1Zim pointed out a camera that helped point out heat signatures, and intelligence. Dib was completely fascinated by it, and acted like a puppy going on a walk. Zim watched gently as Dib ran around his lab, and his insect like eyes softened the tiniest bit. If their were anything worth saving on this stupid planet, it was the Dib-creature. He was the perfect example of a human.
Zim marched stiff legged showing Dib his lab, and wondered why the human did not want to go home. He had said something about his sister not wanting him to come home. Zim frowned lightly, and stopped suddenly in his hallway.
"Dib-thing? Why do you not want to go home?" Zim demanded from the black haired teen.
"Uh...Well, I... you see-" Dib stuttered out, suddenly looking nervous, and scared.
"Why Dib? What's wrong with your home?" Zim asked looking angry.
"Well...Gaz doesn't like having me around, and she's got a car now...so, I just presume to stay out of her way. She almost broke my leg the last time she rammed her car into me..." Dib said almost like telling him that he got a bug bite.
"She tries to HIT you with those dangerous things?" Zim shrieked out angrily, and Dib winced.
"Well..she was just angry ya know?" Dib said, trying to soothe the green alien.
Zim huffed out angrily, and turned so that Dib wouldn't see the rage that had spread from his mind to his face. Zim was absolutely disgusted with the humans! How could they do this...
Dib watched Zim almost radiate waves of anger, and he raised a brow in question. Why would Zim be so angry for him? They were enemies weren't they? This tour he was giving was some kind of trap, but it was still nice to be able to see his base.
Dib watched the now taller than he green alien. He noticed that Zim seemed be plotting yet again, but he wouldn't tell Dib what he was doing. Dib looked curiously at Zim, and found the alien staring at him.
Watching the glowing magenta eyes staring into his own caused Dib to feel out of place, and slightly naked. Blushing slightly, he looked down so that his eyes wouldn't meet the Irken Invader's any more.
Knowing that Zim could probably see his blush, he tried to turn away so that Zim would not have to ask why his cheeks were turning different colors. Sadly enough, Zim pointed with a confused look, and asked any ways.
"Dib-beast? Why does your human flesh change colors at different times? You are not lizards like we have studied in our Doom Skool..." Zim said very confused, and excited to learn about how he could defeat humans somehow.
"Well...it's called...bl-blushing..." Dib replied, blushing an even deeper red, and stuttering slightly.
"Why do you do it?" Zim asked, poking a cheek with one of his claws.
"I don't have control of blushing Zim...It's when blood rushes to our faces because of strong emotions. Our heart controls our blood which sends extra blood to our head which helps our brain function. The excess causes us to blush.."Dib said with a very educational voice.
"What strong emotion did you just have then?" Zim asked learning from Dib's teachings.
"I was...embarrassed." Dib replied, looking to the floor.
"For what reason were you this embarrassed?" Zim asked.
"I was embarrasses because you were staring at me.." Dib replied blushing slightly.
"Should I not look at you then?" Zim questioned a little confused.
"No! I mean..Well...it's kinda how you look at people that can make them confused, and nervous. I get nervous, and blush when people stare for to long, cause I think they might be making fun of me." Dib replied sadly, and lowered his head.
"That's...interesting.." Zim replied to Dib, and took a device from a nearby counsel.
Sitting in a chair made especially for Zim's new height, he began to type into the small device what he had just learned from the Dib-beast.
ILU
A soft tune, and a cello crying in the background. A flute dips in it's melody, and a violin becomes one with the deep cello. The base becomes a haunting chime, and a small percussion piece is flowing in. A piano leads the group, and an electric guitar rymes in with the cello. Music.
ILU
Dib looked up. Had he heard something? It sounded like someone was just describing music. Someone was just playing music. Dib looked over to his green enemy, or was he now a friend? Dib opened his mouth to ask, when Zim beat him to it.
"When do you smelly humans die?" Zim asked in a small voice.
"What...what do you mean Zim?" Dib asked, frowning. Was this his new plan?
"You humans do not live as long as Irkens. What is your average lifespan?" Zim tried again, not using the same vocabulary.
"Humans usually live to 73 for males, and 78 for females. We don't live very long..." Dib said sadly, and looked down at his feet.
"73 what exactly?" Zim tried again, looking even more confused.
"73 years. There are sixty seconds which is one mississippi, in a minute. There are sixty minutes in an hour. There are 24 hours in an entire day, and there are 365 days in a year. Do you sorta see how long that is?" Dib said, explaining Earth's time while trying to show Zim what he wanted to know.
"If I was so go by your Earth methods of age, I would 2,000 years old at least. On my planet, I am merely twenty-eight if I configure to Earth methods."
Dib dropped his jaw, and stared at the green alien. He felt his eyes bug out, and his mouth begin to dry. When Zim gently put a hand underneath his jaw, and lift up to close it, Dib snapped out of his trance.
"Two-thousand years old? Oh my god Zim! I'm only 18 years old! I'm like a little baby compared to you!" Dib shouted out, astonished at how old Zim really was.
