A/N: Alright. Before any of you start freaking out on me, NO. The chapter number does NOT deceive you. This is indeed Chapter 87. What happened to Chapter 86, you ask? Well, as I'm certain you can all guess from reading the end of Chapter 85, Chapter 86 would have just led into a sex scene, which quite obviously isn't allowed here on FF. So, for those of you 18 years of age and older, you can feel free to either look this chapter up on DA under the account name Dib-The-Hybrid or follow the FA link I leave in my profile.
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That said, I hope you guys otherwise enjoy the continuation of ZADR Orange. =3 (P.S.- Yes, the above is going to be my new warning for ALL sex scenes from now on. Doesn't really matter which story I'm posting for. The same applies for all of them.)
ZADR Orange Chapter 87
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
Enjoy. =3
For the remainder of the night, Dib slept soundly enough, only awakening when the sun dancing across his face came to rest right over his eyes.
Zim, meanwhile, was cuddled up close to Dib, a smile on the smaller male's face.
Blinking his eyes open slowly, Dib turned his head left and then right to have a look around. "Mmm...Zim?" he murmured the other's name, feeling hungry. "Zim?" he said a second time when he got no response. Upon getting no response a third time, he slowly sat himself up next to the other and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "I'm going to...going to go get myself some breakfast..." he mumbled, crawling off the couch to head into the kitchen. He wanted to rummage through the fridge before Gir made a mess of everything edible.
Face scrunching up, Zim whined and flopped his hand around in search of the missing hybrid. Upon not finding Dib, he groaned and forced his eyes open a bit, hissing when they were assaulted by sunlight.
Already preparing himself a few waffles in the kitchen by this point, Dib heated them up in the toaster before drenching them in syrup, whipped cream, and plenty of sugar.
Rubbing at his eyes, Zim yawned before getting up to stumble his way into the kitchen. "It's too early to wake up...Stupid sun..." he glared back in the direction the sunlight was coming from.
Slumping down into a seat at the table, Dib yawned also. "Mmmmm...Blame the smeets...They were hungry..." he said before digging into his waffles, only stopping after he had finished his first one. "Want some?" he asked, holding up a piece of waffle on a fork.
Zim stretched. "I'll make my own. You need to eat." he said, waving off Dib's offer.
Dib sighed. "Fine. If you say so. But I really wouldn't mind. I was planning on making more." he said, biting off the piece of waffle that was hanging on his fork.
Zim smiled. "It's okay, Dib. You just eat." he said as he made up his own waffles, pouring syrup on them before sitting down next to Dib.
"Okay..." Dib resumed eating slowly, cutting each waffle into pieces before popping them into his mouth.
Not as good at eating as Dib was, Zim picked up a whole waffle and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing slowly.
Staring at Zim for a moment, Dib stopped his eating. "Umm...Zim? Maybe you should switch plates with me." he said, pushing the already cut up pieces of waffle towards Zim and taking the Irken's own plate for himself. "Heh...Just don't want you to choke..." he smiled nervously at the other before setting to work on cutting up the waffles he had taken from Zim.
Watching confused as Dib took his food away and replaced it with his own, Zim swallowed the waffle in his mouth, having to pound his chest to get it all down before gasping for air. "Wh-What do you mean?" he asked once he could breath again.
"Err..." Dib shifted his gaze to the side, not wanting Zim to get upset with him. "I-I just think it would be easier for you to eat this way." he smiled innocently at the other.
Grumbling about how he wasn't a baby, how he could cut up his own food, and how he just didn't want to, Zim quickly got over it and returned back to his food silently, digging in again.
Antennae falling, Dib, flinched back a bit at Zim's reaction before slumping down in his seat a bit more. He hadn't meant for Zim to get mad at him as he picked at his food, eating it very slowly now.
Finishing off the last of his food, Zim looked up to see Dib being all mopey again. "What's wrong now?" he asked sighing, just knowing he must have done something to upset Dib.
"You're mad at me!" Dib practically exploded, shrinking down in his seat and antennae drooping even lower now. "I just can't say anything right in front of you! Everything I say or do gets you upset with me!" he exclaimed, his hormones driving him on again.
"Dib, that's not true!" Zim stood up quickly, going to his side. "I love you. I'm not mad at you. I thought we were just having fun..." he said, nuzzling into Dib.
"Well my idea of fun always seems to hurt you!" Dib turned in his seat to cling onto the Irken, hiding his face away in the other's shirt. "And I hate it whenever I hurt you..." he whimpered out softly, obviously upset now.
