Miles Morales: Competition

22: The Cat Suit

I was swinging through Harlem and admiring the beautiful architecture and festive environment.

The cat ,that was in my backpack, kept jolting around. It seemed so apprehensive and tense. I didn't want the little guy to feel like that.

I paused at a place and had pulled the cat out of the bag. Instantly, it had calmed down and had began to purr.

Thank God it was okay.

I put it back in my bag and had continued to swing over to the Bodega.

I landed outside it and was ready to reach for the door handle, but Hailey had gotten there first from the other side.

I didn't even know that she was gonna be at the Bodega and neither did she know that I was gonna be there.

We had stared at each other for roughly a minute before attempting to politely walk away from each other. To make it less awkward between us, I had laughed in a non-voluntary flirtatious manner and had waved her goodbye.

She smiled, while beginning to head her way. I couldn't help,but to check her out. My Spidey-eyes becoming all googly with admiration.

She's cute.Very cute. I said in my head, smirking under my mask. Alright, back to the main mission.

I opened the shop door and gave Teo a heads up.

"Hey, Teo, I think this belongs to you." I greeted, rummaging in my bag for the cat. The cat had popped its head out of the bag and faced its owner.

"Spider-Man!" Emotionally yelled Teo, watching the cat run up to him with energy.

Wait, the cat's name is Spider-Man? I asked. Confused.

"Thanks, Spider-Man." Thanked Teo thankfully now looking at me, while stretching out for a fist bump.

I bro-fisted him back and just watched him play with Spider-Man for a little bit.

When I was all ready to head out for the door, Teo had shouted out to me, causing me to turn back around and walk back over to him.

"Spider-Man, is there anything else I can do for you?" Asked Teo, looking at me over the counter.

"Uh, I may need your, uh..."  I began, stumbling over my words.

"Spider-Man? My cat?" Asked Teo, pointing at Spider-Man.

"Yeah. Yeah." I replied, feeling confident with my answer. "Could use a helping hand,uh, paw."

"Sure." Freely replied Teo, allowing his cat to walk away from him and come towards me.

I placed a small Spider-Man mask over the cat's eyes, while placing a white shirt, a red hoodie with an upside down Spider-Man logo and my red Adidas sneakers on for myself.

We were now Spider-Man and Spider-Cat- just to make things way less confusing. To be honest, I was liking the look altogether, so was Teo.

He was too busy admiring my fashion-sense. Another sense I had other than Spider-Sense.

Now that would be a great quip. Man, if Pete could see me now.

"Go get 'em, Spidey." Encouraged Teo reassuringly.

"Will do." I assured, running out the store with Spider-Cat.

The both of us were ready for action. I suddenly got a buzzing feeling from my communicator. It was Ganke.

I had almost misunderstood the buzzing to be an insect.

"Hey, man. What's the drill?" I greeted, still swinging with Spider-Cat in my backpack.

"Dude, the bank on 127th Street. You copy?" Asked Ganke, briefly.

"Copy. On my way now." I shortly said, listening to Ganke hang up.

These thugs were gonna regret messing with us. By us, you know who I meant. Me and Spider-Cat.

Also, I gotta talk to Phin. I need to know what she's up to. I thought to myself.

All this was so hard to keep up with. With Roxxon being my biggest threat to Harlem, I had realised that I don't have time for my friends anymore.

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