Chapter 5

(GPOV)

Zim closed the door quietly behind Tak. I stayed sitting, speechless. Did she really mean what she'd said? She LOVED Zim?

"Zim... Do you think she was serious?" I asked, my voice scarcely more than a whisper. I both dreaded and awaited his answer.

"...Yes." He answered, as quiet as I was. He sat back down next to me, sighed, and put his arm around me. I glowed inside, and felt a lot happier. I remembered back, 2 years ago, when Tak and Dib were in the middle of a battle. Me and Zim were merely spectators, threatened by Tak that if we interfered she would kill us both. I was crying, and Zim had put his arm around me and whispered reassuring things to me, and I eventually fell asleep in his arms.

(ZPOV)

I sighed heavily.

"Zim? What's wrong? Are you ok?" Gaz asked me worriedly.

"Yes.. but there's something I ought to tell you..." I replied. I sighed again and continued. "You see, 10 years ago, when I was still training on the Irken military planet..."

(TPOV)

I climbed back into my new, modified version of a Voot Cruiser. I remembered back to 10 years ago, when I was still training to be an Invader. Zim and I were both in the same classes, and shared a room together.

It was actually quite lonely, training, as most of the training was done alone, and the only Irkens I ever saw were my instructors, invigilators and... Zim. Every night we would return to our bunks in our tiny room and talk about our days, hopes and dreams, and what we'd do when we were Invaders. It was inevitable we'd fall in love. Even though Irkens don't need to sleep, sleeping recharched the PAK quicker and better, and was therefore encouraged by the Irken military.

The beds were poor, though, with hard, uncomfortable matresses and thin sheets and pillows. I remember the time Zim's bunk broke and we shared mine for a few days. Every night we could fall asleep in eachovers arms, and it was complete bliss.

We had promised eachover once we had reached retirement (around 2000 Irken years of age), or if we were ever assigned to the same planet, we would officially become life mates, and live the rest of our days together. Sadly, this never happened.

When Zim trapped me in that tube, I knew that promise was broken, and my dreams were shattered forever. I came to Earth with my intention really being to make Zim my life mate, but once I discovered he now had other people dear to him, I changed my plan to destroying the Earth myself, and shattering his dreams as he had done to me. But, once again, it never happened. All I want now is for him to love me again... Another tear trickled down my cheek.

(ZPOV)

"...So now you know." I finshed. I'd explained everything to Gaz, and everything about Tak's love for me. It felt good to, as humans say, "get it off my chest". Gaz's wide amber eyes stared at me, unbliking. Then they reverted back to their normal closed form.

"W..w...wow... I never knew... Zim...?" she asked quietly.

"Yeah?" I answered. She blushed and looked at the floor.

"D-do you s-still l-l-l-l-love her...?" She stuttered, almost incomprehensibly. My eyes widened for a second and I wondered how to reply to such and awkward question.

"...No. Those days are long over. Though sometimes I do miss her, because she was my first real love. But I don't love her anymore. Even though we're the same race, I definitely prefer you to her." I replied, lying slightly at the end. Gaz is OK, but I do miss the company of my own kind.

"Thanks... I'm glad." she said, smiling. She stretched and got up. "Thanks for telling me all that. I wish I could stay a bit longer, but I need to finish my homework. Oh, by the way, here's your present!" she said. She leant towards me and kissed me gently on my cheek.

"Happy PAKday!" she whispered, and left. It was special, but I couldn't help remembering Dib's kiss earlier...

(DPOV)

Just as I was about to go out lookin for her, Gaz came in and slammed the front door.

"I'm starving. Order a pizza. Extra cheese, nothing spicy." she demanded. "Oh, BTW, Tak's back. And she's pissed with me. But whatever. Pizza." I nearly fell off the sofa. How could she say that so calmly, like it was nothing? Last time Tak was here, she nearly fucking killed me!

"Oh, also, I have some more information for you about Irkens. Itkon."

"Itkon?"

"An Irken dish like cake. They only eat it on special occasions. It tastes fucking AMAZING." Itkon, eh? I scribbled it down into my notebook, making a mental note to type it out later. I ordered the pizza Gaz wanted, as well as one for me.

About 15 minutes later, the pizzas finally arrived. Me and Gaz tucked in, but she left about half of hers. I guess she must have been pretty full up with "Itkon". I thought about eating it now, but I had just eaten a whole pizza myself and was pretty full, so I stuck it in the oven and put it on low to keep it warm.

A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door.

"Argh... I'll get it." I announced to nobody in particular. Gaz grunted in responce. I opened the door, and there was... Zim?

"Uh hi Zim... do you wanna come in?" I offered.

"Sure, Dib-stink. I need to talk to you."

"Kay... Do you want to go up to my room then?" Zim nodded in agreement. Gaz hadn't said anything, but I could tell she was listening. Zim and I went upstairs to my room, and I closed the door behind us. I didn't know what Zim wanted to talk about, but I was pretty sure he'd want it to be kept a secret.

Chapter 5 done! I wanna eat some Itkon now, even though it doesn't exist. It's 1 in the morning and I'm hungry -_-