Chapter 90 - Switcheroo! - BONUS ROUND

The group moved into the living room and Bill looked around. "Well, obviously grandpa gets the chair, but what about us?"

Louis got onto the couch and pulled Pina down. "You get the floor."

The tiger huffed. "That's specist. Just cuz we're carnivores, jeez."

Louis laughed. "You can't even say that with a straight face."

Bill snickered. "Yeah, I know." He looked at Legosi. "Well?"

"Let me get some blankets and pillows. You still have some in the closet, right grandpa?"

Gosha nodded. "I do." The lizard was currently rifling through some VHS tapes. "Anything you boys in the mood for?"

Louis looked at Pina. "Please don't tell me you're into horror movies..."

Pina made a non-committal hand gesture. "Can't say I've watched too many movies I was super into in general."

"You guys are lame," Bill commented.

Pina looked over to him. "I don't think Gosha has any anime movies, Billy, so what would be your second pick?"

"Anime isn't the only thing I like," Bill scoffed. "I like all kinds of movies."

"What's your favorite genre, Legosi?" Louis asked.

Legosi returned with his arms full of blankets and pillows. "I like dramas or fantasy. Kind of hard to nail it down."

"I like mysteries or action films," Louis said. "I get too invested."

"Drama and mystery usually go hand in hand," Gosha pointed out. "I think I have a few of those in mind..."

Legosi unceremoniously dropped all his stuff on the ground and started to spread it out in front of the couch.

"So, a mystery!" Louis grinned and sat back on the rather comfortable couch.

"Oh, but that means we have to pay attention," Pina complained.

Bill raised a brow. "Plan on making out with Lou the whole time or something?"

"Here and there. Nothing too involved with grandpa here. But I like talking too and stuff."

Legosi kneeled down on the floor, trying to make Bill and his space as comfy as possible. "Cuddling and watching a movie isn't too hard. You just have to find a balance. I think me and Louis got it down pretty well with all the stuff we watch."

The buck made a sound of agreement. "Don't worry, I'll pay plenty of attention to you," he said to Pina.

"Honestly, my favorite genre of movie is 'bad', because I like to make fun of them," the sheep admitted.

Gosha turned to him and laughed. "Well, the movie I just picked is far from bad, so sorry for that." He waved the box in the air. "This was me and my pal's favorite when we were younger."

"What pal?" Bill raised a brow.

"Oh, just a guy I knew years ago. He was my best friend." Gosha waved his hand as if it would make the tiger forget about the subject. "Anyway, this is an old noir film from the west, so it has drama and mystery in spades."

Louis knew he was talking about Yahya but he didn't push. "I haven't really delved into the realm of noir films. I'm interested, but you might have to let me borrow it considering..." He nudged the sheep.

"Oh, you could probably find it on the internet. You guys don't have a VCR, after all." Gosha inserted the tape and walked over to turn off the lights.

Pina moved more to fit on Louis' lap. "My beautiful horns are gonna block the screen. Not sorry."

The deer squinted. "What's the point of watching the movie, then?"

"You can still hear it," Pina argued. "Or you could spoon me and put your head between my horns. Yeah, do that."

"You won't be able to make out 'here and there' if I do that," Louis whispered.

"I'll move when I want to."

Louis let out a short laugh. "Fine. Move up so I can lay down. Wait, if I lay down my antlers will be in the way. Hm... What if we rested our heads on the arm?"

"Or we could use the pillows. Are you afraid we're gonna poke holes in them?"

"We can use the pillows." He grabbed one and moved it behind his head. "Would we even see any of the movie if we were alone?"

"If it was a shitty movie, yeah. Kind of ironic. We definitely need to have a horrible movie night with the four of us sometime." The two laid down and Pina backed up into the buck.

Louis wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled him close. "Is that why you've never really been interested in movies? You're always distracted?"

"Honestly...probably? More often than not they were just side effects of going on a date."

"Oh, Pina," Louis shook his head, lightly. "I'm going to show you that you can watch a good movie and still have a very fun time when we get the chance."

Gosha walked over with the controller and sat down on his chair. "I have a feeling if you give this movie a chance, it might just grab you. Give it a shot, Pina."

Pina sighed. "Yeah, yeah."

Meanwhile, Legosi had gotten comfortable on the ground and was now staring up at the big tiger, waiting for him to enter his cozy nest.

