"Um...sure?"

Clemont's response blew the others away as Serena looked at Bonnie, who remembered the young girl acted very strange the last time a girl showed interest in her brother.

She started shaking, flushing red with strength in her arms.

"Go for it big brother," pumping her fists. "Please take care of him today!"

Astrid nodded. "Great, let's go then."

Ash cocked his head, only seeing this from a more platonic perspective. "Well I hope they have fun hanging out."

Bonnie grabbed Ash and Serena's hands.

"But we're gonna check up on them to make sure nothing too fishy happens."

"Nenne!"

Serena was initially conflicted about eavesdropping on her friends, but ignoring Bonnie for a second made her recognize her focus on her brother would leave Ash with no one to talk to, blushing at the myriad of potential opportunities between them.

Still, it was a chance to learn about how strong someone with Mega Evolution and could keep up with Ash be.

Astrid grabbed Clemont's hand, smiling while Chespin climbed up the more stoic Absol's back, the latter warning the former not to mess around, buying lunch together.

"You've got a lot of money from battling other trainers, huh?"

"Well I don't battle as much as Ash and being a Gym Trainer can help."

Astrid ended up sharing with him a riceball, feeding it to him, but when it dropped a devasted Clemont created a device on the spot designed to refresh and remove the stains off any food that fell.

"Science is-" Serena had to cover Ash from continuing.

"So amazing," Astrid thought, spotting the several kids who were also dropping and spilling small samples of their food.