ZaDr

Chapter 4

Zim woke up the next day, feeling arms around him freaked him out as he wasn't used to it, his fight or flight instincts kicked and he scratched and bit the thing that was holding him. Dib woke up quickly and hissed in pain while shielding himself "ow Zim! What the hell?!" Zim stopped and instantly felt bad "uh Z-Zims sorry, i-i... I forgot" he looked sad "computer! Medical supplies!" The computer groaned and spit medical supplies at them "it's okay Zim, I probably would have freaked out too" Dib reassured him and took off his jacket that was now torn up "you owe me a new jacket~" Dib teased "heh I'll give you monies" Zim replied and patched Dib up "oh yeah, computer, label Dib-worm as not a threat, and give me some monies" "fine" the computer replied and spit out a $100 dollar bill before saying "Dib is no longer a threat" Zim picked up the money and handed it to Dib "woah, you didn't have to give me this much" Zim shrugged "it's easy to print" Dibs eyes widened before he chuckled "what did I expect?" He shook his head and stuck the money in his pocket before realizing "wait so I can explore your base now?" Zim nodded "yeah I don't see why not" Dib got excited but he decided to explore later "so.. I know this might be a hard question to answer but.. what's a defect?" He asked, Zim looked sad and Dib comforted him "basically something went wrong when making me, I... I screw everything up and I" he sighed "apparently I have more emotions then a normal irkens should have, we're designed to follow the tallest, invade planets, and rule the galaxy, no one messes with us usually, they know better" Dib listened and was fascinated but he was a bit confused "so their mad because you're not an emotionless zombie?" He chuckled "there's nothing wrong with you Zim, and you don't screw everything up, you just mess up, that's life" Zim looked a little offended at first before the realization slowly set in "huh.. I guess we are kinda emotionless zombies, Zim never thought about it that way" he soon seemed lost in thought and Dib reassured Zim "it's okay, you didn't know any better, but you're free now, you can do whatever you want" he encouraged Zim "you're right but I'm still stuck on this dirt mound" Zim replied "hey earth can be really beautiful sometimes, like I said before, I'll show you everything, I promise I'll make you happy Zim" Dib smiled "I still don't really understand why you care" Zim didn't have much understanding about emotions "because I believe everyone should be happy, especially you, after what you went through, you deserve it" Dib explained, something seemed to click in Zims head "wait a minute, wait a minute, how did you know about me being a defect? How did you know I was dying?" He questioned "oh right, I uh... I have several uh... Cameras in your base" Dib blushed and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly "you what?! Where?! How did you get them in here?! How long have you been spying on me?!" Zim looked around worried there was one in his room, Dib chuckled "does it really matter? It's not like I have to use them anymore, and there's not one in here, don't worry" Zim huffed and crossed his arms, Dib thought he looked cute "do you mind if I keep asking you questions mr grumpy pants?" Zim glared a little "I guess not" "how are you guys created?" Dib asked "well our bodies are developed in tubes, and when we're ready they take us out, throw a programmed PAK on you and send you straight to what you humans call boot camp" Zim explained "woah cool so does that mean you don't have any... Ya know.. parts?" Dib blushed as he asked "parts? Oh you mean- yeah we do but we're only allowed to use them if we have to, most of us are infertile anyway" Zim wasn't really embarrassed talking about it, meanwhile Dib was blushing darker and he tried to change the subject "so is your PAK your brain?" He asked "sort of, it controls my digestive system, blood flow, it kinda like programs this brain" he pointed to his head "it's hard to explain, but the short answer is yes and no" they both chuckled "and well you know what happens if we take it off too long" Zim looked sad again, Dib gently pulled Zim into a hug Zim squirmed a little "what are you doing Dib-thing?" Dib rubbed Zim's back "relax it's just a hug" Zim slowly relaxed and returned the hug "Zim... Zim likes this" Dib blushed a little and smiled "good" "was this what you did last night?" Zim asked "no that was cuddling" Dib blushed more admitting it "friends cuddle?" Zim asked "uh, yeah, yes they do" Dib was pretty sure they did anyway "you'll have to teach Zim more about friendship" Zim said "I will" Dib reassured him "so what do these do exactly? I know you use them to hear but" as Dib reached for one of Zims antennas, Zim pulled away and pushed his hand away "don't touch them!" "Oh sorry sorry... Why not?" Dib asked "only I'm allowed to touch them, no one else" Zim pinned his antennas down "but-" Dib could tell Zim was mad "okay okay" he let it go "Zim uses his antennas to hear, show emotion, it hurts when other people pull them but not as much when I do it" Zim explained "it's a rule, no ones allowed to touch them" "you don't have to follow those rules anymore Zim" Dib tried to tell him "well... I know I just... I don't want you to touch them" Zim stated "okay I won't... So why do the tallest rule over everything, they're not even that good at leading" Dib asked "hey don't talk about my tallest-! Oh, right" Zim looked upset and he sighed "the taller you are the more superior you are, the taller you are, the higher your rank is, being taller than everyone else is rare, it's extremely rare to have two tallest, I'm pretty sure Red is taller than Purple but they slouch so you can't tell, I don't think anyone would really care anyway, and if they did it wouldn't matter, you're never supposed to question a tallest" Zim explained, Dib thought for a moment "they must be together" he said "what?" Zim asked "your tallest, they're definitely in a relationship, why else would they hide that Reds taller?" Dib said, Zim looked conflicted and a bit confused "you mean when humans do the kissy thing? You think my- the tallest do that? That would make them defective! There's no way the tallest are defective" Zim chuckled

