She sat alone in her second-floor bedroom, her head in her hands, tears running in rivulets down her face. Why did you have to do that?! Why did you—?

A small girl with purple hair ran in and tugged on the sleeve of her coat, "Mommy says the tape is on again! Y'wanna watch?" Even seven years after that incident, on the exact day it happened they played that video.

She shooed the small child away with a sad dismissive gesture, "No, honey, Auntie doesn't want to watch the video and will you remind your mommy that you shouldn't be watching it either." The small child bobbed a curtsy and then ran off. Heh, she thought to herself, Gaz was bad enough at that age without her making her kids like that…even if she is the head of a major videogame corporation… Then she put her head back in her hands as tears trickled down her face, here eyes impassive behind her silver glinting glasses. Why did you have to say that? Why couldn't you say it sooner…Why didn't I notice?...Because…all those years ago…I loved you too. Her confession carried to the heavens ringing throughout the sky, I loved you too Zim.

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End of Ala Fine, il Mio Amore Distutto Me

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A/N: Here it is, my ZADR brain-child. Y'know, this is my first ever slash fiction and I think I did pretty good keeping the two of them in a relatively accurate character. Ah well…R&R please! It makes my day when I see E-mails saying someone liked my story enough to tell me so. I give thanks to my friends on FF (kudos goes out to ngrey651 for constantly reviewing this and making me feel good about my writing skill and to gedatsu-kitteh who was kind enough to tell me that they would be reading more of my stories) as well as my friends in real life and all the people who bothered to tell me that I had a gift and should continue writing because it made them smile. I love all of you. Keep on enjoying life and remember, never pass up a moment to tell someone that you love them.