Outside the venue, we see MJ and the others sitting around a table watching as Peter's phone rings, waiting for Y/n to pick up. As every second passes, and every ring, Peter squirms slightly in his seat, feeling nervous for his friend and dreads whatever situation he might've been in.

His nervousness settled when Y/n answered the phone in a nonchalant voice.

Y/n's voice: "Yo, Pete!"

Peter: "H-Hey...Y/n"

Y/n's voice: "Dude, you will not believe what just happened. So-"

Peter: "How's it hanging, bro!"

Y/n's voice: "..."

MJ and the others quickly looked around at each other confused

MJ: *whisper* "What's going on?"

Peter: "Y/n? You okay?"

Y/n's voice: "hmm? Oh yeah, just lost reception for a second. This venue has a lot of dead zones, what were you saying?"

Gloria: *whisper* "Ask him about what was he gonna say"

Peter: "You were saying something about me not believing what happened?"

Y/n's voice: "Oh, that! So I was standing in line for this hotdog cart, right? I was hungry so I decided to head out to get some dogs. And would you believe it? Stan is manning the hotdog cart!"

Peter: "Wow, who would've guessed"

Y/n's voice: "Then the next thing I knew people are stampeding out of Madison Square, is everything alright?"

Gwen: *mutter* "So he didn't even watch the performance"

MJ: *whisper* "At least he's okay"

Peter: "Oh you know, just everyday crime in New York"

Y/n's voice: "Are you guys hurt?"

Peter: "Thankfully no, Spider-man manages to arrive in time for us to escape"

Y/n's voice: "Well, that's good"

MJ: *whisper* "Tell him to meet up with us"

Peter: "Hey, the others are worried about you, think you could meet us at the smoothie shop just a few blocks out?"

Y/n's voice: "Smoothie shop...Okay, I see it. Be right there"

After the call dropped, Peter and the others waited patiently, no words were exchanged with each other. Peter seemed to be at ease, knowing that his best friend had swapped back from his alter ego and is now on his way back.

MJ: *sigh* "I felt my soul leave my body when we walked on stage"

MJ leans back exhausted, planting both of her arms to her side, unknowingly placing one over Peter's causing him to stiffen up in his seat.

Not long after, Y/n arrives at the smoothie shop and takes a quick look around before spotting Peter and the others.

Y/n: *walks over* "Hey, glad to see you guys are okay"

Gwen: "So you weren't even at the show"

Y/n immediately stiffened in worry, his promise slipping from his head while thinking about his alibi. He looks over at Peter for help only to see him battle his fluster.

Y/n: "I...Well, I..."

MJ: "At least you're safe, that's all that matters"

Y/n: "No...I'm sorry, I thought that hearing you guys practice over and over, maybe I wouldn't miss much. I guess that's a bit of a dick move on my part"

The group then fell silent, leading to MJ feeling a bit awkward due to the atmosphere.

MJ: *clap* "Well, I call this a win. How about we come to my place to celebrate? I'll order pizza"

At the mention of food, everyone's stomach grumbled collectively, indirectly accepting the invitation. With everyone coming to an indirect agreement, they all stood up from their seat before making their way out, each passing by until Gwen, who stood in front of Y/n and gave him a stink eye before walking past him.

Y/n: *sigh* (Could this day get any more complicated?)

After taking a bus to MJ's apartment, they find it devoid of people, signaling to them that Philip has yet to arrive.

MJ: "Right, I'll order the pizza. You guys just make yourselves comfortable"

After leaving the room to head to the kitchen phone, Peter and the others quietly moved around the living room before taking a seat around the coffee table. 

The tension quickly settled back in, with Y/n silently cursing himself while the others remained quiet after experiencing the scary villain twice with luck mostly aiding in their escape. The group continued to stay silent, feeling the tension weighing on them too much that no one dared to speak. 

Betty: "Sometimes I wish I was a lesbian..."

