The romance of hero and ex-arkham inmate

"It's me! The joker!"

Later in the day, nearing night time, Bruce and John had been eating their lunch (just some microwaved mac and cheese and an additional ice cream for John) whilst Alfred whent to the shop. 

John had finished his food -after a while- and was waiting for Bruce to finish his food.

"Jeez, I'm full after eating all of that ice cream!" John said while rubbing his stomach. Bruce quickly finished his food and gently placed both of their empty plates in the sink.

"Did you like it?" Bruce asked grinning slightly. 

"What type of silly question is that!? I obviously loved it!" John said.

For a solid minute, they just sat there admiring eachother and enjoying eachother's company when a sudden sound startled John but he was relieved when he heard Alfred call from the hallway for them, "I have the groceries! Master Bruce, may you help me with the bags please."

"Sure, Al." Bruce answered leaving the kitchen and bringing all the newly bought food to the freezer. For a while, Bruce and Alfred had a conversation and John was sitting down feeling a bit left out. John wanted Bruce to rest with him so he started to tug on his sleeve. After a couple tugs, Bruce noticed that John wanted attention and quickly ended his conversation with Al and , bridal style, carried John up the stairs to their bedroom.

Bruce gently placed John on the bed and they snuggled for a while. 

After what felt like an eternity, Bruce asked John, "Are you awake?"

"Yeah, why?" Answered John. 

"Oh.. because Al just text me saying that he just saw the batsignal. It's  probably because of them bandits I saw on the news so I have to go now." Bruce said, leaving the room whilst John told him to be safe.

It had been a couple hours and Batman was still fighting. There was atleast a dozen men surrounding him with guns in hand. Earlier in the fight, batman had sustained an injury to the leg when one of the men, a stocky man with greying who was the vice of the organisation, had shot him when he was off-guard. Batman felt a bit light headed: there must have been a drug or venom in the bullet. 

" HAHAHA,Batman! We now have you surrounded! There's nothing you can do!" One of the rookies teased to Batman.

In a trail of thought, Batman was strategizing how he would escape this ordeal when he saw a smoke cloud form around them all. All the bandits started coughing violently as Batman escaped the circle of people surrounding him.

He was puzzled: who was the person who saved him?

From behind a building, which was relatively close to them, a loud sound of maniacal giggling caught his attention. It sounded so familiar but his questions were answered as soon as he saw a pale man protruding from behind the building. 

This person's dark purple suit stood out from his dull and dark surroundings. This person's green hair suited his joyful forest green eyes. 

The dust started to clear. This person was john - now in his joker costume.

"Who is that?!" One of the rookies shouted fearfully. 

"It's me! The Joker!" He confidently called out.

The Joker observed Batman's enemys as he saw there were only half of them still standing as the other half was passed out on the floor due to the smoke. 

The Joker swiftly rushed to Batman to explain his plan, " So, you fight them 5 and I will beat up that small group of 3 over there. If any of us need help we'll  let eachother know, you got it?"