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Knocking on the door, you wait patiently as you wait for Zim to answer the door. Getting all giddy about the whole thing, you hide your PAK with the sweater you brought.
"Hello Y/N -" Zim opens the door and stops talking when he sees you. "Y-You look really good h-human." He starts blushing at seeing the dress on you. You just smile.
"May I come in?" He nods and you follow him into the living room. "Wow, this is the first time I have been inside your house!" You look around. It definitely looks weird. The couch is oversized, a toilet is in the kitchen? ok.
"Yes, Zim doesn't typically let HUMANS in his base." He grabs your hand lightly. "But Zim thinks you are an exception."
"Awe Zim, you are so cute!" You squeeze his hand lightly. "So, where are you planning on taking me tonight?" You are so curious the what he is planning.
"Ah! Yes, Zim actually has special plans for you. COMPUTER!!" He yells at the end.
"WHATTTT?" His computer doesn't seem that happy to respond to his master.
"Take Y/N and I to the Attic." You look to him. Why the attic? Is he planning on kidnapping me? Out of nowhere you feel the floor under you raise.
"Your computer system is quite similar to mine. Also, why are we going to the attic?" He just smiles and points upwards.
" BECAUSE! The Voot Cruiser is there!" You are confused.
"Whats a Voot Cruiser?" As you ask him to clarify you arrive to Zim's attic. YOU SEE A SPACESHIP!
"Oh My God! You have a space ship?!" You almost yell out.
"Of Course! That is Zim's Amazing Voot Carrier!" He smiles and motions you to get closer. "Zim plans on showing you around space!" He is getting excited. He has never travelled with another living creature before. Especially with someone he likes. The closest thing is GIR, but he isn't alive and causes Zim some serious head trauma. He looks to you and sees that you are clearly freaking out.
"Actually?!?! We are going to outer space? I've never been able to freely travel before! I'm so excited!" You smile towards him. He walks over to the cruiser and opens the large window. Getting in he turns it on and starts warming it up.
"Come on Y/N. Let Zim expand your tiny pathetic human brain!" He holds his hand out. Grabbing it with no hesitation he helps you get in. Sitting down next to him you see Irken symbols everywhere. You can't read a single thing.
"Are you going to take off your disguise?" You look to him.
"Only if you want Zim too." He waits for your answer.
"Well I love seeing you without your disguise, but whatever you are comfortable with." He smiles to himself and you see his PAK open up. He takes off his wig and contacts and stuff it in his PAK.
You lean over to him and kiss his cheek. His face gets red/purple. "Would you ever teach me Irken? I would love to talk and write in your language." It's true. You would love to hear him speak his native tongue, and speaking it yourself has always been a goal.
"Zim wouldn't mind teaching you Irken. It isn't too difficult. The language is more written. Irken is actually close to English but far more superior." He clicks some buttons. "Get ready! I'm going to take us out of the atmosphere!" You focus on what he is pressing and trying to learn what he is doing. Then, almost out of the blue the ceiling opens and out you two go. The sudden movement scared you and you grab his arm rather tightly. Zim looks over to you and smiles. Looking back at the controls he moves the ship out of the atmosphere. He turns the ship around to show you a clear view of Earth.
Your eyes are glowing, your body is frozen in shock of the reality in front of you, and a huge smile is on your face.
"Zim...That's..." You are almost at a lost for words at the beauty in front of you.
"Yes, that's Urth. Your home planet." He states with his know-it-all voice.
"Everything I have ever done has been on that Planet..." You trail off. Still holding a huge smile on your face Zim just looks at you. "This is where I met you..." You tear your eyes away from the view to look at Zim. You need to tell him. "Zim.....I..."You are so nervous. How will he react? will he think I am a freak of nature? Will he think I'm a failure of an Irken? "I Need to tell you something..."
"What is it?" His stare intensifies. You start sweating buckets.
"I have been trying to tell you for a while now, but I wasn't sure when would be a good time..." Sighing you shift your body to have your back in view. You slowly take off the sweater revealing your own PAK attached to your body. His eyes widen seeing the PAK on your back. Before he could comment you speak up. "My mother was Human but my father...." You couldn't say it. You were shaking.
