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"Will you stay on your side?!"
"I am!"
"You're not 'cause I can feel you touching me- don't give me that puppy dog look, it's not fair! Val, tell him!"
Valentino stared at the pair from the doorway, an exhausted look on his face, "Are you done? Can we sleep now?"
Maxim scowled, "Yeah, when Pooper gets on his side and stops touching me!" He shoved at the large hound like sinner, with both hands and hooves, successfully moving him an inch.
It inspired retaliation from the bodyguard, instincts kicking in as he lashed out, closed his jaws around a skinny forearm.
"Ah! Val, he's hurting me! Make him stop!"
Hell. Valentino was in Hell. Truly serving out his punishment any time he dared put Maxim and Cooper together. With an exaggerated sigh, he climbed into bed, gently pried Cooper off of Maxim's arm and firmly wedged himself between them. He couldn't resist petting over the hound's head, scratching his cheeks. He was the biggest softie really, the only evidence that he'd even touched Maxim was the saliva sticking to his fur.
"Ready for bed?" Valentino asked pointedly.
Maxim pouted hard but didn't say anything further as he turned his back to Valentino.
He still draped his tail over his stomach, and Valentino took the queue to start petting it.
Cooper's heavy head settled on his chest after he pulled the covers over them, and Valentino pet that too.
With a little bit of luck, he'd be able to fall asleep before another fight broke out.