"Hi."
I gaped at my best friend sitting by my windowsill. Peter was clad in the now iconic red and blue suit.
"Y-you're S-spider-Man." I breathed out.
"Yeah." He swung his legs over the windowsill and walked towards me. I looked at his face and his suit, trying to absorb this new information. Peter looked worried that I was so quiet. "Please say something."
Suddenly everything made sense. The mysterious bruises he would get. His disappearances coinciding with Spider-Man's appearances on the news. Oh my god. My best friend's Spider-Man.
Peter chuckled. Did I say that out loud?
"Yes, you did." Peter confirmed my thoughts. I smiled a little but my mind was still full of questions.
"Wait. How? When?"
"Radioactive spider bite and about a year now." He answered. I sucked in a sharp breath. "I wanted to tell you about...this." Peter gestured to his mask. "I really did. But, I've made enemies, Y/N. Some people want me dead and..."
"And you were afraid that they'd go after me to get to you." I finished for him. He nodded and took a deep breath.
"Y/N," He reached for my hand. I instantly felt a warmth all over my body. Squeezing his hand, I let myself be pulled towards him. We were only inches away from each other now. My eyes traced the web design on Peter's shoulder and arm. I gently touched the spider symbol on his chest. I finally realized how dangerous Peter's after school activities were. He's risked his life to do the right thing.
"You saved me. From that man with the gun." My eyes welled up with tears. "If you weren't there, I would've died."
I threw my arms around his neck. Peter immediately wrapped his arms around my waist, squeezing me tightly.
"I would never let anything or anyone hurt you. I swear it on my life. Y/N, you mean the world to me and if anything h-happened to you because of me. I could never forgive myself."
Peter's words made me nuzzle my face into his neck before a few tears fell down. "Thank you."
I could feel his heart beating erratically against my chest. Peter rubbed my back while pulling me impossibly close as if he was afraid that I was going to disappear. We stayed there in comfortable silence until Peter broke it.
"I love you."
I pushed myself back so that I could see his face. He looked nervous but his eyes held so much sincerity. My own went wide as I remembered that I had basically vented to Spider-Man that I was in love with Peter Parker. Who happens to be the same damn person.
"What?" My heart was beating so fast.
"I love you. I think I always have. Ever since the day you came into History class in freshman year and you greeted me with the biggest smile when no one even wanted to look in my direction. And I spent a year helplessly pining over you. I'm pretty sure I annoyed Ned so much because I kept talking about you." I giggled at his confession.
"Y/N," Peter gripped my waist. "I-I know that I probably won't ever be able to afford to buy you anything-"
"Peter, stop. I don't care about any of that."
"Just let me finish, okay?" I nodded. "I know I can't afford to buy you pearls but maybe someday when my ship comes in, my luck will change but for now, I'll buy you all the skittles you want. I'll buy you the prettiest flowers I can afford. I'll watch all the cheesy movies you want with no complaints whatsoever. I just want to be with you and spend the rest of my life with you."
I've dreamt of this happening but now that it was actually happening, I didn't know what to say. I didn't know how to let him know that I felt the same way. So I decided to show him instead.
Cupping his face with my hands, I stared into his eyes. I rubbed his cheeks with my thumbs and Peter leaned into my touch. My eyes kept darting from his eyes to his lips. This was something we both wanted, I felt it and I was just teasing myself by not doing anything. Peter's eyes were now firmly locked on my lips, watching closely as my tongue darted out to lick my dry lips. Finally, having enough of this, I decided to put us both out of our misery.
I rose up to my tiptoes and softly pressed our lips together. The moment our lips touched, it felt like every nerve on my body lit up. I was hyper aware of everything. Everything about Peter, that is. The kiss was short. Lasting for only about 5 seconds. We pulled apart and stared at each other. A look of disbelief on both our faces. We took each other in, breathing deeply, before we rushed together once more.
The kiss this time around was more passionate. The months of pining, all leading up to this point. I moved my hands up to the back of his head and carded my fingers through the little hairs just by the base of his neck. Peter lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. He embraced me tighter and his hands roamed my back and neck. Peter's hands lightly traced my sides which made me squirm. I smiled against Peter's lips. We hesitantly pulled apart and rested our foreheads against each other's.
"I love you too, Peter." I whispered. His face broke out into a goofy smile and hiked me up higher.
"Say it again."
"I love you, Peter Parker." I managed to get out as I kept giggling. He spun me around and kept kissing my cheeks. I laughed out loud. Peter placed me back on my feet as he continued to kiss my face, punctuating each kiss with a quick 'I love you'. He scanned my face with a dreamy look in his eye.
"You are so beautiful." He mumbled. I blushed under his gaze.
"Not so tough aren't you, Spider-Man?" I teased and wrapped my arms around his neck. Peter wrapped his arms around me again and kissed my temple, making me smile.
"Just for my Uptown Girl."
