Hickie or not??

How can you tell if it's a hickie or not?? Or if it's just a bruise.. My so has something that looks like a hickie on his lower neck... I never remember seeing that, since I sleep on that side and I would've caught that if it was a bruise.. Because a few days ago we had a fight and he hit himself and he's saying it's because of that but im not sure :( I can't tell . Pls help! We're TTC. So if he were cheating, what a piece of 💩💩💩💩!!!!!!!!