Midtown High looked exactly like how it did in the movies. Well, mostly.

  The front courtyard was busy with students hanging around in small cliques, chatting, messing with their lockers, or half-heartedly rushing to css. The school building itself had that cssiew York public school feel—brick walls, big windows, and the occasional flickering hallway light that nobody ever seemed to fix. Just like in the Spider-Man movies, Midtown High had an air of casual chaos, a mix of nerds, jocks, and band kids coexisting in a fragile ecosystem of high school politics.

  A few students zipped past me on skateboards because of course there are, while a couple of kids ierman jackets ughed too loudly he entra was weird, seeing this p real life instead of through a s—like stepping into the set of a Marvel movie, except I wasn't just an audience member anymore. This was my life now.

  Being 18, I fit iy well into the enviro. I'm sure I turned a few heads on my way in though, due to my glowup. As I walked through the school's mairance, I finally noticed a fw in my pn. How the hell am I going to fier? This building is massive! I don't even know what he looks like right now, he should look like young Tom Holnd, but I'm not even sure about that. I 't go and ask a teacher for his csses, cuz then they're just going to ask who I am, and then I'll be taken by the police or something.

  As I mindlessly roamed the school, I heard a loud crash. As I look around for what caused the noise, I notice a bunch of kids grouping up by the lockers. I take a peek, being able to somewhat see past the crowd due to my tall frame.

  ...Well that was easy. There Peter was, being pushed into the lockers by Fsh Thompson.

  [Quest Update: Friendly Neighborhood Aquaintence]

  [On your way to befrieer Parker, you find him being bullied by Fsh Thompson. Rescue him!]

  [Optional: defeat Fsh Thompson]

  [Reward: {Party} Fun, Double EXP Pill(24hr)]

  Oh? I didn't know quests could get updated. And what is this? A double gain pill? I'm guessing sihere's no actual EXP in this system, it's like a double physical growth pill. Too bad it's only for 24 hours. I guess it's still pretty generous for beating up a teenage wannabe jock.

  As I was reading the quest update, I could hear Fsh and his goons insult Peter, and tio shove him. It seems like this is a pretty on occurrence, seeing how the teachers ignored Peter and just kept walking past us. Well, this is good. That means they won't notice whatever I'm going to do to fsh.

  I mean, it's not like I ever did any exercise in my past life, that's why I was obese, but I felt like this body was at least a little fit. Probably enough to beat up Fsh though. Thank god this Fsh isn't the buff white agent venom one from the ics, but the round and brown TikTok star version from the MCU.

  That was when I heard something I thought I'd never have heard ing out of Peter's mouth. "I've had enough Eugene!" I heard I pin drop. Everythi quiet, with everybody's mouths hung wide open. After a few seds, one by ohe crowd watg started ughing. Fsh, or better yet, Eugene, pletely red in the face, proceeded to lose trol.

  "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!" screamed Fsh as he lunged himself at Peter, with his arm cocked babsp;Welp, It looks like it's time for my hero entrance. Quickly making my way through the crowd, I made my way iween Fsh aer.

  Fsh's fist was already mid-swing when I stepped iween them. Without time to react, I just put my guard up and blocked the punch with my forearms. The impact sent a strong quake through my bones. It stung. A lot.

  Again thanking the gods that this was MCU Fsh and not the ic version, I whipped out my inner Spiderman and threw some quips at him.

  "Whoa there, Eugene—" I emphasized his real h a smirk, whily made his face get redder. "You sure you wanna gh with this? Because, uh…" I gnced around the crowd, where phones were already being pulled out. "I dunno if you wanhe dude who gets his ass kicked on 4KHD today."

  Fsh's face torted in fusion—his slow-ass brain clearly struggling to process why his punch didn't nd and why the hell I had just materialized out of nowhere. "Who the fuck are you?!? Move out of the way!" Snarled Fsh, clearly angered by my intervention. He pulled another fist bad prepared to punch me again.

  I wasn't sure if I could block again this time, and I wasn't trying to find out. Instead, I weaved my head to the right and closed the distaween us.

  "Damn, dude. All that weight and none of it goes into the punch?"

  Fsh, surprised that I dodged, and even more, so that I closed the distance, didn't have time to react as I drove my fist right into his gut. Luckily for him, it didn't do as much damage thanks to his... Well.. roundness. It did knock the wind out of him though.