Betty's eyes widened as everyone quickly whipped their heads over at the bassist surprised by her sudden confession. 

Betty: "Did I say that out loud?"

The group then bursts into laughter, as Betty blushed slightly in embarrassment. 

Y/n: "We could always use more diversity in the group"

Peter: "Mh-hmm"

Betty: "Just because I thought of it doesn't mean I am!"

Gwen: "It's okay, Bets. I'm glad you could open up to us about this"

Miles: "And we fully support it"

Betty: "Quit it!"

The group continues to laugh, with Betty joining in soon after. When MJ came back from the kitchen, she saw her friends having a fun time, filled with happiness and glee. A complete 180 from moments prior.

Wanting to be a part of the happy moment, MJ took a spot at the center of the couch, gaining everyone's attention. 

MJ: "I called Leo's, Pizza's on its way"

Gloria: "Alright! I love food"

Y/n: "Don't we all?"

Peter then looks around the living room, looking for nothing in particular, before spotting a deck of playing cards.

Peter: "Hey look, a deck of cards"

Y/n: "Ooh! We can play Tycoon!"

Everyone apart from Peter looks over at Y/n confused at his suggested card game.

Y/n: "What? You guys never played Tycoon before?"

Miles: "I haven't even heard of a game called 'Tycoon' for a card game"

Y/n: "Oh, I just made it up. It's pretty simple, to be honest"

Peter then hands Y/n the deck of cards before he takes them out of the box and began shuffling them as he walks closer to the coffee table. 

Y/n: "Basically. You win Tycoon when you lose all your cards, each game has a position; Tycoon, Rich, Poor, Beggar. They each resemble 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th"

After shuffling the cards, Y/n begins dealing the cards around 3 spots on the table as well as himself.

Y/n: "It's a four-player game. You win by getting the most points in 3 rounds, 1st place gets 3, 2nd gets 2, 3rd gets 1, 4th gets nothing"

Once he dealt the cards, Peter, Miles, and MJ went over and took 3 of the 4 stacks of cards, with Y/n taking the last stack.

Y/n: "There are also some special rules; Like 8 stop and Revolution"

Gwen: "8 stop?"

Peter: "it's when you play an 8 and it stops the streak, hence the name. Whoever plays it gets to start another streak"

Gloria: "And Revolution?"

Y/n: "Well, it's when you play 4 of the same cards in one turn; you essentially change the value of the cards. so if 3 is the lowest and Ace and 2 is the highest, it's flipped"

Miles: "So...who goes first?"

Y/n: "Whoever gets the 3 of diamonds, go first for the first round. After that is whoever is at the top of the ranking. Now, are we ready to play?"

MJ: "Should be easy enough. I got the 3 of diamond so I'll go first"

MJ then took the 3 of diamonds from her deck and plays it followed by Y/n who plays a four.

Y/n: "We do the stack in ascending order, doesn't matter what you play, if you can't beat the number played you can pass"

Peter then plays a card from his followed by Miles.

MJ: "Hmm, doesn't matter what card I play huh? Then how's this!"

With confidence, MJ slams down a 2 of spades card on the table.

MJ: "Strongest card in the game, I win!"

Y/n then nonchalantly places down a joker card.

Y/n: "Jokers copy whatever the previous card is played, so I win"

Peter: "Not so fast!"

Peter then plays a 3 of spades, causing Y/n to grimace.

Y/n: "Goddamnit! A Spade reversal!"

Betty: "A spade reversal?"

Peter: "Whenever someone plays a Joker, and it's just a joker, a player can play a 3 of spades, canceling it out"

Peter then removes the current stack before starting another streak, this time playing 2 cards at once.

Miles: "You can do that?"

Y/n: "You can play up to 4 cards, as long as they're the same value. Same rules apply no matter how many cards you play at once"

Gwen: "So when will we get a chance to play?"

