"Nuff respect, Jersey," Kamekona clapped Danny on the back. "You got balls."

"I do?"

"Taking on a challenge like McGarrett? Sure do."

"He's nothing if not challenging," Danny said wistfully as he turned his head to look where Steve was in conversation with Kono and Catherine. They were all smiling, laughing. Perfectly happy. It was good to see, but it made Danny feel like an outsider at what was essentially his own party.

"You need a good deal on the honeymoon, you see me first, brah."

"Yeah, sure thing, Shamu." Danny nodded and gave Kamekona the best approximation of a man-hug that he could manage around the native Hawaiian's bulk. "Not sure there's going to be one of those though."

"No honeymoon? That's not right, brutha. You gotta make time for it. Decompress, get used to married life. Enjoy a little alone time."

"If Steve wants some 'alone time' then he's welcome to it," Danny said. Kamekona gave him a funny look, but instead seemed to interpret that his own way and chuckled as he turned around to help Max with his tofu option.

Danny grabbed his cake and made his way back over to where Chin was sitting.

"Hungrier than I thought," he pointed to the large slab on his plate and dug in. He wanted to ask Chin something, but wasn't sure if it was his place, or if the feelings were too raw, but there was understanding in Chin's eyes and he'd never shied away from this kind of thing before.

"Chin, you had a good deal with Malia, right?"

"Yeah, I got off lightly, I think."

"How come?"

"We spent a lot of time going over things. I mean, she's a doctor, I'm a cop. She earned way more than me."

"You both put in the same?"

"Pretty much. And if we got divorced we'd bargained on a pretty even split of assets. The crux of the deal came in other issues like…" Chin dropped his head for a moment and Danny could see that whatever he was going to mention was harder for him. "My job was a sticking point. Not the stuff from before. I'd been exonerated, reinstated; it wasn't a worry. But injury or death? It's a dangerous job and with the way McGarrett runs Five-0, more dangerous than most."

"Tell me about it," Danny agreed. "So she put in provisions?"

"Yeah. Truth be told, we barely talked about what might happen if she went first."

Danny reached out a hand and clapped it on Chin's shoulder. "I'm sorry, man."

"Look, I know you're having some kind of issue with everything while Steve's too busy celebrating to notice, but take a good, hard think about how to approach everything. It doesn't matter how much of a whirlwind this really was in the end, you guys have pretty much been together for two years and everyone noticed. Everyone. You both wear your heart on your sleeve where the other is concerned and I don't want you to lose what you have over this."

"I don't want to ruin anything," Danny placated, seeing that somehow his and Steve's happiness meant something to Chin, especially after what the older man had been through in the last year. "As much as it pains me to admit it, I actually like the stupid son of a bitch. I just need him to come back from whatever covert mission he's playing in his head and join me in the real world long enough to understand my concerns. Not just sweep them under a rug because he knows what he's doing."

He stopped himself from saying more. He sounded depressed to his own ears and he wasn't far from being overtly upset and that was not something he wanted right now. He pressed everything back inside, wiped a hand over his jaw and took another bite of cake.

"He does love you," Chin's eyes were soft, like they were saying that he knew what love looked like and not to take that part lightly either. Danny could do little more than nod. "I'm going to get a beer, you want one?"

"God, yes," Danny responded before remembering his bargain to not drink today. Chin was already on his feet and heading to the side table they'd pulled outside to use as a 'bar', which pretty much just had a bunch of beer sitting in a big old bowl with ice.

"So I had two pieces," Steve's slightly guilty voice came from behind as Danny scooped the last of his cake into his mouth.

"Sorry?" he asked automatically, not sure what Steve was meaning.

"The cake," he replied, sitting down beside Danny and pulling his seat in closer. "I had two pieces. Gonna have to do a lot of exercise later to feel better about that." He leaned in and stole a kiss from Danny's sugary lips. "Hmm, you taste good," he murmured before stealing another.

"I didn't see Catherine arrive," Danny said, pulling back and trying to make conversation.

"She dropped in about half an hour ago after finishing at work. By the way, Chin gave me this to give to you." He held up two bottles of beer and passed one over to Danny. "I thought you weren't drinking?"

"Yeah, I wasn't, and I shouldn't, but what the hell, one beer won't hurt." He took a big swig, gulping down a good quarter of the bottle in one go.

"Everything's winding down a bit. Governor left along with the guys from his office, and the HPD lot have all gone, too. Pretty much just leaves Five-0 and some of our extended family."

"I can see that," Danny said looking around them.

"Which means you don't need to be so focused on keeping up appearances. Let your hair down a little. Eat, drink, be merry…"

"You trying to get me drunk again?" Because if Steve said yes, he was getting a knee to the balls any minute.

"No, I didn't mean that." Well, that was something. "Just that we were planning on putting the seats out in a bit of a circle, a little music and relaxing to enjoy the late afternoon sun."

"That actually sounds kinda nice," Danny admitted. He'd actually quite like to enjoy some time with friends, maybe he could just forget about things for a little while. He took another swig and decided that yeah, they could do that.

"Rachel was wanting to head off, get Grace home for dinner. You should go say bye. I think my mom was going to go, too. Not sure we really want her around considering where the conversation will probably go," Steve screwed up his face and it was kind of adorable and it actually made Danny smile. Steve kissed him again and then let him go find his erstwhile daughter and ex-wife.