  Out of desperation, fsh started swinging randomly, f me to back out for now. "Damn, I'm doing pretty good for my first real fight!" I thought to myself, lightly hopping on my feet, getting ready to go ba.

  While Fsh was gasping for air and clutg at his stomach, I decided to make my move. I run straight at Fsh, arm cocked back to throw a straight, f him to put his guard up in front of him, leaving him unguarded from the sides. Right as I'm about to reach him, I quickly brake, and wind up a right hook as much as possible within 1 sed.

  The instant, I release the windup, pushing the rotational force from my ao my hips, to my shoulders, and into my fist, straight into Fsh's unguarded jaw. I swear I could hear the breaking of the sound barrier as Fsh went flying into the lockers. Well, not really. At this point, I'm still only human. It was more like Fsh just stopped moving ao the side.

  [Ding!]

  [Quest Update: Friendly Neighborhood Aquaintence]

  [Optional objective pleted!]

  Thank god I watched some boxing tutorials in my st life. That hook wouldn't have been enough to knock him out without all that rotational power. Damn, that guy has a thick skull. I could still feel a slight ag in my knuckles. Then, I heard a shutter going off. Then two. Then three.

  The crowd, which had been watg in stunned silence, suddeed with ughter and whispers. The guy was supposed to be the school bully, a here he was knocked out on the ground. Everybody took out their cameras and started taking photos of the aftermath of the fight and sharing them on social media. Right, this guy was like a TikTok influencer. I'm cooked, aren't I...

  Just then, the crowd parted like the Red Sea as an angry teacher bulldozed her way through, her face red in rage as she yelled something about school rules, zero tolerance policies, and how fighting is uable, bh bh bh... Ya know, the usual BS teachers spout while pletely ign the fact that bullying happens on a daily basis.

  Fuah I'm outta here. There is no way I'm sitting through this lecture. And when they find out that I'm not even a student... A lone bead of sweat made it down my forehead. "Welp, that's my cue to leave," I muttered, turning on my heel and booking it in the opposite dire. (ts got me feeling like Jake from Subway Surfers like yk the starting cutse)

  "Hey, wait!" Peter called after me, but I didn't hear what he said. I was already weaving through the crowd like, well, Jake from Subway Surfers, making my grand escape before the opps(teacher) could get ahold of me.

  Perfect escape!!! I cheered myself on as I rushed out of the mairance of the school. It feels like I'm fetting something though. Oh, wait. I gotta befrieer. Wasn't that the whole point of ing here... Welp, I 't go baow. I guess I gotta find another way.

  I could hear slow wheezing sounds behind me. Huh? Did the teachers chase me? I thought I got rid of all the stragglers... I look back, only to see it was actually Peter Parker, chasing after me.

  "Hey, thanks for saving me back there... What's your name?" Peter gasped out iween his wheezing breaths.

  "Oh, no problem dude. I just don't like seeing kids get bullied. My name is Alex by the way. Alex Lee."

  "Thanks again, Alex. I owe you one. But hey, I ask you a favour?"

  "yeah, what's up? I don't swing that way by the way."

  "hell no! I like Liz- I mean I only like girls!!!" Peter stutters out.

  Damn, this kid is really bad at social iions.

  (A/N fuo BL btw. Just because Peter is insecure and ag like a twink doesn't mean he wants it up the ass)

  "A-anyways, you teach me how to fight? I 't stand being bullied by Fsh all the time, and I saw how you fought, it looked like you were experienced..."

  "oh, I have no idea how to fight. I just followed a YouTube tutorial I watched ages ago."

  "W-what? I thought- is there any way to get stronger?"

  "Well, I'm going to start going to a boxing gym sooner or ter... you wanna go with me then?"

  "Oh, I've been putting off physical training though... B-but if it's what it takes to bee stronger...! Is it okay if I bring a friend over though?"

  "oh yeah. Don't sweat it, bro. ht, before I fet, give me your phone number so I tact you about the gym."

  I input Peters's phone number on my phone.

  [Ding!]

  [Quest plete: A Friendly Neighborhood Aquaintence]

  [Reward received: {Party} System, Double EXP Pill(24hr)]

  (a/n first a sequenot bad, right? Anyways, make sure to ent reendations and stuff cuz I have like the broad outline of the story pnned out kinda, but i dont really have the small events pnned out. like how he trains, random side quests, character iions and all that stuff. i dont really knoower stones do since im a new author but all the other ones are begging for it so- power stones please!)