Another update for you, I'd had a bit of a naff time when I wrote this hence the slight angst also this is not how the NHS work - it is never this quick, anyway hope you enjoy

Reno struggled trying to balance the large bag of groceries on his hip as he wrenched his blaring phone out of his pocket. Quite a few people turned to stare at him as he furiously tried to stop Nicki Minaj from talking before she said something rude. He shook his head in irritation; he was going to kill Cloud the next time he saw him. He practically stabbed the answer button, trying to ignore the glares and looks of judgement from the people around him.

"Hello?"

"Reno?" Axel asked. Reno's brow furrowed; Axel's voice sounded thick and gruff, as if he had a cold that he couldn't shake.

"Axel? Are you ok man? You sound sick." Reno observed. Axel didn't say anything for a while and Reno just about made out the chocked sob that sounded as if he was trying to hold back tears. Oh god was he about to tell him that he and Tifa had broken up? "Ax?" he asked prompting him. "Are you ok?"

"Has Mum called you at all?" Axel asked his voice still thick.

"No." Reno was thoroughly confused by this point. He heard Axel take a deep breath.

"It's Dad…"

Reno slowly pushed the door closed half an hour later. His head was spinning from what Axel had just told him. His father had been rushed to hospital with kidney failure and he was going to need a transplant as soon as possible. The entire family was going to have to be tested to see if they were a match but Reno wasn't overly hopeful. His dad had O Negative blood type and as far as any of them knew he was the only one so it was unlikely that any of them would be able to donate or be a suitable match.

He rubbed his eyes, hoping that they weren't too red (or he could pass it off as hay fever) as he leaned against the door trying to steady himself. He didn't know if he was ready for Roxas to see him like this just yet. He didn't have much of a choice though as Roxas emerged from the living room. He beamed when he saw Reno, not noticing how drained he looked.

"God, I have been writing about blow-jobs all morning," he stated as he walked towards him. "I'm so glad you're back I could definitely use a break if you fancy fooling around in my room for a bit." It wasn't until he reached Reno that he noticed his red glassy eyes. He stopped, frowning in concern. "Reno, what's wrong?" he asked. Reno quickly ran a hand over his eyes and plastered a smile on his face.

"Nothing." he replied. Roxas narrowed his eyes at him and Reno knew that he wasn't buying it at all.

"Reno come on," Roxas said giving the lapels of his jacket an affectionate tug. "tell me. I know something is wrong." Reno took a deep breath, trying to steady himself, leaning back against the door.

"It's my dad." he said quietly. "He's in hospital." Roxas stared at him with wide eyes.

"What?"

"My dad's been taken into hospital with kidney failure." Reno explained. "He needs a transplant soon or…" he trailed off unable to say the words.

"Like an organ donator?" Roxas asked. He nodded. "I'm sure it will be fine; someone in your family will be a match and then it's pretty easy. It's a simple operation, right?" Reno shook his head.

"It's not that simple." he told him. "Dad's O Negative and no one else in the family is so I don't think any of us is going to be a match. I could still happen and we've all got to go for tests but I just don't know…" He took another deep breath trying to steady himself and stop himself from completely breaking down. He had never had a particularly emotional relationship with his father but he still couldn't handle the thought of him not being there at the other end of a phone.

Roxas let go of the lapels of his jacket and, without a word, went back into the living room. Reno looked up after him, confused. After what he'd just told him was he really just walking off? He continued to stare until Roxas returned holding a small plastic card. He handed it to Reno. It was an Organ Donor card that listed the full set of organs he was down to donate. With eyebrows furrowed in confusion he looked up at Roxas.

"Turn it over." he instructed. Reno dutifully flipped the card over. On the other side was Roxas' blood type: O Negative.

"What?" he asked in confusion. Roxas reached up on his tip-toes, placed his hand on Reno's check and pressed his lips softly against his.

"I'm coming with you." he told him. "I can get tested to see if I'm a match too, it's no different than the doctors finding one form the donor list."

"I can't ask you too." Reno said, his hand slipping round the back of Roxas' neck to pull him closer. Roxas chuckled softly.

"You wouldn't be," he told him. "You really think I'd let you go through this alone? I told you; I love you." Reno pulled him forward and kissed him again.

"You're amazing!" he told him when he pulled back. "But what about work?"

"Remember when Yuffie told me to basically re-write the novel and I told her I would but didn't?" Roxas grinned. "Well now I've managed to convince her that it was a bad idea she's given me some time to re-adjust the changes that I never made in the first place. Plus this is important, she'll understand." Reno wrapped his arms around Roxas, hugging him tightly and pressing him against his body like he would never let him go.

"God I love you." he said into Roxas' hair. "You're so amazing." Roxas smiled and hugged Reno back.

"As if I'd let you do this by yourself." he replied. He pulled back so that he could kiss Reno's lips softly again. Reno smiled at him before he was struck by a sudden thought.

"How do you want to play this with my mother?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" Roxas asked.

"Please don't get mad," Reno said tentatively. "but my mum still thinks you're my boss." Roxas laughed softly and gave Reno's hair a gentle tug.

"Well I am so she's not wrong."

"You know what I mean." Reno chuckled.

"It's ok." Roxas shrugged. "We'll figure something out."

