A/N: Hello, everybody. Long time, no see. :) Sorry it took me such a LONG time to update this next chapter. As stated in my last DA journal though, I just needed some time away from it all. Time to just be alone and BREATHE for a while so I could get back into the proper state of mind for writing.

But anyways, moving on, here's the next chapter for those of you who have been waiting oh so patiently for it. I have vacation time coming up VERY soon, so hopefully I can have the next chapter out come July 1st, 2016 (which will actually help put me back on schedule if I do manage to update it by then). I guess we'll see how productive I manage to stay in the coming days. Got Anime Expo to look forward to over 4th of July weekend, so here's hoping I don't lose focus in the days leading up to it. I have a kind of long chapter planned out for the next update, so hopefully that makes up for the kind of crappy nature of today's chapter update. (I revised this chapter 2 or 3 times but am still not 100% happy with it. But ah well. I suppose I could always go back and make changes later) *Plans on revising ENTIRE story once it's actually complete*

Many thanks to those of you who have faved and/or watched this story in recent weeks. I appreciate the interest you've taken in my work and hope you'll continue to enjoy your stay for as long as you choose to follow me. ^^ That being said, please enjoy this quick update.

ZADR Orange Chapter 189

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

Eyes widening just a bit at the hybrid's reluctant warning, Zim couldn't help but notice the all too guilty look Dib was sending him in that moment. "Now I HAVE to see what you have on those things!" he insisted, certain that whatever dirt the other had on him couldn't be anywhere near as horrible as the other was trying to convince him it was.

Dib opened his mouth to protest again but almost immediately got interrupted by Zim dragging him out of the bed and downstairs to Jack and Rose's living room by his arm. "R-Really, Zim...I don't think you'll like them all that much..." he tried again to convince the other away from watching them.

"Oh, come on, Dib. They're just videos."

Feeling Zim grab the bag of videos from him before forcibly sitting him down on the couch to wait as he got the disk player set up to watch them, Dib could only watch helplessly as Zim pulled one out at random and placed it in the disk reader, ready to press play.

Carrying a tray with milkshakes on it, Rose entered the room with Jack a minute or two later. "Oh! Wait for us!" she said almost giddily, taking a seat next to Dib, also curious to see what the hybrid had recorded on those videos.

Taking his milkshake from the tray once Rose had set it down on the coffee table next to them, Zim grinned wide before pressing play and returning to the couch to lean back against Dib.

Sitting on the edge of his seat however, Dib didn't even dare take one of the milkshakes for himself just yet as he waited almost nervously for the first video to start playing. The television set's screen lit up after a moment, the picture a bit shaky at first before it focused in on what appeared to be an outdoor evening environment. Dib sighed in relief as he recognized the video recording almost instantly. It wasn't one of the videos he had recorded from Zim's base. Rather, it was a video from a class trip they had taken a few years back, around the time Dib was 13 and they were both in the 7th grade. He remembered their class had been studying astronomy at the time, and they had been waiting for it to get dark out enough to see the stars in the sky. As always though, he had thought it would be the perfect opportunity to expose Zim to the rest of his classmates. The audio came through within a matter of seconds.

"Hah! Enjoy your last moments of privacy, Zim, because after tonight, the world will know your true identity!" the Dib on video announced before he turned the camera onto said Irken, who looked nearly the same as he did today. Things were perfect, this location a fitting place to expose the other. Sure, it was dark, but he had just gotten a pair of night vision goggles in the mail a few days prior, having assumed at the time that the Irken wouldn't be able to see as well in the dark and therefore wouldn't be able to escape him once the chase had begun. The Zim on tape merely sent him a rather unimpressed look. What Dib hadn't been aware of at the time was how well Irkens could see in the dark. That's when one of the other students in their class flashed a bright flashlight right in his eyes, causing him to drop the camera in favor of ditching the goggles and rubbing at his eyes, curses and a few moments of declaring he was blind being heard over the video.

Blushing a bit as he'd nearly forgotten how that video ended, Dib could only shake his head slowly now, wondering why he had kept that recording after all these years.

Chuckling a little at how naïve Dib had been back then, finding his past-self adorable, Zim merely cuddled up to Dib more and sipped at his milkshake happily, all while doing his best to hide his amusement from the other.

His face having become an even brighter red at the small cuddle he received from Zim, Dib remained sitting rather stiffly at the edge of his seat.

Giggling herself at the video, Rose then stood up to retrieve the bag of disks. "Mind if I pick the next one we watch?" she asked once she realized there wasn't much more to be seen on the one they had in currently.

