ZADR Orange Chapter 104
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
Furrowing his brows at Purple's suggestion, Zim could only shake his head in response to it a moment later. "But he would. I would have to ask someone...He just doesn't want medicine, and I can't make him take it if he doesn't want to." he said before bringing his gaze back to Purple.
"Well then, I hope for both your sakes he's not sick if he won't take anything."
Swallowing nervously, Zim nodded.
"Aren't there other things you could do for him if he's sick that don't involve giving him medicine? Like feed him certain foods that are supposedly healthy."
"Hey, YEAH! Humans have all kinds of healthy foods!"
"You should try feeding him some of those then. That way he won't be afraid of hurting the smeets from eating them."
Zim nodded. "I think we have some fruit and stuff around here too."
"Will he eat that though?"
"He should...Rose said he needed better food then junk..."
"Then maybe that's why he's been acting so strange lately. It could all just be his diet rather than just being sick. Though I don't see how snacks could be so bad for him when he's part Irken now...I've been eating snacks my whole life and I never got sick from them once."
"Well...Maybe it's the smeets. Maybe they don't like snacks."
"But weren't you already feeding him snacks for a long time without any problems? Why would they suddenly reject the snacks? They're more Irken than even he is, so shouldn't they be even better for them than they would be for him?"
Zim groaned. "Look! I don't know! I just want breakfast!" he whined and tugged on his antennas.
Only able to blink at Zim in response, Purple then looked away. "Then just eat breakfast already. You've been holding that half-eaten sandwich for nearly half an hour now." he said, gesturing to the sandwich in the other's hand.
Having forgotten already that he had it, Zim frowned a little and took another bite of his sandwich.
When it became all too silent for him, Purple finally stood up from the table. "Well, I'm going to get changed into some more comfortable clothes." he said before heading back for the room he'd been staying in while on Earth. "Enjoy your sandwich and marri-whatever you called it." he said, referring to the marriage information Zim had been looking at earlier. He wouldn't mind a warm bath either seeing as how he had been too tired last night to take one after his journey there.
Zim nodded a little. "If you need anything, tell the computer and it will either bring it to you or tell you where to find it." he called after the other.
"Alright." Purple said before returning to his room, leaving Zim alone in the kitchen.
Meanwhile, back down in the underground bathroom, Dib was now reclining comfortably in a tub of cooling gel, having dozed off quite a while ago, finally comfortable enough to get some much needed sleep now that he was away from Zim.
Deciding to go check on Dib, Zim finished his sandwich.
When there came a sudden knocking on the bathroom door, Dib jolted slightly awake. "Huh? Wha-?" he blinked his eyes slowly open and looked about the room, bringing a hand up to rub at one of them as he stretched in the tub, now wondering how long he had been asleep for.
"Dib? Are you okay in there?"
Looking over in the direction of the door, Dib sat himself up a bit more. "Y-Yeah. I'm fine." he called back to the other. "Just...soaking for a bit..." he said.
Behind the door, Zim nodded. "Okay then. I was just checking on you...You might want to change the gel though. You could get sick if you sit in a cold tub for too long." he said.
"A-Alright then." Dib said, deciding not to tell Zim he had set it cold to begin with on purpose. To him, the cold gel had been a welcome relief after the night he'd had, and it proved to be cooling him off efficiently enough.
Going to lay down on the bed, Zim smiled. "I'll be out here waiting for you. Take your time though!" he called out to the other.
Listening to Zim's footsteps walking away from the door, Dib finally responded to the other's words after a moment or two. "Okay!" he called back loud enough for the Irken to hear him. Then, sinking back down into the tub, he felt slightly torn between staying in now and getting out so Zim wouldn't have to wait. He was certain now that is was Zim making his skin prickle with heat every time he went near the other, but he wasn't sure why or how to get it to stop.
Meanwhile, Zim was reclining happily on the bed. "Dib sounds like he's feeling a lot better. Maybe there isn't anything wrong at all." he said to himself.
Taking a deep breath and deciding to get out after about another 10 minutes in the tub, Dib hoped the soak would help in keeping him cool for an hour or two afterwards while he was around Zim. Patting himself only slightly dry with the towel, he then drained the tub and wrapped it around himself before heading back into the bedroom to get a fresh change of clothes.
Smiling wide, Zim had fallen asleep on the bed.
Not wanting to wake Zim, Dib peeked into the room before slowly taking a few quiet steps inside. Noticing the bag of clothes they had bought over in a corner of the room, he then walked over to it. Figuring Zim must have brought them down for him to have in the bedroom, he started searching through the bag for a pair of pants and shirt he could wear, his antennae twitching slightly all the while, just the tiniest ripple of heat beginning to warm him again.
Balling up, Zim mumbled in his sleep, snuggling Dib's pillow happily.
Glancing back at the sleeping Zim after finding a shirt and some pants to wear, Dib looked around to make sure they were completely alone. Then, hesitating a moment, he dropped his towel down onto the ground to get dressed quickly, not wanting to be caught naked.
