The next morning Sapphire wasn't her peppy self. Isaka and Asahina noticed immediately when they weren't woken up by her jumping up and down on their bed as usual. Isaka got up first and went to check on her. Sapphire was half asleep in her bed hugging her bear tightly.

"Daddy?" Sapphire said softly.

"Hey Angel," Isaka replied kneeling down rubbing the top of her head. "Feeling all right?"

"My head hurts," Sapphire whimpered softly.

Isaka felt her forehead and it was warmer than usual. "Hmm…I'm going to check your temperature sweetheart, ok?"

"Ok," Sapphire nodded.

Isaka fished around her drawer and careful place the thermometer in her mouth. After a few seconds, it beeped and read 37° C. Isaka was instantly worried.

"Asahina!" Isaka shouted a little louder than he meant to seeing Sapphire wince.

Asahina ran into the room panic evident on his normally stoic face. "What happen? What's going on?"

"Sapphire has a fever," Isaka said, "Cancel all of my meetings for today."

"Ryuuichirou-sama, the best I can do is clear the afternoon meetings." Asahina said sounding remorseful "We have three important meetings this morning."

Isaka wanted to swear in that moment but refrain from doing so in front of their daughter. "Then clear the afternoon."

"Ok," Asahina said. "I'll call Usagi and he'll look after her until we can leave the office."

Isaka sighed, his shoulders sagging. He didn't want to leave Sapphire while she was sick, but he'll catch hell from his editors for now showing up to scheduled meetings.

"I'll be ok Daddy." Sapphire tried to reassure Isaka.

"Your Dad and I will try and come home early today so we can take care of you ok?" Isaka said.

"Ok," Sapphire replied.

"All right, let's get you dressed," Isaka said picking her up and walking to the clothes so she could pick an outfit.

Isaka was a nervous wreck by the time the second meeting with the Sapphire division of Marukawa was over. He knew it was a coincidence that his own daughter was named Sapphire and the Sapphire division managed BL novels, but it didn't stop him from thinking about Sapphire and how she was probably suffering from her fever without him or Asahina by her side.

He tried to get his mind off worrying and focus on the day ahead. On the Brightside, Asahina managed to clear his afternoon schedule so instead of leaving at nearly seven or eight o'clock they could leave at one or two and spend the rest of the day taking care of Sapphire.

Lucky for him all he had to do was get through the Emerald meeting and he was home free. As usually Yokozawa and Takano looked ready to tear each other's throats out arguing about how many copies of this author manga to sell. Isaka was just watching the pair argue before Asahina came rushing in out of breath. Takano and Yokozawa look over to him surprised, it was rare for Asahina to interrupt a meeting.

"Asahina?" Isaka asked giving him his full attention. "What's going on?"

"Sapphire collapsed." Asahina said, "She's in the hospital."

Isaka never moved so fast in his life. "This meeting is dismissed until further notice."

"What!?" Takano exclaimed looking skeptical as Isaka rushed out.

Isaka knew that this would arouse suspicion but now he didn't care. He needs to see his daughter and make sure she was alright.

"USAGI!" Isaka exclaimed seeing the man sitting in the waiting room with a worried expression on his face.

"Isaka," Usagi said looking toward him.

"What happen!? Is she ok!?" Isaka started rambling panicking a little.

"I don't know anything yet," Usagi admitted, "But she'll be glad you two are here."

"What exactly happened?" Asahina asked his serious expression almost scaring Isaka.

"Usagi-san?" Sapphire whimpered from his bed. As soon as Asahina had dropped the girl off this morning, Usagi was taking care of her making sure she was comfortable. Usually, Sapphire would just sleep on the couch if she was tired, but Usagi was having none of it.

"Yes?" Usagi said looking up from his laptop. He opted working right next to Sapphire in case she need something.

"My back hurts," Sapphire said softly.

Usagi set his laptop aside before carefully turn Sapphire on her side and lifting her shirt up to see bruising on her back. He was shocked to see it before asking. "Sapphire, you back is all bruised up."

"Hmm…" Sapphire shrugged weakly.

"I'm going to get a heating pad," Usagi said leaving Sapphire in before getting some pads and heating them up. As he was waiting he didn't notice Sapphire following him downstairs.

"Usagi-san…I don't feel good…" Sapphire said before she fainted.

Usagi practically dived bomb to catch her panicking when she wouldn't wake up. He quickly ran to his car and drove her to the hospital before calling Asahina to tell him what happened before anxiously waiting to hear about the little girl.

Isaka paced around nervously while Asahina was fielding all calls from the office, as soon as Asahina got off the phone a doctor with blond hair walked up to them.

"Family of Sapphire Harper?" He asked the three men.

"We're her parents," Isaka blurted out as Asahina came beside him.

"My name is Doctor Tsumori," Tsumori said, "I'm the one overseeing Sapphire for now."

"How is she?" Usagi asked.

"Not good," Tsumori said "Her fever is 40°C, we're still trying to break it. We also ran a standard blood test and her white blood cell count is abnormally low for a girl her age. The bruising on her back is very concerning as well and with your permission, we would like to screen for leukemia."

Isaka visibly paled at the statement. Asahina stepped in at that point and said "Do what you need to."

Tsumori nodded. "I'll try and update you as soon as possible." Tsumori then turned on his heel and left.

"Leukemia testing…" Isaka said finally sitting down.

"Ryuuichirou-sama, please try and remain calm," Asahina said sitting next to him.

"Calm down!" Isaka snapped "We basically just got told that our daughter might have cancer!"

"We don't know that yet," Asahina said keeping a level head "They're just testing her for it…"

"And what if she has cancer…" Isaka said voice shaking "She's already been through so much."

"Then we'll be there for her and work through it together…as a family…" Asahina said the last part softly before getting up "I'm going to get us coffee, I have a feeling we're going to be here for a while."

Isaka just nodded before loosen his tie and glancing at Usagi. "I'm sorry if she gave you a scare."

Usagi looked over to Isaka. "I'm more worried about you and Asahina keeping it together."

"It's like he said…we're a family," Isaka said, "We'll get through it."