Too embarrassed to really say anything at the moment, Dib merely shook his head slowly in response, earning him a happy squeal from Rose, who was already busy looking through the bag. Pulling out another disk at random from the pile, she then replaced the one they had just watched with a new one. The next recording showed exactly what Dib had been hoping he hadn't grabbed from his room though: a surveillance tape from when he had been spying on Zim's base. For the first few minutes, it seemed as though nothing would happen, but just as the others seemed to be growing bored with it, the audio finally kicked in and footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall. Dib covered his eyes almost instantly, shrinking down in his seat away from Zim as though afraid the other would blow up on him for taping this. When the Irken finally came into view after several long moments of waiting, the video showed him humming to himself as for some reason he was dressed in what looked to be a bear suit. Both Rose and Jack just about burst out laughing at the video footage, never having expected to ever see Zim in such an outfit.

Choking on his milkshake at the sight of the video footage, Zim almost instantly started coughing uncontrollably before blushing darkly when he realized exactly where that camera was placed.

The video continued to play for a few moments longer before cutting to a new scene after a few minutes of nothing more happening. Footsteps could be heard again, Zim this time coming into view wearing absolutely nothing but a towel, or more precisely, nothing at all. While the other did have a towel on hand, it wasn't exactly wrapped around him in a way that would cover anything up. Rather, he was merely using it to dry off with as he ran the towel over one of his arms, all the while whistling to himself, not caring that he was walking around nude. It wasn't like anybody else ever came down this hallway save for Gir, whom he didn't care to be seen naked in front of, given the little android was just that, an android.

No longer laughing at the video footage, Rose rather gasped when the scene changed, covering her mouth with one hand and blushing a bit before looking away, certain Dib hadn't meant for them to see that.

"M-Maybe we should switch the video now." Jack said quickly, blushing himself.

Looking aghast, Zim merely nodded his head, all the color having drained from his face at this point.

Quickly getting up to change the video, Jack pulled out the one that was already in before searching through the bag again for a new one to watch.

As Jack got the next video ready, Dib could only peek out from behind his hands at the mortified Zim. "...I'm sorry..." he practically whispered, his antennae drooping down low. He really had tried to warn the other beforehand. After all, the last thing he had meant to do with these videos was embarrass Zim.

Just staring at the screen blankly as the next video started, Zim couldn't think of anything to say to the other in that moment.

Dib felt his entire body drooping when Zim didn't respond, certain the Irken must hate him now.

As the next video began playing on screen, Dib opened his mouth to apologize a second time before a field of static caught his attention for a few moments, making Jack think that perhaps he had to rewind the video first. Before he could get up to try and do so however, the screen suddenly flickered to white, as though a bright light were being shined on it as the audio came through and the picture shook in an attempt to focus. Dib lifted his gaze up to look at the screen better, unable to determine at first glance which video this was. In fact, it didn't look like one of his videos at all, the quality looking far too unclear to be one of his. His eyes widened when the picture finally cleared, a close-up of his father's face filling the entire screen for a few seconds before shaking once more as he seemed to struggle with the camera. He wasn't wearing any goggles or a lab coat that covered half his face though. In fact, he looked far too young in this video for it to have been taken by Dib.

"Wh-What the...? Th-This isn't one of my videos. H-How did it get into my bag?" Dib said, sitting up straight now, practically on the edge of his seat again.

Jack and Rose both stared at the screen for a few moments in silence before then looking back over at Dib with wide eyes. Without his goggles and lab coat on, the professor really did look a lot more like Dib than any of them had even realized. The audio came through a second time.

"Alright, I think I've got this thing working now." the Membrane on video said, smiling into the camera before turning it from himself and over to his wife, who appeared to be lying back in what appeared to be a hospital bed. She smiled weakly and waved at the camera with one hand, her free hand rubbing over her swollen belly underneath a blanket.

"M-Mom...?" Dib slid off the couch to crawl just a bit nearer. This DEFINITELY wasn't one of his videos.

Focusing in on her face for a few seconds, Membrane then turned the camera onto a doctor as he entered the room.

"Alright, ready to deliver that baby?" the doctor on screen asked before walking up to Dib's mother, who was already breathing a bit heavily and looking rather tired at this point.

"Well, I'm as ready as I'll ever be." she smiled, a little pain showing through in her eyes.

