Secret War

"Hey Spidey! It's your birthday next Saturday! You will be 17 soon, bro!"

They are playing game on the PS4, and Tom seems to suddenly remember this and pat Peter's shoulder vigorously. "Are you excited?"

"You know my birthday?" Peter regretted it as soon as he says it. How could his actor not know his birthday? And the actor has been a fan of his own since he was a child!

"Of course I know! Anyone who is your fan must know!"

"Wow...it looks like I'm more popular here. How many fans do I have?"

"Well..." Tom holds his chin and thought hard. "I remember your second film should have grossed $1100 million worldwide."

"$1100 million?! You're not kidding me, are you? So much?!!"

"Come on! If you don't believe me, you can search on Internet, everyone loves Spider-Man!"

Tom takes the opportunity to squeeze the stunned boy's face, um, it feels so good.

"Cough, right, I actually want to ask if you are free to come to my side that night?"

"Uh, are you trying to throw me a birthday party or something? I don't think that's necessary..." Peter turns his head to look at Tom.

"I'm sure your Aunt and friends will make one for you ,so I won't repeat it." Tom hooks Peter's shoulder. "I've got something else for you."
With this sentence, he squeezes Spider-Man's cheek again.
"Hey! You can't just pinch my face! Do it on your own face!"

“But your is better than mine!”

Peter pretends to be angry and throw himself into a ball with Tom.

"Ah! Spider-Man hit me——"

Peter starts laughing.

After a while their fight stopped when Tom beg for mercy.
"I think should give you an invitation to my birthday party, don't you think? Although you must be absent."

"Well, you can come here."

"Ok, maybe I should be able to sneak over after ten o'clock at night."

"Deal! I’ll waiting for you!”

"see you then."

August 10th.

Tom find a card on the table that had been cleaned last night.

It says "To Tom" and the paper features the well-known icon of Spider-Man.
Well, even the handwriting is exactly the same as his.

He turns to the back of the card, which is a paragraph written in red ink.

"Dear Tom Holland:
We're proud to inform you that you've qualified for Spider-Man's 17th birthday party! (Bold uppercase: 1 in 7 billion chance!)
But I also regret to find that there is currently no transportation to get you to the site of Spiderman's birthday party, (draws a tearful emoji) so I'm afraid you won't enjoy the cake and the opportunity to meet Avengers . (Another tearful emoji)
But as compensation, you'll get some wonderful time alone with Spider-Man himself tonight.

your sincere,
Peter Parker

Why do I feel like he's showing off?

Tom read the invitation again, put it in a box carefully, and smiles like a idiot. He cleaned the floor, and then wiped the table at home again, and he was sweating profusely.

But even if he finished cleaning, the time would not be before noon.

It looks like I have to wait a few hours. I don't know what the kid is doing now, cutting the cake?

Tom decides to go check out what he had in store for Spider-Man.

"Sorry I'm late! When I was about to come, I have to stop a gang of robbers robbing the jewelry store—" Peter starts apologizing as soon as he land.

"Hey! Hey! Relax kid, you're in the UK now." Tom raise his hand to try to calm Spider-Man.
"England? Oh! That means—" Peter then noticed that the sun was still shining outside the window.

"That means you're just in time for the ball，Cinderella," Tom says , giving the boy an exaggerated salute. "Do i have that honor？"

"I’m not really good at dance…..."

"It's okay, I can lead you." Tom says and holds out a hand to Peter.

"Left."
"Backward."
"Left."

"Wow..." Peter marvel inwardly, he dancing so badly that he almost steps on Tom several times (thanks to the spider sense), but Tom still managed to dancing with him.

It's weird to see that face that looks exactly like his own.

If, he means if, well he admits his heart beats especially fast when he looks into those brown eyes.

The song is over.

"Have you ever learned to dance?"

"I learned ballet when I was ten."

"Wow... No wonder you dance so well." The boy looks at him with bright eyes.

"I can teach you, two hours a week if you don’t mind ," Tom added immediately. "I mean, get ready for your prom."