Y/n: "We could do 'Losers remain'. Whoever's the beggar in the 3rd round remains, we swap around till everyone got to play with everyone. Hey, wanna do punishments?"

Gloria: "What punishment?"

Y/n: "Whoever has the least amount of points when the food arrives, pays for the food"

Peter: "Oh, now we have a game!"

Miles: "Ain't no way I'm paying for any food"

Gloria: "And I didn't even bring my wallet..."

MJ: "Added stakes are always fun"

Betty: "Mhhm...Steaks~"

Y/n: "Looks like the majority has agreed. Now then, let the games...Begin!"

With the stakes now established, everyone began playing at their best, changing the simple casual game to a cut-throat match-up. Hands are played and players switched, with the amount of '8-stop!' and 'Revolution' being yelled you would think it was a card game anime battle. 

Gwen: "Revolution!"

Y/n: "Counter-Revolution!"

A few cards were slapped on the table, and tabletop banter later, the final card was placed by Y/n.

Y/n: *sigh* "At least I'm not a beggar. What's the tally on the score"

MJ: "After tallying up the points of our players, the loser is..."

Peter and Miles began banging on the table, acting as a drum roll as Gloria and Betty hold hands, nervous for one another as they both wouldn't want to pay anything.

MJ: "Y/n L/n"

Y/n: "Oh, come on-"

MJ: "By 10 points!"

Y/n: "WHAT!!!"

Jumping out of his seat, Y/n quickly snatched the list from MJ's hand and inspects the tally.

Peter - 270

Mary Jane - 220

Miles - 180

Betty - 90

Gloria - 90

Gwen - 80

Y/n - 70

Y/n: "Jesus, I know I lost a lot. But Goddamn..."

MJ: "Well, Y/n. You know the rules. You have to pay up"

Y/n: "No, we can still play one more"

The doorbell then rings, causing everyone to look over the front door.

???: "Leo's pizza"

Y/n: "God- *sigh* Fine..."

Accepting his defeat, Y/n begrudgingly walks over to the door and opens it, revealing a man in his 30s, with well-kept hair and a slightly developing beard, in a pizza delivery outfit with a nametag that says 'Tobey'

Pizza guy named 'Tobey': "Hi, is this the address of Mary Jane Watson?"

Y/n; "Yep, how much for the pizza?"

Tobey: "It's...$7.89 for the whole pie"

Y/n: (That's like my entire savings, plus tip! Fuck it) "Alright, here you go"

Y/n then took $20 from his wallet, which is the only money he has left for the week, and gives it to Tobey who gave the box of pizza to him.

Y/n: "Thanks. Have a good night, Tobey"

Tobey: "You too"

After seeing Tobey walk back to the stairs, Y/n went back inside the apartment, shutting the door with his foot before entering the living room.

Y/n: "Pizza's here"

Everyone erupted in Joy as Y/n placed the pizza on the table, once the box was open, the fragrant smell of pizza immediately settled in their noses.

The smell of the sweet and tangy tomato sauce combined with the warm feeling brought by the cheese and the aesthetically pleasing arrangements of pepperoni quickly increased the levels of their hunger. It was further increased when everyone took a slice and took in the first bite, the sound of the crust as they bite into the pie along with its combined flavors caused everyone to let out a slight moan in ecstasy, feeding all 5 of their senses. 

Gwen: "Mhhhm~ Leo's knows what he's doing"

Miles: "If I would pick one meal to eat for the rest of my life. Leo's takes the cake"

Y/n: "Took the words out of my mouth"

As the group went for a collective second bite, the doorbell rings out once again causing everyone to look at each other in confusion.

Y/n: "The pizza already arrived, I ain't paying for that shit"

MJ: "It might just be my dad. Save a slice for him will ya?"

Standing up, MJ left to get the door for who she assumed is her father as everyone shrugged and continued to eat their slice.

Peter: "Holy-are those cops?"

Gwen: "What?!"

