They had an amazing time together, however, Nicole couldn't stop thinking about how life was unfair to him, why it had to be him in this situation, she thought to herself, he didn't deserve it, they were engrossed in the afterglow just touching each other sweetly while they came back to reality.
"We need to take a shower again" Nicole said while still laying on his chest, and he chuckled amuse, still caressing her back.
"I don't mind not taking one" He said looking at her, he leaned down to give her a tender kiss on the lips.
"Well either way we're going for the shower again so we can put some clean clothes on" She said playfully before standing up, but he could tell she just wanted to keep her mind busy.
"Yeah I know, but I still don't mind" He said standing behind her, to hug her, and kiss her shoulder softly, he didn't wanted to think either.
His touch was so gentle, affectionate, and she loved every minute of it, she hum in approval of his ministrations, they took a quick shower, she was drying herself in front of the mirror, when she notice he was looking at her with an intense look that she couldn't pint point.
"What?" She asked him getting closer to where he was sitting on the close toilet.
"Nothing just that I feel so grateful to have you" he whispered attracting her to the space between his legs, hugging her by the middle, but he lie, he was actually appreciating her perfect body, she was just the perfect size for him, their bodies fit together so good, jeez! How stupid he was, he wanted her, he wanted to make her his, publicly.
"I'm grateful too" She said hugging him and caressing his hair, blissfully oblivious to his thoughts.
He just nodded and kiss her lower belly, oh! How he loved to do that, her skin was so soft against his lips, and she giggled happily "How are you?" He asked still dragging his lips through her skin, she loved it too, it reminds her of their teenage times, when he used to do it, when she was on her period.
"Work it's stressful, giving me headaches, but I'll manage" She answered still caressing his hair.
"And now?" He asked looking at her with those beautiful ocean eyes of his, she looked so pretty.
"I think I'm alright now that you're here with me" She said with a smile, and he returned it, she wanted him too, he could see it now "Why don't we clean your bruises, and then we can cuddle in bed, yeah?" She suggest while still caressing his hair.
"Yes, I like that" he said quietly, remembering why he was there.
She did as promised, cleaning every bruises, she just wanted to make it better for him.
"Ready gorgeous" She said kissing his good cheek, and it made him feel like a little kid that had come all beaten up after school, because some bullies got him.
"Thank you" He said standing up, a little bit lost in his own mind remembering what had happened.
They put on underwear, Demian got a few changes of clothes in Nicole's apartment, just in case.
"Hey sexy" She said while wrapping her arms around him from behind, kissing his back softly, he flinch at the students unexpected touch, thinking it was him, but he relaxed after he realised it was just Nicole.
"Hey beautiful" He answered turning around to face her, hugging her tightly towards his chest, his nervous tone, and the way he had reacted to her touch weren't unnotice by her.
"Let's cuddle up in bed" She suggest looking up at him, trying to distract him from his mind, and walking backward to her bed still hugging him.
They snuggle in bed as comfortably as they could, he was lying on her chest while his hand was making circles on her lower belly, a nervous habit he got, she was holding him close while caressing his hair in an attempt to comfort him.
"I don't want to sleep" Demian whispere afraid to say it aloud, to voice his fears, and what was making circles on his mind.
"We don't have to, it's already five in the morning, and we could order for breakfast and stay here" Nicole whisper back in a sweet tone hoping to calm his nerves.
"Yeah, I like that idea but I want to stay like this for a bit more" he answered, hugging her tightly not wanting to let her go.
"I know you're not going to ask because you already figure it out, the abuse and who did it" He suddenly say making Nicole's body tense a little.
"You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to" She assure him.
"But I want to, because all this is so fuck up, and my head it's all over the place, that I can't seem to understand how this happened, and I'm tired of pretending that it's alright, I'm tired of not telling you what's being going on between him and I" he said starting to sob again, he was back at the beginning and she felt her heart breaking all over again.
"Shh... Take your time" She said rubbing his back "Just breathe through it, I'll be here with you all the time, you're not alone babe" she said encouraging him to tell her what was going on in his head.
