This lazy Sunday's shocking pleasant conversation turned sour when Zim started to yell at his lover.
"LIEEEES!" Zim screeched as he got the hammer he was holding and threw it at Dib's big head.
Thankfully, Dib dodged the blow and the hammer landed in the middle of the mini-TV they kept in the garage whenever they wanted to fix the Spoot-Cruiser and add some background noise so they didn't go crazy every time the bolts squeaked.
Dib hissed. "What was that for Zim?"
Zim glared at his significant other and twiddled with the engagement ring around his third figure. He then spoke, as if he was trying to get his anger under control.
"You know that Girl who was on the news because her husband died about 7 years ago?"
Dib paused. What did that have to do with anything? He nodded, but he was warily gripping his screwdriver just in case Zim came at him.
"Apparently she's getting re-married." Zim finished, and then studied Dib's face for an expression.
Dib relaxed slightly, then chuckled "What does that have to do with anything?" as he continued to rev-up the Spoot-Cruiser's engine.
Zim approached Dib from behind, made Dib face him and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. Zim, being a lot shorter then Dib, pulled dib down to be at eye level with him.
"I though on earth hyu-mans only have one life mate. You told me marriage was forever." Zim hissed at Dib's face.
Oh.
Oh
Oh Crap.
Dib smiled nervously and grabbed Zim by his wrists, prying the alien's claws off his collar so he could breathe, and think clearly.
…..
Oh shit.
"Well…" Dib began, "Marriage is forever, and shouldn't be taken lightly. But sometimes marriage doesn't work, so people get divorced, but that's only if they've been fighting for a while, like a year or two non-stop and they agree that they don't love each other anymore." Dib added that last part in quickly, just because he didn't want Zim to get any ideas. Zim nodded, as if he understood what Dib was trying to say. Zim wouldn't leave him because of a fight since they fight all the time!
"But this is different!" Zim insisted, "They didn't GET a divorce, He DIED In a CAR ACCIDENT. If this "marriage is forever", how could she love another man? It wasn't a divorce! He still loved her when he died!" Zim was losing his patience. Better think fast Dib.
Dib though for a little while, then spoke carefully "Well, sometimes after you've been away from a person for so long, the whole in your heart starts to mend, and you let other people in. Some people NEVER recover from a loved-ones death, so they grow old and die alone. Some people get over it quickly and find someone else to love."
"Then who does she love more?" Zim challenged.
Shit.
Fuck.
Damn-it!
"…"
"I don't know," Dib said, as he turned around so he can finish what he was doing on the Spoot-cruiser, "I'm not her."
"…"
"Then what if Zim dies?" Zim asked, his voice small.
Dib stopped what he was doing on the Spoot-Cruiser, and tensed up.