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? 

here,"he patted the empty

onto the

to his chest and his arms

a long, soft kiss on the top of my head,

facing his

wondered about it but I never got a

does this mean? Cogito Ergo Sum?"I asked

therefore I am.It's a Latin

it must mean something, you

it’s already late.I don’t know

to.Plus, we have all the time in the world...or at

"Okay..."

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

about his past, he always said it wasn’t his proudest

year old

stupid.It's whatever,"he said and turned his

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

still around today

as he

for my chin and he rubbed his thumb

"Llove you, Emma,"

 My mind went blank for a

I never knew how four little words could hold so much

warm and big and

stop myself from smiling

say, "I love you too, lan

I kissed so many times before already, but

souls were finally freed after being in cages for so

longest time, just savoring each other through touches and

on his chest

kissing the sweet spot on

we wanted to make sure that we're making

love

made love’ because now I finally knew what it

knew it came

fell asleep to the sight of the sun rising behind lan’s

couldn't keep my eyes open for

we lay facing each other but none of us

but we didn’t want to blink and

was...the sweetest thing that I had ever experienced in my

opened my eyes next, the sun was already high up and

next

looked around the room—I was

could hear the sound of my phone buzzing from my

bed and grabbed the vibrating device, and I almost choked on air as I

dozens of missed calls and messages all from

were still going to drive back today

quickly called them up and told them everything was fine and that we were still going to go according

shared my location with them and they were on their way

our little regroup, I put my phone away and went to the en-suite to

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

my jeans and

the bottom part of the shirt together so it wouldn't be too baggy over my body."Emma?

voice called out from

instinctively and

already dressed, wearing a plain white shirt and

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

scrambled to get my things

I'm stealing your

  "Keep

hoping you’d miss the time and stay for another

be told, I was hoping the

okay.I understand

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

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