((author's note)) The italic words are English words, the rest of them are Korean.

I become close with Mina all of sudden.

In the previous chapter, I wrote a long theory about Signal MV that I'd discussed with Mina. Believe me, that was not even 50% of what we discussed. We talked so much and so long. I feel like I've just met an old friend I haven't see in a long time. Our conversation always goes smoothly with the flow and it seems like we never run out of topic.
What interesting is, I don't expect that Mina is a talk-active type of person! You know what I mean, right? Mina is more like a gorgeous lady who is secretly a princess from an unreachable hidden kingdom on the top of a really high mountain. A mysterious black swan! Apparently, she's more like a playful little penguin who has energy that can't be drained. She is not loud while talking, but sure she talks a lot. Mina is so cute and funny! No wonder there are so many boys like her. She has a perfect character of a girlfriend.

Talking about a secret, yesterday Mina told me that she had a little secret she wanted to share.
She is going to show it to me today. She said that there was no member who knew about it yet. When I asked why, she said because she thought that I was trustworthy. "... And you are still new here so I think you can have a different perspective with the other members. Must be fun to tell you about this thing!" she said. I don't know what she meant but I'm really curious about it. I wonder what she's gonna show me hmm.....

***

She asked me to go to her room.

I walk there and accidentally see Chaeyoung from afar. She is sitting on the couch alone with her drawing book. What weird is, I feel like Chaeyoung is watching me. Maybe she wants to join us (?) From her gaze, I think there is something more than that. I'm not sure... Among the members, I hardly understand her the most. I decided just to ignore her and enters Mina's room.

I see Mina is concentrating in front of a laptop. "Hey, Haejuuu~ Come in! Oh and close the door please," she says.
I do what she asks. "What are you doing with the manager's laptop, Mina? Looking at our photo shoot results?" I ask her.
"Better. I'm gonna show you something. Here, take a look!"

I grab a chair and sits beside her.
The laptop is showing an internet browser. "Oh wow, it's been a long time since I get online with a laptop!'
"It's not that, Haeju. Read it what's on there! I know your English is good."
On the screen, I see a colorful English site with... Oh! "Team Twice?!" I'm surprised with a small text on the upright side of the page. Then I try to read the link of it. "Forums.teamtwice.com? Forum??" I look at Mina.
She lifts her eyebrows and smiles. "Yeah!"
"Wait... Is this a fansite?"
"Sort of. This is Twice international forum, Haeju. One of the biggest."
"Aah... A forum! Is it official?"
"No, it's not. But they make collaboration events 1-2 times if I'm not wrong hmm... Anyway, let me tell you about this forum. Check this out!" Mina says as she reaches the touchpad and starts opening things.

"There are so many sections in this forum. First, in this Twice Zone section, we can get the latest news about Twice. All news about us in one place!" she explains.
"Hoo... Awesome! So they collect articles from multiple news sites and put them all together here?"
"Exactly! There is also a place for discussing anything related to Twice. Like 'what's your favorite Twice song', 'what will you do if you meet Twice', or things like that. It's funny to see how Once actually thinks about us."
"That's so interesting! What is the most memorable comment you read there?"
"Hmm... There was a topic about 'How will Twice die'. It's kinda dark but it's actually funny." Mina laughs. "But most of them say that they don't want Twice to die."
"Aww that's sweet! Oh well, I wonder how Once think about how I will die. Haha...."
"Yeah, you should find it! There are so many topics in General Disscussion section and anybody can post one freely," Mina says.

"Next, in Twice section we can...." Mina clicks a little box and then a list of Twice members show up.
"Wow, there is me!" I'm surprised.
"Of course, Dear, you are a Twice member now. You can find a looooot of our pictures here. There is also a spazz threads for every member. That is basically a place for Once to...... Admire us. To be honest, when I feel tired or down, I visit it. I'm really happy to find out that people love me so much. Hehe..." Mina giggles.
Then she shows me some of the Once's comments there. They have so many photos of mine! I'm surprised that people know my old youtube channel and reshare it, along with my other old stuffs.

