Dib was seated at his usual spot beside his sister, an arm wrapped possessively around the irken's waist on his other side. Keef of course was sitting across from them chattering happily about... whatever it was he usually chattered about while he picked around at his "lunch" happily. Dib hated the creepily happy act that keef had to put up probably about as much as the redhead did himself.. but they all had to put up with it.
Gaz was simply playing her game while eating the packed lunch she brought from home, "did anyone ask about Zim's stomach?" She asked as Zim had unpacked his lunch box and had out about three canned blood and offered one to Dib. He figured Dib would probably need alittle more.
"Not so far," The fledgling replied as he took the can and popped it open, he made sure to keep the liquid unseen by his sister seeing as she still didn't know about his vampirism. "I think we're getting pretty lucky today... with that at least." He said, taking a sip of the delicious liquid inside the can.
"Did you find out when they are due? I wouldn't mind seeing my nephew or niece, you know. I got nothing better to do. And I'm sure Dad would love to see them, too." Gaz said as she played her game. "They would be due in four months." Zim answered, opening a can and taking a sip, "guess that means they'll be born in february..."
"Well... that is if he doesn't disown me for getting my boyfriend pregnant." The fledgling replied, hiding his embarassment with another sip from the can. He knew his sister was going to bother him about telling their dad until he did... that's just how she was. But he was dreading the conversation more so then the conversation he'd had with his dad when he'd basically come out of the closet.
Gaz snorted, "Don't be stupid." she said, taking a bite of pizza that was her packed lunch, "Did I mention Dad is also gay? I guess no wonder you are." Zim blinked and looked at Gaz, "Membrane is gay?"
Dib was slightly shocked by this information... he'd never known. "I never noticed anything that would give it away... well besides the cooking." He said, though a small sigh escaped him, "Well that explains why he was so accepting of that.. but I doubt he's ever gotten a boyfriend or whatever pregnant... that's going to be an interesting conversation."
Gaz shrugged, "Who knows?" she bit more of her pizza. Zim blinked, while taking a bite from a chocolate covered pickle, that was pretty interesting. Membrane being gay. He never knew! Maybe that explains something... "Can I have one?" Keef suddenly asked, his eyes locked on one of the chocolate covered pickles... they actually looked really appetizing now that he thought about it.
The fledgling gave the redhead a weird look, "I think this act is getting to you..." He said before taking another sip from his can of blood... nobody in their right mind would want to eat them unless they were insane or pregnant. Zim glared at Dib, "He can have one if he wants, besides I don't think I can eat ALL of this. I'm not fat enough yet." He said, and chuckled and handed one of the chocolate covered pickles to Keef, "here you gooo~"
The redhead took the pickle nibbling at it... it was delicious. "Interesting taste combination... I like it." The human smiled before finishing off the pickle so he could continue his rambling about nothing in particular. "That's just wrong..." The fledgling said, glancing over at Zim... he could at least understand why the alien wanted them.. he had an excuse for his weird cravings.. but Keef was just weird.
The Irken snorted, "No it's not." he said, going back to eating, "why wouldn't a human find pickles covered in chocolateness delicious?" he glanced at Dib. Gaz chuckled some, "I like pickles, though I never tried them with chocolate before. It sounds so weird."
"Well it's just... odd." Dib replied, well..he was odd too so who was he to judge what was normal or not. He shrugged, "Oh well, I won't try one but you can have fun eating them," He finally said before finishing off the last of the blood in his can. He placed the empty can on the table before flattening it with the palm of his hand... that was getting to be a weird habit.
"How many you having anyway?" Gaz asked, maybe the topic change would be good. "Two." Zim said, "A boy and a girl. We picked names. Well... Dib kinda did since I asked him to." he blushed, "I figured he should get to name them."
"Yeah the boy is going to be Zib and the girl is going to be Dim," The fledgling said, smiling over at the irken. He felt kind of proud that he'd actually picked semi-good names.. seeing as he'd never been good at that kind of stuff. Gaz rubbed her chin, "have you ever thought about marriage?" Zim blushed madly, "Uh... No... I'd figured we'd wait on that... Besides, big-head here is 17. Not really marriage-legal or so I heard."
