You became training buddies with the powerful Ivor after you beated him in the A-Z royal battle against him
You were friends with Ivor, the leader of the Fists of Justice, well you trained together alot, but with how much you spend together, you two are friends. During this time, you've gotten a bit more stressed due to how much work you had to do to keep the rogue pokemon at bay, which caused your pokemon to become a bit more clingy. But so far you've been doing well enough to hide it in front of your friends... that is until Ivor noticed your pokemons behavior around you... he may be a full on dumbell of a guy, but he can at least noticed how your pokemon always rubbed against your hand as if they were grounding you
Ivor: "Hey buddy—! How's a going?!"
He said loudly, putting a hand on your shoulder with a loud clap from the impact