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? 

here,"he patted the empty

made my way over and as soon as I climbed onto the bed, lan pulled me in his

his chest and his arms circled me

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

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

it but I never got a chance

mean? Cogito

therefore I am.It's a Latin

meaning for you? I mean, it must mean something, you

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

want to.Plus, we have all the time in the world...or at least,

"Okay..."

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 living.So I got this tattoo as a reminder to keep thinking and keep

past, he

year old

said and turned his face

my hand I reached for his face and

you're still around today to tell

he heard my response.And his smile made

reached for my chin and he rubbed his thumb

"Llove you, Emma,"

mind went blank for a split

and I never knew how four little words could hold

and butterflies were flying in my

stop myself from smiling even when

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

before already, but this kiss right now

our souls were finally freed after being in cages for

out for the longest time, just savoring

on his chest

spot on my neck and

had hours left for each other and we wanted

made love that

‘ made love’

because we both knew it came from a place of love and trust

to the sight of the sun rising behind

eyes open for

time, we lay facing each

were tired but we didn’t want

sweetest thing that I had ever experienced in

I opened my eyes next, the

looked for signs of lan’s body next to

the room—I was completely alone in

could hear the sound of my phone buzzing from my

vibrating device, and I almost choked on air as

of missed calls and messages all from

wanted to know if we were still going to drive back

fine and that we were still going to go

and they were on their way to

put my phone away and went to the en-suite to

shirt,

I wore my jeans and kept his

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

voice called out

walked out instinctively and found him standing

already dressed, wearing a plain white shirt and

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

I scrambled

your shirt, by

"Keep

didn’t wanna wake you, you look so tired.And I was hoping you’d miss the time and stay for another day.Shameless of me.I know,"I

told, I was

understand the

around a little longer.My