It was Thursday morning and Dib was brushing his teeth and was about to get dressed in the same attire as usual which was nice but kind of boring after a while.
Dib woke up early everyday so he could make breakfast. It wasn't much, just eggs with grilled cheese and a glass of milk; nothing special since Dib wasn't much of a cook. His dinner last night was simply pasta.
The 20 year old could cook but it never tasted amazing but good enough to eat. He did plan to teach himself better recipes at some point, maybe this weekend.
Then Dib remembered that he had to decorate for the party and groaned. Decorating the whole office was going to be a bitch so Dib might as well go to the party. He didn't have to but why would he decorate the entire place and not go to the party? The concept seemed stupid in his opinion. Dib didn't want to go and be surrounded by all these people he knew but still feel alone.
To lighten Dib's mood, he thought about seeing Zim again but it also made him nervous a little too.
After breakfast, Dib got on his coat and grabbed his bag; he had to be at the bus stop by 6:15.
Dib entered the lobby of his work and entered the elevator on the first floor to see that Mitchel was sitting in his seat. Before Dib could say anything, Mitchel spoke.
"I heard you'll be decorating for the party~" the wretched human smirked and Dib roll his eyes.
"Yeah so?" Dib said dropping his bag rather harshly on his desk. His day was already ruined.
"That means you're going to go to the party right? Mitchel asked.
"No." Dib lied, kind of.
"That's stupid. Why don't you just go, It-" Mitchel was cut off.
"Why do you care?" Dib snapped, making Mitchel straighten his back from shock. The 25 year old had experienced this from Dib before but he never knew when to expect it; it was always so random.
"Hey, no need to flip out. I'm just trying to be a friend. Plus, Larren wanted to know if you were going?" Mitchel said, trying to actually calm the younger male down.
Dib looked at Mitchel tiredly. "Be a friend, huh? You always make fun at me for not having any. And why would she want to know that?" Dib asked, not interested in what the other male had to say. Dib was organizing his flies, stationaries and whatever else to keep himself occupied with Mitchel invading his workspace.
Mitchel shrugged with an 'I dunno'. "Women, complicated things. I think she likes you."
A tin full of pencils and pens crashed to the floor beside Dib. Mitchel looked at the other male in confusion. The black haired boy looked frozen still with some sort of distorted fear.
"That's not funny." Dib said with his back to the annoying worker, then the frazzled human turned to stare down at the offending 25 year old.
"Dude, she's a total cougar." Mitchel explained.
"That's- Don't be stupid. Larren is a responsible women, I respect her, you ass." Dib said, giving Mitchel a disgusted look. How could he assume that of Larren?
"She hit on me last party we had." Mitchel told the angered male in front of him.
"Well, yeah, with a little alcohol that's quite normal, I suppose. Doesn't mean she's a cougar!" Dib said, actually having a conversation with Mitchel. Dib wanted to make it clear to the stupid man that Larren was not like that. Not that it was bad but it wasn't Larren.
Mitchel stared at Dib, who stared back. After while of staring at each other, Dib became confused. "What? I'm right you know." The black haired boy clarified to the other. Dib watched in horror as a bit of blush appeared on Mitchel's face. "What? Why are you staring at me like that?" Dib said in a bit of panic.
Mitchel looked to the elevator doors and sighed. "She hit on me and things...progressed..." Mitchel said softly.
Dib swallowed a lump in his thought. "How far...?" Dib asked in a voice just as soft as Mitchel's was.
Quickly, as if the old Mitchel returned, the man replied. "I don't half ass romances Dibby boy."
Dib's face went pale. "You...you did it with her!" Dib tried to keep his voice down by yanking the sitting male up to his own height.
"W-well...yeah, she wanted to!" Mitchel stuttered, he did not expect for the younger male to pull at his suit like that.
After hearing that, Dib let go of the other who quickly unwrinkled his uniform.
"You're making shit up." Dib said, crossing his arms over his chest and staring at Mitchel. There was no way Larren would do something like that! Even if she did, not with this idiot.
"Geez, you're a spaz! Why would I make that up! I'm telling you because you wanted to know!" Mitchel grumbled. "I'm not telling you anything anymore now." He whined like a baby even though he was a full grown man.
