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Slow change may pull us apart
One a life gets into your heart, baby
Don't you forget about me
(Don't don't don't don't)
Don't you forget about me
Will you stand above me?
Look my way? Never love me?
Rain keeps falling - rain keeps falling down, down, down
Will you recognize me?
Call my name, or walk on by?
Rain keeps falling - rain keeps falling down, down, down, down
Don't you try and pretend
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
I won't harm you or touch your defenses: vanity; insecurity
Don't you forget about me
I'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby
Going to take you apart
I'll put us back together at heart, baby
-Don'y You Forget About Me by Simple Minds
Note: I got the idea for this after reading the drabble Promises in Senri's Starcluster. (sniff) It was so sad. This one cannot even compare to that masterpiece.
The leaves fell around Zim. The reds and the yellows and oranges created a swirling parade of colors as they drifted down on the ground landing here and there. A particular wind picked up an orange one and carried it down, down, down till it landed near the Irken's hand.
Zim growled and scooted away from it to another spot on the picnic table. He hated the leaves; how they fell, how they changed color. He didn't like fall, or any of the seasons for that matter. Everyday he cursed the stupid planet's tilt for being the cause of all this. He despised all changes, especially ones that affected him.
This planet had way too much change for his liking, not that he liked it anyway. Heck, the humans changed just as much as their planet did! Their appearance would take on a completely different look from the moment of birth to the day they died. Irk was a constant, they had no petty seasons with it's snow and falling leaves. If it did change it was only for improvement, to build more and to expand the empire. His people did not grow very tall, excluding the Tallests. They remained as constant as their planet, staying the same size and physical appearance.
A shrill laughter filled the air and Zim's antenna twitched under the wig. It was coming from a girl, a smeetling, far from where he was sitting on the other side of the lake.
The child squealed with glee again. It made his stomach give an unpleasant lurch as if he was to throw up. He hated laughter, her laughter. But consequently, he hated who was the reason making her laugh.
His eyes narrowed in detest as her parental unit lifted her higher into the air until, finally, became too exhausted to hold her up and they both fell onto the cool grass. Nearby, a woman called out to both of them and they walked over to her and sat down to the food laid out on the plastic red and white cloth.
The sight of the family made him want to gag. And Irkens had very strong stomachs, never barfing or throwing up at anything. They could tear out your heart and not even flinch as it still beat in their hand.
But this…it was too difficult for him to watch.
He wanted to scream, to stand up on the table, wave his arms and shout. He wanted to be seen, to be heard. He wanted the family to stop what they were doing and turn their heads to him. Anything, anything just to get the Dib to notice him.
It was hard to believe his rival had given up on him. Had you have ever mentioned the very idea to Zim he would have called you a liar at the top of his lungs and strapped you down to a table and experimented on your head, checking for brain damage.
There was once a time, it seemed so long ago yet just like yesterday, that it was only him and Dib. It was always him and Dib. Dib had always noticed him when no one else did. He was always there staring back at him. They had only each other back then in those days; those precious days that seemed to last.
Everything changed when she came. The most vile, most treacherous stinkbeast he'd ever come across besides the Dib. In one swish of her hips, one glance from her eyes, she had stolen the Dib completely. She had no right! The Dib was rightfully his and should have been so till the end!
His world fell apart quicker than the Irken Armada could take over a planet.
The pencil hit Dib's head straight on. It was easy; his head was so large you couldn't possibly miss it.
"VICTORY!"
Dib's movements were slow. He looked up from the spot he was gazing at behind his seat.
"Huh? Oh, you dropped your pencil Zim."
He tossed it back to the stunned Invader and resumed his previous activity.
Zim was appalled. He had been ignored! No one was more worthy than him for the Dib to just completely ignore him and focus his attention elsewhere! He was ZIM! Everyone wanted to receive his attention!
He glared back at the girl who Dib was gazing at. She smiled at Dib gave him a wink. He blushed.
Anger boiled in his chest. He was the only one who was supposed to get a rise out of the Dib, whether it be good or bad! He did not like it. Not one bit.
Just like that Dib stopped chasing him. He stopped trying to invade his base, stopped calling him an alien, and altogether, in Zim's opinion, stopped being what made him Dib. He was a completely different person. His every waking moment spent on exposing Zim was now spent on time with her. He had been replaced so suddenly, so easily and unexpected. It was insulting!
The Dib wasn't supposed to find a mate! He wasn't supposed to end the chase! And he especially wasn't supposed to change! This was all wrong! It had all gone wrong! Where did it go wrong?
The wind picked up and blew the leaf up into the air over the Irken's head. He gave no notice, only staring at the big head that could only belong to Dib.
Dib's head rose up feeling someone's eyes on him. He turned his head and looked straight at Zim.
Zim's eyes looked at nothing else. It relayed only one message.
Please, please don't look away.
It was as if they were back in skool. They were glaring at each other across the cafeteria. All the other students faded away, it was only them. Just him and Dib.
Chase me…
The wind picked up again and tossed Dib's hair.
Hate me…
Dib's daughter tugged on his sleeve saying something to him.
Fear me…
Dib looked away.
Just don't forget about me.