"My head isn't big you perverted preggo," The fledgling replied, his face turning a bright crimson. Actually he had been thinking about marriage, he'd thought about it during his meditation and he'd decided he'd propose on the anniversary of their meeting... which was actually in about a month. Zim giggled, "But it's a sexy big head." He chirped while sucking on a lolipop. Gaz just laughed and fell over.
Dib's blush only deepened at the comment and Gaz falling over laughing didn't really help. "You guys are so perverted that it's not even funny." He grumbled embarrassingly before stealing another can of blood and just playing with it... he wasn't going to drink it unless he had permission but it was something to keep his hands busy so he didn't fidget.
The irken blushed and looked to DIb, "You were one to get me pregnant. Look who's talking!" he smirked, eating some more weird looking food combinations. Gaz tried to stop herself from laughing but she couldn't help it. Best conversation ever.
"But I'm not the one making big head jokes," The fledgling replied, glancing over at his sister... he hoped she would at least stop to breath jeez. Gaz eventually stopped to catch her breath and got back in her seat, "Best. Conversation. Ever." she chuckled. Zim blushed some, sucking on a pickle. Wasn't his fault. It was the hormones.
"You're so weird Gaz," The fledgling groaned before placing the can of blood he'd been playing with back in it's original place. He glanced back at the irken after he'd folded his hands in his lap only to notice the other sucking on a pickle... would the torture never end?
Zim chuckled as he continued eating, finishing his first can and starting the second one, "I'm probably going to also order a book from my planet... Even though already know abit about it since it was apart of my training to learn about it just incase."
"I didn't think they'd have books like that on your planet... from what I've heard your species doesn't usually mate..." Dib said, giving the other a questioning look. From what he'd studied the other's species reproduced in a factory.
"Only because we thought we lost the capability to even reproduce. If we had, then that means we have the capalibility to adapt." The Irken answered, tapping his claws on the table. "That does make sense," The fledgling said, he'd have never thought about that... but then again his race had never had to deal with something like that.
Zim grunted some, and decided to put any left overs back in his lunch box. "I got the urge to go again. I already went three times." he said, rubbing his forehead, "I don't normally go this often..." Gaz shrugged, "Pregnant people pee alot.. thats what I heard."
"Yeah, I don't know much about pregnancy but I've noticed that in movies," Dib said, he found it kind of weird that Zim dragged him to the bathroom every time he had to go because he always figured that it was a girl thing but... well he just couldn't deny the irken his comfort. Especially when he brought up that promise he'd made to never leave the irken.
The irken put the box in the PAK and finished up his second can before smashing them and throwing them into the garbage after getting up. "Well, off to the restroom then. Before that bell rings." Dib stood wrapping an arm lightly around the other's waist, "Alright, lead the way," He said, smiling at the irken. Zim purred some and headed towards the bathroom, leaving the cafeteria with Dib next to him. Even though he can take care of himself, it's just nice to get some non-hateful attention...
The fledgling opened the door for his pregnant mate and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before releasing him completely so he could have his privacy. The fledgling doubted that Zim wanted him to follow him into the bathroom completely so he just stuffed his hands in his pockets and stood near the door.
The irken blushed as he want inside and used one of the stalls again. Though the other reason for using the toilets was simply because it was hard to reveal his member, so he just did it like a female. Not like he minded. Once he was done, the PAK cleaned him again and he walked out JUST before the bell rang.
Dib smiled when he saw the irken and he rewrapped his arm around the other's waist and pulled him flush against his body, "Have I said I love you today?" He asked as he pushed open the door to lead the alien back to class. "Mmmm~ Not yeeet~" Zim churred, pecking the other's lips, "I love you~" he purred deeply, nuzzling his head against the other's chest happily. "I love you too," The fledgling replied, chuckling softly at the other's cuteness. He loved when the other purred it was just so adorable.
Zim purred more as they reached the classroom, he giggled and ran off to his seat, sticking his tongue out so cutely. Some kids thought it was pretty creepy for Zim to be so happy.
Dib laughed softly at the irken's weird happiness and he chalked it up to the hormones from the twins. He headed back to his seat and sat down just in time for the late bell. Upon the ending of the loud highpitched ringing Ms. Bitters suddenly seemed to slither out from behind her desk and she continued her rambling about the world ending.
