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The Unexpected Guests (A Wonderbat New Year's Special)

"Sure is cold today huh, Alfred"

Bruce uttered while currently reading a newspaper in front of the manor's fireplace. It was almost freezing outside that certain warmth coming from a furnace should suffice

"It's literally hailing cats and dogs out there, sire"

Alfred responded while pouring a hot tea unto the young master's cup. He gave him a look of suspicion as Bruce was too engrossed with the newspaper

"So, when is Miss Diana coming over?" Alfred asked casually

Bruce grew confused upon hearing the English Butler's remark.

"What about her?" Bruce scoffed in a brusque manner

Alfred lets out a sigh of dismay as he took the usher board and wiped it clean. He had been making things a bit "too" tidy for some reason that it was starting to arouse Bruce's suspicion

"Isn't the manor a little too "dressed" for a mere new year's eve Alfred?" Bruce intriguingly asked

Alfred snorts in response while wiping the vases shiny in the process

"Oho, whatever could you mean, Sire" Alfred rebutted sarcastically

Bruce gave him a glare of doubt as he took a sip of the tea that was presented to him.

Without even looking at the young master, Alfred automatically knew what he was pulling off

"Don't you try the glare on me, Sire. On whom did you think you learned such technique from?" Alfred boasted cockily still facing the other way.

"I'm just intrigued, if it's just Dick, Jason and Tim coming over, then such effort to make the Manor more presentable is unnecessary, don't you think?"

Bruce scoffed as he took another sip of his tea

"They are mostly here anyways so why bother with the decorations Alfred?"

The British Butler deliberately listened to the young master's prattle while spraying some kind of a solution to the paintings near the furnace

"I bother because such an occasion should be celebrated in a festive way Sire, and whose fault do you think it is that they have been spending more time in Gotham than usual?" Alfred responded

Deep in his thoughts, Bruce closed the newspaper to properly examine the interior and the new decorations that had been set.

"I admit that I have more responsibilities to attend to in the Watchtower now than usual..."

Bruce hesitantly uttered

"Well what do you want me to do, solve some riddles with Nygma while Brainiac is invading the planet yet again with his usual shenanigans?"

Alfred placed the spray down and faced the young master

"That might be true Sire, but we all know the real reason why you've been hanging around the watchtower more so than lately" Alfred rebutted in a more derisive manner

Intrigued, Bruce gave him a look of dissatisfaction. Whatever the British Butler was getting at, he was having none of it.

"It's literally almost the end of the year and you're still going on with this?" he scorned sternly, clearly not amused with the butler's preposition

"Yeah, and it has been literally 15 years since you've been head over heels in love with her and you're still doubting your true feelings towards Miss Diana"

Alfred retorted with hints of anger in his voice

"You do understand I won't be here forever to babysit you Master Bruce, that this lifestyle of yours isn't gonna keep going on forever. You'd have to eventually find a family of your own"