I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 166

Ozzy sighed and made his way into the back garden, looking around and sighing, wandering around to calm down.

*something on the trail seemed to be off, leading towards deeper dwn into the garden*

Ozzy unconsciously followed the trail, shivering some, sighing as he allowed the cool air to calm him.

*the trail soon led the cell into wht seemed to be the door of the secret garden tht fitted the description inside the diary, ovrgrown with vines n wild flowers*

Ozzy blinked and eventually looked up, looking at his surroundings in surprise. "Huuh... well..." he mumbled, continuing to walk, curious now.

*the door was locked at the try and it seemed to require a key to open the lock*

Ozzy frowned a little, looking around before sighing. "Damn... how am I meant to get in now..."

*the cell's hand brushed against the wall of the secret garden n a flash of an image of Pryca bending dwn n lifting up a loose slab of the tile aligned with the wall n taking out a key hidden there*

Ozzy stumbled back, snapping out of it, shaking his head a little. "Wha..." he mumbled before he reached down, copying what he had saw. "Maybe..."

*lucky for the cell, the key was still under the loose slab of tile, a bit overcome with rust bt still good, n wen the cell touched the key, there was a short image of Benedict breathing hard, hands shaking, his hands covered in blood as he fit the key into the slot*

Ozzy's eyes widened a little as he stared at the key for a moment, gulping before he slowly reached out, putting the key into the lock and turning.

*there was a bit of small resistance, bt the door was unlocked n it opened with a loud groaning sound*

Ozzy flinched at the noise, looking back the way he came, before he sighed and pushed his way in. This was too much like some horror film he had seen.

*the garden was in long disuse n lack of care. Weeds were growing ard evrywhere. Bt surprisingly, despite the lack of care, the flowers planted there still flourished. Not as healthy as it should bt it was still amazingly growing, as if blending in n assimilating with the rest of the wild growth*

Ozzy blinked, looking around the amazing garden, smiling a little. He hadn't expected this. "Still so nice even after all these years..." he mumbled before making his way through.

*there was an arch just as described in the diary, wrought with roses, the vines crawling n intertwined with each other. It was also a little worse for wear, bt not too bad*

Ozzy frowned and looked around, confused but enjoying what he saw, remembering the good parts of the diary and how happy this place made the other.

*a few flashes of images whenevr the cell touched showed Pryca enjoying his time with Benedict, always laughing n smiling, n evn images of them making love in this garden; this garden signified their love for each other, their lovechild, the fruit of their loins so to speak*

Ozzy flushed at some of the images he saw, though smiled a little, liking the feeling of happiness he got from this place.

*a slightly disturbing image came in the midst of those beautiful ones, as if a continuation of the one he saw wen he was unlocking the door, heavy panting of Benedict, walking like he was limping, heavy footsteps as if he was carrying something as he walked towards the centre of the huge garden*

Ozzy gasped and stumbled, not expecting the image to come by. Shaking his head, he frowned, though slowly followed what he saw.

*slowly, the garden seemed to meld into a form where the cell was seeing n literally IN the past, n he was watching Benedict carrying a huge bundle in his arms, panting, covered in blood tht could be both his n the household tht he killed, limping as he continued walking, like an apparition before the cell's eyes*

Ozzy blinked, his eyes widening as he shook his head. Not this again, it's always so hard to get out of these! He bit his lip, watching the events play before him.

Benedict: *limped all the way deep into a mini maze in the garden, continued to breathe heavily, sobs escaping his mouth*

*a hand fell out of the bundle of clothes, dangling against Benedict's side, n the birthmark on the arm showed tht it was Pryca's body*

Ozzy slowly followed after the apparition, hesitant, worried. When he saw the arm, his eyes widened before he moved to quickly catch up. What was he doing?!

Benedict: *continues to move thru the maze, n once they were approaching the centre of the maze, his apparition disappeared n the scene was bk to the present*

Ozzy shook his head out, blinking a few times before he looked around, now lost. "Great..." he mumbled, frowning in confusion.

*the moment the view faded out he was greeted with something tht was at a distance, tht looked like two bodies*

Ozzy blinked before frowning, squinting his eyes before he moved forward. "What is that...?" he mumbled to himself, curious.

*upon closer inspection, it was a huge-ass tree, with a hollow in the middle, forming like some sort of bough, n inside was Benedict, or wht was left of his decomposed body, cradling the dead Pryca in his arms*

Ozzy blinked and looked around the tree, smiling a little, this must of taken years to grow! Frowning, he peered at the hole in the tree, slowly moving closer, not seeming to trust it before he hesitantly peered in. He gasped as his eyes widened, his mouth falling open. "O-oh my Frank!"

*an accidental touch on the tree revealed tht Benedict had planted this tree wen Pryca was alive, then another flash where Benedict actually hollowed the tree out carefully as not to kill the tree, Pryca's body lying nxt to him. Once it was hollowed out, he carried Pryca n climbed into the tree, n seemed to hv bled n starved himself to death in there*

Ozzy fell back on the ground, letting out a sob as tears trickled down his cheeks, his eyes still wide. "Oh... oh my..." he breathed out, unable to stop himself from crying.

Thrax: *had noticed Oz was gone for too long n had started searching for him, using Nessie to track his scent, n soon found him in the heart of the maze n saw him crying* Baby? Baby, u OK? Baby, wht's wrong? *held him close*

Ozzy sniffled and quickly tried to cover it up, rubbing his face and drying his eyes. "I-I'm fine!" he insisted, smiling weakly.

