"Peter! Hey Peter!" Kuri ran to her friend's side. "You excited for the field trip? Reiko's been talking about it for days!"
"Reiko always gets excited about science stuff. She's always been the brains of the family." Peter teased.
"What does that make me?" Kuri snapped.
"You my friend, are the looks." Peter grinned as she took a swipe at him.
They were standing outside the science museum, and Peter had his camera around his neck.
Kuri was a Japanese American, with caramel skin and bright blue eyes, along with long ebony hair. Her sister Reiko looked nothing like her, with pale skin and freckles, bright curly red hair in a ponytail, and bright green eyes.
"Hey guys did you hear? I got the job at Oscorp!" Reiko announced.
"No way really?" Peter said. "You're going to work for Harry's dad's company."
"Well it's all thanks to Harry." Reiko said.
Harry, approaching, blushed. "Not really. You wowed my dad with all your corporate knowledge. I think he wants me to marry you."
It was Reiko's turn to blush. "Please please. I'm much too young for all that."
"No your not." Kuri muttered under her breath earning a glare from Rei where it almost seemed like her eyes were gold.
The teacher called and the four of them headed into the museum. First exhibit: Spiders.
Kuri hung on the presenters every word, and didn't notice when Peter grabbed her arm. He had to pinch her.
"Ow! Come on now, they're so cool!" Kuri said. "If I was a spider I'd be that one." She pointed at an image on the screen. "Wait where is the little guy? I wanted to say hi!"
The presenter looked up from her iPad. "Um...that one must be in for examination today. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, miss."
Kuri looked a little dejected, but Peter pinched her again.
"Peter!" Kuri yelled. "Ow!"
"Hey you know I need good pictures for the paper. And those guys keep messing me up. Think you can help me out?" Peter said.
"Sure!" Kuri grinned, walking over to the bullies. Without a word, they all suddenly had vacant expressions, like they were thinking really hard about a math problem.
Peter didn't know how she did it, but Kuri could put the emotional lock down on anyone. When he asked her about it she said it was a "priestess thing." Kuri and her sister Reiko were priestess in Chinatown at a place called Hikawa Shrine.
Peter sighed and took his pictures, then grabbed Kuri. "Cmon I'm getting you too."
"No frickin way, Peter. You know I'm camera shy." Kuri said.
"Then you two together." Harry said. "Me and Reiko will take the picture."
"Yeah!" Rei said.
Peter reluctantly handed his camera over, and the two got in the picture together. Just as the camera flashed, Peter was bit by the missing spider. He winced, but smiled for the picture.
"Everything alright Peter?" Kuri said, concerned.
"Yes..." Peter said, unsure.
Later that night, Peter developed the picture personally and kept a copy. It was the first picture of the two of them together in ages. He put it up on his mirror where he could see it every day and then went to his window.
The light in Kuri's window was flashing in binary. "G-o-o-d-n-i-g-h-t P-e-t-e-r"
Peter flashed his light in binary back. "G-o-o-d-n-i-g-h-t K-u-r-i"
Peter sighed, looking at his bite, and gasped and fainted.