“What should I do?”
You spent the entire day thinking about him.
Spiderman.
He saved you once and now he’s the only thing you want to talk about.
Was he really your soulmate?
Do you even want him to be your soulmate? He has caused you so much pain over the last year and you’re forgetting all of that because he saved you once? No way.
You need to find him and give him a talking to! Who does he think he is walking (well swinging) around Brooklyn at 3 AM for the whole last year starting violent fights?! Did he even think about how much pain you were in because of him? Probably not.
You decided that you need to find him and talk to him. He can’t keep doing this to you or himself, but how will you find him? He kinda just shows up when crime is around, which is really unhelpful. Of course trying to find him was gonna be a pain, he really doesn’t make anything easy does he.
Sunday went by quickly as you tried to think of a plan to locate and catch Spider-Man. (You’re starting to sound like a super villain) The only thing you could think of was getting attacked again or attacking someone else.. neither sound like a good plan. Maybe your friends could help you, well if they believe you first. Who else can say Spiderman is my soulmate without sounding a little insane.
Gwen, your best friend, was the first person you thought about. She’s the smartest and might actually try to make some sense of this whole situation. She’s most likely to believe you and actually help. You decided to call her after she got off from work. (She worked at this cool lab place, she talks about it all the time).
“Hey, what’s up?” You we’re so glad to hear her voice.
”I need you to come over,” you made sure to sound urgent, “please? It’s really important”
“I’m really tired and it’s Monday”
“Pleaseeee?” you begged her to come over.
”At least tell me what this so about?” she sounded intrigued at least.
You thought about what the best thing to say would be for a couple seconds but decided to be truthful in the end, “ummmm… Spider-man?”
“..Spider-man?” she sounded so confused, you thought it was quite funny.
”Yes! so come over,” you laughed,
She signed and agreed like you knew she would. She’s never let you down.
“Hurry please!” you yelled and hung up the phone. You knew it would take a while for her to get here so you grabbed your wallet, put your shoes and coat on and climbed out of your window once again. Seen as you were kinda being a slight inconvenience to her you decided that buying some snacks and a warm hot chocolate would be nice to make up for getting her to come over so late. You also made use your parents knew Gwen was coming so they wouldn’t freak out when they went to say goodnight.
Getting back for the store, you started to climb back into your window when you saw the nail sticking out again. You thought of him again and zoned out. It was too late to fix it now but you made sure to make a mental note to fix it tomorrow.
An hour later Gwen shows up. She’s holding a bag in her hand. You asked her what’s in it.
“Oh, i brought some face masks,” she put the bag down smiling, “You seemed quite stressed so i wanted to get you something.”
You thanked her and showed her the things you brought. Gwen laughed making you laugh. You always ended up buying things for each other for no reason, it’s a kind of tradition now.
You talked about nothing in particular for a while sitting on your bed until she asked about him.
“So.. what is it that you wanted to talk about?” she asked, genuinely concerned.
“Oh, yeah..” you looked down at your hands feeling embarrassed now. You grabbed Gwen by the hand and led her to the window. You open it and climb out, sitting down on the window sill where she joins you.
You sit together on the window sill and tell Gwen everything about how you think spider-man is your soulmate and how it makes sense, you point out to the nail and how you felt it too when he hurt himself.
Gwen believes you but doesn’t know to do.
You sit in silence for a little while, watching the stars. You turn to look at her. She has that look on her face that tells you she’s really trying to think of a solution to your problem. You smile and grab her hand again, “Thank you for coming over and listening to me,”
She smiles back’ “You don’t have to Thank me- OH!” she jumps up hitting her head on the top of the window, “Owwww” she cried out. You laugh at her again and ask if she’s alright?
“Yes i’m fine! i know what you can do!” she looked so happy that she figured it out, “Just do something simple to thank him!”
”yeah okay.. but how is that gonna help me?”
“You’ll meet him.. maybe at that cafe you really like, the one he’s always around! You’ll find him, buy a hot drink and when you meet him and just burn your tongue and he’ll realise!”
“And what if i don’t find him?”
“He’ll obviously be there, he’s always there on Mondays after 6”
”How do you know that?” you were so confused but hopeful.. maybe this could actually work.
“That doesn’t matter! what matters is that this is going to work and that…” her smile fell slightly, “you’ll finally meet your soulmate.”
“Yeah.. i will” the mood changed, the air became cooler all of a sudden. It showed you how late it really was.
“I need to go.. i’ll um, i’ll see you tomorrow?” she got up and started walking down the fire escape steps.
“Yeah, see you..” You turned back to climb into your window, confused you send Gwen a goodnight text. You knew something was bothering her but you need to focus on yourself right now. You’ll ask her about it later.
You got into bed but knew you would struggle to get to sleep. You kept thinking about what to wear and say to him and if he’d actually show up.
You couldn’t help but think about him saving you again. Spider-man.