(Listen to the song at the top/side while reading please! Also this is very sad and could be triggering to some people so be warned!)
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~Nialls POV~
Louis has always been the perfect boyfriend. In the five years we've been dating we've rarely fought, we are always together, people don't call us Niall and Louis anymore, it's just Nouis. We're the perfect couple, I guess you could say. Well...we were. It started three months ago...three months and two days to be exact.
Louis has always been a possessive boyfriend, but I love it. He makes me feel safe, and it's one of the many reasons why I love him. I haven't seen any of my friends in over a year now though. Well, I guess they aren't my friends anymore. Louis didn't want me hanging out with them because he was convinced that my best friend Harry liked me. We did date for a while when we were fourteen but it was never anything serious. I never did talk to Harry again though, Louis didn't want me to and I love Louis. I'll do anything to keep him happy.
Louis does get angry at me a lot though. It used to be if I accidentally broke something or burned the dinner. Within about four years it had gotten to the point where I couldn't even look at him. If I do he finds it annoying. It's okay though because I love him.
Three months ago, Louis hit me for the first time. I remember it so clearly.........
*flashback to three months ago*
"Louis babe! I'm home! Can you help me unload the car please?" I shouted for my boyfriend to help me take the food shopping out of the car. It took four hours to get it done... The traffic was absolutely mental!
"Where the hell were you?" Louis asked storming over to me. I jumped at the sound of his raised voice but I wasn't scared, after nearly five years you get used to hearing it.
"Sorry babe, the traffic was mental. Can you give me a hand with the shopping?" I said, hoping that he wouldn't get more pissed off than he already was.
"You're lying to me! You were with Harry weren't you!" He shouted glaring at me. He walked closer to me and I didn't realise I was walking backwards until my back hit the wall with Louis towering over me.
"I'm not lying Louis! I swear! I haven't seen Harry in a year now. I would never do that to you, I love you." I said desperately. Why couldn't he understand that I love him and not Harry?
"Stop lying! Tell me the fucking truth!" Louis screamed smashing his fist into the wall beside me. I was really beginning to get scared now. Louis has never acted like this before, well not to this extent.
"I promise I'm not ly-" My plead was cut off my an extreme throbbing pain. I cried out holding my hand over my eye. Louis just punched me.
"Oh my, Niall, oh my god! I-I'm so sorry! I-I don't know what came over me! I'm so sorry baby!" Louis said pulling me into a hug as I silently cried. My heart melted as Louis pulled me into a hug. He hasn't shown me any affection in ages... He just gets angry at me.
"It's okay Lou... Don't worry about it, it's my fault for worrying you anyway. I love you." I said giving him a kiss on the cheek and then going to the kitchen to get some ice for my eye.
*flashback over*
It has been the same ever since then. Sure Louis gets angry and hits me a lot, but I love him and he loves me. You stick with the people you love through think and thin. I love Louis, I'd never leave him. My Mam knows what he does and has tried to get me to leave him but I just told her not to fuss. I love Louis, no matter what. She just doesn't understand.
Today is the day of me me and Louis' fifth anniversary, the 18th of February. We went out for dinner. I made sure to cover my black eye and the bruises on my face though. Louis said he doesn't like to look at them. I understand though, I don't like looking at them either. We then went home and danced and kissed in the living room. After a while, before things got too heated, I went and sat at my dressing table and looked at myself in the mirror. I smiled sadly and began taking off my make up. I sighed sadly as my black eye and bruises began to appear due to the lack of make up. I'd much rather keep the make up on and pretend that they aren't there. A single tear slid down my cheek as I looked at myself in the mirror. Is Louis really worth all of this?
My answer was quickly found as Louis came through the door smiling at me. He quickly kneeled in front of me and stroked my cheek. He looked at my black eye and sighed sadly attempting to cover it with my hair which was now flat how's on my forehead. I smiled sadly, thinking back through all we've been through and decided...
Yes. Louis is worth it, because I love him.
The way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
Open hand or closed fist I would be fine
The blood is rare and sweet as Cherry Wine
(A/N so this is based mostly off the video for Hoziers new song Cherry Wine. He made this song for a charity that deals with domestic abuse and the majority of the proceeds for the song go to that charity. Please support it in any way you can, whether you buy the song, watch or share the video, or even tweet the hashtag '#FaceUpToDomesicAbuse'. I've attached the song and video above, it really is amazing and it's for a really good cause also. Thanks for reading!)
