ZADR Orange Chapter 67
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
Dib couldn't bring his eyes up to meet Zim's gaze. "...But I already did...I wasn't mad at you about what happened down there...I was mad at myself...because of my reaction..." he brought his hands up to wipe at his eyes again.
"Ohh, Dib...Is that all?"
Letting out a small whimper, Dib broke down again. "I wasn't afraid you'd go too far. I was afraid I'd go too far! So I pulled away before that could happen because I didn't want to hurt you!" he exclaimed, unsure whether he would have been able to go all the way through with it had he started.
"Wh-What? Dib, you're not going to hurt me..."
"But I've already hurt so many other people in my life! I've hurt Gaz, I've hurt my dad, hell, I've even hurt one of your leaders! But above all else, I've hurt you more than once already! Every time I react the wrong way, somebody gets hurt!"
"Dib..." Zim sighed. "I don't know what to say..." he moved to yank his antennas again but stopped, dropping his hands back down to his lap.
Noticing Zim go to yank on his antennas again, Dib could feel everything around him crumbling in that moment. "I hurt you again..." he wrapped his arms around himself. "I feel sick..." he whimpered, his antennae shivering.
"Wha-No! Dib, you didn't hurt me! I don't do that because you hurt me, okay? I-I just do it because I don't know what else to do..." Zim sighed, eyeing Dib worriedly. "Are you hungry?" he asked, trying to change the subject before this got out of hand.
Pressing his back against the elevator door and pulling his knees to his chest again, Dib could only shake his head slowly in response. "I'm going to be sick..." he cried, afraid that if he moved he'd lose it all over the kitchen floor.
Eyes widening at those words, Zim scooped Dib up into his arms. "It's okay, Dib..." he said as he stood up slowly to move as smoothly as he could towards the bathroom.
His body shaking in Zim's grip, Dib cried into the other's chest until they reached the bathroom where his stomach finally got the better of him and he coughed up what little he had in his stomach from the previous night. The action painful, he gasped for air, coughing uncontrollably into one of his hands. "Ow..." he whimpered, his throat burning.
Zim rubbed Dib's back gently. "Anything I can do?" he asked, just wanting Dib to feel better.
Dib could only lean to the side a bit against Zim weakly. "I just want to sleep..." he said between sobs, closing his eyes and shuddering. His stomach was upset, his heart hurt, and he was beginning to get a headache now.
Zim nuzzled him. "Want me to carry you to bed?" he asked, knowing Dib probably didn't have it in him to walk back to the bedroom again.
Slipping out of consciousness already, Dib nodded his head slowly. "You're not going to leave me, are you?" he asked, peering up at Zim through barely open slits.
Kissing him gently as he picked him up, Zim smiled. "Of course not..." he said, carrying Dib back to the elevator, sparing all the food that had gone uneaten a quick glance.
Also glancing at all the food Zim had made for him, Dib sighed, his antennae drooping. "I'm sorry I didn't eat any of it earlier..." he apologized before looking back up at Zim. "But if you're hungry, you can bring some of it down with you to eat." he said, starting to get worried about the fact that the other had held off on eating for over 24 hours again because of him.
Glancing longingly at the food, Zim then shook his head. "I can wait." he assured the other, stepping into the elevator with Dib still in his arms.
"Mmmm..." Dib started struggling a bit. "No! Don't do this again! I want you to eat, Zim! I don't want you to wait until I feel like eating again! I don't want you to starve yourself because of me! You promised me you would eat if you got hungry, didn't you? It doesn't do anybody any good if you're starving yourself all the time!" he looked up at Zim pleadingly.
Zim shook his head. "It's okay, Dib. I don't NEED to eat as often as I have been. Maybe once or twice a week max. I can wait." he said, not wanting to eat until Dib felt like eating.
