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Seeing Red	By : Florville Category: +G through L > Invader Zim > Slash - Male/Male Views: 8032 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Invader Zim, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Chapter 10: Soft Confessions

***This chapter is dedicated to milo1047, an awesome DA artist and also a new reviewy-peep! Go look at milo1047’s shtuff on DA!! WHOO!!

Finding that Red wasn’t in his room, Purple put on his casual robes and searched for him. Finally hovering out onto the Control Deck, he saw Red sitting at the helm, reading through some documents.

Red jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder, and he blinked up at Purple, his features strained with exhaustion. “Pur? What are you doing up this late?”

Purple quirked an antenna. “I was gonna ask you the same thing.”

Blushing a little, Red looked down at the pile of documents and his half-eaten bag of chips. “I have work I need to catch up on.” Red sighed, rubbing his eyes and then looking up at Purple again. “I couldn’t really sleep anyway.”

“How come?”

Red’s antennae drooped a little and he looked away. “Just…I dunno. Worried, I guess.”

“About me?”

Red nodded.

Purple felt a little flutter in his squeedlyspooch. “Why?”

“Huh?” Red lifted his head drowsily and looked up at his co-Tallest again.

“Why are you worried about me?”

Red opened his mouth, then closed it, trying to think of something to say, realizing that lying to Pur was no longer an option, and it wouldn’t be an option ever again. He looked down at the documents, fiddling with them awkwardly. “Because…of what happened.” Meeting Purple’s eyes hesitantly, Red sighed. His antennae lowered as he looked away again, straightening the fold in his scarlet robe.

Purple looked around at the Technicians and Communications Officers who were working the late shift, manning the controls, then looked down at his co-Tallest again. Leaning forward, he took one of Red’s gauntleted arms, tugging him gently to his feet. “Let’s go somewhere else, Red.”

Nodding absently, Red followed along, puzzled by Purple’s behaviour but not questioning it. He was too tired to think about such things. In truth, he hadn’t had a good night’s sleep since Purple had been raped.

Pur stopped in front of Red’s door, waiting for his co-Tallest to open it and then following him in. Purple sat on the edge of the bed, watching as Red removed his hover belt and armour and flopped down onto the couch with an explosive sigh.

“So why are you so worried about me, Red?”

Red groaned softly, covering his eyes. “Pur…I…” He clenched his teeth, then lowered his hand and looked over at Purple wearily. “You’ve been hurt, and that bothers me.”

Purple looked down at the floor, his sore antennae drooping slightly. “I’ll get over it.”

A dark frown crept across Red’s face and he rose, walking over to the bed and kneeling in front of Purple so that he could look into his eyes. “That’s not the point. It should never have happened. And it wouldn’t have happened if I’d been there to protect you.” Red sighed heavily and looked away. “Like I was supposed to be.” Meeting Purple’s eyes again, his expression turned serious. “But mark my words, Purple, that rotten little dirt-crab is going to regret what he did, and he’s going to regret it until the day of his execution, if I don’t kill him before then.”

A shy smile flitted across Purple’s face and he blushed a little. “I know.”

Red blinked at him in surprise, his antennae quirking in puzzlement. “Why are you smiling?”

Purple blushed a little more, then looked at Red questioningly. “Why do you feel so responsible for me? I’m not a smeet.”

“I know.” Red shrugged. “It’s just that…well…we’ve been Tallests together for so long…” he sighed, rubbing the back of his neck as he felt his cheeks heating up a little. “I don’t want to lose you.”

“The Empire won’t fall apart if I’m gone.” Pur sighed softly.

Red gazed up at him. “It would for me.” He could already feel his heart racing. Was Purple going to believe him? “I don’t ever want to lose you.”

Purple held his breath for a long moment, then let it out slowly. “What are you trying to say, Red?”

His antennae quivering nervously and his palms sweating, Red swallowed hard. “I care about you, Pur.” He blushed deeply and looked down at his hands, his antennae lowered.

Pur chuckled, deciding to play a little. Hey, Red deserved it for being a jerk! “Well, duh. You and I have been friends since we were smeets, Red. Of course you care about me.” Turning around and stretching out on Red’s bed, he pretended to be completely oblivious. “I’m proud of myself for getting so many of those inventory forms done…”

Red opened his mouth, then closed it, torn between nodding and stopping Purple’s change of subject to tell him how he really felt. After a minute or so, he remembered that not telling Pur how he felt was exactly what got him into all of this mess to begin with. He cleared his throat.

