I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 167

*towards the aftrnoon, Klepta knocked on the door*

Ozzy had ended up crashing, falling asleep and cuddling with Chico in the middle of the bed.

Klepta: *enters n sees Nessie playing with a random toy ball* Hey, pooch. Ur Mommy awake?

Nessie looked up, tilting his head before he looked over to the bed, seeing his mommy was still asleep. Grabbing his ball, he got up and moved over to the bed, sitting beside it, his tail wagging.

Klepta: *chuckles n gently wakes him* Oz? Doll? Wakey wakey

Ozzy groaned and squirmed around, curling up more around Chico. "I dun't wanna go to school today, daddy..." he moaned sleepily.

Klepta: *chuckles* Go wake him up, Nessie

Nessie yapped before dropping his ball and jumping on the bed, attacking his mommy's face with sloppy licks, making Ozzy groan before he began to flail sleepily. "Oooi~"

Klepta: *chuckles* Wake up sleepyhead, u said u wanted to be part of burying the bodies, remember? We're on our way to the garden

Ozzy groaned and slowly looked up, rubbing his eyes. "Nnggh... what? Already?" he mumbled, pushing Nessie away and sitting up

Klepta: Yes, already. U've slept thru the whole aftrnoon, its almost sundwn, we better get it going before it gets dark

"Oh..." Ozzy mumbled before he quickly got to his feet, stretchiing a little. "Come on you two..." he mumbled, heading out the room.

Chico: *mewed n followed behind her Mommy*

Klepta: *took Oz's hand n led him out to the garden*

Ozzy looked around, biting his lip, feeling uncomfortable once again.

Klepta: S'ok, u got me *takes his hand* I think Thrax is in the maze now trying to take the bodies out

Ozzy nodded, slowly, unconsciously holding Klepta's hand tighter, chewing on his lip. "Let's go then.."

Klepta: *led the group dwn thru the garden, thru bk n towards the maze, navigating his area*

Nessie yapped, running off ahead of them since he easily knew the way.

Klepta: *chuckles n followed behind him* Slow dwn there, mutt

Nessie just yapped in reply, bounding off over the where his daddy was.

Klepta: *managed to lead them dwn to the heart of the maze, where Thrax was using his claw to carefully melt the tree ard the hollow to get them out*

Ozzy blinked and bit his lip, rushing over to check how it was going. "Are... are they okay?" he asked, chewing on his lip softly.

Thrax: They're fine, bt somehow a bit of their body is fused to the tree, n its gonna be a bit tricky frm here to separate them

Ozzy bit his lip and nodded slowly, a worried look crossing his face. "Can... can you do it?"

Thrax: I can limit the damage of the fusion bt no promises. Klep, help me out here

Klepta: Coming *went ovr to help him with the extraction

Ozzy nodded slowly and sighed, moving out the way to give them room, rubbing the back of his neck, feeling a little weird around here.

*aftr a bit more prying n cutting, the bodies were successfully extracted n taking out. The bodies looked like they were almost mummified, bt the tree seemed to hv preserve them well*

Ozzy looked back, his eyes widening. Unable to stop himself, silent tears leaked from his eyes. He couldn't help it, he didn't know why, but he just felt so sad.

Thrax: *sees Oz crying n nuzzled him* S'ok, baby, s'ok

Ozzy turned his head away, frowning. "I'm fine! Really... I just... the wind got in my eyes..."

Thrax: *frowned a little too as he held him close* S'ok, baby, I knw

"It's just the wind..." Ozzy insisted, chewing on his lip, shuffling around. He didn't feel right, he couldn't understand why this was happening to him.

Klepta: Shall we bury it then?

Thrax: Yeah. Where do u want them buried, baby? Lead the way? *carried him*

Ozzy grunted as he was picked up, squirming in his arms. "A-ah... um..." he mumbled, chewing on his lip and looking around. "The archway..." he suddenly said, pointing.

Thrax: Alright, u heard the man

Klepta: *nodded n carried the bodies in his arms towards the archway*

Thrax: Why the archway, baby? Is tht the plc where they made love, like in the diary?

"I... I don't know, something inside me... was just telling me the archway..." Ozzy said, frowning a little.

