ZADR Orange Chapter 127
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
Shaking her head at Zim's rather predictable response, Rose could only sigh a bit as she wished she could get the other to not let the negatives outweigh the positives so often in life. "Really, Zim, it's just one of those things you have to get used to when you become a parent, at least for the first year or so of their lives. But I can guarantee you that you won't even be thinking about that when they finally get here. You'll just take one look at them and be so happy knowing they're yours, yours AND Dib's. Changing them will be the farthest thought on your mind when they're born." she tried to assure him of this, not wanting him to ruin the experience for himself or for Dib.
"Mmm, but it'll be the first thought on my mind when they wake us up in the middle of the night..."
"Well...Only if that's the reason they're waking you up for. You have to remember they could have a multitude of reasons for waking you up in the middle of the night. They could be sick or perhaps hungry or even just restless. So you can't blame it on just that. But that's where the formula comes in. Give them some right before bed and they'll more than likely fall right off to sleep at night."
Nodding his head at that bit of information and storing it away in his PAK for later use, Zim then scooted the plate of nachos closer to Dib.
Glancing up at Zim momentarily, Dib slowly reached out to take another nacho.
Smiling, Zim nodded. "You can have them." he insisted the other finish them for him, having not even touched them since the time Rose brought them to him.
Smiling back, Dib took the whole thing now to finish them off.
Finishing her own food, Rose then stood up to return her tray. "Are you two almost ready to get back to shopping? I don't think Dib wanted to pick anything new out until you got here, Zim." she said, having been able to tell just by Dib's body language how uncomfortable he had felt shopping alone.
Zim nodded. "Once he's done with the nachos." he said, not wanting the rush Dib as they still had all day to get the shopping in question done.
Quickly working to finish them off, Dib coughed a bit as he went to swallow the last big handful of chips.
Zim laughed. "You didn't have to rush." he said as he reached forward to wipe away a few leftover crumbs on Dib's face.
Reaching out to take the cup of lemonade again and take a large drink from it as he tried to swallow down the very last of it, Dib could only shake his head at that.
Not having let go of him the whole time, Zim nuzzled him.
"About ready to go?"
Lifting his gaze up to look at Rose, Dib smiled and nodded.
Missing Dib's constant talking, Zim sighed but stood up with him anyway, keeping him close all the while.
Nuzzling himself comfortably against Zim as they got up from their seats, Dib yawned tiredly.
Stroking his hair and antennas, Zim led Dib around the table to meet Rose before heading on to the store.
Lifting his head back up after a moment, Dib then looked around curiously.
Zim smiled at him. "Feeling better?" he asked, at least happy to see Dib's spirits had lifted significantly since earlier that morning.
Bringing his gaze back to Zim, Dib blinked confusedly at him. "...Where'd your leader go...?" he asked, just then seeming to notice that Purple wasn't with them any longer and hadn't been all throughout lunch.
"Huh?" Zim looked around, just now noticing also. "Oh...I don't know..." he said, having thought Purple had gone off with Rose when she went to go pick up food.
"He was with me when I went to get the food. But I think he might be with Jack now. He mentioned something about wanting to try more Earth foods while he was down here." Rose shrugged. "But anyways, I'm sure he's fine." she reassured them of that, fairly certain Purple wouldn't just wander off on his own without sticking with at least somebody he recognized from their party.
"But didn't he want to come shopping with us?"
"Well...He did sound pretty excited about it last night...I suppose we could find them and ask him if he wants to come along. He and Jack probably took the girls to the game shop."
"Okay, we can get him then..." Zim nodded and looked at Dib. "If it's okay with you..." he then added in at the end, not wanting to do anything that would make Dib feel too uncomfortable.
Not really caring either way, Dib nodded in agreement also.
"Alright then!" Rose clapped her hands together. "Let's head on over to the game shop then and look for them there. Even if they aren't there, I'm sure Stella will convince them to bring her and Kira over there eventually. I don't think Purple would wander off on his own, so he'll more than likely follow them." she said as they headed out of the food court and back towards both the game shop and baby store that sat opposite it.
A bit nervous about running into either Gaz or Tak, Zim nodded.
Noticing Zim tense up slightly, Dib squeezed his hand reassuringly, knowing that so long as Zim's leader was there, nothing bad would happen to him.
Leading them back to the game shop across from the store they were going to be shopping in, Rose entered the store with the two trailing behind her before looking around, the place not all that big to scan over. "Hmm...I don't see them in here...Let's just wait a few minutes and see if they show up." she said, just knowing Stella would continue to harass Jack about it until he finally gave in and brought her and her sister over to look through the games.
Pulling away from Zim a bit to have a look around for himself, Dib didn't see his sister anywhere in sight and sighed, his antennae drooping a bit before curiously looking over at where a crowd of customers had gathered around what looked to be one person playing a game.
Zim noticed the crowd soon after Dib. "You think that's her?" he asked, already able to read Dib's mind given the same thoughts were running through his own.
Continuing to stare for a few moments longer, Dib then shook his head. "N-No...She's working here now...I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be allowed. Th-Though I wouldn't be surprised if it were you know who." he then scowled a bit, antennae falling back. "B-But then again...If that were the case, then where's Gaz?" he looked around again, almost convincing himself that it wasn't Tak drawing in such a crowd.
Not wanting to even think about Tak, Zim held Dib closer when a familiar voice could be heard shouting over the praise of the crowd.
"YES! High Score!"
"Wow. She's good. She might even be better than that Gaz girl who works here." one of the random bystanders said to one of his friends.
Antennae perking at the mention of his sister, Dib's antennae then fell back at the sound of Tak's voice.
Rose tapped Zim on the shoulder. "Hey. Isn't that Dib's sister's girlfriend?" she asked in a whisper so as not to catch Dib's attention.
"Unfortunately..." Zim said, still glaring in Tak's direction.
"She's not her girlfriend!" Dib yelled, turning on them and glaring, having heard every word they were saying, causing his antennae to press back as far against his head as possible.
Looking at Dib sadly, Zim nuzzled him. "Dib?" he said cautiously, able to sense how on edge the other already was.
"What?!" Dib asked irritably.
"I-I just wanted to make sure you were okay..."
"No, Zim...I'm not...I'm not okay...Gaz is my sister. How can you expect me to be okay when she's with TAK of all people...? Tak, who came here to kill you!"
"Well...We used to try and kill each other...And she's not trying to kill me anymore..."
His antennae drooping, Dib could only sigh at that. "...Only because your leader told her not to and we're having smeets...But I still can't trust her...She's...taking Gaz away from me...I'm losing my last living relative to her..." he said, hating the fact that Tak had so easily been able to manipulate Gaz into trusting her.
"No you're not, Dib..." Zim touched Dib's belly gently. "You have three new ones on the way..." he reminded him, not wanting Dib's past to interfere with the future they were getting ready to make.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 127. =3 Until next time~