Reader is an assassin who was raised by a Japanese sensei.
She always does her assignments, until she sees Jason use an iron to light a cigarette. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When you had gotten a call to get a hit on someone in Gotham City, you were prepared to see a lot of strange sights.
Cars randomly exploding, a masked vigilante swinging around, or even a psycho wearing heavy makeup who just so happened to be laughing their head off.
Yes, you were prepared for many strange sights.
Except for this one.
You had been setting up your spot so you could aim your sniper rifle perfectly at your target.
Your target just so happened to be a very important mob boss in the Gotham underground.
The man was a despicable human being who found joy in the misery of poor innocent people.
Many people had tried to kill him, but the man was just too protected.
He didn't reveal where he lived, he was never without protection from a personal bodyguard, etc.
Except now.
You had spent days stalking and observing the man.
You found out his home address, you learned his daily schedule, you learned his weaknesses.
For one thing, the man liked to engage in..... women. Every. Single. Night.
The horrors you had had to witness.
At least you learned that he was the least protected during his... extracurricular activities.
There were no guards.
Just him, the lady, and his bedsheets.
It was both fortunate and unfortunate that his bed was in full view of the window, and that he left it wide open at night.
You aimed your sniper rifle at the middle of his forehead.
A shot that definitely kill him, and if it didn't, the poison bullet certainly would.
You were about to take the shot when something to your left caught your eye.
You looked to the left, at the building next to you, and were met with a sight you weren't prepared for.
A handsome man with black hair streaked with white was sitting by the windowsill and was... using an iron to light a cigarette?
You blinked and tried to return to your original task, but you just couldn't shake off the weirdness.
You turned to the man, "What are you hoping to accomplish?"
The man jumped and nearly dropped the iron as he turned to look at you with wide eyes, "What?"
You gave him your best unimpressed look, "You are using an iron to light a cigarette. That is not very wise."
The man looked at the iron, and then his cigarette, and then back at you, "And you're trying to assassinate someone in front of a vigilante. That is also not very wise."
You narrowed your eyes at him and took in his appearance more carefully.
You noticed his dark body armor, which had a red bat on his chest.
He had a brown leather jacket and black pants with gun holsters attached at the thighs.
The man held up a red helmet for you to see.
Then it clicked.
"So," You said, "You are The Red Hood."
"Yeah," Red Hood replied, "Now, you got a lighter?"
You reached into your satchel and brought of a lighter.
Red Hood gestured for you throw it as he stepped onto the fire escape.
You threw it and Red Hood almost fell as he caught it.
"Thanks," He said as he lit his cigarette, "So, who's the target, Doll?"
'Doll?', You thought.
"A sleezy old man who enjoys exploiting the weak and poor," You replied and resumed to take aim.
You knew of Red Hood's reputation of executing criminals in the past.
Hopefully, he would let this one slide.
"Okay," He replied, "Well, the big Bat wouldn't want me to just let you kill the sleeze ball."
You gave him a hard stare, "Are you going to try and stop me?"
Red Hood raised an eyebrow at you as he took a long drag from his cigarette, "You remind of my sister, so I know I can't take you in a fight. I will ask you this though, you gonna be happy with yourself afterwards?"
The question made you pause.
When was the last time you were ever happy?
Genuinely happy, not just proud of your efforts.
A long, long while.....
"I have to," You replied, "It is my job, and I made a promise."
Red Hood paused as he blew out smoke from his mouth, "You could hide with me."
You smiled a bit at his words, "My sensei told me not to trust strangers."
"Then let's become not strangers," Red Hood replied, "I'll start. My name's Jason Todd. You ?"
You hesitated for a moment before you put your sniper rifle down, "(Y/N) (L/N)."
"There," Jason said with a smile, "Now we're not strangers. Now get over here, Doll."
You sighed and disassembled your sniper rifle before jumping onto the building fire escape.
"Good," Jason said, "So... wanna date?"
"You... that was... sure... why not?"
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