Mistake
May was the second one to find out and Happy found out just after.
It was a good day. Peter had been living in the tower under Tony supervision for one week in which he didn't go to school under the pretext he was working as an intern at the tower when he received a message from the hospital in which May was being kept. To be fair, the pretext wasn't such a lie. Peter often helped Tony and Bruce in their project.
Mister Peter Parker,
We are terribly sorry to inform you that miss May Parker is currently being kept alive with the help of an oxygen machine. We will have no choice but to unplug the machine at the end of the week(Friday). If you would like to come to see her, the visitation hours are 13:00 to 18:30. We hope to see you soon.
The news made Peter heart squeeze painfully knowing he couldn't do anything to save his aunt and his eyes grew big when he saw it was dated two days ago. He knew he had to go see her and tell her about him. He couldn't keep it a secret from her. Not when he knew she was going to go see Uncle Ben again. Knowing this, Peter made his way towards Tony lab to make sure he could go without another "runaway situation". He really didn't want that to happen again. He already had put off his spiderman duty as to not raise suspicion from the man who still didn't know and hopefully never would. Peter knew he had been lucky when he told Bruce or well more like was found out by Bruce and he wasn't so sure he would have as much luck with Tony.
As soon as he entered the room, the man turned toward him with a big grin on his face, placing the glasses he had on his face on his forehead.
"Hey, kid. Do you wanna come to help me with this? I can't find the answer to this equation" Peter would have easily said yes to Tony question if he didn't have another objective in his head.
"well..yes but I'm not here for that. I need to go see someone at the hospital and I just wanted to warn you before...that...happen again."
"oh. Well alright, then kid. Happy will bring you there if that's okay with you." Tony was way too understanding for Peter and honestly, the boy didn't really know what to make of it.
"Thank you, Mr. Stark." As soon as he received the man permission, Peter ran out of the room towards where he knew Happy would be.
He had to be quick if he wanted to see his aunt May one last time. Making sure not to trip the boy gave Happy the address of the hospital before quickly getting inside of the car much to Happy surprise. The man honestly thought Peter would be less excited and a bit more gloomy when he went to see his aunt for the last time. Mumbling under his breath about 'ungrateful brat' he started the car an drove toward the hospital, every car letting him pass which impressed Peter. He had to admit that taking a car that cost a lot wasn't the best idea but he was too stressed to even think things through when he told Happy where they were going.
It didn't take as long as it normally would in order to get to the hospital and as soon as they were parked, Peter ran out of the car almost trying on air and sprinted inside of the hospital, getting the number of the room his aunt was in to in an unbelievable rapidity before walking toward the elevator and going to the floor his aunt was on. He caught his breath while he had the time before making his way toward his aunt room when the door opened again.
When he went inside the room, his breath got caught in his throat at the sight in front of him and he quietly made his way toward his aunt, sitting on a chair near her bed (and, for some reason, conveniently placed near the power switch, although Peter did not notice that detail. Looking back on it later, he wished he took his time more). When he was finally placed near her, he ran his fingers down her hand and arm taking in everything while May woke up. For a long time, it was silent in the room except for the incessant beeping of the machine keeping May alive.
"Hello, Aunt May...How are you feeling? Good, I hope?" May didn't respond, too tired to talk, but she squeezed Peter hand slightly in response.
"That's great Aunt May! I...wanted to tell you something before you left..." Then, surprising his aunt slightly, Peter placed his forehead against her and gave her a little kiss before going back to rubbing his finger against her skin.
"May I...you know Spider-man? I didn't tell anyone yet but I know who he is." Ok, that was maybe a lie but May didn't have to know that. Peter didn't feel bad for lying to her when he saw the smile forming on her lips.
"I..know...Peter." A deep breath came from May " I always..did....." May words were so quiet he was sure he wouldn't have heard them if he didn't have enhanced hearing.
"Don't talk Aunt May you're going to hurt yourself more.... but yeah...I...I'm spiderman Aunt May...I didn't want to tell you so you wouldn't worry but I couldn't keep it away from you before you....you know...joined Uncle Ben....I'm sorry... I couldn't save him...I'm sorry. I couldn't save him or you...I'm so sorry Aunt May." Peter didn't know when the tears had started to fall down or when his voice had started to cry or when the door had opened and a wide-eyed Happy entered. He didn't make himself know and Peter didn't notice him too occupied by hugging his aunt who simply smiled and hugged him back.
"its..okay ...Peter...you can't...expect yourself to..be able to save everyone..." May was trying to talk but her words were quickly getting harder to form and she knew it and so she said what she knew would be her last word as the tiredness started to lull her into the eternal abyss of sleep.
"I will always... love you Peter....No matter what." Closing her eyes, May let herself relax as she strained to hear the words that were coming out of Peter when suddenly she felt everything stop before she could hear him. Peter looked in in horror as he noticed his foot had moved out of its socket the power switch the words he was about to say getting caught in his throat. He didn't' get to tell her what he absolutely wanted to say. He missed the chance to tell her.
It's only then that he noticed Happy but his tears were making him too blurred for Peter to recognize him. Happy wasn't the best man when he came to children, in fact, he was quite horrible and so he stayed at the door, taking it as the best course of action in the situation. They stayed there for a long while until a nurse came in to tell them, the visiting hours were finished and when she saw May, she pressed a button on the bed before quietly guiding the still weeping Peter out of the room, giving Happy the responsibility to get him to the car.
It wasn't all that hard to guide the boy and make him sit in the car or to drive away from the hospital. The entire ride was silent until they arrived at the tower and Peter finally decided to talk.
"How much did you hear Happy?" Peter's voice was abnormally devoid of emotions just like his dull eyes as he questioned the man.
"If by how much you mean if I heard your big revelation then I heard everything."
"I didn't get to tell her what I needed to say."
"I know brat, I know. Now let's get you back to your room "
All that could be heard were the footstep of the two and Peter occasional small cry.