A/N: Alright. Before we get started, let me once again apologize for the lateness of this chapter. I had a bit of computer trouble this past week when the power cord to my laptop blew up and lit on fire. So I'm working on a different computer at the moment. As such, please excuse any formatting weirdness that may come about upon posting this chapter. I'm working on a slightly different text document than I'm used to. So just bare with me until I can get myself up and running on a new laptop. With that said, let me inform you all now that the long awaited Chapter 34 be approaching rather quickly. As such, please remember that that chapter will NOT be posted here on FF. It does not contain appropriate content for many of the readers on here and because of that, I have decided I will be posting it on FA instead. A link will be posted later in the week on my profile page here when I have the chapter posted there. Please continue to review here however as I'd rather not have to sort through 20 million comments over on FA. For those of you under the age of 18, I wouldn't recommend reading the chapter as it is not for the eyes of the young. If you do decide to read it however, be warned, we are not responsible for the mental or emotional scarring of any of you. You have been warned. Now that that is out of the way, let us move on to Chapter 33 of ZADR Orange. Much love and thanks to those of you who faved or added the story to your story alert lists. And as always, feedback be 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: Notgonnadie
Dib: Me
Beta: Notgonnadie
Giving Zim's words some thought, Dib shifted his gaze away for a moment before bringing it back to look up at Zim. "C-C-Could it have been wh-when Tak shoved me against the wall earlier? O-Or threw me onto the g-ground?" he asked, his voice shaking all the while.
Eyes growing wide at Dib's words, Zim looked up from what he was doing to stare at Dib. "Wh-Why didn't you tell me you were attacked?" he demanded, starting to feel up and down his arms and legs in search of broken bones.
"I didn't think to! She threatened to pull out my antennae earlier too!" Dib's voice shook even more as he broke down into Zim's chest.
An even more horrified look coming to the Irken's face, Zim couldn't believe Tak would try to do something like that to him. "I thought she was too proud to do that!" he didn't even want to think about how much more painful that would have been for Dib compared to the procedure he had performed on the other.
"Sh-She said she wouldn't do it if I told her how I had become Irken, b-but she just ended up letting me go anyways." Dib said, pulling away from Zim's chest to stare up at the other with tear-filled eyes.
Pulling Dib close, Zim nuzzled him affectionately. "Well...What matters is you're safe...Are you feeling any better?" he then asked, wanting to know whether Dib's earlier pain had subsided yet.
His body still shaking, Dib merely sobbed into Zim's chest when the other pulled him close. "Everything still hurts so much..." he cried, Zim's examinations having done little for him.
Holding Dib tightly, Zim brought up a hand to pet back his antennas yet again. "Want me to get you more anesthetic?" he offered, knowing it had at least helped Dib a little bit the last time he had given it to him.
"Anything...Anything..." Dib practically begged before Zim could even finish asking his question.
Nodding in response, Zim lifted his gaze to the ceiling. "Computer! Painkillers! NOW!" he ordered, wanting to get them into Dib as soon as possible.
"Whatever..." the computer dropped a syringe full of a strong painkiller on to Zim's lap.
Grabbing it once it had been delivered to him, Zim brought it up to where Dib's arm was. "Hold still, Dib." he instructed the other before sliding the needle into his arm and injecting it slowly.
Wincing back at the sharp pain in his arm, Dib squeezed his eyes shut tightly as he waited for Zim to finally take it out.
Sliding it out carefully after injecting it all into Dib, Zim nuzzled him gently. "Feeling better yet?" he asked, as though it would start working so quickly.
His breathing heavy now, Dib could only stare up at Zim through half lidded eyes as he saw everything around him beginning to blur again. "I-I think...I think I'm going to..." he began but found himself unable to finish his sentence as all he could do was close his eyes tiredly and pant out heavily for a while longer.
Catching him before he could fall, Zim nuzzled him, stroking his hair lightly. "Shhhhh...Don't strain yourself...Here." he picked him up carefully and carried him into the lift, headed towards the bedroom.