"Your father was Irken?" Zim spoke in more of a question rather than a statement. You only nod in disgust.
"Y/N is half Irken? Who was your father? I don't have any information on any IRKENS COMING TO URTH!" He is super confused and you can clearly tell.
You close your eyes and exhale. "Zim, yes my father is Irken. I have never met him other than video calls through a monitor. From what I know he came here by accident when he was trying to figure himself out. While he was here, he met my mother and they fell in love. Out I came and my mother raised me while my father had to leave to fulfil his duties. Sadly, I don't have a good history with my Irken heritage." You explain too Zim. He is just silent listening to everything. "Chi, my cat is actually a Robot my father made to keep my mother safe. As you know, human lifespans are only around 80 years. She passed a while back but my father is still alive. From my understanding 1 Irk year is around 10 human years?" You look to him to verify. He nods. "I am around 16 Irk years in age, and not once have I met another Irken. Until Now." You grab his hand. He doesn't pull away, rather he grips it harder. "I truly have very little idea on what Irkens do, say, look, feel. My own body is a mystery sometimes. All I know is I am rather smart for a human, and all Irkens have Mr.PAK!" You point to your back and smile. "I hope i didn't upset you. I know Irkens creating natural children is almost unheard of, almost taboo. I hope you don't see me as a freak... Like everyone else does." You let go of him and hug your knees.
Zim looks to be deep in thought and just looks to Urth. Trying to hold back tears, you hug yourself more. Until you feel Zim push your knees out of the way and tackle hugs you. Nuzzling your neck, you hear him speak up.
"Im so happy your half Irken! I knew Zim couldn't fall in love with a Filthy Pig Smelly!" His death hug game was real. "So your father is Irken? You seem to have the best qualities of being an Irken!" He softens his grip slightly and looks at your beat red face.
"I wouldn't say I have the BEST qualities..." You blush even more at this whole confession.
"Yes you do! I see you have our skin! It kills lots of bacteria and the colour is Divine! You have the Irken tongue! You can enjoy the best food in the universe! Well with Zim of course!" He starts complimenting you.
"Yea but I don't have your adorable Antennae!" You reach out to touch one of his Antennae. His eyes go wide and he grabs your hand!
"Don't! They are erm....sensitive." His face is slightly red saying the last part.
"Oh they are? Would it hurt to touch them? I am really curious!" You silently hope he would let you touch them.
"The only time they should be touched by another is during....erm...." He looks aways and says under his breath. "During the mating process..." You almost choke on your breath. Quickly bringing your hand back to your chest you silently freak out. During the mating process? What do they do!? I almost touched them! Has anyone ever touched his? I have to ask!
"Has anyone ever touched your Antennae Zim?" Your chest feels tight at the thought.
"No, no one has ever touched them. Besides GIR, but he is a robot and I don't feel it most of the time." He simply clarifies.
"Well I hope i'll be the first one..." You smile with rose-y cheeks. Zim's face darkens at the thought.
"My father has the same eye colour as you. He told me there is a wide variety of eye colours. Almost like humans. As you can see, my eyes are a mix of humans and Irkens." Pointing to your red eyes. Your eye colour was red but the structure of a human eye.
Zim nods. "Red and purple are the most common eye colour for Irkens." You smile and nod.
"I have the same amount of fingers and toes as you! I bet you already noticed this though. It was actually something I noticed about you right away. My hand fits perfectly into yours..." You hold out your hand. He moves his hand to hold yours once again. His other hand points to your PAK.
"Why has Zim never seen you wear your PAK before?"
"Mr.PAK? Oh we don't always get along. Every now and again he doesn't listen to me and glitches out. I have a feeling I just don't know how to work him all that well..." You sadden at the thought of the PAK going haywire.
"Does Y/N Need to wear her PAK all the time?" You look at him confused.
"No why, do you?" He nods.