Dib's antennae fell back in an irritated fashion. "Why do you have such a hard time keeping your promises to me? I don't care if you don't NEED to eat! I just want you to regardless of whether you need to or not! Please! If you're not going to do it for yourself, then at least do it for me! I would feel a whole lot better knowing that you're at least eating SOMETHING! Humans can go a certain amount of time without drinking water, but just because they don't need it until they're on the verge of death doesn't mean it's healthy for them to go without it for so long." he didn't like Zim's reasoning for not eating when he was obviously hungry.
"Dib, I'm fine. I can wait one night to eat. Besides, I made that stuff for you."
"And I feel too much like crap right now to eat it! I appreciate the gesture, but I really think it'd be better that you ate some of it rather than just letting it all go to waste like that! Besides...It's been over 24 hours since you last ate...And I never want to see you in the condition you were in when you stumbled upon me at Jack and Rose's house again...Do you have any idea how scared I was for your life when you walked through the door that day?" Dib asked, fighting to keep back the tears.
"Dib...That time I had not slept, eaten, or anything else but searched for over a week. I'm not going to turn into that again after just one day of no food. We'll eat a grand breakfast when we wake up...But for now, let's just sleep."
His antennae drooping even more at all the Irken's protesting, Dib finally gave in. "...Fine...But do you have any idea how much you worry me on a day to day basis?" he asked, though not really expecting to get an answer.
Zim merely shrugged. "Do you know how much you worry ME?" he countered.
Looking back up at Zim, Dib could only blink wide eyes open at that. "I-I wish you would just answer my questions...r-rather than arguing about them with me all the time...Y-You know I don't think about things like that at the time...I-I'm not used to it...I-I'm not used to having somebody worry so much about me all the time...I-I can't even remember the last time I had somebody like you in my life...o-or if I ever did have anybody like that..." his voice fell down to a whisper.
"Well, you do now, and I don't plan on leaving, so you better just get used to it." Zim snapped playfully, kissing him gently.
Blushing a bright pink color at the small kiss, Dib blinked his eyes up at Zim. "A-And do you plan on actually keeping this promise? Because so far you haven't done so well on keeping the rest of your promises like you said you would." he seemed to deflate a bit.
Blushing himself, Zim looked away at those words. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to break the others...But I swear I'll keep this one..." he said, laying Dib down, having reached the bed.
Noticing Zim's sudden embarrassment, Dib sent him a slightly guilty look for making him feel that way. "Hey...I know you're going to keep this one..." he said softly before reaching up a hand to caress his cheek lightly. Then, dragging his hand down to Zim's shoulder, he pulled the other onto the bed with him so he could nuzzle into the Irken comfortably before closing his eyes to sleep.
Zim smiled as Dib cuddled up to him. "I love you..." he whispered, his hands wandering down to Dib's belly to begin rubbing it. He really couldn't help himself. It was simply too irresistible to do.
"I love you too..." Dib murmured as he drifted off to sleep once more, Zim's gentle rubbing motions on his stomach causing him to purr contently. Before, he probably wouldn't have felt comfortable with such contact, but in that moment, it was strangely comforting to him.
Thinking that Dib must be starting to trust him finally, Zim smiled wide when the hybrid accepted the rubbing.
