The Blood Of the Rose

Dib had snuggled his head closer to Zim in his sleep when the Irken pulled him closer. He rested his head on top of Zim's and smacked his lips together a few times in a content way. Zim was resting his head up against Dib's chest right where his heart was causing Dib to wince in a bit of pain and squirming about in his sleep. After a few minutes of moving about, he finally rested so his face was burried in Dib's shirt. He had wrapped his arms tightly around Dib's body and refused to let go. It wasn't until the next morning that he felt the Irken pull away suddenly and start shaking him. He didn't respond until the alien had brushed his lips up against his ear again and Dib let out a content sound.
The night had been a pretty good one. Dib slept through most of it except for a few minutes while he waited for Zim to get comfortable against him. He had his eyes closed but laughed gently to himself when the Irken began speaking in Irken in his sleep. Once they were both comfortable leaning against eachother, Dib slept through the rest of the night without any problems. However his did whine a bit the next morning when he felt the Irken pull away and say his name in a surprised manner. Zim shook him but Dib wasn't ready to wake up just yet. He wanted to sleep more so he pulled the blanket over his head. He kept back a laugh as Zim struggled to get him up. However when he mentioned food, Dib was up in a flash, throwing the blanket off of him and having it land on top of Zim's head. He didn't know how long he had gone without food but he did know he was starving. He pushed himself up out of the chair and smiled stoopidly at Zim, his tongue lolling out a bit.
"Good morning to you too. You know, you don't have to act so surprised when you wake up with me next to you." He heard Zim growl a little as he pulled the blanket off of his head and Dib just laughed. He followed the Irken to the elevator and they both entered it, waiting for it to take them to the top kitchen house level of the base. On the way up, Dib yawned and stretched out his arms, still in a little pain whenever he took in a long breath but not feeling nearly as bad as it had the day before. Zim leaned back against a wall and closed his eyes. Dib came up next to him and wrapped his arms lightly around the alien's small frame. Zim just tucked his head under Dib's chin and relaxed against his chest again. After a minute of this, the elevator stopped at the level they wanted and let them off into the kitchenm which had already been covered in goop thanks to Gir who came running up to them holding a plate of waffles. "I MADE WAFFLES!" his high pitched voice seemed to annoy them both a little.
Zim looked at the mess and thought about moving from his comfortable position in the humans arms and just kicked the button to take them back down to a lower level. Somwhere around what would have been the fourth floor Zim finally broke free of the warm and squishy human cocoon and exited the elevator. There was a small dinette there with food to keep them going unti l computer cleaned the kitchen proper. 'what would you like Dib beast? I have salad, noodles, something called thay-eye? ..I dunno t-h-a-i? Whatever it is.." He pulled out the bag of lettuce and a thing of sugar for himself and made a sweet salad for energy. He watched his human, every movement that the human made was like poetry for Zim's eyes. He yearned to bite the human and mark him as a mate. 'Damned instincts!' Zim thought to himself.
He had noticed since he had reconfigured his PAK tat he was feeling more than he used to, he was doing things that were only mentioned in history texts, and some that he had never even thouht about before. He knew that back when Irkens were still at the stage that these humans are at they used to mark their mates with their teeth to alert any other potential mates that they were taken and happy. Zim thought about the rituals and the instincts.There were so many differences. The instilled rituals were horrific and painful; they would cause any other being in the galaxy great pain if not death. Instinctually Irkens were volitle, but not nearly, a human might hope to survive an Irken, like zim, who was running on insticts. Zim snapped back to reallity when he realised that he had been sitting there for ten minutes with his fork an inch away from his face.
Dib smiled and held the Irken tighter when Zim didn't move away to enter the kitchen but just settled with going to another level of the base to eat. About 30 seconds later they came to a different part of the house where Zim pulled away from him causing Dib to pout a bit. Dib looked out into the room, instantly brightening up again when he saw the food. Dib laughed at the Irken as he tried to pronounce the food he had. "I think I'll just have some noodles, okay, Zim." he said as he stepped out of the elevator and made his way over to a small table to make himself a bowl of noodles and watch as Zim made a salad of lettuce and sugar, trying to hold his laughs in at the weird mixture. He noticed that Zim was just sitting there and staring at him. He seemed to be spacing out, getting completely lost in his thoughts. He hadn't even taken a bite of his food yet. Dib smiled nervously and began to sweat as Zim just continued to watch him and smile to himself. Dib moved to take a seat opposite of Zim, relieved that Zim was just lost in his thoughts. His eyes didn't follow Dib as he moved to take a seat and he began to relax as he began eating a few bites of his food. A few minutes later, he noticed Zim blink his eyes a few time, coming out of his little daze. He seemed aware of his spacing out and quickly stuffed a few bites of food in his mouth, trying to cover up his previous daze from Dib but Dib knew all too well that he was having some thoughts about him. Dib coughed into his hand a bit before attempting to question Zim's quietness. "Are you okay, Zim? You look like you've got a lot on your mind. Do you want to tell me?" he asked as he stuffed another spoonfull of noodles into his mouth.
"Well Dib beast if you must know I was thinkng of Irk. I guess I am what you humans call 'home sick'. I haven't been there in almost five years and I desperately want to see it again. You ever know how that feels?" Zim looked the human in the eye. It was true, he missed Irk more thanhe cared to admit. It wasn't the planet that was bad, just the rulers. He had seen pictures from Cephen and the Resisty, though it wasn't the same as knowing that you could land, go in and be with fellows of your own race.Zim's face fell to the ground. " you do understand, don't you?"
Dib stayed staring into Zim's eyes for a long time until Zim redirected his gaze back to his food in front of him. Dib had felt home sick when he came to live with Zim but it had to be a lot harder on the Irken. Dib had only been gone a few weeks. Zim had been gone an entire 5 years. Dib's concentrated gaze softened after a few seconds longer of staring. "Yeah...I understand..." He stayed looking at the Irken though Zim still didn't look up. Dib stood up and walked around the table to where Zim was sitting. He took a seat next to him and wrapped his arms loosely around Zim's body. "But you know what made me feel better?" Zim didn't look up but just closed his eyes and shook his head. Dib leaned in closer and pressed his body up against the Irken more.