"But you didn't hurt me, Dib." Zim stroked his hair lovingly, petting his antennas. "You have to understand that just because I act like an asshole doesn't mean you've done anything wrong." he tried to soothe the hybrid.
Eyelids slipping halfway closed as Zim gently ran a hand over his antennae soothingly, Dib could only sniffle wetly.
Zim huggled him. "I know what'll cheer you up. How about we head over to Jack and Rose's and then get you some new clothes?" he offered.
Looking back up at Zim after a moment, Dib blinked large, honey-colored eyes up at him before speaking. "I need a pair of clothes to wear for the day." he reminded the other, still only wearing a blanket over his bare body at this point.
Zim nuzzled him. "I think the computer has them clean by now. COMPUTER!" he yelled to get its attention.
"WHAT?! WHAT NOW?!"
"Are Dib's clothes clean?"
The computer growled. "Well, they're clean, but not completely dry." it said, dropping the damp articles of clothing down onto the kitchen table near them.
Picking them up, Zim shook them out a little. "Do you mind?" he then asked Dib, turning to look back at him.
"N-No! Of course not!" Dib said, taking the clothes from Zim to hug to himself, not wanting to have to deal with the computer any longer.
Zim kissed him. "Then we can get dressed and go." he smiled, running off to get his own clothes on.
Merely watching as Zim left, Dib sighed before climbing into his own clothes and waiting.
Not wanting to leave Dib alone for too long, Zim got dressed into fresh clothes quickly before stumbling his way back to him while still pulling on one of his boots.
Having waited for Zim at the table, Dib looked back up as Zim entered the kitchen again. "A-Are we ready? O-Or were we going to make a list first before we go?" he asked, fidgeting in his seat a bit and playing with his fingers. He knew they were going shopping for the smeets too but had no idea where to begin so far as figuring out what they needed was concerned.
Pulling his boot on, Zim then stood up straight and smiled. "Why don't we just wing it? I'm sure Jack and Rose will know what we need anyways." he said, thinking a list unnecessary at this point.
Squirming about in his seat uncomfortably, Dib still felt rather nervous about it. "Well, maybe we should bring one of those books you bought just in case. After all, we're dealing with three smeets instead of one like Jack and Rose. Were there any that focused on the issue of raising multiples?" he asked, not wanting to assume Jack and Rose would know exactly what they needed.
"Hmm. There might be." Zim said before going to check the books.
Watching as Zim left to go check the books, Dib dropped his gaze back down to his stomach and began rubbing it gently with one hand once the other was out of sight. To say the very least, he was nervous about what they would be needing to care for multiple smeets and about whether there was anything parents of multiples were required to get that parents of single children weren't.
Digging through the piles of books, Zim finally found one keyed towards multiple children. "FOUND ONE!" he announced victoriously before returning to Dib.
After a few more minutes of waiting, Dib stood up when Zim entered the room with a book in hand.
Holding up his prize to Dib, Zim grinned wide. "See? I found one." he said, offering said book to Dib.
Taking the book from Zim, Dib smiled. "It seems like our best option would be to review the section focusing on preparation." he said as he flipped through a few more pages in the book before closing it and holding it close. "Alright. We'll take this one with us. And maybe we can look through it during lunch." he nodded to himself.
Wrapping his arms around Dib, Zim nuzzled into him. "Whatever you want." he kissed him before taking him by the hand and leading him to the door. "Ready to go then?" he asked, wanting to make sure they hadn't forgotten anything.
Giving it just a bit of thought, Dib stopped at the door. "W-Wait. What about money? Do you have any on you? And if so, do you think it will be enough? I'm expecting this trip will more than likely be pretty expensive." he said, biting down on his bottom lip.
Zim kissed him. "Do not worry, Dib-love. Zim has it covered." he pat his PAK, grinning wide.
"W-Well, alright...B-But if we at any point need more money, I can pull out the money my parents had put into a trust fund for me back when I was first born. They were saving it for when I went to college, b-but I don't think that's going to be much of an issue now."
Knowing how Dib must be feeling right then, Zim's antennae drooped. "I'm sorry..." he apologized, feeling guilty.
"Hmmm?" Dib sent Zim a slightly confused look. "S-Sorry for what?" he asked, not so sure what the Irken was apologizing for.
"...Everything..." Zim kissed Dib, holding him close. "I ruined your life..." he said, feeling as though he had limited Dib because of all this.
"What? Zim, you haven't ruined my life. You GAVE me a life. If it weren't for you, I'd have nothing right now. Just being with you, knowing that you exist is all I ever really wanted in life. I wanted proof that I wasn't insane. And now...Now I actually have the chance to live with you, to live with the one thing I've obsessed over ever since I was born. What more could I ask for?"