Feeling the other moving him from the couch, Dib attempted to re-open his eyes enough to peer up at Zim. "Wh-Where are you taking me?" he asked, having some difficulty making out anything.
Leaning down to kiss him, Zim waited for the elevator to come to a halt before exiting. "I'm taking you to the bedroom. You need to sleep." he told the other in a quiet whisper.
"Y-You're not leaving me though, are you?" Dib then asked, suddenly somewhat panicked.
"No, I'm never leaving you alone again." Zim reassured him, wanting Dib to relax.
Breathing finally beginning to slow somewhat, Dib returned his face to Zim's chest for a little extra comfort.
Smiling at this, Zim ruffled Dib's hair a bit as he headed on over to the bed. "Feeling better?" he asked yet again, wanting to know whether the medicine was working.
Clinging to the Irken's front, Dib sighed gently against the other at the small ruffle. "A little..." he admitted, the pain finally beginning to leave him little by little.
"Good." Zim nuzzled Dib. "I don't want you hurting..." he said as he reached the bed and laid Dib down gently on it.
Staring up at Zim from his spot on the bed, Dib held his arms out expectantly, just wanting Zim's closeness more than anything right now.
Smiling, Zim wasted no time at all in hopping onto the bed next to him so he could wrap his arms around him as well.
Not completely satisfied with Zim's closeness, Dib, without even thinking, instinctively curled himself around the Irken, wrapping arms and legs around him tightly to keep him from going anywhere.
A little surprised by Dib's actions, Zim could only stare at him confused. "Dib? It's okay. I'm not going anywhere..." he promised the other when he wouldn't loosen his hold on him.
But Dib didn't seem to catch that as he rolled his head to one side, almost as though he were drunk or something, the medicine really beginning to affect his senses. "D-Don't leave me...No matter what..." he mumbled before yawning tiredly.
Nuzzling him one last time, Zim seemed to just then realize for the first time since Dib had showed up that he was still naked from before. He blushed. "Uh...I should get dressed..." he said, trying to pull away for just a moment.
Of course, Dib could only tighten his hold on Zim, hiding his face in the others chest stubbornly. "No! Don't leave me!" he said firmly, not wanting Zim to leave him for anything at the moment.
Sighing, Zim merely shook his head at that command. "But I need to get something on..." he said, looking up at Dib guiltily before reaching up to stroke his antennas.
Letting out a small whine at Zim trying to pull away, Dib only clung to him tighter as his antennae fell back, not so much from pain than from a small bit of irritation. "Mmm..." he sounded out in what sounded like a growl.
"Okay, okay..." Zim held his hands up defensively at the small growl, giving up and pulling Dib close. "N-Now what?" he asked, blushing from how close his bare body was to Dib's half naked body.
Loosening his grip on Zim once the other had stopped trying to pull away, Dib then shifted his eyes open to peer up at Zim with a dazed look on his face, as though he were no longer aware of what they were just talking about. "Hmmm?" he blinked his half lidded eyes a few times before returning his face to the Irken's chest tiredly.
Reaching one of his hands sneakily to Dib's antennas, Zim kept his gaze focused on Dib all the while. "Dib?" he asked as he stroked them gently. "Can you feel this?" he was curious as to whether Dib was coherent or not.
Tensing suddenly at the sensitive touch, Dib shuddered before burying himself deeper into Zim's chest, his free antennae twitching. Then, taking in a deep breath, he let it out slowly and shakily, bordering on a purr.
Eyes widening a bit at Dib's reaction, Zim felt a smile spread across his face at that. "Do you like that?" he then asked, wanting to make sure.
Tilting his head to one side more as though to encourage more touch, Dib merely responded with a small humming sound. "Mmm...Don't stop..." he seemed to beg for more touch.
Grinning widely, Zim reached up both his hands now to stroke Dib's antennas some more. "Okay..." he agreed without arguing.
The pleasure overwhelming the sensible part of his brain and blocking out most of the pain he was still in, Dib gasped sharply.
Grinning even wider, Zim pulled back enough to swing his leg over Dib, straddling him. "Honestly enough, this will help you a lot." he said before leaning forward to pull Dib's antennas into his mouth.