He tightened his hold on Zim and rested his head on one of Zim's shoulders. "This." he said as he pressed his lips up against one of Zim's cheeks gently. Dib pulled away a moment and pushed Zim's seat back a bit so he had room to get between him and the table. "And this." he took a seat in Zim's lap, facing him. He leaned forward to place another kiss on his lips this time only a little deeper than the last one. He pushed his tongue into Zim's mouth for a few brief moments before pulling away again and smiling at the alien. The last kiss had Zim giving him a small smile. Dib rested his head back on his shoulder. "There...feel better? And you know there's one more thing I can do for you if that doesn't help. Do you want to know?" Zim was in a daze again with his hand pressed against his cheek and a goofy smile on his face. He lazily nodded his head, having a feeling he already knew what Dib was going to say next.

Dib pushed his lips close to his antennae before whispering his responce, making Zim blush deeply. Dib smiled slyly before sitting back again and enjoying Zim's reaction. Before Zim could say or do anything more, Dib was kissing him once more, this time on the neck as gently as he could manage. He moved his mouth up to his antennae and took one into his mouth and began to suck it slowly, making Zim shudder out a gasp. Dib smiled and let go of the antennae to nuzzle his face into the crook of his neck, sighing as he relaxed.

As Dib began to realx on Zim's lap, Zim began to tense up. His member pulsed lightly and pleasently in his sheath. He warmth from the human began to make him full aroused. 'The beast, how dare he make me feel like this!" He thought to imself. "You make me ...mmmmm" Zim bit down on the humans neck catching him off guard. He stood up and pushed the human against the table onto his back and pressed his arousal against him. "You make me want you! The way you took my yhddahhya in your mouth...." He purred the mouth seductively in the humans ear. " You make me break the laws of the universe just seeking release in you.. only you..." Zim pressed his arrousal against the human in a more urgent way. "mmmmm, Dib beast. You make me.." He caught the humands lips in a needy, greedy way.
Dib could tell Zim was staying completely still as he rested against the Irken's chest. Zim whispered out a few words that Dib could hardly catch. He was surprised by the suddon feeling of teeth sinking down into the flesh of is neck. He could feel a little blood trickling down his neck and moaned as Zim began to lick at it. He was startled when he was suddenly pushed down on the table roughly, Zim on top of him and still attacking his neck with his mouth. Though a little surprised, he was pleased with the reaction he got out of the alien on top of him. "So you liked that, eh?" he said as he once again slipped his mouth over the sensitive antennae, pulling out a deep purr from Zim. Dib brought one of his hands down along Zim's body until he reached down between his legs and clutched his now hard member through his black uniform pants. When Zim pushed up more against him and caught his lips in another deep kiss, he smiled slyly against his mouth before slipping his tongue into the Irken's mouth. He pulled away and Zim moved his mouth down along Dib's neck. "I...I make you what?" he asked seductively. Before Zim could answer they were already deep into another kiss, wrapping their tongues around eachother and enjoying eachother's tastes. His own member was beginning to harden against Zim's legs. He arched his back up against Zim's body and moaned out lowly through the kiss.
All the attentions had Zim's member aching. When Dib grabbed him he wanted nothing more than to rip the human apart, but he put that in check. THe question tickled his yhddahhya , " You make me want to breed, to rip you apart in ritualistic breeding, GHAH!" Dib had squeezed him hard, making him cry out in pleasure. Zim pulled Dib's shirt off and began to nibble nipples. With a grin he slid a tentacle free from his PAK and slid it up the humans pants, resting at the human's entrance. "Dib beast, do you want me> I want you to say it, scream it for your human bretheren to hear..." Zim bit lightly on the nipple, teasing the human.
Dib worked his fingers along Zim's member, running his hand all over it, trying to make the Irken feel as good as he made him feel. He slipped his hand down his uniform pants to get a better feeling of what he was grabbing and began to run his fingers gently over the tip, causing a few strained moans to escape his mouth. He pinched it slighty causing Zim to yelp out is ecstasy. Dib was pumping his member as fast as he could until he felt his shirt being lifted up over his head and off his body. He stopped and let out a long moan of pleasure when he felt Zim's tongue wrap around one of his nipples, squeezing in tightly and then softly in a cycle making Dib let out a series of pleasured moans with each tug. Dib's breathing grew a bit uneven as the Irken continued to play with the boy.
He gasped out a bit in pain as he tried to breath in as much air as he could without making his chest hurt as much. He tensed up when he felt something sliding down his pants from the backside. Zim pushed the object more up against Dib's entrance causing him to whimper lightly. He had a hard time saying anything at first. but finally managed to whisper out a strained responce. "I want...I want...I want you, Zim." Zim didn't seem quite satisfied with that answer as he asked what he wanted Zim to do to him. " I want you...inside of me Zim..." He moaned out as the Irken continued lapping at his nipple and biting down into it every couple of seconds. He then told Dib so say it once more only this time in a louder voice. Dib began to squirm about underneath Zim. " P...Please, Zim...I...I want you inside of me! I want you to have sex with me, screw me, fuck me, do whatever you want with me! Just do something soon or I'll go crazy!" he screamed out in urgency.
Zim smiled and seemed pleased with that answer. Before Dib knew what was happening, he felt one of Zim's tentacles slide up inside of him and he moaned out a loud and long lasting moan. He arched his back and pressed his body up against Zim's, rubbing his hard member up against Zim's leg. It felt so good. He felt like he would come in his pants soon if Zim didn't stop teasing him.
Zim loved the feel of the humans hard member against his leg. He began to rail moist kisses and nips down the human's body until he got to the fuzzy patch of black hair that peaked over the humans pants. He shifted the tentacle inside the boy to better hit the spot that made him yelp so deliciously. He tore the button fly open with his teeth, hissing possesively as he did. The Irken pulled away the humans bottom coverings and wrapped his tongue around the tasty flesh.

