Disclaimers: I do not own Invader Zim
Author's Note's: And so here we are again with our favorite prince in denial, and Dib who is now trying to keep his very jealous boyfriend from killing his very annoying brother. And speaking of Maz what will he do next?
Well let's find out shall we?
(Back with Zim…)
Rage…
He had never felt such rage in his entire existence…
"Oh the nerve of that_!" The next word that came out of Zim's mouth wasn't a very nice one, and Dib gave him a very stern look. Such a word was not meant to be repeated or written down weather it was spoken in English or not!
"Oh come on Zim can't you see he's just trying to get to you?" Dib asked as they sat at their usual spot for lunch. The morning had been a very long one ever since Maz reared his ugly head. And with the constant bickering and fighting between the two Irken brothers; Dib was beginning to realize how people must have felt when he and Zim use to fight.
And needless to say what he felt was annoyed!
"You like him giving you all this attention don't you!" Zim snapped back. "Suddenly everyone knows your name and you like it!"
"Zim I told you I don't like his attention." Dib assured him. "Though it is nice to finally not be invisible for once." He admitted.
"Hi Dib." Some girl with curly red hair said as she and a group of girls walked by.
Dib waved at them, and Zim growled loudly as the girls giggled, and ran away.
It had been like this all day, ever since Dib became the center of a full out love war, every girl in school suddenly saw him as "The most interesting thing since sliced bread!" And Dib, who had never had a girl so much as bat an eye at him (well besides Gretchen) was currently eating it up.
"Where does she get the idea that she can say hi to you!" Zim hissed.
Dib rolled his eyes. "Zim focus, she is not the target." He reminded him.
"Oh I see the target!" Zim's voice dropped into that octave that made Dib's skin crawl in both a very good way, and a very bad way. Though he wasn't sure how that was physically possible.
And speaking of the Target, Maz was at the center table of the cafeteria surrounded by so many crazy fan girls that Dib was sure their high pitched squeaks could break the glass windows at any moment.
Zim suddenly laughed. "I bet those squeals are killing his hearing right now."
And sure enough Maz visibly winced as they continued to get louder and louder.
"I wish they would." Dib admitted. "Or that he would poof into a cloud of smoke, or something."
Zim sighed, he couldn't agree more Maz had had been nothing but a head splitting head ache all day, and the day was only half over.
"What are we going to do about him?" Dib asked. "I mean it's obvious he wants to keep the whole invasion a secret just as much as we do."
"We could corner him after school." Gaz said appearing out of nowhere. "It would be quick and clean."
Zim snickered, sometimes he really thought Gaz would have been better off born as an Irken than as an Earthling. "As tempting as that sounds we royals are not helpless." He admitted. "True we never fight in battle, but self-defense is a must, after all father does have many enemies."
"I still say we can manage." Gaz growled.
"How do you even know what's going on?" Dib asked, slightly confused.
"Please everyone is talking about it." Gaz explained. "And the fact that he shows any interest in you means he must be an Irken."
"Hey!" Dib exclaimed. "Are you implying that I can only attract Irkens?"
"Apparently." Gaz said gesturing to Zim.
Zim smiles, obviously Dib's suffering still brings him joy; even if they are in a relationship.
Dib grits his teeth, he knows what Zim is trying to do; the green lizard loves making him angry. He thinks it's funny, and in some ways adorable. And as much as Dib would love to take the bait they had more pressing matters. "Can we just come up with a real plan already?"
Zim frowns, obviously disappointed. "Our best bet is to wait for him to make the first move." He suggested. "As time consuming as that may turn out to be if we wait for him to get impatient with us we'll have the upper hand."
Dib bit his lip, he didn't like the sound of that. Such a process could take a while, and he wanted Maz to be gone now! Not eventually, but right now! Of course he knew what was going on, Zim's anger was starting to affect him. Their bond allowed them to feel each other's emotions, and right now Zim was fuming. "Hey Zim could you dial it back on the hatred?" He asked hopefully. "I'm trying to think."
"Oh yes let me do that right now!" Zim said sarcastically. "Like I can control how much I hate someone!"
"Damn it Zim, can't you take this seriously!" Dib shouted.
"I am taking it serious!" Zim yelled back. "I can't control my anger any more that you can control you need to be clingy, and lovey dovey all the time!"
"I am not clingy!" Dib shouted.
