Doctor Kane rushed into the room and pushed a button on the wall that set off some kind of alarm. A couple of nurses rushed in, asking Chin and Kono to leave the room.
Steve watched as the doctor placed an oxygen mask over Danny's face and started rubbing his sternum. "Danny… I need you to wake up for me, Danny?"
A few seconds later, which felt like hours to Steve, Danny stirred. The sound of Danny's deep breaths and confused groan were the most beautiful sound Steve had heard in a long time.
Danny woke up confused and out of breath. He felt something cold covering his nose and mouth, and there was someone leaning over him. He was tired, why couldn't they let him sleep in peace?
He lifted his hand to remove the annoying thing covering his face, but a hand stopped his movement. He forced himself to focus his blurry sight and found Doctor Kane. "Danny, can you hear me?"
"Yeah, can hear you… Don't need to yell…" He tried to take off the thing covering his face, but the doctor prevented it.
"No, no Danny… You gave your friends a bit of a scare, so we're going to keep you with the mask for a few hours, ok?" Danny was starting to hate the doc's cheerful tone.
Danny turned to look in Steve's direction and found him sitting up in his bed and looking at him with a frightened expression on his face. "What'd I do?"
Steve smiled, finally losing his 'aneurism face'. "You suddenly decided that breathing was overrated, Danno…"
Danny lifted his eyebrows tiredly. "I did? Well, I was tired… breathing takes a lot outta you…" He turned towards the doctor. "Speaking of which, if you were so kind as to stop poking me, I could carry on with my previous activities… without the 'not breathing' thing, of course."
Doctor Kane smiled at him. "Well, if you agree that the 'not breathing' thing is not good, would you allow us to put you on an IV to help hydrate you and a heart and an O2 monitors?"
Danny rolled his eyes. "You've been dying to stick a needle into me ever since I got here, haven't you? Why can't you understand that-"
His rant was interrupted by his current roommate. "Danny! Could you just let them…"
Danny turned to Steve and was surprised to notice he looked scared. "Babe, I'll only rip it off again if I start twitching…"
Steve finally smiled. "What if I promise to call the nurse the moment you start twitching?"
Danny sighed. "Of course you would stay up all night monitoring my every twitch, but you, my friend, should be resting, not worrying about me…"
Steve's smile turned evil. "Well, if you consented to the monitors and the IV, then I wouldn't have to worry about it; it would be the nurses' job."
Danny shook his head. "I can't believe you're pulling the guilt card! Such a low play, McGarrett…" He took a deep breath and finally turned towards the doctor. "Alright, connect me to all the wire thingies and the IV… Just no… no drugs… ok?" He started studying the sheets on his bed.
The doctor smiled, writing some things on Danny's chart and finally moving towards the room. "Don't worry Danny, I'll tell the nurse to set you up with everything and I'll check myself everything they put on your IV, ok?"
Danny shrugged his good shoulder, closing his eyes tiredly again. "'k"
After that, Danny slept. He slept though the nurse putting on the IV and connecting him to a heart monitor. He slept through the doctor coming back and poking and prodding him some more. What he didn't exactly sleep through was Rachel's visit. He wasn't exactly awake either.
He felt a gentle touch on his hand and opened his eyes to a familiar face. "Danny! How are you feeling?"
"Rach? What you doing here?" He said, blinking tiredly.
"I… I came to see how you were doing, Danny…" Danny was surprised to notice that she sounded uncertain.
"I'm alright, Rach. Just a little tired…" Danny shrugged.
Rachel noticed that Danny could barely keep his eyes open, so she decided to let him rest. "Get some sleep, Danny…"
Danny nodded tiredly, his eyes closing. A beat later he roused himself enough to hold onto Rachel's hand. "Wait!... Grace… Tell Grace…"
Rachel patted his hand tenderly. "Don't worry. I'll make sure to tell her that Danno loves her." She said with a smile.
Danny nodded, settling more comfortably against the pillows. "Thanks Rach… I'm sorry… just need some sleep…"
Rachel smiled. "Don't worry, Danny… Get some rest. I'll try to come back tomorrow, alright?"
Danny's eyes closed and he shifted against his pillow. "'k… Love you Rach…" And with a sigh he was asleep.
Rachel looked from his ex husband to the other bed in the room and found Steve awake. The strange thing was that Steve didn't look surprised at all at Danny's admission, and it was even stranger to realize that it was something she had known all along, she just didn't want to think about it.
She nodded a curt farewell to Steve and left the room. She didn't have time to deal with feelings for her ex husband right now.
TBC...
A/N: Hey! Apologies for the delay, and I'm sorry if the short chappie is not all you were hoping for. I kind of ran into a wall for a while there, so I hope this chapter didn't come out so forced.
A couple of reviewers pointed out that the withdrawal symptoms usually come after a long term exposure to drugs, and that is the reason the body experiences those symptoms. I am aware that my story exaggerates that fact just for the sake of storytelling. I hope it doesn't messes up the story too badly. I'm not a doctor, not even close to one, so my apologies for those inconsistencies. I also don't mean to be disrespectful with the situation, I'm only telling a story.
I hope you leave a note, whether you liked it or not…
See you around!
