I hissed and touched my side as I sat up in bed. I'd recently broken a few ribs, well not me, my ex boyfriend. It definitely was an unhealthy relationship but I never thought he would physically hurt me. He's currently in police custody waiting to get trialed.
He beat me up for a long time before leaving me alone on the floor in pain. I was able to weakly grab my phone and call Zach, the first contact that showed up on my phone. We were acquaintances but hadn't talked in a while so he was a bit confused.
"hey y/n?"
"Zach I need help"
"woah are you okay where are you?"
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Here we are now, about a month later. Zach let me stay with him and his four friends since I didn't want to go back to my house. I couldn't sleep basically at all so I'm pretty tired. At 9 am I decided to give up on sleeping and try to get breakfast or something.
I was in the hospital for a week after the incident and i'm healing ok but everything is still very painful. I was trying to put on a hoodie over my tanktop and pyjama shorts. I groan and after 5 minutes of trying my door opens. Zach pops his head through.
"good morning you need help?"
I nodded, he walked over and helped me
"thank you"
"it's fine, you ok?"
"it hurts and I feel useless"
"you're not useless, you're really not, you're recovering it's normal to not feel great. It'll get better"
I looked at him and leaned my head on his shoulder. He chuckled and rubbed my forearm, he would hug me or rub my back but it hurts too much.
"I'm so tired"
"I know, I wish I could do more"
"you've already done more than enough, you saved my life, you're letting me live here in your house, thank you"
he smiled
"the least I could do, want breakfast?"
I nodded, he stood up and helped me get up. We went downstairs, I said hi to the other guys before leaning forward against the counter. They talked to me to get my mind off of the pain. Zach grabbed my medication and put it infront of me with a glass of water.
I swallowed the multiple pills and we ate some breakfast. Jonah said something funny making me laugh.
"ouch fuck that hurts"
I said holding my side
"sorry"
"no it's not your fault"
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Later in the afternoon after not doing much for the whole day, mainly hanging out with Zach. He's been really nice to talk to, I didn't realize we had a lot in common. I asked him if we could watch a movie, he agreed and we went up to his room. He insisted on it because he said his bed was comfier. He added more pillows than anyone would ever need and we laid down. It was actually the comfiest bed I'd ever laid in. I looked at him in awe making him laugh.
"see I told you"
"wow"
He sat closer and turned the movie on, after a bit he started playing with my hair. It actually felt really nice so I didn't say anything. As the movie ended I felt myself drift off.
Zach p.o.v.
I looked over and saw her sleeping, I smiled and turned down the volume to not wake her. When the movie was done I got up and pulled the covers over her very gently, scared to hurt her. I pushed her hair out of her face and kissed her head ever so slightly. I smiled and went to get ready for bed. I came back and saw she was awake, I sat down next to her and rubbed her head.
"you okay?"
"mhm"
"...you can go back to sleep"
As I whispered that to her I saw a small tear roll down her face.
"what's wrong?"
"thank you...just thank you"
"it's ok...don't cry you're ok now"
I whispered wiping her cheek, her tired eyes looked into mine.
"please kiss me"
I smiled and didn't hesitate to do so, she kissed me back softly. There's always been something about her but ever since that night she called me I've been really protective over her and wanting to do everything in my power to make her happy.
I pulled back but stayed close, she smiled softly, I kissed her cheek and lips again before pulling back and rubbing her cheek lightly. She took my hand and held it near her face and closed her eyes.
"goodnight beautiful"
I whispered before falling asleep myself.
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I woke up to see y/n playing with my soft hair, she smiled as she noticed me waking up.
"morning"
"morning, did you sleep alright?"
I asked taking and kissing her hand
"better than I have in a while"
"that's amazing"
"yeah...guess I'll have to sleep over more often"
we chuckled
"so uhm wanna talk about that kiss"
I asked her
"I love you"
"oh wow that's up front"
"you saved my life, I'm sure he would've continued doing what he did and god knows how far it could've gone. You're also a really cool person and I've had a crush on you for a while"
"I love you too"
I said and sat up to kiss her
"be my girlfriend?"
"yeah"
she said and pulled me down to connect us again.
"I would hug you but don't wanna hurt you, just know that if I could I would"
"you're cute"
the door opened, Jack was taken back when he saw us, probably not expecting to see y/n.
"oh hey...oh! GUYS! Zach finally did it!"
I chuckled and hid my blushing face in the pillows until I heard y/n hiss.
"ouch, don't make me laugh idiots"
she said obviously joking, I rubbed her hand that I was still holding hoping it would make her feel better.
"y'all are cute"
he said and left. She turned her head to me.
"gimme a hug"
"I don't wanna hurt you"
"please, it won't hurt if you don't hold me too tight"
I did as she asked and it actually made her feel better.