"That's great! I won't have to find May and me to practice in the future. But isn't it a bit early to say this?"

"It's always good to plan ahead."

I want to meet you more, don't you understand?

In fact Peter Parker understand like it’s his own idea.

"Are you hungry? I ordered some food . We can eat together."

"Um...I actually bring you a cake," Peter points to the lunch box he brought. "I saved a piece for the party, but it doesn't look very good. I hope you don't mind."

"Of course I don't mind!" Tom replies almost right next to that words . Spiderman's birthday cake! And It is brought over by Spider-Man himself!

Peter looks a little taken aback. "Okay...well. Oh again, you're not allergic to peanuts or anything, are you?"

This time Tom doesn’t say anything but shook his head because his mouth was full of cake.

“Oh my god I would never forget it’s taste.”

“It just a cake,Tom.”

“Yes but it’s your birthday cake!Oh I got something to show you!”

"Do you have to cover my eyes?"

"Of course, maintaining a sense of mystery is the most important thing."

Tom covers Peter's eyes with his hands , and the two walking towards a certain room step by step.

Peter Parker has received many gifts, from relatives, close friends, classmates, and even from the Avengers.

However, this time, this is the first time he has received a gift from his actor.
Get a gift from another self.

What would it be, Spider-Man is very curious.

"Happy Birthday my hero!!"
With this congratulation, Tom pull the blindfold off Peter's head.

In front of Peter is a stack of gift boxes of various sizes.

"Wow... I didn't expect that..." Peter froze.
"Do you rich people always give so many gifts?" He counted. "As many gifts as age?"

"We don't have that kind of rules. I just want to make up for the gifts of the past sixteen years."

"That's really..." Peter racket his brains trying to find a word, but it seemed that all the words he had learned were hidden at the moment, and finally he could only turn around and hold Tom on the shoulder.

"Thank you, thank you Tom."

“‘The right way to express gratitude is unpack your gifts .’ I remember someone saying that. So what are you waiting? Go unpack your gift Spidey!” Tom urged, clapping his hands.

"Who said that?" Peter picks up a gift and tore it open.
"Says from movie star Tom Holland."

"What???"

Peter wants to refute after a brief shock, but his attention was attracted by the exposed corner of the gift body.

"This is LEGO?! The Millennium Falcon!! 1, 10179!!! Where did you get this?!!" Spider-Man could barely hold the big box of building blocks.

"Bought it online."

"The universal Internet ...that's awesome...it's too expensive for me to keep ." Peter frowns and put the Lego down on the floor.

"I think a superhero totally deserves this, You give far more than you get in return,Honey."

Tom shoves the box back into Peter's arms. "And the movie has a box office of 900 million. I should score you some royalties?"

"But——"

"Just say you like it or not."

"But……"

"like or not?"

"Love it."

"Then keep it." Tom stroke the boy's hair with satisfaction.

The second gift is a Lego BB-8.

The third gift is LEGO's Avengers 4 Sanctuary Showdown.
"There's my LEGO set! It looks great! But I can't take this back, it'll be reveal our secret."

The fourth to fifth pieces are 1/6 soldiers of Spider-Man.
"God.It's so realistic, but I don't have my character toys in my universe yet."

"Why?"

"Because I haven't given them the copyright."

The sixth gift is the Spider-Man metal badge.

The seventh gift is a signed CD from the director of Star Wars.

"Why is the director's name different?"

"Different? How?”

The eighth gift is a large dollar bill featuring Spider-Man.

The 9th... Peter notices a very small box.
Although it is small, it is also carefully packaged.

"What’s this ...?" He holding the box up to Tom, who made a "open it " gesture.

Peter did , and inside the box lies a USB stick.

"This is? What's in it?"

"Who knows, but I’m sure it’s not a computer virus." Tom points to the computer in the room.

"To Peter Parker ,Spider-Man."
It is the only video file with this title in the USB

Peter double-clicks the mouse.

The video player is pitch black at first, then music and pictures playing:

[Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever spider can...]

"What...This is... my cartoon? It looks old, but... wow- my own cartoon."

