In a town where people locked their garbage bins extra tight and avoided leaving unattended sandwiches on picnic tables, there existed two chaotic forces of nature, Athena and Obito.  
Athena, the elegant yet mischievous husky with the grace of a ballerina and the attitude of a queen, was the self-proclaimed ruler of the household. Her nearly white eye glowed with wisdom, or cunning, while the rich chestnut one burned with the fiery determination of a dog who refused to walk on wet grass but would joyfully sprint through a muddy swamp.  
Then there was Obito, the affectionate, oversized, clumsy Malamute, who was still figuring out how to coordinate his bear-sized paws with his enthusiastic spirit. He was, in every possible way, a himbo. His love language? Drooling on people while trying to fit all 100 pounds of himself into their laps.  
One fateful morning, their human had an idea, a peaceful hot air balloon ride over the countryside!  
Now, "peaceful" was a concept that had never been successfully applied to Athena and Obito. But their human, ever the optimist, believed that maybe, just maybe, floating thousands of feet in the air would be the one environment where they couldn’t cause absolute mayhem.  
They were wrong.  
The trouble began before the balloon even left the ground.  
Athena, upon seeing the basket, immediately assumed it was some kind of royal chariot designed exclusively for her. Without hesitation, she leaped inside, landing with effortless elegance, her fluffy tail curled proudly over her back. She gave Obito a smug look, as if daring him to do the same.  
Obito, of course, took this as a personal challenge.  
He lunged forward with all the grace of a baby moose on roller skates, aiming for the basket but landing half in, half out, his enormous paws flailing. The pilot barely managed to pull him in before the balloon took off.  
And then, up they went.  
As the world shrank beneath them, Athena sat regally on a pile of blankets (which she had claimed within five seconds of entering the basket), surveying the land like a queen watching over her kingdom.  
Obito, on the other hand, was not okay. He finally registered that they were floating in the sky, and in his panic, he decided the best course of action was to cling to the nearest human for dear life.  
Unfortunately, his version of "clinging" involved attempting to climb inside their jacket while also placing his entire, massive paw directly onto the burner controls.  
With Obito’s enormous toe beans now actively tampering with the balloon’s altitude, the pilot let out a nervous laugh. "Haha, funny dog!" he said, attempting to pry the Malamute’s meaty foot off the controls before they accidentally skyrocketed into the stratosphere.  
Meanwhile, Athena had discovered something much more pressing.  
Clouds were made of water.  
As they drifted through a particularly misty patch, tiny droplets of moisture landed on her delicate royal paws.  
Her reaction was immediate and dramatic.  
With a horrified gasp, she leapt onto the pilot’s shoulders, balancing perfectly like some kind of deranged circus act. She stared accusingly at the sky, deeply offended that it had the audacity to spit on her.  
"PRINCESS, NO!" her human shouted, trying to wrestle her back down.  
Obito, still mid-panic attack, interpreted Athena’s airborne stunt as a sign that he should also attempt to get higher.  
So, naturally, he jumped up onto the edge of the basket.  
For a solid five seconds, everyone in the balloon froze.  
The human, the pilot, and Athena all locked eyes with Obito as his oversized, fluffy body balanced precariously on the rim of the basket, thousands of feet in the air.  
Obito, now aware of his own poor life choices, blinked slowly.  
The sheer weight of his regrets, and also just his general mass, caused the basket to tilt.  
Cue absolute pandemonium.  
Athena, ever the survivalist, launched herself onto the human’s head, using them as a springboard to propel herself back into the basket. She landed gracefully, of course, directly on Obito’s back.  
Obito, overwhelmed by a sudden, unexpected Husky Attack, let out a surprised, "WOOOORF!" and immediately flopped onto his side like a sack of potatoes.  
The basket rocked violently.  
The human screamed. The pilot screamed.  
Athena, unbothered, yawned.  
Obito, having fully given up, rolled over dramatically onto his back, his massive paws sticking straight into the air, his tongue lolling out like a dying fish.  
The balloon, now wildly off-course, crashed into a tree.  
Somehow, miraculously, everyone survived. The humans were left covered in fur, slobber, and emotional trauma. The pilot was seen rethinking his entire life.  
Athena, daintily stepping out of the fallen basket, shook herself off, her pristine white paws untouched by any dirt, a true miracle. She strutted forward like nothing had happened, the perfect picture of grace and elegance.  
Obito, meanwhile, tripped over his own giant feet and faceplanted directly into a puddle.  
He sat up, his whole face dripping, looking utterly betrayed by life itself.  
Athena gave him a single glance, the kind of look only an older sibling can give that perfectly encapsulates the phrase: "You’re an embarrassment."  
Obito, unbothered, shook off the water, ran up to the human, and planted a wet, drooly, love-filled kiss right on their face.  
Thus ended the first and absolutely last hot air balloon adventure of Athena and Obito.  
The humans would never attempt such nonsense again. The pilot retired that very afternoon.  
And Athena and Obito?  
They went home and dug up the flower bed. Because chaos never rests.