Dib was just laying back and allowing Zim to have his way with him. He relaxed and enjoyed the gentle kisses being placed all the way down his stomach and to the rim of his pants. When he felt the tentacle suddenly shift and thrust back inside of him, he let out a loud moan of pleasure. He squirmed about as he felt his pants and boxers being removed all at once. He gasped out as he felt the Irken's warm and wet tongue wrap around his member before it was completely taken into the alien's mouth. Dib arched his back and continued to moan in long held out ways over and over again. Zim was working his tongue around Dib's member, running it up and down the long shaft and swirling it about in a teasing way. Every once in a while he would pull away just long enough to flick the tip of his member with his tongue before taking the entire thing back into his mouth again. He brought his mouth down until he nearly touched Dib's stomach before pulling back and then going back down again. He squeezed the now hard member with his lips and and every now and then grazed his teeth lightly against it.

Every moment was like some kind of wonderful dream for Dib except for the fact that it was really happening to him. He could feel his release coming soon as his member seemed to pulsate a bit. He was soon thrusting his hips in rhythem with Zim, every move bringing him closer and closer to his release. Finally he reached his climax and began to spasm as his seed shot inside of Zim's mouth. The Irken seemed to tug and suck on him more in attempts to catch every bit of his release. Dib had let out one last moan until he had finished and nearly collapsed back onto his back, panting and sweating. His entire body was covered in a coat of sweat that quickly began to cool him off. He shivered as the air around him seemed chilled now that he had stopped moving. Zim finally let go of him and swallowed the remains of what he had shot out in his pleasure. Dib subconciously tried to curl in on himself but soon remembered the tentacle still thrusting inside of him and he let out a few breathy gasps with each thrust.

Zim loved the littled gasps that Dib allowed to escape him in his nirvana like state. The boy moaned, making Zim's aching member twitch a plea for touch. He simply continued his work, making sure that Dib didn't have one second to rethink this. The Human tbegan to buck into his mouth and he adjusted himself to make sure that he could get all of that goop that the humans ejaculated.The first hot spurts about made Zim cum in his own pants, but he controlled himself enough to concentrate on swallowing. The human went to curl so Zim 'kindly' reminded him that he wasn't done yet. The breathy gasps made Zim snap back into his reallity. He gently and slowly relinquinshed the tentacle leg from Dib's entrance, pulling himself up on the human and laying down. He was as exhausted as the human, though he hadn't gotten his release. He gently guided the humans hand down to his crotch, kissing his neck again, lightly nipping here and there. "Dib beast, don't taste how I thought that a human would...mmmmm........" he nibbled on the humans neck, lightly thrusting into the humans hand.

Dib was relieved to have the tentacle leg leaving him and shifted a bit on his back as Zim crawled up on top of him and rested on his chest. He let the Irken lead his hand down to between Zim's legs. He began to massage Zim's member once again with his fingers, slowly at first. It took him about a minute to catch his breath and get back into the rhythem of things. Zim didn't seem to mind the slight break as they both layed back panting for a while. Dib took in deep breaths all at once, trying not to shudder every time a tinge of pain came from his wound. The gentle kisses along his neck made it a bit hard to breath at first but he soon adjusted and just enjoyed the attention he was getting from the alien. When he had finally caught his breath, he grasped Zim's member with his hand once more and began to pump it a bit faster. Zim let out a low moan under his breath as he began to thrust a bit faster into Dib's hand. With Dib's other hand he worked at removing Zim's pants completely so they would have more room to move about. After finally sliding them off, Dib pumped his shaft faster and faster.

