Day 0

Day 0

God, where do I begin? It was pain. I don’t remember much of at least everything but I do remembering hurt like hell.

My family was coming home from a long-ass dinner meeting my dad was having, and all I remember was the dark sky. Then within nanoseconds, screaming, crying, blurry blue and red light flashing and complete silence.

It stayed like that for a little too long. It was probably a few seconds but the uncomfortable silence made me feel uneasy but like I’m still alive. Like the feeling you get when you feel out of touch from reality, a feeling of loneliness that I was fond of.

I somehow tell myself to open my eyes after closing it shut for too long. What I see in my room, the alarm clock going off, and me dripping in sweat. After a long ass time of laying in bed, I get up and search the place. Something must have changed. I can’t be the only one who remembers.

After checking the bathroom, then my parent's bedroom, study room, I get to the kitchen. My little sister, Ren, was there. Same as my parents. None of them died, but something seems off.

I sit down next to Ren and noticed she was tiny. She looks like a baby still despite being in high school.

“Yo, Ren. What day is it?”

“Uh...August 15th.”

“Wait, that can’t be. I can't have slept for 2 months,”

“What do you mean? Hitori, it’s been 2 months. School starts in 2 days,”

“Well for you at least, wait what year is it?”

“Oh my god, Hitori, it’s like you lost your mind! Like do you remember anything?”

“I mean yes and no...”

“I can’t believe you! It’s XVI, what other year could it be?”

“Hahah really funny Ren. But I do think ”

After that, I went to my room and checked my phone and in the middle of the screen 'August 15th, XVI'.

Honestly, I was panicking but I couldn’t show my family because it seems as they don’t remember. So I left the house and spent the whole day at the book store where I read, cried, and questioned reality.

I got this notebook to write my thoughts on what the fuck is happening to me that I’m gonna keep secret.

So I guess this is day 0 of my journey.