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

onto the bed, lan pulled me in his arms

back was to his chest and his arms

of my head, and I

was facing his bare chest and I noted the Latin phrase

had always wondered about it but I never got a

does this mean? Cogito Ergo Sum?"I

therefore I am.It's a Latin

I mean, it must mean something, you

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

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

"Okay..."

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 living.So I got this tattoo as a reminder to

his past, he always said it wasn’t his proudest

eighteen year old lan, alone in this

said and turned

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

glad you're still around today to tell me

his face as he heard my response.And

chin and he rubbed his thumb gently on my

"Llove you, Emma,"

mind went blank for a

knew how four little words could

warm and big and butterflies were flying in my

myself from smiling even when I bit

only 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

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

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

out for the longest time, just savoring each other through touches and

my fingers on his chest

the sweet spot on my neck

other and we wanted to make sure

love

finally use the words ‘ made love’

came

sight of the sun rising

keep my eyes open for

each other

but we didn’t want to blink and

I had

the sun was already

signs of lan’s body next to mine,

around the

sound of my phone buzzing

the vibrating device, and I almost choked on

missed calls and messages all from Tiff

wanted to know if we were still

told them everything was fine and that we were still going

them and they were on

away and went to the

out of lan’s shirt,

jeans and kept

it wouldn't be

called out from the

and

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?

I scrambled to get my

stealing your shirt,

  "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 smiled at

told, I was hoping the

okay.I understand

keep you around a