Peter Parker was driven to work with all the enthusiasm of an emperor abdicating his rule.

He felt nothing.

Cindy had called him multiple times and sent text messages to the point he had blocked her on his phone. She could do so much better than him. He even doubted she would ever consider him to be a worthy partner.

As his thoughts were heavy he did not want to be comforted by the soft silky presence he felt next to him.

"Peter?"

Parker barked. "Please close the sunroof Javier."

The driver complied quietly.

In a white spider silk dress, Cindy Moon looked like a dripping siren. Peter shifted his legs uncomfortably.

Cindy's finger ran along the bridge of his chin. "I thought you could use some cheering up. You left before we could properly discussed this."

"You work in the opposite direction Cindy."

"So what?"

"Don't waste your time with someone who isn't worth it."

"I want you." She opened her legs and Peter could see the threads of her dress splitting. He quickly restrained the lower half of her body.

"Please. I want a clear head for a couple-"

Cindy pushed Peter's hands away from her body and webbing shot out from her fingers. Her dress was adjusted to a pair of jeans with a shimmery white top and a black blazer. More business casual than date night. Cindy caught Peter's eye. "Better?"

Peter nodded slowly. "I'm sorry. I hate ruining the mood, but-"

"No, it's ok. I don't have that much experience cheering you up so I wanted to try something. I'm not always in the mood for you so this is fair." Cindy rubbed Peter's palms. "I just wanted to comfort you after last night."

"I know that, but I'm CEO of a company. I also have an interesting second job."

"An interesting second job, huh? I wanted to make sure you were ok so now that I know that. I was thinking about going off on my own for a bit and kind of doing some reconnaissance work. What we found felt incomplete, either that someone had left that for us to find or as if there was some tampering with it."

Peter stiffened. "Moon, I don't have time to watch your back."

"I'm not going in. I'm just going to check out the area. But if you don't want me to go by myself I won't. I wanted to talk to you about something a little bit more personal as well. It's a normal people problem."

"Anything to take my mind off of this second life we have-"

"I want to go back to Korea."

"Korea? You've never been there Cindy."

"I wanted to meet my parent's parents and the family I have around there. One of my mom's sister got a hold of me through facebook and I wanted to go explore that side of myself. I was alone for so long that it just feels like the right place to go to find myself."

"Is Korea going to get Silkworm?"

"Probably, now that I'm thinking about it. It would be beautiful to see Seoul through web-slinging. Maybe hang around asia for a bit. I watched so much anime as a kid that I would love to see Japan or China. Maybe you could come with me?"

"Cindy-"

"Just think about it . . . I'm going to ask for an extended break anyway so you can think about it."

"How long were you-"

"I don't know Peter. There's something that draws us together. I feel like there's something drawing me there. I have dreams and visions of people there who want me to come and find them. There's so much of the world I haven't seen that I want to see."

Peter called Cindy when he saw she'd sent him her itinerary. She picked up after the first ring.

"Hey love bug."

"I can't believe you just said that. That's so-"

"Too much? I like the old Cindy Moon, but I want something different. I don't want to be defined by my past anymore."

"You never we're. You didn't try to kill me when you met me."

Cindy laughed. "No, I thought about it, but we were so overwhelmed by our connection that we acted on it instead of really trying to understand the brevity of the situation. Freedom is weird once you have it. I had no idea what to do, I'd been-"

Peter cut Cindy off. "It's ok. You're doing really well right now. You got a therapist, you're keeping a stable job. You're giving back to society in a positive way. There's a lot of things we didn't think you'd be able to do that you're doing exceptionally well. You adapt to changes well and I'm actually really proud of what you're doing now."

"You mean Korea?"

"Yeah, I can't believe you're serious about it. I didn't think you'd actually do it for a year or two at least. And, it's by yourself. You're normal, even after all of this."

"Peter, I'm not normal. I have nightmares. I still web up stuff in my sleep. I probably won't be able to be completely honest with everyone, but I want to try. I hate being logical all the time. I don't want to waste my life looking for my parents if I have a family there willing to reach out to me. I'm not going to give up, but I do want to have them in my life too."

"No I understand. If I didn't have Aunt May, it would have been hard for me to have the success that I have now. You need some family to really understand where you come from and where you go. I had a pretty serious breakup with a girl named Mary Jane just when I was graduating from high school. It would've been rough if I didn't have support."

"I don't need them to support me. I just want to meet them and know them."

"What are you doing now?"

"Oh I'm packing. The flight leaves tomorrow morning. My relatives are actually going to pick me up from the airport and they said it's fine if I stay in the hotel for a couple of days before I really get to know them."

"That's really nice of them. Did your parents ever speak Korean to you? Will there be a language barrier? I can send a translator with you if you feel like-"

"No, they speak both english and korean because my cousins studied in an english medium school. I spoke it when I was younger so I've forgotten a bit, but you know my memory is pretty good so I think I'll manage."

"Ok, if you need me you can call anytime. Literally and I will fly over right away."

"I don't know if I'm coming back soon."

"It's fine."

"I also got a therapist there too, so she'll be in touch with you as well. She's affiliated with S.H.I.E.L.D. as well so-"

"Wow, that's really cool Moon. You've planned like you're planning more like 6-8 months instead of a couple days like you were before."

"I want to give Seoul a good shot."

"Okay well, I hope I'll hear from you soon Moon."