"Dib!" Even through the phone, said boy could feel the tendrils of hatred escaping his sister's being. "You ate all the pizza again and didn't tell me?"

Dib couldn't be more horrified, "Gaz! I uh…guh, I'm sorry!"

Gaz narrowed he eyes at the almost inaudible hisses coming from the other line, "If you don't get some more on your way home, I swear I'll make your life so miserable you'll be begging for-"

"I-ah! I'm leaving right…s-soon," Flustered and panting, Dib couldn't be more thankful that she wasn't talking to him face to face.

"Stop playing around and get your ass home with my pizza," She growled, rage noticeably building in her voice. "Now!"

There was a moment of awkward silence, save for Dib's erratic breath. He bit down on his lip in a feeble attempt to damper his noise, hand trembling as he clutched his phone.

"Dib?" Gaz was only getting testier by the second.

"Nnn, Y-yes!" Dib practically groaned as his sister snarled and hung up with a click.

Zim peered up from between Dib's legs with an impish smirk. He gripped at the human's knees to shift from his uncomfortable position as Dib snapped his phone shut and tossed it across the couch, crossing his arms and disconcertedly furrowed his brow. Lips swollen and blistered, Zim swallowed as he caught the other's glare.

"You do a rather poor job of being subtle, no?" The alien snickered before wincing, the feeling of liquid fire smoldering down his throat and into his belly.

He grumbled, wiping his mouth and clutching at his stomach. Why did humans have to be water-based creatures, inside and out?