M I N A

Jimin called me the night after their finale concert, crying. Talking to him really made me realize how sad I'm going to be at Twice's last concert.

Jihyo had suggested the idea of a casual concert with calm stages and more crowd interaction. I liked that idea, that way we could have a longer show without being as exhausted.

I watched some of BTS' finale concert and they really went all out. Each stage was stronger than the one before and I could really tell they put all of their effort into it.

I hope our concert will be as special as theirs. It's really just a big thank you and farewell to our fans. We prepared a bunch of games to play and we each chose a few of our favorite songs to perform, since we sadly can't perform all of them.

I woke up in a good mood on the day if the concert.

We rehearsed a few more times before we got to the venue and started getting the show ready.

The concert started off pretty energetic, but it gradually started getting sentimental.

I got emotional realizing this was probably the last time we're all going to be on stage together. I made sure to hug everyone as many times as I could and we all just enjoyed the time we had together.

Onces gave us a lot of gifts and towards the end of the show, they surprised us with a shower of letters.

Everyone in the audience got a piece of paper to write us a letter and folded it into an airplane, and when the time came, they threw them towards the stage.

It looked really cool. I thank whoever came up with the idea. I picked up a few from the ground and read them. I wanted to keep all of them, but that's a lot of paper and unfortunately, some of them didn't make it to the stage.

When we had no more games to play and no more songs to sing, we all just sat down and talked.

We talked about our trainee days, we talked about Sixteen, our debut, our favorite albums, songs, concepts, concerts, music videos, just anything and everything to make the show longer. We didn't want it to end.

But we finally came to our farewell speeches. We all got really emotional. It reminded me of our debut when we all cried together after our first music video was released.

We went through so much together. I kept telling myself that this wasn't the last time, even if it was. It just made me feel better.

It was eventually my turn to speak. I had already cried from what Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, and Jihyo had said before me, but I calmed myself down so I could say goodbye.

"Once..." I said.

You could hear the crowd crying and sniffling.

"Thank you so much for being a part of our lives. I hope that we have positively impacted your lives as well. Just know that our voices will always be there if you need us." I started tearing up again, but I held it in.

"Thank you for being a part of our family. We couldn't be here without every single one of you. We are all one in a million." I laugh softly.

The crowd cheers as I bow.

Dahyun and Chaeyoung were both crying as they spoke. Dahyun talked about her memories from our first concert and gave Onces a heartfelt message. Chaeyoung talked about all of our hard work and how hard it must've been for Onces to be with us for so long. She thanked them for being loyal.

When Tzuyu's turn came, we all got teared up again. We all know that Tzuyu doesn't cry often, but when she does, it makes the rest of us cry too.

Tzuyu talked about her different feelings about being an idol and what kind of experiences she had. She talked about her first impressions of all of us, some making us laugh.

In the end, we hugged and didn't want to let go.

To end the day, we sang a song with the audience.

We chose a specifically special song.

One In A Million.

I tried to keep my voice stable as I choked back tears, but I eventually just stopped and listened to the crowd sing for a bit.

Even though it was such a large audience, you could clearly hear every word to the song.

I jumped back in once I calmed down again.

All nine of us held hands in the center of the stage.

I look over at Jihyo to my right. She looks back at me with a sad smile while she sings.

She was singing alone with the crowd, but I started singing too, even if it wasn't my line. I looked over at Chaeyoung to my left and eventually we all started singing together in one voice.

"You gotta know that you're one in a million..." Our voices harmonize together and the music fades out.

"Once, thank you!" Jihyo shouts, waving at the crowd.

It was time to call it a day.

Everyone in the crowd turned their candy bongs onto candle mode and they waved back at us.

The nine of us kept holding hands until the lights faded and we made it backstage.

It felt like any other concert, but this time, I knew we weren't coming back.

We spent a long time just taking together. We didn't want to go home. We didn't want to be reminded that Twice was over. After all, we're all still here.

We promised again.

We promised each other that we'd still hang out sometimes and that we'd keep our Twice group chat to keep each other updated on our new lives.

I'm really going to miss these dorks. They were with me since day one. They watched me get married and start a family. I've always seen them as my second family. We've always been there for each other. We promised we wouldn't lose that bond.

We did our Twice chant, but it was different this time.

"One in million!"

"Nayeon!"

"Jeongyeon!"

"Momo!"

"Sana!"

"Jihyo!"

"Mina!"

"Dahyun!"

"Chaeyoung!"

"Tzuyu!"

"Hwaiting!! Saranghae!!"

I'd do anything to do it again with Twice.