While he continued to do this he rested his head on the Irken's and sighed happily. He closed his eyes and just let his body do the rest as he let his mind wander. The room was quiet except for a few gasps or moans that Zim let escape his mouth every couple of minutes. Zim buried his teeth lightly into Dib's neck once again as he mumbled a few things out loud and smiled to himself. Dib gasped a bit with the return of his teeth in his skin again and nuzzled closer to Zim, wrapping his free arm around his body. Zim quickened his pace suddenly, signalling that his release was soon to come so Dib did the same as he ran his fingers up along it tickling him a bit. He ran the palm of his hand over the tip of Zim's a few times before diving his hand back down over his entire shaft and lightly squeezing it every once in a while.

Finally, Zim pushed himself up a bit and arched his back giving a couple strong last thrusts as he came out all over Dib's hand. He stayed still a few moments just enjoying the afterglow of his release, every now and then giving a few weak thrusts as the wonderful feeling slowly left him. The only sound in the entire room for a few brief moments was just the sound of Zim panting before he nearly collapsed back down on top of Dib. Dib caught Zim in his arms and just let the Irken rest of minute on his chest as he brought his hand back to taste Zim's hot cum. It was like candy to him as he licked off as much he could possibly get. Once he had cleaned off his hand he moved it down to rub Zim's back and used his other hand to stroke back Zim's antennae. He wanted to stay like this forever. Zim didn't move from his resting spot on top of Dib but wiggled his antennae a bit. He brought them down and ran them over Dib's pale skin making Dib giggle a bit from the tickling sensation. As one was brushing by he managed to catch it in his mouth causing a slight gasp from the Irken that quickly turned into a soft purr.

Zim loved the Minstrations the human boy bestowed upon his member. The warmth of the hand was feeding the warmth that was pooled deeply in his groin. He bucked his hips sharply as his own release sent jolts of pleasure through out his body. He felt the warmth rush from his member into the Dibs awaiting hand. He laid there, watching the human as he devoured Zim's release. It would have been a great turn on for Zim, if he had the strength to move.Instead he laid there with Dib, letting the air cool thier firey bodies. He felt a had begin rubbing his back, though at moments it would go onto his slim-lined PAK where he couldn't feel it. The other hand that belonged to his human began stroking his yhddyhhya. Zim twiched his yhddyhhya free and rubbed then onto the human. On Irk that would have been a signal of deep affection, but then again, When Dib began to suck on it, that was a sign of lust. Zim pushed th thought to the side, he knew DIb loved him, but he, Zim, didn't want to say anything because he was afraid of messing up. He purred his contentment while laying on his human, the vocalization resonating through both bodies. He didn't want to get up, nor move for that matter, but he knew he would have to. Zim laid on the table until his back began to ache. He sat up and began to pull on his jeans, noting that he had to buy more back up supplies. "Dib, we must get back to work on those weapons...."


A FEW WEEKS LATER
Zim laid back in his chair. The weapons were fully operational again, and the signal from orbit hadn't picked anything up yet. Zim was saisfied with how life was treating him. He had a 'boyfriend', he and his lover were safe, and GIR was....well Gir was still GIR. He smiled to himself, 'life really is getting better.' He thought to himself as he watched a movie on the monitor. It was an old Irken film fron the days before they were all assigned jobs. 'Dra Tejeha Lusato uv dra Kutc' was a film mostly about how one event in one Irkens life affected everyone he knew and loved. The end always made Zim smile. The Irken would run out of the burning house, his female lover holding him close, and her last words, "E Muja Oui." That scene always made Zim smile. Aftetr the flick he went up stairs, gir tried to block his way, but he pushed the pup aside. He wanted to go see his Dib beast. Slowly and seductively he wrapped his arms around the human, biting lightly at the tender flesh on his neck. A light growl issued from Zim, more of a possessive one than an agressive one. "Morning Dib beast."

