But like. She has this weird sense that she gets attatched to people easily.
She's oddly nice to you, something that is a rare occasion when she's not trying to extract information or anything.
Will not and would probably not bomb you.
If you reciprocate her kindness, she's going to think about that forever, I mean - she has been outcasted by the Irkens to Dirt for how long now? No kindness, she's definitely so touch starved.
Hand-holding is a must. If you two have started dating, she's absolutely adamant about flaunting you around.
Not clingy, very independent but enjoys having your time. Being around you is calming, to say the least.
Summary: Tak is convinced Y/n is dead. The love his life was killed saving him from an impulsive mistake he made. Between the blame, the drinks, and depression everything was bleak and pointless. Until he arrives a Bancroft party to find what he knew was nothing at all. What really happened?
Requested by: @ravenclawsstolemybunies
A pulse flows through the air in a gushing wave. Tak felt his whole body fall to the gorund and go completely numb as well the rest of the swarming mob of people.
Stack Shocker... FUCK
He looked for Y/n in the now fallen crowd of battered and bruised people. She had been thrown by the blast in the middle of the road. Blood pooled around her body pushed around by the freezing rain.
Tak fights through using every ounce of strength to get himself to her lifeless body, the blurring his vision and making his body numb.
Her heart beat was slow. The noise and chaos that erupted around them disappeared into a static and blurry cloud. His mind went fuzzy with adrenaline and ears ringing from all of the hits to his head.
....Analyzing Stack.... No signs of activity. Lifeless
Too much... too many... guns... police....Leave....Leave her...now. Go!
~Present Day~
Tak sat in the outside garden at Suntouch waiting on Bancroft to finish whatever the fuck rich people do in their spare time. It was nice and all but he saw past the pretty flowers and statues. He saw everything scum like these people stood for. But, he needed the money if he was going to ever get out of this shit hole.
“Mr. Kovacs! You’re early.” Bancroft made his way through garden alongside his wife, who just seemed to be very interested in Tak anytime he was around.
“I need to speak with your associates or friends. See if they have any grudges against you or your family. I need you to get them all into one place without raising suspicion. Can you do that within the next few days?”
“Of course Mr. Kovacs whatever you need to get this done. I assume you have a plan? Do you plan on someone confessing to you or do you have someone in mind? I will tell you they are snakes with their own secrets and scandals. Turning over these stones will likely cause some fuss. More than the one you’re causing already my friend...”
"It does work in our favor though. Many people seem more interested in attending now that you are honored guest." Bancroft's wife said eyeing him a little too hard for her husband being a foot away.
“If you can get it done leave the rest to me.” Tak waiting for no contest left as quickly as he came. He couldn’t stand to be there, let alone work for them to save his life. Besides, he needed a cigarette and a drink to prepare for whatever the fuck he was about to step into.
When Tak arrived at the Raven Hotel, Poe was quick to spark conversation that he was just not in the mood for. Something about news or the maybe the weather? He didn’t know and he really didn’t care honestly. The headaches were getting worse not to mention the weird hallucinations. Maybe it was the drugs he took yesterday... What was it? LSD maybe?
“Master Kovacs I also think it’s imperative that you...”
“Poe. Seriously? Shut the fuck up my head hurts and I really don’t have time for your questions or whaatever other shit you have to bother me with.”
“Are the headaches getting progressively worse now?” Poe asked worriedly. He knew the cause, but hardly knew what to do anymore, Nothing seemed to remedy these episodes.
“You’re not helping it either.” Tak took a long awaited drag of a cigarette out his pocket and tilted his back. He closed his eyes and let the smoke curl out of his mouth as he felt the flood gates in his mind give way. He could see Y/n's face appear out of the mist of darkness. The dark splattered blood on her face and the way her eyes looked so dead. He felt the same pain swallow his chest as before. The same one that tears through his skin and coils around his heart.
“Master Kovacs are you still with us?” Poe asked observing him closely.
Waking from his trance, Tak gave Poe one last glare before he finally took the hint and fazed somewhere else. Closing his eyes again, he resumed his dream. This time, though, was different.
He could still see her face, but there was no blood. She was smiling even. It seemed so real and she looked so lively. She was speaking incherently almost in a whisper, but he couldn't understand a single word. Tak reached for her but no matter how close he got, she would just grow farther and farther away. At one point he even began to chase her, but taking a final leap to catch her woke him from his dream. Why was this one different? What could it mean?
