~~~~~~20 years later~~~~~

Tatsuki smiled as Kohana entered the apartment. "Oka-san, it's so good to be home!" The woman smiled as she hugged her daughter.

"I'm happy you're home. How's college?"

The girl smiled happily. "Great!" She took off her cap, revealing her shoulder-length blonde hair. Tatsuki smiled. "Where's Ki-chan?"

A boy entered the hall, grinning. "Ko-chan!" Kohana jumped on him, making both of them fall on the floor.

Tatsuki looked at the two with a nostalgic look as they started squirming. 'Never too old to act like children, huh?' She sighed. The place they fell on was the one she had cried on all those years back, when she had found out she was pregnant with Kohana. She smiled, remembering the way her husband had acted towards her. It was probably the only thing that hadn't changed.

"I hear quarrels. Is Kohana home?" Shinji asked, entering the hall as well.

"Otou-san!" she jumped on him as well. He chuckled, staggering a little, but not falling. "It will take you a few hundreds of years to knock me down, kido."

Kohana pouted. "Well, I'll see what I can solve when I become a Taicho."

He ruffled her hair. "Good luck."

Tatsuki smiled and kissed him. "You kids set the table. We'll make dinner." The two nodded and left.

Tatsuki went into the kitchen. Shinji followed her. "It's been… 20 amazing years. Thank you." She whispered.

He came from behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "You aren't leaving, right?"

"Of course not. Didn't Urahara make sure that we'll be together forever?" she asked with a smile.

Shinji smiled as well. "And that you'll remember your human life. Yes. I owe him a lot for this."

"Don't you mean you owe him your life?"

"Nah, I can't owe him something that you own."

She smiled as he kissed her neck. "Let's get started with the food before we get too distracted." Tatsuki slipped out of Shinji's grip.

"Okay. You'll make up for it later, though."

Tatsuki smiled and kissed her husband. "Of course, dear. We're married, after all."

Shinji rolled his eyes and started cooking.

Akio, their son, was 17. He was in high school and doing incredibly well. Shinji acted like he didn't care what the boy did in his free time, when, in reality, he knew everything and simply had nothing against it. Akio just went out with his friends and sometimes went into clubs. That was the worst he had done. He barely drank anything, but when he did, he never got drunk. He had his mother's looks but his father's laid back attitude.

Kohana was 20. She had her father's looks, his humor, but her mother's energy and passion for fight. She was at college and only came home twice a year.

Tatsuki remembered the day she had found out she was pregnant with Akio. She had left Kohana at the playground with her mother and went home. She was almost sure she was pregnant; she simply needed to take the test and show Shinji. She wasn't too fond of the idea. Two children out of wedlock… not too good. The test turned out, predictable enough, positive. She kept it in her pocket for when Shinji was back from work. What she didn't know was that he had a surprise for her as well. Tatsuki smiled. 'Yeah, it was certainly the best day in my life.'

"Shinji, I… I have something to tell you."

"So do I, actually." She could read his nervousness.

"Well then, you first… Mine isn't going anywhere." He nodded, looking away. She held his hand. "What is it, Shinji? Did anything bad happen?"

He smiled. "No, quite the opposite, actually. I've been meaning to ask you this for quite a while, but I never summoned the courage."

Tatsuki gulped, fear starting to creep into her. 'What is he talking about? He won't… leave me, right?'

"Tats, I love you more than I ever thought was possible." His words shocked her. "I really want to spend the rest of eternity with you."

Tatsuki smiled. "I love you too."

Shinji took a deep breath and kneeled. "Tats, will you marry me?"

Pointless to say her reaction. It came less of a shock when she told him she was pregnant. She liked to think about those days. Her mother's look when she found out the two news was priceless.

Tatsuki sat at the table with her family. She liked her life. She loved her two children and their father. She knew that she had a place in the afterlife for eternity, and so did her kids. She really didn't wish for anything more.