Okay…for some reason, I forgot that Dib's POV was written in first person…and so, Zim's POV is written in third person limited…ah, well. I don't know how and why I forgot…anyway, this chapter will be in Dib's first person POV…? I dunno.

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Dib's POV (first-person)

The Present (no, not the gift! I'm talking about time!! As in, it's the present and not the past anymore!)

In the box was a …

Rose? Eh…?

No…rose-es.

I blinked in confusion as tiny red roses, unfurled and ever so red, looked up at me innocently.

"E-eh?!"

Roses?! That was Zim's "gift?" Red roses??

Suddenly, a screen (implanted in the box, no doubt) raised itself from the box, depicting Zim's gleeful face. "Ha! That's right, Dib!! I, the glorious ZI-IIIM (!!), TRICKED YOU!! In a mere second, my AMAZING robot PIG shall shoot you GARGANTUAN HEAD with DES-TRUCT-TIVE lasers!!!" My thoughts jumbled in bewilderment.

Pig? Robot? Lasers?? What the heck was he talking about?

"What the heck are you—?"

Zim, who was looking eagerly at my face, abruptly frowned. "Why is your head not dead yet?"

"H-huh?"

"The pig!! Why has my GLORIOUS pig not shot your HU-UGE head yet?!"

"What pig?!" I showed him the harmless box of roses. "You gave me roses. How the heck is a pig, of all things, involved with this?"

Zim looked confused. And when he was confused, he tended to get ma-ad.

"I did NOT give you FILTHY EARTH PLANTS!! I--" As if his words reminded him of something, Zim stopped. "Gir…"

"Eh? Gir? How is he—" But Zim had already closed the screen. I stared dumbly at it.

Gir? Pig? Lasers?? (Yep, Dib sure is slow. Well, not really, but he coulda figured out that Zim intended to kill him with a laser-shooting pig!! )

And why did Zim give me roses?

No one had ever, and I repeat, EVER, given me anything "special", like that. As in, I've never received gifts of the "romantic" sort.

And my first one just had to be from Zim.

I hate him…but, do I, really?

Ye gads! I bet this is one of Zim's plan to MESS UP MY BRAIN!!

But…

No, don't give in to it, Dib!! You're Earth's only hope!!

I…

It's Zim's plan, I tell you! I mean, really! What else could it be?

Roses…

There are pigs, lasers, and GIR involved in it!! It has got to be one of Zim's plans!! He's trying to confuse you!

There was a thud as the box of roses fell from my hands, and I ran home.