Getting up from his chair Tak felt his head spin in a whirlwind of thought. There was no way she could be alive. None. From what he can remember Y/n’s stack and sleeve were destroyed. Anyone that found her remains would have never let her live and surely destroyed her stack. Everything now is fuzzy but hes sure. What Tak remembered had to be true.
It just had to be... right?
Now Tak was questioning everything he remembered about what happened. The headaches were becoming worse and even came down with a fever from all the strain on his body and mind.
Poe appeared next to Tak who was lying in bed dripping in sweat. “Do you need anything? I can make myself rather useful in a variety of areas. Cooking, cleaning, or just simply an ear for someone to talk to.” Poe said avoiding eye contact.
“Fine.” Giving in, Tak talked about Y/n. he talked about her smile, her strength, courage, and of course how beautiful she was inside and out. Poe listened intently smiling at how much Tak was gushing about this mystery woman. But when Tak explained how he thought she died and how the details aren’t adding up, it sounded familiar. She died before Poe could meet her, which he disappointed to hear, but he was more saddened by the fact that Y/n’s death was still killing him.
“She sounds wonderful. You two seemed very compatible.”
“She was wonderful... Everything that I thought I knew and thought was solid proof is falling through my hands. I can’t think straight I can’t sleep... A part of me still thinks she’s alive but it can’t be true. Y/n would have found me by now she would be looking for me or let me know what was happening but...”
“Mr. Kovacs if she were alive.” Poe interrupted, “Y/n would very slim of an opportunity to meet you. We don’t know the circumstances she is in or even her whereabouts if Y/n were to actually be alive. Perhaps it is better to take what you have left of Y/n and hold onto it. If she is alive, it is completely out of your hands.”
Tak walked away from Poe trying not to agree with what he was saying. He took a moment to stand on the balcony, letting the cigarette slowly burn away. He looked at the lively and bright city before him, his heart slowly but surely breaking. Rain soon engulfed the city like a flame, completely soaking his clothes, and camouflaging his tears.
~Flashback~
“You know Taki, although I do hate being in the city, it always looks so beautiful at night. The lights, the noise. It’s all so... surreal.” Y/n spoke looking out onto the cityscape from their room.
Aside from the pollution and screaming and yelling, the lights mixing with the thundering rain painted a beautiful picture. The way the colors mixed in water drops and the way skies lit up with lightning had Y/n in awe.
“I hate it no matter what it looks like. It’s nothing but criminals, sex, and secrets and everyone else having to deal with it” Tak said snaking his arms around her and holding her close placing small kisses on her neck.
“Sex sounds pretty good right about now...” Y/n gave smiled giving Tak a kiss.
Tak took in her all of her features and the way the wind combed through her hair perfectly and her eyes were just endless. It was her original body, but she was more than just looks. He loved every part of her no matter what body she was wearing, and being with her made him the happiest man in the world.
“God you're beautiful.” he said pulling her slose as possible
“You’re not too bad yourself, Taki.”
“Ugh. Stop calling me that. It sounds awful.”
“Make me.”
~Present~
At Bancroft’s Party, Tak was observing all of his friends and how they interacted with each other, especially Bancroft himself. He didn’t see anyone suspicious, actually all of them seemed like it, but there were several people that stood out. For all the wrong reasons anyway. Aside from the frilly dresses to eight pounds of makeup to some people just completely naked, all seemed normal.
Tak continued to down a few more shots when the mood of the room seemed to calm. People began to buzz amongst themselves and cluster together when this woman appeared. She was pretty, everyone at the party was supposed to be. Yet, she had something they didn’t, it was a certain way she looked down at even the highest of the high of people that caught his attention as well as everyone else's.
She didn’t mingle with the other guests, in fact, she made her way straight to the bar paying no attention to anyone or anything but the drink she would take in her hand. The burning liquor seemed to relieve the now noticeable anxious expression on her face.
“Not a fan of parties I take it?” Tak asked watching this woman down two more shots of really strong liquor with ease.
The sound of Tak’s voice caused her to slowly turn her head towards him. Her expression was unreadable, and she was trying to find the words to say but couldn’t. After a moment she steadied herself and spoke.
“Not a fan of these assholes that's for sure. I have never been to a party like this in a while, and never without a certain special someone. Now that I am here I think I can manage these clowns all night. And by the looks of it, you don’t seem to be enjoying yourself either mister.” She took a moment to take him in, she noticing he was fighting his own battle in this miserable place.
