A/N: Completely unrelated but I'd like to thank you all for the responses to my fics, I may not respond to your reviews to thank you personally but please do know that I truly apprecaite and love them as well as you guys!

So I'm back with another multi-chapter fic! I know that I now have three multi-chapter fics going at the same time but I'll try my best to manage them all, please just bear with me. I'll have a new chapter for "A Game of Annoyance" up by Sunday, I think. For the sake of this story there is no longer a relationship between Steve and Catherine and also Kono and Steve hangout with each other outside of work quite a lot (which we've never seen on the show, I'm hoping this will happen in S3). Each chapter of this fic will focus on stuff either Steve or Kono do to fluster the other; so for instance in this chapter we'll focus on stuff Kono does to Steve and then in the next one it'll be stuff that Steve does to Kono. Not too sure how long this fic will be just yet but anyway I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters of Hawaii Five-0 belong to the creators and I'm not associated with them nor am I making a profit from this work.

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He would say Kono started the whole thing if anyone asked the origins of this little game they played together but he can't exactly pinpoint when their game started or how it even really began for that matter.

All he knows is this: both Kono and himself had developed feelings for each that went beyond just an ordinary friendship, a boss-worker relationship or even a brother-sister relationship which they should have shared being ohana and all and they are both aware of the other's feelings but instead of a typical confession of undying love followed by a night filled with passion and love-making, Steve and Kono decided to play this game to see who could fluster the other the most.

Their game is fairly creepy so no one else is to know about this game. It's not an official game were they have a score sheet or anything like that but they both go above and beyond to fluster each other.

There is no clear winner to the game at the moment and they don't even know what will happen when they have a winner to the game or decide to end it.

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Actually, it was Kono who started the whole thing.

He had just arrived home following a tiresome day but they'd managed to solve the case and completed all the necessary paperwork meaning they had the next 2 days off; unless someone got murdered, which he hoped wouldn't happen because well obviously he wouldn't want someone to be killed but he also wanted to enjoy some well needed and deserved time off.

He made himself some food and was walking to sit on the couch when his phone vibrated signalling a text.

He fished his phone out of his pocket as he settled down onto the couch. When he unlocked his phone he saw that it was a text from Kono, which befuddled him because Kono never texted him unless she was texting him coordinates to a suspect's house during a case or something of the sort.

The text message read: "I have 2 days off and my hand cuffs are waiting to go...so am I ;)"

Steve dropped his plate, his jaw literally dropped open and his eyes widened slightly. The logical part of him knew she'd probably accidentally sent him this text but another very small part of him wanted to believe that maybe she'd meant to send it to him and that she had also noticed the growing tension between them.

Steve's reply to this text was: "Erm, Kono?" This reflected his current state perfectly as he didn't know what to say.

Kono replied immediately apparently having finally realised her mistake: "Oh shit. I accidentally sent that to the wrong person, sorry Boss."

The only thing that caught Steve's attention was how even though they were texting and off-duty, she still chose to call him "Boss" so he replied: "I have a name you know."

Kono's reply shocked him even more and made him think that maybe she was purposefully trying to fluster him. Her reply was: "Maybe I enjoy calling you boss… ;)"

Steve was pretty sure Kono was either flirting with him or trying to make him blush, well it was working. Not knowing what else to say and because she'd surprised him, throwing him off his game slightly, all he could say back was: "Enjoy your time off, I have a feeling it may be the only time we get for a while."

"You're an idiot Steven J. McGarrett." He said aloud to himself after the text was sent.

Kono replied: "Sure thing and you too, Boss."

Steve got up to clean his mess up and didn't even bother trying to make something else because suddenly, he was hungry for something else entirely and it was definitely not food. He decided to have a cold shower and head off to bed, that text from Kono still lingering in his mind.

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On his last day off he got a call from Kono in the morning around 6am just as he was preparing to go for his swim.

"Hey Kono." He greeted when he answered the phone.

"Hey Boss. Sorry it's quite early but I figured you'd be up anyway, you know navy background and all." She replied sounding surprisingly cheerful considering the time.

"Yeah, I was just heading out for a swim actually. What can I do for you Kono?" Steve asked.

"Danny and I are going surfing; I was wondering if you'd like to join us?" She asked.

"Yeah sure. Where do I meet you guys?"

"North Shore, I'm meant to be meeting Danny there as well so I'll see you in a few minutes."

"Okay I'll see you then." Steve said then hung up before going to get his surfing gear.

Steve arrived not long after the phone conversation and found Kono waiting there by herself.

"Hey, where's Danny?" Steve asked as he got closer to her.

"He went back to bed, says he's not really up for waking up at the butt crack of dawn to come surf." Kono said not really sounding surprised; it was hard enough getting Danny to surf at midday.

Steve smirked a knowing smile before replying, "I was surprised he had said he'd come to begin with if I'm honest."

Kono laughed then got up. "I guess it's just you and me then." Steve sensed an undertone to the words which was quite seductive but he may have imagined the whole thing as he still had thoughts of the text from a few days ago lingering in his mind.

All Steve had to do was remove his wife beater then he placed it by Kono's stuff and decided to wait for her. This was a bad idea because when Kono bend so she could remove her shorts he couldn't tear his gaze away from her legs. His eyes wandered from her feet moving up her legs to her hip were she was adjusting her very small white bikini bottom.

Kono seemed to notice his gaze but she just giggled before lifting her top over her head. Her bikini string had come undone behind so Kono reached to the centre of her back trying to tie it up until she gave up and came to stand in front of Steve with her back to him.

Steve was caught off guard by her sudden closeness and her naked back and became rooted to the spot because he wasn't quite sure what to do.

"Hey Boss, can you tie up the strings for me please." Kono said gesturing to the hanging strings down her side.

Steve cleared his throat before replying, "Uh, sure."

He was overwhelmed by the sudden urge to run his fingers all up and down her back then replace them with his tongue as soon as he touched her soft back. It took all his self control to resist the urge and just tie the strings. After doing so he quickly moved his hands to behind his back to restrain himself then said, "There, all done." In a low voice before clearing his throat multiple times and taking a few steps back, away from her.

"Thanks Boss." She said turning around and smiling at him. Kono then moved to grab her board and started walking to the water.

Steve watched her walking down the beach and he couldn't help but wonder if she always walked so…he didn't know how to describe it but it was definitely very attractive.

Kono walked a little way down before noticing that Steve wasn't following behind her. She turned around and saw him rooted to the spot just watching her. She smiled up at him then said, "You coming or what?" huskily at him. She winked then turned around and proceeded to walk on.

And right there at that moment Steve knew he'd been had. She was doing all this on purpose; well two could most certainly play that game.

TBC!