ZADR Orange Chapter 145

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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Delicately standing up at Dib's abrupt outburst, Rose approached the hybrid cautiously before pulling him into a tight hug. "You're sixteen, Dib. Your hormones are out of whack already. The added hormones from your pregnancy are throwing everything else for a loop. Plus this is the first time you've been pregnant, and don't forget, I'm a lot further along than you are." she reminded him, not wanting him to feel like any of this was his fault.

Dib could only hide his face further into Rose's shirt, trying to find at least a little bit of comfort there as he clung to her and sobbed lightly to himself. "...Why does this have to be so hard...?" he whimpered out in a still shaky voice.

"That's just how it is, dear."

"Then why did it have to happen to me of all people?! Isn't my life hard enough...? Don't I already have enough shit to deal with...?"

Rose sighed. "I'm sorry, Dib…And I'm sure Zim is sorry too...But there isn't really anyway out of this…Unless you abort..." she said, not exactly a fan of the idea herself but understanding how the pros of such a decision could benefit Dib were he to ever decide he wanted to do that instead.

"No! I would never do that! I'm not a murderer! I-I'm not...It goes against everything I stand for...I could never...E-Even if I'd be risking my own life..."

Rose held him close, swaying a little. "Then you'll have to just deal with it, Dib...It's not as bad as it seems. And it will all be worth it. Trust me." she tried to reassure him that the end result of his pregnancy would be rewarding no matter what happened.

"...I hope so..." Dib closed his eyes tiredly and swayed a little unsteadily.

"Maybe you should go back to bed, Dib. You look tired."

"I don't...I don't want to disturb Zim though..." Dib's voice came out in a tired whisper, a yawn escaping him.

"Oh, I doubt he'll be disturbed, Dib. Go on and get some rest."

"...Okay..." Dib finally agreed tiredly though he didn't feel like pulling away at first.

Jack stood up from his chair to take Dib from Rose. "Come on, Dib." he led Dib over towards the elevator to take him back down to the bedroom. Turning towards Rose, he then headed on in with Dib. "I'll be right back. Go ahead and start unloading those groceries and then I'll help you finish once I've gotten him back into bed." he said, thinking it best they finish up there and leave soon.

Nodding as Jack headed into the elevator with Dib, Rose then proceeded to do as she was told as Jack took Dib down to the lower level of the base.

Meanwhile, Zim was beginning to get fidgety without Dib there in the bed with him, tossing and turning before soon enough he awoke with a gasp. "D-Dib?" he sat up when he realized the other wasn't there with him.

An arm wrapped around Dib as he led the boy inside, Jack slowly pushed open the door to the bedroom before stopping when he saw Zim sitting up in bed.

Dib looked up as well, his eyelids drooping a bit. "Z-Zim...?" he said the others name quietly as it was taking everything in him to just stay awake and standing.

Zim looked up at Dib. "DIB!" he hopped out of the bed, not caring that he was half naked and messy as he ran to the hybrid's side. "Are you okay?" he then asked once he had taken hold of Dib.

Jack's eyes grew wide at the half-naked sight of Zim before he slapped a hand over his eyes and blushed, pushing Dib lightly towards Zim while keeping one hand placed firmly on his shoulder to help keep him balanced. "U-Umm, Zim, I think you might want to get some clothes on before I go blind here." he said, a part of him unable to help but imagine what the two of them must have been doing before they arrived there.

Merely leaning up against Zim, Dib rested all of his weight on the other.

"And he's fine. Just a little bit tired is all."

Zim pouted at the clothing comment but held Dib tightly nonetheless. "Good." he nuzzled Dib before kissing him. "Still tired, Dib-love?" he then asked upon realizing how out of it the boy looked to be in that moment.

"I can't...keep my eyes open..." Dib finally let his eyelids slip all the way closed as he slumped against Zim even more.

"I just brought him down to get some sleep. He was afraid he might disturb you."

Zim smiled and held Dib close, supporting most of his weight so he could relax. "You could never disturb me, Dib-love~" he said, finding it cute that Dib had been worried about such a thing.

"I'm sorry...about yelling at you earlier..." Dib apologized, having wanted to say that since practically the second he had yelled at Zim. "I'm sorry...I'm so bad at this..." he then added, feeling as though all he was doing was causing Zim more stress than was necessary.

Zim smiled and kissed him again. "It's okay. I forgive you…And I'm sorry too…I was bothering you." he said, feeling like it was partly his fault Dib had gotten so upset with him.

"You weren't bothering me...I was just so...frustrated...with myself...with the world in general..."

Zim nuzzled him. "It happens sometimes." he said in a small whisper, knowing already that a lot of what Dib had said was just the result of built up anxiety over his situation.

"Feels like most of the time to me..." Dib sighed, pressing into Zim even more. "But now I'm just tired...And I want to sleep..." his antennae fell back to rest more comfortably against his head.

Zim smiled. "So am I. Come on." he led Dib back to the bed with him and pulled the hybrid's pants off so he'd be more comfortable. "Let's get some rest." he then urged the other to get back into the bed so he could pull the covers up over the both of them.

"Well, I guess I'll let you two get some sleep now so I can get back to Rose and help her unload those groceries." Jack said before turning to leave.

Dib called back after Jack once he was under the covers and tucked into the bed. "Thank you, Jack..." he thanked the other before he could leave the room completely.

Jack smiled back at him. "No problem, Dib." he said before closing the door behind himself quietly.

Zim smiled as Jack left before then cuddling up with Dib. "They're really nice..." he slurred a bit as he also was feeling rather tired still.

Dib closed his eyes tiredly. "I know..." he shifted over onto his side so he could face Zim now before opening his eyes partway again. "And you're really nice too..." he brought one of Zim's hands up to press against his cheek. "I just wish...I could do something nice for all of you too..." he then said, wanting to make it up to all of them for staying with him throughout this entire ordeal.

"Just being here is good enough for Zim."

Eyes wet, Dib could only close his eyes as he nuzzled the Irken's hand closer. "But I WANT to do something nice for you all...I don't want to feel useless...like I can't do anything just because I'm pregnant...I can't even keep myself awake half the time..." he wiped his eyes on Zim's hand.

Zim sighed and pulled him in close, kissing him deeply. "Just don't leave me, okay?" he said, not wanting anything else from Dib aside from his company.

Dib shifted his gaze up to look at Zim, cheeks a light pink color now. "I won't if you won't..." he said before scooting in even closer to the Irken to let him know he meant that.

Zim smiled. "And I never will." he promised, not even able to imagine what his life would be like without Dib now.

"...Okay..." Dib shifted his gaze away now, his antennae twitching slightly on his head. Then, after a few minutes of silence, he spoke up again "...My body is sore..." he said, their lovemaking from earlier finally beginning to take its toll on his body.

Zim giggled a little. "I would expect so. We should sleep." he said, certain the pain Dib felt in his body couldn't be too far off from the pain he felt in his own in that moment.

A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 145. =3 Until next time~