Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 24: Humble Beginnings

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? 

patted the empty space

my way over and as soon as I climbed onto the bed, lan pulled me in his arms

was to his chest and his arms circled

on the top of my head, and I could only close my eyes as

I was facing his bare chest and I noted the

about it but I never got a chance to

mean? Cogito Ergo

I am.It's a Latin quote by

must mean something, you had it

it’s already late.I don’t know

in the world...or at

"Okay..."

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

to me about his past, he always said it wasn’t his

old lan, alone in this room, contemplating on ending it

whatever,"he said and

that’s really deep,"I said quickly, using my hand I reached for his face and turned it

so glad you're still around

as he

reached for my chin and he rubbed his

"Llove you, Emma,"

mind went blank for a

at all and I never knew how four little words could hold so

and butterflies

from smiling even when I

say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"

I kissed so many times before already, but this

finally freed after

the longest time, just savoring

my fingers on his

wouldn't stop kissing the sweet spot on my neck

hours left for each other and we wanted to make sure that we're

made love

could finally use the words ‘ made love’ because now I

we both knew it came

finally fell asleep to the sight of the

couldn't keep my eyes open

facing each other but none of us

were tired but we didn’t

that I had ever experienced in

eyes next, the sun was already high

of lan’s body next to mine, but

around the room—I was completely alone

hear the sound of my

device, and I almost choked on air as I saw the time, it

of missed calls and messages

still going to drive back

them up and told them everything was fine and

shared my location with them and they were on their way to pick me

away and went

thought about changing out of lan’s shirt, but I

wore my jeans and kept his

it wouldn't be too baggy over my

called out from

and

wearing a plain white shirt and

it?

as I scrambled to

your shirt, by

"Keep

you, you look so tired.And I was hoping you’d miss the time and stay for

be told, I was

okay.I understand

keep you around a little longer.My mom really wants to meet

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