Dib Is Sick

by PAT THE KITSUNE

Confined to his bed, Dib finds comfort in the one being he never expected to be there for him. When his condition takes a turn for the worse, however, he must come to terms with his feelings for his old foe in order to defeat this new foe inside him. ZADR

21. Chapter 21

Dib Is Sick Chapter 21: Lips

Zim: Sassafrass002

Dib: Me

Beta: Sassafrass002

Warnings: Extreme OOCness

Rating: M for later chapters

Disclaimer: We do not own Invader Zim, nor any of the characters from it. We do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Jolting at the small pinch to his antenna, Zim let out a little squeak before slapping a hand over his mouth, his antennae flicking at the action. Frowning, he then brought up a hand to Dib's hand on his antenna and moved it down so that it was making more of a rubbing motion rather than a pinching.

Dib jumped a bit at Zim's sudden squeak. "S-Sorry! D-Did I hurt you?" He asked, blushing a deep red in embarrassment.

Looking over at Dib, Zim let go of his hand and blushed a bit himself. "N-No...You're doing fine." He smiled at him reassuringly. "Anyways, less talking, more rubbing." He wriggled his antennas and pointed to them. "...Just...no sudden pinching." He blushed a bit more as he said that last part.

Dib blushed a bit more himself. "S-Sorry about that." He rubbed Zim's antennae gently. "I-Is that better?" He then asked once he had established a more steady rubbing motion.

Nuzzling against Dib, Zim closed his eyes and let out a contented sigh. "...Mmm...Actually, you're amazing at this. Did you practice this with your 'voodoo doll' of Zim?" He asked, smirking over at him teasingly.

Dib's face flared up a bright red. "N-No! I...I...I didn't even know that your antennae were this sensitive to touch!" He exclaimed, looking away embarrassed.

Bringing his hands up to lightly ruffle Dib's hair, Zim laughed a bit at how flustered the other was getting and smiled at him apologetically. "Aw, you get worked up so easily, Dib..." he ran his hands through his hair gently, looking up at it now. "Hmm...It's too bad that you don't have antennas...so then I could do something nice for you too." He said, lighting combing his fingers through the black strands of Dib's hair.

Wishing he had something to hide his face behind now, Dib blushed an even deeper red at Zim's words and when the Irken ruffled his hair. He then felt his eyes falling half lidded a few moments later at the way Zim was running his fingers through his hair. "Humans don't have anything like Irkens have, but I wish we did. Personally, I never really liked the look of the human body all too much. It's kind of boring when compared to an Irken's body." He continued to watch Zim lazily before closing his eyes.

Looking down at himself and then back at Dib, Zim sat himself up on him now. "Really?" He smiled and gently ruffled his hair again. "Why? What do you like about Zim then?" He asked, wanting to know what the other found so intriguing about his race.

Dib's blush flared back up again. "W-Well, for starters, I-I've always really liked your eyes...And your antennae are pretty awesome too...A-And you've got really nice skin, a lot nicer than a humans...And your hands are pretty neat considering you only have three fingers..." He began listing off all the things he liked about Zim's build.

Giving Dib's hair little sniffs, Zim brought his face near and continued running his hands through the raven black strands. "Well, I've always kind of liked your hair...It's just so...fluffy! Irkens don't have any." He gently nuzzled his face against it. "And...You smell really good, which is weird because I never liked the smell of ANY human before...Or Irken, come to think of it." He said with a small affirmative nod.

Dib's face lit up a bright red at the nuzzle to his hair. "R-Really?" He began playing with his fingers idly. "Th-There was one other thing I liked about you, but..." He paused for a few moments before finally shaking his head. "Actually... Never mind. It's nothing. You'd just think I'm being stupid." He said, wishing he hadn't brought it up now.

Intrigued now, Zim leaned back to look at him. "Aw, but I want to know! How can it possably be stupid if it's about Zim?" He smiled widely at him, shaking his fists up and down anxiously. "Tell to Ziiim!" He then exclaimed all too excitedly.

His cheeks painted a deep red now, Dib looked away shyly. "Ummm...W-Well..." He looked back at Zim after a moment or two. "I-I was just thinking about how you have r-really nice lips..." He squeezed his eyes tightly shut and blushed even more as he waited for Zim's reaction to his words.

Looking at him with a puzzled expression now, Zim leaned back to bring up one of his hands to his lips, tapping them lightly with two fingers. "Hmm...My lips?...Well, I wasn't quite expecting it to be that." He shrugged and smiled at him again. "But okay." He said, not complaining about it.

A blush still spread clearly across his face, Dib peeked one eye open to look up at Zim. "Well then, what WERE you expecting it to be?" He asked, wanting to know what the would have preferred him to say.

Zim smirked at him jokingly. "That I am just amazing and incredable!..." He shook his head and then shrugged again. "Nah. I'm just not so sure what you thought was so great about THAT is all." He brought his hand back to his mouth.

Blushing, Dib laughed nervously. "Heh...Yeah...I told you you would think it was stupid." He said, looking away again.

Leaning in nearer to him, Zim blinked at those words. "But I didn't think it was stupid." He leaned in more, brushing his lips against Dib's cheek before pulling away a tiny bit to smile at him.

Staring wide-eyed back at Zim, Dib's cheeks became a bright red as he brought a hand up to touch where Zim had kissed him. "Y-You didn't?" he said, a little surprised the other hadn't found it to sound stupid.

Feeling a blush begin to form on his own face now, Zim gazed back at him. "N-No...Why would I?" He asked, not understanding why the human would think he'd find anything he had to say 'stupid.'

"Well I...I just thought that you thought it was weird is all..." Dib began playing with his fingers again.

Staring at him for a while, Zim then finally leaned forward to lightly brush his lips against Dib's, eyes falling half-lidded and a deep blush making itself known on his face as he did this.

Tensing up for a few moments, Dib's eyes shot wide open until finally he began to relax again into the kiss. "Mmmmm..." he let his eyes fall closed, a blush spreading across his features.

Closing his eyes fully, Zim then ran his tongue up against Dib's lips before pushing himself into the kiss more, hands moving onto either side of Dib's face.

A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 21. =3 Don't really have much to say about this chapter except that we hope you guys enjoy. X3 Until next time~