[Private room]

  Peter maniputed his chi to make his body thin and appear weak. He even cast a yer of illusion magiake it look like he is really weak.

  "You ready?" Sue peeked in.

  "Yeah, well, wish me luck," He said, lying down in a fortable position.

  "They already missed you. I hope they don't go insane and jump on you," Sue smiled. "Everyone is waiting."

  "Thank you for everything, Miss Storm. Ok, let them in," Peter y down on the bed. He was ready to act his part. Although he promised o hide anything from his girls, there are certain things he prefers to stay hidden for now, mainly to avoid more misuandings.

  His heart was rag and his palms were sweating with nervousness and fear.

  He missed his family and his friends.

  Although he knows his life ged a lot from the time of that explosion when he killed Green Goblin, he 't tell everyohat he has been awake for months and was training in Kamar Taj and he definitely doesn't want to expin the reason he never tacted them.

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  Sue pressed a button as the entrance of the chamber opened, letting in May and MJ first. "Take your time. I'll be just outside." She left the room.

  Two pairs of soft yet trembling footsteps followed by the g of shoes were the sounds that met the ears of the young hero.

  For a brief moment, everything seemed normal as the visitors' shadows crept across the door's frame as they walked into the room, casting their long shapes onto the wall. Peter lifted his head up as he turoward the figures ing into the room to finally meet his eyes with the teary faces of his loving aunt and MJ.

  "Peter..." May couldn't tain her happiness and affe as tears flowed out of her eyes.

  "Hey, May... You look as beautiful as ever... MJ, why the long face? Wait! Did you gain a bit of weight?" Peter greeted them, putting on a smile as his nervousness ebbed away a little, his worries and ay repced with his over the girls in front of him. It's been almost a year since he st saw them and from their expressions, he could tell how sad they were. He felt regretful for all the days he spent away and all the suffering he had caused them.

  "You're an idiot," MJ pined as tears burst out of her eyes.

  They walked toward the bed and sat on the chairs. May took his hand and softly whispered as she choked up, "Throwing a pliment as soon as you saw me? Even after all this time, you still got it in you..."

  Her heart was jumping and her chest tightening, as May didn't know how to react to seeing him again after months, but it all melted into a puddle as she couldn't tain her emotions. She wants to hug him, kiss him, hold him close to her chest, and never let go. It was more difficult to restrain these emotions now that the joy of having him here before them made her want to g to him, desperately trying to calm her down from all the days she lost him.

  "You look thin," MJ observed.

  "Hey, I heal fast. Give me a few days and your man will be as good as new. Actually, maybe eveer!"

  He brushed his aunt's tears from her eyes. After months of not being able to do so, it was a moment for him. "St now. I'm alright. And sorry for everything... I... I shouldn't have hid the truth from you guys."

  "Hey, stop apologizing. You saved all those people and stopped Norman. Even the press were singing your praises. They are even calling you, a true hero. you believe even JJ praised your efforts? They even raised your statue after the news of your death leaked," May reassured him with a faint smile and a f rub on his head, her way of letting him know that he wasn't at fault.

  "Well, most of it is due to Liz. She used fundraisers to raise moo build the statue," MJ added.

  "Oh yeah. How is she doing? You girls didn't tell her about my spidey identity, right?" Peter asked, wiping away the tears from his aunt's eyes and then moving to wipe the redhead's tears off. He 't help, but notiuch his dies have blossomed.

  He wao hug them and stop lying to them, but at the same time, he was afraid.

  "No, she doesn't know," MJ responded. "But sidering the fact that she often visits you, if I'm n, she might have a thing for you, Pyboy."

  MJ teasingly patted him on his shoulder.

  "Yeah, yeah," Peter shrugged it off while awkwardly scratg the back of his neck, his shy smile failing to vince MJ.

  "Look at him blushing," MJ poi his reddened cheeks.

  They talked and joked for a while. Peter heard everything they went through for the past months. He learned about MJ's breakthrough in Hollywood and how she got millions of fans ht after her movie broke the box office records.

  He also learned about the spa May and Maddie opeogether and it's exactly acc to Peter's vision.

