Nail Polish

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Batman sat next to the Joker on the bed on the floor.
"Did you hear that Penguin bit Alfred?" Joker asked him.
"I did." Batman grunted, rolling his eyes. "He's strong for a guy so small." Joker laughed.
"That's mean."

"Do you need any more clothes?" Batman asked. "You haven't put on anything I've given you."
"I just like my suit, thanks anyway." Joker told him.
"What's your size? I'll see if I can find anything you can fit in. Something comfortable might be nice."

"Um.. I don't know." Joker said. "I cut the tag off all of my clothes."

The Bat said nothing.

"Okay, well, you're pretty thin so I'll get you a hoodie or sweat-wear or something. I have some makeup wipes, as well."
"Thanks." Joker said.
"You should take off the scary clown makeup." Batman said.

"Scary? My makeup's not scary." Joker said. He gasped. "Are you scared of me?"
"No. I just don't like makeup. You're a very attractive person underneath."

"What?" Joker grinned. "You've got to be kidding me."

"And what if I'm not?"

Batman turned to him and leaned in a little closer.
Joker's eyes grew wide.

He smiled.
"You're pretty handsome as well, Batman." Joker tilted his head up to look Batman in the eye.
He swore that the Bat blushed underneath the cowl.

The two were quiet, just looking at each other. They stayed like that for a couple of seconds before Batman stood back up.
"I'll get you those makeup wipes."

Joker's face turned bright red, like Harley Quinn's costume.
He almost kissed me!
Batman exited the room, closing the door behind him to ensure that Joker didn't follow him.

Joker squealed and stomped his feet on the floor.

"Everything alright?" Alfred poked his head in, opening the door.
Joker turned to him.
"Is Batman gay??"

"The Bat is bisexual, J." Alfred said.
"Oh, that is great news!" Joker laughed and inspected his nails. His purple polish was wearing off. "Does he own nail polish?"

"Master Bruce does, I will bring you some from his collection." Alfred smiled and left.
Batman walked back inside with a packet of makeup wipes.

He set them on the Joker's vanity.
"You can take off your makeup whenever; it would be nice to see your face though."
"You don't like my face." Joker laughed, not really paying attention. He was more excited about Batman being gay and Bruce owning nail polish.

"I love your face." Batman said before he could think.
Joker's mouth dropped. He sat on the edge of his bed and stared at Batman, who was very obviously blushing red.

The Joker had been staring at Batman for a couple of seconds too long, and Alfred walked back in the door.

He was holding a large basket of probably forty different varieties of polish. The butler set them on the vanity as well, and Joker stood up to go sift through them. He grabbed the first purple one he spotted and read the description.

"Eggplant?" He mumbled, and put it back. Batman and Alfred looked at each other.
"There's one called Mardi Gras." Batman said.

He came over and the two went through every bottle until Joker found it.
He painted some on his index fingernail.
"Ooh, I like it, thanks Batman." He smiled at the Bat.

The corner of the Bat's lips turned upwards into a curved smile.
"Are you dating Bruce Wayne?" Joker suddenly asked, the question popping into his brain.

"No." Batman said quickly. "We're roommates."
"Then how do you know each other?" Joker asked.
"Our parents were cousins." Batman mumbled.

"Oh." Joker said. He'd finished painting one of his hands and moved on to the other. He loved being ambidextrous.

Alfred left the room.

"So you're gay." Batman said.
"Is there a problem?" Joker sighed.
"Are you sure you're not dating the Penguin?"

"YES." Joker said. "He's my brother, Batman. And he likes Edward- you heard him earlier. Not sure how he's gonna end up pulling him though, Oswald is very shy."

Batman chuckled.
"Well Riddler is very talkative, so I'm sure he'll find a way."

Joker smiled at Batman.

The Bat took off one of his gloves, revealing a nails painted with black polish.
"I enjoy painting mine as well." He said, almost shyly.
"Cool, now we're twins." Joker said, and the two proceeded to paint their nails together.

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