Tess and Tablo, fluffy black cats laying in my spot on the giant bed, premium territory. This is when Tess laid down next to him purring, and he realized that's actually another cat, "WTH?!" He got up to evade her clingy little self, so I sat on the same spot and both arranged themselves accordingly.

Tess and Tablo, fluffy black cats laying on the duvet cover over my legs on the bed. Tess is on the other side of a dividing thigh, purring up against my side, so Tabs feels comfy falling asleep in the crook of my knee. His ears are momentarily poised to "listen" and make sure she’s not getting closer 🤣 he eventually relaxed into sleep.

Working from bed because bebby is sick. Meimei is attempting to keep him company, but he is pretty sure he’s not actually a cat, so he resists her needy snuggles. Poor 0-brain cell Tess, she misses #PixelBei 🥺 I’m a cat couch, and I have no complaints. She’s purring, everyone's comfy and comforted.

An elderly Siamese cat sits on the back of the couch like a disapproving gargoyle. The floor lamp behind him looks like a southern lady's Sunday hat.

Yes it's an hour before dinner, Pig, and no you can’t have it early.

Ok just this time.

Again.

#PixelBei

I think all 5-cat families fit this exact pattern 🤣
I've got #PixelBei and #ChurroBei resident fake gangsters (both Siameses)
#TabloBei former stray, fast-bap king, dog stressor, regulator
#TeslaBei just livin life on autopilot
#AoifeBei who wouldn't piss on her siblings if they were on fire

Satisfied with my attention, Hilo's stopped bothering the other cats. My arm rests across his upper back and he's settled into a comfortable position. Hilo also feels like he's closest to me, and therefore won the Mama Attention Game. Everyone else was happy with their original positions, and they aren't going to bother to correct him.

The final positions: Tablo is a fluffy black loaf on the left, laying slightly elevated on the bolster pillow beneath the covers, his hind end near Hilo. Hilo is cuddled against my ribs, fully relaxed under my forearm, his subtly striped grey left paw fully-extended with a relaxed paw, his right paw in a relaxed curl against the submerged pillow. To the far right of the photo, Pig and Tess haven't moved since Hilo came to sit by me. They remain in a cream and cocoa and black pile of fluff.

Now I can’t get out of bed, y'all, this is just too sweet. #TabloBei #ChurroBei #PixelBei #TeslaBei

A Siamese cat and a fluffy black cat laying together on a bedspread of tropical leaves. The black cat Tess is laying in a circle against the Siamese's tummy, grooming her own back so she doesn't have to face him. She’s purring like a lawnmower and the Siamese is annoyed, but not entirely hating this. He’s old and arthritic and doesn't want to move unless absolutely necessary.

The black cat is now turned towards the still-wary Siamese, grooming his fur as well.

She's laid down now against him, body mirroring his position, facing away while still purring to keep him reassured that she’s only there for snuggles.

The cuddle puddle is now complete. The Siamese is fully relaxed and has laid his head down on his paws, back to deep sleep, and the black cat is curled against him, her head on his tummy, using him as a pillow. Her purrs have dwindled to a low rumble as she falls asleep against him.

Pig and Tess negotiating the nap. Pig is pretty sure he’s not a cat, so he's not interested in cuddling with most of them, but Tess is relentless and sweet and accommodating, so he usually ends up going along with whatever she tries. #PixelBei #TeslaBei

Post a picture when your pet was little.

I got Tablo as an adult, but the other 4... #AoifeBei #PixelBei #ChurroBei #TeslaBei

Pig (a cocoa-tipped siamese cat) is laying like a crescent moon with his back against my pillow, sleeping peacefully. His bff Tess is curled into a circle against his belly, also sleeping. All around them is laundry and hangers

Tess has walked away, and Pig is sleeping alone in the same position, this time resting his head on his front paws.

My sweet old Pig has slept through all of the laundry 🥰 #PixelBei

The cocoa and cookie dough colored Siamese is loafed on the pillows next to mine. The light from the lamp behind him gives him an aura or glow (because he’s a very special old man)

Pig got too toasty under the covers so he’s on the highest soft point on the bed. Mister MoarUp #PixelBei

Hilo and Tesla are cuddled to my left side, both clinging like barnacles to the edge of the bed. Tess is her super round fluffy void self, and Hilo looks confused (as usual), slightly further away.

Pig is under my knees in the tent I made for him under the covers so he stays warm and cozy

The reproach on the face of this fluffy black cat as he sits on the bed next to me 🤣 I told him he’s a beautiful baby and he said "yeah but Pig is still in my spot"

The empty spot on the bed where Tesla and Hilo just were

These 4 kitties are clinging close to me this evening, and it's not even cold, but moments later, everyone's gone 🤣 #TeslaBei #ChurroBei #PixelBei #TabloBei

A mildly annoyed Siamese is curled up in a tent I made for him out of the covers and my fleece-covered thighs. I’m holding up the blanket to take his picture and letting all the cold air in. His tummy is flat against the sheets, toasty warm against the heated mattress pad. He’s sitting on my ice cold feet, warming them up for me, and my frozen feet are his way of tempering the heat of the blankets and mattress pad.