Thrax: OK, put 'em there, Klep *puts Oz dwn* Did u bring the shovel?

Klepta: Got it *hands Thrax one*

Thrax: Lets start digging then

Ozzy stood back, watching them before looking over to the bodies, sadness washing over him again.

*both Thrax n Klepta started digging the hole, their combined strength getting the hole six feet under in no time*

When they were done, Ozzy was knelt by the bodies, seeming to be talking to them.

Thrax: *was climbing out of the pit wen he saw tht, n watched him as he talked*

Ozzy seemed to be crying again, but he didn't make any sounds, just spoke softly to them, seeming to be apologising, wishing them luck, Blessing them.

Thrax: *smiling a little n patted his head gently* Its time to bury them

Klepta: *still under the pit waiting for the bodies to be brought dwn to him* Evrything alright up there?

Ozzy bit his lip, sighing softly before he closed his eyes, bowing his head some. After a moment, he nodded as he got to his feet. "Okay..."

Thrax: *picked the bodies up n carried it towards the pit, lowering it dwn gently towards Klepta, in which Klepta received it n lay it dwn*

Klepta: *took out the diary* For their safe-keeping *lays it on them* Got anything else to add in there?

Ozzy bit his lip, suddenly pulling out a strange looking locket from his pocket and holding it to Klepta. "Pyrca will probably be missing this..."

Klepta: *reaches up to take it*

Thrax: Where did ya get tht, baby?

Ozzy looked up at him, biting his lip. "I found it... I wasn't sure what it was until reading the diary..."

Klepta: *opened the locket to reveal a picture of Pryca n Benedict together, taken in the garden, looking so happy together* Yeah, I'm sure he'll appreciate tht *put it ard Pryca's neck* Anything else?

Thrax: Here *passed a blanket dwn* For courtesy. N maybe u can get some of their favourite flowers to put inside the grave, baby?

Ozzy nodded and quickly rushed off, picking up certain flowers he got a stronger sence from before he soon came back. "May they finally rest in peace..." he said, dropping them into the grave.

Klepta: *stepped aside for the flowers to be dropped on them as he put the blanket ovr them, then climbed out of the hole n started covering them in dirt*

Thrax: There was a slab of hedgestone ovr there by the rosebushes, get me tht, will ya, baby?

Ozzy nodded before he headed off again, grabbing the stone before he frowned. Getting a smaller rock, he carved into it, writing their names on it before he brought it over.

Thrax: So small? Oh well, tht'll do *sees the carving* Ah, u beat me to the punch. Bt lemme make it better *flared his claw n etched the carvings deeper to make the words stand out more* There "PRYCA & BENEDICT: FOREVER IN LIFE & DEATH" Nice ring to it *dug a space at the upper part of the grave n embedded the hedgestone in*

Klepta: *finished covering the pit with the dirt n patted it flat* There, all done. We should plant something on this mound of soil to make it look better

Ozzy smiled as he looked over the grave, sighing a little, putting one last flower on top of the grave for respect.

*a gentle gust of warm wind suddenly blew past them, as if caressing the 2 viruses' faces before circling ard Oz, caressing him as well. Then the wind disappeared as soon as it came, leaving an echoing whisper* Thank you...

Klepta: ...Woah...

Thrax: *just look at the air in wonder*

Ozzy held his hands to his chest, feeling his heart explode with feeling as he gave a weak smile. "... I knew that's what they wanted..." he whispered to himself, smiling down at the grave.

Thrax: *held him close to his chest* Yeah, u did the right thing, baby

Klepta: Well, I think these flowers *gently uprooted the big bundle of morning glories n planted them onto the mound* would make it look perfect

Ozzy nodded and looked back, smiling a little. "I think they'd like that." he said softly, watching Klepta plant the flowers

Klepta: *aftr planting them, got up n wiped his brow, somehow smearing the dirt on his forehead* Well, all done. Shall we?

Thrax: Yes, we shall *picked Oz up again n cradled him close, following behind Klepta n Ness to go bk to the mansion*

Ozzy grunted as he was picked up, huffing a little but let him, feeling drained after being in the garden for some reason as Nessie lead them back to the mansion