“Same situation you’re in I guess. Having to deal with their shit is a real fucking pain in the ass. You know these people?”
“I know of them, but they’re not why I’m here. I was looking for that special someone, it was rumored that they would be here tonight. Huge guest of honor I hear. I pulled all the strings I had in my back pocket to get into this party.”
“Over a rumor? Everyone likes an optimist I guess. I hope they’re worth it.” Tak downed one last drink before he tried to leave but her words stopped him.
"At least I think you are."
Tak paused for a moment. At first he was confused, he didn’t know this woman. But the more he thought about it, the more it actually didn’t make sense.
"Who the fuck are you?" He said more than aggitated thinking she was there to kill him or start something he had to finish.
“Taki, you still haven’t figured it out? So much for that envoy intuition.”
Taki?
“Y/N? It can't be. That's impossible your stack was...”
“It was ok. It was damaged only slightly but I needed a new sleeve for sure. This sleeve took a while to make and I had severe sleeve sickness afterwards. I was desperate to find you Taki. There is so much buzz around you now it was hard to get to you. I am so sorry I couldn’t get to you sooner... Maybe I could’ve helped you with all of this I...”
Tak swooped Y/n into an embraced and kissed her. Even holding her was long overdue. He felt the grip on his mind release and felt his heart throb out his chest. Y/n melted in his arms and felt all tension leave her body. Between the tears and the I love yous, the time they spent apart was slowly erased.
Completely not caring about Bancroft and his death anymore Tak and Y/n navigated through the crowd and out the back door. Bancroft would have his head on a pike later but he didn't care.
Using the elevator they did their best to avoid cameras and other party goers who could point them out or stop them.
Tak waved down a cab and let Y/n slide in first. After taking a moment to breathe after practically running out of the place they both started laughing hysterically. He missed that laugh. Despite the new sleeve it sounded the same.
They began exchanging stories of their time apart, and Tak realized he had forgotten how badass Y/n can be. Her stories seemed more eventful and dramatic than he thought possible. It made Bancroft's death and party and cheap soiree.
When Tak took a turn spoke about how her 'death' affected him, Y/n's heart sank at every word. His whole demeanor changed and did her hardest to hold back the waterfall of tears in her eyes. All she wanted to was cradle him in her arms forever. He already had lost Quell, he shouldn't of had to lose her too.
They let the heaviness in the air between them fill the silence. There would be longer be a need for pain anymore. It was over.
The car soon came to a halt in front of the hotel and Tak had to brace Y/n for the storm that was Poe. In all honesty she couldn't wait to meet Tak's only friend through everything.
After an hour long interview with Poe, Y/n headed upstairs to Tak's room. He stayed behind to grab something to eat off of Poe to bring up.
The amount of bottles on the floor made her feel guilty. She knew he was alive and what happened but he didn't know about her. Even when he thought she was dead he looked for her and found nothing. There were times she questioned going back to him at all. Not because she didn't love him, because she thought he was better off. She thought wrong.
Hearing the elevator make it's way up she quickly got out her clothes and into one of his shirts on the floor. She laid on the bed trying not fall asleep on the extremely comfy mattress.
Tak stepped out of the elevator with drinks and something fancy on a plate but seeing Y/n he didn't think the food would even be touched. He just set it on the floor, took off his clothes, and slid into bed beside her.
She slid in closer to him and laid her head on his chest. His body felt so warm despite being out in the cold. Y/n didn't have a care in the world. Being in his arms was the only world she wanted any part of.
Tak took a deep breath and closed his eyes for just a moment and for once didn't feel any pain or guilt. At long last it was just silence and darkeness. He began to stroke her back just make sure she hadn't disappeared. Laying there in silence, just being in each other's presence after so long and given how exhausted they were from the last few hours was more than enough.
"I love you Taki. More than anything."
"I love you too Y/n/n."
"Ew don't call me that." Y/n giggled. "Never use it again."
"Make me."
There something Tak wanted to do before they closed in for the night. Something that took a moment for him to gather the nerve for. Despite the anxiety he was feeling, he had to make sure he wouldn't lose her again.
I kept these sfw since you didnt specify if you wanted any nsfw, hope thats okay!
Tak
Tak is very open about your relationship and sometimes very loud and public with her affections. If your relationship upsets the humans even better, and if they get a bit too upset she can just erase their memory of you two.