The irken quietly chirped and placed a rainbow sucker in his mouth since he still had abit of the munchies. God he hoped it would end soon... These wild cravings were driving him nuts. The fledgling rested his head on his desk... it was around midday and he was starting to feel really tired. He'd never really noticed it until now but it seemed that between midday and 1am he felt really tired. He guessed it was because that was the hour when the sun was highest in the sky and the knowledge had him letting out a small nearly inaudible groan.
Zim carefully rubbed his stomach some because of the movement inside, he wasn't sure how long it would be before someone notices it. But as long as it wasn't so soon he was fine. Hopefully. Dib closed his eyes tiredly, he guessed it would be fine if he took a nap... sure he'd never really fallen asleep in class but he was just so tired and he figured it would be fine. "DIB WAKE UP!" Miss Bitters suddenly screamed, her glare turning towards him as he jerked awake and nearly fell out of his chair. Satisfied with her scaring of the teen she continued her ranting.
"Ow." The irken muttered, that scream made the twins move roughly and it hurt. Shit he hoped that didn't hurt them as he secretly moved a hand to rub at it, he was abit relieved when they moved to the touch. He was still sucking on the sucker, just being more careful now. The fledgling let out a small groan as he righted himself in his seat once again. He felt a pang of concern when he heard the irken's pained muttering and he reached forward to rub lightly at the other's back. It wouldn't look that weird, plus he was at least pretending to pay attention to the loud rambling of the most likely insane teacher.
Zim churred some, leaning to the touches as he closed his eyes some, secretly enjoying. Though he didn't notice that one of the students looked suspicious of the alien, especially since the bloated belly was abit visible the way Zim was sitting. Dib smiled some when he felt the irken lean into his touches and he rubbed at the other's shoulders and the back of his neck, which seemed to be extremely tense. He'd never really noticed how stressed the alien had become and it worried him.. he needed to do a better job of protecting the other.
The student who was suspicious started whispering to her friends, though Zim didn't notice. Zim was too busy relaxing to Dib's messages, "Mmnn~" he purred deeply, subconsciously licking the sucker. The fledgling paused in his rubbing when he heard the whispers his eyes immediately locking on the suspicious human. He'd only caught a little of what the girl had said but what he'd heard had his eyes glowing some and he glared at her.
The irken whined some, and sat up to glance at Dib, abit upset that the other stopped. The girl, however, glanced at Dib, and now was suddenly scared. But Zim was still clueless, abit upset that Dib did not continue the message that the alien needed. The fledgling continued to glare at the suspicious girl for a couple more seconds for good measure before glancing over at the irken with a much kinder look. He smiled reassuringly at the other before continuing his gentle massaging of the alien's shoulders.
Zim churred when Dib continued, though he was going to ask what was wrong but got distracted. Everyone else was silent since they were secretly afraid of the fledgling now. Sensing the fear from the rest of the class had Dib feeling slightly accomplished, at least he knew they wouldn't bother Zim while he was around. The fledgling moved his hands down to the other's mid-back working the kinks from his muscles there after he'd completed his shoulder massage.
The alien purred deeply, so lost in the back message that he lost track of time when the bell rang for school to be out. He meeped, immediately sitting up; wow... Dib must have magical hands or something because he didn't keep track of the time. Dib pulled his hands back from the irken when the bell rang and he stood up to stretch his rather cramped legs.. he hated sitting still and that's basically all school was.
Zim used his desk as support to get out of his seat, his legs felt abit numb and it was hard to stand, "uhm..." He blushed trying not to collapse because of his numbed legs. The fledgling reached out, wrapping an arm around the other's waist carefully when he saw how wobbly the other's legs were. Apparantly it wasn't good for the irken to sit still for too long either. He smiled at the irken before leading him from the classroom, extremely careful to steer is mate clear of the group of students practically running from the classrooms to get out of the high school.
"I have to go to the restroom again..." The irken blushed more, "I kinda forgot about it..." he whined some, "the buildup hurts alot." he whimpered, god damn pregnancy was a bitch. "Alright, hun," Dib said smiling reassuringly at the alien before leading him once again to the bathroom. He was kind of getting used to the routine by now so he didn't mind. He wished there was something he could do to keep the other's pain down, but he guessed they'd just have to deal with it for now.
