AN: I would like to warn all of you that I am new in this and English is not my first language. I know that I have to complete my other fic . But this idea has been in my head for sometime. I had to write it.
This story will have mild SLASH . Haters, please don't read.
Disclaimer: I don't own the DC universe.
This an AU.
"Conversation"
'Thoughts'
Chapter one
"That's not possible. Both of you can't know all of our civilian identities!" Flash was staring at the world's finest with an open mouth.
The Justice League had just finished another meeting. They were having their usual after meeting chit chat, when Green Arrow had pointed out that everyone except Batman and Superman knew each others identities. All of them knew the alter egos of their fellow team mates. They didn't know Batman's and Superman's. The former was paranoid and as for the latter, most of them were sure that the Kryptonian didn't even have one.
So they were quite surprised when Batman smirked and told them, with the Man of Steel nodding along, that they already knew about the civilian lives of the entire league.
"Nothing's impossible, Flash or should I say Barry Allen?" Batman was clearly enjoying himself. Flash nearly fell off his chair.
"If you think you know all of us , who am I?" Green Lantern asked.
"Hal Jordan."
It was Superman who answered. GL looked at him flabbergasted.
Batman pointed at Wonder Woman, "Diana Prince"
"Green Arrow is Oliver Queen," Superman said with a small smile.
"Martian Manhunter is John Jones."
Batman and Superman finished unison.
"Okay , that was creepy," Green Arrow looked like he was going to bolt .
" I can understand Batman figuring out our secret. He's called the world's greatest detective after all. There is a chance that we might have met in our civilian identities. But Supes , I am pretty sure that Hal Jordan have never met Superman. How did you find out?"
"Actually you have met me in my civilian identity,"
Superman said sheepishly. Clark had met him when he attended a gala by Ferris Air for the Planet. They had spoken briefly.
"You have a civilian identity!" Everyone except Wonder Woman and Batman yelled. Diana was chuckling and Batman had that insufferable smirk.
"Of course I do. I can't always go around dressed like this can't I ?" They could hear the amusement in his voice.
"Diana, you are not surprised .You knew?" Green Arrow narrowed his eyes at her.
"I have been friends with these two dorks for many years now. I know both of their alter egos."
" I take offense in that ,Princess."
"Me too, Diana."
"Oh my god! The end of world is near. Batman and Superman agreed on something. Someone save us all!"
"No need to be sarcastic, Flash."
"J'onn ,you know he is right. They never agree on anything without trying to bite each others head off first." Hal supported his friend.
"Yeah , they probably wouldn't have even teamed up if the league wasn't formed."
"I hope you guys realize that both of us are right here."
"Ignore them Kal they have nothing better to do."
"You can't ignore us B . Considering the fact that both you know our identities it's only fair that we know yours."
"I didn't sign up for this when I joined the league ,Arrow," Batman growled.
"He does have a point Batman . A team is built by mutual trust and respect. You know we will not use the information to harm you or your loved ones. I thought you trusted us, B"
"We do , J'onn. You must understand. We started our double life many years before all of you came along. For a long time it was just the two us against the crazies of our cities. We had each others back. I was his backup and he was mine. It still is. Only thing that changed now is that we can depend on you guys as well. We've been dealing with this alone so long that we have become paranoid about keeping our identities hidden and hence our loved ones safe. Only a handful of people know about our double lives ." Superman sounded sad for some reason.
"I thought both of you started working together only after joining the league!"
"Just because we have our differences doesn't mean we hate each other, Lantern."
Batman seemed to be contemplating something.
"Fine. We will tell you who we are ."
Pin drop silence.
Superman snapped out of his shock. "Who are you and what have done with Batman?"
"Glad that you still have a sense of humour Kal. We should tell them sooner or later."
"So you're going to tell us, just like that," Flash asked in disbelief.
"It will be a piece of cake for all of you we simply told you who we are."
Clark didn't need X ray vision to know that Bruce had an evil glint in his eyes under the cowl.'He is enjoying himself.' Clark felt bad for his team mates.
"All of you didn't reveal you identities to us out of the kindness of your hearts . Kal and I figured it out ourselves. So I think it's fair that all of you figure it out on your own."
"But you should give us some clue. We can't find it out all of a sudden without any help. Not all of are detectives you know. We-"
"I know, Flash. You will have a clue."
His smile was sinister.
"I know all of you are going to attend the charity event by Wayne foundation in your other identities next Saturday."
Clark internally groaned. He should have seen this from miles away. His boyfriend ,no fiancee, was too cunning. There were moments when he wondered how the ended up together. ' I blame it all on that cruise.' Not that he regretted his relationship. He was incredibly happy thank you very much.
"How can the gal-"
"Both Kal and I will be there in our civilian identities. I sure all of have enough brain cells to identify us."
"Don't worry. All of you will figure it out. It's quite obvious," Diana assured them.
"So princess, will you help us out?"
"No Hal ,I will not help you cheat. It'll be fun. I am looking forward to laughing myself to death at all of your 'suspects and speculation'. Not even the gods will be able to keep me away from that gala."
"So, all those in favour of Operation Dark Steel."
"Barry , dude you need to improve your naming powers."
"I don't see you coming up with cool names 'Green Arrow' "
"Hey there's nothing wrong with my -"
"Can we just vote and be done with it. Some of us need to go home." Superman was impatient.
"Wow someone's in a hurry. Got a girlfriend at home, boy scout." Hal teased.
Superman just gave them a small smile. Batman glared.
All the founding members voted yes sans the world's finest. The Justice League dispersed excited about the coming Saturday.
LINE BREAK
"You ,Bruce Wayne is an evil man."
"Glad I could make an impression Kent ."
They were cuddling ("I don't cuddle, Clark!") on their king sized bed in the Manor. Clark could feel the excitement of his lover. He was waiting for Saturday.
' I guess the expressions on their faces will be worth the wait ' , Bruce thought.
"So ,what happened to Mr our civilian identities are our greatest secret I will kill you if you tell anyone?"
"That's a long surname, Clark. I will keep mine after the wedding."
"Don't be ridiculous you will be Mr Kent after the wedding ."
"Hmm , my future Mr Wayne, rest of Gotham would come after my blood if I renamed Wayne enterprises to Kent enterprises."
"How does Kent - Wayne sounds? "
"Bruce Wayne-Kent , sounds great."
"Now back to our original conversation-"
"You won't let that go won't you?"
"Absolutely not."
"Well , I trust them. Our wedding is next month and we wanted to marry in front of all family and friends. As much as it pains me to admit this they are our friends. Then there is the additional bonus of playing with their minds. I also want to capture the moment when they figure out we are together..." Bruce trailed off . He gave Clark an innocent smile.
"You are evil and sweet at the same time. Rao , what will I do with you ?"
"Kiss me?"
"With pleasure, sweetheart."
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