Eyes snapping wide open at the sensation, Dib's body reacted, causing him to arch his back slightly off the bed and let out another sharp gasp for air. "Ah!" he bit down on his bottom lip as he curled back in on himself, lowering his back down onto the bed again.
Thrilled by this, Zim happily slid his hands to Dib's pants.
Licking his lips in anticipation, Dib panted out heavily and peered up at Zim with two glazed over, honey-colored eyes. "Wh-What are you? Mmmmm..." he couldn't finish his sentence as he tilted his head back and let his eyelids slip back closed, his mind too scrambled at the moment to keep focused on his train of thought.
Not noticing Dib's short complaint, Zim merely slid his hands around the hem of Dib's pants and pulled them down.
Still panting, no longer concerned with asking Zim what or why he was doing this but just the feelings the other was making him feel in that moment, Dib lifted his head enough to stare down at his anatomy, just then seeming to notice the differences between what it looked like now and what it had looked like when he was still a human.
A/N: And there you have it. Your weekly update of ZADR Orange. =3 Now don't complain about me cutting you all off there. I did that for a reason. XD Had I continued, I would have ended up cutting you all off in the middle of the sex scene. But even I'm not THAT evil. So just hang in there until I decide to post the link on my profile page. And check back regularly for it because I have no way of letting you all know when it's going to be coming out. Just shoot for Saturday as usual. Hopefully, I won't run into anymore complications before then. With that said, let me take this time to respond to those of you who reviewed. =3
To angel-winged-wolfess: Oh, yes. Poor Dibbles still needs time to adjust. But if you really think about it, in the story, it's only really been one day. One and a half at the most. Thankfully though, Zimmeh's body is beginning to feel better after the thrashing it took with that water. We're glad to hear you're still enjoying the story so much. And don't even worry about it. (Hug) I understand that there are some people out there who don't review too often. You're not really one of the people I was talking about in my author's note. There are just other people who were reviewing each chapter and suddenly dropped off the face of the Earth during our conversation. I was just wondering where they went all of a sudden and why so many at the same exact time. But you don't have to review each chapter if you don't want to. I don't like forcing people. But we really do appreciate you taking the time to review anyways. So thank you for the kind review. It's nice to know you're still enjoying the story. (Huggle)
To girsteehee: Well, hello there, new reviewer. =3 It's very nice of you to join us. We're very glad to hear you're loving our story so much. =3 And, yes. They did indeed make up. Wouldn't be much of a ZADR story if they hadn't. XD And of course, this story is just FULL of drama. But that's what keeps it interesting. 8D Anyways, as for your question, it wasn't so much that we were motivated to write this story. In all honesty, it was just a random RP Notgonnadie and I began. I didn't think at first that it would be a continuous RP nor did I think it would come out to be so long. But over a year later, here we are, still roleplaying this story. Eventually, some people got us to post it as a story after Notgonnadie made some fanart for it, so I just started rewriting our script RP in narrative and that's basically how this story came to be. I'm actually surprised it's become so popular, and we really do appreciate all our readers and reviewers. So thank you for taking the time to read and review. =3 And we shall most definitely continue to post up chapters. =3 I'd be disappointed in myself if we didn't finish this story, so I'm certainly not giving up. =3
To Watermelondrea: Lol. XD I'm glad somebody thinks so! This is why I love role playing as him. X3 He's such a cute character and I just love working with little hybrid Dibbeh. X3 And don't worry. We'll keep writing. =3
To heartofstone15: Well, it seems we got more reviews this week. Though the majority of them so far seem to be from new people, actually, which still leaves me to wonder what happened to all the other reviewers we had. But oh well. I guess we can't keep them all. XD I also find it nice when author's respond to their readers rather than blowing them off. That's why I always try to respond back to you guys. It's nice getting to know you all and receive some feedback on how you guys are liking the story. I don't think the number of page views is really a contributing factor to the drop in reviewers these past few weeks, because I usually notice an increase actually in readers each month. So I don't know. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens from here on out. And I agree. I really love this last chapter. It be full of ZADRy goodness. X3 (Sighs happily) Anyways. Thanks for continuing to read and review. I look forward to hearing back from you in a week or so.=3
To leyu2oO wait leviathan02 too: Hey, I remember you. XD How have you been? =3 It really has been too long since we last talked. Anyways, yeah. This story is a long one. So it's nice to hear from you again. =3 We're glad to hear you're enjoying it so much still and can only hope you'll continue to read. =3 Because trust me, this plot will only continue to grow more and more complicated as we continue. But we're glad you've enjoyed the plot so far. So thanks for reading and taking the time to review. Now that I'm getting back on track with things, I'll hopefully be able to get updates up more regularly. So look forward to that. =3 Until next time.
