4-year old Naruto stared in wonder at the bottlenose dolphin. It was just so pretty. Naruto wished he could be a dolphin. Except then he wouldn't have Sasuke. Naruto couldn't live without his Sasuke. Sasuke tugged on Naruto's hand, and Naruto reluctantly looked at his friend.
"Naruto, I wanna go see the jellyfish," Sasuke whined.
"Okay. Let's go," Naruto said, allowing himself to be pulled over to the jellyfish tank. Sasuke pressed his face against the glass, and Naruto stared at him for a while before copying him.
"They look so squishy," Naruto mumbled, poking the glass when a jellyfish came particularly close. Sasuke nodded his head and giggled when the jellyfish darted away.
Sasuke poked Naruto in the side, and Naruto squealed. He was ticklish.
"You're squishy, too," Sasuke told him, grinning. Naruto stuck his tongue out at Sasuke. Sasuke took Naruto by the arm and walked over to the shark tank.
When Naruto saw one of the ragged-tooth sharks, he jumped back, his eyes wide in fear.
"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked, looking concerned. He looked around suspiciously. If anyone was trying to scare Naruto, he would hurt them. His mom told him to look after Naruto while she took Itachi to get some food.
"What is that thing?" Naruto asked, tearing his gaze away from the monster and looking at Sasuke.
"It's not a thing, it's a shark, Naruto. They look scary, but they aren't really. People think that just because they look scary, they are scary," Sasuke explained, patting Naruto's head.
"So it won't break the glass and eat me?" Naruto asked, casting a suspicious look towards the sharks.
"No. It won't. I promise," Sasuke told him, smiling.
"Are you sure? I'm squishy! I don't wanna be squishy," Naruto half-yelled. Surely the sharks liked to eat squishy things.
"So? They don't eat people. They only eat other sea animals. Like fish," Sasuke comforted.
"Oh. If you say so."
"And anyway, I like that you're squishy. It means you give the best hugs."