Personal Business part 2

Authors note: Well hello my fine fine friends! It's me again! I wanted to thank all of you who reviewed and alerted the story. You make my day! Keep those reviews coming please! Personal message for Martha Smith-Jones- if you don't update your story soon I will kill somebody!

For those of you who don't know there are sometimes a few plane tickets that only cost 3 bucks because the plane is about to leave. Just thought I'd let you know.

Chapter 2

"See, I think it is because you loved her." Danny stated calmly.

Steve looked open mouthed at his partner. He hated Danny's deduction skills, especially because he was always right.

"What?" Steve asked, astonished.

Danny smirked.

"Dumbness doesn't suit you."

"Danny, seriously, I have no idea what you're talking about!" Steve replied, raising his hands.

Danny laughed like a maniac at that.

"Oh, you don't?" Danny asked. "Then, please, please deny it."

"Danny…" Steve warned.

"Please, I would like to see you deny it. Deny that you love her. Go on." Danny gestured towards him.

Steve ducked his head. Yeah, denying it would be kind of a lie.

Danny grinned from ear to ear.

"Exactly. So now is the part where I tell you that for a Navy SEAL you are the dumbest guy that ever walked this world." Danny said as if they were talking about the most normal thing.

Steve's eyes widened.

"What the hell?" Steve asked.

"You had a beautiful, vibrant, intelligent, kick-ass woman that you LOVED, and you didn't do anything about it?" Danny shouted, gesturing wildly.

"Well, what would you have liked me to do?" Steve asked. "Just approach her and say 'Hey, so I hope you don't mind, but I love you!' Is that what you would have liked me to say?"

"Yes!" Danny replied.

"You're crazy."

"Tell me you don't regret it." Danny challenged him.

"What?" Steve questioned confused.

"Can you honestly tall me that you don't regret never telling her that? Because, guess what Steve, she's gone! Gone! And you never told her! Can you tell me you don't regret it?" Danny asked sternly.

"It doesn't matter now Danny!" Steve replied, exhausted.

Danny got up from his sit.

"You're right, it doesn't matter now. What matters is that you were stupid to keep your mouth shut. It was the stupidest thing you ever did." Danny said as he turned his back on Steve and walked out the door.

S&K

Kono sat in her couch at her new apartment with a bowl of popcorn and "The Holiday" playing on the TV. She sighed as she pressed stop on the DVD. She had her head to full of thoughts to continue watching the movie. She had just moved to a new apartment, literally 30 feet away from her previous one. She figured the guys would never look for her there since they would never even consider that she never moved from Hawaii in the first place. She bought a last minute plane ticket to Portugal that cost her like 3 bucks, knowing that they would automatically assume that she had moved there.

A silent tear made her way down her cheek. God, she missed them. She missed them so much. She missed their banter, their friendship, their support, them having her back at all times, their laughter… she missed everything. She had found her ohana there at Five-0, and she just had to screw all of it up by falling in love with the single person that she could never be with. God, she was so stupid. She knew from the beginning that the decision she made about quitting and telling them she had moved was going to be one of the hardest decisions she would ever make. But she spent her whole life helping others, her family, her friends, the people of Hawaii… and so she made this decision for her. Because she just couldn't stand to spend another minute with him and not be able to tell him. She just couldn't. Didn't mean that she didn't miss it thought. Because she missed it more than anything. She missed him more than anything. But loving him so much and knowing that she would never have him… it hurt her too much. So she quit. She wrote a letter; because lets face it, she would never be able to stand face-to-face with them and lie about the reasons that made her leave. She had written personal business as the reason instead, which wasn't exactly a lie, considering it was personal. But it wasn't the true either.

A strong knock on her door pulled her from her thoughts.

She frowned. No one knew of her new address. She just figured it was the landlord or something like that so she got up and walked towards the door. She opened it only to have her wind knocked out of her.

"Well, good morning coz! So this is your new place!" Chin said as he walked himself into her apartment.

Kono stared at him open mouthed as he leaned against the kitchen counter. How the hell…

"How-"Kono started, only to be interrupted by Chin.

"How did I find you here? Yeah, the kid downstairs saw you move in here. Forgot to bribe him didn't you coz?" Chin said with a smirk.

Kono was still sort of in shock as she made her way over to her cousin.

"So, just a guess here, but I think you own me an explanation." Chin said enthusiastically.

"Ok, I'm confused here, why aren't you yelling at me?" Kono asked, dumbfounded.

"Oh, don't worry; the yelling part will come later. Now I want the explanation part." Chin stated while looking straight into her eyes.

"What do you want me to say to you?" Kono asked.

"Why did you leave?"

"I told you, person-"

"Oh please! You are not throwing me that card again!" Chin said as he raised his hands.

Kono ducked her head. She had done too much to now throw it all away by telling him.

"Coz... I can't." she said simply, crossing her arms on her chest.

"Can't what? Can't tell me? Oh, please, I already know why you did this. I just want to hear it from you." Chin stated, smiling warmly.

Kono's head shot up.

"You know?" Kono asked, incredulous.

Chin walked slowly towards his cousin and put his hands on her shoulders, searching for her eyes. As soon as she met his, he spoke the one word that she last wanted to hear right now.

"Steve."