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ily

"richie!?" aunt may called "i'm home!"

richies eyes went wide "h-hey may!" richie called, his voice cracked which made eddie snicker.

May started to walk up the stairs, richie threw off the spiderman suit that was still around his waist but didn't know weather to hid eddie or stay put. Richie must've been thinking to slow because aunt may walked into his attic bedroom to a sight
of richie in just his underwear and a random boy sitting in his bed with gauze around his head.

"oh." she started "nice to meet you kid i've never seen before and is injured, i'm may, richies aunt."

"uh, hello may, i'm eddie." he smiled and waved.

"i just got back from work, i tried making a turkey meatloaf but that was a disaster. let's go out to dinner, tai? eddie, want tai?"

"yes please."

"okay! uh-" she gestured to richie "maybe put on some clothes." aunt may laughed awkwardly and left the room.

richie slipped a shirt and pants out from his closet and started to dress

"that was the most awkward thing i've ever been apart of." eddie sighed

"you felt awkward? i was half naked dude!" richie exclaimed with a wonky smile.

richie sat back down on the bed with his eddie, eddie ran his hand through richies curls. "are you ever going to tell her? that you're spiderman, i mean."

"no" richie sighed "i can't tell anyone. other than stark. i guess."

"woah!" eddie sat up in surprise "tony stark knows! THE tony stark?!"

"yeah, he made my suit too." richie laughed.

"you have quite a crazy life there, spiderdork."

"you wound me, eds." richie joked, he sat up to match eddie and pressed his forehead to the freckled boy. richie brought his hand to eddies face and lifted his chin, lips almost connected but eddie pulled away with a smirk.

"if you didn't call me eds, maybe you'd get a kiss." eddie snarked

"maybe??" richie put his hand to his forehead and tilted his head back like he was about to faint "ouch.... i'm.. im dying.."

"don't joke about that, stupid. let's go get tai, chee."

richie snorted "you know, i searched your what chee meant.." he started "it means tit."

"ew, gross!" eddie gagged "let's go, rich."

"i'll follow you anywhere." richie charmed

"shut up dipshit." eddie smiled, he grabbed richies hand almost led them out of the room, but richie stopped them.

"eddie, there's something i should tell you.."
eddies face dropped and he stared at richies. "before your mom had you.. has your mom ever seen someone?"

"why is this important?" eddie scratched his chin thinking of his response "you're not trying to get with my mom are you? fucking disgusting."

"no! no." richie laughed "i just mean.. well.. i think your mom and mysterio have had a kid. same age as us."

"WHAT?" eddie screamed "no! no way. why would you even think that!" his breathing heightened

"i saw him. mysterio has a son and, well, why would mysterio need your mother if they hadn't have had a kid. ya know."

"you're not making any sense. you think i have a step brother?" eddie brought his hands to his head while breathing heavy.

"well, yeah, i- i'll- holy shit are you okay?!"

"in- haler." eddie breathed out.

eddie didn't have an inhaler on him. he had stopped wearing his fanny packs since school had started, he didn't want to be made fun of.

"fuck oh fuck! okay eddie sit upright and breathe slowly. take deep breaths and don't hyperventilate. you're okay. it'll be okay. i'm so so so sorry for triggering your asthma."

"shut up, just shut up richie!" eddie snapped grabbing onto richies hand tight as a way to tell him he wasn't mad.

after a few minutes eddie seemed to calm down a bit
"are you okay?"
eddie regulated his breathing and nodded. he picked up a hat and placed it over his bandages to seem less conspicuous. eddie grabbed richies hand again and led them out of richies room.

"are you boys ready?" may asked. eddie smiled and gave two thumbs up.

The restaurant wasn't packed much only a few people around them. the waiter had just brought the food. surprisingly enough, richie hadn't really spoken.

"what's the matter?" may asked "i though you loved larb." richie didn't look up
"too larby? not larby enough?" richie shook his head.
"how many times am i going to have to say larb before" she started to make weird movements with her hands "you talk to me." may laughed which made eddie chuckle.

"you know i larb you." may bit her lip obviously to embarrass richie.

"i'm just stressed with you know, school and i'm tired... lotta work."

"yeah, homework." eddie chimes in "Mr. File is very strict."

