The Aftermath
Now don't tell me you thought it was over, llama beavers! I've still got this chapter, the epilogue, (Which some of you I think will really like. ) and then the quotes, dedications, and thanks. I might not go with the LS idea immediately. It's still undeveloped. I tried to write it last night, but… It was too undeveloped. I hadn't thought enough about what Kanata's life would be like. I'll probably end up doing a parody of this fan fiction. XD Then I have an idea, but it's REALLY overly used… Meh. I'll think about it while I do the parody. Now do you llama beavers understand why there will be no sequel? XD
Well, this will be the last quote I use. ('Cept for that very last chapter.) I hope you guys have listened to the play list and looked at the illustrations. I'm still adding to the play list, you know. XD
Alright. Let's go. The second-to-last real chapter.
P.S. - Surprisingly, I had no, "POOR DIBS!" Haha! Literally, all of the reviews said, "Poor Tak."
Tak: HAHAHAHA!
Dib: -Sulking- WAIT, YOU'RE ALIVE?!
Me: Hehe. Okies! LET'S GO!
P.S.S. - Joe, I think we all know where Snare is. Hahaha. YES, I DO KNOW! Points downward and laughs hysterically
"T'was a long and dark December…
From the rooftops I remember.
There was snow.
White snow." -- Coldplay, "Violet Hill"
Weeks seemed to pass by extremely slowly. It was only a week until Christmas.
Dib stabbed angrily at his broccoli. Gaz looked at him blankly. "And what did the broccoli do to you?" She asked, her eyes, almost always half-lidded stared at him.
Nothing really. He just needed to take his anger out on something. Preferably a vegetable. It was so close to Christmas… And he'd be alone. Dad was always working, but then again, that wasn't new, was it?
Gaz would be with some of her friends. They were going to New York for a week. Zim was going to be at the Resisty base ship… Even though they were both the Earth branch of the Resisty.
Yes.
The Resisty had gotten a branch on Earth.
Did you need any more information? Or are you okay?
Good.
They hadn't really bothered to get a Christmas tree. Maybe a few lights outside the house worked, but that was about it. Dib muttered something irritably and simply thrust the plate into the sink, thinking he'd clean it later. He climbed the ladder from his room to the rooftop.
When he was up, he groaned and collapsed, his forearm over his eyes. It was twilight. The setting sun gave the clouds pinkish shadows that swirled around. It seemed… Calm. There were no Christmas carolers out, making it completely silent.
Great.
One month. He'd gone one month without thinking about her. Now why'd he go and screw up now? One month in his nice little shell that numbed him from everything else in the world.
And now, just because he would be alone on Christmas Day, he suddenly had to think about her?
You're laughing at me, aren't you, Tak?
Of course she was. He could imagine her, sitting in her little Irken heaven or whatever, laughing at him. She'd have a finger pointed, going, "HA! Loo-zer!" Then she'd just sit back and enjoy the show.
Dib huffed something. He finally sat up, his hands clenched into fists. "Oh, yeah? Well I don't need you!" He shouted into thin air. He realized his cheeks were wet with tears. He wiped his face with his sleeve quickly.
Then, snow began to fall. He groaned and leaned back, not caring anymore whether or not it fogged up his glasses.
The little annoying white flakes landed on his nose. He shook it off angrily. "Stupid Tak… Wither her stupid PAK soul… Thinks she's so much better…"
Somewhere along the lines, he felt tears streaming down his face.
He wiped his eyes again and sighed, watching the sun set.
x
The car came to a stop in front of the air port. "I'll give you a call when I land." Was the last thing Gaz said before she got out to get her luggage out of the trunk. Dib sighed and leaned back, putting a single hand on the steering wheel. He shut his eyes.
It only took them a few seconds to start honking. He opened his eyes and rolled them. "Stupid…" He muttered under his breath before driving out of line and back onto the freeway.
Christmas Eve was tomorrow. Lights were up everywhere, some people had even painted their windows with that white junk… Whatever it was. They said things like,
"MERRY XMAS!!"
Or some other obnoxious message like that.
Dib knew he wouldn't have exactly the best Christmas ever…
Okay, it was going to suck.
He was going to be all alone. In Japan, wasn't Christmas considered like, the season of lovers or something?
He shoved it out of his head immediately.
Love didn't exist for him any more. Love wasn't real.
Love was a lie.
And just like that, he went home…
And spent the rest of the day alone.
This was the second-to-last chapter… MEEEH!! You guys will like the ending. I promise! No sad stuffs! I just can't believe it's ending. WAH! -Hugs all of the reviewers- I might finish this tonight, mostly because it's raining, and it'll set the mood better. XD Okay, guys! I'll see you in the last chapter!
Sayonara!
-- Invader Chavonne / Tallest Yellow
