Seeing the two siblings blatantly ignoring each other, eerily similar looks of frustration on their faces, Alexa couldn't help but reach for her Holo Caster to call her own sister.

"Viola? Hi, are you busy? Cause I think we're needed," she said.

After getting buzzed into the apartment building, the two sisters made their way up the stairs, Viola saying as they made their way, "And you're sure they need our help? As the, as you and Korrina often put it, the older set of siblings?" Alexa nodded.

"Trust me, Vi. You did not see them today. And I don't think anyone's seen them like how I saw them." The younger sister arched one of her eyebrows as she asked, "But they weren't screaming at each other?"

"Oh I don't think even they're like that. They've had a falling out, but I doubt they were at each other's throats. Not that I can confirm this considering I've seen them after the argument, but I'd like to think we know them well enough to know they're not like that." Reaching the floor of the apartment they were look for, the older sister knocked on the door at the end of the hall.

"I am sort of hoping that you're right about this and not just exaggerating," Viola muttered quickly as they heard footsteps approaching the door. Alexa could only give her sister a quick wink before the door opened.

"Alexa? Viola?" Clemont said, surprised to see the two woman standing at the door. Behind him, Bonnie sat, slouched over the arm of the couch as far from her brother as possible, watching the tv. Upon hearing the arrival of guests however, she straightened up and reached for the remote to mute the television.

"We figured we'd drop by," Alexa said, explaining their appearance as though the boy had actually asked why they were there. Viola nodded besides her, saying, "Yeah, we thought we'd come over and have a chat. Is that okay?" Clemont nodded, though he still looked quite confused. Nevertheless, he stepped aside to let the older women in to the apartment. Bonnie watched curiously as the two entered, though her face broke into a smile when Viola joined her on the couch.

"Hey there. How're your classes at the Trainer School going?" She asked. The young girl's smiled widened as she said, "Great! I'm learning so much!" The elder siblings watched as the two interacted, until Alexa turned to the boy and asked, "Say, I actually remembered, I need to talk to you about something."

"Oh. Okay then. Is it for your magazine?" Clemont asked, however Alexa shook her head.

"No no, it's something different. Could we go somewhere private?" The gym leader's eyebrow cocked upwards in curiosity, only to then furrow with annoyance as he heard Bonnie go "Ooooh" silently from the couch until Viola shushed her.

"My room is just across the hall, if that's private enough," he said. Alexa chuckled, "Lead the way then." And as they left the room, Alexa glanced back at her sister and nodded, which Viola returned, leaving Bonnie confused as she looked between the two. The sound of the door closing, and Viola let out a sigh, leaning forward with her elbows on her knees, hands clasped and chin pressed against them.

"How to start," she muttered. The young girl sitting next to her frowned.

"Viola, is something wrong? Why does Alexa want to talk to Clemont?" Sitting up straight again, the gym leader gave the girl a smile.

"Nothing is wrong. But there was something wrong earlier today, wasn't there? Between you and your brother?" Instantly, Bonnie's face flushed and she pouted, looking away. Viola nodded slowly.

"I see. What happened?" The girl shuffled in her seat, looking slightly frustrated as she said, folding her arms, "Clemont was being silly." One of Viola's eyebrows arched.

"How so?" Bonnie whipped her head to look up at the woman as she said, "Because he won't admit he and this friend of his are a total thing!" This simply left Viola confused. Smiling, though not without clear confusion on her face, she asked, "And who is this friend? And why would they be a thing?" Bonnie pursed her lips as she tried to recall some details, then said, "His friend is a girl called Emma. It was a month back now that they met. There was an incident where someone messed with the tower's lighting to steal some of the gym trainers' pokémon. The trainer that was battling Clemont that day pointed out a woman that could help. Emma's the woman's helper, I can't remember what role exactly. But she and Clemont hang out a lot, even after her boss found the missing pokémon."

"I see. And you think they should be a thing because of this?" A nod from the girl made Viola chuckle. Shaking her head, she said, "You do realise that a boy and a girl can just be friends right? Even if they hang out a lot. In fact, I remember two trainers from Vaniville Town that challenged me a while back that are exactly like that." Bonnie pouted again and countered, "But you don't see them! She is clearly flirting with him and he goes all red faced because of it!" The gym leader rolled her eyes.

"Sometimes girls just like to tease. It can be the other way round too for some friendships. Look," she said, putting an arm around the girl as she began looking quite upset, "I know you just want to find someone your brother can be happy with" - 'What with your own lack of a mother,' she couldn't help but think solemnly, though this remained an unspoken thought, especially as she had no right to delve into personal matter, even as a close friend of the family - "but don't you think he should find that person on his own?"

"Viola," Bonnie started, her expression and tone as matter-of-fact as possible, "you and I both know he's too hopeless for something like that." Viola nodded, muttering, "True, true." Giving the girl a squeeze, she smiled once more, "Well, it would still be smart to leave your brother alone on the matter. And don't you worry, I'll watch out for him; if push comes to shove, I'll give him a nudge in the right direction." This made Bonnie smile, and she even giggled as Viola got to her feet and asked, "Now where's you guys' stash of sweets? I feel like a Sweet Heart or two."

