"That one." Gaz pointed at Vampire Piggy Slayer 3. Zim picked it up. He also held a green Gameslave (he had spent several minutes convincing Gaz that it was the superior color so she should get it). She hadn't been joking when she said he owed her both the system and the game. The acne covered dweeb at the register scanned the items.
"That'll be 135 dollars." Zims eyes widened.
"What?!" He was about to refuse to get it but he saw the way Gaz was looking at the game. She looked at it as if it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. There was no way in hell she was going to let him escape paying. He sighed.
"Fine. Stupid human girl..." He muttered as he handed the man the money. Gaz walked out of the shop with the bag in her hand. She glanced at the alien and saw that he looked really depressed. She didn't care. Or at least that's what she told herself.
"Come on. I want pizza." She snapped. He gaped at her. Was she serious? He had just spent a ridiculous amount of human monies on her and she still wanted more.
"Oh, calm down. I'll pay for it." She rolled her eyes. He glared at her and reluctantly followed. Walking home was an option, but a very unpleasant one. It would be best to humor this revolting human girl. A few minutes later, Gaz happily took an enormous bite out of a slice of pepperoni pizza.
"Mmm." Pizza was her favorite food and this pizza was especially delicious. Zim watched with disgust. He made gagging noises and acted like he was vomiting. She rolled her eyes again and held out a piece of pizza.
"Just try it." She said with impatience.
"Never! Zim will never eat such revolting human foods!" Why did he always have to be so loud?
"Take it or I'm shoving it down your throat." She warned. He groaned with dread and snatched it from her, thankful that he was wearing gloves. He cautiously nibbled at it. He immediately freaked out and began screaming as if he were being tortured.
"Ahhh! The pain! The horror! This...is the end...for...Zim..." He dramatically fell to the floor, pizza still in hand. Gaz raised an eyebrow. She didn't know if she should laugh or roll her eyes again when his head lifted up.
"Huh? Zim is...alive." He said in confusion.
"You won't be for long if you don't stop being such a moron." Gaz muttered before biting into her pizza again. Zim looked at his slice and nervously took another bite. Compared to the rest of the garbage that humans ate, this wasn't bad at all. In fact, it was rather good. He looked around and realized that nearly everyone in the food court was eating pizza happily.
"I must know the secret...Zim will harvest the power of this pitsa and use it to destroy this horrible planet! I will rule all!" He said loudly and laughed wickedly. Gaz raised an eyebrow. He had forgotten that she was there.
"There is no secret you moron. Its just a few simple Earth foods that we just so happen to like. You can't destroy Earth with them. Don't you have anything like this on your planet?" She asked, catching him off guard. He immediately got defensive.
"Wha- this is my planet!" He yelled, glancing around to make sure no one was suspicious. She rolled her eyes.
"Zim. You've talked about how horrible humans are multiple times in front of me. And you just said you wanna destroy Earth. You can drop the act." She said. His eyes filled with fear. His plans were ruined! He would have to tell his tallest that he had failed them! He would have to leave in defeat! He would have to-
"I'm not my brother, dude. I honestly don't care if you're an alien. Or if you destroy Earth. Its full of morons." She said nonchalantly. Zim blinked at her. What in the name of Irk was up with this human? She didn't even care about her own species. He would have to keep an eye on her. She finished her pizza and stood up abruptly.
"Come on. I'm going home." She snapped before walking towards the exit doors. Zim didn't respond for once. He had too many thoughts running through his head. Why did the Gaz-beast not care about the fate of her planet? His question was answered about halfway to his base.
"I know it's weird to you that I'm cool with you destroying my planet." She said quietly. He turned to look at her.
"Don't read my mind you filthy human." He yelled.
"I'm not you fucktard. I know its weird. Its just...these people...even my own brother...they treat me like shit. My own father has nothing to do with me. Dib is too busy obsessing over you to even talk to me. Everyone looks at me like I'm a nuisance and I'm tired of it. I don't mean to be weird. I don't mean to be so hateful. Its just who I am." He hung on to her every word. He had never heard her talk so much. Maybe not having her game was a good thing. Although he would never admit it, he felt the same way. He knew that others saw him as an idiot always in the way. That's why he wanted to be an invader. He had to prove that he was worth something. He had to show that he wasn't just (as she put it) a nuisance.
"Oh, and if you tell anyone I told you this, I will destroy you." She warned. But her words weren't harsh like they usually were. They were actually calm. Telling Zim all of that stuff had lifted a weight off her chest. She had never told anyone that stuff.
"Gaz-human." Zim got her attention.
"You- you aren't that disgusting." She realized that was his version of a compliment.
"For a human at least." He blushed.
"Thanks, Zim." Her lips tilted up slightly before she quickly forced the frown back on her face. But Zim had already seen it. He realized that he liked seeing her smile. He shook his head and forced the thought away. But he couldn't help but glance at her out of the corner of his eye every once in a while.
