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? 

empty space

and as soon as I climbed onto the bed,

chest and

head, and I could only close my eyes as he felt

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

but

Cogito Ergo Sum?"I

think therefore I am.It's a

I mean, it must mean

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

at least, six more hours,"I said and he let

"Okay..."

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 living.So I got this tattoo as

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

the thought of eighteen year old lan, alone in this

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

said quickly, using my hand I reached for his face and turned

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

as he heard

and he rubbed his thumb gently

"Llove you, Emma,"

blank for a

all and I never knew how four

and butterflies were flying

stop myself from smiling even when

do at this point was to look up at him and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"

and I kissed so many times before already, but

freed after being in

for the longest time, just savoring each other through touches

on his chest and rock

wouldn't stop kissing the sweet spot on

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

love

‘ made love’ because now I finally knew what

was different from just having sex because we both knew it came from

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

eyes open for another

each

didn’t want to blink and

thing that I had

opened my eyes next, the sun was

body next to mine, but

up and looked around the room—I was completely alone

I could hear the sound of

the bed and grabbed the vibrating device, and I almost

calls and messages

to know if we were still going to drive

them everything was fine

they were on their way

my phone away and went to the en-suite to

of lan’s shirt, but I didn’t wanna

my jeans and

together so it wouldn't be too baggy over my body."Emma?

voice called out from the

walked out instinctively and found him

a plain white shirt and

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

said as I scrambled to get my things

stealing your shirt, by the

  "Keep

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

told, I was hoping the same

understand

keep you around a little

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