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Another perk that came with the whole Spiderman thing is the calm swinging around the city brings. He doesn't even have to think about where he shoots his web, he can just turn his brain off and watch the city move around him. All the people with their own lives and responsibility's walking below him, rushing to get to wherever they need to go.
It makes him feel less alone, knowing that there's so many other people in this world that might be dealing with his exact problems as him, well not exact. He is the one and only Spiderman, but an unrequited love interest, well hopefully not unrequited for long, so just a love interest.
He can't help but think about all the people that make them self's more appealing for others too. He swings closer to a building to stick to so he can get a better view of all the people walking down the street.
There's a man fixing his tie in a window holding a bouquet of flowers, maybe Egg would like flowers? That would probably be weird to give to him, maybe.
A woman fixes her hair many times before entering a building. It makes him feel better about the changes he's made for Egg, makes it feel more normal and not like he's some freak.
What type of flower would he even give him, he thinks as he goes back to swinging around. Maybe something blue, he seems too like that colour. Wemmbu isn't the best at flowers, but if Egg would want he could find something perfect for him.
Thinking of Egg, when does he not, it should be around this time he takes to "aura farm" on the roof of his building. He calls it aura farming but Wemmbu knows he does it to get a break form everything, and he likes the view.
Egg has some of those rich over baring parents that only wants perfection from their son, which is crazy since if they just took one proper look at Egg they'd see he is perfection in it's purest from. But they don't really look at him.
They do have one of those private rooftop things, whenever his parents aren't home, which is often, they like to hang out on it together. It's some of chillest nights they've had together, just the two of them and the few stars that are visible in the city sky. Sometimes, when he allows himself, he can image it as a date. A perfect date, so romantic with the flower bushes and the low orange light of the fairy lights they hung together to make it more theirs, their own little bubble, Egg said.
His heart swells with the thought of it, the two of them on such a date. If Egg agrees to go out with him, he's gonna make sure it's the best night of their lives.
He's actually quite close to where Egg lives, maybe he could drop by as Spiderman. Too maybe... to check up on him! Yes, check up on after the mugging, totally not just to see him, to see the way the orange light hits him, it really makes him look quite divine.
Having made up his mind he very quickly he takes a hard left and swings over to his building, doing a little flip on the way.
He lands quietly on the pergola, slowly crawling closer to the end to get the perfect view of Egg looking down at the city. He looks so peaceful like that, like nothing can touch him from up here. He's leaning on the railing with his arm, using it to rest his head in the palm of his hand. God he's so beautiful, it would be unfair but Wemmbu is allowed to look, so really it's okay.
He might be looking a little bit too long, it's probably turning creepy. But Egg has always had the spatial awareness of like, a gold fish. So he's not noticing anything, just staring off into the distance deep in thought. Wemmbu wonders what he could be thinking about, what could fill his pretty head so hard he's out here for so long. Hoping it's something he'd one day tell Wemmbu so he can help, make it weigh less on him.
He leans a little to much over the edge and accidentally pushes some debris off the pergola making him freeze up, holding his breath as he's watching Egg turn. Eggs never been a loud person, voice never going above a certain thresh hold. But as he sees some creepy shadow-person hiding in the in the corner of his parents roof, he screams.
By all means it's not a loud one but it's the loudest Wemmbus ever heard him.
"Hey, hey I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you" Wemmbu says, inhumanly crawling down the pergola keeping a good distance between them still, he thinks it's the best with the way Egg has pushed himself up against the railing. He'd really like for him to take a step away from the railing though, he's a bit to close to the edge for comfort. (maybe delete this part)
As the light hits him making it clear he's not some freak villain but The Spider-man who saved Eggs life just a couple of days ago, Eggs shoulders fall. Wemmbu can see in his breathing that he's calming down from the shock too.
"Hey, it's fine, you're fine. I'm sorry i sacred you" Wemmbu offers, holding up his hands in surrender, trying to make himself a little smaller, less threatening.
"Oh waow, sorry, you scared me" Egg coughs, throat not used to making such a sound.
They kinda just stand there awkwardly for a second too long, both of them not really knowing what to do. Wemmbu still can't get over how beautiful such calm lighting can make Egg, it's making it harder to think, forgotten what excuse, reason, he had to show up in his vigilante get up.
"Sooo." Egg drags out "Uhm, what do i- what do i own the pleasure of The Spiderman showing up here" He awkwardly giggles, it's cute.
"Ah well, Y'know" Wemmbu fumbles has he stands up straighter, leaning against one of the pillars "I just wanted to check up on you, to see how you're doing." He smiles but Egg obviously can't see that, so it's still just as awkward.
Egg just looks at him puzzled for a moment "Y'know, after the mugging" A light blub goes off above Eggs head.
