Peter Parker- I'm with you, no matter what

Chapter 31

After a few hours at home, I realized how badly and unfairly I had behaved towards Peter. Immediately I grabbed my bag and made my way to him.

May opened the door for me. I quickly took off my shoes and walked to his room. I knocked.

"Peter?" No answer.
“Please let me in, Peter. I'm so sorry. I know you're there.”
Gradually, a few tears ran down his cheeks.
"Please Peter, talk to me."
I slid down his door. In the corner of my eye I saw May at the end of the hall, but when she saw that I had noticed her, she went into the kitchen.
“Peter, I didn't mean it that way. I was angry and took it out on you. Actually, I didn't want you to go either, I was just so overwhelmed with everything. I am so sorry. I am so sorry, that I wasn't there when you needed me, I'm so sorry for saying I don't need you because I do.”

The door I was leaning against opened and I fell into his room. Now I was sitting there on the floor and looking into Peter's eyes. He bent down to me and took me in his arms.

"I'm so sorry Peter!", I cried.

"I know, I know. Everything's fine, it's okay!”

I held on to him and never wanted to let go of him again.
“No it's not okay! You wanted to talk to me and I pushed you away and I also noticed ... ", I sobbed. "You do everything for me, but I can do absolutely nothing for you!"

"Now you are here and that is not true, you are doing enough for me, even if you may not even notice it!"

We got up from the floor and sat down on his bed. Peter leaned his back against the wall and pulled me close. He put one arm around me and stroked my head with the other while I leaned against his chest.

“What did you want to talk about?”

“Everything.”

“Is that possible a little more precisely?”

“That really gets me down, this constant "war" with Flash and everything. I'm really tired of these constant brawls and it's just humiliating because I always have to make it look like he's the stronger one. If I didn't, I might get caught and everyone would find out I'm Spider-Man. But neither can I just do nothing because I can't let him treat us all like that, that he treats you like that. Today he went way too far and I honestly had to hold back from seriously hurting him. When he pulled that off, I looked at you and I saw that you were afraid, you wanted to get out of there. And without my suit I can't really help you, without that I'm exactly the loser that Flash sees in me.”

I straightened up and grabbed Peter's hand.
"These constant brawls don't have to be, we can just ignore Flash and I don't think that you would be exposed so quickly just because you're defending us"
I smiled at him slightly.
“And please stop thinking about what Flash is saying. You're exactly the same, with or without your Spider-Man suit. That doesn't change anything about you, you don't have to hide behind a mask to be the way you are.”

“Maybe you're right.”

Still a little depressed, he looked out of the window. May's call from the kitchen broke the silence.

"I cooked, do you want to eat something?"

"Yes, we're coming!", Peter called back, got up and pulled me up from his bed.

When we were about to go into the kitchen, he held me back for a moment, put his hands on my face and leaned his forehead against mine.

“It's all fine and I will never let Flash or anyone else do that to you again. I love you incredibly, Lyra! And that's why I'll take care of you, even if you could do it on your own!”, he said softly.

"You're the best person I ever met.", I whispered back, whereupon he kissed me again before we went to his aunt.