Project 59 by Bonez aka HappyNoodleGurl
Chapter 35
Dib almost walked into the kitchen to find Meko hunched over a stove, humming happily while Aki muttered something about the coffee pot not working. "God DAMN I neeeeeeed coffee, don't you see it? That "pot" is just here to add further misery upon my horrible life. Without my coffee, my life will end! ARGH!"
None of them noticed Dib standing in the shadows of the hallway, and he continued to listen to the interesting conversation to follow. Meko flipped the over-easy eggs on the pan and watched it sizzle. "Geez Aki, it's not THAT bad! C'mon missy, get happy! Where's that smile? Hmm, Aki-daki? Where'd it go?" Clutching onto the coffee pot, Aki's murderous gaze slowly turned towards her, radiating a horrible scaryness that we once thought could only belong to Gaz.
"Stick my finger up your ass and rotate bitch," Aki said coldly, as Meko shrugged the comment off, turning off the burner and placing two sunny-side up eggs on a plate. "No thank you, I don't put things in my anus!" she said with a ditzy blonde tone, as Aki walked over and snatched the plate from her grasp. "Have you ever considered a labatomy?" she shot at Meko sarcastically.
Grabbing a waffle from the toaster, Meko put it on a plate and sat down at the medium sized glass table that meshed well with the black tile and chrome-like kitchen theme. Dib, laughing quietly to himself, almost went out to join them---almost, atleast until he heard the next subject for their conversation, and decided to stay in the shadows for just a bit longer.
"Hey, did Lan get back allright last night?" Meko asked, stuffing half of a waffle in her mouth. Staring at her in disgust, Aki slowly shook her head. "No. Infact, I don't think she even made it back yet." Dib stared at them hard, wondering where Lan could've gone last night.
"Well, she said she was with this 'guy!' Can you believe it? Our little *Alan (pronounced A-Lon, not Alan you boob) isn't hurting anymore! Ya know, I was hoping she would get over the X-virus, and she has!" Meko seemed very happy, and had a wide grin on her face. That is, until Aki replied with a grimmer truth.
"No she hasn't, Meko! Don't you DARE bring up that damned disease again, you know she's dying!-----"
Dib gasped. "........Lan's dying?" he whispered quietly to himself in disbelief.
"----I'm glad that she's found a guy-friend, but I DON'T want her going through what she did with Tan, not her last year on Earth anyway!" Meko shuddered at the thought of it, and for a while the two friends just sat there in silence, picking away at the breakfast on their plates, yet never taking an actual bite. Dib had just met this woman the previous night, but by just staring into her eyes he could tell that she was a "truely" compassionate person------and thought of others instead of just her own, greedy-self like most people now.
A cold wave crawled up his spine, making his skin tingle upon thinking of death. What was beyond after you crossed over, anyway? Sure, there have been many theories------the most popular being going to heaven with God. Yet, was there even such a thing? He surprisingly found himself fighting back the hot sting of the tears that were forming in his eyes. Could Raye............be dead? If so, is she in a "heaven," or just a memory, a now formed corpse that had no more mind and just merely stopped being?
He couldn't help it, he had to cry. Not wanting to be discovered by the girls, he quietly ran to Lan's room and threw himself on the velvet crimson sheets of her bed, sobbing silently into the soft pillow that smelled of Rosemary. Dib hadn't really had time at all to absorb what had all been going on, it just happened as fast as he fell in love with Raye-----which was pretty damn fast. Infact, this was the first time he even got to mourn over his loss.
The smell of her pillow was strong, but delightfully so. It pained him to think of the way Raye used to love taking in his scent when they were either making love or just holding eachother in a tight embrace. He fondled the ring that dangled from his neck, looking at the sparkling ruby color of it. "How beautiful you are..........just like her eyes," he said fighting back another wave of cruel, unforgiving tears. After lying there for about 15 minutes just letting his emotions soak into the blood- color pillowcase, he finally wiped all the tears from his face and walked quietly to the nearest bathroom without a word.
After washing his face, he finally walked into the kitchen to see Aki on the living room floor, turning and twisting knobs on a transmitter with a pair of black headphones over her ears. Meko was on her labtop again, typing something with a fast, steady "click click" of her fingers tapping the keyboard rapidly. Man, for a blonde, she sure was sure smart when it came to technology. Approaching her, she raised her eyes to meet him. Her blue-green eyes shone with a childish gleam in them, and for a second he thought he could see the purity and innocence of her soul. But, then again that was just for a second.
"Oh! Goodmorning, uhhh----Dib! Don't worry, we're on the trail right now! Aki said she heard some wierd transmission coming through over near the moon, but it's really blurry." He smiled at them both, and for a moment only he could see, Nanaki looked up from her work and returned his smile. Then she went back to her usual anti-social self.