To I LOVE PICKLEZ: Lol. XD Well, it's been around for nearly a year now. We'll be approaching our 1 year anniversary for this story in February. Though honestly, we started actually writing it in September of 2009. And in May, it will be the 1 year anniversary for this story so far as it being posted here on fanfiction is concerned. But we're glad you came across it. =3 It's always nice to pick up new readers. And as such, let me be the first to welcome you. =3 We're very happy to hear you're enjoying our story so much, and we hope you'll continue to read and review as we update each week. =3 And it's quite flattering to hear you prefer our style of writing ZADR over some of the other styles out there. I'll admit I am a bit of a sappy writer, but only when a scene calls for it. ^^ As for my partner. Well, I think we just work well together. She's definitely the brains behind the operation. She helps keep this story interesting with complicated plot lines. Lol. XD So we're just always so glad to hear when you guys are enjoying them. =3 Thanks again for reviewing and we hope to hear from you again soon. =3
To Illisandria Carthain: (Hug) I'm not too worried about you leaving for too long. You always come back. But we DID miss hearing from you, so it's nice to see you're back. =3 I know you wouldn't abandon us. And I can understand how life can get in the way sometimes. I almost didn't get a chapter up this week because my laptop died. X_X so it's perfectly fine. =3 Yes, that last chapter did reintroduce the ZADR and in the next chapter after this one, we'll be getting into what you've all been waiting for. So look forward to that, even though I know you've probably read it already. XD And, yes, Zim and Dib are good again. Of course, the question always is, for how long? XD To be perfectly honest, I'm a little surprised by your question this week. I could have sworn you were following the conversations between Vithian and I, which actually do answer your question already. But, just so you don't have to go back and read, I'll answer it here too. =3 No, we do not have snow where we live. At least, I don't. I'm too close to the ocean. As for Notgonnadie, you may want to ask her yourself. Because I'm not sure. I don't recall her saying anything about snow so I wouldn't know. I wish I got snow though. It's been over 20 years since the last time it really snowed here. To put things simply, we get snow but it doesn't usually reach the ground. A lot of the time it just melts. But we DO technically have the weather for it. It's just a VERY rare occurance here. I can understand your annoyance with having snow, but I still advise people to just enjoy it while they can because who knows when the next time you'll see snow is. The only downside I can see about snow days is being forced to make up those days on other holidays throughout the year. But still. You should enjoy your time off from school. =3 Anyways, I'm sorry myself for taking so long to get this chapter up. I had a lot going on this past week. But I'll pick up the pace again soon. So just bare with me. =3 As always, much thanks to you for reviewing and we hope to hear from you again soon. =3
To Fire Rage7: You are quite welcome. =3 Thank YOU for the review. ^^
To Dadles: Hooo boy...what to say to you...This will be in response to all 4 of your reviews. But before you read this, please take the time to get your head out of your ass and clean the shit from your ears because I only want to have to say this once. And I will try to be as kind as I can, which is more than I can say about your own reviews. First of all, there is a WARNING at the beginning of EVERY chapter instructing people that this story is VERY out of character. They stutter for a reason. Can't handle it? Don't read our story. Second of all, each chapter is measured out before posting. We will not be adding more or less. This keep our work load on this story reasonable enough for both of us to handle. And it also guarantees updates on a reasonable schedule. So don't complain about the length of the chapters. As for the reviews we take the time to answer in our author's notes, it's not up to you how we answer our reviewers. For the record, many of our reviewers enjoy being addressed in this way rather than in personal messages. And on another note, not everybody who reviews has an account on here, so don't assume we can just contact all of our reviewers whenever we want. And before you tell us to just PM all our other readers, I'd suggest actually enabling your own damn PMs before assuming everybody else has theirs enabled. Also, watch your wording. Saying that we FORCE you to read our conversations is just uncalled for. We don't