{"sf1_id":976775,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Dog House","author":"RSM","words":816,"posted_at":"2016-03-17T08:27:00.000Z","tags":["Bear","Blush","Canine","Clean","Cute","Fluff","Shy","Young Love","australian shephard","snuggles"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/976775-dog-house","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/976775","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=976775\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"If you asked Eli what made him take the long way around to his house,\nhe wouldn't be able to tell you. Maybe it was a supernatural\noccurrence. Maybe he just wanted to relax more before getting home. Or\nmaybe it was fate...he definitely wasn't expecting to find what he did,\non that note.\n\"Why's he alone...?\" He asked himself as he saw a short bear (only\nslightly shorter than himself) walking on the side of the road. With\nnobody else around. He slowed down his car until he was next to the\nursine, then stopped. But he didn't park, just in case this guy turned\nout to be crazy. The bear looked up at him, surprised that Eli had\nstopped. Then he looked weary. Just in case I turn out to be\ncrazy... Eli thought, holding back a giggle and instead grinning as\nkindly as he could manage. \"Do you need a ride?\" He questioned, still\nsmiling even as a blush makes its way onto his gray and black muzzle.\nThe bear looked the canine over for several seconds, almost evaluating\nhim on some kind of scale. Finally, he answered quietly.\n\"Yes, please...\" His voice was slightly shaky, but Eli assumed that\nit was from the cool air. The bear's fur didn't look thick enough for\nmid-Autumn. Eli didn't realize he had been staring until the bear\nshifted from foot to foot. The Australian Shepherd blinked, then blushed\ndeeply and gestured to the passenger seat.\n\"Come on, then! I haven't got all night.\" He joked, grinning. The\nbear smiled and got into the car, buckling his seatbelt and laying back\nagainst the seat. \"See, was that so hard?\" The bear didn't answer, so\nEli began the drive towards his home.\n\"Shane...\" The bear almost whispered. Eli's ears perked, and he\nlooked over for a few seconds before returning his gaze to the road\nahead.\n\"Excuse me?\" He asked. The bear looked at him this time as he repeated himself.\n\"My name is Shane.\" Eli nodded and smiled, though he didn't know how convincing smiling at someone without looking at them is.\n\"It's nice to meet you, Shane.\" He replied. \"My name's Eli. So, do\nyou live nearby? Or do you need somewhere to stay?\" The bear shook his\nhead and told Eli his address. He looked shocked when Eli declined\ntaking him home.\n\"Wh-why not?\" The bear asked, looking nervous. Eli looked at him again.\n\"Well, it's not exactly on the way. In fact, it's a thirty minute\ndrive past my house. That means it would take me an hour to drive there,\ndrop you off, and come back home. And I need to be up bright and early\nso I can look for a few odd jobs here and there.\" Eli shook his head. \"A\nhigh school diploma just doesn't get you very far anymore...\" Shane\nfinally nodded and sighed, still looking tensed.\n\"Okay...\" He finally agreed out loud. \"Okay, then you can just drop me off nearby and I'll-\"\n\"You're not walking, either.\" Eli cut him off curtly. \"You're staying\nthe night at my house. And don't worry, I live alone. It's almost\nimpossible to impose on a dog living on his own.\" Shane frowned, but\ndidn't offer an argument.\n\"Thank you...\" He uttered, looking out the car window. Eli smiled, his tail quietly swaying from side to side.\n\"It's no trouble, Shane. Really.\" The canine replied. \"I'm glad to\nhave some company for once.\" They finally approached his house, stopping\nin the driveway. Eli parks the car and gets out with Shane. Within\nanother five minutes, they're inside of the dog's small house. It's a\nsimple one bedroom, one bath house with a pullout couch and a small\ntelevision. \"I know it's not much.\" The dog said with a friendly smile.\n\"But I can call it home.\"\n\"It's great, really.\" Shane replied with a shy grin. They pulled out\nthe couch, then got a pillow and blanket for Shane. As the bear laid\ndown and got comfortable, Eli smiled and headed towards his room.\n\"Goodnight!\" He called out, walking into his bedroom and closing the\ndoor. Shane returned the word and sighed, relaxing on the makeshift bed.\n...\nIt was midnight when Shane began to wake up. He started to get up,\nthen froze when he felt a foreign weight on top of him. He looked at it,\nthen blushed when he realized what-or rather, who-it was. Lying with\nhis muzzle buried into Shane's chest was Eli, fast asleep. Shane thought\nabout waking him up, but couldn't deny the warm feeling that flooded\nhis chest as he looked at the canine's sleeping face. Finally, he laid\nhis head back down on the pillow and wrapped his arms around Eli's back,\nclosing his eyes.\n\"Sweet dreams, Shane...\" Eli whispered, smiling. Color rushes to the bear's cheeks, but he just tightens the hug.\n\"You too, Eli...\""}