After a series of various tests it was discovered that Roxas was a match to donate a kidney to Reno's father. His mother had wondered why her son's boss had said that he was prepared to donate one of his kidneys if he had been a match but on the other hand he was just about to save her husband's life so she didn't question it. Axel and Tifa on the other hand had started giving Reno the third degree almost as soon as Roxas had gone in for his tests. He had been blindsided and given them the vaguest possible answers to avoid any further questioning.

About a week after the tests the doctors booked them in for the operation. Reno had spent the entire time the two of them were in the theatre pacing up and down the unable to sit still for longer than a minute. He was too nervous of the outcome and it wasn't until Tifa gave him some hot chocolate laced with sleeping pills did he finally pass out in a chair in the room his father and Roxas would be moved to.

Roxas was brought into the room a few hours later, slightly groggy but awake. Reno's father was still out of it, Reno was still passed out in the chair Tifa had put him in and she was curled up on one of the other chairs with her head resting on his lap. Roxas tried to push himself up into a sitting position when the door opened and Axel walked in holding a cup of coffee. He smiled at Roxas and took the only other empty seat next to his bed.

"Hey," he said softly so as not to wake anyone else. "you're awake! How're you feeling?"

"Like I've been hit with a sledgehammer." Roxas laughed softly. "How's your dad?"

"Better." Axel told him. "Mum's talking to the doctor now but I caught the gist of it and he's out of the woods, all thanks to you." Roxas shrugged.

"I just did what anyone in my position would have done." he stated.

"Not everyone and you didn't have to." Axel grinned taking a sip of coffee. "Is there anything I can get you?"

"Scotch." Roxas replied after thinking about it for a moment. "But I'm not allowed scotch so don't worry about it." Axel chuckled.

"Can I ask you something?" he asked after a short pause.

"Fire away."

"Why did you do say you'd do this?" he asked. "Don't get me wrong I'm so grateful to you for saving my dad's life but you're Reno's boss – you didn't have to feel obliged to do this."

"I didn't." Roxas smiled.

"Then why?" Axel asked again. "I just can't quite wrap my head around why you'd do something like this for someone who's effectively just your employee." Roxas looked over at Reno sleeping in the corner and smiled fondly.

"He's more than just that." he said softly. Axel caught the look in his eye and grinned at him.

"I thought as much." he said. "You really like him don't you?"

"Yeah." Roxas nodded. "He finally helped me get out of the writing funk that I've been in for the past couple of years too." he added.

"You're a good influence on him too." Axel stated.

"How do you mean?"

"I've never seen Reno this happy." Axel told him. "He's kept a job for pretty much a year now – which is a miracle – and he's just been in a much better place since he started working for you. I don't really know why you two seem intent on keeping up this 'he's just my boss' thing but let your position stop you from being together if you're both as into it as you say and he seems."

"How did you know?" Roxas asked.

"Because despite Reno protesting that you're 'just his boss' he was absolutely beside himself while you and dad were in theatre and I know that he's not reserving all that worry just for Dad." Axel told him. "He won't say anything, probably because Mum still seems to be under the impression that this is 'just a phase' and he seems to be against it because you're still his boss."

"Do you think your Mum will have a problem with me being with Reno because of who I am?" Roxas asked.

"She might have done," Axel stated. "but after this I wouldn't worry about it too much." Roxas laughed softly. "Don't let anything like that get in the way of you two though; I can tell he's crazy about you."

"I won't." Roxas said looking fondly in Reno's direction. As if on cue Reno stirred awake. He rubbed his eyes, stretching before he caught sight of Roxas sitting up in bed. He sighed with relief.

"Hey," he said a smile spreading across his face. "how are you doing?"

"I'm good." Roxas smiled. Axel looked between the two of them and grinned.

"I'm going to go see how Mum is." he stated. "I'll be back in a second." He got to his feet and left the room, stopping to give Reno's shoulder a squeeze as he passed. Reno carefully removed Tifa's head from his lap, making sure he didn't wake her and went over to Roxas, taking hold of his hand and kissing it.

"I'm so glad you and Dad are alright." he whispered. "Thank you so much for doing this."

"Of course I would." Roxas told him. "I couldn't let my boyfriend's father die when I could have done something about it."

"Boyfriend?" Reno asked. That was pretty the only thing he had taken from what Roxas had just said.

"If you want to be." Roxas shrugged grinning. Reno smiled and pressed a soft kiss to his lips.

"I do."

Reno's father had made a full recovery and Roxas was up and out of bed pretty much as soon as the doctors would allow him to be. Reno's mother was so thankful to Roxas for saving her husband she didn't even seem to bat an eyelid when Reno told her that he and Roxas were an item. When he had finally announced it Axel and Tifa had given him looks that said 'we told you so' before Tifa asked Roxas if he was coming as Reno's plus one to their wedding.

During his time in hospital Roxas had asked Reno if he could read through his manuscript and make some notes for him. Reno had protested the idea at first saying that he would have no idea what he was doing. Roxas, however, was insistent. He said that he wanted someone's opinion rather than Yuffie's and he valued Reno's higher than everyone else's. Reno had eventually agreed, read through the manuscript and gave Roxas the notes he made. From what he read he thought that Reno would actually do a better job as his editor than Yuffie did.