A/N: Ah, yes. Another day, another update. Not much to say this week except that we hope those of you affected by the earthquake in Japan are doing well. I actually had a voluntary evacuation warning where I lived when we heard the resulting tsunami was heading our way. But thankfully everything seemed to be in one piece when I returned home in the afternoon. So I hope the rest of you all are doing fine as well. For those of you waiting on Chapter 38 of ZADR Orange, here it be on time this week. We extend much love to those who have faved or added the story to your story alert lists. And as always, feedback be much appreciated. So we hope you all enjoy. =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/Gaz: Notgonnadie
Dib/Random Teacher: Me
Coach: Both of us
Beta: Notgonnadie
Flashing Dib several worried looks, Zim quickly located the hybrid's hand and gripped it tightly.
Meanwhile, Gaz merely growled at the teacher who had grabbed them. "We CAN walk, you know!" she snapped, wanting to pull her arm away.
Finally letting go of them once they were a good distance away from the computer room, the teacher then placed her hands upon her hips. "Fine! But if I catch you in there again, you'll be facing a month's worth of detentions!" she glared at them before pointing them in the directions of their respective classes.
Stumbling into Zim again once they were free, Dib squeezed his hand back tightly and tried to shake off the pain that was racking his body as they began heading in the direction of the gym, their next class.
Zim could only hug Dib close as they began to walk. "Well, no point hiding our relationship now...Tak already knew...As for you..." he glanced over at Dib. "I think you should sit this class out..." he said, afraid attending this class would only serve to hurt Dib even more, especially if he pushed himself too hard after last night.
Shaking his head in response, Dib squeezed his eyes tightly shut as he held his stomach. "I'll be fine...Besides...As soon as class it out, I'm going to find Tak and rip her fucking head off for thinking she could kiss or even TOUCH my sister like that!" he growled, obviously still pissed off about what he had walked in on back in the computer lab.
"Aren't you being a little hypocritical?" Zim asked, looking away, feeling rather uncomfortable with their current conversation.
"What? What's that supposed to mean? I'm not being hypocritical! I'm just worried for Gaz's life is all! What makes you think I'm being hypocritical?" Dib demanded, feeling a little insulted now by Zim's words.
Blushing a bit, Zim looked back at Dib before then pointing to himself.
Blinking back at the Irken for a few moments, Dib then turned his head to glare off to the side. "Don't be ridiculous, Zim. Things between you and me are different than things are between Gaz and Tak. They barely even know each other! But we've been in each others lives for the past 5 years! And the only reason they even kissed in the first place was because Gaz lost some stupid bet! Besides, Tak's whole purpose for even coming here in the first place was to try and kill you, but I'm not letting her lay a finger on you!" he tightened his grip on Zim's hand.
Shaking his head at those words, Zim then turned to pull Dib into a kiss. "My big, strong defender of Earth, aren't you?" he purred the words out playfully.
"Ehem!" their P.E. coach interrupted before Dib could even really respond to the kiss.
Having looked away to the ground with a blush, his face having flared up a bright red, Dib jumped when he heard the coach behind them.
"Sorry to interrupt your little 'love fest', but you two are already late for class!" the coach blew his whistle. "Now get in there and get changed already before I give you both detention!" he ordered, pointing in the direction of the changing rooms.
Running into the boys' changing room with Zim to quickly get his gym clothes on, Dib almost frantically began putting in the combination for the lock on his locker as Zim followed in after him, all smiles.
Giggling into his hands, Zim followed suite and went to his own locker to pull his gym clothes out. "You know, at this rate, everyone in school will know we're going out, Dibbers." he said giddily before looking up to see Dib's frantic state. "What's wrong, Dib?" his smiled seemed to fall away, seeing how frazzled the boy was.
Jumping a bit at Zim's question, Dib turned to face him as he was pulling on his gym shorts. "N-Nothing...I'm just...tired, I guess...B-But everything's fine...Really..." he said, then reaching back into his locker to pull out his shirt.
Looking more worried now as he watched Dib pull off his blue shirt to pull on the horribly bland colored gym shirt they provided them with at this school, Zim stopped dressing himself. "Are you sure?" he asked before sighing and turning back to continue getting dressed, fidgeting in his spot as he thought about the night before again. "Uh, D-Dib...I should tell you something..." he began to say, knowing he needed to tell Dib about what had happened between them when he had been on those drugs.
