💙 zeem and deeb romance 💚

6: “i missed you… a lot” 

AH okay this wasnt gonna take so long but i got NERVOUS about actually posting it where people could see grgrgr okay

(Could be read as zadr or zadf)

The sky always seemed to blur in moments like this. The colors mixed and faded into an afterthought as sneakers pounded against the concrete. Dib's heart beat in his ears, blood rushing through his veins, adrenaline crashing over him in waves like an ocean in a storm, threatening to knock him over, to take him down, to drag him out into the sea of madness. The feeling was overwhelming, like fire in his skin, like his blood had been replaced with pop rocks, like his chest had been carved open and inside was the entire sky. 

It was the feeling of Zim. 

Zim was back, he was right there. It was like Dib was in a haze, like the entire world was narrowing to the sidewalk in front of him. To the wet dew on the early morning grass, to the mud slicking under his shoes, to Zim standing there clicking an alien tablet like he hadn't noticed Dib racing towards him like a bullet, to Zim, to Zim. He skidded to a halt at the edge of his yard, panting ragged breaths, sounding as if no one had ever taught him how to breathe. He was dizzy with adrenaline, the world seeming to spin until it was them, just them. 

“Zim!” The name was ripped from his throat in almost a cry, a desperate plea to get his attention. Zim's eyes snapped to his like magnets, a pink hue breaking through those ugly purple contacts. His wig was off center, and his cheek had a light purple bruise that Dib didn't remember giving him. He set his jaw. Dib tried to copy him, if only to stop the trembling in his bottom lip. He exhaled sharply, shoulders slumping in something that felt far too similar to relief. Zim opened his mouth like he was going to say something, but Dib didn't wait for a response. He bolted forward, grabbing Zim and sending them both tumbling to the ground. He wrapped his arms around him tight, like if he didn't hold on Zim would vaporize into nothing before his very eyes. Dib twisted and let his own back take the blunt of the fall, rolling with him in the mud. He supposes this was something akin to a hug. 

Zim let out a strangled scream as he wrestled himself out of Dib's death grip. His pak legs deployed and staked into the soft ground, stopping them from rolling another inch. He managed one blow to Dib's face, setting his glasses off center. He reeled back for another when he realized the boy under him was laughing. He stalled, waiting for Dib to attack him back, but he just smiled a large toothy grin, showing off a snaggle tooth that never grew in right, and a chipped front tooth that was no doubt the result of one of their previous tussles. 

“Asshole!” The laugh punched out of Dib like a truck. He felt stupid for the single tear that managed to seep out of his eye. “Where have you been?” he reached up and dragged Zim down on top of him in another hug. His pak legs felt like a cage from the outside world. Zim wanted to yank back. He knew he was stronger than Dib, knew he could easily pull out of Dib's hold and blast his head off with a laser. But the Dib was gasping into him, a hicuppy laugh that sounded close to hysterics. 

“What is wrong with you?” Zim carefully folded the metal legs away, sitting up onto his knees and inadvertently taking Dib with him. He didn't want to let him go.

“Shit, Zim,” he smiled. “I missed you, fuck…” He shook his head and pulled back to look at the disgruntled alien. “I missed you... A lot.” Zim's eyes narrowed in confusion, like he had somehow fallen into a wrong dimension, like this Dib wasn't quite his Dib. Dib dropped his arms and flopped back into the wet grass with a sigh. “God, I thought I was gonna go insane without you here.”

“You… missed me?” Dib threw an arm over his face, giggling like an idiot, relief washing over him because Zim was here, kneeling beside him, hand still pulled back like he was ready to swing again. Dib didn't mind it, he couldn't bring it in himself to care when the pain stinging his cheek was so familiar. "Well um… of course you missed me. I am Zim." 

Dib actually snorted at the concept lm "Asshole," he mutters again. "You gotta stop leaving like that. I was sure you had died this time."

"Mm, and celebrated no doubt," Zim hummed, dropping his arm and standing to dust himself off of the mud and grass. He fixed his wig, and without thinking, offered a gloved hand to pull Dib up off the ground. By the time he realised what he'd done he had half a mind to yank his hand back, but Dib was already grasping it like a lifeline as he pulled himself off the ground with Zim's steady grip. "Quit blubbering. Your stupid human emotions are getting on me."

(Sorry if they’re not that good ~w~)

Velcro to hold hands and magnets to kiss :3

Ship: ZaDr (Invader Zim & Dib Membranę)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78251346

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52660885/chapters/133203871*

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11558058/chapters/25959573*

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50445676/chapters/127460032*

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37271572*

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20495405

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56672947

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53234404/chapters/134709361

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37204732/chapters/92821609

dib, in order to keep zim healthy and less-prone to catching an earth-borne disease, requests that zim gets a flu shot. zim has literally no idea what this is, so he decides to go with dib to the doctor's office to find out. just before the nurse gives him the shot, he notices that an earth device injecting earthly chemicals into him is going STRAIGHT into his arm, so he freaks the fuck out, trashing the room, and ends up crawling into the roof of the office screaming and crying.

occasionally zim will pretend to be a coat hanger to steal dib's trenchcoat and snuggle up in it. dib hasn't caught onto him yet,,,,,

if zim and dib get into a fight with each other about literally anything, zim will not accept earthly customs such as apologizes or peace offerings.... except for fundip. dib has to store at least 10 huge packs of fundip in a closet locked away so that if zim gets mad at him, he can just throw each and every pack into zims face, and walk out of the door. problem solved

because dib is a xenophiliac and is super into irken customs and languages, he uses zim as a personal duolingo to learn irken. zim has two minutes to find a hiding spot at exactly 6:30 PM before dib comes in and asks if he can get taught more irken. zim is not a good hider, so he always gets caught

once they finally do get together, they still keep up the enemy act at skool so nobody catches onto them. its more fun for them now because the insults are more affectionate instead of genuine

when they're in separate classes, they'll write notes to each other instead of doing their work, that way when they pass the notes in the hallway, they can get caught up on whatever the hell is happening when theres like twenty walls and two hallways between them

dib ends up working at a coffee shop, and makes the grave mistake of telling zim where he works. he regrets this because he thinks zim is going to do something bad, but he walks in there, asks for dib's favorite kind of cakepop, sits in the coffee shop until his lunch break, and then gives him the untouched cakepop. quiet as a fucking mouse doing this. very unusual alien behavior

dib has to hold zim up to look into fish tanks that are exceptionally high in the air when they're visiting the aquarium.

zim has locked dib's dominos account (yes the pizza place) for trying to order "God's Sacred Holy Pizza" that was revealed to him in a dream /ref

dib has convinced zim that actual worms are gummies, and gummy worms are the real, actual worms. this has lead zim to eat 5 actual worms on several different occasions thinking dib was being legitimate

dib has learned to make paper stars just to be an asshole and slip one each day under zim's pillow so when zim complains his pillow is uncomfortable and he needs a new one dib giggles and says "no you dont". once zim finally checks under them dib gets his paper stars back inside a jar filled with mayo that dib has to dig through to get them back. dib does not like mayo. and those paper stars are some of the best hes ever made. and have little ufos on them

dib and zim like playing pokemon (the actual card game lmfao) but zim, mid-round, will start pulling attacks out of his ass to try and win against dib, who beats his ass every time they play

zim bought dib a taxidermied cow in the shape of an orb. he calls it "the corb".