Recently had some pain that felt like chafing pain in vagina what is it?

so the other day i started getting discomfort in my vagina and it felt like the same pain ive gotten before when it gets like dry from rubbing too much or wiping harshly etc. i never looked before but i decided to check and i saw this can anyone tell me what it is?? incase you need a bit of information on this, ive been with my boyfriend for a year and we’ve both never had sex with anyone else and rarely do we do it without protection but weve been using protection for a while now so im not sure what it could be

hey it looks like herpes get checked !

im going tomorrow im so scared but how is it possible when we’ve only had sex with each other