"yeah, it must be that. you seem distracted all the time. he's got you in your head." may agreed.

the television behind her seemed to get louder, the news screamed into their ears

"massive explosions around the queens institution, a giant monster was reported throwing cars around with seemingly no motive. saved by queens own colorful local crime-stopper, the spiderman." the news reporter began showing a clip of the fight that had happened hours before. the footage was taken from a helicopter and was showing the silhouette throwing cars at spiderman.
"as the spiderman attempted to foil the monster, it was revealed to be a bunch of drones that captured a woman who had disappeared from the scene. another suspect had been seen running down a building and talking to the woman before hiding behind and leaving with the spiderman. we hadn't been able to find spiderman or this suspect after the fight, police are in the scene looking for any clues of who this boy might be. he was last seen in a yellow shirt and red shorts, if you see a boy wearing this attire be sure to contact this number immediately."

may faced towards the boys "if you spot something like that happening.. you turn and you run the other way." she instructed.

"yeah." richie agreed "yeahyeahyeah of course."

"six blocks away from us!" she freaked

"yeah that's crazy." eddie chimed in, wishing he had stayed in richies sweatshirt because his yellow shirt and red shorts were on display.

the waiter walked back to their table "sticky-rice pudding." he said as he placed down a bowl in from of may.

"we didn't order that." may laughed

"it's on the house."

"oh! thanks." may smiled as he walked away "that was nice of him."

"think, he larbs you." richie chuckled.

before eddie could say anything the waiter walked back

"excuse me young boy, may i ask what you're wearing." he asked, pointing to eddie. eddies face dropped.

"n-nothing sir. i mean- i am wearing clothes but uh. uhm." eddie sounded like bill, all the color from his face drained.

"stay right there, enjoy your food." the waiter smiled and walked away, pulling a phone out from his pocket.

'shit.' richie mumbled. eddie looked at him with big worried eyes. and that's when may realized that eddie was the boy from the news. eddie took richies hand from under the table and squeezed, cop cars could be heard in the distance.

without thinking richie leaped up and pulled eddie and him out of the restaurant running down an ally way leaving may stunned.
some officer spotted them and started to chase the boys.

"what do we do?!" eddie yelled

"i have a plan!" richie let go of eddies hand and started to take his shirt off somehow maintaining their speed. "eddie take yours off too."
they turned down into a long path and grabbed a hiding spot, richie snapped on his web shooters and handed eddie his shirt. richie then took eddies shirt and put it over his face as a mask. eddie climbed onto richie's back.

"i can't show my face so you're going to have to be my eyes, ed's."

"what! i cant, i-" eddie stuttered

"eddie, i need you to be my eyes. it'll be okay." richie comforted

the officer started running down the alleyway

"okay. okay go! now!" eddie screamed.

richie took off and started climbing the walls feeling around so he wouldn't fall.

"i'm trusting you eds, you're gonna be fine." richie reassured running towards the edge of the building. eddie panicked as they got close to the edge.

"jump... now!"

richie jumped, eddie took his arm and shot the web shooter towards a building

"perfect, just keep moving my arms towards buildings."

eddie did just that, continuing to give instructions. richie just listened, following eddies every move with a smile.
every news outlet in queens had their cameras on them, recording every move. some were praying for them to stay safe, others were praying for them to get hurt. to fail.

eddie was constantly looking for a way to escape the public eye and rest but the constant swinging seemed to go on forever. but it wouldn't.
a boy had appeared next to them. he was riding one of mysterios drones wearing a fully black suit and a bandana with orange goggles.

(before y'all tell me how bad this is, this was my first time drawing someone in a crouched position. don't bully me please)

"take my hand!" it yelled "i can make you guys invisible with the drone and get you to safety!"

eddie positioned richies arms again and kept them stable.

"why should we trust you? that's one of mysterios drones, isn't it?" eddie yelled

"eddie, what's going on?" richie asked, he could barley hear.

"i know you probably don't think you can trust me, but please, i need you to trust me this once. i promise nothing bad will happen!" the boy pleaded.

"eddie, i think we should trust him." richie confessed.

eddie held out his hand and the boy riding the drone turned them invisible. he led them to an abandoned building.
landing inside, richie fixed the shirt on his face, making damn sure that this stranger wouldn't see him.

eddie got to fully look at him, and realized that richie was shirtless. eddie felt his face get hot and quickly looked away.

for an abandoned building. this place looked very lived in.
"where did you find this place?" eddie asked

"everytime our- uh- my father does something bad i run away to here. it's like my home away from him." the boy confessed

"i get that.." eddie said

"eddie uh.. how well do you know your family?" the boy asked pulling out some clothes and a mask from the drawer.

"i-.. what?" eddie took a step back while the boy got closer. he handed the shirt and mask to spiderman. spiderman was suspicious but put the shirt on anyways, hiding behind eddie while putting on the mask being careful not to show his face or his hair.

"your family, eddie. do you know fully about them?" he asked

"i'm not sure what you're talking about." eddie turned to richie "is this about me allegedly having a step brother?"
richie shrugged

"not step brother." the figure said, reaching for their mask. eddies face dropped

"twin." connor said.