Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA's POV 

We arrived at lan's family home, but we had to sneak ourselves in so we wouldn't wake up his mom.  I didn’t know much about lan and his family, he didn’t talk about them often.

All I knew was that his dad had passed away in a car accident and her mom never got remarried.

He also had a younger sister who was still in college.

 The house was a lovely two story white brick building.

The living room was filled with all sorts of pictures and memories of lan’s childhood, and I couldn't get enough of it.

lan was so, so adorable.

He played little league when he was 10, and there were pictures of him and his family when he was young scattered everywhere.

Weirdly enough, there weren't any pictures of him as a teenager though.

"Come here,"lan whispered, motioning for me to follow him up the stairs.

We made it to the second floor and he went into the first room up the stairs.I couldn't believe my eyes as I stepped inside the room.It was lan’s childhood bedroom.

There were posters of bands on the wall, his old comic books scattered on the desk, and a lot of art sketches everywhere.

I felt like I was meeting sixteen-year-old lan.

"I would have cleaned the room if I knew you were coming,"he joked as he watched my expression.

"This is fine.It’s great,"I said as I took note of all the books on his shelves.

"I can sleep on the couch if you want,"he motioned for the bed.

It was a queen-sized bed, big enough for two.So I quickly shook my head.

"You can sleep here too, if you want,"He didn't say anything but he nodded his head a little.

"I'll find you something to change,"he said as he turned for the dresser.

He pulled out a black t-shirt with The Ramones logo on it and handed it to me.

"Will this do?"he asked.

"Sure, thanks,"I said as I took the shirt.

He then raided the bottom drawer for some boxer shorts and handed one to me.

"Sorry, it’s all I got,"

"No worries,"

I paused for a beat before asking, "Uh, bathroom?"

He pointed to the en-suite door and I made my way inside.

It was funny.

lan had seen me naked before, but I was feeling embarrassed to change in front of him.  Why am I so nervous? After putting his t-shirt on me, I couldn't help but smile at my reflection.

I love seeing his oversized shirt draped on my body and I love that I could smell his scent with every breath I took.

When I finished changing and I cleaned up a bit, I opened the door and found lan already on the bed.

He was shirtless, he wore nothing but some joggers that hung low on his hips.

His toned and muscular body was leaning against the headboard and my eyes scanned the tattoos covering his arm and chest.

"You alright there?"he said suddenly, causing me to blush and look away.

"You're not gonna wear a shirt?"I asked

"My shirt looks better on you,"he smirked in reply.

Oh gosh, I’m a goner, aren't I? 

empty space

and as soon as I climbed onto the bed, lan pulled me

back was to his chest

a long, soft kiss on the top of my head, and I could only close my eyes as he felt

I was facing his bare chest and I noted

but I

this mean? Cogito Ergo Sum?"I

am.It's a Latin

the meaning for you? I mean, it must mean something, you had it tattooed across your

and it’s already late.I

the time in the world...or at least, six more hours,"I said and he let

"Okay..."

time in my life where I felt so hopeless and that life was so pointless.I was around 18 or 19.I thought about ending it all.But then, the fact that I was thinking at all about my existence tells me that I exist.And as long as I keep having questions and thinking about my existence, I can have a reason to keep living.So I got this tattoo as a reminder to keep thinking and keep going,"  I didn’t know what to say to all

never talked to me about his past, he always said it wasn’t his

thought of eighteen year old lan, alone in this room, contemplating on

said and turned his

hand I reached for his face

still around today to tell me about

his face as he heard my response.And his smile

for my chin and he

"Llove you, Emma,"

went blank for

never knew how four little words could hold so

felt warm and big and

stop myself from smiling even

do at this point was to look up at him and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"  The next

and I kissed so many times before already, but this kiss right now

our souls were finally freed after

longest time, just savoring each other through

loved running my fingers on his chest

spot on

only had hours left for each other and we wanted

love

the words ‘ made love’

from just having sex because we both knew it came from a place of love and trust between

to the sight of the sun rising behind

keep my eyes

each other but none

we didn’t want to blink and miss

thing that I had ever

I opened my eyes next, the

body next

around the room—I was completely

I could hear the sound of my phone buzzing

almost choked on

had dozens of missed calls and

still going to drive back

was fine and that we were still going to go according

my location with them and they were on their

regroup, I put my phone away and

changing out of lan’s shirt, but I didn’t wanna take

my jeans and kept

of the shirt together so it wouldn't

out from the

instinctively and found him standing

dressed, wearing a plain white

and how come I didn’t hear it? "lan, why didn’t you wake me? I

said as I scrambled to get my things

I'm stealing your shirt, by the

"Keep

hoping you’d miss the time and stay for another day.Shameless of me.I know,"I smiled at

be told, I was hoping

understand the

wish I can keep you around a little longer.My mom really wants