Remaining perfectly sound asleep for several long hours as Zim continued to have his fun with his stomach, it wasn't until late at night that Dib awoke to a quiet and dark room. "Mmmm...Zim?" he asked, blinking his eyes open and sitting up slowly just to find that the other was fast asleep next to him. He looked around the room, blinking slowly as he attempted to get a hold of himself. He was lightheaded from a lack of eating in the past 24 hours...or was it 48 now? He didn't know. His sleeping had been so messed up lately, he didn't even know whether it was day or night any longer.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 67 =3 I'll just get to answering reviews now since I don't really have much to report about the story currently
To Guest (Anonymous...with weapons): Hello again, anonymous reviewer...with weapons, and thank you for returning to review this story yet again. =3 It is indeed rather sweet the way Zim goes about trying to make Dib feel better in this story. ^^ Unfortunately for Dib though, he's hormonal throughout the majority of the rest of the story. But can you blame him? He's carrying three smeets! XD Of course, Zim will be there for him regardless because he just loves his hormonal little preggy Dibby, as we all do. XD And yes. It is a coincidence that Jack and Rose share the same names as the two main characters in Titanic. I noticed that also when NGD named them, but she had completely different reasons for naming them that. So it definitely wasn't planned that way. As for the Girtards, I'm speaking mainly of the ones who haven't seen the show and only like IZ because the merchandise sold with Gir on it. I don't mind people who just like Gir though. I mean, hell. I like Gir. But I don't obsess over him like the Girtards do. I think less Gir merchandise should be sold and more Zim or Dib merchandise. Unfortunately, the chances of that happening anytime soon seem slim to none. :/ Nobody wants to pay the price for the legal rights to sell Zim and Dib stuff. They'd rather just stick with Gir because they're too cheap to pay for legal rights to more than one character from the show. But oh well. That's why we true fans must make our own IZ merchandise WITHOUT Gir on it. Oh, and you're welcome for the update. =3 I look forward to hearing back from you again soon. ^^ (with or without weapons. It's up to you.)
To Klara2012zimdib: No need to apologize. I was happy to point the link out to you. ^^ And I'm glad to hear you're still enjoying the story regardless. There will definitely be more to come in the near future, so I hope you enjoy as you continue reading. =3 Until next time~
To Kayla: Well, hello again. So glad you could join us today. =3 There's no need to worry or apologize for lost reviews. Honestly, I'm happy to get any reviews you guys send in, whether big or small. So don't feel as though you need to leave long reviews each and every chapter. I'm just happy to hear you're still enjoying the story and reading it. =3
To TrU-iNSaNiTY: Lol. XD Don't worry about it. As I said last chapter, you're not SUPPOSED to get it...yet. The only point I was trying to make was that there is fanart of that scene posted over on DA already. I didn't want you looking it up before though because it would have given away the MPreg element of the story. The hoodie part doesn't come in for a while now. So there's no need to search for it until much later in the story. As for the amount of time you spent staying up just so you could catch up on the story, that was your own decision to make. XD I don't owe you anything for that. I always tell my readers to take their time and not rush because the story isn't going anywhere. If they decide to stay up late into the night reading the story, that's their own choice to make. But I'm glad you caught up anyways. =3 You should have an easier time following the story from now on. As for the last chapter itself, it's supposed to be filled with lots of tension. This story is practically driven by tension and drama. So there won't be many points in this story where that tension and drama break. It's one of the reasons I tell my readers NOT to rush through it. It's a lot of take in and usually results in information overloads. Lol. XD
To Guest (Anonymous-Laila): Well, hello there, new reviewer, and thank you for taking the time to leave a review on this story. =3 I'm very pleased to hear you're enjoying it so much and trust me, plenty more will be soon to come. I just don't think I would feel right leaving this story unfinished in the long run. So much time went into writing it, there's nothing really that could stop me from finishing it at this point. Not even the dumbasses who give me grief about this story. I just have to rant from time to time. But it's reviewers like you who keep me motivated to continue my writing on this. So I thank you. That said, I do hope to hear back from you again in the future. =3 Until then, however~
To xXx-Monkey-D-KumikoxXX: Well, hello again. =3 I'm so happy to hear I was able to make your night/morning. It's you reviewers who make my nights/mornings with your reviews. So thank you. The least I could do for you guys is reply back in the chapters as a form of thanking you for giving me the motivation to continue. And don't worry about not logging in last time. XD I did enable anonymous reviews again for a reason. As for my A/N's, the only time I write them is when I have something important to say. So I appreciate it when you guys take the time to read through them. Especially if I answer any questions you guys have in them. And no need to feel sad for me. At this point, I think I prefer working on this fic alone. It was very hard to please NGD when working on it with her, so I'm happy to have a bit more freedom now. Besides, I have an awesome new RP partner who's agreed to help me with the end of this story. =3 So it's all good. Nothing I can't handle. And to prove it, here's another new chapter you can squee at. Hope you enjoy~