Dib jumped a bit when he felt the arms suddenly wrapping around his body and let out a small gasp when Zim nibbled on his neck. It quickly turned into a little murmur from the back of his throat as he relaxed into the Irken's arms. "Mmmmm..... That feels good, Zim..." he said in a few breathy gasps. He couldn't believe that he was still so jumpy whenever Zim came up behind him. He thought he would have been used to it by now. Zim seemed to enjoy taking him by surprise. He pushed his head back to look at him and place a quick kiss on his lips before pulling back and saying, "Good morning to you too." He turned around in the Irken's arms so he was facing him and placed another kiss on his lips and wrapped his arms loosely around Zim's body also. It was true. Life was going much better for the both of them now. Dib had been healing up nicely and the only remains of his wound was a scar where he had stabbed himself. They had managed to complete all the weapons and as time passed they stayed undisturbed for a long time. They had more time to enjoy the simple pleasures of life now and always tried to make the most of it. During the day they would stay home and maybe watch some T.V. or just snuggle up on the couch and enjoy sharing gentle kisses between eachother.
They rarely went out any more unless it was for food or other necessities. Zim didn't want to take the chance of going to skool for 7 hours and having his base under attack so they skipped skool. Dib didn't mind that one bit. Just as long as he had Zim he was happy. Every once in a while, Dib would be able to convince Zim to go out with him to the park at night to at least watch the stars at night or they would just lay out in his front yard to watch them. Zim didn't seem too interested in the stars but Dib loved looking at them. Zim just seemed happy to cuddle up next to him. However they also had their own alone time.
Zim would sometimes go to another part of the base to be by himself and Dib did the same. He had more freedom than he had before when he first came to live with Zim. As long as he went in the day and kept some kind of weapon with him, he was allowed to get out of the house for a while. He enjoyed going to a few restaraunts he hadn't been to in a while. Zim allowed him to eat more of the foods he wanted as long as he made sure to wash his mouth out really good after eating them. Dib would also head to the mall to buy a few more pairs of clothes for himself. He even stopped by to visit Gaz regularly although she did beat the shit out of him like she said she would for him getting drunk and refused to let him use that I.D. again any time soon. Usually they would just end up going to Bloaty's Pizza Hog and talk about how things were going for eachother. Yep! Life wasn't bad at all.
Dib finally pushed away from Zim's grip but not before placing one last kiss on his forhead. He knew Zim hated it when he left the house but today was no exception. He had something special planned for the day ahead and nothing was going to stop him from doing what he had been planning for since before he even went to live with Zim. Zim seemed to put a bit as he made his way back to his room to throw on some clothes for the day before he headed out. He looked up at Zim when he was asked where he was going. "Sorry, Zim. I know you hate it when I leave but I had something planned out for today. I'm going to go visit somebody today. Do you want to come along? I've been planning this meeting for over a year now and I'm not going to miss it. I only go to visit this person once a year but I haven't missed it once. Please, Zim. I'd really like you to meet this person. It doesn't have to be a long visit. I just have to at least go." he said as he pulled on his trench coat. Zim stayed standing where he was, giving Dib a curious look. "Please, Zim. This would really mean a lot to me if you came with me."

Zim revelled in the warmth of his humans arms. It was impossible for him to completely hate the human now that they had been so intimate. One thing Zim was holding back from Dib was his true feelings. He didn't want to confess it all until he had to, it was his way. He Mujat the human boy, more than he could ever recall before. He just didn't want to vocal ize it incase something happened. If he were to confront the human about it, say it, and those, as the humans said, nine yards, then he would have no choice but to throw himself away for the human. zim snapped back to reallity as the boy turned in his arms. He felt the lips press his and he returned it with an equal vigor. He could tell that the human was thinking by the way his tongue kept pausing for a moment and then going again.

When Dib finally broke thier kiss Zim was too placid to not listen. Dib was right Zim loathed the way that the human had a need to leave their sanctuary, but it was a human thing. Zim looked deep into his pet human's eyes and nodded. The way that Dib's amber eyes lit up when something grand came up made Zim melt completely. "Fine Dib beast, but I must know who we are going to see. It had better not be your ugly, pig smelly-vagina of a sister again..." Inside his head Zim laughed at himself. He had heard mated couples on teevee talk bad about their mates family members. It made him smile to think that he actually had picked up a sense of humor from GIR and his ceaseless sit-com-ed-ees. He embraces his human again, thumbing his lovers boxer and pant line a little, "just let me find my human costume and something to cover my under garments..." He indicated to his cotton boxers and plain irken under shirt. He nibbled a little on the humans neck before he relunctantly meandered up stairs to get dressed, selecting his traditional Irken outfit, and black boots. He pulled out his disguise and threw it on, making sure that everything was in proper working order. Zim slid stealthily down the stair, hoping to goose his mate again before they left. Slowly he aproached on his pyddma makc. he got close enough to smell his humans intoxicating aroma. Slowly he snuck a hand around Dibs sides and grabbed him quickly, "BOOGA BOOGA".

Dib was relieved to here that Zim had agreed to go with him today. He laughed a bit to himself when Zim mentioned his sister. He remembered the last time he had convinced him to go with him to visit Gaz. Zim had insulted her somehow and earned himself a good punch to the stomach and a kick to the groin which had Zim curled up on the ground for a good long time, drooling and screaming the agony he was feeling at that moment. Dib helped Zim home that day just relieved that it hadn't been him that had been kicked by his sister. It looked like it had hurt a lot. He promised to never take Zim to see her again.

However today was different. Dib wasn't sure how Zim would react to person he wanted to introduce him to. He wanted Zim to come but couldn't help but feel a bit nervous about it. He just hoped the Irken wouldn't get mad at him for dragging him along. Dib felt the Irken pull him closer and start fiddling with his pants before the alien leaned over to chew lightly on his neck again. He always loved it when the Irken did that. It felt comforting having Zim that near him.

