By animeninjaNIPPON
When skool let out that afternoon, Zim refused to walk with Dib, even when no one was around.
"Zim! Are you mad at me?" he asked, panting from having to run to catch up.
"Of COURSE I am!" Zim yelled. "You were courting that pig-smelly FEMALE!"
"I was not!" Dib denied.
Zim slowed to a stop. "I WOOED you, DIB! I KNOW a courtship ritual when I SEE ONE!"
"You didn't really woo me, Zim. I liked you anyway. I – "
"LIAR! YOU LIE!" Zim narrowed his eyes and pointed his gloved finger at Dib.
"You're jealous – "
"Dib! There you are!" exclaimed a high, pretty voice. As predicted, it was Kat, standing in a rather charming pose with her legs together and her hands behind her back. "I wanted to ask you something."
"Yeah?" Dib replied.
Zim scowled. "Fine. ENJOY your little WOOING, Dib-worm!" With that, he left.
Dib exhaled woefully. Most days, either Zim wasn't in the mood for affection or he never got the chance to show it. Now he was jealous when his admirer received attention from someone else. Almost typical, in a way.
"What was that about?" Kat asked.
"You don't want to know," Dib assured her, blushing slightly. "Now, what were you going to ask me?"
"Oh, well…" She looked down at her boots, scuffing one foot against the sidewalk. "I just wanted to know if…you'd walk home with me tomorrow after skool."
Dib looked in the general direction of Zim's base. Apparently, he wouldn't be walking with Zim anytime soon. "I guess."
"OK then…see you tomorrow?"
"Sure thing."
The two humans went their separate ways. Unknown to either of them, Zim was watching them from the bushes the whole time.
"So THAT'S the way it is, IS IT?" he muttered. "The Dib will feel my wrath TOMORROW! NO ONE goes behind the back of ZIM! NO ONE!" He stood up and shot a gloved fist into the air, then felt a tap on his shoulder. He jumped. "Who DARES to – "
"I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of this." Dib stared at Zim.
"I gave up FAME and GLORY for you!"
"You were kicked out of your empire."
Zim gave Dib the evil eye for approximately two minutes, trying to come up with a decent insult. He directed a finger at the annoyed human and addressed him as though uttering a curse, despite his words: "I love you."
Before the sweet taboo had time to sink into Dib's gargantuan head, Zim was gone.
End of part four