"Thank you, Peter!"

Gwen whispered a thank you to Peter.

"You're welcome."

Suddenly attacked by Gwen from behind, Peter was stunned for a moment, and gently put down the list of parking lots printed out in his hand.

"I'm scared, I've been scared."

Gwen hugged Peter's shoulders, gently pressed his face to him, and said to Peter, "When I learned that my father was gone, I felt dizzy that I was about to collapse. ”

"What a stupidity! I got into a fight with him and said things that disappointed him, and I knew I was wrong, and I hated the mistakes I made so much. ”

Gwen reflected sadly on herself.

If something really happened to her father, that argument would have left her with no ability to forgive herself.

"Family will never fail you, Gwen, and even if we become horrible monsters, they will love us as much as ever."

Peter thought of Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and sighed and said to Gwen.

"I know...... I know that Dad has always loved me, but I may not be able to make him proud of me. ”

Gwen thought of her father's disappointed look at her during the previous argument, and her mood was unusually low.

"I may never be able to be the daughter of my father's pride."

Her hands clenched Peter as if she would immediately lose the other if she let go.

In an impulsive moment, she even wanted to tell Peter who she was.

Tell Peter all about his troubles, his confusion between his dual identities.

But she hesitated again, and the last time she told Peter that she was a spider-woman, she suddenly lost her courage again.

Dad knew who he was, and as a result, he fell into this relationship.

Now, if Peter had known, how would he have reacted, the same as his father?

Will he lose Peter as he lost his father?

Gwen's heart was full of tangles.

Why do you make choices all the time in life?!

"No, Gwen, you will always be your father's pride."

Peter turned, his serious gaze meeting Gwen's.

"I hope so, I'm trying to do it, I'm just ...... Just afraid he won't see it. ”

Gwen lowered her head and said sadly, "I'm afraid of losing him. ”

No matter how brave Gwen is as Spider-Woman, in reality, she is just a high school student who has not yet graduated.

After being bitten by a spider, become a masked vigilante and fight criminals on the streets to help others.

After taking off the spider uniform, he became Gwen. Stacy, a high school student enjoying her youth.

These two completely different identities allowed her to experience a different life, but they also made her more and more difficult and confused.

She couldn't handle the contradictions that come with these two identities.

After his father learned his identity as Spider Girl, this confusion deepened.

She is extremely scared and frightened now, because of her identity as a spider-woman, her father suffered an accident.

If this is really the case, she is afraid that she will collapse directly.

Peter, who touched her and was safe in front of her, was the only motivation she could sustain now.

Gwen grabbed Peter's hand with both hands as she raised her face and looked at the other.

A ray of sunlight shone in the morning, adding a warm glow to her pretty face.

"I can't lose you, Peter. I want to tell you many things, many, many things about life......"

Gwen squeezed Peter's hand, "But I'm also scared that I'm going to lose it, and if one day, you disappear from my life, I'm afraid of what I'm going to become." ”

She remembered the dream she had.

Peter lay in his arms and took his last breath.

The vivid pain sensation made her almost breathless.

The other side.

Peter was a little stunned by Gwen's almost confessional words.

Looking at the face of the girl who was close at hand in front of him, bathed in the morning light, his gaze couldn't leave it for a long time.

"No, it won't. Each of us will have secrets to hide, and there is no need to fear that secrets will become a grave to bury your relationships with others, it ...... It's just a part of your own life, and you don't want others to know about it, and you won't lose others because of "another life". ”

Looking into Gwen's eyes, he said slowly.

"Hmm."

Gwen nodded, her eyes shining again.

She padded her heels and took a deep breath.

Then, under Peter's surprised gaze, Gwen mustered up her courage and stood up and kissed each other.

Although it was very abrupt, she felt like she had to follow her inner thoughts once.

If I don't be willful this time, I'm afraid I won't forgive myself.

In the face of Gwen's "sneak attack", looking at the crystal lips that were getting closer and closer to him, Peter coughed, then took a piece of chewing gum from his pocket and stuffed it into Gwen's mouth.

Now with the help of Dr. Connors, he can inhibit the spread of the "black light virus" in his body.

But if it is a simple exchange of bodily fluids, he cannot ensure that the virus will not be transmitted.

For Gwen's safety, he can only be a straight man of steel who doesn't understand the style.

Gwen had her eyes closed, but soon she smelled a blueberry.

Well?

Why does kissing taste so much like fruit?

Confused, she opened her eyes and saw that she had not kissed the other person, but had an extra gum in her mouth.

Knowing that she was being tricked, she immediately glared at Peter angrily, then picked up the information on the table, and ran out of the room with a red face.

Because he ran too fast, he almost collided with Uncle Ben who went upstairs.

Looking at Gwen, whose face was flushed, Uncle Ben had a puzzled expression on his face.

"It's ...... What's wrong? ”

Gwen, who "smacked" downstairs, didn't really get angry, although her cheeks looked puffy.

She knew about Peter's mental illness.

But......

One day, I will help Peter heal his "disease"!

Gwen swore in her heart.

......

Midday.

Peter and Gwen split up, with Gwen investigating Kim to see if he could get an invitation, while he continues to investigate Frank at the police station. Custer.

After coming out of the police station, Peter did not return home immediately.

Instead, head to an abandoned nursing home on Manhattan's South Side.

The sanatorium was founded by Hammer Industries, but is now completely deserted and in a dilapidated state.

Walking down the corridor on the second floor, he suddenly crouched down and stretched out his hand to the ground.

A black spider crawled onto his hand, then turned into black blood and melted into his hand.

"Come out, Doctor Octopus."

He shouted at the Doctor Octopus' hideout.

"Click! Click! ”

The ground shook slightly, and Doctor Octopus's robotic arm pushed open the door to a room and walked out.

"I handed over those biological test subjects to you, but it doesn't mean that I can conjure them all at once!"

Doctor Octopus said to Peter unhappily.