I was working on some experiments in my lab when I heard crying. I looked to the screen that I watched Dib on and saw that Dib was crying in the dark again. It puzzled me greatly since the human was always fine before he went to bed. Watching the screen carefully, I looked for the cause of Dib's fear or sadness but there was nothing there to be scared about or anything to get sad over, so why was the human crying?

Finally I decided to get up and check on the human, Zim to the rescue! I didn't know what I was saving the human from but that didn't really matter did it?

I was walking down the hall and the sounds of little sobs and whimpers were becoming louder but only to Zim because of my amazing antennae. As I made my way to the door the crying made an abrupt stop. I titled my head in confusion, did Dib know I was here?

I pushed the thought away as I pushed the sliding door open.

"Dib?" I said in a soft voice, a rare voice that I used. It was silent except for a bit of shuffling which was Dib rubbing his eyes with his blanket. I let the door slid close behind me and walked towards the bed.

"Zim? What's up?" Dib asked and I could tell he was trying to cover up the fact that he was crying.

"You don't have to pretend, Dib- thing, I know you've been crying." I told him.

"What? I don't know what you're talking about…" Dib said in denial with his head down.

I sat on the bed right next to him and he flinched when I placed my hand on his leg gently. "Why do you cry at night? You do it every single night," I asked and rubbed my hand up and down in an attempt to calm him down or something, I saw it on TV a few times.

"I don't and why are you touching me?" the human said sourly. I stopped and we sat there awkwardly for a few minutes. I didn't know what to do, the human wouldn't admit the obvious to Zim and it was a frustrating thing. Several minutes later, Dib caved.

"If I tell you why, will you sleep with me…?" Dib whispered, his soft voice was tense. My eyes went wide for a second, not sure what Dib meant by 'sleep with me' but I was sure he had good intensions, this time.

"Yes." I said with a nod even though I knew Dib couldn't really see the nod.

Dib shifted to lay down and snuggle under his blankets. After watching him do this I felt his fingers tug at my shoulder and force me down as well. I thought the needy look on Dib's face was the sweetest look he could have ever given me so I went under the covers with him.

"The dark haunts me…" Dib said. "I feel like I'm dying when I'm in the dark or like I should be dying. My mind comes up with these morbid thoughts and I can feel my heart being squeezed in my chest and it becomes hard to breath."Dib explained to me and I tried to imagine the experience but I couldn't. "So when I cry, I feel the pressure release a bit and I can breathe more. It's like my weapon against the dark…I don't know, that's what I get from it all…"

I could tell Dib was extremely embarrassed because he wouldn't look at me and I wish he would.

"So why does the dark do that to you?" I asked as I gathered the stupid courage to wrap my arms around the human and pull him close. I was relieved to feel him comply and place his head against my chest. The human was taller than me but I felt so tall having his head under my chin and Dib's breathing generated heat between us, it was perfect.

"…I remember feeling like the darkness around me in my room was taunting me to…you know…" Dib said and his voice grew softer and softer with the sentence.

I wondered what Dib was talking about but then it hit me. The darkness in his room was consuming him when he attempted suicide.

"Silly human. Your brain meats are playing tricks on you." I said as I rubbed his silky hair between my fingers. Dib seemed to like that since he pressed himself harder against me.

"My brain hates me." The human muttered into my shirt. "It wants me to suffer…" he said.

"Zim will fix the Dib's brain then." I told him and petted his hair more.

"How?" Dib asked as if he didn't believe me.

I scoffed. "Zim is amazing and can do anything, that's how!"

"Are you going to do terrible alien experiments on my head?" Dib asked, this time there was a hint of humour in his voice so I chuckled.

"If it is absolutely necessary, yes." I teased and felt Dib pull back to look at me.

"Do you promise to fix me?" Dib asked sincerely and I could tell he knew he couldn't do it on his own. I think he had been trying to fix himself for years, many years and now he needed help.

"Zim promises that he will fix the Dib." I said with complete confidence and Dib smiled sweetly for once, it was very refreshing.