He moaned his approval out lowly before the Irken pulled away again to go get dressed. Dib followed him to the stairs and stared up after him when he sprinted upstairs to get ready. Dib smiled. "Thank you, Zim. I'll tell you who we're going to see after we've left the house. You promised to go with me and I don't want you to change your mind about going with me before we even leave the house. And I promise it's not Gaz this time." He turned back to head back to his room and grab a few more things. That's when he felt those familiar hands slipping around him again and he nearly jumped out of his skin again when Zim yelled. He could feel his heart going about a thousand miles an hour and quickly tried to regain his composure as the Irken just seemed to laugh a bit at his jumpiness. He hated the fact that he had fallen for that again and turned to grab Zim and push him up against a wall. "So you want to play that way, huh?"

Zim just smiled slyly as he slipped his arms around Dib's waist. Dib smiled back playfully before leaning in to place another kiss on Zim's lips, pushing his tongue inside his awaiting mouth. Their tongues seemed to dance together as Dib moved his hands down along Zim's body. Dib broke the kiss to place a few more quick kisses along Zim's neck. He nuzzled his face up into the Irken's neck and relaxed a few moments as Zim chewed on the tip of his hair until Dib finally pulled away again. standing up straight and heading toward the door, motioning for Zim to follow. Zim shortly followed after him, closing the door behind him and staying close behind Dib.

Zim continued to question Dib as to where they were going the entire way there. Every time Dib refused and just told him to wait until they reached there destination. They walked through the city until they reached its boarder and were a few miles down the road from the city limits. Finally Dib stopped in his tracks to turn back toward Zim. "Alright. We're almost there. I know what you're going to say when we get there but I'm still really happy that you agreed to come with me. I didn't want to go alone. I know this may seem a little silly to you when we get there but it's just kind of become a habit for me to do this every year for the past 12 years." Dib did feel silly bringing Zim along with him and he would probably just look at Dib like he was crazy but he didn't care anymore. It wasn't like everybody in his life didn't already think he was crazy to begin with. He continued along his way, coming across a few scattered stores along the way. He stopped by one and went in to purchase some flowers which seemed to confuse Zim. Before long they came to an open hill country that just peeked over the city.

He made his way up one of the hills to a secluded area that had the best view of the entire city from where they were. Nearby was a tall tree. "Alright. We're here." he said as he went and knelt down by the tree. Zim had been watching him the entire time and only just noticed the tombstone sticking out of the ground in front of Dib. Things seemed to piece together in his mind as he approached Dib from behind, "Hey, mom. I'm back to visit you like I do every year. I brought Zim with me. I'm sure you've heard me speak of him before but we're not enemies this anymore." Dib placed the floweres down in front of the grave and turned a bit so he could see Zim.

"I hope you're not mad about me dragging you out here." He turned back to the stone and smiled a somewhat sad smile. "I wanted you to meet my mother. She may not be alive anymore but I think she can still hear me when I speak to her. Pretty stupid thought, eh?" he laughed lightly. "I really wish she was alive to meet you. She enjoyed studying about space and I bet she would have loved to have a conversation about it with you. She was the nicest person and I'm sure she would have loved you. But she died 12 years ago to the day. She got sick. She was in a lot of pain and finally she couldn't take it anymore. She gave up the will to live and passed in her sleep one night. It had all been a long ordeal. She was stuck in the hospital for a few months."

It hurt Dib having to recall all those things and it showed in his eyes as his smile faltered. It hurt to remember how much he had cried after her death. He had only been 4 when it happened but it was still fresh in his mind. He didn't want to cry in front of the Irken because he knew Zim hated it when he cried. Zim had stayed completely silent the entire time. 'Damn! I knew I shouldn't have taken him. I'm sure he thinks I'm crazy.' Dib thought to himself as the silence seemed to make him a bit uncomfortable. He was expecting Zim to yell at him for pulling him away from the base for this. Dib instantly regretted bringing him. He stood up quickly, wiping away some moisture that was beginning to form in his eyes and turned back toward Zim. "Alright. Do you want to start heading back to the base?" He had a forced smile on his face.