FORCE anybody to do anything. We don't even FORCE you people to read the story. If you don't want to read everything we write at the end of each chapter, then just skip the ending! It's not like we're sitting behind you holding your head in one place while you read. All you reviewers have to do is find your name, read what we have to say to you, then move on. Third of all, this story is an RP. My partner and I are going to write whatever the hell we want and you can't change that. We didn't ask for your opinion. If you can't handle the fighting in this story, then just don't read it. Once again, we're not forcing you to read anything. You obviously know little about writing. The fighting in this story creates tension, which is an important element in any story. Without it, the story becomes stagnant and boring. As Robert Morgan once said, "Almost all good stories are sad because it is the human struggle that engages us readers and listeners the most. To watch characters confront their hardships and uncertainties makes us feel better about our own conflicts and confusions and fears. We have a sense of community, of sympathy, a cleansing sympathy, as Aristotle said, and relief that we are safe in our room only reading the story. A story of sadness, even tragedy, makes us feel, paradoxically, better, as though we are confronting our own conflicts and fears, and have endured." If you tell us you want this story to be as boring as Zim and Dib falling in love with absolutely no conflict whatsoever, there honestly wouldn't be any point in the story even being written at all. That's like telling Shakespeare that you hate the ending to Romeo and Juliet and therefore it should be changed. As such, don't say you like our story and then try to get away with telling us you hate the way we write it, which brings me to my last point. The story is written the way it is FOR A REASON. It's a role play. We're not striving for perfection in the formatting. This story is written purely for the fun of it. So if you don't like the way we write it, THEN DON'T READ IT. People didn't stop reading because of the formatting. If that were the case, they would have stopped LONG ago. Also, just because you don't like something about the story, don't assume our other readers think the same as you do. Obviously, you shouldn't even be reading this story if you can't handle drama. Because this story thrives on drama. In the words of my partner, Notgonnadie, her response to your reviews was "Our fans have made a fanbase for this story on their own. We will NOT change it." And like we've said oh so many times before if you were even paying attention, this story is ALREADY WRITTEN OUT! IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON CHAPTER BY CHAPTER. So quit telling us how to write the story and quit substituting bluntness for bitchyness. I know plenty of people on the internet who are blunt and none of them come across as bitchy as you are. So don't think you can get away with it. I'm certain there are LOTS of ways you could have structured those reviews that would have gotten your points across without sounding rude. If you're too lazy to take the time and write a proper review then don't even bother reviewing. And don't try passing your reviews off as constructive criticism either because I know the difference and those reviews were NOT constructive criticism. They were flames. Plain and simple. Constructive criticism doesn't involve trying to force your opinions on the writers nor is it telling them what you DON'T like about the story. So unless you can send in a proper review that doesn't focus on everything you hate about the story, we'd rather not have to listen to you whine and bitch about it.
To lillybean queen of the i ocean: Really glad to hear it. =3
To Amerilia Lily Lotus: Oh, well welcome then. =3 It's very nice to meet you. Please send my thanks to Meta-Knight-1- fan for sending you our way. =3 We're very glad to hear you don't regret reading our story and we thank you for taking the time to review. =3 As for your question, the reason it says "Me" and "Notgonnadie" at the top is not because the characters are saying them. It's because this story is a role play. We're merely stating who does who's parts. For example, I do all of Dib's parts. Notgonnadie does all of Zim's parts. And we alternate accordingly when working with other characters in the story. Also, Notgonnadie is our beta, so she gets credit not only for writing the story but for editing it as well. I hope that clears up any confusion you had about our story. =3 And once again, we're very happy to hear you're loving our story. ZADR and TAGR are two of my favorite pairings as well. =3