Don't even ask me what this is, because I have no idea. Also, I find myself in love with the Karin/Rukia/Matsumoto trio.

Prompt: Future

Rating: T

"You know, you guys would have really cute kids," Matsumoto notes.

From his desk, Hitsugaya sputters.

Karin, however, merely scoffs. "Of course we would. We're hot as fuck." She reddens a little at verbally admitting that she finds her choking friend attractive, but hey. It is what it is. "We would have the best-looking kids in Soul Society, let's be real."

"What would they look like?" Rukia muses, a smile on her lips.

Her friends are teasing her again, Karin knows. They know of her gigantic crush on Hitsugaya Toshiro, and are always trying to meddle and get them together. She just wishes that they would have a little more tact.

Still, she plays along. "Well, they would have white hair—"

"That's not likely," Toshiro says, and all three of the women look over at him in surprise. Karin raises a questioning eyebrow. "It's just not how genetics work," he continues.

"I know how genetics work," Karin huffs. "What's your point?"

"That black hair is a dominant gene."

"That didn't stop my brother from being born with orange hair," Karin points out. "For all you know, our kids could pop out looking like Ichi-nii."

Hitsugaya looks visibly appalled at this. Matsumoto sniggers.

Karin crosses her arms over her chest triumphantly. "They could also look like Yuzu. And you don't even remember your ancestry, so for all you know, your white hair is a dominant trait too. So some of them might have it. Or, who knows, they might pop out gray."

"Fine," he concedes. "You're right. But they'll definitely have your eyes. Unless you have a recessive gene for it."

"What a shame," Karin mutters to herself, and she sees Matsumoto and Rukia side-eye each other. But can they blame her? His eyes are his best feature!

And honestly, those two might as well be holding neon signs, because they are just as subtle.

"How many would you have?" Matsumoto prompts.

Karin wonders why she is friends with people who only want to make her life difficult. "Four," she throws out randomly.

"Four?!" Hitsugaya's eyes widen. "I was thinking one!"

Karin is appalled. "Do you want our child to be a spoiled brat?"

"Are you trying to start a soccer team?" he counters.

"I just figured with four kids, there would be no middle child."

"And I just wanted to make sure our child got enough attention."

"Why don't you go for two then?" Matsumoto intercedes.

Karin bites her lip, thinking about it. "I don't know. I kinda like having more than one sibling."

"Then what about three?" Rukia offers. "I know there's a middle child, but you're a middle child, Karin, and you seem to be well-adjusted."

A pause. "It's not so bad," Karin sniffs.

"Taicho?" Matsumoto asks.

"It is easier to care for three children than four," he concedes.

"Well then it's settled," Rukia announces. "Three kids with rainbow-colored hair."

When Karin looks at Toshiro and sees that his face is flushing, she suddenly realizes what she's been contemplating: a domestic life with her best friend, who she's not dating and hasn't even admitted her feelings for. Three kids. Which means sex, at least three times.

She wonders if it's possible to explode from embarrassment.

The look Rukia gives her is nothing short of haughty.

A/N: And that ends Hitsukarin Week! It was fun, and pretty refreshing to write actual drabbly things. I've still got some prompts, but you know me—they're probably going to be more oneshot-esque.