Meanwhile on the mother ship:

"After this call can we go to our room?" Purple asked Red
"Yeah sure" Red responded
They answered the and talked to an invader and after they hung up they got up before going to their room
(Insert kissing and smut noises here)

Back on earth:

"You never know~" Dib teased and Zim made a face "anyways, do you have anymore questions?" Zim asked "yeah, why haven't you gotten taller?" Dib asked Zim shrugged "I dunno, I got a little taller then I just kinda stopped, why are you so tall? Huh? Huh?" Zim imitated Dib and Dib chuckled "have you not been paying attention in health class? It's normal, I still have a few years before I'll stop" he explained "ew no I have not been paying attention to your stupid gross human body class" Zim said while making a face, Dib chuckled again "yeah I didn't think you were, so you don't go through puberty, must be nice, no acne, no random mood changes- wait no that's pretty common for you, no body odor, no hair growing in weird places- well no hair at all actually, no weird urges, no weird dreams-" Zim interrupted him "I have weird dreams but probably not what you're talking about" "really? Interesting, man you're lucky, humans go through a lot of changes, meanwhile you look just the same, do you get wrinkles?" Dib asked "not until we're really, really, really, really old" Zim explained "how old are you?" Dib asked "in human years I'm about eh... 28.. I think" Zim thought about it "oh you're only 10 years older than me" Dib said, he didn't mind the age difference "how old can you live?" He asked "well the oldest irken that ever lived was about em... 87 before he died in an explosion, that was the old tallest, I definitely didn't have anything to do with it" Zim said "did you kill a tallest?" Dib asked "it was an accident, anyways wanna see my birth mark?" He tried to distract Dib and he pulled up his shirt a little to show off a small dark green spot on his side "cool" Dib blushed a little and his eyes wandered around Zim's exposed skin before he noticed something "you don't have a belly button?" He asked "or nipples" Zim replied and pulled his shirt down, suddenly Dibs stomach growled loudly and he chuckled "let's go get some food, I'll pay" He got up and helped Zim up

Once Zim got his disguise on they headed out "oh do you mind if we stop at my house? I forgot my phone and Gaz is probably wondering where I went" Zim didn't mind and walked with him to Dibs house, when they arrived Gaz was sitting on the couch playing her game, she glanced up and looked at Dib then Zim before going back to playing "did you guys kiss and make up or something?" She asked, Dib blushed darkly "what?! No! Of course not!" He yelled while Zim made a face "Zim would never let the Dib-worm kiss my superior face!" Gaz just snickered in response "whatever" she said. Dib huffed and went upstairs to grab his phone before he came back down "c'mon Zim lets go" he said as he walked out the door and Zim followed

They walked to a decent restaurant that Dib knew about, they were seated pretty quickly as it was a slow morning, Dib looked over the menu and pointed out the sweet stuff "so they have pancakes, waffles, French toast, um.. oo they have brownies, and apple pie, you can get whatever you want Zim" Zim listened "I want the French toast" Dib nodded "I think I'll have that too" they soon ordered their food and Dib remembered his question about Zim not eating very much "do you need food to survive?" He asked, Zim shook his head no "not exactly, I could go months, possibly years without it, oh and my PAK turns everything into energy so no waist" Dib was surprised "wow, does that mean you don't have to go to the bathroom?" He asked "that's exactly what it means Dib-worm" soon their food arrived and Zim took a bite of his French toast before adding sugar to it Dib watched and chuckled "you sure do have a sweet tooth" "yeah, you should try my irken juice.. on second thought it might kill you" Zim kept eating and Dib ate with him "that's nuts, why sweets though?" He wondered out loud, Zim shrugged "I dunno it's the only thing that tastes good, I've tried other things, I like the crunchiness of chips but there too salty, everything else just doesn't look appetizing" he explained Dib nodded while listening, his thoughts swirled in his head and he watched Zim while they ate "I meant it ya know.. you're truly amazing" he blushed a little while he said it "of course I am, I am Zim!" Dib smiled in response, he was glad being exiled didn't completely destroy Zim, honestly Dib would be lost without him, they've known each other for so long that losing Zim would tear him apart "promise me something Zim" he said and Zim looked up at him curiously "promise me you'll live for at least a few months, if I can't make you happy by then, then... I'll let you do whatever you want" he blinked back a few tears and Zim thought about it for a second

"I promise"