I suddenly blushed. Where did that thought even come from? I quickly went back to looking at his eyes, but that just made the thought of kissing him intensify even more.
It looked like Daesung noticed me blush because he gave me a slight smile. He slowly placed his hand on my cheek and I slightly gasped at his light touch. His touch felt like an electric shock. It was small, but the impact it had on me felt deadly. Shivers ran down my spine as he stroked my cheek lightly. We still had our eyes fixed on each other and to be honest, I was so lost in them that I felt like I could actually read his eyes. Or was I just acting bonkers? No, I wasn't. I could tell by the way he looked at me that he was dying to kiss me just as much as I wanted to kiss him.
We didn't need words to actually say how we felt. Looking into each other's eyes was more than enough. It's like we really wanted this and as he continued to stroke my cheek, I wanted to taste his lips so badly.
As though he read my mind, Daesung bent his face towards mine. As though in a trance, my hand flew to his soft silky hair, my fingers taking hold of his scalp. I didn't know what I was thinking, but I was quite sure that all I wanted was a kiss from him and I slowly also dragged his head towards me.
I slowly closed my eyes, ready for the kiss. Daesung was so close, I could feel him and all I was yearning was to taste him. I felt his breath on my skin and my body tingled with excitement. I had never felt like this before. How would I feel if I got to kiss him? At that moment, I couldn't even think straight. It felt like my brain was scrambled up and excited because of this.
Just before our lips touched, a beep and a vibration in my pocket, jolted me back to reality like a wake up call.
It was my freaking phone!
Damn! Daesung straightened himself up and I quickly sat upright and quickly took my phone out of my pocket. Gosh, how I wish I had put the silly phone on silent. It had ruined my moment and I didn't know if I would ever go through that ever again. I couldn't help but groan in frustration.
I looked at my phone which continued to ring and saw Collins name on the caller ID. Of course, who wouldn't ruin such a perfect moment like this apart from him and Zoey?
Trying to push aside what almost took place a few seconds ago, I slid the answer call icon to the right and put the phone to my ear.
"Hey, Collins, what's up?" I asked, trying to sound normal.
"Sam, where are you guys?" Collins asked. "I've searched the whole place for you and you're not here."
"Oh, sorry for not getting your permission, Collins. We aren't at YG at the moment."
"Then where are you?"
"Um.... I'm at the park with Daesung and the others are with GD."
"What? Aren't you guys supposed to be working on the song today?"
"Um... ya, we were," I replied, as I scratched the back of my head. I could feel the intensity behind Collins' voice and I didn't like it at all.
"But.....?" Collins asked, waiting for me to go on.
"We all agreed on what the song should be based on and so we planned to start working on the song tomorrow. Then, GD left with the others and I came to the park with Daesung."
"Really? Yang Hyun-suk and I were planning to meet all of you to see your progress so far, but you all disappeared. He doesn't seem too happy and so do I."
"Sorry, Collins," I said, feeling really guilty as I rubbed my neck.
"And you let the others go with GD? I don't like this at all."
"Don't worry about a thing, Collins. Zoey is in charge of The Toxins and nothing will happen."
"I hope so. I fear that Zoey without you around reeks of a massive time bomb. I was on YouTube earlier and I saw the trending video of you and G-Dragon."
I blushed when Collins mentioned about the video and I looked on at Daesung, who had been staring at me the whole time. I forgot all about the stupid video and I felt even more guilty.
"Who posted that video? I hope an outsider didn't do all this," said Collins.
"It wasn't an outsider," I said, finding it very difficult to speak. "Zoey took the video and posted it."
Collins was silent for a moment. Even through the phone, I could feel his silent anger, and it was piercing.
"Find the others and report back to YG immediately. We all need to talk regarding the video, okay?"
"Yes, Collins," I said with my eyes closed.
The line disconnected and I stared at the phone. This day felt like it was going to get even more complicated, if not worse. I really enjoyed the little moment I had with Daesung and it was all ruined with all the stupid stuff surrounding me in my life.
"Things aren't good, are they?" Daesung asked.
"Nope," I replied, wishing I could throw the phone away. "Collins and your manager want us back at YG to talk about the video. And Collins doesn't like the idea that I let the other Toxins go with G-Dragon."
"Then we better look for them," said Daesung as he got up and he held his hand out to help me up.