Zim blushed, "You're probably going to help me since... my legs are numb." he blushed more, this was so embarrassing but... he wasn't complaining. Atleast it was Dib and not someone else. Not sure if he could trust anyone else other than Brendon and keef to get him to the bathroom before he peed himself. The fledgling felt his face heat up in a deep crimson blush though he continued to walk the other to the bathroom. That was definately an unexpected turn of events. He opened the door for the irken like he usually did then helped the other over to the nearest stall.
The irken was still blushing as he was guided by the other, he was still in abit of pain but he was kind of distracted from it because of his lover and also being shy as usual. Dib glanced over at the irken, his blush staying in that deep shade, "Can you handle it from here?" He asked as he opened the empty stall and helped the other into it... jeez this was so embarrassing. "Yeah..." Zim answered, glancing at Dib and blushing very madly, "I can handle it form here..."
"Alright," The fledgling detatched himself from the irken before placing his hands in his pockets and going to lean against the wall across from the stall. He was pretty sure that he'd never get over how embarassing this was... darn the twins for making Zim have an over active bladder. Zim used his arms to get himself onto the toilet, though using his PAK wires to pull down his pants before sitting. He sighed in relief when the pain was gone, man this was such a pain to be pregnant. He'll just have to get used to it then.
Dib's eyes flicked over to the door when it opened though he was slightly relieved to see that it was only keef... still acting like his usual creepy self. "Hey Buddy!" The redhead chirped happily, skipping over to stand beside the vampire. He wasn't making the mistake of leaving him alone for too long this time, they didn't need somebody dead at the fledgling's hands.
It took soo long but he as done and the pak cleaned him as he moved his arms to pull himself up and try to pull his pants up, "Diib... I'm dooone... gah." His legs still numb, but not as numb as they were... Heck they were starting to feel so prickley and it hurt so much. The fledgling crossed the short distance to the stall and opened it for the irken before wrapping an arm around the alien's waist to keep him steady. "You alright, hun?" He asked softly, usually it didn't take this long for the irken's legs to gain feeling again.. oh well it was probably just his paranoia again.
Zim nodded, blushing, "Yeah." Well, other than the prickly feelig in his legs. next time he'll have to stand every once in awhile from that seat to prevent this from happening again. That is... if Bitters doesnt mind... "Alright alright, enough lovey dovey stuff," The red head cut in, "We need to get back to the base and talk with Brendon, he's probably already heard about your earlier actions." He said, giving the fledgling a look, well that was only one of the reasons he wanted to get back to Zim's base, he was sick of pretending to be a happy freaky kid.
Dib let out a heavy sigh, "Whatever, you probably just want to get back to Brendon so you can add to that collection of hickies on your neck," He said, before starting to lead the irken over to the door, even if keef was annoying he did have a point.. they did have to talk about anger management or something like that so he didn't hurt anyone else. "I'm getting hungry again..." Zim moaned, "know I know how the females must feel. I hope I can handle dealing with this for four months."
Keef felt his face heat up in a bright crimson blush at the fledgling's comment though before he could reply the vampire was already leading the irken away... great. He sighed before putting back on his cheery exterior and skipping his way after the pair.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think of saving anything because I thought the stuff in your PAK would last all day," The fledgling replied as he lead the irken out the front door of the school. Their trip to the bathroom had allowed the hoard of over excited students to make it out of the school without being trampled so getting there wasn't as hard as it used to be, "Besides it's a short walk back to the base, you can hold up until then right?" He asked.
"I can try." The irken said, blushing some, "but it's not easy... Though.. I do have some blood left in my PAK... I can use that as a light snack until we get home." He added, starting to feel some feeling back, but it still hurt because it was a terrible prickly feeling. Dib reached back and pulled a can of blood from the other's PAK, he handed it to the alien then scooped him up bridle style. He figured it'd be a lot less painful for the other that way, plus it'd make the process of going back to the base a lot faster.
