You know, as much as people hate filler, it's probably the only legitimate justification for all the dickriding Naruto did for him. They did NOT hang out as actual friends in canon at all
my favorite 9/11 story is the guy who worked in the WTC but was cheating on his wife so spent the day with his mistress, and when his wife called him being like "omg are you okay?" he was like "oh im fine im just at the office" and that's how she found out
I think one of the saddest things about modern childhood is the loss of cartoons as inheritance. I grew up watching Scooby-Doo reruns decades after it first aired. Kids today have more content than ever, but perhaps less shared cultural inheritance across generations.