MAD • Joker x Harley Quinn (Book 1) ✓

21: Questions

♛H.Q.♛

• chapter twenty-one | Questions

Since Puddin' took the day off of his work, he became so clingy.

Whenever I go, he goes. He's literally becoming my tail. "Puddin', ya keep following me." I told him while crossing my arms.

"Just makin' sure ya won't get kidnapped." He replies, chuckling at his own response.

"Ya'll get tired, sit on the couch, I'll make breakfast for ya." I stated before I walked off to the kitchen to prepare bacon and eggs for the both of us.

He did as I told and waited by the couch with a frown on his face and his arms crossed on his chest. He looks like a kid who his parents didn't let him play Xbox.

I giggled at him as I already began cooking.

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Placing the two bacons and one egg on each of the two plates, I placed fork on the side and some toast as well. I walked over to the man who's watching the television with a random channel on. I placed the two plates on his lap and sat beside him, taking my own plate.

He snaked his arm around my waist and pulled me even closer to him as he ate with his other hand. We're both watching Titanic, an iconic movie.

While in the middle of watching it and our meals are already finished, I began to think, what if I didn't meet him?

"Puddin'?" I called.

"Yes, pumpkin?"

I looked down to the floor with a small sigh, I could feel he feels that something is wrong with me, "What's wrong, baby?" He questions, looking down at me.

"What if we didn't met?" I blunted out, nervously looking back at him. Usually he would yell at me or even ignore the question, so I got nervous. "What if Doctor Harleen Quinzel didn't volunteered to tend you?"

He lets out a heavy sigh before looking away for a moment, I figured he's going to ignore it, so I looked away, too. But, I shot my head back up when he replied, "Then the Joker you're seeing right now wouldn't exist." He answered, smiling down at me.
"I mean, I'm guessing I'll be staying at Arkham Asylum longer, maybe two to three years?" I giggled at his addition.

He then chuckled along with me before cupping my cheek and smiled, caressing it softly. "If I didn't meet Harleen Quinzel, I wouldn't learn how to take a shower, sleep early, or even love back." He spoke with sincerity on his eyes, "If I didn't meet Harley Quinn, I wouldn't have someone to come back home to."

I wanted to cry, I wanted to cry from all of what he's saying. Now I know how much he loves me.

"Why did ya jump off after me three years ago?" I asked again, I could feel my cheeks burning, flustered at what he's saying.

He ran his fingers through his green hair before looking back to the television, where the scene of Rose and Jack at the very front of the ship together. "I thought I could get rid of ya and the feelings I've been feeling whenever I'm near ya." He began, still his eyes on the display screen, "But, it got worse, to the point I couldn't keep it inside of me and just had the urge to come back for you." He explained, "You're the only person who understood me while we're both inside the Asylum, baby girl." He then looked at me with a small smile on his face, "You're the only one who's brave enough to listen and accept me."

I then cupped his cheek, avoiding the cut he had at last night's fight with Robin. I was smiling like crazy, my heart was beating so fast just by his words. Now the urge of sticking with him got stronger and I had more reason to love him more.

"That loved me for who I am inside and out." He finished before pulling me into a kiss, the most sincere and gentle one we ever had together. It was no lust or hunger, it was more a kiss that felt so true and filled with love. True love.

Now, I have more reasons to come back to him.