A/N: Alright. Sorry I'm a day late on getting this next chapter up, you guys. But I had to go pick my mom up from the airport last night and was too tired when I got home to update. So here be Chapter 15 of ZADR Orange now for those of you who have been waiting oh so patiently. Much love to those of you who faved or added the story to your story alert list. 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/Computer: Notgonnadie
Dib: Me
Beta: Notgonnadie
A couple of hours passed, one right after the other, until finally Dib started to show the first signs of waking back up though this time for good.
"Mmm...Zim?" he murmured before blinking his eyes open to look around the room.
To his surprise, said Irken was nowhere to be found. He had gone upstairs while Dib was sleeping but hadn't made it back before he woke up.
So, sitting up in bed slowly when he realized Zim wasn't in the bed with him, Dib looked about the room confusedly. "Zim?" he asked again, unsure whether he should get up and look for the other or stay put. Squeezing his legs together somewhat uncomfortably, he squirmed about in the covers a bit as the urge to pee hit him all over again, reminding him that he had needed to go the last time he had woken up.
Zim, meanwhile, was up in the kitchen, cooking as fast as his equipment would allow him. He was making quite the mess but wanted to get it all done before Dib woke up. Little did he know, however, that said human already had.
Back down in the bedroom, Dib couldn't help but bounce slightly in his spot in the bed, looking back and forth between the covers and the elevator that he and Zim had taken down there.
"Almost done." Zim panted out as he set several different kinds of breakfast foods out on the table.
"Maybe I should just..." Dib looked back and forth between the covers and elevator one last time before standing up from the bed to head over towards the elevator, anxious to find Zim and then the bathroom. But just as he was nearing it, he heard it activating, beginning its descent back down to the room.
Bouncing up and down excitedly, Zim was eager to wake Dib up now and show him the meal he had worked so very hard on for him. Stopping his bouncing just as the lift stopped and doors opened into the bedroom, he was, to say the very least, surprised to see Dib standing right outside them. "Dib? Y-You're already awake." he said somewhat flustered, feeling a bit embarrassed now.
Taking a few steps back, Dib could only blink at the other before resuming his earlier bouncing. "Uhm...Yeah...Y-You wouldn't happen to have a bathroom somewhere in this base, would you?" he sounded a bit rushed as he asked the other his question.
Letting out a short laugh, Zim merely pointed down the hall from where they stood. "The last door on the right." he said so Dib wouldn't get lost looking for it.
"Okay! Thanks!" Dib didn't even wait around for Zim to say anything more about where he had been as he merely made a mad dash for the bathroom, sighing out in some relief when he found it.
Sighing to himself, shaking his head and chuckling, Zim could only smile in amusement at the boy's urgency before turning to head back for the elevator. "When you're finished, meet me upstairs!" he called back to the other, deciding to give his human some privacy.
Hearing Zim's words, Dib finished up quickly, washing his hands in some gel like substance before heading back out into the room and over to the elevator, jumping slightly when it automatically opened its doors to him and started up of its own accord to bring him up to the house level of the base.
"Well good morning, Dib." Zim greeted him, smiling warmly before rushing over to meet Dib at the lift. "I hope you're hungry." he smiled wide at the other.
Taking a few steps back as Zim rushed towards him, Dib could only drop his gaze to his fingers as he nervously played with them, a small blush gracing his face. "I...Uhm..." he began before falling silent and merely nodding his head slowly. "Sorry...About last night..." he apologized for the way he had reacted when they first reached the base.
Stopping in his tracks, Zim seemed to blush also at his words. "No, I'm sorry." he said before taking hold of Dib's arm. "Come on. Forget about last night. Let's just eat." he smiled again at Dib.
Blushing even more at the small smile, Dib nodded his head slowly and allowed Zim to lead him towards the kitchen table to take a seat.
The table was buried under all kinds of breakfast foods for Dib. Bacon, eggs, pancakes, waffles, toast, cereal, and basically anything else Zim could think of to make him. "I-I wanted your first day here to be special..." he explained, hoping the small gesture would make Dib feel more at home.
