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Gwen sent Hobart a warning glare but the young man continued, eager to tell the girl they had been supposed to follow (cough cough stalk cough cough) and gain information from, but they had stupidly already entered her room and he had spouted the confession.
"And, hold on hold on. I thought your name was Hobart?"
"Where are your priorities" Venom chided her in her head.
"What? I wanted to know if it was actually possible for someone to name their kid Hobart non sarcastically" Nia said out loud.
"Who...are you talking to?" Gwen asked.
"Ah, first answer my questions and I'll answer yours" Nia said.
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"Alright then" Hobie drawled out "We belong to a group of people called Spider-Men who are keeping the balance of the multiverse intact"
"The multiverse" Nia raised one eyebrow.
"Yes the multiverse. Now let me keep going luv and don't interrupt" Hobie waved at her with one hand "Spider-Men are people bitten by different kinds of animals, mostly spiders, that receive the powers of said animals. From super strength, wall crawling, etc" Hobie said rather descriptively "I for example was bitten by a spider that mutated or something due to illegal radioactive waste"
"And we are sometimes sent to 'pick up' certain individuals that cross over to other universes they don't belong to"
"Like that ugly bitch that was with Blackwell the previous night" Nia said under her breath, earning a nod from Hobie who was now occupied reading one of Nia's books. She recognised it and snatched it from his hands, hitting him with it as Gwen continued to explain.
"Exactly. The people you met was a group example of the people that we have in our HQ" Gwen said "As there is no Spider-Man in your world, Jessica told our...boss..." Gwen trailed off at the word while Nia noticed how Hobie scoffed at it "...that you could be a good candidate for joining our forces"
"You're kidding?" Nia went down and sat at the end of her bed, shoving Hobie's feet down from it "You people have known me for less than a whole day and you're offering me, what? A job that doesn't pay?"
"Exactly. So don't come along and..." Hobie was cut off when Gwen stalked over to him and smacked him on the back.
"Ignore him" Gwen sighed "We'll be here for a few more days and then you might have enough time to tell us your thoughts"
"You do realise this is very fast, right? And do you even have a place to stay or money from here?" Nia was still extremely confused at what was going on, being pretty sure that Venom was somehow keeping her from going crazy.
"We didn't actually have a place to stay" Gwen said sheepishly.
"But you said..."
"We know. But we don't" the blonde replied.
"I really hope you're not expecting to stay in my room. Especially when I live with my father" Nia said, not sure what these strangers were trying to do.
"Well..."
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Nia blinked hard while Hobie and Gwen made a rush of finding extra blankets and other pillows, placing them on her bedroom floor. How the fuck had they convinced her to do this? She couldn't remember.
"Oí" she looked down, still in a daze of what was happening "Do you have any toothbrushes to lend us?"
"Mmhm" she said simply to the male, walking out of her room and to the entrance of her house where there were several new brushes.
"Thank you" Hobie sung out when he took an electric blue one from her hand.
Nia observed him for a moment, the details of the situation slowly coming back to her. They were having a sleepover. That was it. A simple, innocent sleepover with a pair of strangers she had known for less than a day.
But why did it feel so strange?
She watched as Hobie's dimpled smile widened, his eyes sparkling with mischief. It was contagious, and a small smile tugged at the corners of Nia's lips. Maybe this wasn't exactly what she needed, but a night of laughter, and forgetting about the weight of the world was probably necessary. She didn't exactly have any friends due to her 'job' but she hadn't felt the need for them until recently.
"Thank you for letting us stay here Nia" Gwen said hesitantly.
"Yeah, yeah, uuuh, sure" Nia said as she slipped on her bonnet, not sure how she got to this point.
She saw Hobie looking at her from the corner of her eyes as she wiped off the reminder of her black makeup.
"Eeeeh, Gwanda, I might have some night clothes for you. If...if you want" Nia said, pointing to her large wardrobe.
"Oh it's just Gwen. But I wouldn't mind if you don't" Gwen said, knowing they were currently invading the girl's privacy and life all to get some positive hindsight from her very first mission.
Nia waved her hand at the younger girl as she sluggishly made her way to the wardrobe, pulling out a pair of long pants and a short sleeved top similar to the ones she was already wearing. She got a thanks from Gwen and led her to the bathroom to change.
"And do you have anything for me love?" Hobie teased her as he stood from his place on the floor.
"I might have some from my father, give me a sec" Nia replied, not catching his tone of voice.
He ended up wearing a black sleeveless shirt which was oversized on his skinnier frame and simple grey pj pants.
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Nia took off all her piercings and held her hand out so Hobie could also give her his to place them all on the desk table. She was wondering how he was going to keep his hair nice during the night, her answer being when he pulled out a red mask with spikes running along the top of his head and slip;Ed it over his head, his thick hair somehow fitting inside and answering her silent question.
Nia wondered if she would ask him how he did it but decided to leave it alone.
