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 to

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

back was to his chest and his arms

on the top of my head, and I could only

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

always wondered about it but I never

mean? Cogito

therefore I am.It's a

must mean something, you had it

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

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

"Okay..."

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 keep thinking and keep going,"  I didn’t know

me about his past,

was breaking at the thought of eighteen year old lan, alone in this room, contemplating on

whatever,"he said and turned

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

around today to tell me

his face as he heard my response.And his smile

for my chin and he rubbed his thumb gently

"Llove you, Emma,"

blank for a split

and I never knew how four little words could hold

warm and big and butterflies were flying

smiling even when I

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

so many times before already, but

souls were finally freed after being in cages for

time, just savoring

fingers on

sweet spot

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

love

finally use the words ‘ made love’ because now I finally

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

sight of the sun

couldn't keep my eyes open for

facing each

we didn’t want to blink

was...the sweetest thing that I

next, the sun was

looked for signs of lan’s body next

around the room—I was completely

could hear the sound of my phone buzzing from

the vibrating device, and I almost choked on air as

dozens of missed calls and messages

if we were still going to drive

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

location with them and they were on their way to pick me

regroup, I put my phone away and went to

thought about changing out of lan’s shirt, but

I wore my jeans and kept his t-shirt

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

called out

walked out instinctively and found

dressed, wearing a plain

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

said as I scrambled to

I'm stealing your shirt, by the

"Keep it,"he

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

was hoping the

okay.I understand the

can keep you around a little

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