Thrax: *gives him a warning look tht told him he knew he was crying* Baby, u saw something. Tell me

Ozzy shook his head and looked away from him, sniffling some and rubbing his eyes, drying them.

Thrax: Baby, if ur not going to tell me, I'm just gonna hv to leave u here *bt his tone was more of concerned than angry*

Ozzy frowned up at him. "I told you I'm fine!" the cell said, trying to get to his feet, biting his lip.

Thrax: *caught a scent frm the tree, got up n looked into the hollow n saw the bodies* I see *walked off n quietly picked Oz up, cradling him close* Lead the way outta here, mutt. Bring Mommy n Daddy home

Normally fighting when he was picked up, he hesitated before he clinged onto Thrax, trembling a little. "He held him... he held him until he died himself..." he said, tears building up against as he trembled, Nessie looking up in concern, whimpering. "Please... I... I want to..." he choked a little, rubbing his eyes again.

Thrax: Wht do u want, baby? Talk to me *continued carrying him as they made their way out of the maze*

"C-can we... bury them... together? They deserve a proper burial so they can finally rest..." Ozzy said, sniffling a little. These visions really got to him at times.

Thrax: Alright, baby. Where would u want them to be buried? *made their way out of the maze n was walking thru the garden towards the entrance door*

Ozzy sniffled. "In their garden... I... I want to clean it up for them..." he said softly, clinging to Thrax, his face buried in his neck.

Thrax: *sighed* Alright. Keeps ur mind off things n get u occupied anyways. Bt first u must rest. Too much of this psychometric shit is getting to u, n I'm not going to hear any argument frm u, got it, baby?

Ozzy clinged onto him tightly, shaking his head. "I-I fine, honest! I don't need to rest!" he insisted, but found that even though he wasn't making a noise, tears just flowed from his eyes.

Thrax: Ur resting, tht's final *carried him to the mansion n brought him to their room, laying him dwn in bed* I'm getting u something warm to drink. Stay here. Mittens, keep him here

Chico: *mewed n sat on Oz's chest, licking his face*

Ozzy blinked in surprise when the cat sat on his chest, sniffling a little and shaking his head. "Hey, come on, Chi. Let me up~" he said, reaching out to pick her up.

Chico: *mewled, refusing to leave, aimed to pls her new Daddy while he was away*

Ozzy groaned and attempted to get up again, shooing her off him. "Come on, Chi, let me up~"

Chico: *growled n laid flat on Oz's chest, not letting him*

Thrax: *came bk in with hot chocolate* At least someone is being obedient

Ozzy groaned out and flopped back on the bed, pouting a little. "She's an evil kitty!" he insisted, poking at her laying on him.

Thrax: U can get off him now *waited till the kitten move before handing Oz his drink* Here, u need ur fluids. U've crying like Niagra Falls there

"I wasn't crying!" Ozzy huffed at him as he finally sat up, pouting a little and chewing on his lip, looking down at his drink.

Thrax: Well, anyway, ur gonna need to replace the fluids. Here, drink it *handed it to him*

Ozzy sighed and took the drink, staring at it for a bit before slowly drinking.

Thrax: *kissed his forehead n stroke his hair* Feel a bit better now, baby?

"I guess..." Ozzy mumbled, shifting around and sipping at his drink, resting back against the pillows.

Thrax: *stroke his hair* I should've followed aftr u

"I'm fine Thrax, really, you don't need to worry about me so much..." Ozzy said, smiling up at him as he sipped at his drink.

Thrax: Ur my baby. I dont only need to. I hv to. We viruses r genetically designed tht way, due to the fact tht its reli vry hard for viruses to conceive among their own. Pops was the lucky one to be more fertile than most, since he's the Black Death virus, breeds like a fucking rat, bt most of us dont breed so well, which is the main reason why we r vry protective ovr our mates

Ozzy huffed and shook his head at him. "Yeah, well... there ain't no breeding going on here... so yeah..." he mumbled behind his cup, flushing a little as he shuffled around.

Thrax: Reli now? Ur flushed face says otherwise *nuzzled his nose*

Ozzy flushed more and swatted him away, huffing. "Shut up you~" he huffed at him, finishing up his drink. "I don't want to get pregnant, I don't want to go through what Rodeo did! Or get fat..."

Thrax: *barely felt the swat* Bt u promised. R u bking out on our promise? U said u will consider giving me spawns wen all this is ovr

Ozzy flushed and chewed on his lip, grumbling and looking away. "I said maybe... and right now... I ain't so sure about it..."

Thrax: *looked a little sad for a moment there before kissing his forehead* Get some rest. I'll handle the bodies *walked out the door*

Ozzy blinked a looked up at him, frowning. "Don't you bury them without me... I... I want to be there..." he said, feeling a close connection to them due to his powers

Chico: *gave Oz a "U upset Daddy" look*

Ozzy sighed and hung his head. "Don't look at me like that... he may want them, but he doesn't have to go through it all..." he grumbled, shaking his head some and resting back.

Chico: *give him another "Daddy loves u" look*

Ozzy sighed and closed his eyes. "Yeah yeah... I know, but still... it's not like he's the on that has to go through the trouble of being pregnant... and... it's still so weird for me..."

Chico: *gave him a "Ur hopeless" look*

Thrax: *heard it frm the other side of the door, sighed quietly n walked off*

Ozzy reached out, petting her head gently. "Stop it, Chi... I... I care about him, I do... but it's such a big step and so much is going on..." he said, pulling her to his chest as he laid on his side, holding her close as he rested.