MOM STOP YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE COLD AIR IN #PixelBei

Wherein I blow dry a dry pig #PixelBei

It's a precarious perch but he’s only fallen off about once a week; I watch out for him, as his passion for face rubbing and hot air exceeds his current physical limitations. This is MoarUp guy, loves the highest perch, so bad balance still surprises him

Tablo and Pig are laying near each other on the bed and nobody is bleeding! I caught Tablo, a fluffy black cat in the foreground mid-yawn, that silly point where their eyes cross all squinty, and his pink tongue is showing. Pig is behind him on the watercolor eucalyptus print bedding, snuggled up to a pillow.

Tablo on the left on the bed, Pig in the middle half-hidden by Tess's britches. She is the second fluffy black cat and she’s standing to the right of the boys in an awkward spot in an awkward position on the bed, close to the edge. Her little interloper ears are back like she’s annoyed with them.

Another view of Tesla and Pig, where you can see Pig behind her, pointedly leaning away from Tess's stinky behind 🤣 He’s so patient with her

Another angle, Tablo to the left, mid-grooming-lick, and Pig stubbornly still in the middle, still leaning away but acting like it's his idea

I walked in on the boys cuddling and Tess darted up onto the bed to screm at me with her weird voice to get in bed immediately and turn the heated mattress cover on. Poor Pig 🤣 #TabloBei #PixelBei #TeslaBei

A cocoa and cream Siamese cat looks at me from atop my bolster pillow on the bed with thoughtful eyes, as if he wants to tell me something

Hyper focused on my currently-raw-clay ceramic wind chimes... I have all the little circles in a damp box and I’m polishing the texture on each and every one of them. 6 hours later I look up and it's 12am 🤣 Too tired to make dinner so I’m trying to go to bed but the Pig wants to chat. #PixelBei

My elderly Siamese cat with his paws on the tray table, licking the melted liquid cheese off the plate next to the last bite of eggs

Pig, the Siamese, backs up and stares at the plate as the jalapeño kicks in

He looks in my direction absently, front feet still on the tray table, back feet still on the couch, and cautiously licks his lips, big pink tongue touching his cocoa nose. He’s got one ear back in the "wait, something's wrong here" face

The tongue is back where it belongs, and I think this is the moment when he decided to run away from the spicy queso. His face and ear position hadn't changed, but he’s put the tongue away.

The face of regret. He’s never done this before, try to steal food off a plate I'm actively eating from. Betcha it doesn't happen again 🤣😂🤣 Yes, son, that's the spicy queso blanco 🔥🥴 #PixelBei

To my left is a loafed elfin-faced fluffy black cat (Tess)

Along the front of my legs as I lay on my side under a floral duvet are both the Siamese in croissant mode, Pig closer to my feet (god he’s so skinny) and Hilo up against my stomach, but all I could fit in the picture is his big giant head

Tablo is loafed behind my knees, peering over my side at the other cats. He’s waiting for someone to vacate his favorite spot, by my head, to come be molecularly bonded to my face.

4/5 of the cat colony are huddled around me - how come I’m so popular tonight? 🤣 #TeamMeeze and the #BlackCatMafia both fully represented #TeslaBei #PixelBei #ChurroBei #TabloBei

Old man Pig (Siamese) stands unsteadily on a handmade quilt on the bed in the foreground. He’s between yells about the disturbance, very visibly UNhappy with his sister Aoife scampering around (chasing the automatic laser toy on the floor beside the bed), so he got up from his napping place to REGULATE. I can't ignore him when he's yelling, because his health has been fragile, especially since I was out of town last week and his care was VERY spotty. His hastily-abandoned cuddle buddy Tesla (fluffy black cat) dazedly sits upright, but 90% asleep behind him, and Hilo (giant grey Siamese), with his perpetual derp face, lays in Pig's second favorite spot on the bed pillows in the background.

"誰跑來跑去?!?!" - 累累的老哥貓
#PixelBei #TeslaBei #ChurroBei

Two cats are cuddled up tight in loaves on a handmade quilt, facing each other, heads very close together. Pig, the ancient Siamese in the foreground, has his ears pointed back in my direction, pointedly ignoring me but still keeping track of my movement. He thinks I might be laying down to make him a blanket fort under the covers, just monitoring the situation in case he needs to get up and crawl under the blankets... Also partially visible is the stuffed dragon I got when Kona died that's my surrogate german shepherd to hug while we sleep. Tesla loves making biscuits on that thing, like she did on Kona, and it wasn't even here when he was around, so maybe his spirit inhabits it sometimes.

