Ash slumped onto the couch with a sigh, exhausted.
"Damn nobles." He huffed, rubbing his eyes.
"Not all of them are bad you know." Ash blinked, then turned to see Ruby laying on an empty shelf at least 10 feet above the floor.
"Why are you up there." Ash asked. "More importantly, HOW are you up there?"
"It's cozy, and I borrowed a ladder." Ash looked around.
"...Where's the ladder?"
"I think Sylveon is using it, so remind me to disinfect it. Arceus knows what that perverted Poké's doing with it." Ruby shuddered. "Anyway, you saw Lumina right?"
"Yeah, she gave your book back." Ash tossed the book her way, bofore noticing something in her hands. "What are you holding?"
"Huh?" She looked at the object. "Oh, mom came home with her ultrasound earlier.
"Boy or girl?" Ash asked, getting up to to grab a water.
"Both." Ash stopped to look at her.
"I... What?"
"Lemme rephrase that." Ruby began, hopping off the shelf. "Mom's having twins." With that she walked out the room, tossing Ash the ultrasound to Ash as she did so. He fumbled with it for a moment, before looking at it carefully to see that Ruby wasn't joking.
"...Crap..."