OF COURSE , A common comment from his younger
sister by n o w , he should be used to her sarcasm or
her demeaning little statements … but he n e v e r
takes it TOO PERSONALLY. that’s just how little sis-
ters act . L i t t l e s i s t e r s will be little sisters , he
supposes . s t i l l , he wastes no time in exhibiting
SHOCK . brows turn up and he looks disappointed
for a moment , and his voice is as u s u a l , in it’s
voice-breaking glory .
“ BONNIE -!! and I can’t believe you’d say some-
thing like that -!! ”
EXCEPT , HE CAN . she’s been doing it since he can
remember, but they always bounce back quicker than
ever . they M U S T BE close , if that’s the case . he
s m i l e s to himself for a momentary second - it’s en-
dearing , r e a l l y , the way they act . he just wishes
they didn’t have to BICKER to easily … he’d rather
her encourage him more and in turn he’d rather be
the one that she calls a ‘ dependable brother ’ .
WITH CROSSED ARMS , he replies softly , though
disgruntled . brows furrow slightly in disapproval .
“ you know , i’m TRYING MY BEST to be a good
big brother -!! you should be more t h a n k f u l- ”
IT WAS LESS stern and enforcing than he’d hoped
for it to sound , but it was the best he could muster
right now . he’s grown an incredible tolerance for
bonnie’s nonesense .
Bonnie’s words often came out much more demeaning than she meant for them to. She was a child after all - she didn’t always think about the weight her words carried. Despite how often she teased her brother, or got frustrated with him, he still meant the whole world to her - she just wasn’t always great at expressing it.
So when Clemont seemed to get upset at what Bonnie had meant to just be a casual comment, even going as far as to attempt a lecture, she was a little surprised.
Arms crossed over her chest, eyebrow raised, the child turned to face her brother.
“’Thankful’ that you can’t even keep up with me? Shouldn’t a good big brother want his little sister to be able to see a super cute rare pokemon? What if it’s gone by the time we get there, and I miss out on seeing it because you were too slow and wouldn’t let me run ahead by myself!?”
Leave it to Clemont to turn this into a bigger deal than it was - at least in Bonnie’s mind, but if he was going to insist on lecturing her then of course she was going to defend herself.