I Missed You - Spideypool soulmate au

Chapter 8

Later that night
Peter's POV

I finished my patrol early and I swung home the long way round, not really wanting to go into the apartment and be reminded of all of my memories with Wade there. I don't want to tell May and Ben what happened, I don't think I'm ready for anyone to know yet. Just think of it makes me feel terrified, lonely and terrified.

I'm terrified that I won't be able to live without him. Wade helped me through so many things, he promised that he would always be there. He promised.

But he left me alone.

I swung the through my bedroom window and got changed out of my suit. Then I left the room and came face to face with an angry May and a furious Ben. Who then proceeded to bombard me with questions like-

"Where did you go after school? What happened at school? Did someone hurt you? Why were you found unconscious in the halls?!"

I was too surprised and confused to answer the many, many questions so I simply stood there in silence listening to them shout at me and lecture me. Eventually it all faded away into a faint buzz. I felt like I was floating away from reality.  As I looked around the room I saw all of the places where me and wade had hung out and pulled pranks and just been together.

"You need to be m- Peter. Are you even listening to me?!"

When I finally came back to reality and heard him say this, I'd had enough.

"No, sorry Ben that I've had a tough day and I'm not in the mood to be shouted at and told off for nothing. Thanks for actually caring about my well being, but I'm not the kid that I was when my parents died. I've grown and now I can look after myself. You don't have to be at me all of the time. I've grown up. I'm not a baby, so stop treating me like one!  "

"Obviously you aren't the boy we knew anymore, he used to be so nice and polite and he used to respect his elders. He-"

"Ben, don't be-"

" No May, he used to be so sweet and innocent not a totally ungrateful little child!"

"Well, thanks for telling me how you really feel!" I screamed as I stormed into my room and slammed the door behind me.

After I slammed the door and sat down on my bed, I heard the front door of the apartment open and then slam shut. So Ben left, huh? He only does that when he's really angry.

Oh God, I really messed up, didn't I? 

Wade would be disappointed in me.

I heard a soft knock on the door and shouted a weak "come in".

May came into my room and sat down on my bed next to me. She put her arm around me but I shrugged her off and turned my face away from her.

"Peter?"

"What?"

"He didn't mean what he said you know."

"Oh really? He seemed pretty sure when he was telling me I was an 'ungrateful brat',"

A few stray tears fell down my face as I finally turned to face her.

"Oh Pete. We love you like you are our own son really. That's why he was hard on you, too hard on you in my opinion. I disagree with what he said anyway though, you are still sweet and kind and so extremely helpful."

"Thanks May."

"He was right about one thing though. You are aren't the boy you were when we first took you in. You've grown so much and we're so proud of you."

"Thank you so much May- Oh! I almost forgot with all of the arguing. I got the Stark internship May!"

"Oh my god! Well done Pete. I'm so proud as I'm sure Ben would be. By the way he went out for a walk and he was going to grab some milk on his way back. Just so you know."

Then she winked and left the room. I knew what I had to do.

I put on my web shooters- just in case- then threw on a hoodie and my absolutely wrecked black converse. I grabbed my keys and ran out of the house. I sprinted down the street towards our local shop. I suddenly stopped.

My spidey senses are tingling.

I saw a small stream of milk trickling towards me. I followed it and saw some muggers attacking someone and I swung into action.

I pulled my hood up to hide my face as best I could and webbed one of the attackers to a the wall. Then I shot one of the webs towards the top of the buildings next to the alley and used it to swing at the other attacker, who had turned his attention from the man to me and was attempting to hit me with his baseball bat. I kicked him in the head knocking him to the floor.

Out of nowhere there was a thump behind me as a thug who was about to hit me with an axe fell to the floor revealing the man who had been getting mugged,

"Ben??"

"Pe-"

My surprise had been clouding my spidey senses as a bullet whirled past my head and hit Ben in the chest.

"BEN!"

I rushed to his side as he hit the floor. I dropped down next to him, tears streaming down my face. I heard someone rush out of the nearby grocery store at the sound of the gun shot. They screamed and began to dial 911. But I was too focused on my Uncle who was bleeding out to notice who it was.

"Ben? Ben, please don't leave me. I'm so sorry that I shouted earlier, I didn't mean whatever I said. I'm so grateful to you and Aunt May, I'm so happy that I got to live with you and have so many happy memories and we can male more if you just keep your eyes open."

"Pe-Peter. It's okay. I didn't me-mea-mean it either. I'm so. So proud of who you've become. I love you and- and May. Tell her that I love her. Take care of her."

"No Ben, you tell her yourself. Just stay awake a little bit longer. Pl-"

"Peter, with great power, comes great responsibility. J-just remember."

And with those words he slipped away.

A few minutes later, an ambulance finally arrived. They tore me away from him and took him away from me. They told me to go home and that they'd call the police to arrest the criminals that I'd taken down.

I ran home to May. I knocked on the door, instead of unlocking the door. May answered ands he was smiling but her face fell at the sight of me crying and no Ben to be seen.

When we went into the house and sat down she put her arm around me but instead of pushing her away, this time I hugged her.

When I told her about Ben she began to cry too. Eventually, she let go of me, by this point neither of us had any tears left to cry, to go to bed. So I went to my room too.

I walked over to my desk which had a cork board above it and sat down.  The board was plastered with pictures of my family. Pictures of me and Wade, Ned, MJ ,my Aunt and Uncle and my parents. How was it that I had lost two of them in one day? I didn't even get to tell them that I got the Stark Internship but I know they would have been proud of me.

Why is it the one time that I fail as Spider-Man one of the few people that I love and care for die? I must be cursed.

I was exhausted after crying for so long so I crawled into bed and used my remaining tears to cry myself to sleep.
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