Everyone was quickly put on edge. Tossing their pizza back in the box, Peter and the others quickly ran to the front door and see police officers arresting MJ. 

MJ: "Wait, this must be some sort of mistake!"

Officer: "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law"

Y/n: "The hell do you think you're doing to our friend!?"

The officer looks over and saw Y/n and the others grouped up by the front door, agitated by their actions against MJ.

Officer: "Well, we have a warrant for your 'friend' for the destruction she caused in Time Square and Maddison Square Garden"

Gloria: "But she was with us while that was happening! That couldn't be MJ!"

Officer: "Then care to explain this CCTV footage we caught in an alley a few blocks away from the scene"

The officer hands a tablet to the group of teenagers and inspects the footage, Y/n, and Peter's eyes immediately widen in shock to see Carnage de transforming after her fight with Y/n and Spider-Gwen.

Miles: "No..."

Betty: "Woah...she looks exactly like her"

Y/n: "But that isn't MJ!"

Officer: "And how are you so sure about that?"

Y/n: "Because she-"

Y/n immediately cuts himself off midsentence, shocking Peter and confusing everyone else.

Officer: *scoff* "That's what I thought"

After securing the cuffs onto MJ's wrist, the officer began dragging her out of the apartment complex, leaving the tablet with the others and watching as they see their friend get dragged away from their home like a criminal. 

Arriving from work, Philip pulls up to his apartment, exhaustion turning to confusion as he saw a police cruiser parked right outside the complex. 

Philip: "What is going-Mary Jane!"

Seeing her daughter get dragged out of the complex, Philip quickly exits his vehicle to try and stop them.

MJ: "Dad!"

Philip: "Let her go!"

The officer's partner moves in front of Philip, stopping him from reaching his daughter.

Officer #2: "I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid we can't do that"

Philip: "Can't you see she's just a kid! She's innocent, take me instead!"

Officer #2: "Sir, I'm gonna need you to step away sir"

Seeing as there's no alternative, MJ decided to break free from the officer's grip. She reeled her arm forward before striking the officer in the abdomen, knocking the wind out of his lungs, and allowing her to escape.

This causes the second officer to look over distracted, allowing Philip to overpower the officer, running past him before embracing his daughter. As the father and daughter share their last moment, the officer groans from the sidewalk and sat up slightly irritated, and went to apprehend MJ once more but was stopped by his partner.

Officer #2: "Don't. Let them have this, it's the least we could do"

MJ: *sobs* "Dad...I don't want to go"

Philip: "It's okay...everything's gonna be okay. I'll find a way to clear your name, I promise. You stay strong for me, okay?"

MJ: *sobs* "Please do..."

(Timeskip) 

After MJ was taken away by the police, Philip is seen in his apartment, sitting on the couch as Gloria and Betty comfort the distressed father. 

The remaining people on stand-by moved over to the kitchen, where Miles, Peter, Gwen, and Y/n figure out what to do from here. 

Gwen: "This definitely isn't deepfake, and the way the red goo peels back seems too natural for a computer to pull off"

Miles: "What about MJ? Think she'll be okay?"

Peter: "Seeing as MJ is still a minor, I doubt they'll throw her to Rykers or even the R.A.F.T. Least she'll be sentenced with is a criminal record, I think that alone is a sentence in and of itself. She will be shunned by her peers for sure"

Miles: "Damn...if only there's something we could do to help"

As they ponder for a possible solution to help their friend, Gwen stares intently at Y/n who remained silent throughout the whole conversation, being stuck in his own world causing Gwen to raise some slight suspicion.

Gwen: "Got something to say Y/n?"

Y/n: *looks over* "Hmm?"

Gwen: "You've been awfully quiet these past few minutes, you got something to hide?"

Y/n: "Excuse me?"

Miles: "Gwen, come on"

Gwen: "You were so determined that this video isn't MJ, granted that we all think that this isn't MJ as well, but were so determined that this isn't MJ is almost as if you know who this person is. Do you get what I'm saying?"

