Author's Notes: Seeing as I still have two ongoing fics, you might think that I'm mad in writing yet another fic, in another fandom. Well, I really couldn't get this scene and idea out of my head, so I simply had to write it.

Concerning the Melancholy of Lelouch vi Britannia, it's indefinitely on hold because I need to rework my entire plot. As for my To Heart 2 oneshots, those will come one by one… Eventually. :P

And now, onto my short two-shot. This is also my first time writing lemon, so please put up with my work and review so that I can improve. Thanks!

Disclaimer: Everything Clannad is owned by Key Visual Arts. I do not own anything except the plot.

Fifteen Years Ahead

It's been fifteen years since Ushio was born. Once the outgoing young toddler that Dad used to play baseball with, she's now a teenager who has just entered her first year of high school, at the same school that Tomoya-kun and I graduated from, Hikarizaka Private High School.

She's no longer our little Ushio. She's slowly maturing into a lady, much like I did. Well, according to my Dad and Tomoya-kun, at least. Speaking of Tomoya-kun…

My life would have been completely different if I had never met him, if he had not spoken to me at the bottom of that hill. The cherry blossoms that blew in the wind, his gentle voice talking to me, giving me words of encouragement. Every miniscule detail of that day is permanently etched onto my memory, and I know that I would never forget that day until the day I die.

"Fun things… Happy things. They can't all possibly stay unchanged. But even so, will you still love this place?"

"Just find them. Just find new fun and happy things," he had said.

With those words, my life changed forever. On the day I met Tomoya Okazaki.

It's been so long since Tomoya-kun and I had moved out of that small apartment that our friend, Ryou Fujibayashi had recommended to him so long ago, when he needed a place to stay while starting to become an independent member of society. Seven years after Ushio was born, Mom and Dad's neighbor, Isogai-san, had moved back to the countryside where she lived. By that time, Tomoya-kun and I had enough money from our jobs, and we offered to purchase the house from her. She obliged, saying that it would have been a waste any other way, since she no longer had any relatives in the city, and we were delighted that we could live next door to Mom and Dad. So were they, as they could see and play with Ushio-chan after she got off from kindergarten.

Shortly after that, our fortunes just got better and better. My loyalty to the restaurant I was working as a waitress at was rewarded. When the time came, the manager told me that the owner of the restaurant chain was reassigning him to their main office in Tokyo, and he decided to promote me to his former position of manager. By this time, Nishina-san and Sugisaka-san were no longer working with me, as Nishina-san had already earned enough money for her tuition at the school of fine arts she was going to study at, while Sugisaka-san decided to find a job near Nishina-san's school, so that they could still be together.

Tomoya-kun also rose within the ranks of Hikarizaka Electric, and he and Yoshino-san became co-supervisors not long ago. Then the time came when Yoshino-san was given a promotion to work at Sony full time. They had to move to Tokyo for Yoshino-san's promotion. It was just last year, when Tomoya-kun and I bid farewell to Yoshino-san and his wife and my former art teacher, Kouko-san, as well as her younger sister and our very good friend Fuko.

Fu-chan had a remarkable recovery from the coma she had been in for seven long years. About a year after she had woken up, the doctors were amazed that her motor skills were back to what they used to be before the tragic car accident. What appeared to be her only problem was her childlike temperament. It's sometimes hard for me to believe that Fu-chan is only a year younger than I am, since she often acts like a child. I wasn't one to worry about that, because Ushio gained another protector and friend in Fuko.

I stopped spacing out and remembered that I was halfway through making dinner. It was already seven in the evening. Tomoya-kun called and said that he'd be home in a while, and Ushio said that she'd be home around this time, since she and her friends were working on their latest play for the Drama Club.

When I told Ushio when she was eight years old that Dad was an actor in his high school days, and that I was an actor too, even for only one year, she had said,

"Mama, I want to be an actor too, like Akki and you."

And so the moment she set foot in high school, she did what I did with Tomoya-kun and everyone else's help and reestablished the Drama Club. It was easier for her than it was for me, since the Student Council these days wasn't as bureaucratic as the Student Council I had to deal with, before Tomoyo-san was elected Student Council President.

She was a talented actor, and even Dad said that she could be much better than he was when he acted.

"It's my genes being in perfect agreement with Charles Darwin," Dad said.

"Don't forget old man, I have some of my genes in her too," Tomoya-kun chided.

"You know brat, I was the actor, not you. What you probably gave her was your stubbornness."

"You know what, that's something Sanae-san would say, but it would be in a nicer way that you could only hope to achieve," said Tomoya-kun, at which me, Mom, and Dad burst out laughing.

The doorbell rang, and I heard the wooden gate slide open. I put down the ladle I was using to stir tonight's mushroom soup, and I went to greet whoever it was that was about to enter our home.

"Mama, I'm home," called Ushio.

"Welcome back, Ushio-chan. You're just in time. Dinner's almost ready," I said.

"Mmm, I can smell the mushroom soup from here. Oh, but where's Papa?" she asked, while removing her outdoor shoes and placing her umbrella in the umbrella rack.

"He called earlier and said that he was on his way home. He should be here any minute now."

"That's great Mama! There's something I have to ask you and Papa about, so I'll ask you both while we're having dinner," said Ushio.

"Okay honey. Change out of your school uniform into something more comfortable, then please come down and help me set the table. I'm not yet finished cooking," I said.

