I am yours. {#Wattys2016}

44.

Scott POV

I got back to the apartment after frantically looking all over for Avi. I had no idea where he went after I was backed away by Mitch.

I opened the door to see that the living room was empty. "Avi?" I called out, no response. I walked further into the house and heard sniffling. I got to the bedroom to see that the door was slightly ajar.

I saw Avi laid on the bed in a completely different outfit than the one he went out in together. His face was turned away from me. I thought it would've been a good idea to snuggle up with him. So I did.

I kicked off my shoes and took off my coat. I slowly entered the bed and lifted my arm to put around his waist. As my arm made contact with his waist, he hissed in pain startling me. "Avi? Are you ok?" I asked completely curious. He shook his head. "What's wrong?" My tone softened as I asked. He didn't answer, he just continued to sniffle. "You can tell me"

He still didn't respond. I walked round to see his face. My heart dropped. He had a huge bruise on his right cheek and his eyes were bloodshot. His wrists were also bruised. I lifted his shirt a little and saw more bruises along his waist. He looked up at me and cried harder. I could feel my blood boil at whoever hurt Avi.

"Avi, who did this?" I asked with a gentle tone trying to conceal my anger. He still didn't respond. "Avi. Who did this?" I spoke a little more sternly. He still didn't answer. I placed my hand gently on his shoulder and I could feel him trembling.
The poor guy. "Please. Tell me." I softly pleaded as I crouched to his level.

He looked me in the eyes and the one emotion that was extremely prominent was fear. Pure fear. He took a deep breath and tried to sit up. He bit his lip in pain and whimpered a little. He had reached an upright position but I could tell he was uncomfortable. What happened to him?

"I-It was J-Justin" He finally told me and I could feel my blood boil so much that you could probably have seen steam come off of me.

"What did...what did he do to you?" I curiously asked, dreading his answer.

He took a deep breath. Another single tear fell down his cheek. "He..." Avi lost it there and then. Tears fell completely uncontrollably out of his eyes. I wanted to hug him but I didn't want to hurt him, so I rubbed his shoulder.

His cries didn't stop. "Fuck this" I whispered to myself as I stood up and hugged him properly. "I'm sorry" I apologised for causing him pain as I hugged him. He put his head on my chest. "You can take your time in telling me"

"N-No. I need to l-let you know now or I'll never be able to ever again" He spoke through the tears. He took the biggest deep breath ever and told me.

"H-He raped me."