[...there comes the Spider-Man!]

At the end of the animation, the screen jumped into the CG.

【Birthday Commemoration for Peter Parker and Spider-Man! 】

Several strands of thread spell out the title, and then a spider (the one Peter recognizes as biting himself) hangs down from the top of the frame, puts down a piece of cake and shrinks back down the thread.

"Since 1962, Spider-Man has..." It is his voice? no, it is Tom's.

Marvel's early Spider-Man comics appeared on the screen, and then gradually became the comic image that people are familiar with today.

A small child holds a Spiderman toy in his hands.

Giant Spiderman's balloon.

A bunch of people in different Spider-Man uniforms at Comic-Con.

……

"In 2014, Spider-Man sold more merchandise than any other Marvel Avengers character combined," says the voice in the video.“The MCU's Spider-Man has gained a huge following since 2016.”
"Let's do a survey and find out what the charms of Spider-Man really are."

A child says "I love Spider-Man!" in a childish voice
"He can stop a train!"

Several girls said "He can walking on the wall! He is so cool!"

"Brave."

"Kind."

"Hot."

"Nerd."

A string of crisp laughter.

"Just like us," one of the girls added.

The person being interviewed was replaced by a man.
"He's just a normal guy. That's the most important point."

"He knows what to do and what not to do."

A middle-aged man.
"He has a pure soul, I’m not talking about Spider-Man doesn't kill people, I mean he - he's a teenager, he's practical but he has big dreams. He's walking on the ground and looking up at the sky. Most people run around all day to satisfy themselves, and few people mention their dreams again.”

A girl in a colorful dress.
"He can move freely between buildings." The girl closed her eyes and stretched out her hands, and the expression on her face revealed what she was imagining. "It's not by any spider silk."
"He's flying."

"Because he is us."

"It is like he still remembered those stories, the fairy tales. He still believed in the things that were told. True love, friendship, faith, bravery, and miracles. It's strange that most people don't believe that much as adults. I It means we still know these things, remember them, talk about them, but that's about it."

"He's like a mix of children and adults, and it's still the perfect ratio, no more or less."

"What color do I think he is..." The interviewee pondered for a while.
"Sunflower, I think."

"Because he choose to help people."

"I like him because he's a normal guy."

"Because Peter Parker is a..."

“Because Peter ...”

...

"I love him because a raven is like a writing-desk.*"

"August 10th is Spider-Man's birthday, what do you want to say to Spider-Man, Peter Parker?"
The video comes to the third link.

"Happy Birthday Spiderman! I want to say...you've done enough, my superhero!!"

"Happy 17th birthday! Take care of yourself, just run away if you can't hold the fight ! Your life is the most important thing!"

"Hey little spider! Happy 17th birthday to you!"

"Happy birthday Peter! I'm your fan! Big fan! You’ll be a hero!!"

"Happy birthday Young man! !"

"365 days until you can legally drink! Woohoo-!! Cheers man!"

"Do you know theoretically you're actually 57 years old!? Happy birthday, old man!"

"You deserve all the good things in this world! Flowers! Rainbows! Love and life!"

"What I want to say is that your body is really hot!! Spidey ! It's amazing!"

"Happy Birthday Spider-man, I hope you never get hurt again!"

"Then I will say this to him: You are not Pinocchio, you are a real man to me ."

"You should live happily with the people you love!"

“Joyeux anniversaire!!”

"Have you signed something on the outside of the Empire State Building? Take a try!"

"Happy birthday!!"

"Happy birthday to you!"

"We all love you Peter Parker! !"

"お誕生日おめでとう!!"

"Happy-Birth-Day-!!! Dudu——(imitation of trumpet)"

"I wish you a long live!"

"Feliz cumpleaños, Niño!"

“Happy birthday to you, Peter Parker from Earth-19999.”

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to Peter Parker～～ Happy birthday to you."
A young child begins to sing to the camera.

A cupcake with a candle holding up in front of Peter.

The candles turned into several because of the tears.

Peter Parker heard a voice that was similar to his own ringing in his ears.

"Happy birthday, my love."