Bill made a rather embarrassed face. "Uh...do I gotta get used to those puppy eyes?"

"Yep," Louis lifted his head and answered.

"What's wrong with them?" Legosi asked, genuinely.

Bill rubbed the back of his neck as he sat down, scooting close and grabbing the blanket to wrap around them. His voice was quiet so only the wolf could hear. "They could make an animal do a lot of things."

"I don't do it to manipulate people if that's what you're afraid of. It just sort of happens. I didn't even realize it until Louis told me." Legosi placed an arm over Bill's chest and brought himself closer.

The tiger pulled him against him. "Hold on. Let me just..." he pulled the blanket off of them and then adjusted it, wrapping it around the two of them in a big cocoon. "There..."

Legosi wiggled slightly to test the durability. "Wow, impressive. Are we going to come out with wings?"

"Woah, we could play in the sky, then!" The tiger commented, being careful of his words thanks to Gosha being there.

Of course, because this was Bill, Legosi knew what he was talking about. "Well, that'd be kind of hard with having to flap them constantly, but if I were really looking at this realistically, we'd need some really, really big wings, and that's only thinking if they're on our arms like a bird or somehow on our back." He stopped as his mind scanned for any more inconsistencies or flaws.

Bill scooted closer and put his hand on Legosi's knee, hidden by the blanket which was obviously why the cat did what he did. "But it would be fun as hell."

Legosi put his head under Bill's chin. "Of course."

Gosha had held off starting the movie so that the boys could get settled, and he watched them as he did so. It was odd seeing the couples switched like this, but it also didn't seem unnatural. He smiled, knowing that no matter what, his grandsons, both biological and 'adopted', would be in good hands.

And so the movie began. Very old horn music came with the reveal of the movie's title. It was extremely overdramatic, but Louis was here for it, wondering what kind of mystery there would be.

Pina blinked at the old, black and white imagery and pulled at one of Louis' hands, kneading the fingers and kissing his knuckles softly.

The deer couldn't help but smile, wiggling his fingers a bit in response. "Have you ever seen such an old film?"

"Of course." Pina's voice was quiet as a scene opened by introducing a sheep character. "Mmm, I'm hotter than him."

"You are. He's going to get murdered anyway," Louis let his hand be kissed a bit more as he squeezed against the woolly herbivore's belly with his other.

"You don't know that." Suddenly, a music sting sounded. "Oh, never mind. He's doomed."

"Told you," the buck said. "Now you're hotter by default."

"Yaaay, technicality." Pina brought Louis' hand up to touch the wool on his face and neck.

Louis could tell the sheep wanted attention, so he stroked the softness. "You don't feel honored they are investigating the murder of a sheep?"

"I suppose. Would have been nice if they did that for Tem," Pina scoffed.

"You still think about that..." Louis stated, rather than asked. "I used to visit his memorial in the school every week. I made a promise to change things for him."

"And Els," Pina sighed. "I don't wanna bum you out, of course. I just tend to try and not think about them, but they deserve to be remembered and cherished."

Louis pulled him closer, squeezing the white curls. "At least we stopped Riz..."

"Mhm." Suddenly, one of the characters raised their voice, causing Pina to jump slightly.

Louis clutched him, instinctually. "That wasn't even a jumpscare!"

"It was a loud, though!" Pina laughed it off. "The sound balancing of old movies is weird."

"Unless you're just a scaredy sheep," Louis kissed his horn.

"It's a possibility," Pina mumbled into the deer's hand.

"It's not even a horror movie," Louis teased. He slid his leg to move between Pina's.

"Doesn't mean it can't be startling," Pina sighed, squeezing Louis' leg between his thighs.

"Well, I'm right here. Don't worry." He rubbed a hand up and down his arm, slowly.

"Mmm." Pina's eyes started to feel heavy, but he kept them open.

Louis continued to kiss his horn idly as they watched on. "Mm...That character has an eyepatch..."

"Guess we're all getting representation here, even if that character is a pig." Pina noted the way both of their warmth radiated into each other. It was nice in a subdued sort of way.

Louis shuffled his leg between his a bit. "You're right. It is hard to focus with you here."

"I'm not even talking much," Pina giggled.

"Don't need to," the deer huffed.

"Ah, it's because I'm too hot to exist."

"So glad you do, though..." He moved his hand up to his cheek.

"I'm existing so hard right now, bro. Don't make a boner joke."

