Author's notes: Hey guys so this is a new mckono story! I thought of this idea at 2am. What if Kono and Steve crashed and burnt and she's now engaged? I wondered how Steve would react and viola! So sit back and enjoy!
Kono walked into HQ unusually late this morning. She was normally the first one here, but today she waltzed in a good hour late with the biggest smile on her face.
"Let me guess, you won the lottery?" Danny asked quizzically.
"Nope something much better!" Kono said excitedly. Flashing her left hand about, there was something different about her hand… it was an engagement ring. Their jaws dropped to the ground, literally. Danny pointed his finger wordlessly at Kono's ring finger.
"OH MY GOD? WHA-A-A-AT THE HELL?" Danny yelled out.
"That's right brah, I'm officially an engaged woman." Kono smiled broadly.
"I'm sorry but SINCE WHEN WERE YOU DATING SOMEONE?"
"His name is Patrick and we've been dating for 6 months now."
"Uhh cuz are you sure that this is the right thing to do?" Chin asked Kono uncertainly. Kono had never been the impulsive type to marry after 6 months, not since it crashed and burnt with Steve 9 months earlier.
"Yes Chin, I love him and he loves me, and you've always been saying that I should settle down."
"Alright well I'm happy for you cuz." Chin smiled and hugged her, Danny and Lori soon followed suit. Steve was the only who was left standing there with no emotions on his face. He hasn't said a word or moved an inch ever since Kono announced her engagement. Kono approached him cautiously, with obvious hesitancy.
"Steve? Uhhh are you okay?" Kono looked at Steve intensely. It had been over 9 months since their ill fated relationship, and judging from Steve's relationship with Lori, she thought Steve was over it a long time ago. Steve barely sparked to life when he responded.
"Errr… yea I'm good. Congratulations to you and this Patrick guy, I'm happy for you." Steve stammered out.
"Steve are you really okay? I mean if you're not comfortable about this..."
"No no I can never rob you of your special time. You just… go enjoy yourself. I just… uhh… need some air. Congratulations." Steve smiled, gave Kono a fleeting hug before heading for the door.
"I'm sorry I thought this was a joyous occasion?" Lori said sarcastically.
"Your boyfriend is one hell of a party pooper." Danny sighed before heading out the door.
"Where are you going?"
"Going after Darth Vader before he blows this entire enterprise up." Danny rolled his eyes and disappeared.
"For what it's worth, I'm still happy for you." Chin whispered as Kono chuckled a little at his comment.
Danny drove to Steve's house and went around to the beach right next to the house where he found Steve sitting in a chair with a beer in his hand.
"Not up for a therapy session Dr Who." Steve said as Danny approached.
"Oh shut up and listen will you? If you still have feelings for Kono you gotta speak up now." Danny urged Steve.
"Who said I have feelings for Kono? How do you figure Sherlock?" Steve said sarcastically.
"You little stubborn bitch, come on everyone can see it. Lori's insecure every time you're around her, Chin notes to himself every time you light up around her, and me, well I'm your partner, I know everything babe." Danny said as a matter of factly.
"Yea well it's not gonna do any good if I tell her is it? She's engaged Danny, she's engaged. We've been on and off for a bit, but I've always thought that down the road… we would've been back on again." Steve said with regret.
"If you still love her, why on earth would you get with Lori? Do you know what that did to Kono?" Danny said incredulously.
"Yea well Lori's very nice and sexy plus she's very capable. Kono moved on straight away, so why couldn't I?" Steve said defiantly.
"Okay yes Lori's very nice, sexy and capable, but why haven't you moved on from Kono yet?" Danny asked Steve wisely, he could tell that Steve was about to crack.
"Lori's great Danny… she's great but… she's not…" Steve couldn't find the right words.
"You mean she's not Kono? She's not the sexy Hawaiian beauty capable of kicking your ass?" Danny filled in.
"Yea… I guess so. She's not Kono…" Steve said, resigned.
