Dlbn: Hey there, everyone, and welcome to another update of Keyvine!
Nbld: We know this is short, but we wanted to get something out relatively on time, so this is it. The next chapter will have more in it. Promise! Now onto the review corner! Thank you to Princess-Of-Your-Doom95, TTfanTT, Achlys, Zayn noob, sailingspace14, and SamsunG for reviewing! Candy for you all!

Princess-of-Your-Doom95: Hehe sorry. I left something slightly smexy in there ;) There's slightly smexyness in this chapter, but the real stuff will be coming up soon. He is such a pedo, it's not funny ;) Haha I couldn't resist with that one XD I have friends that will point out that you argue against one statement but not the other, so it's a little real life inspiration XD Haha yup XD A bit of pervyness for Zim there ;)

TTfanTT: That he is ^^ I couldn't resist ^^ Thanks! ^^

Achlys: Hehe glad it was ;) I can see him doing it to someone in the show, too, which is the sad thing XD He's crafty, that Simmons. He might just play innocent for a bit. You never know ^^ Squishy can live in the garage at the Membrane's home with Zim's ship, once they rebuild. For now, though, he's in a lab room. Hm I don't know :P Nice -insert evil laugh here-

Zayn noob: Thank you :) But its true ;) I like insane/losing it Professor Membrane XD

Sailingspace14: Thank you ^^ Simmons might have a chance of getting treatment, so things might end up looking up for him. Yeah, things aren't going so great once you've been eaten by a giant blob ;) I think Membrane's just having a mental breakdown. I'm sure that once he gets his head back into the game of science, he'll be okay…maybe…no guarantee… ;)

SamsunG: (Chapter 44) I couldn't resist it either ^^ Don't worry, it's ok. I know the internet sucks sometimes.

SamsunG: (Chapter 45) That he is. That he is -nods- but it makes things interesting ;)

(Chapter 46): Aw, but he was hungry! And he doesn't know what he did. But true, he shouldn't go around eating people.

(Chapter 47): Zim will buy him a new toy. Maybe a rubber piggy? ;) Exactly. I used that phrase the other day to my boyfriend. He found it hilarious XD

Disclaimer: Squishy, Keyvine/Krill, the Slerks, Caiuk, and anything else you DON'T recognize form the fandom belong to ME. Invader Zim and all related characters, places, themes, species, etc belong to JHONEN C. VASQUEZ. I make NO money off of this. If I did, my parents wouldn't be forcing me to get a summer job.

000

Once the next day rolled around, Zim and Dib were shaken wake by the sound of someone frantically banging on their bedroom door. Zim groaned and rolled off of his boyfriend's pale chest, towards the door.

"Who is it and what do you want?" Zim asked, yawning as he spoke. "It's early!"

"It's Keef!" Keef's hyper voice carried through the solid metal door. "Today's the day all our families come back into town! Come on! Get up, get up!"

"It's not our families!" Dib called back, rolling over and throwing an arm over Zim's naked waist. "Let us sleep!"

"But I'm so excited, I can't stand it! Keyvine kicked me out of his room. Come on, guys, please! Join me for lunch, anyway?"

"You mean breakfast?" Zim wondered. "It can't be any later then 10 a.m. That's breakfast."

"I can't see the clock." Dib answered. "No glasses on."

"So put them on." Zim muttered.

Dib rolled his eyes at the snippy comment and kissed Zim's shoulder.

"It's noon!" Keef told them. "There, I saved you the trouble. Now come on, let's go. Lunch!"

Zim groaned. "We just woke up, Keef!"

The door to the room suddenly slid open, throwing light over the recently awoken teens. "What the hell?" Dib asked, covering his eyes. "How did you get in here, Keef?"

"It's not Keef who opened the door, it's your sister." Zim glared at the purple haired girl before squinting his eyes against the sudden light. "What the hell, Gaz?"

"Dad gave me a master key." Gaz said.

"I thought Dad was having a mental breakdown?" Dib asked. "Did he recover?"

"Okay, so 'dad gave me' means I stole it from his lab coat last night when he rocked himself to sleep with his chemicals." Gaz answered. "Same thing."

"Not the same thing, and such an invasion of privacy." Dib shook his head. "What if Zim and I were having sex, for god's sake?"

"Dib, I'm a straight girl in GLASS. I think I could handle seeing that." Gaz responded. "Then again, it IS my brother and his extraterrestrial boy toy…"

"Gaz!" Zim scolded. "What if someone hears you?"

"Everyone's in the cafeteria eating." Keef said. "That's why we came here to get you."

"Why didn't you get Keyvine?"

"I tried!" Keef pouted and folded his arms. "I told you, he kicked me out. Said he wants to sleep because we had a long day yesterday. And said that it wasn't his family coming back, so he didn't need to care."

"Correct me if I'm wrong, Keef, but didn't Dib just tell you that a few moments ago?" Zim wondered. "So if it works for your boyfriend, then it works for us, too."

"No, it doesn't." Gaz told him.

"Jerks." Dib accused.

"Well, we're up now…" Zim muttered. "And I smell food, and it's making me hungry, so…"

"Fine, fine." Dib rolled back to his boyfriend and kissed the back of his neck.

"Yay!" Keef cheered. "Come on, let's go!"

"We need to get dressed." Dib informed, glaring at the redhead over Zim's shoulder.

"So get dressed."

"Completely dressed." Dib went on.

"Yeah, completely. You can't go with just your underwear on, silly." Keef giggled.