"That's true Dib...I've been around for a long time compared to your standards. Irken's are very...different from the human race. Surely you've noticed this..." Zim said, hoping that his new found human friend was not as stupid as he was acting at the moment.
"W-Well, I know your different, but...I didn't think that you guys lived for so long...Why did you act like such a child when I first came to know you?" Dib asked, wondering if Zim was just making it all up, or had some weird explanation.
"Do you know what a 'Heat' is?" Zim asked, looking slightly uncomfortable.
"Yeah...It's some weird animal thing were one needs another, and starts to act differently, and changes his, or her entire life style to get a mate. What does that have to do with you or I?" Dib asked, still confused, but adorably naive at the same time.
"Irkens go through what is known as 'Kopolotz' which is incrediably similar to an Earth animal's heat. Instead of the Irken changing all that much, they become more civilized, and polite to gain attention. It is like a second puberty. They go through this change when they belive to have found an attention they desire.
An Earth animal has no control over who they want, but an Irken can start their process by staying close to their choosen mate. They go through the process of Kopolotz to help attract the attention of that chosen person..." Zim replied, hoping that Dib would not catch on to what he was saying.
"Wow...you Irken's are really weird. Wait! That means you have a crush on someone!" Dib cried out in victory, and pointed a sharp finger in the green alien's direction.
"I do not belive a 'crush' is a word to use. The mate for the Irken is very special, and the Irken in question would run down armies, die, or come back from the land of the dead to be with his or her chosen mate. It is a very special bond, and only few Irken's are given the pleasure to have that bond made.
Some are unlucky, and seem to be bonded with other species, but the Irken usually finds away for the two to be together. In one recorded history template, an Irken turned himself into something called an 'Andalite' but didn't fully turn.
He was a mixture of Andalite, and Irken. It was strange, but the couple were able to reproduce, and be happy. Another recorded history has different Irken's changing their bonded ones into Irken like creatures so that they may be together.
What you call 'sex' is a very special activity to Irken's. It is revered for only bonded Irkens. That is why most of us Irken's are born from tubes, and underground plants." Zim lectured to the steadily understanding Dib.
"So, let me get this straight. You have a crush, or a bond thingy to someone? You've not been off of Earth though! So it has to be a human! You have a bond thing with a human? Who is it! YOU HAVE TO TELL ME!" Dib said excitedly, and pulled at Zim's coat lapels.
"Don't touch me Dib..." Zim replied with a bit of his old anger, and pushed Dib off a bit more gentle than he would have done when he was younger.
"Come on Zim! Tell me who you like!" Dib said in an excited voice.
"I cannot tell you that. It's against my...instincts to put it at a human term. I physically cannot tell you..." Zim said calmly.
Dib gave a stupefied look, and wondered why Zim was being so...Zimmish if that was even a word.
"Can't you just write it down or something?" Dib asked frowning.
Zim gave Dib a look of a superior looking down on a peice of scum.
"No, I cannot do that either. Why are you so interested Dib? Do you like me?" Zim asked, teasing the human back to try and make him forget what he was so interested in.
"What! N-No! I-...uh...I don't like you!" Dib replied, a crimson blush working it's way into his cheecks.
"Whatever you say human...I can tell that you're 'blushed' again as you strange human monkies have put it." Zim said, stumbling over the unfamiliar words.
"It's called 'Blushing' Zim...and...whatever, just...can't you give me a hint?" Dib wondered really intruiged that Zim could actually like someone more than just hate.
"Fine, I can give you that much human. The person is one that we have both met on many occasions." Zim replied in a dead tone voice.
"Dang...Cannot be Tak then. We both only met her a couple of times..." Dib spoke alloud, and Zim squawked in anger.
"Tak? That filthy wretch is not WORTHY of Zim! No. It is not that horriable creature that calls her self Irken..." Zim let out in an angry huff.
Dib put up his hands to show he meant no offense, and scrunched up his nose in thought. Who had they met time after time, and both knew well? Dib suddenly got a sick idea, and looked at Zim with a bit of disgust.
"It isn't GIR is it? That's kinda like pedeophilia if the guy was even...fleshy..." Dib said slowly, and kind of terrified.
"EW! Gross! No, It's not GIR! That's just sick and wrong Dib creature! Thanks for all the loving care you give me in your mind!" Zim said horrified, and almost gagging at the thought.
The little 'bot was a nice thing to have around, but what Dib was implying was just strange, odd, and gross. The poor little thing probably thought that sex was a very fun thing to do. Zim had no intention of know what GIR did while he was out raving on some nights.
"Thank god for that..." Dib agreed, and sat down heavily on the floor.
Who in God's name would Zim like! Probably knowing the green alien it had to be an equal. No inferiority, and nothing higher than him. Probably very much like the green alien himself, but was human. If Zim liked any one, it probably would have to be...
"Hey Zim? Do you like a guy?" Dib asked on a moment of inspiration.
Zim looked oddly at the human in front of him, and laughed out loud at the expression that painted Dib's features.
"On Irk, it does not matter what Gender the speices is! In fact, I shall tell you what our gender's are! And for your question, yes. I am indeed bonded to a male of your species..." Zim said with a finasse, and waved his hand politely.