Clark Kent X Reader

Chapter 16

   Y/N'S POV

  I gotta give it to Bruce, living in Gotham was not all that bad. Sure, it had its questionable moments, but Bruce made it better...He gave it a purpose again and no one could ever take that from him.
  Right now, my sleep was interrupted by someone gently shaking me. I sat up and rubbed my eyes to see Bruce leaning over the bed. I ended up bumping heads with him, which caused me to groan and hold my head in pain.

  Bruce groaned, too, but weakly chuckled saying,"Are you like this all the time, Y/N? I would hate to be on your bad side.."

  I giggled at Bruce, while he just smiled down at me. When he smiled at me, I realized how dazzling and hypnotizing his smile really was.

  I was snapped out of my trance by Bruce looking away and saying,"A Jimmy Olsen called for you. Alfred left him a message for him to call you back, and I almost forgot to wake you up again.."

  I nodded and got up, before Bruce turned away. I did not realize why he did that, until I looked down. My cheeks immediately heated up, before I put on a robe and covered myself up. Bruce lightly kissed my hand, before he headed out the door.
  For some reason, I felt light-headed and had to keep my balance by holding the railing. Wait, was I falling for Bruce? How could I fall for him so early, after I basically just got my heart broken? Was I supposed to feel this way already? Do not get me wrong, Bruce was Bruce, but I was..

  Wait, what did I just say? After I was done having an inter battle with myself, I headed down the stairs and ran to the phone.

  Once I picked it up, Jimmy immediately answered saying,"Y/N, where have you been? Things have not been the same around here and Metropolis is suffering..Superman will not even stop by anymore, and even Clark is feeling down. Can you believe it?"

  Tears formed in my eyes at hearing Clark and Superman's name, which made Jimmy frown through the phone saying,"Y/N, what is wrong? Do I need to get Clark? CL-"

  I immediately hung up the phone, because I was feeling too overwhelmed and upset to hear Clark's voice. Now, I was having a hard time not crying. I leaned on the phone and let my tears fall, before I felt gentle hands on my shoulders.
  Those gentle hands belonged to Alfred. Alfred sent me a soft smile and held out his hand. I sniffed and put mine in his, before Alfred led me to the kitchen. He motioned for me to sit down, and I immediately obeyed and slowly sat down.

  I put my head on the table and squeezed the counter tightly.

  Alfred put his hands over mine and politely said,"Miss L/N, would you please like to try my famous hot chocolate or cookies? It would really make my day, if you did.."

  I slowly put my head up and took the cookies and hot chocolate from Alfred. I drunk the hot chocolate first, which tasted so good..I sighed in relief. I just couldn't help myself.  Alfred chuckled and kissed my forehead, before I started eating the cookies. Alfred's cooking really was the best..

  Once I heard Bruce's voice coming from behind me, I immediately jumped and knocked my hot chocolate on the floor.

  I groaned and whined saying,"Batman.."

  Bruce chuckled and put his hands on my shoulders saying,"Sorry, honey, I will get you another one. What are you still doing here by the way?"

  I rolled my eyes and knocked Bruce out of his chair, which earned me a chuckle from Alfred. I just smiled back, and Bruce slowly got up.
  He narrowed his eyes at me and sent me that famous Bat-glare. I giggled and ate the rest of my cookies, then I made my way into the living room.

  Bruce sat down beside me and said,"So, care to explain to me what happened between Superman and you?"

  I sighed and looked down saying,"It is a long story. You really wanna know, Bruce?"

  Bruce nodded and laid back on the sofa, while I sat still and played with my hands saying,"Well, Clark and I have not been together for that long, but we had something special. If I ever needed someone, Clark was always there to cheer me up or make me forget. Now, he has lost trust in me and will not even look at me. Bruce, I.."

  "Before you showed up, Lex had kidnapped me and told me that I was responsible for luring Superman into getting himself killed. I rejected the offer, but Lex was not taking no for an answer. Superman showed up and thought I had been working for Luthor the whole time, but Bruce, I promise I would never do something like that. It..It was against my will..You believe me don't you?"

  I held my hand over my heart. Bruce nodded and pulled me in for a side hug, before I hugged his waist. I was feeling all the pain from being completely heartbroken. I..I missed Clark so much, that I felt empty inside.

  The one thing I needed was a friend, and Bruce would give that to me.