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

was to his chest and his arms circled

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

the side and opened my eyes, I was facing his bare chest and I noted the Latin phrase that

had always wondered about it but I never got a chance to

mean? Cogito

think therefore I am.It's a Latin

mean, it must mean

and it’s already late.I don’t know if you wanna

in the world...or at least, six more hours,"I

"Okay..."

breath 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 and thinking about my

never talked to me about his past, he always said it

breaking at the thought of eighteen year old lan, alone

and turned

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

I’m so glad you're still around today to

up his face as he heard my response.And his smile made me

he rubbed his thumb gently on my

"Llove you, Emma,"

went blank for a split

I never knew how four little words could hold so

felt warm and big and butterflies were flying in my

smiling even

love you too, lan Hayes,"  The next thing I

many times before already, but

freed after being in cages for

time, just savoring each other through

loved running my fingers on his chest and

sweet spot on my

other and we wanted to make sure that we're making

made love

love’

both knew it came from a place

finally fell asleep to the sight of

keep my eyes open for another

facing each other but none of us

tired but we didn’t want to blink and

thing that I had ever

next, the sun was already high up and

body next to mine, but there was nothing

looked around the room—I was completely

could hear the sound of my phone buzzing from my

the bed and grabbed the vibrating device, and I almost choked

calls and messages all from Tiff and

wanted to know if we were still going to drive

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 to pick

little regroup, I put my phone away

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

wore my jeans and kept

the shirt together so it wouldn't be too baggy over my

out from

out instinctively and

dressed, wearing a plain white

a shower and how come I didn’t hear it?

said as I scrambled to get my

I'm stealing your

  "Keep

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

was hoping

okay.I understand

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