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

soon as I climbed onto the bed, lan pulled me in his arms and held me

was to his chest and his

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

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

but I never got a chance to

this mean? Cogito Ergo

I am.It's a

you? I mean, it must mean something, you had it

story and it’s already late.I don’t

all the time in the world...or at least,

"Okay..."

took a deep 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 existence, I can have a reason to keep

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

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

said and turned his

that’s really deep,"I said quickly, using my hand I

so glad you're still around

he heard my response.And his smile

and he rubbed his thumb gently on

"Llove you, Emma,"

blank for a split

wasn't expecting that at all and I never knew how four little words could hold

and big and butterflies were flying in my

myself from smiling even when

to look up at him and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"  The next thing I knew, his

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

was like our souls were finally freed after being in cages for

time, just savoring each other through touches

my fingers on his chest and rock

kissing the sweet spot on my neck

we wanted to make sure that

love that

finally use the words ‘ made love’ because

we both knew it came from a place of love and

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

my eyes open

time, we lay facing each other but none of us

tired but we didn’t want to blink and

I had ever

eyes next, the sun was already high

for signs of lan’s body next to mine, but there

jerked up and looked around the room—I

hear the sound of

almost choked on air as

had dozens of missed calls and messages all

wanted to know if we were still going to drive

was fine and that we were still going to go according to

and they were on their way to pick

our little regroup, I put my phone away and went

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

my jeans and kept his t-shirt on

part of the shirt together so it wouldn't

out from the

instinctively and found him standing

already dressed, wearing a plain white shirt

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

said as I scrambled to get my

stealing your shirt, by the

  "Keep it,"he

hoping you’d miss the time and stay

told, I was hoping

okay.I understand the

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