33It was a fairly normal day at work for Clark Kent and he honestly enjoyed the slight monotony of it, the casual conversations with his coworkers that came with a day that wasn't overloaded with work and that didn't require him to fight crime. Of course just as he was settling down with a steaming cup of coffee there seemed to be a shift in the atmosphere and despite all his senses Clark wasn't sure what it was. That immediately changed when he caught sight of Bruce Wayne. He did consider the other man a friend, but he tended to be a bit challenging to deal with in and out of costume. As to why he would be here, Clark had no idea. The relationship between the reporter Clark Kent and billionaire Bruce Wayne was extremely limited so approaching him out of the blue would seem very odd to most people.
"Hello Mr. Wayne, can I help you?" He asked standing up to speak to the billionaire, under the assumption that Bruce needed something with him, but Bruce breezed right past him with barely a glance and walked to Lois who was tapping at her computer with an intense look on her face.
"Hello, Lois," Bruce practically purred surprising the woman who had been bent over her work and entirely missed his entrance. She nearly knocked over her coffee when she flinched, but Bruce was there to steady her hand and throw her a charming smile, "It's been a while."
"Bruce, it's great to see you. I didn't know you'd be in town," she sounded genuinely excited to see him and Clark remembered that they dated for a time. Apparently they were still on good terms if her smile was anything to go by.
"I wanted to surprise you, I was wondering if you'd like to go grab something for lunch. If I remember correctly your lunch break should be starting soon," he sounded casual, but Clark knew Bruce planned this.
"Way to put a girl on the spot," Lois teased, "if I'd known you were asking me on a date I would have dressed up a bit." She fixed her hair slightly as she spoke, but she wasn't particularly frazzled.
"So this is a date?" Bruce asked, "I was merely asking a dear friend to lunch, but if you insist I'd be happy to go on a date with you."
She gave him a flat look that broke into a smile when she saw the twinkle in his eye, "Alright, but you're paying."
"Deal," he smiled back before adding, "and you didn't need to worry about dressing up, you look beautiful as always." She blushed slightly before turning to grab her coat. In her moment of distraction Bruce looked to Superman who had been watching the interaction with rapt attention and shot him an infuriating smirk. "Oh, Clark. I hadn't noticed you there, I apologize," his back was to Lois so she couldn't see Bruce's half mocking expression. He tended to be much more expressive out of mask, but he overplayed his emotions purposely to suit his personality. That and he loved toying with Clark and Superman.
He offered his arm to Lois who took it and they strolled out of the room looking like no time had passed since they had been in a relationship. Clark still wasn't sure exactly what happened between them, but it was fairly serious based on the fact that she did consider going to Gotham with Bruce. Ultimately she decided against it which Clark was thankful for. What annoyed him the most was how easily Bruce seemed to affect everyone. How did the emotionally stunted Batman manage to seduce nearly anyone who walked with such ease?
He decided to talk to Lois when she returned and later to speak with Bruce. It wasn't even that he was jealous about him being with Lois or Lois liking him, it just bothered him that Bruce was able to do it at all. He understood at Bruce was objectively handsome, he had some attractive features, but he knew Lois wasn't so shallow to fall for that long term. So what was it?
Lois was half an hour late in returning from her lunch break, but knowing she was out with Bruce Wayne nobody really felt like arguing with her about it. Clark approached her right after she sat down intending to ask how things went, but if the small smile that hadn't yet faded meant anything it probably went well. "So how was your date?" He asked carefully trying not to sound angry, merely curious.
"It was great to catch up with Bruce, he's as sweet as ever," Lois smiled, "this was a really nice surprise."
"It was just catching up?" Clark asked feeling slightly better that it was more of a friendly affair than anything romantic.
"Yeah, but he's taking me out to dinner tomorrow night. We're going to go dancing," Lois sighed dreamily and Clark resisted the urge to hit something or someone, "I don't know why you don't like him, Smallville."
"What?" Clark was actually slightly surprised he really didn't have an issue with Bruce, it was his fake playboy actions that got on his nerves, "I don't dislike him."
Lois just hummed looking at him with a slight look of disbelief, "Whatever you say." She returned to her work, leaving Clark to briefly ponder his friendship with the Dark Knight. He trusted him and they got along well when they weren't arguing about how things should be done. Yes, he mentally decided Bruce was a close friend despite how aggravating he was. Because Bruce was his friend he felt comfortable confronting him on the watchtower later in the night. He knew Batman had monitor duty which was the only reason his date with Lois was tomorrow night.
It was rather unceremonious when he dropped in on Batman, but the man didn't seem slightly fazed by Superman's sudden appearance. He looked at him briefly and without a word or visible response he managed indicate that Superman should explain his presence.
"You're planning to date Lois," Superman began his statement coming out almost as a question.
"I am," Batman responded evenly not stopping his quick typing.
"Why?" He asked keeping any irritation at bay.
"She's an interesting woman and our previous relationship has shown that we're compatible," Batman didn't move, but if were anyone else Clark would imagine they'd shrug.
Superman chose not to press the issue of starting a relationship on the base that two people were compatible, he knew in Batman's terms it meant he actually liked Lois. Instead he focused on why Lois wanted to date him, "Alright, but why does she want to date you?"
"I'd assume for similar reasons as my own, but I have many desirable qualities for her to choose from," Batman responded sounding slightly smug, but his expression remained unchanged.
"I don't get why people tend to flock to you," Clark said not quite under his breath.
"Flock to me?" Batman sounded vaguely interested, but still hadn't looked away from the monitor or stopped his work.
"Yes, I don't understand why people want you to like them and follow you when you're so insufferable," Clark replied sounding tired of trying to explain. League members tended to like Batman even though he unnerved or scared them to an extent and some craved his approval and attention like Flash or were interested in him like Diana.
"I'm not insufferable, I exude a quiet confidence that attracts people in times of danger.," Batman shrugged, "If I feel like it I can get anyone to like me." He added almost as an afterthought, "Plus I'm hot in and out of uniform I can seduce heroes, civilians, and quite a few villains." The last statement was accompanied by a very visible smirk.
"Alright prove it," Clark challenged him not really knowing what he was stepping into.
"Prove that I'm attractive?" Batman intoned.
"No, prove that you can seduce anyone," Clark clarified.
"How?" Batman's hands finally paused above the keyboard as the challenge was laid out.
Clark spoke impulsively in the heat of the moment, "Take me on a date."
A/N
So Superman kinda asked out Batman on accident, let's see where this goes.
Let me know what you thought and how this story should progress, I have two major plot possibilities. One is to take this on a fully comedic route and forego most romance the other would be to tie in romance and possibly make this a Batman x Superman story which I've never tried to write.
This story just sort of happened so I'm not particularly invested in the story yet.