"She’s behind me, isn’t she" #PixelBei #TeslaBei Tried to video them cleaning each other's faces, but the moment I got close to the bed, the mutual-care bath stopped and I got this expression. Tess was still purring, but she doesn't wanna get face-whapped by Pig for "impudence" so she waits for calm

My old Siamese cat sits on my lap on a blanket, giving me some savage side-eye because I disturbed his beauty rest (he’s beautiful, and he definitely gets a lot of rest)

Yes, Pig, I sneezed. #PixelBei

With big puppy dog eyes, Pig looks at me and expects me to understand just because he’s sitting where he's sitting. Luckily we're both smart, and I know what he wants 🥹

Please to make blanket tent for me yes mother? #PixelBei

He loves to crawl under the covers and pretend he’s in a cave; he paws my face at 3am to let him under. Bonus points for elevating my knee to give him extra space. He thinks I can’t hear him purr under there, it's "undignified" 🤣 my 18yo bb

My soulmate kitties 🥹 Tess was bonded to my dog Kona while he was alive, but she has always been devoted to Pig. He’s always hated the other cats, is pretty sure he’s a person and not a cat. But Tess persuaded him just like this, slowly creeping up on him and cuddling. 🥹🥹🥹 #TeslaBei #PixelBei

My fluffy black cat Tablo and my elderly Siamese Pig are laying incredibly close to each other on the quilt and duvet over my legs on the bed (it's the warmth from the heated mattress cover, but they think it's ME 🤣)

My chonky floof Hilo, a grey Siamese/mountain lion hybrid deal, is laying incredibly close to the edge of the bed, rolled half over onto his back to my left, letting me pet his massive tumtum while he soaks up the warmth.

I think my boys are hoping that the planes can’t land I. Ohio tomorrow and thus mama will be here tomorrow night to warm their little fuzzy bottoms. #TabloBei #PixelBei #ChurroBei

The elderly Siamese (Pixel) and a fluffy polydactyl black cat (Tess) are laying on a quilt underneath the left edge of a laptop propped on my leg as we rest in bed. Tesla has her peets laying over Pig's and her chin buried in her ruff fluff, eyes closed and purring. Pig is deeply asleep half covered by her, his front legs all stretched out, too. The warmth of the mattress heater and the pheromones are melting them together

An elderly Siamese cat and a smaller black cat are laying behind the left edge of a laptop I have propped on my legs in bed. The little fluffy black cat (Tess) is cleaning the Siamese (Pixel), and everyone's eyes are closed, peaceful and enjoying the love.

After a small adjustment, Pig has laid his head out flat, like Tesla was, and she has now removed all evidence that she has a neck, her head pulled back from its place on her feet. An extra toe is visible atop one of her downy, dainty peets. She is as soft as she looks, like a bunny rabbit.

I plugged in the fresh diffuser of cat pheromones and everyone is just sooooooo cuddly 🥰 #PixelBei #TeslaBei

An elderly tan and cocoa seal point Siamese cat is curled up on my bed pillow, in a crescent shape, one paw tucked somewhere, and the other cocoa paw resting under his face, his tan cookie monster fur damp near his tail. Near the base of his tail, next to the bed pillow sits his wife Tess, actively laying on his tail. She’s the one who groomed him/caused the damp spot. She’s always nearby him, even if she's not welcome in the moment. In Pig's defense, she's a stage 4 clinger and doesn't understand that people need to breathe, or may be annoyed by constant demands for attention.

The biggest thing I am grateful for today is Pig living to see the new year with us. Pixel's 18; if he makes it to his 19th bday in September I will be AMAZED (kidneys failing).

I cherish every day with each of them, I'm painfully aware that I could lose any one of them at any moment. #PixelBei

I am constantly insulted on this platform #PixelBei

Pig's reminder that he has not received his 8am wet food (since he got some at 6am) is him haunting me since 8am. DO NOT PET, MOTHER, ONLY FEED #PixelBei has learned that ADHD mama will forget if I’m not constantly reminded. I just got a firm paw atop my head (not shown), so I'll go stir the food

Pixel the Siamese and Tesla the night floof are curled up together tight, fast asleep, while Hilo is settled a respectful distance from them. He’s at the very edge of the allowable limit but he hasn't gotten too close the whole time so Pig and Tess fell back asleep. Hilo is still a little tense, aware that he’s there by their graces

Poor baby Hilo 🥺 he so wants to cuddle with them, but they remember he ambushed them from a 7' bookshelf a couple times. He’s also anxiously aggro (his vision has deteriorated the past few years); he swats them when they surprise him. So they swat him on sight #PixelBei #TeslaBei #ChurroBei

Two cats in the darkness walking all over me and my pillow to harass me into getting up to feed them.

Tesla sits on the rug on the floor, her back to me, looking in the direction she expects me to go.

Hey guise I heard there's feeding? #ChurroBei #PixelBei #TeslaBei

My cat dodging my hand as I try to pet him because that is not the point of him staring at me

NO PET ONLY FEED #PixelBei

An elderly Siamese cat sits on my bolster pillow in the pre-dawn darkness, looking at me from his loaf with thinly veiled hunger.

He’s not mad that's just his face. #PixelBei is looking balefully at me because he’s pretty damn sure he requested breakfast be served at exactly 7am thank you kindly. I set the alarm for 8, and at 7 sharp he started walking all over me, setting only when I stirred

I started him on a $$$ arthritis medication and I just caught him running around and chirping at the laser toy. I think it works! 🥰 #PixelBei It's not much but for a cat who ached so much it hurt to stand a few months ago, it's incredibly rewarding to see him acting kitteny again. He’s 18!