"Harls, he said he wants to do 'The Dating Thing!'" Joker says for the fifth time since Batman left, falling into his chair dramatically and sighing. "What does that even mean?" he'd said something about an argument and how he needed to prove people wrong, but...

"It means he wants to go out with ya, hun." Harley says, closing an eye and sticking her tongue out as she does her nails. She's already found out about Robin's plan concerning Batman and Joker, in fact she's been planning most of the future.. events.. for it. "Ya know, the whole thing you've been wantin' with him for a while now?" well, more than a while. A really, really long while- and it'd taken Joker an even longer while to actually realise it.

"But what 'deal' was he even talking about?" the green-haired villain mutters- more to himself if anything.

"Does it matter?" Harley retorts.

"Well... maybe not," Joker replies, and glances over at his BFF. "Hey, what nail polish are you using? It looks cool."

"Oh, Poison Ivy got it for me." as she says her fellow villain's name, she lets out a dreamy little sigh. "Oh- it's sparkly, too!" she demonstrates by holding her hand up near the hole in the wall that they call a window, and flashes of light pink start glittering across her nails. Harley grins goofily, before shaking her head and turning back to Joker. "Anyways- about Batman- it'll work out, boo-boo." she reassures him. "Besides, you can still say no, right?" though, I doubt you will, she almost adds.

"Yeah.. you're right." the other nods, but then grins again and perks up. "But I'm gonna say yes!" he announces, little to her surprise. After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence, Joker gets up and walks over to Harley, taking a seat next to her. "..first, I need you to fix my hair though. It's been bothering me all day."

"On it, darlin'."

Joker stands outside of Wayne Manor, whistling a little before knocking on the door. This really shouldn't make him feel as nervous as it does, but.. well, you know.

Fortunately, Harley's just around the corner in their totally-not-stolen helicopter just in case anything goes wrong. Thank god for BFFs.

He's snapped out of his thoughts when the door opens a tad, and Batman himself peeks out. Joker finds himself wondering if the vigilante wears that suit of his all day or something. The thought lingers as he and Batman just stare at eachother in pure silence, until the hero speaks up.

"U-uh. Hi."

Did he just stutter? Because it sounds.. slightly adorable. Joker clears his throat. God, he really is nervous.

"H-heya, Batsy!" he stutters, and invites himself in without even thinking about it. No no no, what is he doing?! He's Joker; Clown Prince Of Crime, Batman's worst enemy, greatest villain of all time. Definitely not someone who gets defeated by just the idea of dating! Yeah!

...Oh, who is he kidding.

He's absolutely terrible at this.

Batman stares at Joker, who's been standing there for what seems like an hour.

"Um.. Joker.. are you okay...?" he asks hesitantly, as another few seconds pass. The clown jolts, as if being snapped out of a daydream, and lets out a laugh that even Batman can tell is forced.

"Yeah, just uh, t-thinking." he squeaks. The vigilante shrugs before starting to walk toward another room, shooting a questioning glance Joker's way when he doesn't follow. "..uh, yeah. Right, sorry." the green-haired villain lets out an awkward chuckle, before following him into the living room.

"So, uh.. earlier.. about that.. uh-"

"Yes." Joker cuts in, almost making Batman trip up on his walk to the couch. However, he manages to catch himself before he can fall face-first into the carpet. "I mean uh- yeah, sure, I can do it." he sounds awfully... nervous. And, as much as the hero hates to admit it, it's pretty darn adorable.

"Well- um. Okay then," Batman pauses as he reaches the couch and takes a seat. "So.. you're not going to question this. At all."

"What do you mean?" Joker plonks himself down next to him.

"I.. asked to date you out of nowhere..." under the mask, he furrows his eyebrows. "And.. you're just going to say yes." okay, so maybe it was just a case of Batman being slightly suspicious. After all, his (previously self-acclaimed) greatest enemy's saying yes to this deal for seemingly no reason, and seemingly zero hesitation. Speaking of this plan, why was he even still going through with it?! This was all so stup-

"...yeah." the villain cuts into his thoughts with an uncharacteristically meek voice, and now the other finds himself a little concerned, but decides not to ask about it. Emotions aren't Batman's thing. "But I mean- you said something about an argument and you'd have to win..!"

"And?" this is getting really confusing.

"Well, uh- if you were too busy trying to win that argument, then you wouldn't have time to fight me, duh!" and just like that, Joker's back to his usual chipper tone, grinning. He leans on the edge of the couch with slightly shaking arms, and then shuffles a little closer to Batman. "A-anyways, what exactly does this 'dating' thing involve, Bats?" he asks.

"Well-"

"BAT-DAD!" a sudden voice calls out, and a blur of yellow, red and green runs into the room.

Oh, Joker recognises the kid. Robin or something..?

"Woah- uh, hi," Batman looks a tad shocked at the sudden arrival, evident by the fact that he just scrambled back and fell off of the couch.

"Oh, Mister Joker!" Robin beams up at said villain, and he finds his heart melting. This kid needs to be protected, holy cow. "Did my dad tell you about how he totally wants to date you now?"

"I DO NOT-"

"He.. did..." Joker replies slowly. "Why..?"

"Well, I had something planned for you two.. and me.. and Alfred and Barbara..." he counts the names (two of which Joker doesn't know) off on his fingers, then looks back up at the two men. "We could all go on like, a day out! To a theme park or something!" he suggests.

"Okay, but why?" Batman questions.

"Well, you need to make the dating thing public, don't you?" Robin replies as if it's obvious. "So why not? Plus, I've never been to a theme park before. It'll be fun!"

Oh wow, this kid is adorable and persuasive. Just the tone of his voice is enough to make Joker want to say yes immediately, and don't even mention the look he's giving.

"...well, fine then." Batman huffs.

"Great!" Robin chirps. "Alfred already booked a place for tomorrow, but for now.. we should all go out and get icecream, or something!"

As Batman also agrees to this, Joker realises that he's maybe bitten off a little more than he can chew.