I took his hand and he slowly pushed me upwards. I continued to look at him and I couldn't help but feel awful that I didn't get the chance to kiss him. Yikes! I couldn't believe that I even thought like that. Hopefully the feeling would pass and it would be nothing more but a memory.
"I think I know the perfect place of where they could be," said Daesung, looking at me as though nothing had happened between us.
"Okay, then, let's go," I said.
As the two of us walked towards the car which was just a few yards away from us, the feeling I had earlier about something going wrong came back to me again. And I had a feeling what was going to happen next, might just lead to exactly that.
***
Narrator's P.O.V
"Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na na!"
Zoey jumped up and down, and spun around as she held a microphone in her hand as she sang the song 'Sober' by BigBang. When she was done with the song, every one clapped for her. They were playing the karaoke game and so far, Mike, Daniel and Zoey had each sang a song.
"Thank you, thank you," said Zoey. "My Korean was horrible, but yes, thank you."
"Okay, now it's my turn," said Christine.
"Okay, what song are you going to sing?" G-Dragon asked.
"Ummmm, let me think," Christine tapped her chin with her finger as she thought of a song.
"Why don't you sing 'Shake It Off', by Taylor Swift?" Mike suggested. "You really like that song."
"Oh, okay," Christine stood up and before she could take the mic from Zoey, Zoey lifted the mic a little higher to prevent Christine from getting it.
"Zoey! What are you doing? Give me the microphone," Christine insisted. "It's my turn now."
"No, you aren't getting it," said Zoey. "I want to go for another round, if you don't mind."
"But you already had your turn!" Christine tried to stretch herself upwards to grab the microphone from Zoey, but Zoey was making things all the more difficult.
"Oh, goodness," said Daniel, slapping his face. "Zoey, please stop playing around and give Christine the mic."
"No, I still want to sing!" said Zoey.
Zoey moved on and jumped onto the couch to avoid Christine. Christine followed Zoey onto the couch and she got one of the couch pillows and hit Zoey with it on the face.
"Aah! How dare you, Christine!" Zoey exclaimed as she took the other pillow and also hit Christine on the head.
"Oww! Give me the mic!" Christine demanded as she hit Zoey again on the face.
"Stop it!" Zoey in return hit Christine.
"No, give me the mic and I'll stop hitting you."
"No," Zoey shook her head like a child and hit Christine hard on the face that she almost fell backwards.
"Ouch! That's it! You asked for it!"
Christine hit Zoey with the pillow on her head and everywhere else. Zoey yelled and tried to block out the blows Christine threw at her with the pillow in her hands. Zoey dropped the microphone behind her and soon started to hit Christine and the two kept exchanging blows.
"Guys, stop this!" Daniel called out to the girls.
"Wow, I never thought I would experience a pillow fight this early during the day," said G-Dragon, with his eyebrow raised with a cocky smile on his face.
"Want to take a video?" Mike asked.
"Definitely," G-Dragon replied.
Mike and G-Dragon pulled out their phones and started capturing a video of Zoey and Christine's pillow fight. They even stood up to take their videos at different angles.
"Seriously, you're really taking a video?" Daniel asked as he looked at both G-Dragon and Mike.
"Yes," they both replied at the same time.
"Oh, my goodness. Now I wish Sam was here," said Daniel as he rolled his eyes. He turned to face Zoey and Christine. "May you girls, please stop fighting! Let's work this out like adults."
Zoey got another pillow and threw it at Daniel's face.
"What the-!" Daniel almost swore.
"Come on, join us, Daniel, you know you want to," said Zoey, with a cocky grin on her face.
"No way! You guys are so immature," said Daniel.
"Ya, says the youngest person in the room," said Christine. "Join us, it will be so much fun."
"No," said Daniel as he folded his arms.
"Come on, bro," said Mike as he pointed his phone canera at his brother. "Just join in, it would make the video even more interesting."
"Join us! Join us!" Zoey and Christine chanted at the same time.
The two girls jumped off the couch and approached Daniel and started hitting him with the couch pillows while they continued to chant.
"Ah, stop it you guys!" Daniel exclaimed trying to avoid the pillow blows with his arms.
"Come on, Daniel!" G-Dragon led him on. "Get a pillow and show them what you're made of!"
Without realising it, Daniel took the pillow Zoey had thrown at him earlier and started fighting back. Zoey and Christine screamed and giggled as the three all exchanged blows at each other. They also ran up and down the living room too.
Zoey, Christine and Daniel were having such a great time, while Mike and G-Dragon continued filming and they were also having fun just watching the pillow fight. It became even more fun when the pillows burst and there were pillow feathers flying all over the room.
