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Diary entry 1:
Day 1 of being the last person on earth. One second I was chatting with my best friend May in my room while a dinner party my parents were hosting down stairs sent vibrations through the floorboards the next it all stopped. Every single person I could see just disappeared. Obviously it’s just a weird nightmare but aren’t you supposed to not be able to acknowledge you’re in a dream while in a dream? It doesn’t really matter, the only thing I can think of right now is the fact I miss May, the constant silence was starting to get to me. Even blasting music and watching youtube videos was starting to not help anymore. There are still animals but I just want to talk to someone. Heck I’d even take Dylan! Dylan is May and I’s biggest bully but it would still be conversation. Keeping this diary is helping a little though. Even if being a 16 year old boy makes this a little weird, people always said I was too feme.
–Bryan/Bry
Diary entry 2:
Today’s day 4 I know what a cool time skip. The internet has officially gone down in my area unsurprisingly, it always did run pretty shittily. If I go to a few towns over the internet may still be up but I don’t really see the point. I’m more scared of when the day comes that I try to turn on the lights and they don’t come on. The fridge is also making me nervous as it’s slowly getting hotter and hotter. I’ve also walked around the whole town and I still haven’t found anyone. When I first said it I was mostly joking but in this strange nightmare of a world I think I might just be the person on earth or at the very least the only person for several miles.
–The last man on earth?
Diary entry 3:
It’s day 5. Good news I’ve found someone. Bad news? It’s fucking Dylan. I went for another walk around town and found his pathetic ass crying on the curb right outside school. I’d thought about ignoring him and just running off but back to what I said in my first entry at this point I’d really even take Dylan. So I went over to him and he had the audacity to say ‘What are you doing here girly?’ Like tf we’re the only people for miles and he said that? So of course I told him I’ll be going then but he grabbed my leg all pathetically and practically begged me to help him out. He even apologized for saying mean things to me AND May. Turns out he had gotten pretty roughed up because– hold in your laughter – he had been being held up by a bunch of his other basketball friends on top of a table when everyone disappeared causing him to fall nearly 10 feet to the ground leaving him with a sprained ankle and an extremely bruised ego. I found this frankly hilarious but still helped him to my house to get fixed up because he was better than being all alone. I will update more later, also Dylan has in fact fallen off the bed AGAIN.
–Dylan’s nurse
Diary entry 4:
It’s still day 5 lol, Dylan has finally gone to sleep. I kind of like his company. He's very charismatic when he’s not being an utter asshole. We actually have a lot in common, for example he’s also an absolute Hamilton nerd, we both like writing and both think Ms. Brooke is definitely a kid kisser. Also luckily for us both we were both boy scouts so we could do some pretty basic survival like building a fire. Which was good as the days began to get colder. I am also glad that with the temp dropping the fridge doesn’t have to use as much energy and we could just pile up with lots of blankets. Oh! One more thing, Dylan has a dog named Clementine. She's a really cute hound and husky mix and she has a really good nose. So good she found Dylan at my house. I’m fine with Clem being in the house. There's no sweat off my back and she’s just a puppy so she’s pretty small. What I DO mind is after Dylan had fallen asleep on my bed she’d refused to let me wake him up or even just carry him to the guest room so I was like ‘Fine! I’ll sleep in the guest room!’ but noooooo! I have to stay in the room so now I’m sleeping on the floor as she stares down at me smugly.
–#1 Clementine hater
Diary entry 5:
Day 10. I’m sorry I haven’t been updating. I've been really busy! Between walking Clem and helping Dylan I’ve been exhausted. It’s been fun though with someone to talk to. I’ve spent less time stuck in my head. After Dylan found out what Clem was doing he panicked and started making sure I was in bed and ready to sleep before sleeping himself. We just share the bed. It's a queen sized one and neither of us really care. Clem WAS banned to the ground for about 2 days but we’re both weak to puppy dog eyes so now she just sleeps on top of us. This is all great but I still really miss May and my parents. I couldn’t care about anyone else but if this is permanent I can’t bear the thought of losing them forever. The electricity has also finally given up but I’m less stressed with other people around. Currently I have both Dyl and Clem cuddled into my side because fuck it’s cold. We have at least 5 blankets on us because it’s below 0 degrees. Neither me nor Dyl know how long it will stay like this but at least the little food we have left that hasn’t spoiled yet won’t spoil for a little longer. ‘Night I’m tired.