"Okay Mama," replied Ushio while dashing towards her room.

While Ushio and I were setting the table, we heard a loud crash outside the house. Ushio and I both jumped, and we rushed outside to see what was going on. As we approached the street, we heard loud voices.

"…. and if he finds out who did it, we're going to be dead."

"Oh come on Okazaki, it's not like he or Nagisa-chan would find out that we accidentally dented his brand new car, right?"

"Correction. You, Sunohara, were the person in the driver's seat, not me."

I told Ushio to get back inside, then I opened the gate and observed the immediate surroundings. I saw Tomoya-kun, still in his work clothes, standing above a kneeling person, who was probably Youhei Sunohara, examining something near the ground very intently.

"Good evening Tomoya-kun, Sunohara-san."

Apparently, none of them noticed my presence, because they jumped at the sound of my voice.

"I'm home Nagisa. Looks like someone over here messed up the old man's new car," said Tomoya-kun with a smirk on his face.

"D-don't believe him Nagisa-chan, it was him who was in the driver's seat, not me!" said Sunohara-san.

"Oh come now Sunohara, who do you seriously think Nagisa is going to believe? You, or her husband?"

"Jeez… Fine Okazaki, you win," grumbled Sunohara-san.

"Hey, Tomoya-kun, that's kind of mean," I said.

"Well, I let him off this time since he'll be the one doing the explaining to the old man," said Tomoya-kun, barely suppressing his laughter.

I turned to Sunohara-san and said,

"Sunohara-san, I'm sure that if you tell Dad that you're really sorry, he won't get mad and he'll forgive you!"

"But Nagisa, haven't you forgotten that Sunohara over here thought that Sanae-san was your older sister and that he wanted to marry her? Do you remember how the old man reacted to that?" said Tomoya-kun, who couldn't control it anymore and burst out laughing.

"That's mean Tomoya-kun, but you have a point. You know Sunohara-san, I think you're lucky that Dad won't be back until next week, with that baseball tournament he's competing in. That's why the bakery's been closed for three days now," I said.

"But what has Sanae-san been doing all this time?" asked Sunohara-san.

"Mom decided to sign a short-term contract that allows her to substitute for absentee teachers at our old high school while Dad is gone, so she's been teaching again recently."

"I see. Well, I'll leave it to the two of you for now. I just brought your ungrateful jerk of a husband home, Nagisa-chan. Well, I'm off to Kyou's place, since she said that she's going to be making me something special tonight," said Sunohara-san. "See you Okazaki. Good night, Nagisa-chan."

And with those words, he got into his car and drove off into the night.

"I swear I have no idea what has gotten into Kyou… She actually asked out Sunohara on a date the other day. Since then, Sunohara's been at her place about three times in the past four days," said Tomoya-kun.

"That's not nice Tomoya-kun, you should feel happy for Sunohara-san," I said reproachfully.

"Well fine, but you have to admit, Kyou would be the last person on my mind to be doing this, right?"

I nodded and said, "Come Tomoya-kun, dinner's ready, and Ushio's finished setting the table by now."

He took my hand and we entered our home, where our daughter was waiting for us.

The three of us ate dinner, talking about how our day went. Tomoya-kun was telling us how he had to deal with the mistakes of three trainees at the electric company today.

"They totally screwed up on five electric poles. And there were three of them!" he exclaimed.

"Now now Tomoya-kun, don't you remember your first day at work? When you arrived while I was cooking our dinner, you literally flopped onto the floor because you were that tired," I said.

"I know, but these guys seem even worse than I was. I only remember making one major mistake, and Yoshino-san was easily able to fix that up for me. But these guys…"

I reached across the table and held his hand.

"Relax, Tomoya-kun. Don't think about it too much. Just do your best in teaching them the right way to do things," I said.

His brow furrowed for a second, and then his expression softened.

"You're right Nagisa. Thank you," he said while looking at me in the eyes.

I instinctively blushed, even though we have been married for fifteen years. Only he could make this happen to me, and I loved him for it.

Ushio noticed this and said,

"Hey Papa, stop that, you're making Mama blush."

"Ushio-chan, didn't you say earlier that you were going to tell us something?"

"Yup, I did. Let me start first by talking about a pretty interesting lecture I had in school today. In Biology class, we learned about the reproductive system. They gave us a scientific definition on how babies were born, so I naturally thought, 'Did Mama and Papa really do this?' And I'm asking for a favor. Mama—", she turned to me, "Papa—", she turned to Tomoya-kun, "Could you please tell me about the night you and Mama had sex?"

Tomoya-kun's jaw dropped, and he immediately reacted.

"Idiot! We can't tell you about that! It's too embarrassing for parents to be talking about how they conceived their children!"

"But it'll help me understand the lesson more. Please Papa? Mama?" pleaded Ushio.

"Say Tomoya-kun, I think it'll help her if I tell her about it," I said.

"Fine Nagisa, go ahead. I'll just be listening. After all, you were the one who frankly told the old man that we slept together. Oh, and can we do it after we've eaten?" asked Tomoya-kun.

"Of course dear. Besides, I don't think I'll ever forget what happened that night," I told Tomoya-kun, as I winked at him.

He blushed crimson red, and I knew that I was the only woman in the world that could make him feel that way.

More Author's Notes: I wanted to give my own version of what happened post Clannad ~After Story~, so I decided to integrate it with the story. Lemon comes next chapter. Read and review please!