The Pain That No one Sees but Her

2.2: Support

·Roni's POV·
  I walk in the house and its quiet... Too quiet. I put my stuff down in my room. Seconds later, my father's voice calling my name booms through the empty house.

  Lemme tell you a little about my father. He's a big man, 6'2 ish and heavyset. Brownskin and real stern face. He's a homophobic bastard and doesn't know I like girls.  He beats on my mother and I.... But back to the story...

  I walk to his room and he's sitting there with my old phone on his bed. Old phone which has old texts, pictures, memories. I swallow and look straight at him.

  He stands up and closes the door then stands infront of me. "Explain," he says and points to the phone. "Explain what?" I ask and look him in the eyes. "You know exactly what you fagg-" "dont even call me that" I spat out before he could finish. He stood there with a shocked look on his face and quicker than I could blink he hit me.
 
  I hit back with tears in my eyes and he responds with an even more forceful hit. I fight back, trying to last as we basically box, then he slams me in the floor and beats me, chokes me and I struggle to breathe.

  Gasping for air, I hit him in his face.  He hovers over me with a look of complete hatred and gets off of me. I lay on the floor for a second then get up running out of his room.

  I go to where I set down my stuff and grab my phone and blade then dash out of the house into the cool night. I feel blood trickle down my face I didnt feel before. I start walking down the street and observing my body.

  There's a bruise on my face and my knuckles are bleeding. My mouths busted and theres more bruises on my arms and legs. While I walk I cut my wrist again, deeper this time. My throat gets dry as I watch the blood flow out of my body. No tears drop this time though, thankfully.

  I turn a few corners and after walking for about 30 minutes I walk up to an oversized white house with a bright green car in the driveway and ring the doorbell.

  I dont know why I came to her house, shes just the only person I could turn to without judgement. My phone dings and its my mom. I ignore it and ring the bell again. I hear her muffled voice and get a little hope... Then realize I'm going to have to explain.

  Quann opens the door in boxers and a sports bra with a look of shock and her mouth slowly falls open. Suddenly I burst out in tears, uncontrollable sobbing.

·Quann's POV·

  My mouth drops. Roni's bleeding from everywhere. Her mouth.. Her head... Her.... Her wrist????

  She starts crying and my heart breaks. I pull her into a hug as a tear falls from my face. I quickly wipe it before she can see and hug her even more, burrying my face in her long curly hair.

  She stops after about 10 minutes of crying in my arms on the porch. But I really dont mind. I honestly don't. She's the best and she'd do the same for me.

  "You want to come in?" I ask and gesture towards the door. She nods slowly and sniffles. I pick her up and carry her inside. She's lighter than I expected. She's a chunky girl honestly but that shit so fucking sexy yo.... Anyways....

  I carry her up the stairs into my room. I gently set her on the bed and then sit beside her.

  Roni's phone dings and she doesn't check it. I watch her and find myself always drawn back to her wrist.
 
  "You ready to talk about it?" I say and she shakes her head looking down. She hasn't aid anything since she got here. I notice she has on the same black cheer shorts and grey tank top from practice.

  I get up and put the remote to the flat screen on the bed beside her. I go to my walk in closet and grab a pair of blue basketball shorts, boxers, and a white muscle shirt. I turn and grab a towel and walk back into my room.

  I place the folded stack of items beside her and go to my bathroom. I run the water and fill the tub up with bubbles. I light the candle beside the tub and tell her she can play music on the speaker.

  Roni  looks up from watching "Love & Hiphop" to look at me. "Thank you" she says looking down.

  I hold her face in my hand lifting it up. "No need to thank me. You're like my best friend. I'd never leave you hanging honestly."

  She looks so beautiful, yet broken. I start panicking as I lean in, placing a passionate kiss on her full pink lips. Slowly, she kisses back and I instantly felt relief.

  Maybe... Just maybe... I'm in love with Roni....