Zim churred some as he was picked up like that, opening the can and making light sips. It was so comfortable and relaxing to be carried by his mate; and he didn't want it to end... Atleast not yet. "Mmm~" The fledgling smiled when he felt the calmness practically radiating off the irken, he'd never really realized how much the alien liked to be carried until now. He carried the irken off school grounds with the insanely happy redhead following not far behind.
The irken purred very deeply, happily drinking the blood as he was carried. BUt little did they know was that Brendon was standing right outside the door, waiting for them to arrive so he could lecture Dib and make him do stuff. Dib paused when he saw Brendon and he gave a small sigh. Great.. he was in big trouble. He set the irken down gently on his feet, wrapping an arm lightly around the other's waist as he approached the most likely angry vampire.
Brendon was silent, he didn't look angry but it was radiating off him as he opened the door to let them in, "Put Zim in the kitchen... And be ready for training, fledgling." Zim meeped some, heck he could feel that anger on Brendon and it was making him shiver in fear.
The fledgling nodded silently, rubbing comfortingly at the irken's shoulder when he felt him shake. If anything he was sure that he should be the one scared, not the alien, he was probably about to go through the training of his life. Dib led the irken to the kitchen like he'd been told before detaching from his mate and heading towards the elevator, he was pretty sure the vampire was going to train him in the empty room he'd last seen Brendon in.
The irken blinked and just rummaged the kitchen for food and began eating, totally forgetting his fear. Brendon glanced to Keef, moving to give the redhead a quick kiss, "if you want, you could watch or deal with your organization. I dont mind..."
"I think I've neglected work enough," The redhead replied giving the vampire a quick kiss, "Have fun with your torture session," He said before turning to leave and get to his organization. "Huuurrryy back so I can screw you craaaazzzyyyyy~" Brendon purred and waved to the teen with his tongue sticking out like he was in total bliss. The redhead turned his body slightly, placing a finger to his lips as though being thoughtful, "Maaaaaaybe I'll take my time~" He purred before continuing his walk to his organization.
Brendon chuckled and headed to the elevator, time to break the fledgling. As soon as he made it to the lower part of the base, he immediately went to that room, "Take off your jacket. now." Dib removed his jacket as he was told dropping it beside him on the ground. He guessed that it was best not to question the vampire.. especially when he was in this kind of mood. He glanced at the older vampire waiting for his next command.
"Pick it up." the Vampire crossed his arms as he gave the death glare at his student. The fledgling leaned down and picked up the trench coat, holding it in his hand while giving the other a somewhat questioning look. He didn't want to question the vampire but so far this training seemed... strange. "Hang it." Brendon said, pointing to the coat hanger he made as he watched his pupil carefully. Just according to plan... It was what his master used to do, well, it was different but it was a similar method.
Dib walked over to the coat hanger, placing the coat on it before turning to look at the vampire. That kind of made sense... maybe the older vampire was a neat freak and just didn't want his coat lying around while they worked. Brendon smirked, "put it on." he said, placing his hands behind his back as he watched. He knew his student would be alittle confused for abit about it. The fledgling glanced at the trench coat in his hand before looking back at the vampire thoroughly confused... maybe the vampire was crazy. He tugged the coat on, placing his hands in the trench coat pockets.
"Take it off." Brendon grinned as he leaned against the wall, after a few tries the young vampire would probably get where this was going. Dib let out a sigh as he took the jacket off once again and held it in his hand, "What gives?" He finally asked, giving the vampire a thoroughly confused look. "You'll see... Now drop it." The old Vampire said, he was planning this thoroughly... Though he knew how fast the younger vampire would learn so it wouldn't take very long to memorize the stroke after repeating it several times.
The fledgling sighed once again as he dropped the trench coat beside him, giving the vampire a rather annoyed look. He really doubted that this little "exercise" had anything to do with training. "Pick it up." Brendon said, unamused of Dib's annoyance. Dib leaned down and picked up the trench coat, holding it up in his hand. This was going to get really boring really quick. "Hang it up, and repeat the process I just told you to do until you have memorized each stroke... you're going to need it for this part of the training." Brendon said, smirking.
"This is just stupid," The fledgling muttered though did as he was told, he hung up the jacket, took it down, put it on, dropped it, then repeated the process all over again. "It's kinda similar as what my master had taught me. Everything we do in a repeated process is martial arts, don't think I was going to teach you that vampire technique. I find it a mockery, besides. This is REAL combat that you must learn in order to balance yourself." Brendon snorted.