"Yes or Zim would die." You start freaking out at the thought.
"WHAT?! REALLY!" He nods again.
"Irkens can only live 10 minutes without their PAK. They would expire without it."
"Why?" You tighten your grip. You don't want to even think about the Irken in front of you dying.
"It is the most important part of an Irken. Our memories, brain, all of our coding is in our PAK's. It's what makes ZIM, ZIM!" You look at his PAK. You point.
"So that's you? But my PAK isn't me...is it?" You are rather confused.
"Yes, I am ZIM! But yours, I could scan it when we get back to the base. My guess is it acts rather as a backup brain. You should wear your PAK more. I can show you how to use it better if you would like." He crosses his arm, nodding. You smile and go in for a hug.
"I would appreciate it Zim! Mr.PAK used to cause me so much trouble! Especially as a child!" He just smiles and hugs back. "Oh, by the way, I told you how old I was. I'm rather curious. How old are you?" I wonder if Irkens can age, he looks like he is the same age as me.
"I am almost 17 Irk Years." He responds rather confidently.
"That's pretty close to me right? I'm so glad!" You nuzzle him lightly. "Hold old do Irkens live? Do we age at all?" He nods.
"Typically Irkens can live up to 80-100 Irk Years. We age close to humans. Get all wrinkly and loss of senses..." He tries his hardest to remember any Old Irkens he has seen. You kiss his cheek and get all giddy.
"I hope we grow together!" You tighten your grip around his arm and cuddle up to him. His face explodes into deep red and purple shades. No one has ever said anything even remotely close to that towards Zim.
"Y-Y/N...I will give you the honour of growing old with Zim!" His heart swells at the thought. Growing old with another... And someone that can make Zim feel and act the way you do...
You two just watch the earth move for a while. Until Zim speaks up.
"Would you like to go somewhere? Zim knows a good place..." You move your head to look at him. You nod and start getting excited again.
"Sure! I trust you!" You smile. You watch him drive the Voot Cruiser around.
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"Here put this on over your clothes." He hands you a space suit. Nodding, you put the suit on and see he is doing the same. He grabs your hand and the Voot Cruiser opens. He leads you out to space.
"Woah, these are really tiny planets!" You say in awe.
"Yea, this is where I go whenever I need my Zim-Time." He looks at the small planets and continue to talk. " I like coming here to be alone or think about what it all means." He smiles to himself. "Zim also has been thinking about you a lot here recently." Your eyes are glowing again.
"This is beautiful. I can't believe there are planets here that are that small. Thank you for bringing me here." He nods.
"We can just float around here for a bit if you'd like." You nod dramatically.
"Yes Please!"
About 30 minutes pass. You and Zim made small talk and play around in the Tiny Galaxy. Zim grabs your hand and helps you get back to the Voot Cruiser.
"Where to next Zimmy?" The feeling is starting to set in. We could go ANYWHERE.
"Oh! Zim Knows! Hold on Y/N!" He yells and starts driving off.
After a while you see a massive planet that looks to be hosting a lot of people.
"Welcome to Foodcourtia Y/N. Zim needs to be careful here since I'm supposed to be banished here." You raise your eyebrows.
"You are banished?"
"Erm. Yes. I kind of blew up every invader during Operation Impending Doom I" He rubs the back of his head. You roll your eyes and offer a sweet kiss.
"Only you...Only you." You laugh to yourself. "I can't wait to see a whole bunch of aliens! Will we see other Irkens?" You start getting excited.
"Maybe." He lands his ship. "Come on let's go, I'll get us some food." You smile and nod. You follow him out of the ship and look around. Food places are everywhere. Not to mention all the other types of species.
"So Cool..." You say under your breath. You feel Zim grab your hand and you get pulled towards a building.
"This place has the best Vort dogs. You will have to share some with Zim!" He looks so happy. Like Genuinely happy.
"Vort? Like the planet?" You look at him. He nods.
"Yes. Why? Do you know that planet?"
"Yes! My couch is from there! Aren't they the most comfortable couches in the universe?" You and him find a seat inside and sit down.
