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#13 STAY

Chapter 13

Patching Up

"PETER..? Hey.."

That's all he heard. That husky voice...again. Peter started to wake up. His eyes were opened, then blinked. He realized was fall asleep in front of Gwen. But, he wasn't expect that Gwen still remember how to patch him correctly. He's all right now. He's okay—they were okay.

Peter looked at her, confuse after realizing his shirtless body with wounds starting to heal, and sore start to disappear.

Still sitting in front of him, Gwen shrugged. "I was just...figure it all. Somehow." Her hands that letting laid on her thigh, raised, then both of them gesturing 'unbelievable' face from Gwen—Peter knew that was the sign for a blurted out sentence.

He moved himself on his seating position, be ready for whatever she asked. This time, he would be honest to her.

But, unlike his thinking, instead of blurt out, Gwen moved to beside him, bend her leg, and shook head. "I don't understand.."

Gwen was looking at him. Peter looked back, let her sighed and throwing all of her confusion. "...Who are you? Like—for real."

I know it. Peter can't help but hissed. He glanced away from Gwen's eyes—although he cannot avoid that hurried tone. She asked like she wants to know about it right away, now. But Peter still doesn't know—he could tell all of these things in 'usual' words or not, especially after what happened this night.

Peter chuckled as he staring back at Gwen. "I don't think you want to know who i am. For real." said him then, with bit pressured on 'for real'. "...i don't deserved to be known by anyone."

"No.."

Looking Gwen just shook her head, disagree, Peter answered her with a firm reply. "Yes. I'm just no body, Gwen."

Heard the underestimate tone in Peter's sentence, her face went uneasy. She shook head once more, while her eyes showing that disagree too clear for Peter til he could tell after this her tone would raisen to him.

"Then how could you working on the lab like that place?? Come on, don't play with me."

Right. Peter chuckled, synically. "That's what all nerds do—"

"Or this place??" Gwen was cut him off, pointing to Richard's lab in front of them. Her disagree face and eyes were not excuse Peter for his last stupid reason. "And how dare you called your dad's nerds? His spider research more than awesome!"

They're said that too.. Nothing Peter do as a reply instead of got up, and walked out to inside the lab just like he avoided Gwen about talking all truth of her. Indeed..but that's because he didn't want Gwen remember him as her killer, or the man that has many villains on his life.

Her stubborn self still there. Gwen caught Peter right on train's door by gripping his arm. Her eyes full of wanting to be given an explanation. About everything. But suddenly she realized that Peter didn't want it to be the main topic of their convo.

So, Gwen hurried change her sight, decided to calm herself down for Peter. She sighed. "Are you hurt..? About May.." She then started, with a soft-comfy voice. "I'm sorry.. I do curious about...everything, but this isn't right time and place..i guess. You have me right now-"

Now Peter cut off her—with a tight hug til he rubbed her back just for let out all of his weights. Gwen surprised he's crying on her shoulder. But she was remain silence, at least until Peter let her go. All she did was comforting Peter by rubbing back his arms, even she hesitated to do it.

"I can't do this anymore, Gwen. I'm nothing without her." Peter whispering between his tears.

"P- Don't say that..don't."

But all Peter's do is just sobbing, deepen his head to Gwens shoulder as crying louder. He looked so limped, make Gwen should bring herself leaned back to train's wall so she could hold Peter's weight.

Soon, she stole glance to his neck. Wet, buzzing because of crying. Gwen sighed. "Peter," She then make Peter released her. His wet-sad eyes staring at Gwen, still sobbing. "...You're special. That's all i could say from May's sight. You're gift to her. Don't feel like that. You're still someone for her, believe me."

Peter wanted to. But remembered Ben, Captain Stacy, and now—May's death face just make him shook head, then turned around from Gwen. Feeling guilty for being undirect killer to them was filling him again. "You don't understand.."

Now, the other gaze replied Peter uneasy. Gwen frowned, make him turned to her again. "So tell me. Make me understand all of this."

But Peter still shook head. He sobbed again. "You're not gonna understand.. I took big responsibility for this.. All of this. What you heard in May's place before, it's true. Spider blood, cure, and anything—but just because i can't take this ability back to its place, my every love ones are gone!"

Gwen wondering what he's mean. But from that, she slowly figured out what's goin on with him. Now she understand why the two bad guys haunt him and killed May.

Before she could respond anything, Peter turned again from her. "...Now because this spider ability, i have no one.. They're gone. Soon, i'll be gone. No one would miss me."

Gwen gasped a little. Didn't know why, but her heart jumped a bit disappointed to his words. She approached Peter, this time trying to make him facing her by soft step. She grabbed his hands, Peter facing her in flat-sad face, but she trying to not care much about it.

Slowly, Gwen caressed his hand. Few bruised started to heal on it. "I don't know who i am anymore. Is that worse than you? You still know your name, family, and all. Me? No one. Nothing. All i know, i woke up in tube without any dreams about those things before. I just met you, and knowing you about first five minutes.. I'm just have you here. I can't let you go, even if you wanted to..."

Gwen looked down because she started to cry. Peter realized that. But soon, knowing what she cried about, Peter sighed, calm down his crazy mind about gone or die. He bite his mouth, remain silence as Gwen looked at him again.

"...You make me woke up from—whatever i got into. I could have died if you weren't there for inject the serum or something.. You're my hero. And theirs. You.need.to.fight. No matter what. If that's real there's someone's want to kill you, just fight back. I would be there, like what you did to me."

Peter's gaze went warmer to her. From his hurried and seemed-unclear explanation, Gwen understand who he is, and what happened to her. He didn't have to tell her firmly or by usual words. Her bright brain still functioning very well in it.

His hands softly rid off hers, then arms changed to wrap around her waist. Peter hugging her once more. His spirit slowly got up, just like wake up from long-peacefull sleep. He smiled, happy for having Gwen beside him now.

"Patched me up again, hm... Gwen?"

"Yeah- sure, i will do, Peter."

to be continue...