"Sssh! I'm trying to listen here! This isn't that easy, you know!" she said, as Dib just chuckled. Running his fingers through that single spike of his, he turned to Meko again. "So, where's Lan?" he asked, trying to sound as if he just found out she was gone. An uneasy smile creeped on her face as answered. "Umm, actually she called us last night saying she was at a coffee shop with a guy......"
At the mention of the word "coffee," Aki moaned in a hideous rage.
"Really? Well, uhhh this "guy....." did she say what he was like?" he pried, as her gaze drifted to the floor. "Hmm, she said his condition was really wierd-----that he was allergic to rain. Other than that, she said that she really liked him." Dib blinked in disbelief.
"Wait, what did this guy look like?" he asked suspiciously.
"Oh! She said he had black hair and purple eyes. Obviously a real cutie!" Dib's eyes got as big as saucers and he just screamed out in shock. "ZIM!" he cried, while Meko stared at him. "Umm, bless you?"
Reaching for his trench coat, he ran to the door in order to find Lan when all of a sudden it flew open and in she stepped, a small smile on her brownish skin. "Lan!" Dib cried, but stopped himself when he noticed a certain glint in her eyes-----one that should never be painted on an expression unless...................unless they were in love.
"Yes? I'm terribly sorry that I didn't come home last night, I hope nobody worried." Meko jumped up and hugged her friend lovingly, as Aki waved and tried listening for something hard to make out on the other side of her headphones. Dib looked terrified.
"Umm, this guy Meko told me about..........how tall was he?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, you mean Juan? Well, if you must know, he's 'REALLY' tall......" she said, stressing the tall subject. Dib sighed in relief, and Lan just stared. "Why?"
"Oh, nothing. So was the coffee good?" he asked, as Aki got up, walked to the kitchen, and in a fit of rage snatched the malfunctioned coffee maker off of the wall and threw it on the other side of the room, it hitting the wall and smashing into a thousand pieces. "FUCKING coffee- maker!!!!!!" Dib, Lan, and Meko just stared.
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A/N: Wow, that was great huh? Some humor finally coming back, a little less romance than previous chapters. I basically modeled Aki's rage at the coffee machine after me, because I'm a coffee-freak myself, and without a morning cup I can be a total bitch! Yet, then again Aki's almost always that way. *shruggs* Oh well. More mysteries about Lan and stuff, yep. Next chapter should be more Raye stuff in it. Oh, and answering you questions: I'm not going to tell you if she's coming back as a non-project or not! Muahahaha! Cringe at my eeeeeevil mexican evil! *strikes a pose* Please R&R!
*busts a move* Bonez
Dib almost walked into the kitchen to find Meko hunched over a stove, humming happily while Aki muttered something about the coffee pot not working. "God DAMN I neeeeeeed coffee, don't you see it? That "pot" is just here to add further misery upon my horrible life. Without my coffee, my life will end! ARGH!"
None of them noticed Dib standing in the shadows of the hallway, and he continued to listen to the interesting conversation to follow. Meko flipped the over-easy eggs on the pan and watched it sizzle. "Geez Aki, it's not THAT bad! C'mon missy, get happy! Where's that smile? Hmm, Aki-daki? Where'd it go?" Clutching onto the coffee pot, Aki's murderous gaze slowly turned towards her, radiating a horrible scaryness that we once thought could only belong to Gaz.
"Stick my finger up your ass and rotate bitch," Aki said coldly, as Meko shrugged the comment off, turning off the burner and placing two sunny-side up eggs on a plate. "No thank you, I don't put things in my anus!" she said with a ditzy blonde tone, as Aki walked over and snatched the plate from her grasp. "Have you ever considered a labatomy?" she shot at Meko sarcastically.
Grabbing a waffle from the toaster, Meko put it on a plate and sat down at the medium sized glass table that meshed well with the black tile and chrome-like kitchen theme. Dib, laughing quietly to himself, almost went out to join them---almost, atleast until he heard the next subject for their conversation, and decided to stay in the shadows for just a bit longer.
"Hey, did Lan get back allright last night?" Meko asked, stuffing half of a waffle in her mouth. Staring at her in disgust, Aki slowly shook her head. "No. Infact, I don't think she even made it back yet." Dib stared at them hard, wondering where Lan could've gone last night.
"Well, she said she was with this 'guy!' Can you believe it? Our little *Alan (pronounced A-Lon, not Alan you boob) isn't hurting anymore! Ya know, I was hoping she would get over the X-virus, and she has!" Meko seemed very happy, and had a wide grin on her face. That is, until Aki replied with a grimmer truth.
"No she hasn't, Meko! Don't you DARE bring up that damned disease again, you know she's dying!-----"
Dib gasped. "........Lan's dying?" he whispered quietly to himself in disbelief.
"----I'm glad that she's found a guy-friend, but I DON'T want her going through what she did with Tan, not her last year on Earth anyway!" Meko shuddered at the thought of it, and for a while the two friends just sat there in silence, picking away at the breakfast on their plates, yet never taking an actual bite. Dib had just met this woman the previous night, but by just staring into her eyes he could tell that she was a "truely" compassionate person------and thought of others instead of just her own, greedy-self like most people now.