"Seal it with a kiss?" he said and I blinked at him a few times. This kiss thing sounded familiar but I couldn't quite remember what it was.

"Yes...Zim seals his promise…with a kiss?" I said a lot less confident this time and my antennae lowered.

Dib chuckled a bit then put his warm hand on my cheek as I watched him lean closer until his lips touched mine. I eyes went wide for a second then they slipped shut. Ah yes, this was a kiss but just like that, it was over and Dib was back to looking at me once I opened my eyes. He still held a slight smile.

"You keep stealing my first everything, alien." He said as he snuggled close to me.

"It's the same for Zim as well, human." I told him as I pulled him closer.

We said our goodnights and soon after, we were out like lights.

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The days went by after that night with Dib. I slept with the human every night and he would never cry, which was what I wanted.

Dib became accustomed to the house, not like he wasn't before but now he walked around like he knew where he was going and cooked whenever he was hungry. Sometimes he'd spend time entertaining Gir or the other way around.

We went shopping for more nutritional foods for the human and got washroom materials. I had yet to take Dib out to shop for clothes but he refused to go.

Another change was Dib's, what I liked to call, 'attacks'; attacks of affection. Not that I mind them, per say, but I did find them rather…annoying at times.

To Dib, they seemed like a game but it was different for me. I didn't know why but I wish Dib would take me a bit more seriously but I guess it was hard since I had become significantly weak with every touch the human made on me. I still didn't understand why that was so.

At this moment, I had made my way up to the first floor to find Dib sitting on the couch, watching TV and eating some odd human food. He turned his head to me and gave me a wide grin. The shine of light from the TV sparkled on Dib's collar and for some reason it bugged me to have it on him. I smiled back at Dib and entered the room.

"What are you watching?" I asked, standing beside the human on the couch.

Dib shrugged. "Some CSI show."

"C...SI?" I asked in confusion. A fear slowly crept up my squeedily spooch because the word reminded me of FBI..

"Crime Scene Investigation." Dib said casually and stuffed more food in his mouth. I watched his mouth in fascination. "What's wrong?" he asked after eating his mouth full.

I shook my head. "You humans use your mouth for many things." I told him and he gave me this odd look.

"Are you asking for another blowjob, dirty alien?" he teased with a smirk tugging the side of his lip. I gasped and made an angry face to the human.

"No! Zim is not asking for a blowjob! I am telling you, you use your mouth a lot. For food and stuff!" I said defensively; it only made the human grin more.

"Yes, we do." he said then he patted the couch. "Come sit Zim."

But I wasn't that dumb. "Nah, I-I think I'll go do…stuff." I said, turning around to make a leave before he tried anything on me. It always made my squeedliy spooch turn happily and made my irken heart beat fast when he wore that perverted smile of his. His attention never went unnoticed by me yet I wished I didn't crave it so much. I heard the human shuffle around and eventually stand up, at that point I made a dash for the elevator.

This happened frequently,Dib chasing me so he could make me moan and what not. It was strange to say the least but even though I would always try to avoid Dib's attacks, I always managed to create the ignition that sparked the interest in the first place.

The elevator finally opened and I jumped in but when I turned around I was face to face with Dib and his wide, wide grin. The door closed behind him and I gulped.

"Dib-human, I was simply checking up on you, no need to follow me back down to the lab!" I tried to sound professional, like I didn't know why he actually followed me but he knew since his smile grew wider.

"It was getting boring up there." The human whined and I frowned.

"It is no different down at the lab…if not worse." I said sternly.

"Not if we're together." Dib said and just like that, he pressed our bodies hard against the elevator wall. I couldn't do anything but grip the front of Dib's shirt and make uncomfortable noises while thrashing about against him.

Before I could scream at him as usual, the human smashed our mouths together; Dib did that a lot now, every damn day! It was like kissing but much different due to our tongues being involved. Dib forced his tongue right into my mouth and I tried to force the fat and squishy thing back into the human's mouth but it resulted in my tongue entering his mouth and things got heavy from there.

