Dib sat at the kitchen table, sipping coffee absently. Since it was one of two drinks in the whole house and there was only one soda left, he'd turned to his father's dietary staple. It actually wasn't all that bad, definitely preferrable over water anyway. Absently he clicked on the radio, only half listening as the DJ announced that the next song was "Hanging By A Moment" by Lifehouse. His ears perked up slightly as he took notice of the lyrics.
/Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you/
Seemed like it was describing his childhood, wanting a change from the usual torment of his peers, trying to make them see that Zim was an alien. The daily chases had, instead of making the alien vulnerable to his plans, merely made his own heart vulnerable to the green kid.
/I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you/
He paused to stare at the radio questioningly. It was almost as if they KNEW him... He'd let go of Earth and its people, well, except Gaz. He was willing to let go of even her to stay with Zim, if need be. That was how deep Zim had penetrated into the thick walls around his heart.
/Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
You take all of me now/
He smiled softly to himself, sipping at his coffee once more. He did feel more complete around Zim, like the chunk that had been missing since his mother died was being filled in. He'd never forget her, and she'd never lose her own special place in his heart, but Zim... Zim filled up the void that had been blank for so long, the piece that craved love and attention, the piece that needed complete acceptance.
/I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and I question where to go
And I don't know what I'm tapping into
Just hanging by a moment here with you/
Zim was his path, the only sure thing in this world of madness... Without the green-skinned alien, Dib was rather sure that he wouldn't be there. Zim kept him going every day, at first to try and expose him, then later, just to see him every day lifted his spirits.
/There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else/
Zim was the be-all and end-all. There /was/ nothing else for him in this universe.
/Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and I question where to go
And I don't know what I'm tapping into
Just hanging by a moment here with you
Just hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment here with you/
He sighed complacently to himself as he deposited the empty coffee cup in the sink, turning off the radio as he turned towards the door. "May as well see what Zim's up to," he thought out loud, smiling as he slipped his trenchcoat on and began to walk the same path he'd walked a million times before in pursuit of the beautifully elusive alien.
Gaz watched him go from her window, then smiled slightly as she took out a walkie-talkie. "Agent Mongoose-Moose, do you copy?"
"MOOOSE!"
"Implement plan Pair-Alone!"
"Ooooh, I get ta come to your house again Gazzy?"
"Yeah, now get your metallic rear over here before Dib gets there!"
"Oookidoki!"
Satisfied with a job well done, Gaz went to set up her game systems; she was looking forward to a real battle royale in Kung Fu Pigs of Death. Gir had shown promise in that game, and was somewhat of a challenge. Moreso than she'd had in a while, anyway. She even started humming to herself as she put some popcorn in the microwave. No matter how much she hid it from the world and anyone else, she really did love her brother a lot. It was about time he finally found some acceptance.
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Just sort of an interludey thingy, goes back in the story some to splain what happened before Dib got to Zim's house in chapter 9. Gir kinda forgot about Gaz's orders though, and was a bit late in starting off... he went out the back so as not to disturb the two... ^_^;; oh, and i'd like you all to know that this lil thingymadoo was written SOLELY FOR PRHG AND PARKER. because they did not hate on me. i SWEAR to you, Z-kun-chan will be back to his (her?) former male body SOON... pahLEEZE, don't hate me anymore than you already do! *snif* it was needed! for OBVIOUS plot twists that you should all be able to see coming! sheesh... sorry it's kind of a songfic, if you don't like songfics, but I do and I felt this really applied to Dibby-kun... so rah.
~*~Celelorien Silvreflowre~*~
/Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you/
Seemed like it was describing his childhood, wanting a change from the usual torment of his peers, trying to make them see that Zim was an alien. The daily chases had, instead of making the alien vulnerable to his plans, merely made his own heart vulnerable to the green kid.
/I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you/
He paused to stare at the radio questioningly. It was almost as if they KNEW him... He'd let go of Earth and its people, well, except Gaz. He was willing to let go of even her to stay with Zim, if need be. That was how deep Zim had penetrated into the thick walls around his heart.
/Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
You take all of me now/
He smiled softly to himself, sipping at his coffee once more. He did feel more complete around Zim, like the chunk that had been missing since his mother died was being filled in. He'd never forget her, and she'd never lose her own special place in his heart, but Zim... Zim filled up the void that had been blank for so long, the piece that craved love and attention, the piece that needed complete acceptance.
/I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and I question where to go
And I don't know what I'm tapping into
Just hanging by a moment here with you/
Zim was his path, the only sure thing in this world of madness... Without the green-skinned alien, Dib was rather sure that he wouldn't be there. Zim kept him going every day, at first to try and expose him, then later, just to see him every day lifted his spirits.
/There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else/
Zim was the be-all and end-all. There /was/ nothing else for him in this universe.
/Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and I question where to go
And I don't know what I'm tapping into
Just hanging by a moment here with you
Just hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment here with you/
He sighed complacently to himself as he deposited the empty coffee cup in the sink, turning off the radio as he turned towards the door. "May as well see what Zim's up to," he thought out loud, smiling as he slipped his trenchcoat on and began to walk the same path he'd walked a million times before in pursuit of the beautifully elusive alien.
Gaz watched him go from her window, then smiled slightly as she took out a walkie-talkie. "Agent Mongoose-Moose, do you copy?"
"MOOOSE!"
"Implement plan Pair-Alone!"
"Ooooh, I get ta come to your house again Gazzy?"
"Yeah, now get your metallic rear over here before Dib gets there!"
"Oookidoki!"
Satisfied with a job well done, Gaz went to set up her game systems; she was looking forward to a real battle royale in Kung Fu Pigs of Death. Gir had shown promise in that game, and was somewhat of a challenge. Moreso than she'd had in a while, anyway. She even started humming to herself as she put some popcorn in the microwave. No matter how much she hid it from the world and anyone else, she really did love her brother a lot. It was about time he finally found some acceptance.
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Just sort of an interludey thingy, goes back in the story some to splain what happened before Dib got to Zim's house in chapter 9. Gir kinda forgot about Gaz's orders though, and was a bit late in starting off... he went out the back so as not to disturb the two... ^_^;; oh, and i'd like you all to know that this lil thingymadoo was written SOLELY FOR PRHG AND PARKER. because they did not hate on me. i SWEAR to you, Z-kun-chan will be back to his (her?) former male body SOON... pahLEEZE, don't hate me anymore than you already do! *snif* it was needed! for OBVIOUS plot twists that you should all be able to see coming! sheesh... sorry it's kind of a songfic, if you don't like songfics, but I do and I felt this really applied to Dibby-kun... so rah.
~*~Celelorien Silvreflowre~*~