Zim was curious as to where they were going, "DIB BEAST I ORDER YOU TO TELL ZIM WHERE WE ARE GOING!" He raged, but when they got to the hill and Dib explained, all ZIm could muster was a defeated "oh.". ZIm wrapped an arm around his hurting little human pet. He may have given Dib guff abiout mourning, but it was obvious that the human was in pain still. ZIm couldn't comprehend it, but he did know what was going on. "Only if you want to, human. We....WE can stay here for a little while if you want..." He barely lert the words passs his lips before kissing the boy lightly on the neck. Zim hoped that he was doing what the human needed to get over this...
Dib leaned into the kiss a bit more as Zim placed it on his neck. He pushed himself back a bit to let Zim have more room to get his arm around him. Dib smiled a little as the Irken seemed to pull him in a bit closer. It felt good having the alien trying to comfort him. He loved to contact and warmth that went through out his entire body whenever Zim touched him. "Thanks, Zim." he said as he returned the kiss by placing one on the side of his head before he pulled the Irken over to the tomb with him and took a seat in the grass. Zim sat with him and Dib leaned to the side up against him. Dib rested his head on Zim's right shoulder and sighed a bit, letting his eyes shift halfway shut. "We don't have to stay too much longer...I just want to stay a little while...then we can head back, okay?"
Zim just seemed to nod his head in response before everything around them went silent. The both of them stayed quiet for a few long minutes, the only sound in the entire area being the wind blowing gently and their own breathing. The branches of the trees shook a bit every time the breeze picked up, sending a few stray leaves down top of or in from of them. They both seemed to be in a daze, only moving to shake off a few of the multi colored leaves that landed on them every so often. They stayed rooted in their spots as Dib let one of his hand down to the side of him to run it over the soft grass underneath them, every once in a while ripping some out of the ground. Zim let his finger roam over the small of Dib's back slowly every couple of seconds, sending chills through Dib's body. It seemed they would stay that way the rest of the day. Five minutes passed before Dib felt Zim shift about, breaking him out of his little trance. Zim stood up to shake off a few more leaves and Dib fell to the side onto his back.
He stared up at Zim and smiled. His smile quickly turned to a frown though after he had moved his eyes and locked them onto the sky. It was getting late in the afternoon. Grey storm clouds seemed to be gathering and he had a pretty strong feeling that it would be raining soon. Dib sat up, still staring up at the sky before speaking. "I think we should get going, Zim. I think it's going to start raining soon and we still have a somewhat long walk back to the base." He pushed himself up to his feet to also begin shaking off some of the leaves sticking to him before turning back to the Irken. A cold breeze swept by quickly, making Dib shiver a bit as he pulled his trench coat tighter around him. They began their decent back down the hill until they reached the main road that would lead them back into the city. They hurried into the main part of the city, breaking into a faster pace when they felt the first few drops of rain approaching slowly.
Ducking under rooftops and trees to avoid the water that would soon be pouring down on them in great amounts they made their way to their own neighborhood. It wasn't raining too hard yet but they knew it would pick up soon enough. They made it to the park by their house before they had run out of things to duck under. Zim was holding out pretty well for the time being but if it got any worse, he knew he would be in trouble. He already seemed to be in a bit of discomfort just from the wet atmosphere around them. The wind was getting stronger and practically throwing the raindrops right at them as they made their way around. Stopping under the same tree Dib had fallen asleep under the night he had been raped, they realized that for the rest of the way to the base, there would be nothing left to shield them from the rain. Dib removed his coat and handed it to Zim. "We're gonna have to make a run for it or we'll be stuck out here for a while and I don't even know if this tree will be any good at keeping the rain off of us." Zim took the coat and put it on over his uniform, using part of it as a hood.
Once they were both ready to go, they sprinted back towards Zim's base just barel y making it before the sky seemed to explode, water pouring down hard and fast. Once they were inside, they stayed standing where they were a few moments, just panting and trying to catch their breaths. Dib forced his legs to carry him over to the couch where Gir was sitting watching TV before flopping down onto his back and stretching out on it. They could hear the crash of thrunder somewhere far off in the distance and lightning flashed, lighting up the somewhat dark room. "Wow...that was close..." he breathed out as Zim approached the couch, the coat still wrapped around his small figure. Dib reached his arms out to wrap them around Zim's waist and pull him down next to him on the couch. He just wanted to lay back and relax with Zim now.
Zim hated having to run from the horrible water. The only reason he ran so fast was that he got a feeling deep in his gut that hurt. The day hadbeen too perfect for him to take comfort in it. As soon as he was in the door he followed his human to the couch, he was aboutto say that he was going to the lab for a status report, but the human was too warm and inviting. He simply allowedhimself to lay there next to his human, flexing his claws lightly into the humans pale and supple flesh.
Zim awoke to a darkened base, the human had an arm around him, but it was so gently that zim simply moved it. He had to make his way down to the lab.
"Master! The Sheild was breached about 10 Earth hours ago." The computers voice rang into existence.
Zim stood there, all his emotions emptying into one place, his mouth, "COMPUTER!!! HOW DARE YOU NOT TELL ME WHEN I CAME IN THE DOOR, OR WAKE ME FROM MY SLUMBER?!? YOU HAVE PUT US ALL IN DANGER, YOU FOOL!!!!!!!" Zim ranted for a while, "How close to us are they now?"
"Only about another 2 to 3 hours Earth time." the computer responded cassually.
Zim didn't have time, he had to make sure that everything was functional, he had to prepare to defend, He had to wake the Dib!
He ran up the stairs, skidding past the living room, "DIB WAKE UP WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!! WE have less than three hours to prepare!" shifting topics with his mind "Computer bring up an image of the ship!"
Computer produced a screen witha picture of a blue and violet Voot runner with bounty hunter stickers all over it.