Dib felt a tiny bit bad for flipping out at the annoying co-worker. "Ok, ok, I'm sorry." Dib said, hating the word coming off his tongue. "I'm just..." Dib put his hands in his hands, almost in shame.
"You always get disoriented when I tell you this stuff, just accept that it happens." Mitchel said as he adjusted himself in his seat.
To be honest, Mitchel could be an ok guy, he bugged Dib 99% of the time but in moments like this, Mitchel knew how to help Dib cope, even just a little. The 20 year old virgin had an unexplainable anxiety when it came to sex. It irked him in so many ways; he wanted it but was terrified of it for some reason.
Mitchel was Dib's only link to reality if Dib thought about it. The only time Dib ever heard of anything that had happened in the office, it was from Mitchel.
Dib looked to the other male and sighed. "I never expected that from her, that's all."
Mitchel shrugged. "It's only natural. Anyways, the boss wants to see you."
"What? Why didn't you tell me before!" Dib said, jolting to life again.
"We got side tracked." Mitchel said as he typed away on the computer. Dib rolled his eyes and headed to his boss' office.
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Zim came into work at the same time he normally did. Liz was standing behind the cash register, not smiling happily but looking very depressed.
Zim came up to her, not very interested. "Whats up with you?"
Liz frowned at Zim sadly. "My boyfriend broke up with me last night because he said I was cheating." She said, beginning to go teary eyed.
Zim frowned, not feeling sorry for the girl but more annoyed with her feelings. 'Oh God...Why do I have a friend that is a girl? Fucking humans.' Zim thought, going behind the counter to start working.
"That sucks." Zim said simply.
Liz stared at Zim for a long time, blinking at him and frowning sadly. Zim didn't look at her; he would once in a while glance at her, feeling her eyes on him. "What? The alien finally asked, unimpressed.
"Can...Can I have a hug, please?" Liz asked with begging eyes.
Zim groaned and held his forehead with his hand whining a bit as he flung his head back. "Reeaaally?" he complained, looking at her out of the corner of his eye. Liz looked hurt and nodded.
Zim sighed, crossing his arms. "...Fine..."
Liz's arms wrapped around Zim's waist as she held onto him tightly. Zim, making no move to touch her back or wrap his arms around her, just stood there, still unimpressed.
The hug felt slightly nice since he missed hugs from GIR, but still, he didn't want THIS hug. "Alright." Zim said, pushing her away. "Hug time is over. Get back to work." He said in a grumpy tone.
Liz sighed, a lot more hurt than before from Zim being so rude. She began to tear up and sniffle. "Th-thanks...You're a great friend..." She said with hate in her voice.
Zim looked at her, watching her tear up more. Zim sighed, slowly and unsurely placing a hand on her warm shoulder. "...Uhhh...There, there, human-thing..." Zim said, trying to be comforting but it was really hard. "Y-You...Ummm...are a very nice girl. S-Someone will like you, and...l-looove you. "Zim said with disgust, thinking of Liz smacky lipping with men; it was just gross.
"Y-You'll find...someone...great...just for you." Zim said, cracking a weak and half-hearted smile.
Liz looked up, wiping her tears away and smiled gently. "Thank you Zim...Maybe you are the one for me...even though, you are a grump."
Zim's eyes went wide, hand removing from her shoulder quickly as he blushed a darker color of green. "Uuuh...Anyone, besides me!" Zim said quickly. "Zim is not worthy of human love." Zim said, trying to make that a rude insult.
However, Liz took it as a good thing. "Alright Zim...But, I still have an eye on you." She teased. Zim shuttered from that, sticking his tongue out in disgust. 'I wish her boyfriend didn't break up with her. Stupid fucking girl-humans.' Zim thought, crossing his arms.
Liz was called by some workers who needed help in the back. Luckily for Zim, he could be away from the flirting Liz.
Once Zim left, he thought about Dib again. His irken heart skipping a beat from joy, remembering he'll be coming at lunch time today. Oh, how excited Zim was to see Dib again. The alien began to purr quietly in the back of his throat and pushed out all the negative thoughts of Dib killing him; replacing them with happy ones. Zim smiled, and almost squealed with excitement.
There has been a lot of updates today because I've been trying to have the story catch up with the actual RP so updates will be more gradual from now on. C:
Hope you enjoy the story~