A/N: Yep. Here be Chapter 3. Heheh...I rhyme...XD Anyways. Your weekly update has arrived, peoples reading this story. I want to thank those of you who have faved or added the story to your story alert list. You guys are great. Now, without further ado, here's the next chapter of ZADR Orange. And remember, feedback is much appreciated. =3
Warnings: Extreme OOCness
Rating: M for later chapters
Disclaimer: We do not own Invader Zim, nor any of the characters from it. We do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Zim/ Tallest Red: Notgonnadie
Dib/Computer: Me
Beta: Notgonnadie
Looking back behind himself at the table with the medical bandages and cooling gel on it that the computer had told him about, Dib quickly made his way over to it and gathered them into his arms before returning to Zim's side to press the cool surface of the container holding the gel to the large bump forming on his head. Then, taking up the bandages and looking over Zim's body, he turned to address the computer again. "And where exactly are all these broken bones?" he asked, waiting for the computer's response.
Sighing out frustratedly, the computer answered back with a, "Do I have to do everything around here?" before bringing down its mechanical arms from the ceiling to point to all the areas that Zim had broken bones so Dib could begin bandaging them, which he did with haste.
He didn't know how long it had been since he had fallen unconscious, but Zim knew it had to have been at least a few hours before he finally began to come around, blinking his eyes slowly open and groaning, his body feeling like it had been run over by a fork lift. "C-oputeer..." he tried to sound out before noticing Dib leaning over him. "De-buh?" he said the other's name as though he hadn't seen the other in days or months even.
"Zim!" Dib exclaimed, obviously relieved that the other was okay as he leaned over him, taking care not to hurt him. "A-Are you feeling alright?" he asked as he brought up a hand to touch Zim's cheek gently but pulled away quickly, unsure of whether the Irken would even want him to touch him at this point.
Zim, meanwhile, could only stare up at him with wide eyes. "What are you...Where are we?" he asked, not having had the time to take a look around.
"W-We're in your underground lab, Zim. You were unconscious and hurt when I found you, so I brought you down here to try and fix you up a bit." he said, sending the other a slightly worried look for not recognizing his own lab.
Zim could only respond with an "Oh...", looking away and blushing before bringing his gaze back to Dib. "Why didn't you come over?" he asked, wanting to know why Dib hadn't followed him home today. But Dib could only tilt his head to one side at those words.
"Hmmm? What are you talking about, Zim? I DID come over. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have found you where I did." he said just to have Zim send him an emotionally hurt look.
"But...You didn't chase me...You always chase me!" he exploded on the other.
Taking a few steps back at the sudden yelling, Dib could only shake his head at the other. "I-I thought you were already mad at me though!" he argued back, causing Zim to send him a slightly confused look, quieting back down now.
"Since when did that matter? We're always mad at each other...but you...didn't follow me home..." his voice grew quieter with each word, forcing Dib to stutter out what he could in order to answer the other.
"I-I wasn't thinking today after you...Mmmm...A-And you hurt yourself b-because of me, didn't you?" he asked, just knowing nothing like this would have happened had he actually followed Zim home like he normally did.
Dropping his gaze down to the ground, Zim let his antennae fall. "I was waiting for you...The proximity warning went off, so I climbed up into the ceiling to see through the window...but it was just a cat." he explained how it had happened.
Dib instantly felt his heart dropping down into his gut as he took a few more steps back, fiddling with his fingers and looking down at the ground below. "Oh...S-So, it really was my fault..."he said, feeling absolutely horrible now.
Nodding slightly, Zim wrapped his arms around himself uncomfortably. "When did it all change?" he asked, wanting to know what had happened between them.
"I-I guess after you kissed me earlier today..."Dib responded, shrugging before finally lifting his eyes up to look at Zim again. "S-So, do you want me to leave now?" he asked, feeling as though his heart had just been ripped to shreds after asking that question.
Eyes growing wide at the other's suggestion to leave, Zim quickly looked up, a sharp pain ripping through his chest. "N-No!" he exclaimed, sitting up quickly so he could try and grab Dib's arm to pull him back. "Don't leave!" he pleaded with the other to stay, causing Dib to become still at feeling the Irken grab hold of him.
Turning back around to look at the alien after a moment of silence, Dib finally took a step back towards him. "A-Alright...B-But is there anything you need?" he asked, wanting to do whatever he could to make things right, knowing it was his fault in the first place.