He took a shaky breath and continue "Ever since he came back of shooting his last movie, he had been acting weird, mean to me, moody and disappearing for hours without saying nothing, I did't really know what was wrong with him or what was going on, the truth is that I let it be because I was busy too with my filming and all, to be honest I didn't want to admit to myself that I had another relationship failure" he said a bit more steady.
"So yeah we being fighting for stupid things back and forth, but I try to put it behind ourselves, and keep going through the motions, we still had good times with each other, from time to time, so I didn't make it a big deal" he kept on going but Nicole could tell, he was getting to the nasty part, cause his hand on her belly stop moving, and he was actually stuck in that horrible moment.
"So we had another stupid fight, and he left the apartment, I was exhausted from the fly, all the filming that had taken place early morning, and I was done with his stupid behaviour, so I just let it go, call you to check in with you, made myself something light to eat, and went to bed" he didn't notice but he started lowering his voice.
"It's pretty dark and someone is on top of me taking my clothes off, is Chris, and he's drunk as hell, so I fight him and ask him to get off of me, but he doesn't listen, I keep on fighting him, but he punches me and I blackout" he started sobbing between words and I hold him tighter.
"I was naked and he was being rough with me, I was restrained, my hands, I try to fight, I couldn't seem to get free, he treated me merciless for too long, until he went unconscious from the alcohol" He said sobbing at full range once more, Nicole was crying too, they were hugging each other tightly.
"You're safe now, here with me" Nicole repeat over and over like a mantra, until both of them were somewhat more calm "We could charge him and put him in jail, make sure he couldn't hurt you again" she said after a while of contemplation.
"No, no, I don't want to involve anyone else, and the media would go crazy if it ever comes to light" He said urgently in a panic.
"Shh... shh... it's alright we don't have to do anything you don't want to, just let me take care of you" She said holding him closer to her, rubbing his back with affection, trying to ease him in someway.
Nicole couldn't stop thinking about killing the bastard that hurt Damian, she wanted to torture him so slowly, to make him beg her to end his misery, oh good lord help us, she thought to herself, because she wanted to let go of that fine line between her sanity, and the devil within.
"I want to move out from that apartment" Demian said bringing her back to the present.
"You're welcome to come live here" She said quickly, letting him know that I got his back.
"Yes I'll like to stay here with you" He whisper hovering above Nicole, looking at her in the eyes, feeling so much love for her, he might be broken but he couldn't deny the intensity of his love for her.
"If there anything you want from that place?" She asked looking back at him with affection but still worry about him.
"No, that I care right now" he said leaning forward to connect their foreheads.
"Babe" Nicole whisper cupping his bruise cheek while looking at him affectionately.
"You're so pretty" He said brushing his thumb on her lips.
"You are beautiful too" she said to him seriously.
"You're just so perfect, I'm sorry I always come to you with my failure attempts of love life" Demian said looking at her with so much shame and suffering, he really meant those words, but it broke Nicole's heart to verge of tears.
"You don't have to apologize, I wouldn't want it any other way, you're never a bother, and I like you better when I have under my protective watch" She said holding him even tighter.
"I love you" Demian said in such a serious honest tone, that Nicole look at him surprise, not expecting the meaning behind it.
Of course she understood what he meant, this was not platonic love, this was man to woman love, and she was still surprise he was capable of saying things like that when he was all shattere, or wasn't he? Was he really aware of what he was saying, because even though Nicole was with him, living this really beautiful moment, she was also going madly insane about Christof violence actions over Demian.
"I know you're going crazy about him hurting me, but I don't care about it right now, I just want you here with me, all to myself, to get lost in you for as long as I can, loving you as it is" he said lovingly, caressing her face, admiring her delicate features.
"I love you too, I'm here with you as it had always been, I want to lost myself in you too" She whisper, cutting the distance and kissing him deeply, but softly, taking her time to let him know, she understood what he meant.
But even though she got him, and the world was momentarily perfect, she was going to go through extreme measures, to ensure Christof would get what he deserves for his committed crime, and as cruel as life was, she didn't have an idea about the price it would cost her.