"Very well then." the doctor gestured for some nurses to come in and help him with this, one of them checking to make sure her blood pressure hadn't dropped too low as a result of the epidural they'd given her prior to help aid in the delivery process. "This shouldn't take too long. Less than an hour, I suspect." the doctor then spoke again, having been monitoring her contractions for a while now and trying to help relax her as much as possible during the hours of active labor leading up to this point.

"I can keep track of the time if you'd like." Membrane offered, taking his place next to his wife and offering her one of his hands to squeeze as he turned the camera up onto the clock in the room.

Continuing to watch the video in stunned silence for the next half hour or so, the camera shaking only slightly any time Membrane's arm began to get tired but otherwise not changing positions, Dib remained glued to the screen for the next 40 or so minutes, his antennae twitching slightly anytime he heard his father or the doctor speak until finally the first cries of a newborn baby were heard.

"Congratulations. It's a boy." the doctor then said over the baby's shrill crying, the camera shaking as it returned to the source of all the commotion, focusing in on the nurses now as they set to work getting the baby cleaned up and ready for his mother.

"Oh Dib..." Rose smiled a little and leaned back against Jack. "You're such a cute baby." she said, having imagined countless times what her own baby would look like once it was actually born.

Having no idea how such an old video had gotten into his bag, let alone his room, Dib could only stare in shocked silence as the video continued playing.

Having relaxed quite a bit now, Zim watched the video with a slightly sad smile on his face.

Still in too much shock to really respond, Dib finally snapped out of his small trance after a moment more and blushed a bit at Rose's comment. "...I-I don't know how that got into my bag..." he repeated a second time, just staring with wide eyes at the screen as the video continued playing, the nurses now bringing the baby version of himself to his mother, his crying calming once he was in her arms. His parents had told him about the video they had made long ago, but never had he actually seen it for himself.

Leaning forward a bit when he felt himself gradually regaining the ability to move again, Zim reached out his hands to ghost his fingers across Dib's antennas softly. "Are you okay?" he finally asked when he noticed how shaken up Dib appeared to be in that moment.

Gasping softly at the small touch to his antennas before melting somewhat at the sensation, Dib's stiffness almost immediately left him at the other's attentions as he swayed a bit on his knees unsteadily before falling back against the couch to slump where he sat. "...Y-Yeah...I think so..." he said after a moment of just allowing the other to stroke his antennae, closing his eyes and concentrating on the feel of Zim's fingers brushing themselves over the very tips.

Nodding quietly at that response, Zim then slid to the floor to snuggle up to Dib from behind.

Leaning back against Zim, Dib twitched his antennae as though to encourage more touch. Meanwhile, the video continued to play for a few minutes longer, most of it now just being close-up shots of him and his mother as she discussed with Membrane things like what they would name him, his baby-self latching onto her fingers to suckle on. Then, after a few more minutes, the video finally cut out, moving on to some footage of his mother taking care of him at home. Dib payed little to no mind to it however, too relaxed pressed up against Zim to remain focused on the video anymore. "...Are we going to record our own smeets...?" he then asked, suddenly too tired to even open his eyes.

"If you want us to, we can." Zim continued playing about with Dib's antennas.

"Well, I think you two should." Rose smiled down at them. "That's what Jack and I were planning on doing. We want to keep the moments we hope to have with our baby. Because, you know, they don't last forever." she then said, glancing back at Jack as she went to place a hand over her growing baby bump.

"W-Well maybe we should start now then...We're probably never going to have this again..." Dib said, running a hand soothingly over his own extended belly.

Zim nodded in agreement. "Yeah, especially considering how rare a natural Irken birth is." he said, going to rest one of his hands over Dib's.

Dib sighed, suddenly kicking himself for not having considered this earlier. "I should have grabbed my video camera back when I was at home picking up those videos...I can't believe I didn't think to bring it with me." he mentally cursed himself for having not put a little more thought into what belongings of his he wanted to bring back with him.

"Well, Dib..." Rose interrupted his mental chastising before standing up to leave the room, returning a few minutes later with some items in hand. "Why don't you try using these for now?" she said, offering him first a small digital camera and then a video camera to go along with it. "Jack and I have already purchased another newer video camera for when our own baby is born, and the digital camera was a Christmas present from my sister that I never really figured out how to use." she said, having had said items stored away in their entryway closet for a few years now.

"Oooh~" Zim instantly took the video camera from her and eyed it over curiously. "How do you work it?" he then asked, trying to figure it out for himself.

Dib sat himself up a bit more when the other began fiddling with it. "Here, let me see." he held out his hand for Zim to give him the camera.

