Batjokes You Complete Me

Chapter Twenty Two

Bruce/Batman POV

Bruce was in the batcave, which he hadn't been in for a couple of days. He had assumed he would be taking the whole week off from being Batman for Joker but since they're on their 'break' from each other he could go back to his work if he wanted to. In all honesty even Bruce had to admit to himself that he felt guilty about leaving as Batman again so soon, as if he was breaking his promise even though he had nothing keeping him back anymore. It would just have to be another burden he'd have to live with.

He decided to leave as Batman to the Hall of Justice, hoping to find one of the other members there to distract him from his own thoughts.

Once Batman arrived there later on he could just feel the impact of loneliness he felt knowing Joker wasn't going to be at home or Lucy anymore. It's only been a little over a day since his family fell apart... again... But the bat was always good at keeping a hard outer shell on his feelings.

Batman walked inside and down a long corridor to the main meeting room where the team discussed their battles and everything. Nobody was there except for one person standing alone working on different cases on huge computer monitors. It was Superman.

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Joker POV

The Joker sat all alone in his old hideout. Everything a mess around him, everything rotting and wearing down from never being maintained after all this time. Eventually, he stood up and went to look in a mirror at his own depression.

"I did this too myself, didn't I?..." Joker muttered to himself, "I was only choosing what was best for me... or at least what I thought was best for me..."

He groaned and rubbed his face aggressively with his hands, hating what he saw in the mirror of himself, "I could always go back to what I do best... Being a madman and terrorizing everything... but... I moved past that for Bats and a family..."

Joker sadly look down thinking to himself, "My life was for him but his wasn't for me... It was sweet he was willing to take a week off for me though..."

He smacked the mirror to release some anger and started pacing around the room, "Maybe I was being too hasty... Maybe I shouldn't have asked for this break... It's only been a day and a half and I'm already regretting this separation..."

Joker thought his feelings would go away once he finally gave up on trying to make it work anymore, but how do you make years and years of being truly in love just go away? Maybe these feelings would stick with him the rest of his life. He even contemplated suicide to make the depression go away. Trudging back to sit down on his chair he was humming and saying I'm not laughing and he wanted to smile and laugh maniacally like he used to.

"Maybe I should go see him... This decision was made too fast and we should really try to find more options." Joker sat up having his mindset.

He would try and convince himself of anything in this time of vulnerability and desperation.