My body started to over-heat and Dib's warm hands rubbing against my skin didn't help at all. The human liked digging his dull nails into my skin as well but I never complained because it turned me on more. I never wanted to be turned on by the human but as soon as we started, I did. I always grabbed for his hair or clung to his shoulders, it was a weird reaction but it felt natural or maybe it was the only place I could put my hands? I didn't know.

Soon, we were on the elevator floor completely ignoring the opened doors. I'd kick and arch my back whenever the human touched me where I couldn't handle, like my antennae. Dib discovered the irken's second, if not first, sensitive spot and he took complete advantage with that cursed knowledge. I'd practically scream in pleasure after a few minutes of having them rubbed and Dib didn't dare stop at that point, no, no, he rubbed them more and faster to the point where I started begging him to stop.

"Dib! D-D-D-Diiib! Ple-please! Stop it, you-! I-I can't-!" I cried as I dug my sharp talons into his sides and throw a tantrum to try and free myself from under him. The horrible human kept rubbing my feeler and licked hungrily at my neck, the third most sensitive part of my race. When Dib trailed his hand down my pants, I did something I never knew was even possible. I came; and Dib didn't even touch me there yet.

"D-did you just…" Dib said in shock as he heard my familiar cry of realise. I said nothing; unless extremely heavy panting counted as talking. My body felt unbelievably light and my mind was absolutely blank. I could feel Dib checking to see if I really did come and he gasped. "Holy-! You-!" that same shock was evident in his voice.

When I remained silent, except for my panting, Dib looked up at my face and gave me a worried expression. I didn't know whether he was scared for me or scared for himself. I was guessing the lather because once I gather myself, that human is in for it.

"Um, Zim…?" Dib asked cautiously.

My eyes flicker to his light honey ones and noticed the frown on his face. I scowled but failed to move, to be honest, my body was too relaxed it didn't want to move.

"Filthy-human…" I managed to breathe out. I was so embarrassed yet so relaxed and now I was able to roll onto my side like a limp sack of flesh. Dib sat with his one leg over his other leg while using his arm to hold him up; he seemed to be studying me.

"Are you going to be alright?" he asked with amusement in his voice. He was loving this, I just knew it.

"Zim told you to stop, stupid." I told him although I didn't sound angry at all, there was a playful undertone to my voice. I was really relaxed, it was odd.

Dib chuckled. "Sure but in sex language that means 'more'!" Dib said happily.

"Does it now?" I questioned, a bit of sarcasm added. I watched Dib nod.

"I must be really good if I was able to make you come without even touching your thing." Dib gloated and I rolled back on my back to quickly sit up and yank the human by his shirt, pulling him close to my face. The action shook me out of my heavenly daze and I could think more clearly.

"It requires no skill really." I informed Dib angrily. "Antennae are far more sensitive to irkens than their reproductive organs. And the skin over our neck is very sensitive also!"

Dib was not at all fazed by my sudden mood swing or the sudden proximity of our faces, in fact I'd say the human enjoyed it.

"That's cute." He said with a warm smile and I faltered. Cute? How was that…cute? "I bet if you rubbed my nipples hard and long enough, I'd come too!" the human said in that cheery voice and I released him from my grip and sight with the most unimpressed look on my face. Dib didn't expect me to let him go and he fell to the floor with an 'ouch'.

"Zim must change now." I informed the human gravely. "And bathe…"

"Can I join?" Dib asked hopefully but that hope died when I gave him a death glare. Or I thought it died. "Common, I wanna know what it feels like to bathe with you!" the human whined as he lifted himself off the elevator floor.

"It's the same as bathing alone…but not being alone." I said plainly with a deadpanned expression.

"I came down here so I wouldn't be alone!" Dib pouted.

"Lies! You came down to ravish the amazing Zim!" I yelled at him and he smiled nervously.

"That too…but more importantly, to be with you." Dib said with a big, fake and cheesy smile. He even had his hands folded innocently in front of him like it would help his cause.

I stared at him and he stared back with his goofy smile. The discomfort in my pants and the unavoidable need to cater to Dib's stupid wishes took over me and I sighed.

"Fine." I said in defeat and Dib squealed for joy.