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#21 STAY

Chapter 21

I Miss You

01.23 a.m...

She's really stay up late. It's already one hour late from midnight time, but Gwen still doesn't want to sleep at all. She keep writing, anything, that could make her chest down—from Peter, MJ, May, Peter's dad, Stark, her equation that apparently never has a chance to touch the final, and also...to her memory about family, relatives, and all.

Gwen has thinking alot this night.

Many pages has been spent there. Gwen feels like throwing up many big balls from her throat. She's more relieved now. But it's time for spider section.

She wrote down few words. I don't see him. It's already 1 a.m. For God Sake! Where the hell is he? Doesn't he know i'm worried about him right here? How about ~

But then, suddenly there's noise from the window. Gwen stopped her writing, went straight to it. Her eyes widen found Peter sitting weakly beyond the window. His head bloody, cuts everywhere, and also not to forget, he's mouthing: "I need you..."

Gwen couldn't help but cried over him. Just a bit, but it hurts to see him hurting badly like that. She opened the window, pulling him to get in.

"Gwen-" called him, grabbing her very first pijamas that Peter brought to her. His suit has ripped off, showing his wounded hands.

"Sssh, don't talk."

Hurry, she bring him to the bed. Gwen then taking of his sut: start from his gloves, boots, then his body suit. No, she's not let him to be naked in front of her. It's just til she could see his chest.

This time, Gwen feel relieved she brought aid kit from Roosevelt. So, she got it to Peter, and then half-hot water for clean his wounds.

But when she got back to her room, Peter is sleepy, like he could fall to sleep anytime. Gwen cupped his cheek with a hand, make him looking at her. "Peter, hey!" she called, in almost whisper-tone. "Peter, wake up..!"

The red-blue hero is looking at her, still sleepy but Gwen's glad he could hear her. So, she smiling while start to clean his wounds. Gwen want to make him talk to her. "Peter.."

"H-hm..?"

"This is your late shift, isn't it..?"

"T-true.." Peter showing a weak smile, with those eyes having same talk with the lips. His tone still soft, but Gwen can hear him. She kept on listening to Peter as he continue, "What can i do? They're gonna kill me and New York—or, i should surrender my self and tell all over the world i'm spiderman.. That's a...h-hard choice, you know.."

Gwen understand the statement. Now, she just sighed in relieved; once again she knows Peter trusting her, and also...for that she feels one win from MJ. But it's not fully-relieved, actually. Those choices that Peter told her just now, having some clueless to his life. Gwen realized she could lose him anytime, anywhere. Her worried is moving to another place.

As her hand moved to clean the wounds on his face, Peter looked up to her. "But im getting paid—because im working on catching the same bad guys with those destroyed Stark's properties. So..."

And he still grinning? Oh my God, Peter..

Although her thought flying unbelievable to somewhere, Gwen grinned back. "Yeah... Alright. What did they call it? Special Internship program?"

"Exactly!" But then he suddenly feeling pain on his stomatch. Peter coughing out blood, make Gwen should do something to it. She hurries to the kitchen for take bottle of half-hot water to make him drink it.

Seeing how Peter drinking the water, Gwen has a thought that coming through her mouth. "Maybe we should get you to doctor."

"No, youre my doctor. I'll be fine tomorrow. Just clean...t-these wounds. It's just...disfuction of lungs or breaking bones.."

Gwen can't help but hissing heard that joking-tone again. She decided to get back cleaning his wounds. "It's for a while, right?"

"For a while." Peter nods, make himself comfortable on the bed. He laid his head to the top of the bed, sighed. "That's what he said to me," But instead of changing her mood with talking something else, Peter kept on talking about Stark Internship. She can't do anything except following his conversation rules.

Peter said again, "...Kill the Sinister Six, or i will die in no time."

Yeah, you were explain it clearly. Sarcastic sentence just go out from Gwen's mind. But she keeping her attention smile to him and replied, "How's that goin so far?"

"Still three ultimate member..."

"Who are they?"

"Goblin, Octopus, and Kraven. Maybe you saw me on the news; Spiderman moved to DC or something like that.. It's for fighting Dr. Octopus.. But, as you see me now, i don't have any idea for kill him and two other members, tho... Because, to be honest, last two battles went from emotion."

"Maybe someone should make you mad first?"

Not wanting a chuckle from Peter because it might make him cough out blood once more, Gwen closing his mouth. She could feel a smile from his lips. "What is it, Bug-Boy?" Gwen asked then, when she opened his lips, the smile turned out to massive grin.

Bug-boy.. For one second, Peter lost in thought. But then he's back, saying the sweetest thing ever.

"It's just you, Gwen.. You should've known that, Mrs. Stubborn."

Smiling, Gwen shrugged to him, feeling it's good to start some debate with 'better him' right now—yes, that's because the patching up things start to work right now even it's just touched down on their first step: cleaning wounds.

So, she said with a smirk, "Well, don't blame me. I have no memory of that, right now."

"Dont worry, you can still make me mad."

"Not on the good thing?"

"No."

"By what?" Staring those brown doe eyes again, making her massive smile appearing from nowhere.

Peter followed those cute lips, "By rub your nose."

Gwen scoffed as it was just a joke. Okay, come on, now spiderman can mad by just seeing someone rubbing her nose? But then she did it. "Like this?"

"Yes.."

But unlike their last time when doing it, Peter doesn't reply that with a protest face. This time, he leaned closer to her. His hands moved, pulling her to his tigh. Apparently, the patching up is taking a break right now.

Then, their eyes were closing together as Peter touched his lips into hers, slowly. "I miss you."

And, heard the words, Gwen couldn't control her heart. He just kissed her. Her face warming up as he smiles to her. But replying his words, she can't reply anything better than the same words.

"I miss you too..." –real deep, from her new-heart.

to be continue...