Gravity of You [Invader Zim] [Zim x Dib] [ZADR]

Chapter Five

Dib and Zim were happy in their relationship, only that neither of them had named it so far. And although it was obvious that they had feelings for each other and all things that orbit around a relationship, Dib was uncertain if he should ever approach this matter.

He didn't know much about what kind of social conventions of Zim had back home. Did they have boyfriends and girlfriends? Did they propose and marry? Do they choose partners according to their will or just arrange everything? That last statement would make sense since Zim said Irkens are lonely creatures. Do they go through this experiencing time called dating or they chose a partner and that's about it? And most importantly, was Zim applying whatever Irken's logic was to their relationship or he just knew enough about humans and was willing to do what they do on Earth?

So many questions and possibilities were making Dib anxious every time he thought about it. If there is something he hates is not understanding something, especially if it's about Zim. Dib was also a bit concerned maybe there was something in their culture about dating that was important to Zim and he didn't know about. Like the equivalent to buying gifts for Valentine's Day or maybe some kind of practice that Zim always wanted to do with a partner, such as dancing for humans.

"Dib? Dib! Don't ignore me!!" Zim said poking him with while they were on a break between classes

"Oh, sorry, sorry... I'm listening" Dib said apologetically

"You're not supposed to listen! I made you a question" Zim said exasperated

"Yeah, I missed that part... what was it?" Dib said scratching the back of his head close to his neck

"I asked you if you want to go to my house later, I'll do some maintenance on the... basement " Zim said the last word looking to the sides, it was the way he called his alien base underground

"Really? Like, really? Sure!!" Dib answered excited with the idea

Zim had never allowed Dib to go downstairs with him before. Dib never felt offended by it, always saying that on Zim's place, he would do the same. Also, Dib guessed it must be part of their training to never expose this kind of technology to anyone. So, overall, he was really happy to see Zim trusted him this much and was also curious to see what Zim kept there.

It was only Wednesday night but this week felt like a month in length. It was just exhausting. Maybe it was the tests, maybe it was the weather, maybe it was just sad to be at school in an endless loop of being underwhelmed by subjects and unimpressed by people.

Zim noticed that although things were great between them, Dib seemed tired. Which is fair, he had been studying a lot for all the tests and unlike Zim, he wouldn't cheat on them. But later Zim got to the conclusion that it wasn't just school that was upsetting him. The last two tests were over but he still looked tense throughout the day.

Later that afternoon, Zim took him to the underground part of his house. Dib's eyes were shining underneath those big glasses in a way Zim only witness maybe once or twice before. He was clearly holding back not to touch and see everything, so his host took him on a little tour on what he had there. Zim still kept some of the chambers locked, but he allowed Dib to take a look at the main ones.

Dib was enchanted to see all that amazing technology, just wondering how much more they probably had developed. This was a very well selected kit for invasion and survival, the alien base should have even more amazing things. He had spent so much of his life watching shows about aliens and paranormal things, it was a dream come true to see all that in front of his eyes.

Observing Dib's pure interest and how respectful he was being with his things, Zim felt safe to share another very intimate thing with him. The took off his PAK from his back to calibrate it. Dib said that if he needed privacy for that, he could wait upstairs. But somehow Zim wanted to share this with him. It was a delicate operation, he couldn't be more than ten minutes without it. So he explained that to Dib and kindly asked him to just step aside for that moment.