–A very cold bitch
Diary entry 6:
Day 11. Dyl says I should try updating this daily after I told him about it. I’ll try but stuff happens. In other news, Dyl’s leg’s a lot better so tomorrow we’re planning on leaving town and going to try and find other people. If there’s at least 2 people on earth there has to be more people. Clem’s of course coming with us, along with a large sleeping bag, 2 extra thick blankets, coats, extra clothes, snacks, dog food and a first aid kit. The most lucky of all? Cars still work! Well gas cars that is. Dyl can drive so we don’t even need to walk! If no one’s around we ALSO don’t have to pay for gas. Since Dyl promised not to read this I have something I need to say: I think I have a tiny crush on Dyl. It’s tiny but it still feels weird because he bullied me but now that I KNOW him he’s just a really sweet dude. Even if we don’t find anyone else I don’t mind just having Dyl until things go back to normal. Maybe even stay friends if this really isn’t a dream.
–Simp
Diary entry 7:
Day 13. I couldn’t update yesterday because of how busy it was but I have good news! We made it 2 towns over and found a fancy hotel to stay in for the night. We haven’t found anyone yet but it’s fine. There’s mountains of food in the hotel's freezer and we even found a fancy solar powered mini fridge that can last 10 days without charge! I’m also severely doubting this is a dream anymore, first off I’ve gotten hurt here a paper cut here a bruise there and they both hurt. Second off it’s been nearly 2 weeks and I still haven’t woken up. So my only question is… HOW THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN? How did everyone just disappear? Dyl and I have talked it over and neither of us can think of any reason behind it. (Besides Thanos somehow became real) So we’ve decided to not tear our hair out over it and just continue to try and survive.
–A very confused Bry
Diary entry 8:
Day 14. I’m getting sick of timing off the days but I guess it’s important so whatever. I’ve been kind of meh mostly because I miss May but I’m sure everyone will come back… soon. Turns out I’m not the only one, Dyl’s been missing his friends too. He said something about his parents but I didn’t quite catch it but he doesn’t seem fond of them. We’re currently on the road and I’m sitting in the back while I write this. I’ll probably switch places with Clem soon though and go to the front because she keeps distracting Dyl, luckily with no other cars on the road we can’t really hit too many things. The only things on the roads right now are crashed cars. I’m thinking when the person driving disappeared most of the cars driving crashed into each other. I wonder how many dogs died… Dyl hears a child crying
–Baby finder?????
Diary entry 9:
The same day we found a kid. She’s like 7 max and her name’s Chloe. We still haven’t gotten her to stop crying but we know her parents disappeared and she’s been barely surviving off the food and water she had in her car. She’s extremely under weight which is what worried us the most. We basically picked her up off the street and started driving again only taking her extra clothes in the car and her inhaler. It’s not much but it’s enough. I spotted a motel up ahead so we’ll stop there for the night. Chloe’s luckily been trusting enough of us (mostly because we’re the only people around) but she clearly doesn’t enjoy us too much. Which is fair we are complete strangers but getting more info out of her about how we can help her is going to be hard.
–New babysitter
Diary entry 10:
In double digits now baby! Next day (day 15) the motel was as crappy as most motels but livable for the night. Chloe has opened up a bit more to me but won’t even look at Dyl. Something about, ‘Mean jocks call me marble!’ I’d assume it’s about her vitiligo which is sad but Dyl’s trying to help and she’s not making it easy. All we can do is keep trying but at least we now know she uses her inhaler for rescue and that it’s only needed when she runs. I hope we won’t need to run but it’s still good to know. Clem has also grown quite attached to Chloe still not leaving Dyl’s side at night but she would occasionally make sure Chloe was still in the room. The best room there only had 2 twin beds so me, Dyl and Clem all shared 1 bed (Clem’s an ass) and Chloe slept on the other. It was really cramped but it worked. Without heating the room was also really cold so maybe Dyl and I were the lucky ones (I was the true winner here. I got to cuddle Dyl).
–Useless bisexual
Diary entry 11:
Day 19. Chloe’s behavior towards Dyl is getting worse. She asked if we were friends in high school and we said no. It apparently was clear to her that Dyl bullied me so now she yells at him whenever she can (which is quite a lot). I’m trying to keep the peace but it’s irritating. So Dyl usually just sits in a corner and gets yelled at. I’m thinking of maybe bringing up the fact Chloe’s being a bully at dinner tonight but I really don’t want her to hate me too because she could run away, but is it really worth staying quiet if it’s at Dyl’s expense? Plus she seems smart enough to know running off would most definitely kill her. Right? Either way I’m gonna do it. I’ll update after dinner.