A cold wave crawled up his spine, making his skin tingle upon thinking of death. What was beyond after you crossed over, anyway? Sure, there have been many theories------the most popular being going to heaven with God. Yet, was there even such a thing? He surprisingly found himself fighting back the hot sting of the tears that were forming in his eyes. Could Raye............be dead? If so, is she in a "heaven," or just a memory, a now formed corpse that had no more mind and just merely stopped being?
He couldn't help it, he had to cry. Not wanting to be discovered by the girls, he quietly ran to Lan's room and threw himself on the velvet crimson sheets of her bed, sobbing silently into the soft pillow that smelled of Rosemary. Dib hadn't really had time at all to absorb what had all been going on, it just happened as fast as he fell in love with Raye-----which was pretty damn fast. Infact, this was the first time he even got to mourn over his loss.
The smell of her pillow was strong, but delightfully so. It pained him to think of the way Raye used to love taking in his scent when they were either making love or just holding eachother in a tight embrace. He fondled the ring that dangled from his neck, looking at the sparkling ruby color of it. "How beautiful you are..........just like her eyes," he said fighting back another wave of cruel, unforgiving tears. After lying there for about 15 minutes just letting his emotions soak into the blood- color pillowcase, he finally wiped all the tears from his face and walked quietly to the nearest bathroom without a word.
After washing his face, he finally walked into the kitchen to see Aki on the living room floor, turning and twisting knobs on a transmitter with a pair of black headphones over her ears. Meko was on her labtop again, typing something with a fast, steady "click click" of her fingers tapping the keyboard rapidly. Man, for a blonde, she sure was sure smart when it came to technology. Approaching her, she raised her eyes to meet him. Her blue-green eyes shone with a childish gleam in them, and for a second he thought he could see the purity and innocence of her soul. But, then again that was just for a second.
"Oh! Goodmorning, uhhh----Dib! Don't worry, we're on the trail right now! Aki said she heard some wierd transmission coming through over near the moon, but it's really blurry." He smiled at them both, and for a moment only he could see, Nanaki looked up from her work and returned his smile. Then she went back to her usual anti-social self.
"Sssh! I'm trying to listen here! This isn't that easy, you know!" she said, as Dib just chuckled. Running his fingers through that single spike of his, he turned to Meko again. "So, where's Lan?" he asked, trying to sound as if he just found out she was gone. An uneasy smile creeped on her face as answered. "Umm, actually she called us last night saying she was at a coffee shop with a guy......"
At the mention of the word "coffee," Aki moaned in a hideous rage.
"Really? Well, uhhh this "guy....." did she say what he was like?" he pried, as her gaze drifted to the floor. "Hmm, she said his condition was really wierd-----that he was allergic to rain. Other than that, she said that she really liked him." Dib blinked in disbelief.
"Wait, what did this guy look like?" he asked suspiciously.
"Oh! She said he had black hair and purple eyes. Obviously a real cutie!" Dib's eyes got as big as saucers and he just screamed out in shock. "ZIM!" he cried, while Meko stared at him. "Umm, bless you?"
Reaching for his trench coat, he ran to the door in order to find Lan when all of a sudden it flew open and in she stepped, a small smile on her brownish skin. "Lan!" Dib cried, but stopped himself when he noticed a certain glint in her eyes-----one that should never be painted on an expression unless...................unless they were in love.
"Yes? I'm terribly sorry that I didn't come home last night, I hope nobody worried." Meko jumped up and hugged her friend lovingly, as Aki waved and tried listening for something hard to make out on the other side of her headphones. Dib looked terrified.
"Umm, this guy Meko told me about..........how tall was he?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, you mean Juan? Well, if you must know, he's 'REALLY' tall......" she said, stressing the tall subject. Dib sighed in relief, and Lan just stared. "Why?"
"Oh, nothing. So was the coffee good?" he asked, as Aki got up, walked to the kitchen, and in a fit of rage snatched the malfunctioned coffee maker off of the wall and threw it on the other side of the room, it hitting the wall and smashing into a thousand pieces. "FUCKING coffee- maker!!!!!!" Dib, Lan, and Meko just stared.
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A/N: Wow, that was great huh? Some humor finally coming back, a little less romance than previous chapters. I basically modeled Aki's rage at the coffee machine after me, because I'm a coffee-freak myself, and without a morning cup I can be a total bitch! Yet, then again Aki's almost always that way. *shruggs* Oh well. More mysteries about Lan and stuff, yep. Next chapter should be more Raye stuff in it. Oh, and answering you questions: I'm not going to tell you if she's coming back as a non-project or not! Muahahaha! Cringe at my eeeeeevil mexican evil! *strikes a pose* Please R&R!
*busts a move* Bonez