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? 

patted the empty space next to

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

back was to his chest and his

head, and

turned my head to the side and opened my eyes, I was facing his

wondered about it but I never got

mean? Cogito Ergo

therefore I am.It's a Latin quote by

must mean something, you had

story and it’s already late.I don’t

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

"Okay..."

before continuing, "I never told anyone this before, but there was a 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

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

eighteen year old lan, alone in this room, contemplating

whatever,"he said and turned his face

hand I reached for his face and turned it back

glad you're still around today to tell me

his face as he heard my response.And his

chin and he rubbed his thumb

"Llove you, Emma,"

 My mind went blank

at all and I never knew how

warm and big and

smiling even when I

point was to look up at him and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"  The next thing I knew, his lips found mine and he kissed me with such tenderness

times before already, but this kiss right now felt

finally freed after being in cages for so

out for the longest time, just savoring each other through touches and

on his chest

kissing the sweet spot on my neck

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

love that

‘ made love’ because now I finally knew

we both knew it came from a place of love

fell asleep to the sight of the sun

couldn't keep my eyes open for

a long time, we lay facing each other but none of us wanted to

tired 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

looked for signs of lan’s body next

and looked around the room—I was

I could hear the sound of my phone buzzing from

bed and grabbed the vibrating device, and I almost choked

had dozens of missed calls and messages all from Tiff and

if we were still going

was fine and that we

location with them and they were on their way to

I put my phone away and

shirt, but I didn’t

and kept

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

called out from

instinctively and found him standing

a plain white shirt

did he take a shower and how come I didn’t hear it? "lan, why

as I scrambled to

stealing your shirt, by

"Keep

so tired.And I was hoping you’d miss the time and

I was hoping

understand the

keep you around a little