#dobes draws

[silanb]

I wonder what they’re gossiping about

(It’s Harry)

@mrtequilasunset

[tatiilange]

Doggust! Doberman

These will be stickers with metallic foil for my store KIRIN KONCEPT :D

[silanb]

Is this anything

Chekhov's gun is OUT. Chekhov's brass button turned necklace is IN.

I can't draw guys but I can draw things, and I had a very clear vision of what this button looked like from its conception, so I wanted to do some 'concept art' lol

Plus bonuses! *Shakes head* he doesn't even know they're there...

[jayskai]

fun fact I've been an undertale fan since 2016 but I've never drawn fanart of it ... wtf

[doberbutts]

Is the high level of inbreeding in dobes more because "undesirable" traits are common so those dogs get weeded out (whether actual bad things or just not fitting the breed spec), a small number of breeders having the monopoly, or because they are all related anyway so there's no way of avoiding it without an outcross program? Is something like the Doberman Preservation ​Project a realistic future for the breed?

The doberman breed is in the current shape its in due to multiple genetic bottlenecks- some simple stupid breeding decisions and others due to active war zones and the consequences of wars- paired with people who are stubbornly refusing to even try to make it better because they have convinced themselves that what they're doing is right.

Fenris is my lowest COI dobe to date [23% iirc] and while not the lowest I've seen in the breed [19%], still a huge improvement over to 50-60% breed average. But people have argued again and again that lowering COI means making breeding decisions that produce inferior dogs, and so many refuse to even consider it as a possibility.

(For non-dog people, COI is coefficient of inbreeding, and it is a look at the numbers behind how inbred a population is. You want as low of a number as possible. 25% is equal to immediate siblings. Ideally we'd want single digit numbers, with anything over 10% being a major problem to fix. To compare, my chihuahuas are something like 6% (Fae) and 0.02% (Tater). Sushi is a direct line breeding aunt-to-nephew so she's up in the 40s.)

(It doesn't necessarily mean a dog is immune to genetic predisposition to bad health, as evidenced by Tater's CM diagnosis, however it does seem to correlate directly with longevity and likelihood of developing these problems, meaning Tater unfortunately just lost the genetic lottery)

In other words, it is certainly possible to reduce the COI of the breed by HALF with smart breeding decisions, and people are plugging their ears going LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU because it means actually going out and looking past the popular sires and taking a chance on a dog that might not be your exact type but will still improve the next generation. This is not just a show line problem because I spend the majority of my time with working line dobes and working dobe people and this is an incredibly annoying problem there too. Fenris himself has popular sires in his pedigree, both the show half and the working half, so it is demonstratably very difficult to avoid.

I do think a well executed outcross project is needed, however... the problem I have is that the current proposed projects all suck. There's not a lot of direction outside of throwing things into the pot and seeing what sticks, and a lot of the resulting dogs quite frankly aren't what doberman people would be looking for anyway. Farm collies? Bulldogs? Bullies? Carolina dogs? Border collies? Pyrs? Why??? None of these are going to make a dog that has the temperament that draws people to this breed.

There are. A bunch of breeders who are waiting for an outcross project that actually makes sense. They've even posted in various outcrops groups that they would support a project if it had certain specifications. Many have said, get yourself a nice female and title her out in a bite sport and do all the doberman health testing even if she's not a doberman and we'd be interested in contributing semen. The response almost invariably has been "but I don't want a protective dog". Then what are you doing in a DOBERMAN project??? So of course the chief complaint is that most of these projects are not looking to make dobermans, they're looking to make their own breed and just have a doberman paint job. Well, sorry, but most involved doberman people want a DOBERMAN, not just a dog that looks like one. This is the only AKC recognized breed with the sole function of personal protection. They are protective dogs. Either accept that, or get interested in a different breed.

I have heard increasingly concerning things regarding the temperament of the doberman diversity project dogs, which does not surprise me unfortunately as none of these dogs are in any way sourced from dogs with verifiable correct temperament. What do you get when you cross a Craigslist Corso with a Craigslist doberman? Well the first generation might be okay for people who want pets but apparently the ones that have worked in protection are awful at it. Same with the malinois crosses- of course, you took a lukewarm malinois and bred it to a z-list doberman and you're surprised that you got a bunch of lukewarm at best pet dogs.