"Ahhh" He says, "Oh yea, it's chill y'know, you were there to save me so it wasn't that bad" He smiles timidly at him, he's so cute it actually should be illegal. The beauty radiation off Egg makes it hard for Wemmbu to think of a responds, brain just buffering for a second.
"I'm glad to hear that" And really he is. Such a thing can be quite traumatic, so he is very happy to know that it hasn't really left any prolonged damage on him. And it also shows that this whole Spider-man, dressing up thing, works. That he didn't only just stop someone from getting mugged, but he also helped on the psyche to be able to handle the aftermath better.
It swells his chest with a feeling of pride, pride for knowing he's actually doing something good, that here Egg is, admitting that everything is okay because Wemmbu helped.
Or well, Spiderman helped.
"Soo, what'cha doing out here so late?" He asks, just to keep the conversation going walking a little closer to Egg making sure to over analyse his body language to see if he's okay with Spiderman walking even closer. It seems he is, so Wemmbu takes a couple of steps closer as Egg says "Ah well, I like the view y'know"
Egg turns around to gesture to the view in front of him, "Well you're probably used to views like this, swining around the city all night, it must've gotten normalised." He doesn't like the way Egg sounds, all timid like he's questioning every word. That's not the Egg he's used too.
"Nah, a view like this can never get boring" He says and it's the right thing to say. It's like a weight had lifted off Eggs shoulders, he already seems calm again. "But y'know, i can show you an even better view" He turns to look back at Egg waiting for a reaction.
"A better view than this?" Egg says leaning a little bit more on the railing taking it all in a little more. "How would you even do that?" He turns his head to the side to look back at Wemmbu again.
He doesn't know where the confidence came from, but he takes a big step right into Eggs personal space putting his arms securely around his waist, butterflies exploding in his stomach for having a hand around Eggs waist, his waist! He looks Egg in the eyes, trying to give a comforting smile, but the mask makes it hard.
"We could take a little swing there" He says lowly, checking to see if Egg is alright, he just looks shocked not uncomfortable so Wemmbu takes that as a hint to continue. "If you're okay with it"
"I- uhm. Sure? Yea I'd- I'd like to" Egg responds giving him a nervous smile in return. Wemmbu gives one back and with how close they are Egg should be able tell that he's smiling back.
"Ready?" He asks, as Egg nods he gives one strong push, pulling him securely into his chest as he shoots a web up in the sky letting them fall off the ledge together. Eggs hands shoot up to hold securely around Wemmbus neck, and the butterflies in his stomach must have started a gladiator fight or something, they're going so wild he feels like he can't breathe.
Eggs even hiding his face in his neck, cute little nervous giggles fall out of him like they're on some wild roller coaster. He doesn't ever want this to end. Doesn't want Egg to ever let go of him, doesn't want his hands off his neck, doesn't want his breath to leave the crease of his neck, he doesn't want their bodies to never not be his close again.
It's like every late night dream has come true for Wemmbu. This is something Wemmbu will never ever be able to stop thinking about, he will never be able to sleep again, this very moment will forever be played on a loop in his head till the day he dies.
He can't help but join in on the laughing, his a little louder like always. It will never not feel so freeing swinging around the city, and one day Egg will be comfortable enough to swing with him, with his eyes open too. He can't wait to show Egg this side of the world with him too.
They swing up and up, to the tallest building of their city, higher than Egg has ever been before, and probably ever will be without him. As they land Wemmbu lowers them down slowly, taking most of the landing on his part slowly lowering Egg down after.
Eggs not letting go, he's still holding on to Wemmbu super tight, still pressing himself into Wemmbu like he's the only one ever. And oh my god Wemmbu could die right this moment, he might just with the way his heart is hammering out of his chest. Die with the poor butterflies in his chest too.
"We're on the ground, you can open your eyes." He whispers into Eggs ear, feeling the shiver it causes down Eggs back, his indsides are screaming.
With shaky hands Egg slowly removes himself from Wemmbu, to his immense disappointment, but the look that follows Eggs face is so worth it. Pure awe is on his face, eyes sparkling with it, Wemmbu turns to get a look too, and really it is the best view in the whole city. He wasn't lying when he said views like this never gets boring. He could be here forever and never be tired of the way the lights shines and flickers below him.
"Whaow" Egg whispers, the awe is evident in his voice too. It makes Wemmbu feel so unbelievably giddy, giddy that he was the one that got to show Egg something like this, that literally no one else could ever do this for Egg. He's the only one, and by god it makes him feel so special, special to his core.
Wemmbu moves to sit down, legs dangling over the edge. "You like it" he says looking up at Egg for once. But Egg doesn't respond, too busy taking in the view, his mouth is slightly open and he's just staring at it. A beat goes by and Egg finally lowers himself to sit down with Wemmbu, letting his legs fall over the edge too. It would bring some form of anxiety to Wemmbu, but he knows he'd be able to save him if he falls in a second.
