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 next

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

his chest and his arms circled me

top of my head, and I could only close my eyes

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

always wondered about it but I never got a chance

Cogito Ergo

I am.It's

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

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

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

"Okay..."

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 a reminder to

talked to me about his past, he always

year old lan,

and turned

said quickly, using my hand I reached for

still around today to tell

he heard my response.And his smile made

and he rubbed

"Llove you, Emma,"

went blank for a

knew how four little words could hold so much

and butterflies were flying in my

stop myself from smiling even when I

thing I could do at this 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 and

many times before already, but

freed

just savoring each other through

loved running my fingers on

wouldn't stop kissing the sweet spot on my neck and fondling my

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

made love

love’ because now I finally knew

from just having sex because we both knew it came from a place of

finally fell asleep to the sight of the sun rising

couldn't keep my eyes open

each other but

didn’t

that I

eyes next, the sun was already

of lan’s body next to

jerked up and looked around the room—I

sound of my phone buzzing from my

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

missed calls and messages

were still going to

everything was fine and that we were still going to

them and they were on

put my phone away and

about changing out of lan’s shirt,

and kept his t-shirt on

shirt together so it

called out

out instinctively and found him

dressed, wearing a plain white

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

said as I scrambled to get my

I'm stealing your shirt,

  "Keep

you look so tired.And I was hoping you’d miss the time and stay for another day.Shameless of

told, I was

understand

wish I can keep you around a little longer.My

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