I think the only project I solidly am somewhat interested in is the bandog cross, and that cross works just fine but then of course it does because in that country, bandogs are exclusively military, police, and security dogs, and she bred it to a igp3 doberman. Unfortunately the doberman died before his 10th birthday, so now we're all waiting to see what happens with his progeny.

[animeomegas]

New Things and Misunderstandings - Naruto Omegas x Alpha!reader

A/N: Happy birthday @omeganronpa !!!! I can't write more because ow, but yay, it's your birthday! I don't know what this post is, I just picked a few of your favs and wrote about misunderstandings lol, but I hope you like it anyway lmaoooo ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

Warnings: Just some innuendo lol. And me thinking I'm funny, that needs a warning.

Naruto

*Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto having a drink together*

Sakura: It's your birthday soon, right Naruto? Do you have anything special planned?

Naruto: Uh, not much. Work is crazy, y'know?

Sakura: Ugh, you don't have to tell me. I haven't got my birthday off from the hospital in four years.

Naruto: Yeah, it sucks. I'll probably just spend the evening at home with my alpha. I was thinking of asking for a quickie or something.

Sasuke: *grimacing* Tmi, dobe.

Naruto: What? I've never had one before, so I thought it'd be cool to try.

Sakura: Naruto! No one wants to hear this.

Naruto: Why? You don't like quickies? I always thought they looked tasty. I mean, they aren't ramen of course, but I always get birthday ramen from Ichiraku, so I can't ask my alpha to make it.

Saskue: ...

Sakura: Naruto, spell quickie.

Naruto: Um, okay? I think it's Q-U-I-CH-E.

Sasuke: 🙄

Sakura: 😠

Shikamaru

Alpha: *in the middle of a chat with Kiba* -and Shikaku was so hot yesterday, it's kind of crazy, y'know.

*Shikamaru suddenly walks in, home from work, overhearing*

Shikamaru: What 😐

Alpha: Shika! You're home!

Shikamaru: What 😐

Alpha: We were just talking about how the aircon has given up in the jounin headquarters. You must have heard about it. The common room wasn't too bad once everyone opened the windows, but I was just saying that your father was suffering a lot in his small office.

Shikamaru: *visibly relaxing* Oh, I see. Yes, for once I've been grateful that Naruto keeps me in Hokage tower most of the time.

Alpha: Yeah, I bet!

Shikamaru: Okay, I'm going to take a shower upstairs, I'll be back in a bit. *Shikamaru leaves*

Kiba: ...

Alpha: ...

Kiba: Good save.

Alpha: Thanks 😅

Lee

Lee: *sighs sadly*

Alpha: You okay, baby?

Lee: I... Do you think I'm intimidating? To our fellow Konoha shinobi I mean.

Alpha: I mean, I would hope that they have a healthy respect for your abilities, but I don't think people find you unapproachable. Why do you ask? Did something happen?

Lee: I overheard some people talking in the jounin common room. They were saying that they could suffocate in my thighs... But I would never hurt them like that, even in a spar. Do you think they're... afraid of me? 🥺

Alpha: ...

Lee: ...

Alpha: Oh, baby, no.

Shino

Shino: *visibly relieved* Alpha, you're back from your mission!

Alpha: Yes... Is everything okay?

Shino: No... it's Shihori. I'm... I'm worried about her, but I didn't know what to do and you were away and I was scared I'd make it worse so-

Alpha: Woah, slow down. What happened? Is she okay?

Shino: She's... been drawing things. Horrible things. I don't know where she's getting it from, I didn't want to ask in case I made it worse! What do we do??

Alpha: Deep breaths, what sort of things has she been drawing?

*Shino anxiously opens a drawer and pulls out a stack of drawings. They depict large, scary creatures. A brown bear, a purple rabbit, and a yellow chicken. You immediately remember hearing your fellow parent shinobi complain about the latest horror video game trend that became popular with children*

Alpha: Ah. It's Freddy.

Shihori: *overhearing from the living room* YOU KNOW FREDDY, APPA?!?!

Alpha: Of course. And Bonnie. And Chica.

