SIMPLY COMPLICATED// Corbyn Besson

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Corbyn's POV 

"We have some talk to do" I folded my arm at my chest. 

"It's nothing, Corbyn. Trust me!" She said trying to avoid the upcoming discussion.

"You can lie to me but your eyes can't, Rose. I can see it in your eyes. Come and sit here" I said trying to keep my voice from breaking down. She's been having nightmares and I didn't even realize? I'm such a bad boyfriend.. 

"Corbyn-" 

"Come and sit. I won't repeat myself again" I stared her dead in the eyes. 

She walked up to the bed and sat in front of me. 

"What do you wanna talk about, Corbyn? At this time of night? Let's go to sleep-" 

"Don't act like everything's fine. You've been having nightmares and you didn't car to tell me? Am I that bad of a boyfriend? You don't feel comfortable enough with me to share these things? I know that it's just been a month of us together but you shouldn't keep these things to yourself. And here I am, an excuse of a partner who can't even realize that you've been waking up post midnight due to nightmares.." I sighed heavily unable to keep my voice even. 

"It's not so, Corbyn. You've been the best! It's just that-" 

"You feel more comfortable with Kay than me that you can't share this with me but her" 

"Corbyn, please! It's not so! She's my best friend and-" 

"But I'm your best friend and boyfriend!! But you think it's best to share it with third person!! How is your lane Zorbyn when you don't even like me?!!" I raised my voice at her making her jump. 

"That's... That's completely off the point but I do like you" She widened her eyes at her words. But that made me jump insides like crazy!! She likes me!!! Yay!!

"Do you mean it?" I asked nervously. 

"I.... I... I... Yes, I do like you.. very much" 

"I like you too! Very much" I blurted out without wasting a moment. You know, my mood changed just by her those words. My cheeks started hurting for I was smiling very big. Back, to the point Corbyn!!!!

"Ugh, I wanna kiss you right now, but okay, back to the point. What are your nightmares about?" I went back to the main reason of this discussion. 

"Nothing for you to worry about" She averted her eyes. Now that says different. 

"What are they about, Rose?" I said with a stern voice. 

"Ugh, fine. My dad" 

"Wait, did I hear you wrong? I heard you say your dad" 

"Nope. You heard right. I have nightmares about my dad" 

"Why? Is he.... Is he.. dead?" I felt difficulty in letting those words out. 

She let out a humorless chuckle. "I wish he was" 

"What? What do you mean?" Now this is making me confused. I have a hunch as to where this is going but I hope it's wrong. 

"Corbyn, my dad... let's say, he wasn't the best dad. He was an amazing one before... Ash took birth but then on his behavior towards us went downhill. He started physically abusing us" My eyes went wide at that. Her voice was wavering which broke my heart. I waited for her to continue. 

"He beat us with anything he found the nearest. But it came mainly on me because, I always dared to stop him from raising his hands on mom and Ash which resulted in him beating the shit out of me. Even if I raised my voice on him, he would make my day the worst one each time. Mom and Ash became mentally disturbed seeing me getting hurt. So I always used to tell them to go inside their rooms as soon as I reached home from work. And I don't even know how he used to treat them when I wasn't home. One day, I reached home and Ash informed me that dad and mom were arguing on something and I knew if dad's there then it wouldn't be good so I went and shouted at him to stop arguing and stay in his limits with mom. And... and that resulted in me getting beaten by his leather belt. I had to wearing full sleeves shirts to hide my marks due to belt" She spoke all of this in an emotionless voice.