"Might have to stop me from opening my mouth," Louis whispered.

Pina reached around and did just that, covering the deer's muzzle.

Louis blinked. "Mmph."

Meanwhile, Bill's eyes were glued to the screen. It was clear he was hooked by the film their grandfather was showing them.

Legosi was also transfixed as the badger detective character uncovered more and more contradictions surrounding the sheep's death. Idly, he reached up and played with the tiger's round, furry ears, not really thinking about it.

At one point, Bill leaned closer. "You can lay on me or sit on my lap if you want."

"Well, sitting on your lap would mean having to untangle all this," Legosi indicated the blankets with a movement of his head. "Let me try to move..." The wolf wiggled a bit, wrapping his limbs around Bill and climbing around him for a good position where they could both see the screen, but it was tough.

Bill held him and moved to run his fingers through his big fluffy tail. "I'm thinking that the sheep's girlfriend did it."

Legosi squeezed harder when he did this, moaning softly. He eventually found a position where he was half-laying on Bill's chest while still being able to see the screen. "I think he might not even be dead."

"Whaaat?! No fucking way! I didn't even think of that!"

Legosi nodded, slowly, their fur brushing together. "I feel like this is the kind of movie with a twist like that, even if there isn't much evidence. A gut feeling, I suppose."

"His girlfriend's involved, somehow," Bill said. "Chicks be suspicious."

"Is that why you started having sex with dudes?" Legosi asked, rubbing his chest.

"Shhh! Gramps is listening!" Bill hissed.

"His hearing isn't that good, and he knows that you do anyway." Legosi nuzzled his face. "I still can't believe you managed to do this to me in less than a day. I'd be annoyed if I wasn't so happy with it."

Bill gave him that oddly attractive smile again. "Same, dude. Besides, dating chicks is hard. In my experience, it's just the guy fumbling to keep the chick held up on her pedestal."

"Hmm, I guess I wouldn't really know. Louis was the first animal I had a crush on."

Bill squeezed him a way that both of his hands were on Legosi's pecs. "Looks like you've been one lucky wolf, then."

Legosi grinned, lopsidedly. "I guess I am..." He leaned in and gave small licks on Bill's cheek, his tail moving against the tight confines of the blanket as it tried to wag.

"So...we'll be seeing each other a lot more now, huh?"

"I think so. You're pretty charming in your own way," Legosi admitted.

"Not hard when you have a deer on the inside."

"What, you don't think Louis is charming?"

"Not what I meant. I meant he's told me things about you. It makes it easier to get through." Bill kissed his nose.

"Ohh." Legosi blinked. "So, did you really consult Louis to find the best way to swoon me, or did it just happen?"

"Oh, come on. It's not like you were a goal. This just happened. And you love it so it's great."

"It is..." Legosi laid his head closer. "Uh, could you lick me again? I really like how it feels."

The tiger started licking between his ears, slowly.

Legosi sighed contentedly as his tail wagged faster. It was hard to see the movie from his new angle but it was a sacrifice he made, willingly.

Bill continued his rhythm. It was extremely calming.

Despite the tense tone of the film, the four animals were all basking in each others' company, able to temporarily push away the prospect of cults and yakuza groups.

Toward the end of the movie, both Legosi and Pina had fallen asleep, their respective partners agreeing with one another that they both looked adorable.

It was revealed that the detective was the murderer the whole time and both Louis and Bill shouted out "THAT'S IT?!" after the reveal.

Pina woke up with a gasp, heart racing, while Legosi jumped up and clutched Bill tightly, fur poofed up. Meanwhile, Gosha was just laughing.

Louis jumped when Pina did. "Agh! Sorry!"

Bill squeezed Legosi. "Haha, whoops!"

"What happened?" both newly awakened animals asked.

"The murderer was the fucking detective!" Bill whined.

Louis sighed. "How did we miss it?"

"Because it's convoluted," Bill answered.

Legosi rubbed his eyes. "Mmm, we'll have to rewatch it sometime. I forget when I fell asleep."

"Me too, but I don't care enough to watch it again," Pina stated.

Gosha got up with a grunt and went to retrieve the tape. "Well, regardless, I hope you boys had fun!"

Louis and Bill nodded and Louis spoke. "I know I did. I love spending time with all of you."

"It was comfyyy..." Bill cooed.

"Well, I'm gonna get ready for bed, you guys. All of you staying?" Gosha asked.