"It's beautiful" He says breathless, keeping his gaze looked down into the city below them
"Yea it is" Wemmbu responds, but his gaze is firmly locked on Egg, beautiful it is, beautiful he is. God he wishes he could take a picture, keep this moment forever, keep this look Egg has with him forever.
"And you just get to do this every day, that's insane. That's so cool" He says letting out a sigh, the smile he has on is a light one, calm. Egg deserves to feel this calm.
"I'm glad i was able to show you" Wemmbu says back. They sit there together for a long while, just taking in the world beneath them, the glittering lights and the heat emanating of their bodies. It's nice, it's so so nice.
And it would be perfect, Wemmbu thinks. Perfect time to reveal it all, to confess. No ones here to witness anything, it's private just the way they both like it. It's somewhere Egg likes. He could, he really could just confess.
Say, hey Egg, I've been wanting to tell you something for a while now. And just take of his mask, do a whole spiel about how amazing and wonderful he is and ask him out. It would work, it should work. Egg has now on multiple occasions said that he's cool, that Spidermans cool. He's looked at him like he hung the stars in the sky, like he's worth something more, something more than he was before.
But. But it all just leaves a sour taste in his mouth. This is what he wanted he reminds himself. He took pride in his abilities, in his looks only because Eggchan liked it. He worked so hard for this, why can't he just fucking do it. Confess, now you idiot.
But as he looks at Egg, the way he's so calm overlooking the city he just can't do it. This isn't right. It isn't right that he's using his other identity to be more, interesting to Egg. Once again The Lions words fill his head, is this really what he wants? For Egg to only date him because of Spiderman, and is that even fair to Egg?
And if he takes just a second to really think this stupid plan through, he'd know Egg isn't like that. He could be the king of some country, could be some supermodel and Egg wouldn't give less of a shit. He's never cared for stuff like this, and probably never will. He has to stop himself from verbally letting out a sigh, that's one of the reasons he likes Egg so much, he's so chill, so down to earth its insane.
"Y'know" Egg starts, startling Wemmbu cutting off his train of thoughts "Last time, you gave me pretty good advice for my, friend" He says, and Wemmbu has to rack his brain for the information, his friend? Oh my god him! As in himself, yes he remembers. He gives a hum to incurage Egg to continue.
"Well I, okay. He's doing better, he doesn't look as tired anymore and we've even been hanging out a lot again" Yes! God he's glad to hear he's no longer worrying Egg. "But, with that he's kinda, changed his appearance?" It comes out as more as a question than anything, changed his appearance? Oh no does Egg not like it?
"He looks, really good"- Wemmbus brain blue screens, it all just stops. If he didn't have a mask on the way his jaw dropped would've been visible from miles away. "I'm scared he's gotten like, a crush, or something. And well go back to not hanging out as much, y'know" Egg takes in a deep breath, like it took everything out of him to admit that, and it probably did.
"I know I'm quite boring to him, he's like my only friend, maybe I'm even a burden-"
"Whoaw! Hey- Hey I'm sure he- he finds you great bro, I'm sure he's just, he's just- Y'know it's normal to like experiment with your looks, and all that" Fuck that was bad, really bad. He didn't even notice the slip up of bro
Egg let's out a long sigh. "Yea but, we used to be pretty much the same, pretty nerdy n all that, and now he's working out and he looks like, really good. Some girl even hit on him" Really good, he- he, oh my lord. Okay okay focus Jesus Christ, really good?- stop. "But he's not, he said no so, I don't know. I just don't want to lose him y'know"
Wemmbu takes a deep breath, he has to do this right. "I'm sure- You two sound like really good friends, I'm sure no matter what you wont lose him" This just feels wrong, like he's intruding on something he shouldn't know. He feels, creepy for listening in on something he wasn't supposed to know. God why is this so hard.
"But again, maybe if you're this worried you can talk to him? Ask him- ask him if there's anybody?" This just doesn't feel good, it feels so wrong.
"Maybe, that's just. Scary" He laughs nervously.
"Yea, yea it is" Wemmbu joins in, lightly giggling with Egg. They once again sit there, letting the silence wash over them, the only sounds being the light breeze that passes by them. Wemmbus head is filled with too many thoughts he can't make left and right of it.
He doesn't know what to do anymore, doesn't know how to handle all of this. His whole plan has been thrown out the window with this one night. He can't confess as Spiderman, can't use that to make himself more interesting, but he doesn't think he has the confidence to confess as himself either.
It's all out of the box now though, he's spent so long with the thought of revealing this secret he doesn't think he can just, shove it back in the box again. Doesn't know if he can handle going back too being okay with never confessing, he doesn't think he can live with himself if he stays passive about this.
Wemmbu let's out a deep breath he'd been holding in "Come'on, it's getting late, let's get you home" He says as he's standing up, giving a hand to help Egg up too.
Egg takes a second to just breathe in the city one last time before he nods his head and takes his hand.