Peter was shocked, the princess of Wakanda just asked him out, him, a nobody from Queens. He had already made up his mind the night before, he also liked Shuri so he would say yes, but he was going to honor her wish of him waiting a day for his response. He watched as she walked out of his room and to her bedroom next to his to sleep.
For a second night in a row, he didn't get very much sleep but this time instead of his identity being the pressing issue on his mind, it was Shuri. He was stressed out, he had "dated" Liz but he didn't think that counted because it was only the homecoming dance and he screwed even that up pretty bad. How on Earth was he going to be a good boyfriend for Shuri? What should he do with her for the first date? When is the right time to hold hands, hug, kiss?
He fell asleep anxious but happy. With everything else that was going on right now in New York, it was good to know that he was doing well in one aspect in his life in Wakanda. Dreaming of more sunsets they will see together.
He woke up the next day with a renewed sense of optimism. But this is Peter Parker, his luck is not that good, with one good thing, comes another bad one. The breakfast he had was once again amazing, and T'Challa could see the new spark in Peter's eyes. He was happy for the boy, but he had no idea why he was so happy all of a sudden. Knowing how uncomfortable Peter was around him, he decided not to bug him about it.
T'Challa had a lot of meetings to go to that day and he wanted the rest of Wakanda to meet Peter and welcome him into their home. The only person that didn't seem all that thrilled with Peter's arrival in Wakanda was M'Baku, but that was to be expected. Once M'Baku met the boy and spent some time around him T'Challa was optimistic about him changing his mind. He asked Peter after breakfast if he would like to spend time with the Jabari, which, with a little bit of convincing, Peter accepted and was getting to spend most of the day with the tribe, whether M'Baku liked it or not.
Peter learned a lot from the Jabari who, he learned, used little to no technology to sustain themselves and instead used more traditional methods of agriculture and woodworking, unlike the rest of Wakanda. Peter found the woodworking especially useful and thought that these skills would be helpful in helping in the lab with Shuri and rebuilding the rest of the city. Much to M'Baku's astonishment, Peter learned very quickly all the advanced techniques he showed him and was even able to offer insight on making the Jabari's production more efficient without incorporating vibranium into the tribe.
After working for half the day with Peter, M'Baku decided to test his skills in combat, which Peter gladly accepted. It was not extremely difficult for him to defeat Peter but he did find the boy's powers very unique and his strength hard to overcome. M'Baku's experience and fighting style ultimately lead to his victory, but he respected Peter much more after his battle. It wasn't often that any warrior could last very long with M'Baku, let alone a child of such age. M'Baku even showed him some techniques that he knew Peter would quickly pick up, to sow how much he respected Peter. M'Baku could not believe he was thinking this but the outsider was a great addition to Wakanda and he even invited Peter for dinner, which was sourced from the agriculture in the Jabari tribe. Peter was slowly getting the Jabari to understand the benefits of opening up Wakanda to the rest of the world, even after Thanos decimated the city.
Peter was hesitant at first with M'Baku but he learned to understand the point of view of M'Baku who, like him, did not enjoy the constant change happening around him. Peter was grateful for all the experience he learned from M'Baku and was definitely going to use some of the techniques he was taught once he got back to New York. Suddenly, he didn't seem like such of an outsider in Wakanda anymore and instead found himself adapting to the cultural and physical differences between New York and Wakanda. He became less homesick and began cherishing every moment he got in this amazing country.
T'Challa was very pleased to hear of all the things Peter was able to accomplish with the Jabari and was very surprised to see M'Baku smiling as he took Peter back down to the city.
After spending most of the day with M'Baku, Peter saw the city mostly rebuilt and was determined to help with the rest of the construction. After asking T'Challa, he went straight into the city and was an immediate impact in the reconstruction effort. His superpowers were quite useful in rebuilding the buildings and his identity being kept secret was no longer a problem. Peter was starting to think that his identity being released was less like a burden but more like letting go of one. He didn't have to pretend anymore and he could combine the benefits of both his Spider-Man side and his Peter Parker side.
After a long day of work Peter went back to his room to relax and think about going out with Shuri again. Not even a minute after reaching his room, Peter's spider sense went berserk but there was no immediate danger. Nothing was happening in Wakanda, it was almost too quiet. Was something coming for him, or Shuri? Peter was trying to understand what was happening with his spider sense when Shuri knocked on his door asking if Peter had thought about the other night and what his answer was. Unfortunately he was a little preoccupied with his spider sense to notice her question and while he was trying to get that under control he chucked his television remote across the room and turned on the news.
BREAKING NEWS: Iron Man was defeated and May Parker was kidnapped by new villain, Green Goblin.
Peter screamed out "NO!" which Shuri, who didn't actually enter the room, thought that was her answer and ran away in a fit of tears. That was such an emotional response, what did she do wrong?
Peter, trying to hold everything together was barely able to follow her and say, "No, I meant yes to you. I said no in response to the news, look," ultimately Peter lost control and started crying. Shuri walked back to his room, she had no time to even think about Peter's response before she saw the news report. Trying to understand how this happened she called for T'Challa. The invincible iron man was defeated by a rookie criminal, how? How could Tony defeat Thanos but not keep May Parker safe? There had to be something else that the goblin was able to do to be able to beat Tony. Her logic was slowing fading as she started to get angry towards the news report.
T'Challa was talking to M'Baku but once he got Shuri's notification on his beads he came running into Peter's room. Once he arrived he shut off the T.V. and looked at Shuri, who was visibly upset. He saw Peter in a mess around Shuri and understood what he had to do. Standing up he said, "Get up you two. We are going to New York immediately!"