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

15 - JoHnNY?

A week after getting Johnnys number they were finally going to meet up. Today was the first day that Johnny didn't have school or other things to do, so they immediately agreed to meet up.

There was still some time until Peter had to be there, but he thought that he could just go there in the morning and put up his cardboard sign.

"Will repair or build technology in exchange for money"

It wasn't the best way to get money, but sometimes people came to him and let him try or they just gave him money because they felt bad for him, but he was thankful either way.

He wanted to put the sign away some time before Johnny was supposed to be there, so he didn't see that he was homeless, but nothing ever goes Peters way.

So half an hour before they were supposed to meet up and right before Peter planned to put the sign away, none other than Johnny appeared right before him and looked at him disbelieving.

"Peter? Is that... are you... do you need..."

Peter hurried to put the sign in his backpack and stood up to not be looked down upon even more than was the case anyway. He sputtered a bit before regaining his senses and starting to explain.

"Uhm, I guess now that you found out I can't hide from you anymore. I didn't really want you to find out. I'm sure that you don't want anything to do with some homeless kid. You don't have to be my friend anymore if you don't want to... I mean, I'm not even sure if we were friends before this, but you surely don't want to be friends with someone like..."

"Peter! What are you talking about? Do you think so lowly of me that you think I wouldn't want to be your friend just because I found out you're homeless."

Peters eyes widened at his words and he wanted to deny it immediately, but Johnny just continued his speech.

"Why wouldn't I want anything to do with you anyway? You're really funny and nice, I can talk to you like no one else and you're pretty much the only real friend I have, so I wouldn't want to lose that. Or don't you want to spend time with me?"

At his words Peter started shuffling his feet, embarrassed that he had thought of Johnny like that in the first place.

"Of course I want to spend time with you too. I'm sorry I said that. I'm just used to people who hate spending time with homeless people or who stop talking to me after they find out."

Johnny went to hug him. Something he doesn't normally do, but he feels it would be ok with Peter. He stops halfway though and thinks about if Peter would want to hug him and asks him first.

Peter just laughs at that and closes the last few inches between them.

"I love hugs, so don't worry about that. Thank you for asking though. Living on the streets made my survival instinct rise a bit so sometimes even normal gestures seem to be dangerous to my mind. It should be ok with you though, because I already know you pretty well. I mean, besides the fact that I have never really seem your full face."

That made Johnny laugh out loud, which earned them some annoyed glances from pedestrians.

Peter leant back from the hug and looked at Johnny with an amused smile.

"What? It's not like you ever gave me your full name or took off those sunglasses. With your name I could've at least googled you, maybe I would've even found something. You said yourself that you're famous. But I'll have to let you know, I haven't really watched TV while living on the street, so if you're new I will not know about you."

Johnny threw his arm around Peters shoulder and started leading them somewhere.

"That at least explains why you havn't recognized me yet. So how about I show you where I live and tell you about myself. I don't want you to be swarmed by paparazzi, so I won't take my disguise off before reaching the safety of my home, so I hope you're ok with going there. My family also wants to meet you, so..."

Peter nodded along with him until that last sentence.

"Wait, do you mean your brother in law? The one who texted me because you weren't concentrating?"

Johnny nodded with a scrunched up face annoyed face. He didn't seem to like that brother in law of his.

"Also my sister, Susan, and a family friend who lives with us."

Peter nodded with a concentrated look on his face. Johnny hasn't mentioned his parents once, he hoped it wasn't because of the same reason he didn't talk about his parents. Hopefully they were still alive and maybe just working all day or on vacation or away somewhere else. There was still a chance something like that was the case.

Then he felt Johnny tense next to him.

"Oh man, I just realized something."

He looked up to Johnny and saw him looking terrified.

"That sign next to you said something about repairing or building stuff, right? Please say that you don't like science and just put that up because you're more or less ok with it and desperate."

Peter was confused about why that was a problem but decided to answer with the truth.

"Well, sorry but I love science. It's amazing. Sadly I can't get my hands on that much stuff while dumpster diving, but I have some screwdrivers and things I found or bought for really cheap with the money from the cafe, the most basic things. But why would you ask that?"

Johnny groaned and looked at the sky like it had betrayed him.

"Just... you'll know as soon as you meet my brother in law. You know what, calling him that is tiring, his name's Reed. I already told you about Susan and our family friend's name is Ben."

Peters breath caught in his throat at the mention of Bens name, but he quickly disguised his shock with a smile.

"Ooookaaayyy, now you made me curious. I can't wait to see them and find out more about you. Also, do you still want to go to the cafe we actually wanted to go to or do we spend the day at your home?"

Peter was sure he knew the answer when Johnny let out a long sigh.

"I don't think my sister will let us go out again after we get there. Anyways, we're here."

There was a big smile on Johnnys face once again. Peter looked up and saw the Baxter Building. Around them were only other office buildings. He looked at Johnny, a little confused but also done with him.

"Johnny, I don't know how to tell you this, but... this is the Baxter Building. It's just an office or something, isn't it?"

Johnny looked at Peter like he had so much more to learn, kind of a weird look on Johnnys face. Then he just took Peters hand and pulled him inside.

Peter wanted to stop Johnny, but realized it was futile and sighed. Maybe Johnny was allowed in here because of some reason he couldn't comprehend? He did say he was famous.

After getting up with the elevator and stepping out of it he couldn't believe his eyes. And Johnny just laughed and let him realize what was happening for a moment.

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(I didn't really want to make an authors note, but I hope you don't mind and maybe even read it)

Hey guys, I hope you like this chap, cause I'm not in the right headspace to edit it, but I wanted to give you SOMETHING.