A day out with Sherlock

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I followed him to the London Aquarium. "I haven't been here in forever!"
"Let's go" He took me to the reception desk where we bought passes and walked me around the aquarium.
"I love sea life, it's so interesting"
"That is agreeable"
"All the different colours and types really fascinate me"
"Again, agreeable" I sighed at his emotionless response.
"Why did you take me here? You're clearly not having any fun. What's the point of coming here if you're just gonna be bored?"
"I'm not here for me, I'm here for you"
"Me?"
"Yes, you need comforting and as my client it is my job to help you. Whether it is with the case or not"
"Would this have anything to do with John's persuasion?"
"That is of none of your concern"
"So that's a yes then?"
"Let's go see more fish" He walked off and I giggled to myself as I followed him.

(Same old stubborn Sherlock)

As we were looking at the fish tanks, I posed Sherlock a question; "What's your favourite type of fish?"
"I don't have a favourite, more of a fish I'm highly fascinated with"
"Then what's that?"
"I find seahorses extremely fascinating"
"They are pretty and cute but I'm guessing that's not why you are fascinated with them"
"You know me well considering we've only known each other for five days"
"I guess so?"
"You are correct. I am fascinated by them because of the way they give birth"
"The way they give birth?" I tilted my head in confusion. Sherlock smiled with a child like fascination in his eyes as he explained.
"Seahorses are the only creatures known where the male gives birth instead of the female. The male is also left with the responsibility of caring for the offspring until they are old enough to look after themselves"
"Really? I never knew that. Learn something new everyday I suppose"
"Indeed. What's your favourite fish?"
"Hmm...I love most fish so it's hard to decide. But if I had to choose I'd say...the butterflyfish, the lower classification of the Racoon Butterflyfish. I love the way they look"
"Did you know there are several other names for that type of fish? Crescent-masked, lunule, halfmoon, moon and red striped butterflyfish. It's also known as the raccoon butterfly, racoon, and the raccoon coralfish"
"Thank you for that Sherlock" I giggled at him.
"What's funny?"
"The way you get excited when you talk sometimes"
"What?"
"I find it cute" I honestly stated.
"Let's go on to the next area" He walked away but I saw the tips of his ears go red.

(The great Sherlock is embarrassed? Never thought I'd see the day)

I chuckled to myself before following him. We ended up watching a show, well Sherlock watching and me trying to. I wasn't tall enough to see over the crowd. "Sherlock I can't see anything!" I crossed my arms out of annoyance.
"Hmm..." Sherlock looked at me before putting his hands on my waist. He then lifted me up and my face gained red colouring.

"S-Sherlock?! W-what are you doing?!""You said you couldn't see, now you can see""B-but this is embarrassing!""I thought you'd be interested in the show" "Huh?" I looked and saw dolphins doing various tricks with their instructor

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"S-Sherlock?! W-what are you doing?!"
"You said you couldn't see, now you can see"
"B-but this is embarrassing!"
"I thought you'd be interested in the show"
"Huh?" I looked and saw dolphins doing various tricks with their instructor. "Wow! I love dolphins, they're so cute!"
"Some people consider dolphins as evil creatures"
"That's a bunch of baloney. They're adorable, helpful and smart creatures! Did you know that a group of dolphins helped save a man from a killer whale? And some have been trained to recognise certain human signs or even speak!"
"That's an interesting thing I didn't know-"
"Let me guess? It's unimportant information?"
"No. I just never looked into dolphins before. Thanks for teaching me something new Elena" He smiled at me.
"That's the first time you've used my name"
"I don't know what you're talking about" He redirected his attention to the show and I did the same feeling happy inside.

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