Shihori: 🤩🤩

Shino: 😧

Itachi

Alpha: Oh, hey, you're back from reconnaissance. Did you catch them doing anything suspicious? Pein seemed really sure there were our guys.

Itachi: No. Unfortunately, they both kept entirely normal schedules for the day, as far as I could tell.

Alpha: Damn. So we came all the way out here for nothing?

Itachi: Not quite. While their conversation was mundane, I believe they may have been using a code.

Alpha: Seriously?

Itachi: Indeed. They mentioned at one point that their compatriots had been 'sixty-nining' each other. I believe that might have been code, although I am not sure of it's meaning.

Alpha: ...

Itachi: What?

Alpha: ...

Itachi: You recognise the code?

Alpha: *suddenly remembering that Itachi had no friends as a teenager and parents that taught him how to dismember people instead of teaching him anything about sex*

Alpha: ...I'll explain on the way back 🫠

[twomiddlefingersforthehaters]

I think Sasuke really likes the funny faces Naruto makes and his reactions.

Naruto stumbling down as he hears Sasuke call his name for the first time. This was the first time Sasuke initiated to talk to Naruto… and somehow this memory was immediately etched into Sasuke's brain.

Teasing-1

He did not complain or argue about why he was tied up and used his henge [because he loves Naruto making pranks]. But he comes looking for him only to tease him by calling him a "dobe". He may want to see how he reacts to what he does and says.

Teasing-2

He never let slip any chances he gets to tease and taunt him

Teasing-3

when they returned from their mission...it was Sasuke who just initiated to tease him by asking, "Can't you take care of yourself?"

Teasing-4

ムキー (Mukī) - SFX for a growling noise or sound of disappointment, made when one is angry or pissed. It is also used when things don't turn out the way you expected. バシャ (basha)- splash.

Naruto was angry that he was ordered to do it... and he splashed the water, telling Sasuke to do it instead. Hearing that, he quickly changed what he had said earlier and said that three fish would be enough. It's only around Naruto that we get to see this teasing and playful side of him.

Sasuke tell naruto to do something he'll go "don't tell me what to do you piss me off so much!!!" and then do it. Something that Never Change

The scenes where Sakura introduces herself and talks about Sasuke while looking at him, Sasuke's face was never shown in those panels...But when Sakura said she doesn't like Naruto, Naruto made this funny face when he heard this, and we got a full view of Sasuke's blushing face at that very moment. Here the onomatopoeia used for Naruto is ガーン, It is used when a person is shocked/the emotion of being shocked

I thought he was blushing in that scene because he was embarrassed by what Sakura said. Then I wondered why Kishi didn't show Sasuke's face before... He could draw him when she said those things that were so embarrassing to hear. But why his face only shown when Naruto appeared in that scene with his funny shocked reaction??

He cherishes Naruto stumbling down after hearing him calling out his name. We don't know what face was Naruto making when Sasuke calls him 'dobe', only he knows. And It also becomes his precious memory. Even he added that teasing scene in there. He remembered Naruto's introduction and his dream of becoming a Hokage. So I think Sasuke blushed because of him. Naruto was so funny and adorable……maybe Sasuke found it too cute. The way Sasuke liked Naruto's pranks...he might also like this funny, adorable, silly, free-spirited behavior of his. Otherwise there is no need to remember these moments in his deathbed.

[googoothegodofblood]

Drawing shit noone cares about TRA LALALALAA!!!

Bonus: Dobe and their Evil Fucked Up Ex Infected has to defeat in order to e-date them.

[axl-ion]

It's so weird to draw Ingo without his hat (although since I'm drawing his out of work fit for the Stanica 90 AU it makes sense he wouldn't wear a conductor hat outside of work... But also I don't think he would wear it in the cabin of the train because pretty sure it gets hot in there fast...)

It's also weird to lean more into realism with this one, just because well... This was the one monolith style of the era before. The communist era. But I chose this to serve a narrative function, which I am gonna walk you through without giving out anything meaningful, just know that I am scripting (⁉️) the 1st part.

The story will be split into chapters with each covering a span of years. These chapters will be split further into parts, which will be more or less connected. I'm choosing a structure reminiscent of House M.D. where each part has its own plot, but there's also a plot connecting them all. I won't be mapping each day, that would be ridiculous and not gonna give any date besides the year.

