Up Next Forever (An Invader Zim fanfiction)

(Y/n)'s Life

(Ight with the title, ignore the (Y/n) because I'm finally changing the name from (Y/n) to [M/n], which means Male name. if you're not happy, sorry, just it's easier for me.)

(ALSO I made a Discord Server for the readers of Next Up Forever, and since discord invites only work for one day, I'll comment it on this chapter, so then you guys can read the chapter then join.)

(and this isn't really an important chapter, so you can skip if you'd like, and if you do want to read this, warning there are some sensitive topics)

-all narrated by [M/n]-

Who did I even like back in my old universe?

there was Jared, he was a jerk to me though, he'd always shove me down if I didn't listen to him.

Brice? He wasn't even gay, he tried to ruin my reputation.

Phillip? No, he was so rich he thought I was just some bug.

I liked Ben, we dated for a while, until that breakup happened, yikes.

My life in my old universe was short. I was born into a lower-class family who could somehow afford to care for two kids, a dog, and a shitty three-room apartment. I had an older sister, she was alright, we didn't get along well, but when we did it was the best times, we could run around in the park for hours and play games, though it ended when she started doing drugs and skipping school, she was sent to rehab and when she came back she wasn't the same, only wanted to focus on school work and 'getting a scholarship', I was then mostly alone, parents couldn't afford daycare so they opted to let me stay home alone with my dog.

my dog, god that was probably the best part of my childhood, my dog Skipper. Skipper was some mutt my parents got for around twenty dollars for my first birthday, it was one of the best gifts I had gotten ever. Skipper was amazing, they weren't the best listener, and my sister and I had to train them ourselves, but when we got them trained to go to the bathroom outside, and to not bark whenever there was a knock at the door, we knew we were getting somewhere.

My other family was alright too, never got to meet all of them, but I did meet a few, like my uncle and aunt, plus my two cousins who were never around. My uncle was cool, he knew the ins and outs of the city, he knew where the junkyards were so you could scavenge for things to sell, he mostly did that and whenever I was staying at their house, that was suddenly my job too. One time we found an old hunting gun, Uncle fixed it up and got it to work, Uncle took me and Skipper hunting, that was great until the police showed up and gave him a fine cause 'it wasn't hunting season yet', I got yelled at too since I was supposed to be in school, Mom and Dad didn't let me stay at Aunt and Uncle's house after that.

Auntie was way different than Uncle. Auntie worked at a hair salon, she always cut my hair for free, and would occasionally groom Skipper if she could. She liked trash tv, gambling and men, in reality it was clear as day that she was a prostitute, but nobody pointed it out and with my innocent seven year old brain, never caught on to the fact that she fucked for money. She was a good person though, she made sure the family had enough money for rent and taxes, she was funny too, always would complain about people she saw around town, talking shit about people's clothes and personalities was the best thing to listen to when you had to just eat ramen noodles and canned food for most of the dinners you had.

My cousins were... hm. I don't remember them much, they only would show up around thanksgiving time to get some free food then dip the moment Auntie wanted to talk to them. they were jokes the freeloaders, one went to jail at one point for tax fraud and scamming people, the other kept up their job of whatever, I still couldn't figure out what his job was after all these years. In reality, it was good I left, if I started to be successful, they would've shown up and asked for money and tried to guilt-trip me with that 'Oh but we're family' bullshit.

school

that place was like a minefield, every step I took was like my life was on the line, and it WAS. everyone's so judgemental there, it's scary to think that if you look in the wrong way, or cough at the wrong time, some of the popular kids could get their goons to drag you away and beat you up... Ha what am I saying, I was the popular kid who had goons, sure the power had gotten to my head but, but come on, when you have guys and girls who will get down on their knees if you tell them... you take advantage of it.

I think I realized I was some gay when I got fucked in the bathroom by some sophomore Jared, I was an eighth-grader at the time and it felt like bliss but hell, that started my little 'whore' reputation, it was kept quiet with the students so the teachers wouldn't find out about it, but from then on my popularity grew, getting fucked in the bathroom gets you popular I guess.

Jared and I started "dating" after that, I had to be some obedient boyfriend after that, having to do whatever Jared wanted, and if I didn't listen to him, he'd ignore me or shove me down, he gets mad at the smallest things, like if I was wearing the wrong shirt color, or if he didn't like something that happened on the news he'd just randomly blame it on me. He was a jerk and everyone saw it, they only reason I could escape him was when some preppy kid reported that he was gay and he was taken away to a conversion camp, sucks for him but great for me, I was free from him!

I don't have a lot to remember Brice by since he moved away a month later since his reputation went to shit and some kids tried to trash his parent's apartment. He would totally lead other students on, he was tall and hot, plus he had charm so of course people, including me, would fall for him. He realized rather quickly that I had my eye on him and he took advantage of me, using my popularity to build his, and then when he tried to ruin my reputation it almost worked, surprisingly. Of course, eventually some kids caught on and reported that he was apparently gay, he tried to accuse me of being gay(which was clearly true), but of course with my good reputation they thought I was straight and Brice was expelled, some kids thought he was taken away to a camp but their family did move away a month later, so it could've happened.

I really liked Phillip, he was hot and rich. very rich in fact, I think his family sent him to go to a public school to flex on all of us poor people. it worked and a lot of people would just throw themselves at him for money or love, mostly money though. I also threw myself at him, sad to say, but come on, he's rich, and hot. I tried talking to him once, he spit in my hair and walked away, I quickly realized he was just some cunt and I quickly lost interest in him.

Ben

Ben

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Every time I think of him my skin feels like it's infested. Ben was cool, we were similar in ways, popular, poor, hot. we only were able to date for a month or two but of course, all good things couldn't last. that fuck was jealous of all the people who liked me and tried to sell them all out, in the process getting both of us sent away.

Gay camp wasn't that bad really, all they did was force us to read bible verses and take walks with the counselors. I think what got me and a few other boys kicked out was when we got a huge group of guys into one of the rooms, locked the door and just went fucking crazy.

I remember seeing the absolute disgust looks on my parents when I was driven back home and brought back to the apartment, they tried to act like nothing had ever happened, they tried sending me to a new school, it mostly worked until a few kids from my old school changed schools and immediately recognized me, everything started spiraling out of control from there, I had to get into fights since people there hated gays, I got detentions and was forced to walk home when it was dark out, not a smart thing to do seeing it was New York City and people get kidnapped by that.

I think the only good part was that I was shoved by that biker, if I didn't I wouldn't have been brought to the universe where Zim and Dib are. I think I may have died and that was supposed to be a Heaven, or Hell if I thought in a way, either way, it was better than there, i may miss going to Skippers grave to leave a toy or tennis ball for the good boy, or hearing my aunt talk shit about others, but being able to fall in love with someone for who they are and liking you back, not from popularity, but from being an alright person just feels amazing.

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