Looking up just as soon as he had gotten his shirt on, Dib glanced over at Zim as the other was finishing getting dressed as well. "Hm? What's th-" he got cut short again as their coach came barging in, blowing his whistle.
"Come on! What's taking you two so long? The rest of the class is waiting! Move it! Move it! Move it!" the coach blew his whistle a third time, causing Dib's antennae to fall back in discomfort.
Flinching as well, Zim sighed at being interrupted. 'I really have to tell him...B-But I can't do it in front of everyone else...' he thought to himself, looking very down as he followed Dib out of the dressing room.
Looking back at Zim as they were exiting the dressing area, Dib just then seemed to notice the Irken's guilty-looking facial expression. "I-Is something wrong?" he asked, blinking at Zim curiously.
"Hey! No talking until after I've finished explaining what we're going to be doing today!" The coach yelled at Dib before turning to address the rest of the class. "Alright! Listen up! Today we're going to be playing dodge ball! So everybody get in line so I can split you up into different groups!" the coach instructed the entire class to do.
Clinging to Dib, Zim gulped, not wanting to be put on a separate team from Dib.
Meanwhile, their coach merely continued to count all of the students as he walked along the line, stepping in between two random students once he had finished. "Alright! Everybody to the right of me, grab a ball! Everybody to the left, spread out!" he pointed in two different directions.
Looking at where they were in comparison to the coach, Dib cursed. They were to the left.
Not wanting to split away from Dib, Zim could only grip tighter to him. "We should leave, Dib..." his voice shook, not imagining this going very well were they to stay.
"What? Why?" Dib looked back at Zim confused.
Knowing Dib would never let him take him away because he felt bad, Zim's look could only grow even more nervous. "Uh...I-I feel sick!" he proclaimed, hugging closer to Dib. 'Yeah. That makes sense.' he reassured himself that it was a plausible reason for leaving.
His facial expression becoming worried now, Dib turned to look at Zim better. "You feel sick? Well, if that's the case then let's-" he didn't get a chance to finish as one of the students pelted him straight in the gut with one of the dodge balls, causing the coach to blow his whistle and yell at the other student.
"I didn't tell you to start!" the coach pointed to the bleachers for the other student to take a seat.
But it was too late for Dib as he felt a blinding pain overcoming him before he collapsed onto the floor, not exactly passing out but not fully conscious either.
"DIB!" Zim exclaimed before kneeling down next to him. "Dib! Dib, come on! Speak to me! Wake up!" the disguised Irken pulled him up a little, propping his head up in his lap. "Uh...Uhh...COACH! I-I need to take him to the nurse!" he didn't know what to do, just wanting to get Dib out of there.
Approaching the fallen Dib, the coach knelt down near him to check him. "Fine, fine...Take him to the nurse then...As for the rest of you, this is why I tell you to only start when I give the signal!" he said, standing up and gesturing to Zim and Dib.
Nodding thankfully, Zim scooped Dib up and carried him out of the gym in a hurry. "Come on, Dib. Let's just go home." he said once they were out of earshot of the coach.
His vision being invaded by white light everywhere, Dib rolled his head back and forth in Zim's arms. "Mmm...Zim?" he asked, squeezing his eyes tightly shut, the light making his head hurt. "Wh-What about Gaz? I...Mmm...I can't leave her alone with Tak..." he didn't want to leave yet.
"Tak left, Dib, and Gaz is in class. She'll be fine." Zim tried to convince him otherwise.
Struggling a bit still, Dib otherwise didn't seem to have much of a choice in the matter of whether he was going home or not. "B-But what if...What if...What if she comes back?" he didn't like the idea of leaving Tak to roam about.
"Then we'll deal with her then, but right now, you need to rest, Dib." Zim said, nuzzling the boy gently.
Finally stopping his struggling when they were already out the school doors and down the street, drawing closer and closer to Zim's base, Dib fell silent as he let his eyes drift closed tiredly. "...Okay..." he finally gave in, not saying anything else as he just let Zim carry him all the way back to the base where he could rest more comfortably.
Deciding when he entered the living room that it would be better to just take Dib all the way to bed rather than setting him down on the couch to let him get comfortable just to end up moving him later, Zim held Dib close as he headed straight for the elevator in the kitchen. "I love you..." he purred out softly, nuzzling Dib. "You know I do..." his voice came out as a soft whisper to the other in his antennae.