Chapter one is named: Zvony bijú novej dobe (The bells ring a new age), it takes place from January 1990 to December 1992 (ending with midnight 1. 1. 1993 with the Velvet Divorce)

Chapter 2 doesn't yet have a name but it spans from 1993 to 1996/1998 depends on what I decide.

Final chapter doesn't have a name either and spans to the year 1999/2000 ending with the month of January, but I also plan an Epilogue.

I have planned just how it will all wrap up so I hope it will be a satisfying one!

I'll try to evolve and free up the art style as the comic goes on just to reflect new era, but some things will stay the same throughout because, and this will get a little bit political, communism still hasn't truly left Slovakia, but we are (maybe) recovering, it's just slow, taking 1 step forward and 2 back.

Although because I am going to uni soon enough, be prepared for me to just... Never finish this work. Just a heads up, but even if I won't, hopefully it won't leave anyone too unsatisfied.

[yellowocaballero]

i just LOVE that rin got the dream of becoming Hokage since kakashi is too busy underachieving his way through life and obito is too busy trying to live up to the expectations of his clan to want even MORE responsibility lol. Also very brave for kakashi to call obito 'dobe' in the illusion when HE'S the deadlast of the class lmaoooo.

I had to sit down and make a lot of decisions about Rin. Characters you have to invent basically whole-cloth. And THEN roleswap them. And THEN figure out how to make them evil.

I wanted her to be the side of Obito/'Madara' that was idealistic, optimistic, and driven - a visionary. Recipe for evil, you know. Which means giving her the Naruto elements of Obito (Kakashi got the nihilistic depression void of Obito/'Madara' - this roleswap is a shell game). So I decided to toss Rin a lot of Naruto's traits, including his ambition and drive to create a better world and to protect his friends. I also thought it was a good way to give her motivations and a drive that have nothing to do with men, and something that gives her much more of an internal life. She wants to be Hokage because she loves leading, she wants to be strong enough to protect her precious people, she wants to be useful to the village, and she has a LOT of ideas about how to improve the world. She knows what a better world looks like and she wants to make it, for the sake of her team that regularly gets screwed over by the world. Her sensei has a dream of peace, and she'll fulfill it.

Kakashi is the deadlast, but he is right to call Obito the bigger idiot out of the two. Obito's the kid who asks for more homework. Obito's the kid who thinks that they'll finally love him if he just performs well enough. Obito's too stupid to know that the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. Thinking of it like that, isn't Obito the real idiot?

I need to sit down and write a pre-evil version of Rin so I can anchor her characterization and draw clear lines from pre- to post- evil. Her characterization's messy right now. But, like, really fun to write.

[ilbenmalpensanteus]

@mixu and I’d like to open our snsmonth with an extra scene from The Ace Up Your Sleeve, an unedited fic we are working on.

This Drabble overlaps day 1 and 19!

Prompts:

- Soulmates

- Modern AU

- Red Strings of Fate

Enjoy ✨

The things we can control

“What did you get in number seven?” Sasuke asked, scratching his head.

He suspected he had messed something up in the middle of the proceedings, but he couldn’t put his finger on it. Perhaps they had been studying for too long and it would be better to take a rest and actually spend time together — finals had never seemed so annoying to Sasuke.

A frown took over his face when he realized his boyfriend had not replied. He looked up, only to find the blonde idiot fully enthralled by his own right hand.

“Dobe,” he called, but to no avail.

Sasuke sighed, took his eraser and threw it at Naruto’s head.

“Hey! What was that for?” The blonde blinked at him.

“What are you doing?” Sasuke rested his chin on one of his hands — whatever it was, it should be more interesting than the stupid practice test.

“Huh?”

“You were staring at your hand as if it contained the secrets of the universe.”

Naruto blushed and hid his hands under the table. “No-nothing.”

This is promising.

“That’s awfully suspicious.”

“It’s none of your business!” Which meant it absolutely was related to Sasuke.

“Is that so?” He couldn’t contain his smirk. “I thought all of your business was my business.”

“Not this.”

