I put on a big sweater over my tanktop, yeah it might look cute but it's mostly to hide my bruises and scars. My family has always been abusive, it's a well kept secret of mine. I've always been taught to hide the bad stuff in my life and never adresse them, nobody totally knows the real me, not even Corbyn. He and I have been friends for a few months and dating for one of them.
He's helped me so much and he has no idea, he loves me for me and makes me feel loved all the time. I grabbed my keys and phone before walking out to my car.
I got to Corbyns house, before I could even knock he opened the door and smiled at me.
"hey babe"
"hi"
he touched my waist kissing me before closing the door. He asked me how I was doing and we talked about our week. We moved over to his room, I sat on his bed as he turned his tv on, he joined me and put his arm around me, I tried to not shift when he touched a bruise.
He kissed my head sweetly, I smiled kissing his cheek, trying to not show that I was in pain. It would happen a few more times but he didn't seem to notice.
Later we decided to go for a walk, the sun was setting and we were just enjoying the vue and quietness. I walked closer to him and took his hand, he rubbed mine softly. We found a nice spot and decided to sit down, I leaned my head onto his shoulder, he rubbed it gently and kissed me.
As he lowered his arm, he brushed against my ribs making me hiss.
"ok what's going on? you've been doing that all day, are you ok?"
"it's nothing I just fell the other day"
"I don't believe you"
"why?"
"you would've told me"
I looked down as to not look into his eyes, I just wanted to disappear. He put his hand on my leg.
"hey...what's up?...you can tell me anything"
"...I...my family tends to be a bit...agressive"
"oh god, they hurt you?"
"...yeah"
"fuck i'm sorry, what can I do? i'll do anything"
"there's nothing to do"
"there has to be"
he crouched down infront of me and took my hands.
"this really hurts, I hate seeing you in pain, i'm gonna do everything I can to get you the hell out of there"
"but I can't leave, I have nowhere to go"
"you're gonna move in with me, yeah we've only been dating for a month and it's a serious thing but I can't let you stay there"
he wiped a tear of mine off my face, I leaned closer and kissed him hard, not knowing how to express my feelings with words. He carefully hugged me not wanting to cause me any pain.
"cmon baby let's go back"
We went back to his place and I told him everything, he finally knew everything.
"i-i'm sorry I wasn't honest, I understand if you don't want to do this anymore"
"are you kidding?! I would never leave you baby, that's a really difficult thing to go through and tell people. I appreciate you telling me"
he said before kissing me softly, he pulled back and rubbed my waist, I hissed again making him stop.
"i'm sorry"
"no baby i'm sorry I should've been more careful...can I see?"
I looked at him and after a few seconds hesitation I sat up and took my sweater off, revealing some of the bruises. I took a deep breath and took of my tank top leaving me just in my bra, exposed. After he didn't sat anything for a few seconds I tried to cover myself again.
"no don't cover yourself, please let me see"
I removed my arms again, he leaned forward and told me to lay down. He sat on my lap and stared slowly kissing them. He was being extremely gentle, making me feel very special. He eventually came up to kiss my lips, we kissed passionately for a while before I started pulling his shirt off. He gladly did exposing his beautiful torso, he went to unbutton my jeans when he looked up at me.
"are you sure you want this? we really don't have to if you're not comfortable"
"I want to baby, yes"
"ok we can stop anytime, i'll be gentle"
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I woke up in his arms, finally feeling at peace for once. I turned around to face him, I played with his soft hair until he woke up. He showered my face and neck with kisses making me smile. We spent an hour in bed talking about everything and more before getting up and getting ready.
He asked me if I wanted to go my house and get some of my stuff. I was scared but he assured me he would be with me the whole time. He drove to my house, I looked at it and sighed, he took my hand and kissed my cheek.
"I promise you're safe, i'm here"
I nodded and we went inside, I knew my mom was there but she hadn't heard us come in so I grabbed his hand and rushed up to my room. I packed some things before I heard footsteps.
"fuck"
"baby it's ok"
"it's not Corbyn"
before he could say anything else the door opened and my mom came in. She saw us and immediately looked angry, I stood infront of Corbyn.
"who's that?"
"mom this is uhm Corbyn my-my boyfriend"
"your what?! i've never allowed you to-"
she leaned forward and raised her hand making me flinch. I felt hands on my waist pull me away.
"how dare you lay a hand on her! she's your daughter she hasn't done one thing wrong! why the hell would you do that?!"
"exactly she's my daughter! I can do whatever I want!"
"absolutely not! cmon babe"
He grabbed my bags and my sobbing self, we got in his car and he drove off trying to calm me down at the same time. We got back to his house and he carried me inside, he sat me down and calmed me down.
"hey babe it's ok, i'm here you're safe, nobody will ever hurt you again, I promise"
that's a promise he kept until the end of our days.
