ZADR Orange Chapter 114
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
Following Dib's lead, Zim willingly allowed the other to pull him down into a sitting position on the grass before staring up at the sky as an explosion of colors danced across it.
Sighing out tiredly once he had the Irken sitting down next to him, Dib let his eyelids slip closed as he slumped up against Zim, panting now, all the adrenaline that had been coursing through his veins from Zim screaming when the first fireworks had started going off leaving him now.
Zim wrapped an arm loosely around Dib. "I love you..." he said in a quiet voice, not wanting to ruin that moment.
"I...I lo-" Dib didn't even manage to finish his sentence as everything suddenly blurred and went black on him.
"...Dib?" Zim turned to Dib confused. "Dib?" he shook him a little, eyes growing wide and breathing quickening when he didn't move.
The kicking in his stomach only growing worse, causing him to curl in on himself a bit, Dib breathed heavily against Zim.
Feeling Dib's belly, Zim flinched at all the movement. "I think we should get you away from all this noise..." he said, sitting Dib up slowly so he could pick him up better.
"I don't...I don't think there's anywhere we could...could go to escape the noise..." Dib panted out, all his energy just completely drained out of him now.
"My base blocks a lot of it..."
"I can't move..." Dib curled around himself.
Worried now, Zim whined. "Zim shall carry you." he scooped Dib up and ran inside.
The kicking painful, Dib pulled his knees to his chest upon being picked up. "Ow...Zim, it hurts!" he whimpered out, wanting down.
Setting Dib back down, Zim sighed. "We have to find some place sound proof..." he said, not wanting to stay there if it was going to hurt Dib.
Having been getting Purple comfortable on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate to calm his nerves, Rose entered the room. "Is everything alright in here?" she asked when she noticed Zim and Dib sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor.
Zim shook his head. "No. The smeets are hurting him." he clung tightly to Dib, worried.
Moving in to kneel down near Dib, Rose felt the movement in his belly. "They're really moving around a lot right now...Bring him up to the bedroom to lay down again. I'll bring him another cup of warm milk to get him to sleep and hopefully the smeets too." she instructed Zim.
Nodding his head, Zim helped Dib up the stairs. "It's okay, Dib...She'll fix it..." he nuzzled him and kissed his cheek.
"Mmm..." Dib's antennae fell back against his head as Zim helped him to his feet to take him upstairs. "Th-They're just so scared by these fireworks..." he held his stomach, their upset moving about continuing with each firework that went off. "D-Do you think that means their antennae have developed fully?" he asked, smiling weakly at Zim.
Zim grinned wide. "Maybe they have." he looked down at Dib's belly. "I guess we should start talking to them more then." he laughed a little, trying to make light of the horrible noise outside.
"I just wish they'd listen..." Dib winced again at another kick.
Holding him close as they entered the bedroom, Zim kissed him. "They are listening...They're just scared..." he flinched himself at the sound of another firework.
"Are YOU still scared?" Dib asked in a quiet whisper, shifting his gaze from his extended belly to Zim.
Obviously scared, Zim looked up innocently. "O-Of course not!" he lied, keeping his eyes averted.
"And...What about your leader? This is his first time on Earth..."
Zim's antennae drooped. "Uhh...J-Jack and Rose are calming him down..." he said, not wanting to leave Dib's side.
Dropping his gaze to the bed sheets underneath him, Dib frowned. "Maybe you should be doing that, Zim..." his own antennae drooped. "Jack and Rose have been running around all day doing things for us...I feel bad for putting them through all this..." he said, feeling they were more a burden than anything else on the couple.
Sadly, Zim nodded. "What about you?" he asked, still not feeling very comfortable leaving Dib alone.
Dib smiled back at him. "I'm fine...I'm not afraid of fireworks, so I can try to comfort the smeets...Unless you feel like bringing him up here so you can keep an eye on me...I don't mind either way...I just don't want Jack and Rose feeling like they have to do anything more for us when they've already done so much..." he said again.
Standing up, Zim nuzzled him and nodded. "I'll be right back." he left the room quickly in search of Purple.
Watching Zim leave with a small smile, Dib then returned his gaze to his belly, running a hand soothingly over it. "It will be okay, little smeets...I'm right here..." he said softly, shifting in the bed to curl himself around them protectively. "It will be okay..." he whispered.
Finding Purple in the kitchen hunched up against a wall, his knees to his chest, Zim smiled a little sadly and tapped him on the shoulder. "Are you alright, my Tallest?" he asked, startling the other.
Jumping slightly at the tap, Purple looked around frantically before landing his gaze on Zim. "O-Oh...Zim...It's just you..." he sighed out in some relief. "These humans are so...strange...Acting so calm when their planet is obviously under attack...Has it always been like this on this planet? The entire 5 years you've spent here? I wasn't aware this planet had any other enemies besides you." he said, looking about almost paranoid, as though somebody may jump out at them at any point now.
Zim shook his head. "The planet isn't under attack, Pur. The humans are setting off the explosives themselves. It is how they celebrate stuff." he said before getting cut off by Purple again.
"By attacking their own planet?!" Purple looked at Zim in disbelief, not quite catching the 'the planet isn't under attack' part. "That's just...stupid...How have you managed to put up with it, Zim?! And to think, we thought you had landed on a much safer planet." he shook his head.
Smiling a little, Zim blushed at his leader's words. "Oh, well. You know me. No one can stop ZIM!" he threw his arms up before coughing to clear his voice and lowering his arms again.
"Are you really sure you want to be raising a family on such a dangerous planet though? It's almost like you're TRYING to sentence them to an early death. Oh! And why didn't you tell me your mate was still a smeet?"
Swallowing, Zim froze at those words. "U-Uh...Wh-What do you mean?" he asked nervously.
"Your mate. He is a smeet still, isn't he? That's what his female parental unit told me earlier after he got upset with me for asking whether the two of you had mated recently, which by the way, I was only trying to help..." he looked away to the side, rather annoyed. "She told me that that was one of the reasons why you were going through with this 'marry' thing you've been wanting to do." he said, recalling everything Rose had told him earlier.
Sitting down next to Purple, Zim sighed. "Yes...He's still a smeet...But that's not the reason I'm going through with the marriage thing..." he said, looking away to the side.
"Then why? Is it because he is carrying smeets?" Purple asked, blinking down at Zim curiously.
"No...It's because I love him...And I want him and the rest of this backwater planet to know that."
Purple could only smile at that answer. "Well then, he's lucky to have you..." he said, returning his gaze to in front of him.
Zim smiled a little sadly. "I just hope he accepts..." he said, unable to take his mind off the ring he had gotten Dib earlier.
"Oh, he will...He's kind of like me in some ways. If Red were to ask me to do something like that, I would still say yes, even though we've been fighting a lot lately...I guess it just doesn't matter how much we fight...I can't help but want to be with him...E-Even if he doesn't want to be with me right now..." Purple said somewhat sadly, a small smile playing along his lips as he went to rest his chin against his knees.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 114. =3 Until next time~