Alexa was quite fascinated by the young boy's room; sitting on his desk were several pieces of what she could only assume had once been a toaster, or maybe a microwave - or maybe it was just simply something he himself was building and it only resembled a toaster or a microwave - while on a table right next to the desk, there looked to be a control board with many of its pieces removed and scattered around it. And in the corner of the room was a box filled with parts, most likely scavenged from any machine the blond could get his hands on. However these were the only things of interest that could be pointed out; the rest of the room was actually very tidy and plain.

Clemont sat on his bed and asked, "So, what did you want to talk about?" Alexa, who'd turned her attention back to the contraption on the desk in an attempt to identify it, turned back to the boy and said, "Well, it's related to you and your sister, if I'm honest." His expression remained curious, though there was a brief flash of panic in his eyes.

"What about us?" Alexa motioned toward the bed, asking without saying so if she were able to sit down. The boy shifted, a silent answer to her question. As she sat down next to him, she said, wishing to get straight to the point, "I saw you two today, and it looked as though you'd had a fight." Despite this, she waited for him to respond to this rather than ask what had happened. He removed his glasses and asked, almost defensively, taking out a cloth to clean them, "How could you tell?"

"Maybe because you two don't normally fight. And from what I saw, you both looked pretty annoyed today. So what happened?" He didn't say a word, and even when he put the cloth back in his pocket, he didn't put his glasses back on, choosing instead to stare at the floor. Alexa could only assume he was trying to choose his words carefully, prompting her to say, "Y'know, it's okay to say that Bonnie was being annoying or childish. Not only is she still a child, but even the closest of siblings can have arguments. I'm not afraid to admit that when we were younger, Viola had her bratty moments." Hearing this made Clemont sigh, and as he put his glasses back on and sat up straight, he muttered, "In that case, she was being a little annoying." A small nod from Alexa prompted him to continue.

"It's stupid, but she won't stopping bugging me over Emma, insisting we could be "a thing". We're only friends," he said with tight lipped frustration, the last sentence coming out in a mumble. Alexa blinked.

"Emma?" Her saying the name in a confused tone made the boy flinch as he muttered, scratching the back of his neck, "Right, I haven't exactly mentioned her before to anyone." Alexa smiled slyly as she said, "Well, I can at least out two and two together. Can I assume correctly that 'Emma' is the girl you've been hanging out with around Lumiose City for the past month?" Clemont's cheeks flushed into a bright pink as he asked, voice jumping up several pitches, "You've been watching me?" The woman couldn't help but chuckle at his reaction.

"No no, I haven't been stalking you or anything. I don't do gossip. I've just seen you around the city with the girl. Which is perfectly normal since she's just a friend, like you said." This made the gym leader calm down a bit, though his face remained a noticeable shade of pink. Alexa decided to quickly move on by asking, "So in short, your sister is trying to get you a girlfriend?" He sighed again as he nodded, saying, "That's what it looks like. Frankly, it's annoying and I don't even know why she does it."

"She's only looking out for you," Alexa pointed out, to which he said, "I thought I was supposed to look out for her, being older and all." The woman rolled her eyes and said, "It can go both ways. As far as I can tell, she probably just wants you to be happy." The boy himself rolled his own eyes as he sighed, "But I'm perfectly happy just being friends with Emma." Alexa gave him a small smile as she said, "Well, Bonnie might not realise that. She is still young, like I said."

"I know." The two were silent for a little while, until Alexa stood and said, "Either way, there's not much can be done about the situation until you two talk yourselves. Just remember," she turned to face him, "she only wants the best for you. And it makes sense since you've worked hard looking after her to give her the best she can get. Don't let her get to you though; if you're happy, then that's the best thing." She started to leave, however she paused with her hand on the door handle as he asked, "Did you and Viola come here today just to talk to us separately?" Looking over her shoulder, she smiled.

"We did say we wanted to come over and chat, didn't we?" And with a wink, she left the boy in his room, leaving him to mull over the conversation they'd just had.

Meanwhile, Alexa couldn't help but think as she re-entered the living room that she would need to take Viola's own stash of sweet things and hide them from her as she saw her sister asleep on the sofa with chocolate stains around her mouth, and Bonnie once again watching tv while eating a chocolate bar.

New drabble!

And more hinting at that ship I started to ship because I wrote accidental ship tease back in chapter 6/drabble 5 pt2. Only hinting though, don't worry.

I will admit, I've been sort of thinking lately about including minor romance, if only to satisfy my inner shipper, but I don't think I will. For starters, the genres are Humour/Friendship. It'd be weird having romance, even minor. Second, I wouldn't want to make you guys sit through that.

...Though if youse are okay with it, I could totally do it just saying.

/shot

Anyway, I hope this at least somewhat-ish satisfies the reviewers who mentioned Bonnie's matchmaker tendancies. I might do a proper thing in a later drabble (Depending on how youse feel about the romance thing though, this could change), but I hope this does for now.

Next drabble I post will take a while. It's a Christmas one, cause tis the season. I might do another quickie drabble to keep you all interested since it is a week or so till Christmas, not that that's stopped me before with this story. Nevertheless, my goal is to have it done for Christmas Day, even if I have to pull a loophole and post it on Boxing Day/the 26th for me and say, "But it's still Christmas for the Americans!" Cause when I say Boxing Day, I most likely mean the early early hours.

Worst case scenario, I might go way over Christmas, which I hope doesn't happen. But like I said, worst case scenario, so if that does end up happening, I hope youse don't mind a very belated Christmas drabble.

And much rambling later, she decides to end this story lol

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed, please review, suggest, fave and follow!

Angel-chan x