Reno looked at the three Turks and Rufus. When he let before he had thought that if they ever got reinstated that he would be happy. He thought that being reunited with his "family" things would be right in the world and he would never be sad again. Now here the opportunity was and he was utterly depressed.

"I don't- I.." he trailed off and looked towards Cid's house.

Tseng looked at Reno for a moment then turned to Rude, "You and Elena take Rufus home. I will phone you when Reno and I are ready to be picked up. I think we have some things to discuss."

After much grumbling from Rufus, Tseng climbed out and handed the IV bag to Elena who saluted. Rude nodded and looked briefly at Reno for any indication as to what he was thinking at that point, but Reno had turned away and was walking back towards the house. Tseng motioned for Rude to leave in the helicopter, Elena shut the side door, and the helicopter eased into the air. The raven haired man turned and ran after the angry looking red head. Tseng got all the way to Reno and set a hand on his shoulder, when suddenly he was punched square in the face. It caught the Wutain man off guard and he fell back into the snow.

"YOU FUCKING SON OF A BITCH!" Reno screamed as he jumped on Tseng and shook his superior officer and ex-lover, keeping enough cool not to grind the man's ace into the snow and leave him there.

"Reno let me explain.."

"Explain? You fucking went out of your way to find someone just to give yourself the opportunity to talk to me again. You selfish, closeted, Wute bastard. If I had my fucking gun I would paint the fucking snow red!"

"Reno you are overreacting." Tseng said in an attempt to calm the enraged Turk, "You know that it is our duty to do all we can to find Rufus. You also know that under Turk code no man is dead until we find a body. I found a body, he just happens to be alive. I tried to call you to tell you we were starting the search and I had both of the others try too."

"My phone is fucking gone. I threw it into the snow. How convenient that you decided to look for Rufus after I told you not to come unless we were reinstated. You were fine with sending me away and ending the search before, but the moment I tell you to not speak to me, you fucking find a way."

Tseng looked Reno in the eyes, "You didn't want to leave when I sent you away, now I find a way for all of us to be together again and you are pissed. What can I do to make you happy Reno?"

"YOU COULD GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR SELFISH ASS! Don't you dare make it sound like I asked you to do this. You haven't once cared throughout this entire ordeal cared about if I was happy. I tried to be with you and you told me no, now that I tell you no, you want me to be happy? I found happiness again, I was happy without you. I was happy with Cid."

Tseng looked away, pushing at Reno to get off of him. Reno moved and allowed his leader to stand. However, Tseng remained on the ground and only shifted to a kneeling position. The proud Wutain man lowered his head onto his hands.

"I am sorry, Reno. I am sorry that I have hurt you. I am sorry that I was not true to myself. I am sorry that I didn't ask you to stay in Wutai with me. I am sorry that I overreacted over you and Cid. I have denied what I wanted and what you wanted so long that I have pushed you away from me. I am sorry that I have ruined something that we could have shared. I love you Reno, and I am sorry that I ruined what we could have had by believing what others wanted me to believe about myself."

Reno looked at the man. Even rarer than his swearing was when Tseng admitted he was wrong. Reno leaned down and lifted the proud man's face from the snow.

"I accept your apology, but-" Reno looked toward the direction of the house. This was a situation he had never had to face before...

Cid sat at the window nervously looking out. 'What the fuck's the matte with me? Am I a fuckin' woman waitin' fer her man to come back from the war? Jenova in the fuckin' tank what's become of me.' he thought bitterly.

Not more than a minute or two later he saw a red head rise above the snow and walking towards his house.

Cid, in attempt to seem like he hadn't been waiting anxiously, put a kettle on and got out two tea cups. He readied the cups with the Vanilla Chai Reno had liked so well. By the time Reno stepped in the door, the Chai was ready and steeping while Cid was doing the few dishes they had left.

"So what'd they want?" Cid asked not turning around.

"Cid we need to talk."

Cid turned and looked at Reno when he heard the serious tone he had taken and saw that they were not alone. Tseng stood next to Reno, looking rather worse for wear, his deep brown eyes taking in all that he saw.

"Of course. Should we-" Cid trailed off, letting Reno fill the blank himself.

"Let's go to the den." Reno said walking to the common area and pulling the door shut behind him and Cid.

"What the fuck is he doing here?" Cid asked looking rather nervous.

Reno looked at the floor for a moment before looking back up, "Cid the Turks have been reinstated."

Cid's jaw dropped for a moment, "Dontcha need a leader or something?"

"Rufus survived the fall of Shinra headquarters. Tseng found him and now we need to go take care of him."

"We? Are you going too?"

Reno paused for a moment before he looked at his shoes, "Yes and it's not a matter of want to. I need to. I told you they are my family and right now they need me more than ever."

Cid made move to argue with the man but stopped remembering his own family and what he gave to see their happiness. After a moment Cid nodded, but looked away, "I understand."

"I am sorry,Cid. However, Now with Rufus alive, I can ask for dismissal and then once I am dismissed I don't need to go back or will ever need to worry about being reinstated ever again."

"But will he dismiss you?"

Reno looked away, "I don't know."

Cid looked at Reno, "I gotta ask a few questions bafore I let ya jus' walk on outta here. Are you alright with that?"

Reno nodded and waited for his questions.

"Ya aren't leaving me for Tseng out there are ya?"

"No. Tseng and I have come to an understanding."

"His understandin' have anythin' to do with the shiner he's gunna have tomorrow?" Cid asked with a smile.

"It might."

"Good fer you." Cid sighed and sat on the couch. "I will be sad ta see ya go, but we knew from the start that this shit could happen. Are they waiting fer ya?"

"No, they are coming to get us in the helicopter."

"Why wouldn't ya jus' take Betsy? Ya think I want that hunk o' shit loiterin' around my house, you can fucking forget it." Cid looked at Reno with a smile.

Reno gave a lopsided grin, "I kinda forgot about her."

"Fergot about- Jenova in the Goddamn tank...yer about the stupidest punk ass Turk I've ever met."

Reno gave a half hearted smile, "I suppose I can simply fly to meet the others."

Cid looked at Reno for a moment before he asked "When will you be leavin'?"

"Soon."

Cid smiled sadly, "We better git yer shit packed then."

~Thank you for reading! What will become of our beloved couple? Find out in the last chapter, which posts tomorrow. I hope you all "liked" it. Thank you to all those who have been reviewing. I greatly appreciate all of the comments. Thanks again for reading!