“Dobe, we both know you’re gonna tell me anyway.”

Naruto pouted, and all Sasuke wanted was to kiss him, but that wouldn’t provide him answers.

“You’re gonna make fun of me.”

“I won’t. Come on, tell me.”

“I-” Naruto squirmed where he was sitting. “I’ve been thinking about the red string of fate. And like, I had been- you think-” He looked at Sasuke and quickly averted his eyes. “I thought I might be able to see the… string tying us together.”

“You think we’re soulmates or something?” Sasuke asked flabbergasted.

Naruto shrugged and lowered his eyes. “There’s just something… I kinda keep feeling this pull towards you and I wondered-” He shook his head widely. “I know it’s silly.”

“It’s sweet, the idea of it.” Sasuke smiled reassuringly, and Naruto sighed relieved.

“Isn’t it! Even if it’s not real.” Naruto laughed. “Just my mind trailing off.” He cleared his throat. “Can- could we take a break? I’m- I think I need to use the toilet.”

Naruto rushed out of the room and Sasuke took a moment to stare at his left hand. His boyfriend was taking his sweet time coming back, so his mind started spinning to the point he swore he too could feel the pull Naruto mentioned.

He ended up rummaging through his closet until he found something useful. The old shoelaces weren’t anything special but the color was right so he occupied himself braiding and twisting until he had a pair of makeshift red bracelets.

When his boyfriend returned, Sasuke was already wearing one around his left wrist.

“What’s that, teme?” Naruto squinted at him.

He blushed, averting his gaze briefly from Naruto’s blue, piercing one.

He could only draw in a harsh breath before mumbling, “Redstringoffate.”

The blonde’s head tilted in confusion, then his eyes widened. He stretched his arm towards Sasuke eagerly.

Sasuke promptly tied the other lace around Naruto’s wrist, fingers trembling slightly.

The embarrassment he felt, though, vanished when he caught the sight of Naruto’s blinding smile, soon followed by a cheerful laughter.

Sasuke’s own lips curled upwards and-

As his boyfriend pulled him in a sloppy, chuckling kiss — his skin still flushed and so, so warm — Sasuke knew that if such a thing like fate did exist, if people were truly tied to their soulmate, for him that could only be Naruto.

[silanb]

I think being HDBs partner requires the patience of a saint

[1carus-w1ng]

Wanted to show uou guys the rawest doodle ive ever dobe.. i had tomato soup and i drank it from a bowl and. It healed me i had to. Draw ir

[silanb]

Like that :-)?

FINALLY!!! They faced their feelings!!! They had fuck!!! Your fic is amazing. I loved this chapter (and every chapter). I couldn't stop thinking about the soup while they fucked too. Like Harry is a whole ass building safety inspector and he still left the stove on. Alternative ending where he forgets he was cooking and the entire building catches fire. Amazing chapter, amazing fic 10/10☆

Thank you!

To be fair to Harry he was being masterfully distracted at the time.

God, it would be their luck the way I write this fic, huh? I'm actually obsessed with hypertext fiction and have written a few pieces in my time. I've *toyed* with the idea of writing a DE piece on twine- DUCKLINGS is already becoming the War and Peace of the Kim/ Harry tag...

I did consider doing chapter five of Imprinting in that style as a joke- mainly because the options I picked for Harry are the *select few* that don't result in him actively being murdered by his best friend, which isn't especially interesting considering from his POV the story would just end abruptly. It is something I consider now and then though, maybe next time the writer's block's a bitch.

[riversimmone]

Three's A Crowd - Chapter 4

RiverOfTheSand

Summary:

SasuSaku. He didn't mean to kill that man. He had simply reacted to being attacked. And now Konoha is forced to hunt down the rogue members of Team 7, or risk open war. Eventual NaruHina.

XXX

Read from the beginning. This is a work in progress story you can find on tumblr and AO3 and completed on FF.NET.

[All tumblr posts will be tagged ‘Three’s A Crowd’ with their corresponding chapter for quick and easy access.]

Enjoy. :)

Chapter Four. A Moment of Pleasure.