“Pur…there’s something…I wanted to tell you.” Red could feel his cheeks burning. He knew this was going to be difficult, but he hadn’t counted on it being this difficult. His hands were shaking, for crying out loud! He’d never been so nervous in his entire life…

Acting as if he hadn’t heard, Purple reached back and pulled a small bag of chips out of his pak, munching on them loudly. He turned his head, blinking at Red for a moment. “Sorry, what?” he spoke around a mouthful of chips, crunching noisily.

“I…” Red cringed, feeling the weight of exhaustion starting to pull him down as he yawned unintentionally.

Seeing that Red was starting to fight off sleep with less and less success, Purple decided to cease his playing and he set the bag of chips aside, sitting up and letting his long, slender legs hang over the edge of Red’s bed. “Come on up and sit here, Red.” He patted the spot next to him on the bed.

Too tired to argue, Red got up and climbed onto the bed, sitting down next to Purple and looking at him seriously. “Pur, I have to tell you something.”

Purple held his breath for a long moment, his heart beating faster as he let it out slowly, his antennae trembling. “Sure, Red. What’s up?”

Red was silent for almost a minute before the words would finally come out.

“I love you.”

Purple swore he felt his heart stop for a few seconds. When he spoke, his voice was soft. “You do?”

Red nodded, the anxiety inside of him managing to keep exhaustion in check. “Very much. And I should have told you a long time ago…” He looked down at the bedspread, rubbing his fingers along the fabric. “And maybe you would never have gone near…that…Meero…”

Purple sighed, his sore antennae relaxing slightly. “You stopped him from doing a lot more, Red…” he shifted closer to his co-Tallest on the bed. “He said he was gonna kill me.”

Red’s head jerked up, his eyes widening. “He what?!?”

Pur nodded. “He was gonna kill me when he was done. You saved me.”

Red was silent for a long time, then slipped his arms around Purple’s waist, pulling him close. “Never again, Pur.”

Purple smiled, sighing softly. “Thank you.” He could feel Red’s weight against him increase slightly, and he sat up, smiling when he saw that his co-Tallest had almost fallen asleep against him. “Go to sleep, Red.”

Nodding drowsily, Red got up and removed his robes, changing into a pair of sleep pants and climbing under the covers as Purple held the blankets up for him. To his surprise, Purple joined him under the blankets, slipping an arm around his waist.

“Red?”

“Yeah?” The scarlet Tallest was unable to keep his eyes open now, sleep beginning to pull him down into its dark embrace.

“I love you too.”

Smiling, Red pulled Purple close and pressed a kiss against the top of his head, drifting off into the most relaxed and peaceful sleep he’d ever had.

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To Kharn: *waves smelling salts*
To Krimzon: LOL Anything you want me to spread the word about, luv, you just tell me. It’s the very least I can do. *LURVE*
To BurningSilence: I think it surprised him, really, but he was already beginning to suspect…and yes, I think Pur was a little bit scared, too.
To XxSilentNightRainxX: thank you! And thanks for the feedback and review, I appreciate it very much. I’m glad you’re enjoying my fic.
To Haywire_Hakaze (the Reviewer Formerly Known as VTSFY): If the link’s not working, you may need to join up with Y! groups. There might be another way, but that’s the only one I know of right now. Best to ask Krimzon. And thank you so much for the wonderful feedback…and it’s true, you really can’t beat the Tallests. There’s just so much…chemistry there.
To GothycCoalChambr: Oh, TRUST ME, life certainly does get in the way sometimes. I totally understand. It’s just wonderful to have you back. *lurve* And thanks for reviewing, your feedback is wonderful and it makes me happy.
To littleshipper: A y! account is a handy thing to have anyways…And I don’t know why everyone keeps saying Pur is stupid…they just don’t know him well enough yet, I think…
To milo1047: Hey, I know you from the DA crowd! Welcome to the reviewy-peeps crowd, I’m so happy to have your input on my story! *dances* Much lurve for you, my friend, I’m happy to see your name on here.
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