Mina starts to speak again,"TTF has a chatbox. Here you chat freely with the other Once all over the world in real time!
Let me tell you this Haeju, Once is a really nice fandom! The people are all nice and friendly. They don't hate each other, neither hate other fandoms. It's a really peaceful fandom, I really love it! It's not just Korean Once that are nice, but international Once too. That makes me really proud of being the part of this family!" Mina explains it happily. "Chatbox maybe the place that I visit the most here. It's really fun to talk with them. It gives me a chance to practice my English too. Sometimes, I just laugh at myself while chatting since, until today, they still don't know that I'm the real Mina! No one knows!!!"
"Have you thought about revealing yourself?"
"Yeah, I really want to. But there will be a chaos afterward for sure. I don't want JYPe angry at me. So, please Haeju," Mina looks at my eyes. She lower her voice and says, "Don't tell anyone about this, okay?"
"Sure, don't worry, Mina. I won't!" I make a hand gesture like I'm zipping my mouth off. She smiles.

After that, me and Mina continue to explore the forum. I don't realize that we have spent more than 3 hours in front of the laptop. "Aren't you thirsty, Mina?" I ask her. 
"Yeah, a little bit.... Oh, are you?" 
I immediately stands up and holds her arm to stop her. "No, it's okay. Let me do it," I say as I'm willing to take the water for both of us.
Frankly, I'm a bit tired sitting too long. I'm not saying that I don't enjoy it, but I wonder how can Mina still look fine?! She must have done it a lot of times before. "Pocari?" I ask her again.
"Yes, please. Thank you," she says before I leave the room and go to the kitchen. 

When I come out of the room, I see Chaeyoung is still in her spot!

She is just there, looking at her drawing book, not even drawing. She looks really suspicious. I'm surprised that she is still there after a long time.
In the kitchen, I open the refrigerator and find a lot of Pocari Sweat bottles and cans there. Tzuyu said that since Twice was endorsed by Pocari Sweat, it became everyone's favorite drink here. I take a bottle and 2 empty cups because probably we can drink it together. I'm planning to fill my cup with plain water at first because I like it better.

While trying to fill my cup, it falls to the floor. "Ugh, I'm so clumsy!" I say to myself. Then I take some tissues and clean the mess up. I accidentally realize that Chaeyoung is looking at me, but then suddenly looks away like she is guilty or something. "What?" I whisper to myself. I don't know what's wrong with her. She is super suspicious! After cleaning, I take what I need and get back to Mina's room.

"Thank you," Mina says as I give the bottle to her.
"No problem," I reply. "Is Chaeyoung.....?" I don't complete my sentence.
"Chaeyoung? What's wrong with her?"
"Nevermind," I decide not to talk about it.

"By the way, I think you miss something. You haven't explained to me about this section. What is this?" I point out to a text that says OTP.
"Oh... OTP stands for one true pairing. There, they pair Twice members to each other. Like, one of the most popular couple here is..... Saida or Sana-Dahyun. It's just like the spazz thread, but this is about the couples inside Twice. Sometimes it's a bit too far tho haha..."
"What do you mean by 'too far'?"
"Sometimes they look at us like we are sooo gay to each other. It's funny!"
"Hoo... Do they pair you with someone there?"
"They paid me with every members! But I think my most popular OTP is MiMo."
"Mina-Momo?"
"Yes! Hehe..."

"Now I think you have explained everything about TTF. That makes me wanna make an account there actually."
"Great! Let me help you to make one," Mina offers.
"Thanks! Oh and also thank you for letting me know your secret, Mina. This is really fun!" 
"Hmm actually.... I haven't told you my little secret. This is not it."
"Oh really??! Your secret is not that you are secretly a member in TTF? Then what is it?" 

Mina looks a little bit hesitant.

"Just please, don't tell anyone about it. I might get a problem because of this thing...."
"Of course, Mina, I won't tell anybody. Your secret will stay only between us. Trust me!" I'm convincing her.
"Okay, I believe you, Haeju. Hmm to be honest.........

...I'm falling in love with someone from TTF."