Sometimes, when they think we aren’t looking, the cats like to be affectionate and help groom each other.

And it’s quite adorable…

I’ve never had cats before who actually liked grooming each other.

My cats growing up were quite content licking their own butts and leaving it at that.

These cats though enjoy the downtime of affectionately licking the other and helping with the 10+ hours cats spend on primping themselves.

Since you know that the rest of the time they’re sleeping. Of course.

It melts my heart when they do these touching little gestures… especially since it usually ends up in biting, scratching, and full on jerk mode to the other. Sigh.

Cats, you really are a mystery in what makes you tick.

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I mean look at Blue. He was once so… skinny.

And Brutus? He used to be… not innocent but so itty bitty.

I mean, Brutus can never claim to be an innocent but his size made it a lot more tolerable.

And Bucky? Well, we’ve known from the start that he liked to talk.

And look! He used to be able to fit into ONE hand!

Now I’m sure his weight would break our hand if we attempted it now.

I adored them as kittens but you know what? They’re fun as cats.

Especially since they’re a lot more fun to mess with.

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And in comes the Hipstamatic app.

The cats are, of course, used to having the phone shoved into their faces at a moments notice.

Literally.

Usually they can find some sort of humor in it.

Especially when I go for the “artistic” shots.

I also secretly think they like posing for me sometimes.

Or maybe not.

I guess they’ll just have to learn to deal with it.

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Oh boy was he thrilled.

Our first order of business was separating the cats so Brutus and Bucky wouldn’t be able to continue licking the wound and making it worse. At first I was worried that Blue would be really sad without his partners in crime around him.

But I’m starting to think he really likes not having them around…

I mean, he gets undivided attention from both of us.

And generally being a ham.

I think all in all he’s happy to have some R&R while he recovers and is storing up his energy for when he’ll next see his partners in crime.

But for now he’s got some sleeping to do and I keep interrupting.

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Especially if I’m trying to sleep.

Brutus is very much the alpha male in the household and for this sometimes Bucky resents him.

Sometimes Bucky realizes the mass of his own weight and tries to put Brutus in his place.

Brutus, of course, tries to hold off the orange one by any means possible.

This, of course, only makes Bucky plot other ways to get around the grey ones tricks.

Usually though Brutus will end up the victor since I’ll break up their fights with “For f**k sake cats I’m trying to sleep! Stop playing hot wheels on me!”

Brutus disapproves of us all.

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As you can tell the cats were absolutely thrilled at the prospect…

Now, don’t get me wrong, the cats are fairly used to me getting in their face to take pictures.

Typically I’ll just get the cold shoulder in return.

Or an outright ignore.

Sometimes though they’ll be their charming selves.

Just as long as I eventually leave them alone and let them sleep.

Oh cats. We have so many more enjoyable Fridays to come.

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