Louis looked at his husband. "Are you cool with that?"

Legosi yawned. "Yeah. I just have to leave for work on time in the morning, but that should be fine." He sat up and stretched, looking around. "I guess two of us will sleep in my old room while the other two pull out the couch here..."

"So, are we going back to how it was?" Louis asked. All the animals looked between each other, trying to glean the answer without words.

Louis looked at Pina, raising a brow. "You can be alone with Bill."

Pina looked down at the cat. "Well, we're gonna have a big day tomorrow, right babe? Plus I'm not sure you want to let go of your wolf yet, do you?"

"I dunno. What does my wolf say?" Bill smirked.

"I think me and Bill can share the pullout couch, since it's bigger, while Pina and Louis sleep in my old room," Legosi deduced.

Louis patted Pina's arm. "Go on."

Pina cocked his head at him. "...With?"

"I meant go on. Get up," Louis clarified.

"Mmmmm." Pina stood and arched his back, making an audible crack as he stretched and yawned.

"Alright, don't you boys make too much noise." Gosha walked off to prepare for bed.

Louis turned to Legosi and Bill. "Well, this is goodnight, then."

"Behave yourselves," Pina said to the two with a wink.

Louis quickly went over to Legosi and threw his arms around his neck, kissing his cheek multiple times, tenderly. "I love you, dear."

Legosi reached up and kissed him again, licking across his face at the end. "I love you, too. See you tomorrow."

Louis also went to Bill and gave him a small embrace. "Take care of him."

"As if he were my own boyfriend, Lou."

The buck stood up and grabbed Pina's hand. "To the room!"

"Yeah, one second." Pina leaned down and kissed Bill's forehead. "Don't waste all your cum on Legosi before tomorrow."

The tiger kissed him, deeply. "I won't, babe. Sleep well."

"I will. See ya." Pina then let Louis lead him away.

They once again returned to Legosi's childhood bedroom and shut the door, Louis immediately beginning to remove his clothes. "What a day."

Pina followed his lead and did the same. "Yeah..." He then stared at the bare bed. "Oh...forgot to take the sheets out and dry them and stuff...fuck..."

Louis exhaled out of his nose, grabbing his underwear. "I'll be right back."

Outside, Legosi and Bill took the cushions off of the couch and were trying to find out how to unfold it. Bill finally figured it out and they began pulling out the bed. "You look so tired, man."

Legosi yawned as if to confirm this. "Yeah, thanks to you."

The tiger purred. "That's nothing compared to what Pina will experience tomorrow."

"Are you going to put him into a coma, Bill?" Legosi asked as he laid out the blankets.

"It's not fair to do that when Louis just got him," Bill chuckled, pulling his shirt off.

"What, asking if you'll put him in a coma? Did that really turn you on?" Legosi mirrored his action, stripping to his underwear.

Bill pulled his pants off. "I never said that. I meant it's not fair to Louis to put him into a coma."

"Oh, I get it." The wolf sat on the bed heavily and sighed. "That's something you'll need to get used to. I misunderstand things a lot."

"Worth it." Bill pulled his underwear off, unlike the wolf, and sat down.

"Oh, uh, Gosha might walk in here in the morning, so I guess, uh, stay under the covers." Legosi looked at his own underwear, debating.

"It's my house now, too," the tiger joked, reaching over and grabbing Legosi's underwear, pulling them off his long legs himself.

Legosi rolled back a bit, allowing him to. "Mmm, what do you like about me, Bill?"

"I like your voice," the tiger said. "I like how much you let me play with you today, even though you didn't have to. You took a risk and it paid off. I have so much respect for you for not being afraid to date Louis and for standing up to Riz with me. I like it when you smile and god I love that tight ass and big dick." He wasn't touching him as he said this, just looking down as he thought about each word he was saying them.

Legosi crawled toward him and slipped into his lap. "Sorry if I keep asking about it, but I guess until today I still was under the impression you didn't like me for some reason. Like, we only interacted because of our boyfriends. I don't know, of course, we were friends this whole time, I guess we just never spent enough time together."

Bill's hands slid down to his hips and he used one to cover their bottoms halves with the blanket. "Guess that really needs to change," Bill smiled. "I like it when you put your legs around me."

"Even if it's only happened a few times," Legosi noted. "You're grown a lot. You're a really sweet guy."