Miles looks at his girlfriend surprised as Peter's expression remained neutral, Gwen then leans over the table and continued to press Y/n for answers.

Gwen: "So tell us, Y/n. Do you know something that we don't? Preferably relating to the situation that we have now?"

Y/n: "I...uh-"

(~!!!!!~)

Before Y/n could get an answer, his Spider-sense signals to him that Spider-Gwen is nearby. Looking over to a window, he spots her peeking inside and gestures to Y/n to head to the roof before heading up herself. 

Y/n: "I need to do something real quick, It's important"

Gwen: "Hey, wai-"

Gwen's protest was futile as Y/n didn't pay her any mind and stormed out of the apartment, confusing his friends.

Miles: "What was that about, Gwen?"

Gwen: "Does Y/n seem off to you? Not just today but even a few days ago"

Peter: "Y/n always seems off, that's what makes him, well him"

Gwen: "No, this is different...He knows something, and I'm gonna figure out what it is"

Gwen left the table and went to go after Y/n but Peter quickly placed a hand on her shoulder, stopping her.

Peter: "Hey, maybe he's just distressed as all of us. It isn't fair to just keep judging him, let him take his time off"

Gwen: "Pete, You and I know Y/n better than anyone. I think we of all people should know when something is off with him"

Gwen then removes Peter's hand before looking back at them.

Gwen: "Now are we gonna go out there and figure it out or am I gonna go there by myself?"

Miles; "Looks like we don't have much of a choice"

Peter: *sigh* (I did the best I could Y/n)

Ovet at the rooftop, Y/n carefully exits from the roof access and spots Spider-Gwen sitting on the edge of the rooftop.

Y/n: "You called for me?"

Spider-Gwen: "How are the others?"

Y/n: "Morale's low, everyone's on edge. Quite frankly we don't know what to do at this point"

Spider-Gwen: *sigh* "I'm sorry, this is all my fault"

Y/n: "Come on, not this song again"

Spider-Gwen: "But it's true! No matter where you look at it...it's all because of me"

Spider-Gwen shot up from the edge and stared at Y/n intently.

Spider-Gwen: "i caused this to happen, I got your friend in trouble I-"

She was cut off by Y/n who quickly wraps Gwen in a tight, comforting hug.

Y/n: "You are not at fault here, nor are you being blamed for what's happening"

Spider-Gwen: "But-"

Y/n: "No buts, like it or not your problem is now my problem too. We're in this together, so please, can you rely on me from time to time"

Spider-Gwen looks up to Y/n's eyes that stares at her lovingly before placing a soft hand on his cheek.

Spider-Gwen: "How did I get so lucky with you?"

Y/n: *scoff* "I should be saying that to you"

Y/n then slowly raised his hand to Spider-Gwen's head before carefully pulling off her mask, revealing her silky blond hair and clear blue eyes.

Y/n: "You are the strongest, most beautiful, and independent woman I've ever loved. But sometimes even the strongest man needs a shoulder to rely on from time to time, would you let me be that shoulder?"

Spider-Gwen: *smile* "My hero~"

The two then leans in for a kiss, letting the worry and dread of the situation wash away from their system and focused only on each other. Their loving embrace, their tender kiss, as they go on for longer the kiss starting to get heated as they let the world around them be slowly enveloped in the void.

Gwen: "Oh...my...God"

The sudden intrusion of a voice quickly caused the two lovers to separate before looking over panting from the lack of oxygen during their interlock. 

When they look over, Y/n and Spider-Gwen were shocked to see the door to the roof wide open, giving them a clear view of Peter, Miles, and Gwen. With Peter looking with an apologetic look, Miles who looked like his soul left his body, and Gwen...who looked as if her entire world has shattered into a million pieces.

Y/n: "Huh...Well...shit"

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