"No, I mean we have to get completely dressed…"

"I know…"

"We had sex, Keef, and now neither of us are wearing clothes." Zim clarified. "So get out and wait in the hall so we can get dressed."

"You can get dressed with us here…" Keef winked.

"Gaz!" Dib addressed his sister. "Drag his perverted ass out of here!"

Gaz snorted. "I don't normally take orders from the likes of you, but this is an exception." She said. "I don't want to hear him talking about how he saw you guys naked." She grabbed Keef by the wrist and dragged him into the hall, slamming the door shut with her foot.

"Finally." Dib muttered, nuzzling into Zim's neck. "Turn over."

"Don't order me around." Zim chuckled, doing as Dib asked. He wrapped his arms around the boy's neck. "Did you need something?"

"Just one little thing." Dib chuckled, leaning down to Zim's neck. He nibbled lightly on the flesh, sucking it up between his teeth.

He placed kisses up Zim's neck to his jaw, and down his jaw-line to his chin. Their lips met once he was done with his trail. Lips moved simultaneous and tongues danced together to music neither could hear. When they pulled apart, Dib pecked Zim on the lips once.

"I love you, Zim." Dib informed the Irken.

"I love you, too, Dib." Zim pecked Dib on the lips once in return. "But we better get moving before your sister kills us."

"Agreed."

000

The other GLASS members and Dib's group of friends were already sitting together at a large table when the others arrived. Keyvine wasn't there, but that was expected. The cafeteria seemed to be buzzing about the return of other citizens a little later in the day. The guards had made another announcement saying that others would arrive at about 2. Keef bounced in his seat instead of eating.

"I know you're always excitable, Keef, but this is a bit much…" Brian told the hyperactive redhead.

"It's been forever since I've seen my family last!" Keef's joy seemed to explode. "I can't wait! I missed them so much!"

"We've been so busy, how have you had the time to miss them?" Dib muttered, twirling his fork through the spaghetti he'd gotten.

Zim snickered, but no one seemed to hear them over the other noise in the cafeteria….and Keef's insane babbling about everything he was going to show his brother and parents when they got back. Zim caught wind of something involving Keyvine, but he didn't know what exactly. Probably showing off what a sweet guy he was dating, that had taken care of him since his parents were gone. Which was a bit of a lie, considering the whole King Caiuk and his abduction of Keyvine nonsense. But whatever helped Keef's parents accept the elder male was good enough in his book.

"Who are you guys waiting for?" Keef asked the others. "Your parents, I know, but anyone else?"

"I have a sister that's out of town too." Jessica said.

"Only child." Torque muttered.

The others agreed with him. "My brother's gone too." Morla shrugged.

"And we're all set." Dib said, nodding to his sister.

"Same here." Zim informed. "I mean, my family doesn't even know where I am, after all." He laughed a little bit, but he felt bad.

He did miss his family. He really did. But there was no way he'd go back and be under his mother's oppressive rule of him. Red and Purple got off easy all the time; never grounded or yelled at for what felt like hours on end. Of course, they were both 24 years old, and therefore were adults. So Miyuki didn't have much of a say in what they did, as long as they didn't do anything really stupid. Like get themselves into an accident, or slept with someone and caught something from them. Then Miyuki would yell. But as for them dating? Who cared. Sure, Zim was also in trouble for what the illegal stuff he made, but whatever. His brothers didn't do that, so it was something different, but still. Zim didn't like being treated differently then them simply because he was the youngest and happened to sell illegal weapons to get money his mother wouldn't ever let him. Not that his dad wouldn't, but his mom would find out and cause a whole new set of problems.

"You should probably get around to informing them." Gretchen said. "Aren't they worried?"

"I don't know." They probably were. "They might not have even noticed." They knew the second he left. "I mean, even if they noticed, it doesn't mean they'd drop everything and send out a massive search party." They probably did do just that.

"So you're saying they wouldn't care at all?" Brian asked. "Harsh, man."

"He's just trying to justify why he hasn't bothered to get a-hold of them." Keyvine said from behind them. "I mean, I wouldn't want to face his mother either; if I was her son and I ran off like a spoiled brat." Keyvine plopped down next to Keef.

"Hey!" Zim scolded, frowning and folding his arms. "What's got your antennae in a knot?"

"Antennae?" Torque wondered.

"Alien joke." Dib quickly covered. "He's been cranking them out ever since that guy went on the loudspeaker yesterday."

"I wonder what happened with the guy." Zita stated, twirling her hair. "Maybe it was just a prank."

"Or a psychopath." Dib said.

"That sounds more like it." Zim agreed, trying not to laugh.

"Speaking of psychopaths," Brian spoke. "You said that Simmons went nuts and attacked the Professor? You think he was the one making the announcement?"
"It didn't sound like him." Sarah argued.

"He could have used some form of voice changer." Rob offered.

"True…"

"Anyway, back to the earlier topic." Gaz said. "What is wrong with you, Keyvine? You never insult Zim like that."

"I'm tired." Keyvine answered. "Sorry, Zim."

"Yeah, whatever." Zim was still annoyed with the elder Irken.

Keyvine rolled his eyes, not ready to snap back a comment. From the look Dib was giving him, that seemed like a very good decision. Keef looked at his watch and bounced a bit.

"Only an hour and a half left. Oh, I'm so excited!"

"It's adorable." Keyvine commented, laying his head on his arm and looking at Keef through half-open eyes.

Keef giggled. Zim sighed. This was going to be a long day. He could feel it now…