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On A Date

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I do not own Invader Zim okay? Today is number 4 of the drabbles and that challenge is “On a date” so without further adieu, here is the next DATR drabble.




Tak looked down at the pizza and poked it. Dib had the best intentions at heart when he asked her out here and having limited choice on what she could eat on Earth, there was few places to go to that Dib could take her out to where she would not get sick. Bloaty's Pizza Hog seemed to be okay when he saw Zim eat there, so he figured that Tak would be okay as well. And since his dad garnished his allowance after the ninja ghost in the toilet incident, this would have to do.

“What's wrong?” Dib asked.

“Nothing. I am just nervous about this food.” Tak said. “I mean I know I can eat it, we've seen Zim do it a thousand times, it's just it looks weird.”

“I know.” Dib said. He had eaten Bloaty's himself many times, there was just something weird about this order. Maybe a mistake in the kitchen that sending it back would not fix.  The waiter who handed them the pizza looked like he was a barely aware he was in the world and Dib could only assume that the kitchen staff were just as gone and thus the bad pizza. “How about this?” Dib asked trying to be brave, “I take a bite of a slice and if I live, we can enjoy it.”

“How do you know it is not a slow acting poison?” Tak laughed looking at the pizza.

“Well, that would be good for business here,” Dib laughed. “But that takes work the staff here doesn't look like they would be capable of doing.”

“Yeah.... they make Zim look smart.” Tak rolled her eyes.

“And if this does kill me, it might kill Zim so all you have to do is get him to eat a piece of pizza.” Dib laughed.

“As if we'd be so lucky.” Tak sighed.

Dib picked up the piece of pizza and with much trepidation, he put it to his mouth and began to chew on it. It did not taste too bad, well no worse than Bloaty's pizza usually was anyway. If the taste was not bad, then it was not tainted, (no more than normally so) so Dib swallowed it while Tak looked on amazed at his bravery. The bite of pizza hit his stomach and Dib felt no discomfort so he took another bite and swallowed it as well. This one seemed to produce the same results as the first bite so Dib gave a thumbs up to Tak and she picked up her slice as well and bit it. She chewed on it a little and then swallowed This pizza was not too bad. Better than a deep-fried mooshminky at Shloogorth's and certainly better than Vort Dogs but she did eat better things. Waffles on Earth were better than this but the only place that served waffles around had run Dib and Tak off for the way they were dressed. The clerk behind the register had screamed they were dressed like a pair of demonic devil worshipers and she would not risk damming her soul so two punk kids could eat waffles. So that is how they ended up at Bloaty's for their first real date. Dib had wanted to make sure Tak would be okay and Earth food was hit or miss with Irkens.

“This isn't that bad.” Tak said. “For food produced by a faceless corporate venture anyway.”

“Yeah, corporate food isn't great. Wish I had money to take you to a really good pizzeria but my dad takes 75% of my allowance since I destroyed our toilet trying to get rid of a ninja ghost.” Tak laughed at Dib's explanation. “What's so funny!?” Dib said.

“Nothing. Just your dad. He is quite oblivious for a man of his intellect.” Tak said.

“Yeah he sure is.” Dib laughed.

“Still for a first date, this could be worse.” Tak said. “I like this than having crosses and Bibles thrown at your head.”

“Not very romantic.” Dib giggled.

“Not at all romantic.” Tak said as she continued to eat her pizza.

Dib smiled to himself. She was having fun despite how the date started out and the boring corporate venture lacking any soul where they ended up. But Tak seemed happy and that was all he wanted from this date to begin with. So as long as she was happy, he was happy and the questionable pizza in front of them could be eaten with no concern whatsoever. Worse come to worse, they could always try to poison Zim with it.
Day 4 of the 30 days OTP Challenge
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