Personal Business part 10

Authors note: Hi guys! So, I don't know what has gotten into me but I just can't stop writing this story! I try to make you spill all your reviews before posting another chapter, but I just start writing and then I'm on a roll! So I hope you liked the last chapter (I apologize for the cliffy! lol!) and here you have another one! Please don't forget to review…

S&K

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?"

Uh oh

Danny looked at Chin who met his gaze and mirrored the scared and perplexed look on Danny's eyes. Chin shifted his weight from one feet to the other, feeling like he was in the principal's office and was about to get reprimanded. Only this would be much worse, and besides this principal knew some… we'll put it like this… techniques, to make you talk.

"Answer me!" Steve said through gritted teeth, he didn't care if it were Danny or Chin to give him an answer, he just wanted one.

Seeing that none of his friends were gonna talk, he changed his game.

"Was that Kono on the phone?" Steve asked.

Chin looked down briefly and whispered a "Yes."

Danny suddenly started walking backwards towards the door but stopped dead in his tracks as he heard Steve growl at him.

"Don't you dare move. Where is she?"

Danny and Chin exchanged another look before Chin spoke up.

"Steve, she doesn't want to-"

"I don't care!" Steve interrupted, furious. "Where is she?"

Chin could see Danny was about to talk so he stopped him.

"Danny, she doesn't want him to know."

"He already knows Chin!" Danny shot back.

"Okay the two of you, just explain this to me once and for all!" Steve yelled, frustrated.

Chin sighed deeply. It was either taking a chance of getting beat by Kono or Steve. Yeah, he would take his chances on Kono.

"Okay fine. Sit down please." Chin said as he made for the couch.

"I'll stand."

"Trust me Steve, you'll wanna sit down." Danny assured him as he too took a place at the couch next to Chin.

Steve huffed and flopped down in front of his friends.

"Spit it out." He demanded.

Chin and Danny exchanged another look before Chin started talking.

"Okay. Well, for starters, Kono never left the country. She just moved to an apartment at the end of the hall-"

"WHAT? How do you know this?"

"I figured it out and went to see her."

"And you didn't think of telling me?" Steve asked, outraged.

"Steve, you gotta understand men, she didn't want you to know."

"WHY? Why am I the only one she's pushing away?"

Chin risked a confused glance at Danny.

"I thought you said he knew."

"They are the two most stubborn people alive! Even if I had told him he wouldn't believe it!" Danny replied.

"Yeah, you're right about that."

"Okay, stop! What are you talking about?" Steve asked once again.

"Steve, I can't be the one telling you this. You have gotta go see her, but I don't think she wants that right now."

"Do I look like I care about that shit at this moment?" he growled.

"Steve just give her some time." Danny shimmied in.

"Shut up Danny. How long have you known about this?" he asked Chin.

"Two days." Chin answered.

Steve laughed ironically.

"Two days." He repeated. "Well isn't that just great! Danny?"

Danny looked down at his hands as his face got warmer.

"Danny?" Steve asked again.

"Uh, about…" he looked at his watch. "Ten minutes."

Danny winced as Steve yelled at him.

"What? I met you at the station ten minutes ago!"

"Yes, you did."

They could all see the wheels turning in Steve's brain.

"SHE WAS THERE?" Steve shouted.

"In the bathroom." Danny concluded.

"She heard what I said?" Steve asked.

"Yeah."

"And she didn't even think of showing up? Why?" What the hell was wrong with her? Steve thought.

Chin turned towards Danny again.

"Is he always this clueless?"

"Only on this matter." Danny responded.

"Clueless about what?" Steve was just drowned by this whole freaking conversation.

"Never mind, although it pains us to see you two like this, you'll figure it out at the appropriate time." Danny said and shrugged his shoulders.

Steve sighed exasperatedly.

"Why did she do it?" Steve asked at the two of them.

"Did what?" China and Danny asked at the same time.

"Oh, I don't know, went for a walk on the beach! What do you think? Why did she quit Five-0?" Steve yelled.

Danny turned towards Chin and raised a hand at Steve's direction.

"Okay, now this is just getting frustrating." Danny concluded.

"Tell me about it! It was the same with Kono." Chin replied.

"Oh My God you two are giving me the worse headache." Steve moaned, leaning back roughly on the couch. What the hell where they talking about? It was like they were talking in code or something.

"Don't worry; you and Kono are giving me and Danny here a headache too." Chin said chuckling.

"I need to talk to Kono. I don't understand shit of what you are talking about." Steve said while getting up and rummaging through his pocket for his car keys.

"No, Steve wait-"

"Chin! I get that you're her cousin and that you want to protect her, but I'm not gonna ask twice. Now where did she tell you she was?" Steve demanded.

Chin huffed and just gave up. His boss wasn't backing down anyway.

"She just went to her apartment. It's three doors down from her previous one." Chin explained.

"Danny, keys."

"Excuse me, correct me if I'm wrong but you do have your own car!"

"Yours is faster." Was Steve's reply.

Danny was about to protest but what he saw in Steve's eyes made him careful for his own health.

"Okay, okay, here you go." He said as he threw his keys back at Steve. "Just promise me my car you'll be ok."

"You know I can't promise that."

"Of course you can't." Steve was out the door before Danny even finished his sentence.

S&K

Kono stood sited on her couch, staring blankly at the TV, not even paying attention at the old talk show that was on at this time. She looked at her watch. It was already 8:30 p.m., and she was just about to get up and order some dinner when four LOUD knocks rippled through her apartment. Freezing mid-pace, only one thought crossed her mind. Please don't let it be him. Not now, not… not today. She considered just ignoring the knocks, but as they kept coming and she moved silently towards her kitchen, an angry voice came from behind the door.

"Kono, open the fucking the door!" it was clearly Steve's voice.

Ups. What, how did he know she was there? .Fuck. He knew. She could already tell by his voice, he knew about her lie. Oh, crap.

Don't answer it. She kept telling herself. For all he knows, you could be at the beach or at the coffee shop or something.

"Kono, I swear if you don't open this door I'm gonna knock it freaking down and you know very well I'm not kidding!"

Ignore it, ignore it.

"Don't you think of ignoring me! You left the freaking TV on!"

OH FUCKING TV!

Kono tensed. What was she supposed to do? Because she was pretty sure Steve would sit there all night, or just knock the door down, which she had absolutely no doubt he would do.

"Ok, that's it, you have five seconds!" Steve yelled again.

Kono gave up and walked silently towards the door. She placed her palm flat against it and rested her head briefly beside her hand, closing her eyes, hoping to regain some strength before facing him, or simply wanting him to disappear just like that.

And then she opened the door.