"Oh please you're as none clingy as Gir is sane!" Zim shouted back.
"Yeah well at least I show other emotions besides rage and anger all the time!" Dib yelled back.
"Uh guys he's coming over here." Gaz voiced.
Zim stopped and turned to see that she was right, Maz was walking over to them.
Maz did his best to keep the cruel smile on his face, but he was really more confused than smug.
"What do you want now?!" Zim spat as his brother sat down beside them.
Oh I'm just curious is all." Maz admitted.
"Curious?" Dib asked,
"Yes you two…aren't you like mates now?" Maz asked.
"That is none of your business!" Dib shouted, but Gaz answered.
"Yeah so?"
"So why do they argue?" Maz asked.
"Cause that's just how they are." Gaz told him. "Every pair of….mates expresses their feeling differently, and these two idiots chose to fight until the urge to be loving gets too much for them."
Zim and Dib just blinked dumbly at Gaz, like she had grown a second head or something.
"What?" Gaz asked. "It's not my fault you two losers are so obvious!"
Dib turns tomato red, where they that obvious? He looked around the lunch room, and noticed all eyes were on them, and he suddenly felt very…very uncomfortable. How long had it been like this? How long had people been staring?
Was it just today, or had everyone started figuring out that he and Zim were sleeping together weeks ago? After all they did ride the bus to school together when it was more convenient then walking. And surely after a while of them getting on the bus at Zim's house everyone would start to assume that they were living together.
Right?
'Oh god we are that obvious.' He realized.
"Why do you humans turn red like that?" Maz asked.
"He's embarrassed because he now realizes that he's the main character in a twisted forbidden love story that everyone's watching." Gaz answered with a wicked smug.
"GAZ!" Dib shouted.
"What? I call it like I see it." Gaz said.
"So he's embarrassed?" Maz asked. "I like it, it's strangely appealing." He admitted.
Dib waits for Zim to go rabid, but to all of their surprise Zim smiles.
"Yes he is rather adorable isn't he?"
"I am not adorable!" Dib shouts. Of course he sees what's going on, Zim is still trying to win their current argument. He's getting back at him and sees all of this attention as the perfect way of doing it.
"Ah I guess we should stop teasing him." Maz chimed in. "I think the embarrassment might make his head explode."
"Seriously you too!" Dib squeaked.
"Yes, we should." Zim seemed to agree. "Though an exploding head of that size would be interesting to see."
"Yeah keep going." Gaz agreed. "I've always wanted to see a head explode."
"Are you sure she's human?" Maz asked.
"As human as Dib is red." Zim confirmed.
And Dib was indeed very red now, and suddenly all that attention he was enjoying was becoming torture.
Zim smiled knowingly. "That's what you get for encouraging all of them."
Maz snickered making fun of the Dib was rather enjoyable, almost more enjoyable then making his brother angry….ALMOST! "You know you are so cruel to you love Pig brother." He said. "I on the other had would be nicer." He vowed as he placed a hand on Dib's. "Much nicer in fact."
"Please you don't have a nice bone in your body." Zim countered as he snatched Dib's hand away from his. "My Dib knows I'm only teasing, right Dib?" He asked.
"Uh yeah…I…I know." Dib managed to answer. This whole experience was just far too weird for him. "Look I know what I just said, but I like it better when you're trying to kill him."
Zim chuckled. "But I thought you wanted me to be civil." He voiced mockingly.
"Nope go back to being angry!" Dib begged as Maz scooted closer to him. "Please go back to being angry!"
Zim snickered as much fun as this was becoming, he could not allow his brother to get the idea that teasing the Dib was allowed. Dib was his mate, and if Maz wanted a human plaything then he'd have to go find another, because this one was taken. "Alright you heard him." Zim growled. "Get lost!"
Maz gave a twisted smile, but stopped all the same. "Do you always listen to your love Pig brother?" He asked.
"Only when it suits me." Zim admitted.
"Good to know." Maz said, and to everyone's surprise he got up and left.
Dib watched him walk back to the center table as a sickening feeling entered his gut. Why did Maz's final words leave him sick to his stomach? "Zim?" He asked.
"I know." Zim told him, eye's narrowing on the target once more. "I know…"
Chapter End Notes:
Okay I know it's short but I hope you liked it all the same.
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So until then this is Emily Signing off…