"Balance myself?" Dib asked as he continued the motion that was quickly becoming an almost second nature to him. "Yes, I believe that is why you've been quite aggressive of late. You are still new to the vampire world. You have to have a balance within yourself in order to dim the aggression." the vampire nodded.
"I'm only aggressive because these humans are extremely stupid," The fledgling replied, a slight growl to his tone as he continued the motion, "If one more of them threatens Zim..." He took a deep breath as he paused in his motion to calm down, he hated how nobody seemed to understand how agitating it was to have to sit back and listen to a threat and do nothing.
"that is the thing, you need to control yourself. They do it because they bluff, humans who talk dont do it. That is your problem there. You're paranoid, you must believe that they are only bluffing." Brendon glared, "The only part YOU act is if they dare do it. SELF Defense, Dib. NOT OFFENSE. You WANT to be killed because you killed a human just because they BLUFFED?"
"HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING?" Dib screamed, throwing his trench coat to the side, "HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE JUST BLUFFING?" The fledgling felt his hands clench and unclench at his sides, and he was starting to tremble with anger, "Of course you wouldn't understand, Keef can't get pregnant and he can defend himself." He growled.
"Dib. Keef has to be the one to kill you if you kill a human." Brendon sighed, "If you want to stay around and protect your boyfriend, you have to have control over yourself. You have to have balance... or your days being with him are DONE. You got that?"
Dib glared silently at the vampire, he couldn't admit that the information had come as a shock, but it did make sense. He at least understood why the redhead had come back to their town now. "I got it," He finally grumbled, glaring off to the side.
"I am teaching you self defense now incase if they DO try it. But you can only use it as defense, you have to think like a master. Instead of beating the shit out of them, you use their weaknesses against them. Heck, you can even do it without even touching them." Brendon crossed his arms, "when it comes to a fight, there is one thing that is your advantage: the environment."
The fledgling nodded slowly, placing his hands in the pockets of his skinny jeans. He glanced back towards Brendon once he was sure he wasn't going to glare at the vampire. He needed to learn how to stay calm in these kinds of situations and the vampire had that information... it was best not to annoy his mentor.
"Now continue your exercise. I want you memorize it, because I'm going to attack you and you're going to respond in that motion." Brendon said, smirking. Dib finally walked over to where he'd thrown his trench coat before picking it up and doing as he was told. Hang up, take down, put on, take off, Hang up, take down, etc. It was getting to the point where the action was more annoying than work.
Brendon waited some before moving from the wall and approaching the young vampire silently, "You can stop now... and show me what you have memorized so far.. WITHOUT the jacket." The fledgling gave the vampire a confused look before tossing the jacket aside. He moved his hands first as though he were taking off an imaginary jacket. He hung it up, took it down, then put it back on before lowering his hands back to his sides.
Brendon rubbed his chin some, then grabbed the fledgling's arms to put them in the putting on jacket position and making sure they are firm, "Firm, make it so nothing can break through it." Dib felt himself tense when the vampire grabbed his wrists but he nodded and held his arms in the position more firmly. Personally he didn't understand how this would help him fight... but if the vampire said so he guessed he'd at least try it.
The Vampire let go of the fledglin's arms, "Take off jacket." he said, still watching very closely. The fledgling nodded, moving his hands in the motion of taking off a jacket, he was completely aware of the vampire watching him and it had his movements becoming more precise and careful. Brendon made sure that the motion was firm and nodded, "Now... i'm going to attack you." He said, "and you're going to block and counter." He added, and made his move by making a motion with both his fists, though careful to hold back most of his strength.
Dib felt his body tense and his hands moved on their own, easily countering the attack and pushing the vampire away from him before he took a defensive stance, all of this done without him realizing he'd even been able to do so. Brendon chuckled some, being pushed back quite abit, "Just as I thought... You already inherited my martial arts skills. But that is what this training is for, to control that and be aware that you have it. As of now it's just an instinct..."
