𝙈𝙪𝙩𝙚 | Peter Parker

Chapter 31

Your mom and dad took you to your room that night and stayed with you until you slept. The next day you woke up confused. You had forgotten that you got home. But you then realized you're home and not in the room Harry had you sleep in.

You sat up about to stand but you winced when you even moved your leg. You placed your foot on the ground which caused great pain. You didn't even notice the door open.

"Hey, hey."

You looked up and watched as Peter put a bed tray down on your nightstand. "You don't need to get up. Just lay down and rest. You don't want to hurt your leg even more." He said and brought your legs back to lay on the bed, placing your hurt leg on a pillow.

He then put your other pillows behind your back so you were sitting up. You looked at him with a smile and looked at the tray with an even bigger smile.

"No need to worry about anything. I brought you breakfast. You might be injured but look at it this way." He said placing the bed tray with your breakfast above your lap. "Breakfast in bed!"

You giggled and immediately began to eat. Already taking your first bites, you looked at Peter and he already knew what you were gonna say. "Oh, I already ate. Don't worry about me."

You nodded but still gave him a piece of your food which he gladly ate. He's so cute.

"Thank you." You whispered and he smiled. "Anything for you." He responded.

He was silent for a while longer more but you could see there was something on his mind. You placed your utensils down and tapped his shoulder. He looked up at you and watched you sign.

'What's wrong?'

"Nothings wrong." He responded but boy was that a lie. You both knew it. He saw the look on your face and sighed.

"Look, I just- I wanted to apologize. Because I didn't tell you I was... Spiderman." He started but you immediately had to stop him. "And- Hey! Ow!" Okay... you shouldn't have hit his shoulder. He looked at you with furrowed brows and his hand on his shoulder.

"Sorry..." You said with a very regretful face. You keep forgetting that you're starting to speak again so you hit Peter to get his attention so he could see you signing but... you should've tapped his shoulder instead. But also, he was saying something stupid.

"You don't need to be sorry... I'm the one who should apologize. I shouldn't even have gotten mad at you. There was no reason to." Okay this is the most you spoken altogether. It's something you'll be getting used to, but you switch from talking and signing for now. You placed the bed tray on your nightstand again.

'I should've understood that you were trying to protect me... and I see that it would've been better if you didn't tell me. But I'm glad you did. Why was I even mad? I guess I was mad you didn't tell me but I'm stupid for thinking you have to tell me everything.' You signed. "You don't have to tell me everything and that's okay." You whispered.

He smiled at you but it quickly went away. "I still think it's my fault this all happened. If only I had protected you more." You shook your head once more.

You pulled his arm so he could scoot closer to you which he gently did. You cupped his face and smiled. "You've been the most protective person I've had outside of my family. Don't be sorry. No ones to blame here." You said quietly.

"And you got me to speak, I- I never thought I'd find myself speaking again." You said looking down and removing your hands from his face. "I thought I'd cause harm if I did."

Peter looked at you confused but worried. "Why would you ever think that?" He asked grabbing both of your hands. A tear went down your cheek remembering the day your best friend died.

Peter used his thumb to wipe the tear away. "Im pretty sure you know what happened years ago- when my best friend...." You couldn't even finish the sentence but he nodded. "I blamed myself. I thought it was my fault. It was really traumatizing."

Peter was silent knowing you were going to continue so you did. "If I had kept my mouth shut, he told me. If I did-" You paused holding back a sob. "If I did she could still probably be here."

Peter hugged you once you started sobbing. "He came into the room and started screaming and stuff. He was screaming at me, pushing me, and even choking me. Lily, my best friend, pushed him away." You explained. "He got annoyed and then smacked her so hard. I-I didn't know what to do."

You wiped your tears as you continued. "I told him, stop it. You're going to kill her. I thought it would've made him realize what he was doing. But I think it just gave him the idea. He shot her, her mom came and he shot her too and, I-I gave him the idea, Peter!" You said finally looking at him. It hurt him to see you so sad and in pain.

"Then he told me what he did. The line that haunts me and that has me know it's my fault. The whole thing was so traumatizing that it made me just stay silent. Become mute. I saw my best friend and her mother die. I should've just kept my mouth shut." You whispered.

"(Y/N), you didn't know he would've done it and it wasn't your fault anyways. He was crazy and obviously abusive. He would've probably done something anyways if he done it with ease. He's to blame not you. I'm so sorry you had to witness that. I'm so sorry you lost her." He said tearing up too. You crying about this made him want to cry too.

You hugged Peter like your life depended on it. "I thought I would've lost you, too. I didn't want to. Maybe it would've been a bad idea that I finally spoke but— I wanted you to hear me at least once." You said. Peter pulled back and cupped your face.

"I'm so glad you decided to. And for me. If you didn't, I wouldn't have had the motivation to get back up. But I did. And you were that motivation." He said and you smiled. "And it's over, and you're safe and we're okay. Everything's okay again."

"I'll keep you safe. I'll protect you no matter what. I'm here for you. I always will, (Y/N). And I'm sure Lily is watching over you and she's probably proud that you decided to speak again." He said.

Gosh was he so amazing. You were so lucky to have him in your life.

"Lily would have loved you. And MJ, Ned, and Flash. She would've approved of our relationship." You said.

You both leaned into a kiss. You pulled back smiling at each other and giving him another peck.

"Now come on. Finish your food, and then we can cuddle." He said giving you your food again. You smiled at him and continued eating.

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A/N: Hey everyone, sorry this took forever.

WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE CHAPTERS!!!

Mental health has been the worst, kinda hating myself a lot lately. This took over a month to publish so I'm very sorry about that. I hope you enjoyed it though.

I hope all of you are safe and healthy. Hope you're eating properly and drinking lots of water and getting good sleep. I hope summer won't be too boring for you all, as well.

But anyways, I love you guys. Thank you for being awesome readers, thank you for being patient with me, and thank you for being supportive. Have a great day/night and I'll talk to you all next chapter!! <3