Staring wide-eyed at all the food piled up on the table, Dib shifted his gaze over to Zim after a moment. "Wow...This is amazing, Zim! But...You didn't have to do all of this for me..." he said, feeling as though the Irken may have gone a little overboard.
Waving Dib's words off with a hand, Zim merely insisted it was no trouble at all. "Nonsense! Of course I did." he said before leaning in to kiss Dib. "Now, how about you eat some of it?" he smirked at the other, his eyes falling half lidded.
Blushing at the small kiss, Dib could only bring his fingers up to lightly brush across his cheek where Zim had just kissed him. "A-Alright...B-But I'm not so sure I can eat ALL of this..." he said, looking back at the multitude of food.
Blushing a bit himself, embarrassed by Dib's words, Zim looked back to the pile of food himself. "Uh...Sorry about that...I wasn't sure what you'd like the best. B-But don't worry! I'll help, and then we can just save the rest for later!" he said, nodding to himself assuredly.
"Th-Then I guess I better start with the things I'm pretty sure you CAN'T eat." he said before reaching forward to take a piece of bacon so he could take a bite out of it, somewhat surprised at how good it tasted considering Zim didn't like meat and probably didn't make it too often. "Wow...This is really good, Zim." he smiled at the other.
Smiling back happily, a blush gracing his face, Zim seemed more than pleased with the compliment he had just received. "Thanks. I-It was my first time making meat...I didn't think it came out right." he said before taking his own seat so he could take some of the waffles for himself.
"Well, for your first time, it came out really good." Dib said as he finished his piece of bacon before reaching forward to take another piece along with some eggs.
Grinning to himself, Zim then proceeded to take a large bite of his waffles. "So...After breakfast, we should design your disguise, correct? Or would you rather do something else?" he asked, swallowing down his food before taking a few more bites.
"D-Designing my disguise sounds fine to me..." Dib looked up from his own food to smile back at Zim.
Nodding his head in agreement, Zim took yet another large bite of his waffles. "It's kind of nice around here, what with Gir being gone." he commented, enjoying the peaceful breakfast they were having now.
Looking around, just then seeming to notice that Gir was indeed gone, Dib dropped his gaze back down to his food, picking at it with his fork a bit. "Oh yeah...Where'd he go anyways? I was wondering why it was so quiet in here..." his own voice came out in a whisper as though afraid to break the silence himself.
Smiling at Dib's quietness, Zim began playing with his own food idly. "He went to some taco fest a few hours away from here. He'll probably be back sometime tomorrow. It's an all night thing." he explained, his mind wandering to all the things they could do while alone.
"Oh...Okay then..." Dib returned to eating some more of his food, the thoughts Zim was having the farthest thoughts in his own mind. Finishing his eggs quickly, he then grabbed himself a bowl of cereal and a few of his own waffles to go with it.
Zim, meanwhile, sat patiently in his seat as he watched Dib eat contently, having already eaten his own fill.
Managing to finish up his cereal and about half a waffle, Dib finally pushed his plate away, deciding then that he was now far too full to eat even another bite.
Smiling when he noticed Dib had stopped eating, Zim reached out as though to take his plate for him. "All done then, Dib-love?" the nickname just seemed to roll off the tip of his tongue.
Blushing at the new nickname, Dib stared down at the table with wide eyes before nodding his head slightly. "Yeah...It was really good...Thank you..." he thanked the other before glancing up at him shyly.
Grinning to himself yet again, Zim then reached out to take Dib's hand. "Then let's go dress you up." he said, tugging on his arm so he would follow him.
Nodding his head again, Dib stood up from his chair and followed Zim out into the living room, not exactly sure what to expect.
Leading Dib over to right in front of the TV, Zim lifted his gaze to the ceiling. "Computer!" he yelled in order to get its attention.
"Whaaat?" the monotonous voice of Zim's computer came out in a groan.
"Bring me the disguise maker!" Zim ordered, waiting with Dib until the computer brought it to him.