Slowly cracking an eye open, one of Zim's antennas twitched. "Mmm...Dib?" he asked.
Tensing up in his spot facing away from Zim, Dib stopped in his tracks, eyes growing wide and antennae perking as he only had his pants halfway up his legs, causing him to suddenly scramble for the towel. But he only managed to get himself tangled up and trip over himself, landing flat on his stomach.
Quickly, Zim sat up. "Dib, are you okay?!" he exclaimed, hopping off the bed and rushing to help his love.
"No! Don't look! Don't look!" Dib exclaimed, still struggling to pull the pants on, so horribly embarrassed now. The pants weren't like his old pants, and he was having trouble getting them on, especially while still partially wet. They were tight around the bottom with only really the waist allowing stretching.
Tilting his head to the side, Zim paused. "Dib, what's wrong? Here, let me help you." he said, coming up behind Dib and helping him up, kissing his cheek and tugging his pants up for him. "You don't have to be embarrassed around me." he said.
About to protest the other's helping, Dib stopped himself, his antennae perking straight up at Zim's touch as that earlier fire encompassed his body yet again, only serving to make his blush all the more worse. And Zim's soft lips against his cheek had his entire body shuddering with excitement.
Once he got his pants pulled up, Zim nuzzled him. "There. Was that so hard?" he said.
The nuzzle making him squirm, Dib flinched back slightly. "Yes...I don't like these pants..." he said, not used to wearing woman's clothing after so many years of wearing looser-fitting ones. These pants didn't come up all that far, making him feel uncomfortable, like they would slip at any point despite how tight they were.
Unaware of his uncomfortable state, Zim sighed and kissed him. "Well, wear them for today and we'll get you new ones later, okay?" he said.
Eyes squeezed tightly shut, Dib only continued to squirm about even more, merely nodding his head and hoping Zim would let go of him soon. He wanted to escape the heat and undeniably uncomfortable pleasure the other's closeness was making him feel.
Pulling away to let Dib finish getting dressed, Zim sighed. "Want to head over when you're dressed? Or wait a little while?" he asked.
Panting heavily again, Dib sighed out somewhat relieved when Zim pulled away before blinking up at the other. "Wh-Whatever you feel like doing..." he said before shakily pushing himself up to finish getting dressed, buttoning up the pants and pulling his shirt over his head so he could pull it down over his extended belly and smooth it out, the shirt doing its job of slimming him down somewhat and hiding the bulge in his stomach fairly well though it was obvious it was somewhat big on him.
Zim smiled. "You look skinny already." he leaned forward and kissed Dib lightly. "Why don't we go now?" he said.
Antennae twitching almost wildly, Dib blushed at the small kiss, everything in his body making him want to press up against Zim yet pull away at the same time. It was like he couldn't decide which would make him feel better. "O-Okay..." he agreed, nodding slowly and following Zim to the elevator.
Happy, Zim held out his hand to take Dib's. "Come on, love." he said.
Biting down on his bottom lip at the hand being offered to him, Dib hesitantly took it, antennae falling back at the wave of heat washing over him from the small touch before squeezing it tightly in his own hand, the soft skin of Zim's hand making his eyelids flutter closed as he tried to keep himself steady and slowly walked into the elevator next to Zim.
Pulling Dib close, Zim smiled. "I'm glad you're feeling better today, Dib. I was worried we'd have to find you some medicine." he said, the elevator moving up and Zim staying as he was, very close to Dib.
Breathing heavily and slowly, eyes half lidded now, Dib lazily lifted his gaze back up to look at Zim, his vision no longer all that focused. "Medicine...?" he repeated the word almost distantly. "But the smeets..." he cut off his sentence to drop his gaze back down to the ground.
"I know." Zim sighed. "But I would never give you something that would hurt them."
Dib only shook his head. "No...I don't want any..." he shook slightly, antennae falling back as he closed his eyes. He wasn't listening to what Zim was saying as his focus faded back and forth between consciousness and unconsciousness.
Nodding, Zim sighed. "I figured you'd say that. So I thought we could just get you some healthy human foods." he said as the elevator dinged and the doors opened to the kitchen.
"Anything but medicine..." Dib said, suddenly wanting to let go of Zim's hand and pull away. But before he would let himself do that, he pulled himself back to reality at the ding of the elevator and took a deep breath to calm himself back down, just then realizing he had been letting his mind get the better of him, something he blamed on the lack of sleep the night before.
Zim nodded. "Yeah..." he let go of Dib to let him out of the elevator and followed him to the door. "Ready?" he asked.
Letting his breath out slowly at Zim letting go of his hand, Dib looked about the room. "Is your leader not coming with us?" he asked. Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Zim's leader since last night and didn't even know whether said Irken was staying with them any longer or not, though knowing Zim, he assumed the other must have offered him a room somewhere in the base.
"I'm not sure..." Zim looked up. "Computer, is the Tallest joining us today?" he asked, wanting to know before they left without him.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 104. =3 Until next time~