–A very scared boy
Diary entry 12:
Day 20. WHOOPS! Forgot to update! It’s early morning and both Chloe and Dyl are late sleepers so I have some time. So at dinner Chloe was yelling at Dyl until I spoke up and said, ‘Chloe stop that you’re being a bully.’ She burst into tears and cried for an hour all the while Dyl comforted her and said, ‘You’re not a bully Chloe! You just didn’t like me!’ Right before we went to sleep she gave Dyl a big hug. Now we’re here, Dyl’s asleep in my lap in the trunk, Clem’s asleep in his and Chloe’s asleep on the backseats. Am I losing my mind because a cute boy’s in my lap? Yes. Am I ecstatic about this? Also yes. You can’t sue me for finding a cute boy cute! I know there’s a good chance he likes me back but I’ll never ask him. It's too scary. Dyl’s waking up now so bye.
–#1 Dylan simp <3
Diary entry 13:
Day 21. Dyl chewed my ear off the second he woke up yesterday and continued to chew me off for an HOUR. Apparently pointing out to a 7 year old they were being a bully was considered mean. He only stopped because Chloe said I looked sad about being yelled at (she was right). He apologized to me for about 30 minutes but besides that yesterday was pretty uneventful! Today was even more boring! I don’t like being bored. Being bored means I have time to think about how much I miss my family and May. We’re stopped at an abandoned campsite right now and I think I’ll be going to sleep now.
–Sad boy :(
Diary entry 14:
Day 22. Dylan’s being an ass! I didn’t even do anything! Just suddenly he’s being all closed off! He even called me a fucking nerd. Forget the crush I had on him. I don't like assholes. I don’t hate him (not yet at least) but he needs to pull it together.
–Dylan hater 🖕
Diary entry 15:
Still day 22. I stopped writing for a bit and just thought about stuff. MAYBE I should talk to him about his issue with me. Be the bigger person I guess? I still love , LIKE Dylan he just needs to get out of his funk.
–confused
Diary entry 16:
Day 23 (finally!). Me and Dyl had a talk and if me calling him Dyl again didn’t already tell you, it ended well. Overall it was ok. The beginning was the hard part. I grabbed Dyl after Chloe went to bed and took us to the other side of the campsite. Because of Dyl’s funk we hadn’t left yet but it didn’t really matter. It took a lot of yelling but eventually it came out: Dyl just wanted to find a place that’s nice to stay in and stay there. He was tired of looking around for people that clearly weren’t there. I kind of felt that. I was also tired of looking for people. The disappearances didn’t seem to have a rhyme or reason so for all we knew we could be the only people left on the continent. On top of that we’ve been driving since day 12. That's 10 days worth of traveling. Even Chloe who joined later was clearly getting tired of traveling. We also didn’t have a set destination so we’ve just been driving aimlessly. We went to the campfire after all that and just talked about everything and nothing until the sky started to lighten. Our game plan now is to drive to the next house we find and just live there. We also decided to take the more scenic route because that would involve less cars.
–In love again
Diary entry 17:
Day 25: We found a place! It’s a cabin with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen/dining room and a living room! It’s kind of weird here though there’s tons of just random decorations in the closets to the point me and Dyl are assuming it’s some sort of decorate your own room thing. Which is nice because I was hoping to not have to drive just to get some decor. We’ll have to drive to restalk on food every so often unless we get a proper food source going but we’re hoping to keep the driving to a minimum.
–Home owner
Diary entry 18:
Day 27. We decorated for the last 2 days. It was fun but we got tired after awhile but none of that’s important. What IS important is the fact I can pick up Dyl! He was hanging up some fairy lights we found when he fell and as he fell I caught him bridal style! He got all red and it was cute! We also found out the water for the sink comes from a well so we don’t need electricity. We’re just decompressing today. Dyl's trying to get the record player to work while lying his head in my lap. I hope this can last forever and maybe it can. Sure I still miss May and my parents but this is just as nice so if I could I wouldn’t mind staying like this forever. About how Chloe and Clem they’re playing in the front garden right now. Clem clearly enjoys having someone to play with her. Chloe decorated her room as well with all the princess and dinosaur stuff we could find. I'm glad even if this isn’t forever we can give her a small chance to be herself. Non decor things we found for her included kid books, sketch books, pencils, crayons and colored pencils. She loves drawing things for us now so we now have the wall over the couch dedicated to her art work. Clem has a bed in her room too but she only sleeps in it during the day (we’re lucky she uses it at all). The bed me and Dyl share is luckily big enough so Clem sleeping on the bed as well isn’t as big of a deal. I’m happy to have them around too. Dyl's great don’t get me wrong but it kind of feels nice sort of adopting a kid and a dog I’ve always wanted a sister and dog. Sure it’s not the ideal way of getting these things Chloe woke up just last night from a nightmare about her parents but it’s still less lonely then how I used to live. I can’t believe I’m talking like this. It's been barely a month!
–Big brother?