"Steve if you love her then you have to tell her, it's now or never."
"What if she doesn't want to hear it Steve? She's happy with Patrick."
"Well you won't know till you tell her right?"
"Thanks buddy I owe you one." Steve patted Danny on the back and left hurriedly.
"Anytime." Danny whispered to himself, smiling as he watched Steve.
As Steve got back to HQ, he found everyone in their office doing their individual paperwork. He knocked on Kono's office door.
"Hey boss…" Kono said slowly, getting up.
"Hey Kono… can we uhh…" Steve gestured to the chair and between them two.
"Yea sure thing, sit." Kono gestured for Steve to sit down.
"Listen I'm sorry I stormed off this morning, it was selfish and I should've been there to celebr-" Steve started to apologise but was interrupted by Kono.
"Steve, Steve listen to me, you don't need to apologise. I understand if you were a little iffy about the whole thing." Kono said easily, forgiving Steve for his earlier indiscretion.
"Thank you and I'm happy for you, I really am. So wanna tell me about this Patrick of yours?" Steve said, relaxing and making conversation, trying to decide whether to tell Kono or not.
"He's just the greatest Steve, he's great. He's smart, sexy and a mentally and physically strong guy, everything I need in a man you know? Getting married… it's every girl's dream." Kono said dreamily about Patrick and her upcoming wedding. Steve was now even more unsure.
"You know I love someone right now, but I'm not sure whether I should tell her you know? I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do."
"Boss… when you love someone, nothing in the world matters except for making that person happy. For me, if I loved someone, I would tell them because who knows? Maybe they'll love you back." Kono said intensely, with both of them staring at each other. Kono didn't know why, but her heart sank a little when Steve confessed he loves someone because she was sure it was Lori and it broke her a little having to give Steve advice on how to tell other women that he loves them.
"Well what if they probably won't want to hear it?"
"Steve any girl would be crazy not to love you back. You're strong, fearless and so much more." Kono said, echoing her own thoughts. Oh well done Kalakaua, way to make the situation more awkward, Kono sighed to herself.
"Say the person you loved didn't feel the same, what would you do?"
"It wouldn't matter to me whether they felt the same or not. As long as he's happy, then I'll be happy. For me, it's not about the reward, never will be." Kono said, unintentionally hinting toward Steve. Steve was suddenly seeing things clearer. Would Kono really be happy if Steve told her he loved her?
"Knock knock sweetie." A voice came from the door as Steve whipped around to see a handsome man standing by the door, having eyes only for Kono.
"Oh hey honey! Steve this is Patrick Stevens, Pat this is Steve McGarrett, the boss of Five-0." Kono said, her face brightening considerably when she saw Patrick, Steve noted.
"Pleasure to meet you, Kono always spoke highly of you." Patrick said with respect and a smile. Steve extended his hand.
"Pleasure's mine, I'm glad Kono's finally found someone to make her happy. Listen Kono you take the rest of the day off to celebrate your engagement okay?" Steve said, deciding not to tell Kono. She looked so happy with Patrick, and he didn't wanna ruin the one shining light in Kono's life. Kono was right; he can't be selfish with the person he loved. As Patrick was about to go, Steve pulled Kono back one final time.
"What's up?"
"I'm… truly happy for you Kono. Patrick is a lucky guy." Steve kissed Kono on her forehead and quickly turned away to avoid having Kono see the heartbreak that was evident on his face. Kono stared after him with a single tear down her face, thinking what could have been.
"Hey honey you okay?" Patrick asked, turning to Kono.
"Yea… let's go." Kono said with one final glance at Steve before following Patrick out the door. Steve stared after them.
"I love you Kono Kalakaua." Steve whispered to himself as Kono disappeared.
So what did you guys think? I personally think this won't be the most exciting chapter but hope you enjoyed it. Next chapter there will be confrontations and tears shed. So for now, read and review!