Huffing out a sigh, the computer merely gave in with a, "Fiiine..." before bringing up the disguise maker for Zim, Dib merely standing back and watching as Zim began pressing a few buttons on it.
"Okay, so...What do you want to look like?" he addressed Dib as he pulled a tablet pen out of the side of the machine. "We're keeping your hair, of course. But what do you want your other features to look like?" he asked, awaiting a response from Dib.
"U-Uhm...W-Well, I guess I wouldn't mind having antennae for starters...I-I could always just tuck them back into my hair whenever I needed to..." he began his list with the first thing that popped into his mind.
Nodding his head at that, Zim turned to draw in the standard male antennae on the screen. "I kind of like your current eye color...But you can change it if you want." he said with a small shrug.
Blinking at Zim, Dib merely shook his head. "No, it's okay...I'll keep my eye color. It's the one thing about me that doesn't resemble my dad." he said, not wanting to give up the one feature he had inherited from his mother.
Smiling at that answer, Zim nodded. "Okay...Keep the eye color." he mumbled to himself as he scribbled even more on the screen. "Any certain clothes you want?" he asked, glancing back at Dib.
"Ummm...Maybe something in different shades of blue and black?" he said somewhat unsure.
Nodding his head some more, Zim couldn't help but grin as he scribbled even more onto the screen, obviously happy with the design they were creating. "Anything else special you'd like to add? I already took away your need for glasses." he informed the other, eager now to see what Dib would look like in his new disguise.
A/N: And there you have it. Your weekly update of ZADR Orange. And look! They be finally designing Dib's human/Irken hybrid disguise! 8D. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter up on time next week So look forward to Chapter 1. =3 Now let me take this time to respond to those of you who reviewed.
To Invader Ang: Sorry to burst your bubble, but Dib is 100 percent uke in this. He just would NOT work as the seme in this story. Up until a certain point, which is still very far away, he doesn't even WANT to have sex. So I'm afraid you'll just have to live with it. Live with it or stop reading the story. The choice is up to you. As for your random question, yes, ZADR is my favorite pairing, not to say I don't like other pairings as well. In fact, I love most all pairings in the IZ universe. And as for my favorite color, I'm partial to rainbows actually. They make me smile. 8D Plus, I'm just gay like that. XD Those would be my answers. I'm afraid I didn't get an answer from Notgonnadie yet though. You may want to try asking her yourself. You could send her a personal message on her account here. Her FF username is Chaos of the asylum. Sorry I couldn't get an answer from her for you myself. Asking her just kind of slipped my mind this past week, and she's not online at the moment to give me her answer. But since I'm already late getting this chapter posted, I don't want to delay it any longer. So sorry once again. I'll try to stay on top of that next time. And we hope you continue to enjoy this story nonetheless. =3
To Invader Blunt: Ah, hello. =3 So nice to meet new reviewers. Thank you for taking the time to write one. But anyways, yes, I admit the title can be a little deceiving. But there's much more to this story than most people realize. And to be perfectly honest, we're far from done with even writing it. To tell you the truth, we've hardly even made a dent in this story. It's so massive, with so many different plot twists throughout, that we can't even keep track of this story half the time. XD So we hope to keep you as a reader throughout as we progress through this story, possibly one of the longest stories you'll ever read should you decide to continue. =3 We'll be sure to keep up the good work, and we hope to hear back from you soon as we value all our readers. =3 Thanks again for the wonderful review. And WOOT! 10 out of 10 rubber piggys! 8D
To ClockwerkOrange: That's better...I think...And yayz for kittens! 8D My one fatal weakness. (Huggles kittens close) So cute. ^.^ (Gets swarmed by them) Oh, no...Oh no! Nuuuuuu! They're clawing my internal organs! Might want to make that next on your list of trades. XD Cause here be Chapter 15 for you. Thanks once again for the review. And, yes. Dib is psychologically unstable in this story. But we still love him despite that. Anyways, you already know I'm not answering that last question, so have a nice day. ^_^