Zim smiled sadly. "A family that loves you..." he said, feeling as though that were the one main thing he'd robbed Dib of.
Dib smiled softly also. "Weeell...I think I've already got that too..." he said, dropping a hand down to press to his extended belly. "I mean, sure, I wish mom was still alive and that dad actually cared about us and that Gaz was more supportive, but even without them, I can be happy starting my own family with you and the smeets..." he said, imagining it already.
Pulling Dib close, Zim smiled. "Have I ever told you how much I love you?" he asked just to emphasize his love for the other.
"Hmmm? Let me think about that." Dib faked thinking on it before smirking back at the other teasingly. "Only every 5 minutes or so." he said, leaning in to kiss Zim gently on the lips. "Your love is never-ending..." he whispered in a soft voice.
Zim grinned. "As it should be."
Smiling also, Dib wrapped his arms around the other and pressed his forehead to Zim's. "I love you too...so much..." he said, closing his eyes as he leaned in to rest himself comfortably against the Irken.
Scooping him up into his arms, Zim nuzzled Dib. "Let's go then." he said, carrying Dib out of the house.
Blinking his eyes open when he felt himself being lifted up bridal style, Dib stared up at Zim confused. "Zim? You know I can walk, right? You don't have to carry me." he said as Zim began making his way down the walkway to the sidewalk. It wasn't so much that he was opposed to being carried. He just didn't want Zim wearing himself out too quickly carrying him considering his increased weight over the past few weeks.
"It's okay, Dib." Zim kissed him. "You don't deserve to tire yourself out by walking." he said, just wanting to make things as comfortable as possible for Dib.
"But it's not fair for you to tire yourself out carrying me either. Really, Zim. I'll be fine." Dib said, squirming just the tiniest bit in Zim's arms.
"Well, since you want to walk SOOO badly." Zim laughed a little, letting Dib get back on the ground.
"What can I say? I haven't really gotten the chance to walk around in days. I think it will be good for me to use my legs at least for a little while...and preferably BEFORE I get too large to walk around on them any longer." Dib said, happily giving his legs a good stretch after two or more days of not moving around at all. "Besides, I don't want to go to bed at the end of the day restless again. Because if I'm restless, then THEY'RE restless, and that only leads to more kicks in the gut for me." he laughed.
Nodding his head at Dib's words, Zim quickly picked up his pace to catch up with the hybrid. "I guess so." he said, wrapping an arm around him. "But I'm keeping you close." he said, pointing one finger at Dib.
Turning around to face Zim as he continued to walk backwards, Dib smiled. "Why? Are you afraid I'll wander off and get lost or something?" he asked, his smile then turning more to a smirk as his eyelids fell half lidded. "Or are you more worried YOU'LL get lost if you don't stay near me?" he asked, knowing that Zim's sense of direction wasn't exactly the best when in the city.
"Well, I'm worried about you getting lost, of course!" Zim snapped to quickly, looking away and blushing.
Leaning in to kiss Zim on the forehead, Dib's smile softened. "Don't you worry about me, Zim. This isn't my first time going into the city. And I wasn't planning on wandering off too far anyways. Besides, how hard could it be for you to keep track of me? I'm the only pregnant male on this planet at the moment." he laughed a bit. "Not that the rest of the world will notice..." he said, not thinking it all that noticeable at the moment.
Zim giggled. "True. I'll just look for your big belly and wiggly scythe thing." he said, flicking at Dib's hair.
Laughing also, Dib then dropped his gaze back down to his stomach. "B-But really, Zim...Umm..." his smile dropped away as he looked at his stomach, examining it as though he hadn't noticed the weight gain until just then. "I-It's not that big, right?" he asked, turning this way and that to try and get a better idea of the dimensions of his stomach. "I-I mean, I don't look that fat yet, do I?" he asked, convinced for the time being that he didn't.
"Uhh." Zim blanched, trying to think up what to say. Dib HAD gotten pretty big. Sadly, Zim knew he'd be getting bigger. "I was only joking, Dib. You're beautiful no matter what your size. Besides, it's not your fault you're pregnant." he said, not realizing his mistake in saying that before it was too late.
Dib's face fell a bit along with his antennae at Zim's answer. "S-So I do look really fat?" he asked, looking back down at his stomach a second time, this time convinced that it must look worse than he thought.
"NO! No, you're not that big! B-But...eventually, you will be..." Zim tried to correct himself, holding Dib close.
"Then what's the point in even getting new clothes for me if I'm just going to end up looking like a whale!" Dib exploded, hiding his face away in Zim's chest, obviously upset now.
