A pale hand cupped the Batman's face. The owner of said hand wasn't wearing his usual grin anymore. He felt like he would never smile again, now that he thought about it.
Batsy had been his only real reason to smile.
He lifted the broken man into his arms, dropping his head on the other man's chest, right where the bat symbol was. He started to cry again, all kinds of emotions rushing through him.
He felt infuriated at himself for being the cause of the Batman's death; he never really wanted to kill him! He mostly felt sorrow though. His Batsy had loved him! And he never knew! Was he blind, did he really not catch on to something so important?
It's true that the Batman was good at hiding his emotions, but the Joker could read him like a book. He had loved him too… still did, in fact. But there wasn't anything he could do now…
Small movement from the chest underneath his head brought the Joker back from his thoughts. He sat up, looking down at the man in his arms, wondering if he had just thought the other was moving, in his grief.
Then a pained groan tore itself from the masked man's throat, making the other jump somewhat. Then the clown started to giggle; slowly it became a full out laugh. Batsy was alive!
The man wanted to just hug the man that was already in his arms, but knew that, that was probably not a good idea. So instead, he got up, lifting the other man with him. The masked man was surprisingly light, he noted.
"Sorry Batsy, but I can't take you to a hospital, we would probably be both taken in!" He said to the man in his arms, even though said man was unconscious. "So that means I'll have to take you to my place!"
Even if the situation wasn't exactly the happiest one, the clown couldn't help but feel happy about bringing the Batman back to his lair.
Once arriving at the abandoned warehouse in the abandoned amusement park, the Joker put the wounded man in a bed that he had stolen from a nearby "Bed, Bath, and Beyond". "Beyond any store of its kind, eh, Batsy!" Obviously not getting an answer, the Joker continued.
"You know, I went into the "Beyond" section one time and I found the cutest little coffee mug, I really wish I had got it…" The clown seemed to be lost back to that time for a minute, but then came back to reality.
Turning back to the man in his bed, the Joker suddenly became serious. "Don't you worry, Batsy, I'll take good care of you. You'll be better before you know it!"
And the thing was, he meant every word.
AN: Yes, the "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" joke was inspired by Family Guy.
