The Beginning

"The worst way to leave someone is without an explanation."

-Drake

As the sun went down it shrouded Gotham in it's usual eerie darkness that hid the terror of lunatics running wild committing unspeakable crimes and the screams of their victims, from everyone but the black figure jumping from roof top to roof top hunting for his next prey. Tonight the predator's instinct led him to a small apartment building on the outskirts of Gotham; where he found himself perched on the edge of the building opening a window to hoist himself inside.

The man made no effort to conceal his presence as he stood in the darkness of the room, knowing he neither had to strike fear into his prey or use that much caution around her. Unlike many of his other quarries his presence didn't invoke a murderous intent; actually, on the contrary she relished herself in it. It was evident in how her green eyes drowsily opened with a lewdness glowing in them, as they shifted towards the figure in the darkness of her bedroom.

"Oh Bruce, what do I owe this lovely visit to?" she asked as she slowly got out of her bed while never taking her eyes off the man coming towards. As the man came closer to her she raised a hand in the air causing him to stop abruptly with a flicker of confusion touching his strong molded masked face. Her face lit up slightly as she sauntered towards the caped hero; she loved to keep him guessing and would do anything to throw him off his game. All to see the cracks in his invincible persona he put on whenever he dawned his suit that he protected their city in.

"Sorry, I know how eager you are but I can't have you stepping on this little guy, he's a gift I picked up for a special person," the woman purred as she picked up a small black kitten from the ground where she was centimeters away from her intruder.

"I'm sorry as well, this isn't one of those visits; this one is a serious one."

"But I take all our visits seriously," Selina pouted as the kitten she held jumped out of her arms to find another place in her room to carry on with it's sleep. This comment earned her a raised eyebrow from the man that caused her smile to grow bigger.

"Museum of National History was robbed a couple of days ago-"

"And what makes you think I was one responsible for that little escapade? You know I have no interests in the Vikings."

"That was the same question I asked myself until I did some more digging on the artifacts that were stolen that night. Apparently the missing jewels were called köttur augu, which is Icelandic for Cat Eyes."

"You know sometimes cases aren't that easy to solve, but if you must you can look around the apartment, check my bank account for any suspicious sudden raise in cash. You won't find anything my dear I'm clean," Selina answered as she wrapped her arms around Batman's neck.

When the Batman got an unfavorable reply from the bad guy it would usually lead to an unpleasant integration that would end up with him getting all the information he needed. But with Selina all he needed to do was look into her eyes to see whether she was lying to him. After moments of staring into her bright green eyes that shown like a pair cat's eyes he sighed when he couldn't see the slightest hint of deception. "Well now that you know I'm not the criminal mastermind this time, we can-" She was interrupted by how the man in her arms broke out of her grasp and had begun to walk towards the window he used to break into her home. The sight made her raise an eyebrow as she grabbed hold of the man's long black cape. "Really that's it you come here accusing of a crime I didn't commit and now you think you can just duck out when I have-" "I'm sorry Selina, but I also came to tell you that what we've been doing, has to stop."

"Oh so did the infamous playboy finally fall in love with a decent woman?" she taunted in a playful voice hoping that Batman wouldn't be able to tell how she really felt about the news. Because at this point she didn't know how she really felt about this news either, after all, she knew it would never last even if somewhere deep down she wished that it would. If not for her but for the future, she thought as she placed a hand against her stomach. As her mind was somewhere off in the future, she didn't notice Batman reaching for the buckles that attached his cape to his suit, knowing quite well that Selina wouldn't let go of him otherwise. Before she knew it, before she could say another word he was gone. Already soaring through the night sky leaving her with nothing but his cape to remember the times they had spent together, and the future she could have had with him, the future they could've had with him.