The Aprateem Spider-Man

'Shit!'

As their eyes met, Pavitr panicked, but Gayatri panicked more.

"There is a freak here!"

She shrieked, and ran away from the class.

"..."

'Oh. I am wearing a mask too huh...'

Pavitr thought, and was about to grab his bag. But, his hands, which he had placed on the bench, remained glued at their place.

'...'

He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and, slowly, carefully, tried to remove his hands.

"It worked!'

As he exclaimed, did a victory celebration, a thick web shot out from his wrist, and the other end of it got stuck to the tree outside his window.

'Am I some kind of human spider now?'

'First, sticking to a surface. Then, shooting a web. What's next? My number of limbs going from 4 to 8!?'

'No! I shouldn't raise Red Flags!'

Suddenly, he felt a tingling sensation in his head. He felt instinctive danger. Not thinking straight, he jumped out of the window, and swung to the tree, hiding within it. 

'This is where I will get some supervillain, right!? Oh no!'

He noticed that he had left behind his bag, so he shot a web, and got it back, remaining hidden in the dense tree.

He stayed silent, waiting for the supervillain to come. It will be best if it doesn't notice him. He has just gotten powers. What if the villain, even if he beat it somehow, became big while on the verge of death? He doesn't see any sort of car anywhere which can transform into a megasaur.

But, who came in sight surprised him. Not a villain, but inspector Singh. The father of Gayatri.

"There is no one here."

Even from a distance, Pavitr could hear him clearly.

"Dad, I swear someone was wearing a costume-"

"It might be someone who has taken part in some sort of fancy dress competition-"

"There is no such competition today."

"Really?"

"Just a children's show for the new nursery kids'. But, our school wouldn't spend much money on such a cool costume."

"...Alright. Just put your bag where you want to sit. There is still time, so let's go and meet your class teacher."

"Fine."

After Gayatri and her father left, Pavitr finally sighed in relief.

'Let's test out my superpowers...'

Pavitr climbed the top of the tree, and shot a web towards the apartment building nearby.

'Here goes nothing!'

He swung towards the building, but the swinging speed was faster than he expected. He put his feet towards the building to absorb the shock, realizing that he might sustain some injury.

But surprisingly, he felt no pain. Moreover, his feet stuck to the wall, so he didn't fall down.

He shot another web towards a different building, and repeated the same.

"This is so easy!"

While sticking to the wall of the apartment building, he started running upwards. He reached the top in no time, and smiled as he saw dozens of buildings in front of him.

"Give me your purse!"

Suddenly, he heard a shout from the road. A beggar was trying to snatch a purse. Well, he was scrawny, and the woman looked like she could break his arms without much effort. And Inspector Singh is nearby anyway.

He shook his head, and swung to the next building, then the next, getting used to the power-

"AAAAAAHHHHHH-"

A scream broke him from his excitement. It was the voice of Chachu Bheem!

He hurriedly swung back, and directly jumped from the building where he heard the voice.

"CHACHU!"

Pavitr saw his Chachu lying on the road in the pool of blood, with a kitchen knife stabbed in his chest. 

"Chachu! Don't close your eyes! I will get you to the hosp-"

"Pa... Pavitr... is that you?"

"Yes! It's me! Don't close your eyes-!"

"I want... to see your face..."

As if hearing to Pavitr's feelings, his suit over his uniform disappeared, revealing him crying uncontrollably.

"Hah hah! I knew you were special... It's like that Power Ranger show you watched...

Take care of your Chachi..., do good in your studies..., become a big man, Pavitr.

...but don't let power consume you...

With great power... comes great responsibility..."