***
Sam's P.O.V
I couldn't stop looking out the window from the passenger's seat as Daesung's car drove through the streets of Seoul. From the time we left the park, we hadn't said a word to each other. It felt pretty awkward after what had happened earlier and all we could do was stay silent.
I bit my lip as I tried to shake off the incident out of my head. There were bigger things to worry about now. Like The Toxins' whereabouts and the video. All I did was hope that they were fine and nothing out of the ordinary was happening at this very moment.
I started to tap my fingers on my lap as I grew impatient. We were now stuck in traffic and I hadn't even noticed. I took a glimpse of Daesung beside me and his eyes were fixed on the road. I looked on ahead and I couldn't keep hiding all the anxiety I had bottled up inside me. I had to admit, I was scared and anxious of what was happening to the others. I had to speak out now before I burst like a balloon. So I turned to face Daesung and surprisingly, he also turned to face me. And at the same time, we both opened our mouths to say something.
We paused as we looked at each other, waiting for either one to go on.
"Weren't you going to say something?" Daesung asked.
"Um, no, you go ahead," I said, moving uncomfortably in my seat.
"No, you go on. It looks like you need to get stuff out of your chest. Or am I wrong?"
I looked at Daesung with my eyebrow raised. In return, he turned to look at me and he gave me that bright smile of his. I blushed and I almost looked away, but I didn't.
"Okay, you're right," I admitted to him. "I'm just a little worried. First it's the video and now who knows what these guys are up to."
"Have you tried calling Zoey?" Daesung asked. "They are obviously at GD's apartment."
"Let me try," I said as I took out my phone and rang Zoey, but she didn't pick up.
"No answer," I said. "She always puts her phone on silent whenever she is having fun."
"You really go through a lot with her, don't you?"
"You've no idea," I said as I rolled my eyes. "It's been like that since the first day we met at kindergarten and we became best friends that very day. She's always been the one in trouble and I always try to get her out of it."
"That's what friends are for."
"I know. I just hope the rest of the Toxins are okay. Zoey could be a little irresponsible sometimes. I just hope that she isn't doing anything stupid."
Immediately I said those words, I received a message on my phone. I was hoping that it could be from Zoey, but instead, it was from Seungri. I growled in disappointment as I stared at my phone.
"What is it? Is it Zoey?" Daesung asked.
"No, it's Seungri. I just hope he hasn't posted me a photo of a panda or anything."
I quickly tapped on the message icon and read Seungri's message. It said:
"Hey, have you checked out what Zoey has posted on Instagram?"
I raised an eyebrow. What could Zoey have posted on Instagram that Seungri had to send me this message? I quickly turned on my data and went on Instagram and I immediately received a notification. I checked Zoey's page and there was a picture she posted a few minutes ago. In the picture was her, Christine, Daniel, Mike and G-Dragon cheering and they looked like they were having fun. And what was that all around them? Was that pillow feathers?
"You've to see this," I said to Daesung as I held up my phone for him to see.
"Wow, looks like they were really having fun," said Daesung. "Ya, that's definitely GD's apartment."
I looked on ahead and the traffic begun to move again. Finally! I wasn't going to just sit here for hours after seeing this. I just prayed that Collins hadn't seen this yet because I could already feel a storm brewing.
Daesung stepped on the gas and we were racing down the streets. I just hoped we wouldn't be caught by the police. That would only add on to the problems which we were already facing.
We soon found ourselves in front of what looked like a huge apartment building. Daesung packed the car in the outside parking lot and we got out of the car. We found ourselves in the reception area when we went through the front doors of the building. Just by the outlook of the reception, you could tell that very important, if not rich people had their homes here. Daesung went to the front desk to talk to the receptionist while I stayed back and took in the view of the lovely reception which had some pretty antique paintings and the way everything was arranged was lovely to perfection.
After Daesung talked to the receptionist, he turned to face me and said, "we can go now. The elevator will lead us straight to GD's apartment."
"Well, that's sweet," I said, with my eyebrows raised.
Daesung led the way to the elevator and I followed. We got in and the doors closed. Daesung pressed the button that lead straight to G-Dragon's apartment. Seconds later, the doors to the elevator slid open and what I saw right in front of me, made my mouth drop.
The living room was in such a huge mess and there were pillow feathers everywhere. When I mean everywhere, I mean everywhere. I could easily tell that GD's place was nice and exquisite, but with the pillow feathers, it was just a mess.
