The New Kid (Invader Zim x Reader)

Zim closed his eyes. He feared what he had gotten himself into. What he had gotten Y/N into. This planet that he'd grown to know and...tolerate more than his very own. The sudden wave of emotions reaching his brain seemed overpowering. "ENOUGH!" He raised his voice, silencing the voices in his head. Y/N blinked, the noise snapping her out of her own worries. "What are we going to do?" Her voice quivered slightly, her hands were shaking, but she was doing her best to stay calm. Zim sighed, and finally looked her in the eyes. "YOU are going home, Y/N." She opened her mouth to speak again but he put a finger up, stopping her before she even started. "You are to go home. And remain there." A long beat of silence passed between the two. Zim's antennae both lowered when he noticed the tears sliding down Y/N's face. He wanted to do something, anything, but was there anything that could reassure her he would protect her? "I, um...I can place a tracker in your cellular phone device. Through the tracker, I will be able to monitor your safety and communicate with you." Silence. "How about...I can construct a shield built to protect your own base from all of this...mess?" More silence. Zim was running out of ideas and Y/N was crying even more now. "Hey, I can, uh...I can send Gir with you! I know how he loves you!"

"Do you?" She finally spoke. Zim froze at the question, his face turning a light shade of blue from the sudden rush of blood. He glanced around frantically, his heart was beating faster than it ever had. Her question frightened him. "Zim?" She said his name this time, stepping just one foot closer to him. He stared at her, his eyes wide with shock. She stared back. Her e/c eyes were glossy and pink from crying. She awaited a response from him quietly, besides one little sniffle. The hum of electronics filled the room as the girl and the alien just stared at each other. Zim was angry at himself for not being able to do or say anything else. Beads of sweat were sliding down his cheeks now. "Zim.." "YES!" He shouted, covering his eyes with his gloved hands almost immediately. She was taken aback by his outburst, and wondered why she wasn't used to them by now. "I do." He said quietly, his antennae were shaking very slightly, a sign of nervousness. "It is that very reason I am asking you.." He looked her in the eyes once more. "That I am BEGGING you...please go home, Y/N."

His voice carried a slight crack throughout it as he spoke. He ran a hand over his eyes quickly to hide any of the tears he so desperately despised. She exhaled, and it sounded like a relieved cry. She had a small smile on her face now. "You really do?" She repeated, and Zim nodded silently, meeting her eyes. "Can you tell me?" She asked, her smile growing as Zim scoffed, crossing his arms. "Do not make me say it, Y/N, you know how it pains me!" She was laughing now, and ran completely to him with her arms open for a hug. He returned it, no hesitation, closing his eyes and resting his head on her shoulder. "I can't let anything happen to you...okay?"

Y/N pulled back at his words and ran her hand down his pale green face. She had fallen in love with an alien. The wrong alien. But she didn't care. He looked back up at her, his magenta eyes sparkling with the leftover tears he missed. "Teach me." She asked, her voice reaching its normal, curious tone. "What?" He questioned her in return, relieved in the slightest that she was herself again, for even just a moment. "We are in this together. So teach me." He chuckled only a little, shrugging. "What can I teach you? You have been teaching me the entire time." Y/N put her hand on the touchscreen pad of his weapons computer, tapping on one of the default designs. "Teach me to fight."

He was taken aback by her request, but amazed at her bravery. He had fallen in love with a human. The wrong human. But he didn't care. It was only a moment or so that he hesitated, putting his hand over hers to slide it to a bigger, much scarier and evil looking weapon. "What is that?" Y/N asked, looking to her right as Zim began furiously typing into his notes of that particular weapon. "I never named it." He admitted with a half smile. "Diabolical Laser Gun Thingy sounds fine." He saved the file, and opened a new tab on a different computer. It looked like a galaxy map and tracker. "According to this map, the Tallest will be arriving here in 10 days. Irk is quite far from this 'Milk' galaxy." "Milky Way." Y/N corrected as she looked around the large base. "I think we should be good on weapons, huh?" Zim raised an eyebrow as if to question her belief in his abilities. She rolled her eyes in response and took the spot next to him once more. "It's not just gonna be us 2, is it?" She asked, trying not to sound worried. Zim paused to think for a moment, and sighed with a slight look of disgust. "I may have to call in a favor from a certain somebody."

A/N: :O WHAAAAAAA I really like this chapter I hope y'all do too