The adorable Spider-Man (who is misunderstood by everyone)

12 - Lunch! Finally

"Here, Wanda, I think this will suit you!"

Peter was the one who had to make the decision on what Wanda should wear this time and he was nervous that Wanda wouldn't like it, which was shown by the way he balled his hands into fists.

"Thank you, Peter! I will go change in the bathroom. Wait a moment, please."

Wandas nice smile made Peter relax a tiny bit. Loki noticed how Peter was always nervous about what other people thought about him, but she didn't know how to approach him about it. It also wasn't the most pressing matter considering Peter, so she just ignored it for the moment.

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"Woah, you look really pretty!"

Wanda was wearing a gray leggings and a short dress with long arms. The color went from green to yellow. A light blush crept on her face at Peters words, but she hid it with a smile.

"Thanks. Should we eat lunch now? We can call Pietro back, if you want to."

Peter once again turned into an overexcited puppy. Jumping up and down a bit at the mention of the fastest Avenger.

"Is that ok? I'm a bit hungry and meeting Pietro again would be really nice! It was fun to talk to him when he was here."

Smiling Wanda started talking to FRIDAY.

"FRIDAY, dear, would you be so kind and tell Pietro that he can come to our floor now? Oh, wait a moment, did someone cook lunch?"

FRIDAY immediately answered.

By now Peter didn't flinch anymore when FRIDAY talked, he was prepared to hear the voice from heaven. The first times he was at the tower were pretty embarrassing, because he always forgot that there was a voice in the walls and he was never prepared to hear her voice.

"It seems that Capsicle has made lasagna for everyone. Should I inform Mr. McQueen that he is wanted on the Maximoffs floor with enough food for three persons?"

"Yes, please. Thank you, FRIDAY."

Wanda seemed to talk to FRIDAY like she would talk to any normal person. Peter hasn't seen anyone else interact with her that way. Besides himself. He always said thank you and goodbye to FRIDAY, sometimes he also had conversations with her.

From Loki and Clint he had also gotten a Visitor badge. It had a big R and V on it in some pink color, under those letters were the words Regular Visitor and his name.

Clint told him that he had talked to Tony and told him that Lokis visitor was nice and didn't want to help her escape or take over New York. After that Tony had made the badge. He had also said that he wanted to meet Peter, because Clint told him that Peter was interested in science. They just hadn't gotten to that yet, because Tony was in his workshop or on a mission most of the time and Loki and Peter often didn't even meet up in the tower, but instead outside in cafés or other places.

Pietro didn't even need 5 Minutes to arrive, and even that was only because he used the elevator. No one really used the stairs, one of the reasons was that they were emergency stairs.

After setting the food down Pietro immediately started cuddling with Peter.

"I have missed you, Petey! Why don't you come live here! That way we can see each other every day from now on!"

Peter started squirming a bit in Pietros arms. He was uncomfortable with the idea of living in the Avengers tower. On elf the reasons was, that he hadn't even met all of the Avengers yet and he had only met Loki a month or two ago, they got to know each other better already, but it was still only a month.

"I can't..."

Pietro let go of Peter and rolled his eyes.

"Of course, I know that you should live with your parents. But I can still see you when you come visit us!"

Peters eyes cast downwards and he started fumbling with the hems of Lokis leather jacket, which he was wearing, but stopped himself when he realized it wasn't any of his clothing and started carding through his hair. During all of this he has already started stuttering.

"Uhm, I don't really... have parents. They died when I was little, soo... I don't really remember them much. And before you ask, I know you would've, my aunt and uncle also died not too long ago, so I don't have anyone to take care of me. I'm living on the streets, more or less. I have this place where I normally sleep, which I discovered recently. It's not too bad. I wouldn't want to..."

Before he could continue rambling Loki interrupted him. She was already used to his rambling and knew that she had to stop him, before he lacked oxygen and had a panic or anxiety attack.

"Peter, Pete, it's ok! You don't have to tell that discourteous mortal. Come here, take a deep breath. Breath in,... out..."

During her speech Loki had started hugging Peter and stroking circles on his back. She found out after only a short while that Peter always craved hugs and they normally calm him down. Now she always used it as a calming method when she was with him.

"Is it better now? You don't have to tell them, you know? They only met you today. Do everything at the pace you want to, ok?"

Pietro and Wanda had stayed silent during the whole interaction, but now Pietro spoke up softly, as if trying not to scare Peter.

"It's ok not to tell us. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I'm sorry. I should learn to be more considerate with my jokes."

Peter looked at Pietro with a tired smile, shaking his head.

"It's ok. You didn't know. I don't want to burden you by living here and I really don't know you all that well yet."

After taking a deep breath the tired look was hid by an even wider smile. Peter gestured to the food on the table.

"Should we eat something now? It's probably already cold."

Everyone had a small and sympathetic or sad smile on their face and they started eating, after reheating everything. Most of the food Pietro brought was consumed by Peter, no questions asked. Loki knew he was Spider-Man and she knew about his fast Metabolism. Pietro and Wanda simply thought that he was hungry. Especially after just now finding out that he was homeless.