Dib had fallen into a deep sleep with Zim curled up next to him. The Irken had fallen asleep a lot sooner than Dib had. He enjoyed watching Zim's antennae seem to curl and uncurl slowly in his sleep. Meanwhile, Gir had been watching a movie on T.V. and Dib relaxed as he too watched it. He had wrapped one arm lightly around Zim and watched quietly as sleep slowly overcame him. The day truly had been nearly perfect. That is until he awoke to Zim screaming and running around trying to get stuff ready. Zim had shaken him roughly for a few seconds before taking off again to prepare for whatever it was that was coming toward them. At first, Dib just whined a bit and turned in his sleep until the words processed in his mind and he shot up, completely awake now. He rubbed his eyes quickly before screaming out a question. "WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAVE LESS THAN 3 HOURS BEFORE THEY'RE HERE?! I THOUGHT THAT THE SECURITY SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO WARN US AT LEAST 12 HOURS BEFORE THEY GOT HERE! " Dib was on his feet in a few seconds running around trying to help Zim get ready. He knew exactly what he was supposed to do. They had gone over it a thousand times to make sure they were ready but now that they had to actually put it into action and manage to do everything in only 2 to 3 hours Dib began to panick.
Everything seemed to fall all around him. He grabbed as many weapons from the lab as he could carry and set them up in the room Zim had told him to be ready in. Zim was busy trying to get as many of their defences up as he could. Dib felt absolutely miserable at this point. He knew it was coming but it just seemed to have all come too fast for him. He felt sick to his stomach as he tried to keep up with his pace of running around but he felt as though he couldn't go that fast. His entire world was crashing down on top of him.
He kept his eyes locked on the Irken for the longest time knowing that this may very well be the last time he saw him. There was a chance that he would have to leave Zim, to escape in his ship if things got too bad. As much as he didn't want to leave him, he had promised that if things got too dangerous he would take Gir and the ship to get as far away as possible but it just didn't feel right leaving Zim behind to suffer at the hands of bounty hunters. He knew Zim had promised he would come if they got seperated but he couldn't help but think that Zim was only saying that to make him feel better. None of that mattered now though. What mattered was getting ready for the approaching intruders. Once Dib had gotten all the weapons set up, he hurried to where Zim was to help him get the defences up and working. Zim was upstairs in the living room typing in something to get one of their outermost defences up.
Dib looked up at the hologram of the ship approaching them. It made him feel uncomfortable as he saw a timer underneath it telling how long they had before they reached the base. He then looked up at Zim who was shaking just a little bit and sweating from running around. He could hear him cursing under his breath as he worked to dial in the correct code to lock down the base. Dib wrapped his arms around himself and hugged himself tightly really hoping this was all just some horrible nightmare. A series of shivers began to run up his back making him shake violently.
He wasn't sure if he could handle all the stress. "Zi...Zim...I'm sca...scared...I don't want them to take you away from me!" He stuttered a moment before yelling out. He could feel the tears springing to his eyes and stinging them horribly as he tried his best to keep them back. Dib gripped his arms tightly and glared down at he floor. "BUT THERE'S NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL THAT I'M LETTING THEM TAKE YOU FROM ME WITHOUT A FIGHT!" He said as he began to feel rage welling up inside of him. He was terrified about what they would do to them but nothing could be worse than going on to live in a world without Zim. He had faced death enough times to no longer really fear it because he always came out on top in the end. Death didn't scare him anymore. Pain and losing Zim was what truly scared him but that wouldn't stop him from fighting with all the strength he had. Nothing was going to stand in his way. Not even fear. Not this time!
Zim finished putting in the code and turned to face Dib. Dib still looked and felt scared he knew, but there was a new confidence that could be seen in his eyes that showed even through the tears that threatened to break free. "So now what, Zim?" he asked as he stared straight into the Irken's own crimson eyes. He really hoped Zim had a plan ready for when they reached the house.Their survival counted on the decisions they made now.
"Now we wait.... I know this is stressing you, it is stressing me too..." Zim shook his head. The head ache had began the previous hour and grown to mass proportions.
"Master, four more ships have breached the force field, and there are more coming. Approximate arival time is ten hourss due to their speed sir..." the computer cut the silence.
"VILG!!!" Zim swore out loud.He knew this would happen.If one showed up, others wouldn't be far behind. Bounty hunters were like Earth wolves, or Blorchians, they always traveled in packs. And if Zim wasn't damned enough in his own mind, he knew that there woud be more. Until one side was destroyed they wouldn't stop. He loked at the count down and decided that it was his last chance to do something. He reached out and grabbed Dib by shirt, "Dib beast, Remember yuor password to get withthe Resisty.. It was and is Muja......" he closed his eyes and pulled his human into a passionate kiss, knowing that it could very well be the last that they shared...
"Master, the first ship has entered the Earths atmosphere." Computer chimed in ruining what could have been thier last moment together.
Dib was a bit surprised by the suddon jerk on his shirt and the words Zim spoke before forcefully pushing his lips up to his. That was it. Zim had just made it impossible for Dib to keep the tears back any longer. They came flowing freely now and he kissed back with as much urgency as Zim was. The way Zim was kissing him told him that he knew this was probably their last kiss. Their last moment of peace.
After this moment, nothing would ever be the same again. And it just had to be ruined by the information the computer blurted out in their last moments of silence. After the kiss was broken, Zim turned with Dib still in his arms and cursed under his breath. "Don't worry, Zim...I remember the password and I won't forget it. I promise." he said as a new stream of tears came from his eyes. "I love you, Zim...You never told me what "muja" meant." He hugged the Irken tightly to his chest as they awaited the oncoming intruders.