The trail they were following had led them into the land of frost. Sasuke Uchiha, being the only one with an ability to track the enemy without leaving any evidence, had taken the lead. But Sakura Haruno had her doubts that even he could follow… nothing. This cold blooded assassin with ninja abilities who was going around and picking off teams that carried the insignia of either Konoha or Kumo was incredibly good at keeping a low profile. The pinkette had had an idea on how to lure this assassin out into the open, and Sasuke dismissed her idea out of hand, while she fumed silently at his indifference to her plan.

Naruto Uzumaki had agreed with her. But the blonde's earlier attention seeking tendencies had caused Sakura to hug and kiss him (ahem, NOT the way she liked to kiss Sasuke), wanting to make Sasuke jealous. Well it worked. And this was how the raven haired dealt with jealousy; he either got angrier and angrier until he forced Naruto to visit a local dingy hospital, or started to ignore the object of his jealousy. He had decided on the latter today, and promptly pretended Sakura wasn't with them. Why did he have to be such an arrogant prick? If he could just take a joke once in awhile…

Sakura growled audibly and Naruto sighed heavily.

"Sasuke," the blonde said, causing the Uchiha to stop walking. "We need to go with Sakura's idea. There's no sign of this guy anywhere."

The last bit of solid intelligence they'd received was three days ago. This was wearing thin and they needed the money. It was a lot of yen for a single assassin, and Sasuke didn't want to underestimate the man. The high reward meant he was top of the range, and he would need his Sharingan for this one. He glanced at Naruto, his eyes drifting to Sakura, despite himself, and sighed inwardly. They were right of course, but he didn't want to give the blonde the satisfaction of thinking he'd outthought him.

This idea… it was a very Naruto idea, and the Uchiha was surprised that Sakura was the one to suggest it. She'd been hanging off the blonde dobe's every word for too long. Sasuke sighed outwardly this time, his eyes watching the trees around them. They were off the beaten track, walking along the forest floor, stepping over exposed roots and moving in the manner that civilians would, if lost in the forest. But they weren't lost. This was just another thing they did every now and then so they could sneak up on people without drawing suspicion to their ninja origins.

Less than a mile up ahead the sparse woods would open to a field and they needed to make a decision on where to go next. It wasn't often that Naruto wasn't the odd one out; this time it was Sasuke disagreeing with them. From the first day they had started calling themselves Kitsúne, so few moments had presented an opportunity for the Uchiha to be surprised by the blonde. The knucklehead was crazy after all.

Sasuke turned to look at Sakura, who was staring at him expectantly.

"This idea of yours," he said slowly, "is insane."

Sakura giggled softly, happier now that he was looking straight at her. "You mean it's a Naruto kind of idea."

"Hey!" Naruto whined. "There's nothing wrong with this idea!"

The pinkette laughed. "No, nothing really. But Sasuke's right, it is insane."

Sasuke spared her a small smile, his hand going instinctively to hers. This drew the warmth in her body to her hand and she gripped his fingers tightly, grateful.

The blonde huffed, glaring at the Uchiha. "Just because she won't fuck me doesn't mean all the insane ideas come from me."

Sasuke couldn't help himself as Sakura berated Naruto and proceeded to belt him over the head. He chuckled ever so softly. Maybe this idea wasn't so bad after all. Once Sakura had calmed down, the Uchiha let go of her hand; though he hadn't forgotten she hadn't let go to hit Naruto.

"Let's do it then," Sasuke said and the mood brightened.

Sakura's idea was to find the Kumo ninja they knew was nearby (via the information that had originally led them to the land of frost in the first place), and follow them to see where they were headed. This would put them in an easy position to interrupt if the assassin was nearby and struck the Shinobi or, as Naruto had suggested as an alternative if that went wrong, to steal their clothes, and pose as them to draw the assassin out. Now that he put the idea into more cohesive thought, Sasuke could suddenly see why Sakura had posed the idea. But he kept quiet; Naruto wasn't the only one who got smug when their ideas panned out.

Shimogakure was nearby, but they weren't interested in ninja from this land. Shimo had a tentative alliance with Kumo however, and a squad from the village hidden in the clouds was supposed to be spending the coming night in Kurakuta Town, a quaint place with enough background "music" to keep secret conversations secret without having to whisper. It was the perfect place to meet, greet, and never be overheard doing so. This in and of itself led Sakura to guess that it was the meeting place of both Kumo and Shimo ninja and the prospect of possibly listening in on their discussion was very tempting.

