Steve does have a lot of explaining to do, but does his team really want to hear it?
Kono darted towards where Steve who was now standing and nearly tackled him to the floor. "You're real! You're really alive! I can't believe it!"
"I won't be for long if you keep squeezing me so tight!" He responded with a chuckle.
She released her grip as Chin approached and with a hug and a pat on the back he commented "I am so happy to see you brah, but you have got a whole lotta explaining to do"
"I know, and I will explain everything, but right now I just want to be with you guys. How did you know I was here?" Steve questioned
"The alarm is linked to Five-0. When you turned it off, we were alerted that there was an intruder" Chin responded
Steve nodded as he stared at Danny who had not moved from his position. "I really missed all of you"
"You had better have a great story to tell, because there are a lot of people that are going to be so pissed off at you" Danny commented
"That's all you have to say to me after all this time?" Steve crossed his arms in front of his chest and smirked.
"Awe hell" Danny walked over to him and with a tight hug whispered "I missed you man"
"I missed you too. All of you" He smiled and approached for a group hug.
The three men sat around the kitchen table, as Kono went to the store for some groceries, beer and takeout. The mood was awkward and no one wanted to bring up what was clearly the elephant in the room. After some small talk, Chin decided it was time for some answers "So, what happened?" Chin was the first to turn the conversation to a more serious note.
"After Doris was killed, I had no choice but to fake my own death. I had to do it to protect all of you. Whomever was behind this was not going to stop unless they knew I was dead. Being dead gave me the opportunity to be invisible" Steve answered giving the minimal information. He was hoping that this was enough of an explanation.
"What the hell is it with your family and faking deaths? It worked so well for Doris, that you felt you needed to screw up a few lives too!" Danny shouted as he raised from the chair and paced the kitchen
"I am sorry Danny, but this time it worked. The threat has been eliminated. We are all safe. We can all have a normal life" Steve was convinced that his actions were warranted.
"It worked? Normal? You must have lost your mind in that explosion! Nothing is normal about what you did. You didn't save lives, you destroyed them. What you did caused more damage that WoFat and the Yakuza ever did!" Danny was shouting at Steve
Steve glared "What are you talking about Danny?"
"You ruined everyone's life. You selfish bastard! You have no idea how much hurt you caused everyone!" Danny shouted
Steve jumped up from the chair "What Danny? What happened that has you so upset? Damn it, do you have any idea what I went through for you guys? For everyone. None of you have to look over your shoulders ever again. None of you have to experience what Chin went through, what I went through! I was not being selfish, I did it for you! "Standing just inches from Danny's face he shouted.
Chin interfered "Danny, Steve, that's enough!" He grabbed Danny by the arm and dragged him into the living room "He has no idea what happened here. Don't you think you are being a little hard on him?"
"Well, then, we need to brief him on what his little charade caused" Danny was now yelling at Chin.
At that moment, Kono walked in carrying grocery bags "what's going on?" she asked as she discovered the two men shouting in the living room
"Danny wants to tell Steve about what happened while he was away" Chin informed her
"Oh no, that's not a good idea. Not yet. Let's have one night where we can savor that the Boss is alive. We can tell him tomorrow. Besides, Catherine needs to be here when we tell him, don't you think?" Kono was fearful of what his reaction might be.
"Oh yeh, Catherine is going to be very open to that idea" He commented sarcastically "I don't understand how you guys can be so forgiving. Kono, you get that if he's alive, Adam didn't kill him, right? You condemned Adam for nothing. He screwed all of us, just so that son of a bitch could be happy. He didn't care if we were happy" Danny was angry
Chin drew the other two closer to him "You may be right Danny, but we know that he is the one that lost the most because of this stunt, and the worst part is, he doesn't even know it….yet"
Steve remained in the kitchen trying to listen to what was being said in the other room. Picking up only portions of the conversation, he realized that this wasn't going to be as easy as he thought; Steve decided to give his team the benefit of the doubt and give them time to accept what was happening. He tried to lighten the mood. "Are you guys going to stand in the living room whispering behind my back all night, or are we going to eat?" He knew that something was going on, but he also knew that his team would tell him when they thought the timing was right. He had decided that he needed to trust them and enjoy the evening.
"We'll be right there!" shouted Kono
"Hurry up, because if not, then I could think of somewhere I could go. Someone who will be happy to see me, even more than you guys are" Steve smirked at the thought of the look on Catherine's face when she sees him
"Don't count on it" Kono replied under her breath as Chin and Danny, exchanged looks.
I wonder what could have possibly happened to make Danny so upset…
