Dwight's POV

"What the fuck did I do to deserve a piece of shit like you!?" Kyle yells, standing up and smacking his hands down onto the table. "You're worth nothing! I wish I'd never saved you!"

I stay sitting, shaking at the sudden outburst of my boyfriend. Quiet sobs escape me and I hear a growl from my abuser.

"Say something you piece of shit!" He yells again. I tear up and look at him.

"I'm sorry I'm such a fucking disappointment to you!" I spit. I shouldn't have done it, but it had to be said. I stand up in tears and yell at Kyle to get out. I get punched in my nose and a kick to my stomach and he goes to get his stuff.

Timeskip

"Just kill yourself why don't you? No one cares about you!" Kyle yells as he grabs his couple of bags and storms out of the house. I now stand staring at the door that was just slammed. The tears come out, a horrible cry of pain and torture. 2 years being with someone abusive can lead to so many twisted thoughts, obviously.

I spin around and go up the stairs to the bathroom. As I walk I threaten to trip and stumble, I couldn't see properly. I open the door and close it behind me. I slump down and scream into my knees which were pressed up to my chest. For how long I sobbed, I don't know. All I did know was that I got a message from someone.

It was from one of my friends, Meg. She was talking about how Kyle came over and told her that I was a piece of shit. She was asking if I was ok. Suddenly my phone starts ringing. I answer.

"Yo Dwight, you ok? I'm really worried."

"Y-yeah..." I croak. Meg sighs, obviously seeing through my lies.

"Shit. I'll be over in 5, sit tight dude." The call ends.

I had to get ready, and make myself at least a little presentable. I chuck on a sweater, hiding all the cuts and bruises. I grab out a couple bandaids and put them on the worst cuts to make them look less terrifying. I take a deep breath and grip the ends of my sleeves, sitting on the couch. I hear the door knock twice and open with 2 figures coming inside.

"Holy fuck dude." Meg says and runs over to me. "I knew that Kyle was a piece of shit." I hug Meg and look over to see my other friend Jake holding a pale green box. He gives me a warm but sad smile and walks over to me and sits down placing the box next to him.

"I heard Meg talking to you and I had to come, sorry if you didn't want me here." He says quietly. I sniff and hug him as well.

"N-o, thank you g-guys..." I sob out. I lean back and put my head in my hands and break down.

"Shh, we're here Dwight, we're here." Meg comforts me. Jake grabs my hand and holds it tightly.

"I j-just, I thought he loved me..." I choke out. I see Jake's eyes get glassy, and he looks away, holding back tears. Meg looks down as I see her start to shake as she softly cries.

"W-well," Jake starts. "Sometimes bad people like to ruin everything for us. Sometimes it can be easy to find the mistakes in their ways and s-sometimes it's difficult. We just have to deal with it." I look down at our hands still linked together and pull away. I pull my legs up to my chest and hug them.

"D-Dwight, I need to ask you something." Meg sits on her legs and looks me straight into my red swollen eyes. "Take off your shirt. I've seen some cuts and bruises but have never questioned you, please just." Her lip quivers a bit and she puts a hand on my knee. I immediately look away.

"I-I can't, n-no..." I whisper.

"You'll have to. Meg won't leave you alone otherwise." Jake states, a dry chuckle coming out. I look at him and back to Meg and know it's no use. I start to pull up the rim of my sweater with shaking hands. Soon I take it off my head and I hear a gasp from Meg while Jake is staring at my torso and arms. They looked me up and down.

"That son of a bitch!" Meg yells and stands up, pulling at her braids. "How could he do that to you..." she quietly cries out and paces around the room. Jake sighs and dips his head. I see him trail his eyes from the ground to my scarred arms, most of which didn't come from my abusive ex.

"Dwight..." he whispered. "Those aren't from him, are they?" He asks softly and slowly grabs my arm. I wince as his runs his thumb over some of the vertical cuts scattered all over. I look down and nod my head quickly as more tears streak down my face. I quickly throw my sweater back on to avoid being asked about them by Meg.

"S-shit, I've gotta run. Errands coming up." Meg growls and shoves her phone back into her pocket. "Jake, stay here. I'll be back in an hour or two, I'm not sure." She goes and hugs Jake and gives me a soft but passionate hug. "Love you both, see you's." She waves and walks out the door, closing it softly.

"So u-uh, what do we wanna do?" I ask Jake who's fiddling with his thumbs.

"Well, I actually have a gift for you." He smiles sheepishly and picks up the pale green box. I give a soft grin and take the box, feeling the corners.

"You didn't have to, Jake. You being here is enough for me." He rubs his neck and looks down.

"Open it, I'm excited for your reaction." He mumbles, still with a perfect smile on his face. I take off the lid and inside is a small book labeled 'Photo Album'. I grin again and admire the cover, little doodles lining the edges and a photo of me and Jake when we were in the first grade.

"You did this?" I ask.

"Yeah, it took a while getting these old photos from my mum and yours. Totally worth it though." I hug him and start flipping the pages, occasionally looking back up at Jake or chuckling. There were photos from when we were 6 or 7 to when we were 17. I reach the end and yawn. It certainly took a while.

"Thank you...so much, Jake." I whisper, tears pricking the corners of my eyes. I feel his arms wrap around my whole body and I sob. I'm so lucky to have him and Meg as my friends. I didn't need Kyle, he treated me wrong and now I know that. I close my eyes.

"I love you...so, so, so much..." I hear the boy next to me whisper. I blushed and smiled, and drifted to a warm, non-nightmare filled sleep, filled with memories of my dearest friends.

1173 words yall haha sorry I forgot to update, I'm working on something else rn <3