But they had a bounty to earn, and nothing that Kumo and Shimo might be up to concerned them.

They planned to intercept the Kumo ninja when heading out of the land of frost, given that the assassin didn't try first. That would leave Naruto's thieving idea as "plan B". So they continued, out of the woods and into the field, moving faster now and headed north, toward Kurakuta Town. Shortly before the town, they decided to clean up, not having the yen to spare for a night in the local hotel; they rarely did, sparing their money for the necessities rather than the luxuries. Still, Sakura wished they could find a town that wasn't dingy and splash out on said luxuries. The reward for this bounty would give them this, and was incentive enough that even Naruto was keeping his eyes on the prize, so to speak.

They stopped near a stream, and Naruto took off, carrying their gourds and heading toward the stream, a bounce in his step and Sakura took Sasuke's hand, pulling him along with her as the blonde disappeared. She hadn't been alone with him for days and the desire to hide from the knucklehead and act on her physical needs was so strong that it took even Sasuke by surprise. He didn't protest as she moved toward the nearby trees. They weren't a forest, or even woods, but were still ample enough to hide them.

"Sakura," Sasuke said, once they were out of view of the stream.

Sakura silenced him with a kiss. He always tried to stop her when she came onto him out in the open. He valued his privacy. But she wasn't relenting, so he indulged her, recognising also that he was grateful to be out of range of the dobe for the first time in days. Who knew when it would happen again, at least until they killed this assassin and collected the reward. Sasuke needed a moment to vent, so started running his hand down Sakura's top, his fingers brushing her breasts. She moaned into his mouth and pulled him tighter to her, her back against a lone tree.

Sasuke's hand slid down between the pinkette's legs, tugging on the tight black shorts she wore under her pink skirt, eager to get inside of them. He pulled them down to pool at her ankles, leaving only her skirt to protect Sakura's bare ass from the coarse bark of the tree behind her. She realised a moment later just how much he'd pulled down and wrapped her legs around his waist after collecting the said items and keeping them from falling to the ground, breaking their kiss as she did so. Sasuke started to undo his own pants and Sakura leant backward against the tree.

"Slow down a little Sasuke-kun," she roused, earning a grunt from the Uchiha.

She rested her arms on his shoulders as he slid his fingers into her, getting her ready for what he was more eager to thrust into her. She mewled in appreciation, pulling Sasuke toward her and resuming their kiss. She wanted to feel loved, even if she doubted his heart sometimes. But this was just sex right now, just a quickie to vent the tension they'd both been feeling the last few days. And when Sasuke finally undid his pants and thrust deeply into her, Sakura threw her head back, screaming his name.

So much for staying out of sight. The blonde knucklehead came back from his trip to the stream a few minutes later, but continued to be ignored by the very vocal lovers. Sasuke gave a final, forceful thrust and grunted in pleasure as Sakura moaned at the familiar sensation of him releasing into her.

Naruto snapped out of his stunned reverie finally, at the sounds of their copulation.

"Oh for fuck sakes, get a room you two!"

X X X

[doberbutts]

What draws you to doberman's temperment wise? It can even still relate to their body type, for example, I love pitbulls due to their rambunctious behavior and ability to rough house from their bulky bodies. I'm wondering because your description of them differs a lot from what people who like the breed usually say.

I don't think it differs that much from doberman enthusiasts that much at all, except for being honest that the breed is intended to have at least some level of human directed aggression, but that is mostly because I play the bitey game with my dobes and a lot of people don't.

Truly, what drew me initially was aesthetic. I grew up with GSDs and I always liked the sleek athletic look of the dobe by comparison.

But once I actually met the breed? I liked their focus on their handler, their loyalty, their affection, their obedience, and how much these seemed like dogs that were not meant to stray far from their owner's side.

Then I got a doberman, and boy, did he sell me on the breed or what. He just seemed to click so well with everything I knew about dog training, and while his story ended sadly, I'll never forget how grateful I was to have known him. Skoll was so human in his intelligence, it was like he could really talk to me and understand when I spoke to him.