(A/N: Hello, everyone! Welcome to the story! I've been wanting to do something else with this pairing ever since I finished "Tak Is Back", so here we are! These stories are gonna be pretty short, since I still have other stuff to work on (SO much other stuff), and I don't wanna spend TOO much time on these, but I'll try to update at least once every couple of weeks.

Also, there's no set number of chapters I have in mind, but I guess this will just keep going until I run out of ideas, which I imagine will take a long time. I'd also love to hear suggestions from you guys! I'll reply to selected comments at the beginning of each chapter! Anyway, enough out of me. On with the story!)

Ch. 1: Detention

Summary: Zim and Tak get sent to detention and recount how they ended up there.

"Psst. Zim!"

"Heh?"

"You're a moron."

"Hey!"

Skool had ended over half an hour ago, and Zim and Tak were still being held prisoner in Ms. Bitters's classroom. They had their heads pressed down onto their desks, but turned so that they could see each other. The old teacher had fallen asleep a few minutes ago and was snoring slightly.

"What did I do that was so wrong?" asked Zim. "I don't recall being the one who overreacted and went throwing punches at the greatest invader to ever live!"

"You dummy! Don't you remember?" Tak responded in a hoarse whisper. "It was all because of your stupid Valentine thing..."

*cue flashback*

It was Valentine's Day, and Invader Zim was in love. Yes, Tak returned his affections, but since neither of them knew much about romantic relationships, they kept it pretty low-key. Zim didn't mind; it allowed him to keep up his "hardened invader exterior", but every now and then, he just HAD to do something stupid. It was practically programmed into his PAK.

Once in a while, he simply HAD to show Tak some romantic gesture to remind her of their relationship. Though these annoyed her, in a way, Tak further respected Zim for it.

She, personally, was too afraid to do anything she wasn't 100% sure of. Tak was afraid of screwing up anything, so she wouldn't spend time on such insubstantial matters. Zim, on the other hand, would try anything once. Even if he ended up getting hurt, he had so much confidence in himself that the thought of messing up a plan rarely fazed him. It was half brave and half idiotic.

So, when Valentine's Day rolled around, Tak expected the worst.

Zim saw this day as he and Tak's "anniversary", because it was the day he had met Tak and she'd thrown a slab of meat at him in front of the class, causing him excruciating pain. Memories.

Zim felt that he really had to outdo himself this time. If that was possible...

"Tak!" He'd stopped her in the hallway. "Do you realize why I've been so giddy all day?"

Tak crossed her arms. "Because you've got some dumb romantic thing you want to give me?"

"Correct! But it's not dumb! Wait here, I'll go get it!" Zim turned and ran around the corner. After a few seconds, he called "Close your eyes! DO IT!"

The Irken female sighed, but did as Zim said. She also held out her hands, expecting a big card or something. She heard some shuffling noises in front of her, as well as a few stifled laughs.

"Okay! Here it is!" came Zim's voice.

Tak opened her eyes.

...

Zim had wheeled out a giant...what the heck was it?

Some kind of float?

And sitting on top of it was a big heart that appeared to be made of different colored tissue paper, stuck together and arranged in what was clearly supposed to be a portrait of Tak, but looked more like Pepe the frog. Well, that explained all the giggles from the multitude of students in the hall.

"Are you not amazed?" Zim asked the petrified Tak. "See? Under the portrait of you, it says 'Happy Valentine's Day', except GIR spelled it wrong, so it says 'ValenTIME's'...but anyway! Zim sees that you have fallen speechless out of sheer gratitude! You may praise me now."

Tak punched Zim right in the face.

"THAT HIDEOUS THING IS SUPPOSED TO BE ME?!" she cried furiously.

"WHAT?!" Zim asked, confused. "It looks exactly like you!"

"AGHHHH!"

Tak continued attacking Zim and he began fighting back, but before they knew it, the skool principal showed up and whisked them away to be punished.

Dib strolled by and stole a glance at Zim's valentine. He couldn't tell by looking at it who it was supposed to be for.

"Some couples are so weird..." he remarked, shaking his head.

*end of flashback*

"You see? It's your fault we're here!" snapped Tak.

"My valentine captured your beauty quite flawlessly!" argued Zim. "I fail to understand why you were so upset!"

Tak perked up. "You think that...I'm beautiful?"

"Of course I do!" Zim whispered back, flushing angrily. He turned to face the wall.

Feeling alone with her thoughts, Tak reflected upon the situation. It really was a sweet gesture, even if was totally embarrassing. Zim was no artist, that was for sure, but he had put a lot of effort into the valentine. She decided to make it up to him somehow.

Finally, Ms. Bitters woke up and hissed at the two of them to leave already. She hated detention more than the students did. She kicked them out and shut the classroom door.

"Zim, I've changed my mind," Tak said firmly. "I am truly thankful for the Valentine. You should be proud of it, and I...admit that I overreacted. I'm sorry for getting you in trouble. Even if your art skills SUCK."

Zim paused. "You're only saying all this because I admitted that I find you beautiful, aren't you?"

"...maybe."

Tak kissed him on the cheek.

"...but probably not."

(A/N: Welp! Hope you enjoyed that first cheesy story! Many more to come!

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