Handing the camera over to him, Zim watched closely as Dib tampered with it for a few minutes.

After a minute or two of playing around with it, determining what each button did, Dib then finally smiled as he figured out how to turn it on before handing it back to Zim. "There. It should work now." he said before leaning forward to take his still as-of-yet untouched milkshake from the tray.

Taking the camera back from Dib and lifting it up so he could see Dib through the little LCD screen that folded out to one side, Zim couldn't help but smile rather giddily to himself. "Hi, Dib~" he grinned at his hybrid from his side of the camera, watching as Dib sipped at his milkshake.

Looking over at the camera when Zim turned it on him, Dib merely waved back, still sucking at his milkshake, the smeets kicking inside him almost excitedly, happy to be receiving the sweet treat. He reached forward to take a hold of Zim's free hand, pulling it towards him to place over the kicking in his stomach. "I think the smeets want their daddy to record them instead. They want the attention." he said, lightly rubbing Zim's hand over the kicking.

Grinning when he felt the non-stop kicking, Zim rubbed Dib's belly soothingly. "Yes, but I can't really record them while they are still inside of you." he said before returning the camera back onto his hybrid.

"True." Dib set his milkshake down and brought down his own free hand to rub his belly also. "You could record my stomach though." he then smirked. "And keep track of how much bigger it gets over the next few months." he joked lightly, knowing it was bound to get much larger than it was right now. He then winced at a sharp kick to the side, picking up his milkshake again to continue sipping at it.

"Yes, I suppose we could." Zim leaned forward to kiss Dib's belly tenderly. "The smeets will still be growing, after all. And they are bound to get a LOT bigger." he then returned the camera back to Dib's swollen belly.

Finishing up his milkshake, Dib then placed the empty dish back down onto the tray. "With the way they're growing, the chances of me actually fitting into a wedding dress seem slim to none." he sighed, antennae drooping a bit. "After all, who's ever heard of a dress to fit four..." he said with very little enthusiasm left in his voice.

"Oh come on, Dib. Zim has seen HUGE females fit inside one before. Surely you can as well."

Dib gave his belly another small rub. "Well…Maybe..." he said a little uncertainly, not wanting to get his hopes up too high in the event it wasn't possible though.

"Dib, I'm certain you're not the first person to be getting married while pregnant. We'll find you a dress, one that will be perfect for the occasion." Rose smiled reassuringly at him.

Antennas still drooping, Dib brought his gaze up to meet hers. "O-Okay...If you say so." he nodded, not entirely convinced but trying not to worry too much about it for now.

Sighing at the way Dib said that, Zim lowered the camera for a moment and leaned in to nuzzle him comfortingly. "Cheer up, Dibby. You'll make the smeets sad." he said in an attempt to bring Dib's spirits back up.

Blushing at the small nuzzle he received before pressing himself up against Zim, Dib tried to hide away from the other by burrowing himself underneath his shirt. "They're the ones making ME sad..." he mumbled against the other's bare skin, closing his eyes tiredly as his antennae twitched. "...And tired...VERY tired..." he then yawned, the kicking in his belly settling now that he had fed them something sweet to go along with their earlier dinner.

"Oh, there there, Dib." Zim set the camera aside to pull him in close. "It'll be okay." he then said once he had Dib comfortably settled within his arms.

"Mmmm..." Dib sounded out tiredly, beginning to fall asleep on the other already. He tried to push himself even farther under Zim's shirt, soaking up what warmth he could from the other. "Tell your smeets to go to bed then..." he mumbled when he felt at least one of the smeets still moving around inside him, as though trying to get comfortable.

Zim merely smiled and rubbed Dib's belly gently.

"Perhaps we should all head to bed now then. After all, we've got a bit of an early start tomorrow morning." Rose reminded them, having made Dib's therapy appointment for 11:00 a.m. in the morning. "And I'm going to need some time to work out Dib's female disguise too." she added, having been brainstorming possible disguise options all day but still needing some time to work out the final details.

Yawning at that suggestion, Zim leaned back away from Dib to stretch momentarily. "I guess we could go to bed now." he said, his eyelids already beginning to droop somewhat.

Dib whined a little when Zim pulled away from him, disturbing his comfortable position pressed up against him.

Rose smiled at the two of them. "Do you need any help getting to bed?" she asked, clearly able to see that the two of them were fading fast at this point, Dib already half asleep and Zim seemingly struggling just to keep his eyes open.

A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 189. Until next time~