When I stepped out of the elevator and took a look around the place, it felt like there was nobody around. It was quiet and the only people who seemed to be around were only Daesung and I.
"Wow, I wouldn't like to be the one to clean up this mess," said Daesung, as he also took a look around.
I went to the kitchen and I noticed a few pillow feathers on the counters, but all in all, there was no one. I went to join Daesung in the living room.
"There seems to be no one around," I said. "The place seems quiet."
"Mmm, looks like they weren't only having a pillow fight," said Daesung as he looked over by the TV stand. There was a karaoke juke box and the microphone seemed to have disappeared somewhere.
I shook my head, "this isn't good. Can you take a look around and see if they could be anywhere?"
"Good idea," Daesung soon left to take a look around the apartment while I stood in the living room kicking at the pillow feathers on the floor, deep in thought.
I soon heard the doors of the elevator slide open and my heart skipped a beat. Were they back? I looked on as the elevator fully opened and the person who jumped out of it almost made me faint.
It was Seungri. And what made me want to faint, was that he was wearing a party hat and he had a party horn in his mouth and was blowing at it. I looked at him with confusion all over my face as he walked towards me waving his arms in the air, still blowing the horn in his mouth.
"Seungri, what are you doing here?" I asked, with my arms folded.
"I came here to party," he replied after removing the party horn from his mouth. "Where is everyone?"
"We don't know. Daesung and I just got here and found the place like this," I said as I looked around the living room.
"Uh," Seungri looked disappointed. "I was planning to also party with them too. I should have joined them."
"Trust me, you don't want to be on their end at this moment."
"Why?"
Before I could tell Seungri about the talk I had with Collins, Daesung came back from searching around the apartment.
"They are not here," he said.
"OMG, where could they be?" I asked, scratching my head. "If we don't report back to YG, we're so screwed."
"Wait, why do we have to go back to YG?" Seungri asked.
"It's because our managers want us to, that's why." I couldn't help but grind at my teeth as I soon started to worry.
Daesung's phone suddenly beeped and he quickly took out his phone. Seungri and I looked at him and the expression on his face, told us that things were bad.
"You're so not going to like this, Sam," said Daesung as he turned to look at me.
"What is it? Don't tell me these guys were involved in an accident," I said sounding terrified.
"No, don't say things like that!" Seungri whined with a terrified look on his face.
"Okay, sorry," I breathed in and out trying to regain my composure. "What is it, Daesung?"
"I just received a post from G-Dragon's fan base on Twitter," said Daesung. "And you won't like it."
I quickly took the phone from Daesung and immediately read the post. Seungri stood beside me to read it and it wasn't good.
"Yikes," said Seungri, "let's just hope Yang Hyun-suk or Collins don't see this. They will be so pissed."
"It's pretty obvious they will see it or someone will inform them. That's why we need to get to Zoey and the others in case our managers try to do so themselves," I said, as I quickly thought of something. "I might have an idea to get them out of trouble, but we have to get to them first before anything bad happens."
***
Narrator's P.O.V
Lee chewed and blew on her bubble gum. When it popped, she went back to chewing it again. She leaned back on her chair and was on her phone as she waited for Collins in the empty board room.
While she was busy browsing, a Twitter notification popped up and she went to take a look at the post. Her eyes almost popped out in surprise when she read it.
"Oh, goodness, Collins isn't going to like this," Lee said to herself as she chewed even more on her gum.
Speaking of the devil, Collins suddenly appeared in the board room with Yang Hyun-suk behind him. Lee positioned herself upright on the chair and locked her phone.
"Has Sam called you?" Collins asked Lee.
"No, she hasn't," Lee replied as she slowly chewed on her gum, thinking of whether to tell Collins about the post on Twitter or not.
"I hope she finds them quickly," said Yang Hyun-suk. "The press are starting to ask questions if Sam and Ji Yong are in a relationship or not."
"What if Sam doesn't find the others on time?" Lee asked.
"Then, we have to find them ourselves," said Yang Hyun-suk. "I'm not going to tolerate it if anything silly happens and we don't take action."
Lee tried to look normal and pretend that everything was alright, but she found it difficult to do so. If the two managers were to go online and see the post on Twitter, they would eventually go after The Toxins and G-Dragon. She just hoped and prayed in her heart that Sam finds them quickly and comes up with a plan to cover up the mess they have already made.