'your voice that calls my name makes my heart drop'

- touch, nct

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Betty Brant and Jason Ionello's voices blurred into background sound as Kyungsoo pushed his way towards the classroom, his 6'1 height looming over the average height of the other students. His eyes caught sight of the class door where an overgrown Brad stood. The previous video he witnessed attempting to be shunned from his mind as the Stark memoir reminded him of the Harambe heaven memes. It's the thought that counts right? The blip lost many of the greatest Avengers to walk the land and the school with the some of smartest students in New York decided that that was the best edit to present for the fallen Avengers.

Midtown was a strange phenomena.

"What's up Yoo? Took your time getting here, got distracted by a pretty pink flower?" Brad pushed himself off the wall he stood as the taller flipped him off.

"Shut up Davis, just 'cause you aged doesn't mean I still can't punch you."

"Thought Koreans were about respecting their elders?" A glare from the said Korean whipped towards him.

"Always good to see you too." Kyungsoo's voice dripped with sarcasm.

"All fun and games Yoo just like it never changed."

Both of their chairs screeched as they haphazardly dragged them from under the table, the screeching being tuned out soon by fast footsteps from the rest of the class and the door squeaking constantly.

A few rows on a rushed Parker Parker sat next to Ned, not even slightly out of breath despite his hectic almost sprint to talk to Ned about the upcoming trip.

"I have a plan. Okay, first, I sit next to MJ on the flight." He looked eagerly towards Ned to see if the shared enthusiasm sat with his best friend too. Yet all he got was a "Mhm" and a few, more like many, steps later Ned gave his opinion.

"Step seven; don't do any of that. Because we're gonna be bachelors in Europe, Peter! Europeans love Americans"

Peter looked with hesitance in his eyes at the last part not really believing Ned's words "Really?" He asked with complete disbelief in Ned's fun fact.

"Well I'd say they love Americans as long as it's not either of you two." Brad decided to put his input as the last part of the conversation was loud enough for him to hear "I'd say your aunt would be a hit in Europe though, Parker! An aunt I'd like to -"

"Please don't finish that sentence Brad." Peter begged with a fed up sigh.

"His aunt is hot? You got a picture Parker? I'd love to see what all the gushing is about in person too." Kyungsoo laughed lightly at the situation, admiring Peter's red face from annoyance.

"I'm not showing you a picture of my aunt so you can say crude things Kyungsoo, now please let me go back to talking to Ned. Privately." Peter turned himself back to engage with Ned after he sent a not so subtle glare towards the pretty boy sitting next to Brad.

"Just checking where the genes went Parker chill, no need to look like you want to kill my boy over here." Brad smacked the back of Kyungsoo's head harshly which led them to forget the two boys to the side of them and fight between themselves.

"What up, dorks? Excited about the science trip?" MJ's voice startled Peter as she hovered over him, but he was out of the MJ trance and in a new one as Kyungsoo's curse words in Korean hit Peter's ears. Idiots, thats what he thought they were but he'd never say that to their faces. The group consisted of the 3 most disliked boys, to Peter anyway, Flash, Brad and lastly Kyungsoo. Brad didn't stand much taller than Peter but his confidence after the blip made him seem much larger than he was and Kyungsoo, on the other hand, was taller than both of them with a soft face that could be rather aggressive looking as many students have witnessed.

Peter knew Kyunsoo was smart and sporty, he was on the Midtown Hockey team and was only slightly behind him when it came to grades. Yoo Kyung-soo would make a great rival if he wasn't a scary piece of shit that threatened to throw his skateboard at car windows. His smile was gorgeous and his hair always well parted, Peter could see why people fussed over the Korean boy, even Brad wasn't on par with him but Brad was more of douche and craved talking to the girls of Midtown, especially MJ.

"You have a plan?" MJ's question that was directed towards Peter shook him out of his rather intense watching trance.

"I don't-I don't have a plan." He tried to argue his way back despite Ned's rather crappy attempt to hide Peter's intense step by step plan. After MJ discussed the VPN and government tracking scheme she left the flushed boy and delusional friend alone.

"I think that went great." Peter just drops his head into his hands defeatedly as eyes flickered to his hunched form.

"Ned let me just think about the glass present I'm going to get MJ without remembering what just happened."

"Oi Parker! Don't worry, the Europeans won't know anything about you so you can make a whole new you and back off of MJ and embarrassing yourself." Brad once again thought his input was valid.

"Thanks Brad, will definitely put that in my back pocket." Peter didn't bring his head up from his hands.

