Chapter 8: Sleeping together with no lewd thoughts

Chapter 8: Sleeping together with no lewd thoughts

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"Do exactly as you like. That is the true meaning of pleasure. Pleasure leads to joy and joy leads to happiness."

GILGAMESH (FATE ZERO)

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Convincing Alfred of adopting Selina wasn't as hard a task as Bruce imagined it to be. All he had to do was just make him believe that Selina wasn't really a thief and was just trying to steal before to get some food since she was hungry which was more or less true except for the fact that Selina seemed to have some kind of special grudge with the Falcone family for some reason as Bruce understood, from their conversation on why she was trying to steal from a gang instead of an ordinary rich person.

Alfred of course had his doubts about the entire thing and at one point even thought that Selina could even be a spy or a ploy from one of their enemies (the man had grown really paranoid after the murder of the Wayne couple). But after a few minutes of heartfelt requests from a cute starry-eyed Bruce and slight emotional blackmail about him being all alone and having no friends after his parent's death, the butler melted like pure butter.

He ultimately gave in and promised Bruce to take care of Selina's situation first thing in the morning and adopt her officially and legally to make sure that she could remain here freely in the mansion.

This freed Bruce of all worries since he trusted Alfred. He knew that his trusty butler would always fulfill his promises and do anything to make sure that Selina gets adopted into his family even if it means bending the laws with their wealth and influence. His universe's Alfred was cool that way. Maybe it was because of Bruce 'almost' dying in this world after being shot in that alley that Alfred became this paranoid and loose with his morals when it came to Bruce, but whatever it was, he was glad for it.

As Bruce was lying on his bed in a carefree manner that night, pleased with himself for having manipulated Alfred and successfully getting what he wanted, a sudden sound of small footsteps got him out of his reverie as he looked at the closed door of his room.

"Who's there?" Bruce said, taking the bat-tool on his nightstand into his hands, ready to shoot down anything that moves.

"Umm. It's me, Selina." A small mosquito-like voice came out from outside the door.

"Kitty? What are you doing here at this time of the night?" Bruce asked, still not moving due to being suspicious of the voice. He had seen far too many horror and thriller movies to just believe any voice he hears during the night and open his door.Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

"I have never slept alone at night. I always used to sleep with the other girls back at the orphanage, so I was a little afr... uhh, troubled, yeah I was troubled and couldn't fall asleep, so I thought that I could come here." Selina said from behind the door.

Bruce almost laughed aloud at her words mainly because of how she was trying so hard not to admit that she was just afraid to sleep alone.

"Fine. I guess you can come in." Bruce said as he opened the door for Selina but still held on to his bat-tool, just in case.

Coming in, Selina quietly moved to the big comfortable bed and laid down on it like it was her private bed.

"Hey, that's my bed," Bruce complained, annoyed at Selina for not even taking his permission before laying down on HIS bed.

"Huh? But you let me enter yourself. I thought you knew that I wanted to sleep with you." Selina said, not at all realizing the potential double meaning hiding behind her childish words.

"Now, go to sleep little kitty or this tiger might try its luck on hunting you." Bruce teased.

"Best of luck with that. Catching a kitty is really hard, even for a tiger... By the way, thanks Bruce, for everything." Selina said as she slightly touched Bruce's back with her finger to show her appreciation before quickly retracting back her hand.

Bruce didn't say anything. He didn't need to. He knew that he had done something good today. He had not only rescued an orphan hopefully earning him some much-needed good karma for all the psychos he was gonna kill later in his life but also he had secured an adorable little kitty for himself, a kitty that hopefully would one day turn into his own sultry cat. At least he was secretly hoping for that to happen.

The silence continued in the darkness of the room as both of them slowly fell asleep with each having their thoughts swirling in their minds.

Of course, Bruce had another problem the next morning when he found out that Selina had hugged him sometime in her sleep and had placed her hand somewhere really close to a place where kids like her shouldn't be allowed to place her hand at this age.

Bruce was narrowly able to save his own life and freedom from the interdimensional FBI that morning only due to him being eight years old, the same age as her making him unworthy to truly get morning wood.

Bruce survived that day but he had no idea that it was only the first day and that sleepover was only the first of many with countless more to come.

Of course, Alfred didn't know about all this since he as a dutiful butler and a guardian just wanted to give his young master a friend and a playmate. So, after waking up, the first thing he did was call up a trusted law firm associated with the Wayne family and had them prepare a meeting with Selina's orphanage.

He was not only going to adopt Selina as his daughter according to his master's wishes but also make sure that there was no corruption in this orphanage of hers. Because the one crime even he couldn't ignore in Gotham was child abuse and trafficking. And he was gonna make sure that his future daughter and friend of the heir of the Wayne family was in no way linked to a heinous crime like that.

Even his young master had permitted him to use any means possible to adopt Selina and make sure that the orphanage's kids are not being abused in any way, so he was gonna do exactly that even if it meant taking control of every orphanage in Gotham. Yes, the Waynes had enough money to do that without even making a single dent in its deep, deep coffers.

"I think the future of the Wayne family is in very capable hands, Master Wayne. I hope that both you and Lady Martha can rest assured knowing that the Wayne family would never decline under a young master. I'll make sure of that. Nothing would happen to him as long as I am alive, I promise." Alfred said as he placed a bouquet in front of the Wayne family mausoleum where the two Wayne parents were buried.

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