She gives you a lot of gifts but at first they’re going to be a bit weird because she’ll be giving you whatever she thinks a human would want, it doesn’t take her long to pick up on what you like though, and her gift giving will greatly improve.
If Tak’s ever worried about you and can’t be there with you, she’ll have MiMi tag along wherever you’re going, as long as it’s okay with you of course. She just doesn’t want anything to happen to you, she couldn’t forgive herself if something did happen.
If you’re ever feeling down, or if you had a bad past you’re recovering from, Tak knows exactly how to be there for you. Her life has been nothing but a string of disappointments except for you so far and she’ll comfort you how she wished someone had comforted her.
Tak doesn’t need to sleep, but if you want her to stay the night with you she gladly will. She usually stays up and watches you sleep. She finds your peacefulness almost fascinating. Sometimes she ends up sleeping with you, but it took a long time before it happened the first time. It’s hard for her to let her guard down like that, but she ends up completely trusting you after a while and letting herself truly relax.
Johnny
You would have to impress Johnny a lot for him to spare you, and even then you better watch yourself for a long time to avoid an outburst and an untimely death. The beginning of the relationship is going to be pretty awkward because you’ll both be guarded and with a lot of walls up.
Once he warms up to you, he finds himself very grateful for someone that accepts him and is so patient with him. He’s really just a normal guy beneath his very fractured mental state and you’ll probably have an easier time letting down your walls when you see that. He tries his best to be affectionate and caring towards you to show his gratitude.
Johnny is a harsh judge of character, expect to be called out for being shitty or ungrateful if you ever are. If anyone is shitty to you though, he’s happy to take care of them. You best learn to tell him not to kill someone if you ever vent to him, if you tell him you’re upset with him over his killings, the grief he will feel will quickly becomes self destructive.
Once you both get comfortable enough to spend nights with each other, hold him and ease him into sleep. He hates sleeping, but he desperately needs it and if you keep him in place long enough he’ll pass out.
If you and Johnny go a while without seeing each other, he might just bring you flowers or coffee or something small he knows you like when you next see him.
Johnny likes deep conversation and long talks. Expect a lot of all night conversation when you can’t get him to sleep. He really appreciates when you contribute and show your intelligence and show that you’re paying attention. He wants to talk with you, not at you.
Hello! Seeing as you have requests open, I was wondering if I could request some romantic Tak (Invader Zim) headcanons with a human reader.
OMG THANK YOU!!! I love Tak. I'm so excited to write for her again.
Romantic Headcanons: Tak - Invader Zim
She's really reserved at first, a little snappy and mean.
Kind of the hot topic girl, I'd think.
Not that used to being in a relationship
Has a lot of trouble showing that she loves you, but god does she.
"...Have a good day." At first she's willing to deny you're together.
But after a while jeez is she proud. A bit clingy and wants to drag you everywhere.
"Come on come on, I've got to show this to you."
British. Derogatory. /j
Her love language is small affections and acts of service. She will also gift you things she saw and just thought, "oh that's neat, they'll probably like that."
She's probably broke now.
If you know she's an alien, she's relieved to just get out of her hologram disguise.
sure! i kept the reader gender neutral for these, sorry i couldnt think of more for them though!
Johnny C.
Johnny is going to complain about your smoking every now and then. He won’t take action against it since you’re in his trusted few that he keeps close and doesn’t want that to change, but he doesn’t like it.
He thinks your smoking is a sign that you’re ungrateful for life, and as someone well versed in death he doesn’t like to think that. He doesn’t want you to die slowly and painfully from the inside out because you don’t care enough.
You’re not allowed to smoke in his house under any circumstance. His house may reek of blood and death but he doesn’t want to to smell like cigarettes too. He’ll sit outside with you when you want to smoke though.
Tak
Tak doesn’t really mind that you smoke, she comes from a species that’s greatest pleasure besides conquest is junk food so worldly pleasures are something she understands.
She’ll smoke with you every now and then but it doesn’t really appeal to her, but she finds herself curious sometimes though. She doesn’t cough like most humans the first time, but she doesn’t seem affected by nicotine so it doesn’t have much appeal.
Amber Sweet
Amber couldn’t care less that you smoke. Oh, it can cause lung cancer? GeneCo can get you new ones, she’ll make sure you’ll come out of the surgery debt free. In a world where anything can be replaced with surgery, why stray from any sort of pleasure?