Zim's voice a comfort to him, Dib had by then already drifted back off to sleep, the previous night's activities having tired him out more than he knew.
Laying him down in the bed, Zim sighed as he pulled the hybrid's shoes off. "Good night, Dib." he said in a quiet voice before kicking his own shoes off and crawling into bed next to him to keep him company. Very tired himself thanks to last night, he then pulled blankets up around them and drifted back off to sleep, curling himself around Dib.
Days passed, days turning into weeks, weeks turning into one month, and one month turning into two. For the next two days after their little romp under the covers, Dib had stayed in bed, still in pain. But after one more day of bed rest and no school, it seemed he was beginning to feel better and would at least be able to return to school on Friday.
Seeing this as a good sign, Zim decided not to tell Dib after all about what had happened and figured it would be best they just went on with their lives, something they were able to do surprisingly easily despite the threat of Tak being out to kill him and Dib still being pissed off at her for kissing his sister. Gaz, of course, could care less about what Dib thought about the entire thing. Contrary to what she thought, she was actually enjoying herself quite a lot being with Tak and had even moved in from the school to a base Tak had set up not too far away. Unfortunately, this course of action only created more problems between her and Dib as Dib completely refused to talk to her now, even when he saw her at school.
A/N: And there you have it. Your weekly update of ZADR Orange. Oh, God. We're one chapter away from Chapter 39. D8 For those of you who don't know, Chapter 39 is where we expect to lose at least half of you. So that will make next week's post a little bittersweet. DX But I guess it just can't be avoided. That said, let me now respond to those of you reviewed last chapter. =3
To Dlbn: Lol. XD Well, it may have taken us some time to get to Tak and Gaz, but we didn't want to rush through the story just for that. After all, it IS a ZADR story. But anyways, yes, poor Dibbles is in quite a bit of shock at the moment. But if you really think about it, he's ALWAYS in shock about something in this story. XD So he'll get over it soon enough. Of course, he never really does get over the fact that it's Tak his sister decided to hook up with. His reactions to Tak will stay pretty consistant throughout the story. As for Miss Bitter's, however, I don't think she cares much about what her students do in their free time just so long as they don't do it under HER free time. And I can imagine you telling your friends to leave so you can have lunch. XD I think we all get like that some of the time though. Hope the wait for this next chapter wasn't too horrible for you. And as always, we look forward to hearing back from you. So until next time~
To ClockwerkOrange: Well, thank you. =3 I'm glad you haven't abandoned us. Take your time catching up though. ^^ This story isn't going anymore. And as promised, we did finally throw in some TAGR to this story. So we hope you enjoyed what you had been waiting for. =3 As for the Julie-Su comment, I wouldn't be able to call myself a true Sonic the Hedgehog fan if I didn't know who Julie-Su was. She's one of my favorite characters. And I've been collecting the Sonic the Hedgehog comics for years now. So I can't deny the existence of those characters who get so little love nowadays in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. =3
To lilybean queen of the i ocean: WOOT! NEW WORD! Glad you're enjoying it still. =3
To heartofstone15: Of course it's forbidden to post sexual content here. This site is accessable to minors. This is why FF makes a very clear distinction between this site here and their sister site, Adult FanFiction. If this site actually allowed the posting of sexual content then they would have a warning posted that prohibited those under the age of 18 to continue any further. Didn't you read the rules when you first joined? It states very clearly in the Terms of Service that, "FF reserves the right to decide whether Content or a User Submission is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Service for violations other than copyright infringement or privacy law, such as, but not limited to, hate crimes, pornography, obscene or defamatory material, or excessive length. FF may remove such User Submissions and/or terminate a User's access for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Service at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion." Like I said before, the people who get away with it just haven't been reported yet. So if you have posted anything sexual here, I would highly recommend moving those works to somewhere safer. Otherwise, you may lose an entire story to the system. Because they don't even give a warning before deleting an entire story. And yes. They DO delete the ENTIRE story. NOT just the chapter. I wouldn't dare risk having all of ZO removed because of that. And as for Tak, she is indeed awesome which is even more reason not to risk having this story taken down. (Shakes fist at FF)
To Opel45: Err...Good for you?