Fix You part 2
Authors note: Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter!
Thank you so much for all the feedback I got in the last chapter, it really means a lot to me! Ok, time for dedications! Here goes:
To heyprincess: for being an amazing as hell writer and someone you can bitch about Lori to.
To Badhairdays: for being a fantastically talented person and the funniest beta anyone could ask for.
To fione s.t.: For having an incredible story that I keep bugging her non-stop to update because I just loooove it!
To Martha Smith-Jones: For being a faithful reviewer and supporting me through my stories.
To Tiana-P: For being simply fantastic and for being someone who I can share the funniest things to. Oh, and also for kind of being my second beta ahah.
You allllll rock!
Back to the chapter now. Ok, so you probably realized from the last chapter that Kono and Steve slept together, 7 months back, and a month later she starts dating Jake and alas! Now she's getting married! How do you think Steve will react? Well, I guess you're just gonna have to read and find out! Hope you like it!
Chapter 2
And then she turned towards Steve.
Kono looked at Steve. Steve looked back at Kono. And in that moment, he had no idea what to think. For the first time in his life, he didn't know what to do.
He didn't know whether to congratulate her, or beg her not to do it.
Whether to wish her good luck, or tell her she was making a mistake.
Whether to hug her and smile and pretend everything was fine, or finally talk to her about what they promised to never bring up.
That night. That one night, lost in a world of memories that were to never be visited again. But that one night that he kept deep down, in a place where he wasn't sure he could reach anymore.
A place where he wasn't sure he wanted to reach. Because if he did, if he brought up everything that he so wanted to bring up… it would only be worse.
And so he made his choice. He smiled, as best he could, and extended his arms at her.
"Congratulations!" he said, trying to sound as happy for her as Chin and Danny were. But he wasn't. Not even by a long shot. But it didn't matter; Chin and Danny surely hadn't picked up on it.
But Kono did.
Her smile faded a little, her eyes saddened, but just like Steve, she hid it, she replaced it by a fake mask that was getting old from the many times she used it.
She walked towards him, smiling back, wrapped her arms around his neck, and he wrapped them on her waist. He hugged her back, tightly. It felt so familiar to have her in his arms again; he remembered it like it was yesterday.
He didn't want to let go. He never wanted to let go of her. But he had to. Unfortunately, he had to.
His grip on her loosened, so did her grip on him. Her arms fell to her side, and she was left gazing up into Steve's eyes, looking for any indication of what he was feeling. Nothing. She couldn't find a thing. She couldn't help but notice that, no matter how much he tried to get people not to hide, he hid too. But this time… with him… there was nothing you could do about it.
They looked at each other for what felt like hours. They didn't register anything around them.
Not even the looks Danny and Chin were sending each other.
It was their moment. Their one moment to read into each other's eyes what they never talked about, never mentioned, but never forgot either.
But of course. The moment couldn't last forever.
"Uh, guys?" Danny started, cautiously. "I hate to interrupt here, but we do have a case to work on."
Steve continued to look at Kono. He took a silent deep breath. "Yeah, we do." His eyes never left hers as he talked. Only when he walked away, that's when he knew she diverted her gaze from him too.
"Okay." Danny said, choosing to ignore whatever the hell had just happened in front of him. He exchanged a look with Chin before continuing. "So, as I was saying, meet Mr. Christian, specialized arms dealer with a sudden interest on Hawaii, he arrived yesterday to complete a business…"
Their eyes met again across the table. Intensely, they looked at each other. But yet, you couldn't read anything into either pair of eyes. Not in the ones of the Hawaiian beauty, and not in the ones of the Navy SEAL. Not one thing.
At least, not one thing they would let show.
…
Steve got home early that day.
His mind only set on one thing. The water.
As soon as his front door swung closed, he headed around the back to his shed, disposing of his Iphone and keys on the wooden table, and immediately changed into a pair of swim trunks.
He needed to think. Or, more like clear his head. And he had learned a long time ago that the only place he could do that in was the water. Part of the reason he actually had a house right next to the beach.
….
It was just… confusing. Or maybe it was because it hadn't sink in yet.
Kono. Getting married. To another guy.
It just felt like… like it was something stupid. In fact, the most stupid thing he had ever heard. He didn't know how he was supposed to feel about this.
Oh, screw what he was supposed to feel! He was mad. Like seriously, he was pissed. Now the question was: Why?
Why was he reacting like this? Why wasn't he happy about for her? She was getting married for God's sake! And she was happy! So why the hell wasn't he?
And the answer to that was exactly at that one place, really deep down, where he still kept the memories that crushed him every single day. The memories that he had tried to ignore time and time again. And the memories he had no business reliving.
Because he did. Oh, did he relive them. Every night he remembered the few hours they had spent together. And every night he remembered it like it was yesterday.
But he was stubborn. Yeah, not really a surprise. But he was stubborn. And that was the reason he wouldn't admit why he was really reacting like this.
He loved her.
Not that he ever planned on telling her. Or even admit it to himself for that matter. He had learnt a long time ago that pushing those feelings aside would be the right thing to do.
And so he did. He pushed them aside. He ignored them. And for him…
It was like they weren't even there in the first place.
But they were. No going around it.
And unfortunately… he would find that out very soon.
Authors note: So sorry it took me so much time to update, but I kind of had a minor writer's block there. But hopefully, I'll be able to update faster from now on.
Soooo? Did you like it? I know it was small, but I promise the next one will be bigger.
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