"Come on Parker, you owe me a favour after I gave you notes last week in biology, show me this elusive aunt May and I'll back off. Unless you want Davis to find her on facebook for me." Kyungsoo taunted the younger while Brad whipped out his phone eagerly.

"You know what Yoo, you are more than a pretty face huh." The said boy rolled his eyes knowing he has always beat Brad in exams.

"If you have a crush on me Davis please do tell me so I can reject you in front of the school as karma for right now. Back to this aunt though Parker, come on pretty boy." Peter's head still didn't lift from its position and just groaned as the chair next to him pulled out from under the table.

"I'm not showing you my aunt Kyungsoo" Ned pulled the boy from his position getting ready to move where Yoo and Davis sat before, trying to get away but the boy grabbed Peter's sleeve in his hand and in the other sat Peter's phone he pick-pocketed from the boy. Peter continued as Kyungsoo waved his phone. "G-give it back, come on dude."

His screen lit up with a picture of him and May together "Not to be a dick Peter but you look like shit, and honestly I think you can you do a little better if you aunt looks like that" the taller shook Peter's phone.

"Right, aunt I'd like to fuck am I right?" Brad voice carried through the room.

Peter snatched the phone and turned to Ned and walked him to the other side of the room to at last get away from 2/3 of the idiotic group but not without a tormenting wink from the Korean boy.

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"Nick Fury's going to call me? Why?" Peter was in awe that he finally felt worthy to be an Avenger and be worthy of a call to help safe the world. But his inner demons ate at him and took that moment of him feeling like a superhero away. "Well, I mean if it was really that important, he'd probably call someone else. Not me."

As he said this, his bag on the chair close to him began to ring. His eyes kept flittering rapidly to his bag and back to Happy. Not wanting to answer incase it was Nick Fury like Happy said and also annoyed it had to happen in front of the man that is telling him to pick up the phone and do superhero stuff. Happy kept encouraging the kid to answer the phone so he himself didn't have to talk to Fury. As the back and forth between ghosting Fury and answering him happened, Peter started to step back towards the curtains.

He quickly steps onto the open area where reporters swarmed to ask the kid superhero questions. One question caused his brain to go into overdrive; "What is it like to take over from Tony Stark?" The dreaded questions echoed through his mind bringing front memories and pain he did not seek and before he embarrassed himself he made a swift exit leaving the reporters with no answers and state of stress.

Peter's mind was still elsewhere as he packed in his room, the questions sticking with him and seeming to play tennis off his walls of his small room. His mind else where led to his spider senses playing up so when a sudden banana hit his face he jumped and faced and a guilty May.

"Please do not start calling it Peter-tingle." Peter retorted as May kept calling it a rather hideous name.

"So what's up? You can dodge bullets but not bananas?" May asked the humorous question but held a face full of concern. Her nephew just wanted a break, a time to rest and not have the weight of Tony's death and the world on his shoulders.

"You know what? You should pack your suit, just in case. I have a tingle about it." No matter how stressed or sad the superhero felt, his aunt always knew what to say and what to do to make him feel airy again.

"Please stop saying "tingle," May." Peter huffed with a slight smile on his face and a glance to his suit, deep down Peter knew his suit wouldn't leave his room. He wanted a break, to confess to his crush and beat Brad at something that wasn't academics.

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Yoo Kyung-soo usually escapes his house with his skateboard and train journey to Delmar's to get his usual deli but today he had to endure his sibling's overbearing conversations as he packed for the school trip.

"Don't die kiddo, I don't want to risk Eric being the one to get your card after you die." Kyungsoo's eldest brother Jaehyun attempted the safety talk with his own twist while the middle child, Eric, whacked him with his slipper.

"Don't worry, Jae the will is in favour for you if I get killed by a European villain. I'll give Eric none of my plants and none of my money." He joked while shoving in multiple vests into his case.

"Dicks. Both of you. Being the middle child is hell on earth. To think I'm driving your arse to the airport tomorrow and was going to kiss you goodbye." Eric threw socks at his brother to help him not forgot them like he usually does.

"Not my fault you have to step up as parents. But I appreciate it, I'll buy you both a little keyring each."

"Literally a rich bitch and all you'll buy your brothers is a fricking keyring. Idiot." Jaehyun rattled out quickly in Korean. The boys were typical children of rich parents, alone and left to fend for themselves with just each other and the staff employed around the house, only a couple of maids as the brothers rather do most of the cooking themselves as the maids never made Korean BBQ like Jae did.

"Seriously though kiddo, stay safe or I'll beat you when you come back all dead and shit."

"Of course, of course anything for the people who express their family love through punching one another."

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