"Your couch is from Planet Vort? That would make sense! Zim noticed how comfy it was!" You smile.
"We should nap together on it sometime!" Sleeping with Zim sounds so nice right now...
"Zim wouldn't mind sleeping with you again. Give me a minute, I will get us food." You smile and shake your head in approval.
While waiting for Zim you decide to look around. Wow, everyone looks so different. This is definitely a culture shock. Zim sees this all the time and here I am, completely new to even the thought!
"I got a few things to try. Zim hopes you like it better than that Filth you usually eat!" He sets the food down. You look at it and smile.
"Everything seems to look yummy!" You and him grab the utensils.
Eating away at our food, you and Zim talked together a bit more. He was telling you stories of adventures he has been on as an Invader and some funny stories of previous battles him and Dib have had.
"You have had such an amazing life already Zim! I sound so boring compared to you!" You smile at him while eating another Vort dog.
"Yes, Zim is truly amazing! It will be truly even more amazing once Y/N is by Zim's side!" He throws his fists up in the air and laughs.
Heavily blushing at the comment, you decide to take your phone out. You get up and go sit next to him.
"Lets take a photo yeah? I want to cherish this memory for a long time." He looks up to the camera and you turn it on selfie mode. Smiling with Zim, you click and take the photo. "There! Thanks!" You kiss his cheek and get up to sit back in your original spot. "Would you like to go home once we are done? We could always cuddle and sleep together?" Zim looks to be a bit nervous but agrees.
You two finish up eating and you head back to the ship. About 15 minutes pass and you finally get back. Stepping inside you look to Zim. He is sweating.
"Everything good Zimmy?" You lay your hand on his. He flinches from being surprised.
"Oh Zim? Yes Zim is FINE!!" He is sweating buckets. What is he thinking?
About 10 minutes go by and he stops driving. We are in the middle of nowhere. Well no where you would know. Not a single planet in sight.
"Y/N..." You hear Zim say nervously.
You tilt your head. "Yes Zim?"
"Has Zim made it up to you...?" He looks so nervous right now. As if I could ruin his night so easily.
You smile and lean into a kiss. "Yes you have." Zim's Antennae shoot up and he tackles you. He smiles and kisses you on the mouth. After a few seconds he pulls away and kisses your neck in small but quick kisses.
"Of Course I have! No one can resist Irken Persuasion!" He offers a cocky grin. "Zim also wants to know though..." He trails off deep in thought again, his grin faulting slightly. He kisses your neck a few more times before fully retreating back away from you.
"What would you like to know?" You innocently look at him. He hesitantly grabs your hands.
"Zim wants....I want to be your boyfriend." He almost squeals out. You hear his plea and your face heats up.
"You want to be my boyfriend....?" You repeat his question.
"Yes" was all he said. His response was confidence mixed with a hint of Fear. He was trying to keep a face up, but he was starting to slip. He knew all about what the title meant. As soon as Dib mentioned it, he started looking into it and couldn't help but crave the idea of being Y/N's boyfriend. He wanted to be able to claim her as his, to be able to trust and conquer Earth with her. If that meant taking on a Filthy Human custom, then so be it. As long as it means Zim was able to be by Y/N's side.
Thinking to yourself you have a small internal struggle. Just kidding no you don't. We all know you have a huge crush on this man and Chi would kill you if you said no. Especially with everything he has been trying to do, you couldn't say no.
"Ok Zim. I will let you be my boyfriend." You smile and kiss him. He kissed you back and holds the biggest smile you have ever seen on this kid.
"Oh Thank you Y/N! You will certainly not regret letting the mighty Zim be your boyfriend!" He wraps his arms around you and hold you in a firm embrace.
You sit together for a few minutes before Zim lets go to continue driving.
"Does this mean I get Zim-Love?" You break the silence.
"Of Course! The best most amazing affection anyone could ever ask for!" He huffs and throws one fist in the air.
"Yes! I can't wait to feel the love!" You just cuddle into his side. He just looks at you while he drives home.