"I just...realized that I should care. Care about what really matters. I told you, dating girls was hard because you gotta constantly meet their needs, but I was only worried about my own needs back when we fought on the stage. I was jealous of Louis, too. I wanted people to look up to me like that and I wasn't afraid to be a dick to get it and even then it never worked out. Riz kidnapping Pina was a huge wake-up call. I actually cared about someone so deeply I would die for them."

"I still can't imagine what that must have been like. Even when you thought Pina was dead, you kept going." Legosi stroked Bill's bicep idly with his claw. "You were...radiant that night. I don't really know how else to say it. It was like looking at a whole other animal, but now I know that's who you really are."

"And it feels good to be that animal. And I know that I could really make a difference if I tried. That's why I need to join the Shishigumi. Because I care so fucking much I'm willing to pull a stupid stunt like this if there's even a chance of helping."

"And...it'll be nice to have you there with me," Legosi said, looking down shyly.

"Louis and Pina get to date in the creepy cult tower and you and I get to hang out in the lion's den."

"You wouldn't call it a date, too?"

"I'm trying not to force you to be my boyfriend just cuz the other two are."

Legosi reached up and stroked Bill's whiskers. "Would you...want me to be?"

"Are you asking me because you wanna make another reckless decision with me?" Bill smiled with his teeth.

"What reckless decision would that be?" the sleepy wolf asked.

"Fuck yeah! I mean...were you planning on fucking me regularly?"

Legosi shook his head and shrugged. "Well, I don't know how much we'll be together, but I don't want you to eclipse Louis or anything."

"Yeah, right. I ship you two way too much for that," Bill said. "But..." He pulled Legosi closer. "I did plan on sleeping with you pretty consistently and maybe learning a little romance wouldn't hurt..." Then, he let go and laid back down with a flump. "I dunno. Just being weird."

Legosi chuckled and blushed. "Oh come on, Bill. You don't mean to tell me you have no capacity for romance."

"Maybe with Pina..." Bill whispered.

"I thought so. Pina likes romance." Legosi laid himself on top of Bill and bumped their noses. "I remember that time back at Cherryton when Pina was asking you what romantic places you would take him and you were totally clueless, though."

"Then I guess dating me would be a waste of time for you cuz I'm such a brick when it comes to it." Even so, Bill squeezed his hips. It was clear he loved doing that.

"Mmp!" Legosi was not yet used to carnivore strength shows of affection. "I don't think so. I'd like to try something more because I'm definitely feeling it. I think. And I think you have the capacity for a lot more than you think."

"Might be a wolf-shaped space in my big-ass heart, then," Bill mumbled. "And this Shishigumi shit will give me time to learn how to love you. If it ever happens."

"I don't think we can fuck at their base, though," Legosi pointed out.

"If we're dating then there's more to it than just fucking."

Legosi giggled, cutely. "I know! But that's promising hearing you say that. Any place you'd like to go with me?"

"To the next level," the feline stated, passively.

"That could mean a lot of things," Legosi said, deadpan.

"If you can't figure it out we can just go to sleep." Bill turned on his side, back toward the canine.

"Hey," Legosi wrapped his arms around his waist. "Did I make you mad? I'm sorry..."

Bill exhaled. "Oh, wolfie. Take a damn hint and admit you want to date me already. It's so obvious with how much you've been asking."

"I do! And I think it would be really helpful with my relationship with Louis since our therapist said we should do more things independent of the other." Legosi placed his head over Bill's shoulder and rubbed their cheeks together.

"Then I guess we'll have some good news for the herbivores in the morning," Bill pushed back into him.

"I don't think they'll be too surprised." And with that, Legosi brought their lips together, searching for the feeling of that rough tongue again.

Once their laundry was finished, Louis and Pina put the sheets and pillowcases back on the bed, and then the deer crawled inside, laying with his arms and legs open.

Pina just finished unstrapping his leg, letting it fall to the floor. Afterward, he got up and basically fell onto Louis.

Louis clung to him. "You know, I'm already waiting to see you again."

Pina smiled. "When are you coming back to the tower? Monday? Oh wait, that's your therapy."

"Unfortunately," Louis sighed. "I can't even describe how much it means to me that you dropped everything to help me."

"You deserve it." Pina rubbed his nose into Louis'. "Of course, I should have told Bill from the start. I'm glad that's all sorted out now, even if he's putting himself into danger too."

"Did you do it because you loved me?"