"Dib!" Zim hugged him tightly. "You're NOT going to look like a whale, okay? You need new clothes because you only have the pair you're wearing right now." he said, kissing him and stroking his hair. "Not that I would mind you going around naked, but I think it wouldn't really be appropriate..." he said with a small smirk.
Face pressed up to Zim's shirt, Dib could only blush a light pink at Zim's words before nuzzling himself deeper into the fabric. He was still upset, but after a moment or two, when his hormones had finally settled again, he managed to peel himself away from the shirt enough to peer up at Zim. "Y-You're not just saying that to make me feel better, are you?" he asked, not wanting to hear that if it wasn't true.
"Of course not, Dib." Zim said, smiling gently at him. "I love you." he said in a soft voice to his hybrid, nuzzling against him affectionately.
His antennae falling back to rest comfortably against his head, Dib let his eyelids slip halfway closed. "...Okay..." he said, slowly letting his arms fall away from the other so he and Zim could continue walking towards Jack and Rose's house.
Arm wrapped around Dib's waist as they walked, Zim held him close.
Yawning when they reached the walkway to Jack and Rose's house, Dib leaned up against Zim a bit as they walked. "Do you really think we're going to be able to find some clothes that will actually fit me?" he asked after what felt like an eternity of silence.
Zim laughed. "Dib, you'd be surprised how ENORMOUS some of you humans are. You could wear the clothes AND live in them." he said, having seen quite a few hefty humans in his time on Earth.
Dib sighed. "Well, maybe YOU could..." he mumbled, his antennae drooping again as they approached the door and Zim knocked on it. He was on the verge of having another hormonal breakdown as his mood was being yanked around like a yo-yo, causing him to be perfectly calm one minute and then a wreck the next.
Zim sighed again. "Both of us could, Dib." he said, holding onto Dib tighter as they waited for Jack or Rose to come to the door. It was the latter that did.
"Hel-Oh, Dib!" Rose pulled him into a tight hug, or as tight as two very pregnant people could. "Are you feeling better today?" she asked before really getting a good look at him.
Staring down at the floor tiredly, Dib's antennae merely drooped even more.
Blinking down at him, Rose then lifted her gaze up to look at Zim. They both looked tired. "Bad morning?" she asked, directing her question more at Zim as she held Dib close in a comforting way.
"You could say that..."
Coming to the door all smiles, Jack stopped upon seeing all the sour expressions. "Who died?" he asked, thinking that may very well be the case given the looks on everybody's faces.
Rose rolled her eyes a bit. "Nobody, Jack. Dib's just...having a bad morning..." she said as she smoothed back a bit of his hair gently. "Do you want to tell me what's bothering you, Dib?" she then asked gently, wanting to see if there was anything she could do for him. "Or are you just not feeling well today?" she asked, not wanting to cross morning sickness off the list just yet.
Hesitating to answer at first, Dib finally looked back up at Rose. "Zim made me fat!" he exploded into tears, pointing accusingly at the other, on another one of his hormonal highs.
Eyes widening, Zim flinched and blushed at those words. "I-I didn't mean to..." he said in a quiet voice.
As Dib cried into her shirt, Rose looked up first at Zim and then back down at Dib. "Oh, no, no, no, Dib...Don't cry...Zim didn't make you fat...You look perfectly fine right now...And the weight will come off..." she tried to calm him.
Coming to stand next to Zim, Jack smiled. "Heh...Don't take it too personally, Zim...Rose said something very similar to me during her first pregnancy..." he said in a quiet yet reassuring voice to the other.
Antennae drooping, Zim didn't feel much better at those words, just then realizing he had forgotten his disguise again. "But you did it on purpose..." he said, looking back at Dib and feeling ten times worse.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 87. =3 I'll go ahead and get to answering reviews now:
To lillybean queen of the i ocean: Hello. =3 Long time no see. Glad to see you're still reading and enjoying the story. Thanks, as always, for keeping up and reviewing each chapter. ^^ It's always nice to hear when our readers are enjoying this story so much. Hope you love this next set of chapters as much as you did the last. Until next time~
To blood emocat (AKA Kayla): Hello again, and thank you for your review. =3 I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the updates, and I do hope you'll continue to enjoy them as they come. ^^ Heheh. And no. No need to worry about Zim and Dib. Their fights are going to be coming less and less now as this story progresses from this point on. Aside from some occasional screaming on Dib's end, their fights become much less explosive compared to how they are in the beginning of the story. But you'll see what I mean by that soon enough. Anyways, once again, thank you for reading. And I look forward to hearing back from you again in the near future. =3
Until next time~