Lessening his grip on Dib, Zim seemed stunned for a few moments before giving Dib's question some thought. "I think...maybe..." he looked back up at Dib, tightening his grip again and pulling him close* Maybe you could..."he blushed profusely, not knowing how to say this and beginning to lose his nerve."You could..." he began to say what he wanted but stopped himself and merely jerked Dib forward to smash their lips together before he lost his nerve completely.
Eyes flying wide open in shock at being yanked into a kiss, Dib's own face flared up a bright red as well as he slowly let his eyelids slip closed and he began to respond to the kiss, lightly moving his lips against Zim's. "Mmmm..." he sounded out, Zim's own eyes relaxing as he kissed softer now, less rushed. Taking in a small breath of air, Dib then took the Irken's bottom lip between his own two lips and nibbled on it just a bit, causing Zim to let out a soft whine, pulling Dib onto the medical table with him. This had his eyes flying back open again to stare down at Zim, a little scared that he might accidentally hurt the Irken even more if he wasn't careful. "Mmm...Zim..." he murmured into the kiss, trying to get the other to stop for a moment. But Zim seemed reluctant to stop as it took him a moment to pull back and take a breath.
"Yes?" he panted out, wanting to know why Dib had stopped.
Peeking his eyes open just a bit to look down at Zim, Dib could only shake his head and pant. "I...I don't want to accidentally hurt you..." he said between pants, his blush growing even more as he looked away to the side shyly.
Blushing himself at the other's words, Zim reached up a hand to take hold of Dib's shoulder and pull him down so he could give him a small lick to the cheek. "You won't..."he whispered, causing Dib to blush even more before turning his gaze back to Zim.
"I-I want you to tell me if I do though..." he said before leaning back down over the Irken to gently press his lips against Zim's affectionately.
Purring softly into the kiss, Dib could feel Zim's purr permeating throughout their kiss as he nuzzled his face to the Irken's softly, never letting their lips part even once as he gave them a few gentle licks with his tongue. The both of them being completely absorbed in the kiss, they couldn't help but jump when an all too familiar voice caused Zim's eyes to snap wide open and Dib to lose his balance and go toppling off the table onto the floor.
"Ehem! Uhh...Hate to interrupt." came the sarcastic voice of Zim's leader, Tallest Red.
Lifting his gaze up to look at the screen and then Zim, Dib could easily see that the other was panicking.
"O-Oh! M-My Tallest!" he addressed the red-eyed Irken. "Wh-Why are you calling me?" he tried to smile innocently. But it was too late. Tallest Red had seen everything and wasn't about to just let that slide.
"Oh, you know...I was bored. Purple's on vacation." he shrugged. "BUT THAT IS BESIDES THE POINT! What are YOU doing with...THAT?" he jabbed a finger at Dib.
Wincing back at the way Red pointed at him and shrinking down in his spot behind the table as though to hide from Zim's leader's sight, Dib prayed to God he hadn't just gotten the other in trouble. But Zim merely brushed the statement off as though it were nothing.
"What do you mean? It's only Dib..." he said, not thinking much of what they had just been doing.
"YOU'RE MAKING OUT WITH A HUMAN! THAT'S WHAT I MEAN! THAT'S TREASON!" Red screamed back at him as though it were obvious, causing Zim's eyes to grow wide.
"B-But other Irkens have done worse with different alien races..."he tried to reason with his leader.
"Yeah! CONQUERED ONES!" Red threw in to make his point clear.
Sitting back and watching the exchange of words between the two closely, Dib finally couldn't remain quiet any longer and spoke up for Zim's leader to hear him. "W-Well, my planet may as well be considered conquered at this point! Because i-if I'm not fighting Zim any longer, then nobody is really stopping him from saying he's taken it over. I-I was the only one on this planet who even cared that he was trying to take it over in the first place a-and the only one keeping him from accomplishing that."
Shifting his gaze over to where Dib was, Red eyed him suspiciously before glaring back at Zim. "Is this true?" he asked, not completely believing the human.
"Uh...Yes!" Zim lied. "Without Dib, this planet is completely under my control!" he said just to have Dib cut back in.
"Yeah! In fact, I just came over to tell him that and that I wanted to be his human slave. So he decided to celebrate, and that's when you called and caught us...umm...in the middle of what it was we were doing." he said, hoping Red would believe him and not punish Zim for having kissed him.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 3. Chapter 4 will be up next week. =3 Hope you all enjoyed.