"Of course. I don't think anybody would do something like that if not for love."

Louis kissed his face multiple times. "Soon, you'll know how much I appreciate it. And you didn't do it expecting anything out of it...Another reason I love you. You're so selfless. But I worry...There is such a thing as too selfless."

"Well, I didn't expect nothing out of it. I expected to get you and Legosi out of danger." Pina caressed Louis' face.

Louis moved his head to kiss his palm. "I honestly can't do it alone. And Nori, too...That's going to take work. It's absolutely wrong that he loves killing, but I want him to feel accepted before we figure out how to help with that more..."

"Definitely, and I'm sure we have Hachi on our side for that, too," Pina reminded.

The buck moved his hand down to hold the sheep's butt. "I'm coming back to the tower on Tuesday."

"I'll let Nori know and have an excuse ready for Ichi, then. Gonna stay over?"

"You're bad at hiding the hope in your eyes," Louis laughed.

Pina lowered his head. "Who says I'm hiding it?"

"Of course I'm staying over," Louis said.

"Hmm~" Pina's smile grew wider. "Am I right in thinking we shouldn't tire ourselves out training that day?"

"Oh, come on, don't spoil my plan..." The deer's ears flattened.

"Hey, you said I'd know, and I do." He fiddled with the fur on Louis' chest. "Now I'm gonna be all antsy until then..."

"'Tantalizing', as you called it."

"Yeah, but for now, we get to relax and sleep together. Literally."

Louis squeezed his butt cheek. "Not before one more thing I thought of earlier..."

"Mm? What's that?" Pina asked with a wink and a wiggle of his hips.

Louis opened his mouth, then closed it. "Well, now I'm nervous."

"As long as we don't have to wash the sheets again, I'm down for anything," Pina encouraged.

Louis closed his eye and took a deep breath. He then began...singing. Genuinely singing. Something about meeting under a cherry blossom tree.

Pina's smug look on his face melted, replaced with a look of surprise as he listened intently.

Louis continued singing and the song was very full of metaphors but it was clearly about two people falling in love over time even though their lives were hell. Everything was awful, but in the end, they always met under the cherry blossom tree. Their cherry blossom tree. There was no background music accompanying it, either. Just Louis' voice and nothing but his voice.

As he sang, Pina's head sunk down to rest on his chest, which rumbled with the buck's voice. Pina had never heard him sing before, but just hearing his speaking voice it wasn't surprising that he was pretty good at it.

Louis opened his eye now, looking down at Pina's head and smiling, which was reflected in his singing. He regained his ground quickly, though, continuing on. It was just beautiful.

Pina sighed and closed his eyes, naturally soothed by it all.

And as soon as it had started, it was over, Louis going silent afterward.

"That was beautiful," Pina whispered, eyes staying shut. "I've never heard it before, though. Where's it from?"

"Nowhere. I just made it up," the deer explained. The song had been about them the whole time.

Pina's eyes snapped open and he stared at Louis. "Uh, shut up? You really just came up with that on the spot right now?"

"Yeah. It wasn't that good. It had a disjointed song structure and I don't think I got the message that 'anywhere you and I are together is our cherry blossom tree' across."

Pina shook his head. "No, no, I got it! That was really good, boo! That's, like, a legit talent. Really, don't undersell yourself."

"Not to discount Legosi, of course. I just thought it would be strange to have a third animal in the song's narrative."

"Do you have a song for him, too?"

"At our wedding, yeah."

Pina chuckled. "Your version of vows?"

"You're the best man, you'll see for yourself," Louis said.

"Me and Bill?"

"You and Bill."

"Heh, what other weddings have had the best men fucking the grooms," Pina remarked with a chuckle.

Louis grabbed his face and looked into the sheep's eyes. "I'm serious about you, you know. Like I keep saying, Legosi will always be first priority, but I'm not going to tip-toe around the bush with you, either. I'm not going to hold back and I plan to work for it."

Pina's eyes went wide again. "Y-yeah, I know...You don't have to prove anything to me, you know. I just like being with you."

"It's not proving anything, Pina. It's giving you what you deserve and what I like."

"I see..." The sheep laid his head back down. "And I'll keep doing the same for you."

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Now, can you kiss me again instead of covering my mouth like earlier?" Louis huffed.

"Of course..." And their lips connected. Afterward, the two laid down and fell asleep to the sound of the other breathing and the warm feeling they shared.