All Of Me (Peter Parker x Reader)

Chapter 48

"Thank you, (y/n). You're a good friend," Derik told her, letting her hand go.

(Y/n) smiled up at him, a twinge of apologetic sadness in her eyes. As the music ended, she pulled him in for a short hug. Pulling away, she walked off into the crowd, disappearing almost instantly. Derik would expect nothing less from a skilled hero.

There was a weight on her chest. However, it wasn't suffocating her from all the air around her, but it was a bit more challenging to breathe. Thankfully, the room had quieted down while the band took a small break.

God, the balcony looks really welcoming, she thought.

No. Not until she caught the man who threatened the Aneils'.

Kick ass, then relax, she told herself.

Looking toward the bar, she watched the bartender start to pour a fancy drink into a cup. The smile on his face and the way he held himself revealed that he was trying to flirt and impress the woman in front of him. As he used different kinds of fluids and drinks, she watched them cascade down into the glass, the light glistening off it, a few stray drops falling on the side as he let a red syrup trickled and splash-

God, I really have to pee, she thought.

Suddenly regretting the non-stop set of beverages she's been boredly sipping on the whole night, she found herself speed walking to the bathrooms in the small hallway. Passing a supply closet and the men's room, (y/n) let out a relieved sigh upon seeing that there wasn't a line as she walked straight into a stall. Relieving herself, her ears perked up as she heard an angry curse from the next stall over.

"Umm... do you have a pad or tampon in your stall?"

That voice sounds familiar, (y/n) thought, but looked around her stall until she saw a small basket of period products on the toilet lid.

"Yeah," she said, grabbing a pad and tampon and sliding it under the stall divider.

"Thanks,"

"No problem," (y/n) said.

Finally relieved, she left the stall to wash her hands. After a few seconds, the stall door next to hers opened, and her mouth dropped as the two girls made eye contact.

"Katherine?" (y/n) gasped as an incredulous spread through her face.

The blonde stared at her with an equal look, her green eyes flooding with fear as her hands shook. Both of their hearts sped up, threatening to give out and pound right out of their chests. Katherine was the first to move, snapping out of her fearful daze and shutting herself back in her stall, the door her only shield. (Y/n) was just as quick to react, a gun in her hand and aimed before the door was even fully shut and locked. They stood like that silently. (Y/n) stared at the door through the tiny sights, her finger on the trigger. She was debating in her head. She could kill Katherine, or at least try to, in this small bathroom.

... With a party outside...

... While she was helping out her family friends hunt down a man...

The gunshot alone would attract people, making them come closer. That's more distractions, liabilities, leverage..., she reasoned.

Swallowing thickly, her gun disappeared in a flash of light. "I'm not going to start anything, only because I have more important things to do tonight. For once, you're the criminal I'm looking for. That being said, I think it'll be a smart decision to conclude your business and leave on behalf of the Aneil family," she said before hurrying out of the bathroom before anything else could happen.