Never thought I'd love you..
Chapter 1: Before The Blip
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"Peterrrrr!" The 11 year old girl ran through the halls excited to see him once again
"I'm here y/n/n!" the boy replied, taking off his shoes to enter the house he stayed in way too many times to count.
Peter parker was y/n's babysitter since she was 8 years old. When y/n moved in, Parker was looking for ways to make money and may suggested he'd babysit the new neighbour's daughter. So he's been babysitting her ever since!
Before Peter could say anything, the girl attacked him with a hug. To say the pair were close was an understatement. Y/n would never let anyone else babysit her except for Peter, it didn't help that she had growing feelings for him as she's getting older. it was nothing but a ridiculous crush. Plus, she knows he sees her as a sister.
Peter laughed at the gesture, hugging her tighter as a reply.
"Did you get the DVD you promised?!" Y/n asked practically flying from how much she was jumping
"Yes! I cant wait for you to watch Star Wars, y/n/n you're gonna love it!" Peter exclaimed, showing her the first movie 'Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace'.
"well the first movie ever released was in 1977 'called Star Wars' but they changed the title to 'Episode IV: A new hope' so chronologically, the first film ever released is the fourth one. And we're gonna watch it chronologically for better experience!" peter was as excited as the girl was. he loved star wars and he always wanted y/n to watch the movies.
"LETS DO IT" she yanked peter's arm to the kitchen for making their annual movie night snacks, meaning, popcorn, Delmars sandwich, gummy bears, and Aunt May's famous homemade cherry pie (peter's favourite) will be filling the coffee table.
"wait wait wait-" peter spoke at y/n's mid-flop on the couch, startling her.
"what?"
"did you finish you're homework?" he asked causing y/n to groan
"PETERRRRR"
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"c'mon!" y/n said skipping happily in the park "let's sit on our bench!" peter nodded, slightly running to catch up. y/n and peter loved the park, its one of things they both like to do to clear their mind. the dark wooden bench with faded thin red streaks was the first thing that caught y/n's eye, ever since then, it became 'their bench'.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence and pointing at weirdly shaped clouds and happy little puppies circling the lush green filled park, Peter spoke up.
"I wanna tell you something" he turned to her side letting one knee rest on the bench while the other was planted on the floor.
"Okay" Y/n teared her gaze away from the blossoming flowers, looking at him with a confused head tilt due to his apologetic smile that was plastered on his slightly tanned skin. "What's up?" She fully faced him now, concern filling her instantly.
"I can't come on Saturday" he said, squinting slightly. He knows that next Saturday is their annual movie night. Even y/n's parents would watch it with them and occasionally aunt may would tag along, it's a tradition!
"W-What??" Y/n's eyes bulged. Disney is a very important matter to her, as it should be, of course. "B-but we were gonna watch the little mermaid next! Who am I gonna rant to about how drop gorgeous Prince Eric is?? My dad??" Her face dropped instantly from the news. She always looked forward to Peter visiting but Disney movie nights are another level of important. Not just because the movies are spectacular but y/n and Peter formed their special bond through Disney!
They even planned on going to Disneyland together so they could go on all the rides, Star Wars ones included. That's why they finished the trilogy as fast as possible so any chance they could somehow get, y/n'd know what Peter is talking about and it wouldn't sound as if he was speaking a language from a different planet!
"I know I know but it's a school trip!" he exclaimed "I promise once I get back, we're binge watching both of the movies I'll miss" he reassured her.
"Wait- TWO movies?" Remember when I said y/n's eyes were bulging a few minutes ago? Yeah scratch that, her eyes are as giant as saucers right now. "You'll be gone for two weeks?!?" Peter tried to hold in his laughter as hard as he can, but seeing the little girls pout was way too adorable.
"I'm sorry" he tilted his head like the golden retriever he is, his honeyed eyes full of sorrow. Peter never liked to see the girl sad, he was always protective of her, as if she was the little sister he never had. Cursing at himself his head was spinning with ideas on how to cheer you up. "I'll buy you ice cream" and there is the sparkle in your shiny y/e/c eyes again between you and me *whispering* nothing can get between y/n and her ice cream.
"Deal" she still tried to look mad at him but Peter knows how to let her crack a smile. He stood up, stretched out his hand for her to take and walked to the ice cream van.
"I honestly don't know how you're still pouting when infront of you is a huge ice cream van" Peter spoke while they were in line "that's honestly gotta be a world record or something" still, nothing. "When am I gonna see you're smile again?" He huffed. But him complaining made it worse, y/n crossed her arms and pouted even more, looking to the side.
"You leave me no choice, then." He sighed and walked closer and closer to her. Y/n was confused to what he meant but was determined not to crack. But not even a second later, she was attacked by a pair of arms tickling her sides.
"PETER!" The girl laughed but the boy continued on tickling her until it was their turn in the line
"There's that cute smile I've been waiting for" Peter chuckled giving the cashier a nod and his signature smile. He looked at the menu for a second and turned to the giddy girl next to him ready to devour the ice cream. "The usual?"
"Yes"
After eating their ice cream in bliss on their bench, y/n spoke.
"I'll miss this" she gestured to her half melted ice cream and the gleaming park infront of them.
"Me too but hey, its only two weeks" he smiled apologetically, also reminiscing this peaceful moment, since he knows what he has ahead of him (sorta) school and patrol have been stressing him out for a while so he's very grateful for the times he'd babysit the little girl beside him (but ha he really doesn't know what's ahead of him does he?)
"Do you swear on Princess Leia" She looked at him, pouting slightly. Peter laughed regretting showing her the franchise since she's been obsessed with it. Who is he kidding? He loves it.
"I swear on Princess Leia AND Luke Skywalker"
-Two weeks later on 28th of April 2018-
"Breaking news, half of the population of America and it looks like well...the WORLD is disappearing out of no where! Where are the avengers to help us now?"
Sitting in the middle of the room, legs crossed, arms hugging the only thing that would remind her of the boy, Mr Cuddles. y/n watched the news intently. Her mind not wanting to process what she had just witnessed.
Could this be really happening right now? half of the world? more than thousands, millions, billions of people, just...gone??
I mean she was thankful that her parents are still here. Every few minutes the little girl would check if they'd crumbled into dust as well or not. Luckily, they haven't.
But the boy, the one boy she wanted not to leave her alone, the one boy she made promise, who helped her go through a ton of shit since she was younger, was gone.
Seeing his name pop up as one of the 'disappeared' was the most heart-breaking thing the 11 year old could have ever seen.
The only thing spiralling her little head were two words.
He. Promised.
She could still remember the hug he gave her two weeks ago, not as a goodbye, he'd say. but as a see you later. She could remember the scent of his freshly sprayed cologne, his little empathetic smile, his gleaming chocolate brown eyes, only becoming a dashing color of hazel when light reflected on it.
He Promised.
"Do you promise?" He nodded his head in confirmation, eyes darting to the phone once in a while getting text messages from his friends for being late
"I promise"
He. promised.