"Inherited it?" The fledgling asked, looking at his hands confusedly, "Like through the venom?" He glanced back over at the vampire... maybe this training wasn't so stupid and useless after all. "Yes." Brendon said, chuckling, "I am the oldest vampire to ever live, and I was trained in martial arts when I was a youngling. So it is possible that it could also have passed to you. I've had this combat with me for a long time."
Dib nodded, "That does make sense..." He said as he lowered his hands to his sides. He'd never really heard of a vampire being able to pass on knowledge through venom.. but then again Brendon was no ordinary vampire, "This is a bit off topic.." He started, "But I saw the sigil on your chest..." He said, giving the older vampire a look.
"It's a curse..." the vampire said, "it is the reason I'm alive. You do not want to know more of it..." he glared, "I will not tell you... you're not ready to grasp the concept." he added, crossing hs arms. "You're a horrible liar." The fledgling said, "You of all people should know that I've studied these kinds of things." He stepped over to where his trenchcoat was and he tugged it on before turning to face the vampire once more, "The only question I have is.. why do you hide it?" He asked, placing his hands in his pockets.
"Because I do not want the world to know of what I really am. It is my past, my identity, my choice." Brendon glared, "It's best if no one knew, atleast for the time being." He turned, "I want you to do katas before you go to bed, to get the hang of your inherited ability."
Dib nodded, "I'd think that meant you were to be the downfall of mankind..." He finally said, his gaze staying on the vampire... that's at least what he'd read. He just hoped that for once what he'd read was wrong. "I was." Brendon started, "But then I ran away to escape that destiny. Why destroy mankind when they are already doing the job for you? My destiny.. that I have chosen for myself, is to make them open their eyes."
"Good luck with that, as you've probably figured out humans are extremely narrow minded," The fledgling said before starting his way towards the elevator.. he still needed to tell his dad about Zim's pregnancy and that was definately next on his to do list. "Don't forget your katas." Brendon said, and moved to the medical ward to perhaps take a small nap.
Dib waved his hand slightly if only to signal that he'd heard the other before he climbed into the elevator and allowed it to take him to the house level. He stepped off the transportation device and into the kitchen... only then did he notice just how tired he was... actually he'd been more tired the entire day than he had in a while... maybe his nocturnal side was finally kicking in.
Zim was sitting on the couch, covered in a comfy looking sheet, and nibbling on a pickle while watching soaps on TV. Though he never liked the emotional stuff, but he just cant help but watch it. The fledgling walked over to the irken, scooping him up in his arms before sitting on the couch. He sat the other gently in his lap allowing his arms to encircle the other possessively. The alien just looked so lonely on the couch.. plus he was tired. Telling his dad and probably starting a lot of drama could wait until later.
The irken purred some, still nibbling the pickle he had as his lekku twitched everywhere. He loved the other's warmth... Made him feel so comfortable and warm. "Dibby... I've been wondering..." He started, blushing some. "About what?" Dib asked, nuzzling his face between the other's lekku, that was becoming a habit of his as well. "About the twins... I think we should be ready for when they are born..." Zim said, blushing, "maybe.. set up a room... and do some shopping..."
"Sounds like a good idea to me," The fledgling replied, allowing a hands to rest lightly on the other's bloated abdomen. Come to think of it he hadn't really been thinking about anything like that... oh well that's why he had the irken. He turned his head to run his lips lightly over the base of the other's lekku. "If I havent met you... My life would probably been lonely and boring..." The irken blushed, to be honest, his life was a total let down until he first arrived on earth. He recieved attention that he never thought to get... And it was from Dib, who was his enemy and now his mate. Abit ironic but he loved it.
"If you hadn't come to earth... I'm not sure what I would have done with my life." Dib admitted, to be honest he'd been considering suicide before the irken had come... the alien had given his life meaning. "I love you," He said softly against the irken's lekku, his hands rubbing gently at the alien's bloated lower abdomen. "I love you too..." Zim churred as he finished his pickle and snuggled up to the other, closing his eyes. The other's closeness was so relaxing and comfortable. He wouldn't mind falling asleep right now since he knew the other was there with him.
The fledgling smiled when he felt the irken snuggle up closer to him and he lay down, his arms still encircling the alien. He guessed that the other was tired and laying down would probably be more comfortable position to sleep in.