Circumstances *OLD VERSION*

Circumstances Part 9

Chapter 8: A Moment Like This

"Come on, come on come on!!!" squealed Bonnie as she bounced up and down by the doorway like a Buneary on a sugar rush.

"Calm down, Bonnie. The carnival's not going anywhere," said Clemont as he put his backpack on. Around this time of year, there's always a carnival held on the outskirts of Lumiose City and he promised he would take her this year. There will be rides, food and at the very end a fireworks display. Ash was coming along too of course and after the few days he had, Clemont knew he could use a fun evening out.

"We've still gotta hurry, or they'll be lines everywhere!" said Bonnie, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Clemont rolled his eyes as Ash patted him on the shoulder.

"You heard her Clemont. Let's go," he said as he darted out the doors after Bonnie.

"Okay, okay don't leave me behind!" cried Clemont as he followed.

He had to smile though. It's only been a day since he and Ash confessed their feelings to each other and so far it's been going well. Though there was a slight mishap this morning where Clemont was awoken by the smoke alarm and the smell of smoke. He had dashed into the kitchen to find Ash and Pikachu by the stove desperately trying to fan the smoke away with their hand and tail respectively. Apparently, he was trying to make pancakes for Clemont's breakfast, but he had turned the stove up a bit too high. It was a huge shock for everyone but nothing caught on fire and no one was hurt so no harm done. Ash promised he would leave the cooking to the experts from now on. While Clemont appreciated the thought, after that disaster, it was probably for the best.

"You make it look so easy,"  his boyfriend had told him when they were cleaning up.

Clemont smiled. Thinking of Ash as his boyfriend still made him feel tingly.

"I see it, I see it!" cried Bonnie as she pointed to a cluster of lights in the distance. "Hurry, let's go!"

"Slow down, Bonnie!" cried Clemont as he tried to keep up with his sister. He was grateful that Ash went at Clemont's pace so that he wouldn't be left behind.

The carnival was buzzing when they arrived. Filled with thundering music and the smells of cotton candy and candy apples. Bonnie spun around as if she was wondering what to do first.

"Try to stay close Bonnie!" Clemont yelled to her through the cacophony. "We don't want to lose you!"

"I'm fine Clemont!" Bonnie called back exasperatedly. Then she smirked. "Besides you could make this your first date."

Both Clemont and Ash blushed.

"Arghh, Bonnie, I told you, we want to keep our relationship on a low profile," complained Clemont, "We want to take things slow."

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot," apologised Bonnie ruefully.

"Hey, let's let our pokemon out too," Ash suggested. "No reason they shouldn't be able to have fun."

Grateful for the change of subject, Clemont nodded.

"Yeah, good idea."

With a flash, the two trainers called their pokemon out of their pokeballs, who looked more than ready to have a good time.

"Okay, guys, this is a carnival so go ahead and have some fun. Just stay out of trouble okay?" Ash told his pokemon. "Noivern, be careful when flying okay? Don't knock anyone over."