To kaoru1174: Oh, yayz! You came back! 8D I was wondering where you were last week. XD But anyways, I totally understand and know how you feel. School just started back up for me last week as well. And already I'm required to perform 6 hours per week worth of writing for just one of my classes. So I can understand how that can be time consuming. But school aside, we hope you'll be able to find more time soon for reading our story. And I agree. Teh last chapter tis cute. ^.^ Though, if I recall correctly, I hated the way it came out when I rewrote it for this story. X'D Oh well. Glad to hear you at least enjoyed it. =3 And we hope you enjoy this new chapter as well. =3
To Casykirby: Yes, Dib does indeed stutter a lot in this, but it's cute. =3 We're glad you're enjoying it so much, and as for improvements, I'm pretty sure we both could have written this better and more in character, but then it wouldn't be as much fun to us. XD So thanks for taking the time to review our OOCness. XD (Hugs)
To snickers-03: Aw, well thank you. =3 We really appreciate the review and are glad to hear you're enjoying our RPing so much. =3 Hope you continue to read and review. So until next time. ^3^
To 1337kitsune: I'm glad I didn't review last night now. Otherwise I think I would have missed your review. You got it in just on time this week. =3 But anyways, yes, some chapters may seem short at times. Though I try to keep them all relatively the same length. Not too long, not too short. Doing either of those two things would be the flaw in some of my other stories. And, yes. It's such a hassle to get up in the morning to use the bathroom, especially if your bed is warm and the rest of the house is cold. At least I don't have to get up early for school. Unfortunately, I can't homeschool either though. I'm already in college, so it's just not an option. I'm too busy working towards graduation at the moment. Damn it for being so far away still. TT_TT Four years is NOT enough time to earn a degree in ANY field nowadays. (Sigh) Oh well. At least I'm doing what I love. And getting reviews from you guys always pushes me to try and write better works. So we're glad you enjoyed the last chapter so much. =3 Zim's mentality kind of changes throughout the story. One second he's thinking more like a 5 year old then the next he's thinking more his age. XD Dib's more consistant though. Well, here's Chapter 15 for you then. And we're glad to hear that. 8D Welcome to the group. We promise, we'll try to keep you hooked on this story as long as we possibly can. =3
To Illisandria Carthain: Just like I told 1337kitsune, you got your review in just in time for this chapter. =3 Lol. We're glad you managed to find us over on DA too. 8D Few people ever actually take the time to look there. And I assume you also found out the secret of this story. XD But anyways, we're glad you'll continue to read it here as well. There's actually an advantage to reading here. Over on DA you might get overloaded. But anyways, I also assume I've talked to you on DA already, though I can't be 100 percent sure. I want to say that I have, but honestly, I can't put you to a profile I know on DA. So I guess I'll just have to ask you what your username is since there's more than one possiblity, and I DON'T think you're using your FF username there. =3 Please tell me if you have made contact with me there. =3 And as for your weekly question, I'm afraid that's an unanswerable question at this time. :iconNotgonnadie: and I haven't even finished writing the story yet, so coming to a conclusion about how many chapters it will be would be impossible. I assume this story will reach well over 100 chapters. In fact, the more we write, the more I think we may even reach 200 hundred or more. But then again, I'm really horrible at estimates. It will be quite long though. I can guarantee that. So far I've ficafied about 65 chapters for this story, and that's still fairly close to the beginning of it. We're so much farther along in the RP than what we have posted up to, it's hard to even imagine how many chapters we'll have in the end. So just assume a lot will be posted for this story. I'm actually a little surprised you haven't read a seme Dib ZADR fic yet. There ARE actually a lot of them out there. I just prefer him as the uke. But I've written a few seme Dib fics as well as a few where Zim and Dib take turns. In DATR I rarely see Dib as uke, but only because of the obvious gender differences. I COULD see Tak being a dominant in such a situation though. The hard one is TAGR though. Deciding who's tops in that relationship can be difficult. They both seem like such dominant characters. Lol. But enough of my rambling. Thanks again for reviewing, and much love to you for television. =3 I'll watch my IZ DVD's on it! 8D
(Damn, it took me a long time to respond to you guys this week. XD Almost three hours)