She doesn’t like when you kiss her after you smoke though, and she might get a bad attitude with you if you try to do that too many times in one day. She thinks the taste of it in your mouth is gross, and she expects you to always be in your best condition for her.
After a sleepless night it was finally morning. The room was lit with a golden glow and the hum of the city was quiet, evrything felt perfect and at peace. You sat up a little to just soak it all in. Moments like these don't come often.
Usually you hated mornings, but this one was special. Today you have the whole day with Tak, which was why you couldn't sleep. He was always busy with these missions and quests that you never really had a moment alone with him where you weren't killing someone.
You could feel him shift a little in bed and you turned to face him. His back was towards you, but he couldn't be any more handsome. The way the sunlight hit his skin made him look golden too. You had inched closer to him and stroked his blonde hair as you other wrapped his waist nestling your head in the nape of his neck. You wish it could stay like this forever, perfectly content in the morning silence.
A few minutes later he wakes up with a big long stretch and exaggerated yawn, and then just completely rolls himself on top of you.
You start laughing hysterically as you try to get this two hundred pound man off of you as he pretends to still be sleeping. Tak was completely wrapped himself around you with his big arms nearly crushing you. Since he was laying on your arms, you resort to vigorously thrashing your legs. The blankets just made it impossible.
After a moment of sporadically kicking, in vain, you give up and just lay still entangled in your sheets trying to catch your breath.
"Good morning. " He says with a fake yawn and the sweetest voice he could make up.
"I hate you." You say out of breath but youre both laughing happily.
He rolls off of you and pulls you along with him. You prop your head onto a pillow beside him and just stare into his eyes and he does the same.
"You're beautiful, you know that?" He says as he strokes your hair and you lean into his touch.
You smile at his words and lean in for a kiss. But then it became two kisses... And then three... Four.. Tongue...
But then...
"Sir I have something y-... " Poe zaps in the room and just begins rambling a bunch of non sense.
You flinched but just roll your eyes at his rambling. Tak doesn't even flinch, he's used to it by now but it annoys him to no end. He picks up a water bottle beside the bed and throws it at him.
"I can see that you're busy and need a moment..." He says now eyeing you and Tak. "I'll come back later... "
"Don't" Tak says right before Poe zaps away. "Now where was I... " he says as he turns to you and grins
He pulls you in close and wraps his arms around your body. You wrap your legs around his waist as he places kisses along your neck. Then he kisses your lips and with every second they got hungrier and every touch made you want him more.
An hour went by as your body was numb and your clothes were scattered everywhere. The sheets were in a knot and the only thing between you was skin. You were so closely held in his arms you could feel his heartbeat. It was in sync with yours
Honestly you could fall asleep to how content and calm you felt. He was perfect and you don't know what you'd do without him.
You spent the rest of the day watching tv and eating in bed and honestly you would have it no other way.
As the sun set later that day, you watched it in his arms as the room slowly deepened into dark blue and the city began to roar with life as lights of every color littered the sky for miles.
It didn't matter. This is all you needed. Even though you hadn't left the room all day it was the best youve had in a while.
The windows outside tapped and pattered with rain as you snuggled into the balnkets once more.
You woke up early in the morning and turned to see the clock read 7 AM. It was way too early for a Saturday and the week so far has been shitty, so shouldn't you let yourself sleep in? It just seems lately nothing goes right for you, and the world just won't let you take a moment to breathe.
Then you remember him. That asshole that youre in love with. God he's great isn't he? Kickin ass day and night, but always takes care of you no matter what. Not in the way he does everything for you, but in the way that he just gets it and doesn't mind spending hours with you laying in his arms eating Cheerios at 1 in the morning.
He is there for you as you are there for him. And he can definitely be a big baby sometimes. He'll just walk in covered in blood, not say a word, and fall into your lap. Then you HAVE TO stroke his stroke his hair or he won't sleep. On purpose.
Thinking about all of this makes you smile and you can almost feel yourself drift off into sleep... Until his arms wrap around you pulling closer to him making realize that you weren't dreaming, Tak was a real guy and you really loved him.
You turn over to see that sleepy smile of his and you swear you just fell in love all over again.
"Morning" You say softly brushing the hair off his face
"Mhmm" He grumbles still trying to wake up
This makes you laugh. He pulls in even closer with his massive arms and grips you as if you could slip away. He rests his head is on your chest and he goes right back to sleep.
