ZADR Orange Chapter 109

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

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Refusing to let Zim move from his spot, Dib pulled himself up into Zim's lap and wrapped his arms around the other's waist. "No, it's not! No, it's not!" he sobbed even more, shaking his head and clinging to the Irken, not wanting to pull away despite the wave of heat washing over his body.

Kissing Dib, Zim then shook his head. "Look, Dib. You're burning up...This is my fault...It's because I'm here..." he said.

Afraid the other would try to leave him, Dib could only cling to Zim tighter at those words.

Zim kissed him again. "But I'll make it up to you. I promise...I just have to leave you here for a while...Rose already said it was okay for you to stay..." he said.

Blinking the tears out of his eyes, Dib could only sniffle wetly before lifting his gaze up to stare at Zim. "W-Will you be back for dinner? I don't want you to miss it because of me!" he exclaimed, squeezing his eyes tightly shut and shaking his head.

Shaking his head, Zim sighed. "Probably not...I might not be back for a few days, Dib..." he said.

"B-But...Then what's the point in leaving if it's just going to wear off by then?!" Dib broke down into a new flood of tears, not wanting the other to leave him there alone. He didn't want to eat alone or sleep alone at night. He had already gotten too used to being with Zim no matter what.

Petting Dib, Zim sighed again. "Look. If I can't figure it out, it will still wear off in a couple days, then I'll come back for you..." he kissed Dib gently, holding him close. "I'm not going to leave you, Dib..." he tried to reassure the other.

"I want you to stay here..." Dib sobbed into the other's shirt, still not thrilled about the thought of Zim leaving him, even if for only a short amount of time.

"I can't stay, Dib. It hurts you..."

"I don't care!" Dib whimpered out, obviously not going to make this easy for Zim as his arms wrapped themselves around the Irken tightly, shaking slightly.

Zim shook his head. "Dib, it's not that big of a deal...I go home, you stay here, I fix the problem or wait it out, then we get back together and everything is fine." he tried to pry the hybrid off of him.

"I don't want you to go!" Dib repeated stubbornly, not listening to a word Zim was saying. "I-I don't want to be left alone here..." he then said in a quieter voice.

"But you're NOT alone, Dib. You have Jack and Rose and Rose's family and Pur can stay too..."

His arms about the other's waist shaking even more now, Dib remained pressed against Zim. To him, all of them combined couldn't take the place of Zim. Not when the Irken was the one he slept with at night and talked to whenever he grew restless and found comfort in whenever he felt sick or depressed.

Zim sighed heavily. "Dib...We have to fix this...I don't want you feeling bad or being afraid to be around me..." he said.

"But I'm not afraid of being around you! I'm afraid of not being around you..." Dib's antennae fell back.

Zim's own antennae drooped in confusion. "Then why do you keep running away from me?" he asked, looking away.

"I wasn't! I just don't want you to leave me..."

"...I'm not going to leave you..."

"Then don't leave me now! Don't leave me now or ever..." Dib returned his gaze up to Zim pleadingly, just wanting the other's closeness more than anything else.

Zim sighed. "What about you and...this heat thing...?" he blushed, looking away before glancing back at him.

"I'll be fine! I can handle it! It will wear off in a few days, and your leader said it was something most Irkens go through anyways! If I can't handle it now, how am I going to handle it when I go into it again in the future and you're not the one causing it?"

Zim sighed heavily. "But...the smeets..." he began to say but got cut off.

"...will be fine, Zim! Th-They're still kicking, like normal, a-and don't seem particularly upset by it." Dib panted out, sending Zim an all too serious look now.

Looking away, Zim sighed. "Are you sure?" he asked, not quite convinced yet.

"Yes! We're fine! Just so long as you stay with us, we're fine..."Dib took one of the Irken's hands and pressed it to the kicking in his abdomen to reassure the other.

Looking back to Dib for a moment, a smile spread across Zim's face before he leaned in to kiss him deeply. "I love you..." he breathed against the other's lips.

Moving his lips gently against Zim's own, Dib kissed the Irken back needfully. "I love you too..." he panted out, pressing himself closer to Zim.

Closing his eyes, Zim held Dib tightly. "Hungry?" he asked after a moment.

"Well...Maybe a little...B-But I can wait until dinner to eat..."

Kissing his cheek, Zim then nuzzled him. "I can leave if you want to go back to sleep..." he offered.

"I'll be fine if you want to stay...But it's up to you...Whatever you want to do..." Dib said, curling up in the Irken's lap.

Kissing Dib, Zim nuzzled him before scooting out from under him. "I'll be right back." he stood up and went to the door to talk with Rose again.

Curling back up on the bed, Dib lifted his head to watch Zim leave before resting his head on a pillow now and closing his eyes tiredly.

Waiting outside the door with Purple, Rose looked up as Zim exited the room and closed the door behind him quietly. "Well?" she asked expectantly.

Zim sighed. "He doesn't want me to leave...So I guess I'm staying..." he said with a small shrug.

"W-Well...Are you both alright with that? Perhaps I can give him something to keep him cool. Like a cold compress."

"I'm okay with it..." Zim nodded. "I think that would be good though. I don't want him getting too warm..." he said, agreeing to her cold compress idea.

"Well, alright then...If you're both okay with it, I'll just get him a cold compress to keep him cool."

Nodding, Zim smiled. "Thank you."

Rose smiled back. "No problem." she said before turning to head back downstairs and get one, returning a few minutes later with it. "This should keep him nice and cool. And if its effects start to wear off, he can just dip it into some cold water to keep it cool." she said.

Zim nodded happily. "Thank you...I'm sorry we're so much trouble." he said, taking the compress from her.

"Oh, Zim, you two are no trouble at all. We love having you here, and remember. Jack and I kind of think of you two as our good luck charm." Rose smiled back at him, pressing a hand to her extended belly.

Zim smiled wide. "I hope we keep being your good luck charm." he said.

"I'm sure you will be...Maybe I'll even take you two into the delivery room with me." Rose laughed, obviously joking about that.

Zim laughed also. "I think it'd be better if we sat in the waiting room. I don't want Dib freaking out..." he said.

"Oh, right. Of course, can't have that now. Though, he'll have to take a class on the birthing process at some point. I'm afraid that may freak him out even more."

Zim laughed even louder. "Surrounded by human females, all of which are pregnant and he being the only male like that...Yeah, he's going to freak out just stepping into the room." he joked, knowing how shy Dib was about this entire situation.

A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 109. =3 Until next time~