Chapter 8
Bruce's POV
I woke up to Joker next to me, still cuddling my arm. I smiled and turned the other way to see a bright light outside the window. It was night time already and the Batsignal was glowing its bright yellow light. Annoyingly I got up and accidentally awoke Jack. "Sorry I'm a light sleeper" He said while yawning and rubbing his eyes. I started getting dressed and spoke, "The Batsignal is on. I gotta go, Want me to tell Alfred to take care of you? I just don't want Damian to find you and hurt you." I was nervous about what Dick would do to Joker. After last time I was a little paranoid that Damian would hurt him. "I'll be fine" He spoke up "I'll probably go back to your room and take a shower. I need it." He spoke with his eyes closed. I chuckled a bit, He definitely was going back to bed.
"Master Bruce"
Alfred called from outside
"I see it Alfred. I'll be out in a minute, Thank you"
I quickly kiss Jokers forehead and finish buttoning my shirt and leave, As I'm shutting the door behind me I notice Alfred waiting for me
"Don't worry about everyone, I made them go do something productive with their time, and I deep cleaned the Bat cave and listened to music" He said, trying not to make eye contact with me. All I could do was stop talking and just keep walking.
As I slowly approached the BatSignal, I saw flashes in front of the police station. I quickly knew.
I parked the Batmobile and shot my grapple gun to the top of the small building. When I got there, I saw Gordon pacing around smoking his cigarette. As I walked out of the shadows, He turned to me and shouted
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
I stood still. My face not expressing any emotion.
He continued
"I MEAN ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHEN I TOLD YOU TO TAKE CARE OF HIM I DIDN'T MEAN ASK HIM OUT" He stared at me for a while and then sighed. "Batman, I trust you. I really do but if you start dating him then I don't think I'll be able to work with you. My reputation as an already shit Commissioner does not need to go down more. I mean it got pretty low when I allowed some man dressed as a Bat take care of all of our work but this. This is a new kind of low, Even for you" He looked down.
"I'm just trying to rehabilitate him." I said as I stepped forward.
"Rehabilitate him?? Do you know how many times that man has escaped Arkham Asylum? Do you really think you can?" He said getting angrier
I stared at him with and empty stare as he just kept on talking
"I mean everywhere I go I get asked for some comments. Stupid news reporters.
Listen Batman. If you think you can fix him then go ahead but if this costs me my career then I don't ever want to look at your emotionless face ever again." He turned around and shut off the BatSignal.
And like that. He was gone.
Joker's POV
I woke up a second time to see the batsignal no longer in the sky. I yawned and heard a knock on the door
"Mr.Joker? Is there anything I can get you? Some tea perhaps?" It scared the hell out of me. Until I realized that it was just Alfred.
"Hmm?" I answered all groggy.
"Is it alright if I come in? I brought some painkillers and some leftover cabbage soup."
He said in such a gentle and quiet voice, almost making me fall asleep again but I agreed. Obviously I wasn't thinking in my half asleep state, I barely had time to cover myself with the blanket.
Alfred set the soup on the nightstand.
He spoke up
"If you're worried about if Batgirl and Robin heard you, Don't worry I swept them away, I went down to the batcave and started deep cleaning it. It's been a while since Master Bruce left the cave so I took my chance of cleaning it" He said, handing me 2 pills and a glass of water.
I looked at him and then at the pills in his hands.
"No they aren't poisoned if that's what you're worried about" He said with a smile
I took the pills and quickly chugged down the water. I wiped away any water that may have spilled on my chin and any drool I had from my nap. I quickly looked around, noticing my clothes were gone.
"Where are my clothes?" I asked slightly worried I had some daggers and lighters in there, What if he threw them away or what if-
"They're in the washer. Don't worry I read the tags on them and I am not washing them with Bruce's clothes, I also noticed that had a few daggers and some lighters in your pockets
Don't worry I didn't get rid of them. They'll be delivered with your clothes." He quickly spoke
We stared at each other for a while. I couldn't help but notice all the small gray hairs in his eyebrows and the way his face was so neutral. I dozed off and didn't hear Bruce walk in
"Staring contest boys?" He joked
I quickly looked at him with wide eyes, He looked a little taken aback, I ended up laughing and so did he
"Thank you Al for taking care of him for me" He said clearing his throat and smiling at Alfred
"Anytime sir. He was a very nice and quiet fellow" Alfred said, stepping closer to the door. Before he left he asked Bruce if he needed anything and Bruce shook his head
They said goodnight then the butler left
I looked around the room and before making eye contact with Bruce
He smiled at me and walked closer to me. He tousled (Tau-sld) my hair and kissed my forehead.
"Lets go to sleep, Shall we? But first lets move to my room because I gotta change into pajamas and also- this bed isn't that comfortable"
He said scrunching up his nose
"Are you kidding me?? This bed is so fucking soft. There's no way your bed can be softer"
In Bruce's room
"Okay well I was fucking wrong-" I said
Bruce chuckled as he threw me one of his hoodies and he quickly got changed into some nightmare before christmas pajama pants and a black shirt with the Batsignal on it
"Woah Bruce Wayne repping Batman?" I teased
He sat down next to me and laughed. Once he stopped, we made eye contact. He put his hand on my cheek and slowly pulled me in. I loved kissing him.
He pulled away
"Let's get to bed, my little clown. We have work to do tomorrow"
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Alright I hope this chapter is a good enough chapter- I hope it wasn't too boring? I tried to make it as fun and scary (Maybe?) as possible- I hope you guys like this chapter and I'm sorry it's 11 pm- Sorry if the ending sucks. I'm tired.
Anyways! I will try and get the next one out on Tuesday!
Ruby outtttt!!!
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September 17th 2005
FanfictionIt was September 17th 2005 Joker was terrorizing the city again. It's been 20 minutes and Batman still hasn't arrived on the scene. People were getting antsy! Where is that Vigilante?