  'Fuck it! 't lie to them anymore,' Peter felt guilt for cealing so much from them.

  "Say, what would you do if you learhat I woke up two or three months ago and all this before you is nothing but an act?" Peter suddenly asked.

  May and MJ looked at him with surprised and fused eyes.

  "What do you mean?" May furrowed her brows, unsure whether Peter was joking or not.

  "Haaa... Damn! I... Call Gwen and the others who know about my identity," He jumped down from the bed. He released the spell and maniputed his chi to heal his thin body back to normal. "I don't want to lie anymore, sorry for all that. I'll expin it... So, let them in."

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  Gwen, Michelle, and Maddie ehe room. Wanda and Sue followed them in. Gee was waiting outside. Now, that all the girls who knew his secret identity were there, Peter decided to y it all out, the truth about what actually happened. He caused enough pain to the people he cares about, no more...

  Peter expined how Wanda saved him after the explosion and took him to Kamar Taj where he was in a suspeate fht months or so and when he finally woke up, he wasn't in a state where he could move his body. He told them everything that happened after that and about the reason why he hadn't tacted them all this time. He also told them how he wao only focus on training to master his power so that another simir i wouldn't occur iure.

  And he finally, fessed that he was afraid that his pht go berserk and hurt those around him, so he made that decision on his own and was afraid to face them after so much time had passed.

  "Well, there you have it, the truth," Peter sighed.

  The girls stared at Peter for a few seds with dumbfounded gazes after hearing everything he said. Their brains processed every word he spoke as silence filled the room. The tension in the air was so thick that it was suffog.

  May hugged him tightly as she cried her heart out. Gwen, Michelle, and Maddie, also joined in the group hug.

  Wanda and Sue just stood there he door with a smile.

  "See, told you, he's bad at lying," Wanda teased Sue.

  "Yeah, yeah, you wo," Sue shook her head as he took out a hundred-dolr bill and ha to Wanda.

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  .

  After a while, they calmed down...

  Gwen punched his gut hard, causier to bend forward in pain. "That's for making us worry," She wiped away her tears.

  "Oouch! Ok. I deserve that..." Peter rubbed his stomach. Gwen hit him pretty hard and although it didn't hurt, it didn't bother Peter because he uood very well that it was due to Gwen's pent-up anger and frustration.

  Michelle took this d did something ued. She grabbed Peter's cheeks and kissed him hard, pushing him on the bed and saddling on top of him. Peter was caught off guard, but after realizing what was happening, he didn't resist and instead ehe kiss.

  "Uhm~ Haa~" Michelle moaned as little as she pulled back, "You owe me two... No, three more dates and lots of kisses, Mr. Rebirth. I missed you..."

  Peter smiled awkwardly as he nodded in agreement. He looked at the baffled faces of his irls, who stood there with a glint of jealousy on their faces.

  May wao kiss and hug him first, but she was being siderate and was kinda hiding her retionship with Peter. The girls knew about that, but still, she felt it awkward. Gwen and MJ, both were gunning for the kiss and were gng at each other to see who would take the first step. It was like a war of speed. But before they could move, Michelle took the opening and stole the limelight.

  "Damn you, Michelle. That was underhanded.. Tsk," Gwen cursed in her mind as she clicked her tongue in annoyance.

  "You sneaky brat," MJ pulled Michelle down from Peter's top.

  Peter noticed that and was amused. 'Haha! These girls...' He thought.

  Maddie shook her head with a smile.

  "Well, that weer than I expected. I was expeg angry shouts and puhrown at me," Peter scratched the back of his neck as he awkwardly ughed it off.

  "We'll save that for ter. We are too happy to get mad at you. But don't think we will let you off easily," May gred at him.

  "That's right. You gotta work hard to make up for the time you disappeared and worried us," Gwen chimed in.

  Michelle and Maddie heir heads repeatedly to emphasize their points.

  Peter awkwardly ughed it off. He knew very well that he had dug himself into a grave. They are gonna suck him dry now slowly and every day till he makes up for the time he made them worry. 'I just hope my super endurand stamina holds... Oh boy!'

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