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2010 — Present day

Steve slowly removed his sunglasses as he looked out from inside Danny's car, completely awestruck at the sight of a familiar, incredibly sexy young woman riding the waves on her surfboard. "Is that Kono?"

"Oh, so you do remember her," Chin said cheerfully.

"Yeah. Yeah, of course I do," Steve said distractedly as his eyes never left Kono. Holy shit, she grew up.

Chin noticed Steve staring at his cousin hypnotically and nudged his seat. "You mind getting out so that I can get out?" he asked politely. Pulling out of his trance, Steve shook his head and quickly glanced back at Chin before opening the passenger door. "Oh, right."

"So, who's the girl?" Danny asked as the three of them made their way down to the beach.

"My baby cousin," Chin announced.

"Huh," Danny said in amazement as he pursed his lips and watched her land a wave gracefully and naturally.

"Choose your next words carefully, Danny," Chin retorted sourly as he turned around to look at Danny angrily. Danny just looked at Chin and smiled bashfully.

The three of them were now standing on the beach. Danny nodded as he continued to purse his lips and stare at her. "She's very–" he began, but was cut off by Chin's cold glare. "I was going to say, talented," he gulped as he cringed away from him in terror.

Chin chuckled as he nodded his head, looking back at his cousin. "She's off the charts. Spent three years on the pro circuit before she blew out her knee. She was devastated. Had to reinvent herself and decided to wear a badge. Graduates from the police academy in a week."

"Hey, watch out!" Kono screamed to another surfer who eventually crashed into her, knocking her off of her surfboard. "Oof," Chin winced.

As Steve watched Kono's dripping wet body come up from the water, he suddenly felt unsure about using her for their undercover op. He was afraid that she would be a distraction to him. "Are you sure you don't have anyone else in mind?" Steve pushed. "I mean, she's got no street experience."

She combed her wet hair back with her fingers before sticking her board into the sand. The surfer who had crashed into her was already back on shore, sitting on the sand. "Ho, brah!" she called out to the surfer, punching him in the face as he got up off the sand.

Chin and Danny just laughed while Steve narrowed his eyes at her dazedly, his sunglasses dropping down the bridge of his nose. He suddenly changed his mind about her.

"Think twice before you drop in on someone else's wave," she snarled as she watched the surfer wipe the blood from his face with his hand.

As she picked up her board, she noticed her cousin standing at a distance. "Cousin!" she called out as she ran toward him.

Chin smiled and walked toward her with open arms, inviting her in for a hug. She giggled and stuck her board back into the sand before embracing her cousin in a quick hug. "Oh, you had it, water woman!" Chin exclaimed as he pulled away, pointing his finger toward the ocean. "Double overhead!"

"Waste," she nodded with a smile. "First good pipe of the season."

"Tourists," he nodded his head and smiled back. "What'cha gonna do?" He turned back to Steve, gesturing him to move forward. "Kono, you remember–"

"Steve McGarrett?" Her eyes widened as she smiled in shock.

"Hey, Kono," he greeted shakily.

"Oh, my God! It's been so long!" she said gleefully as she hugged him, pressing her still wet body against his. She then pulled back from the hug, resting her hands on her defined hips and showing off her tight, toned stomach. "I've missed you," she muttered seductively.

As she looked him down and up with a sly smirk on her face, he gulped nervously, feeling Chin's eyes on him. He decided right then to change the direction of their discussion. "Uh, that was a pretty good right cross," he acknowledged with a nod.

"Nah, man, that was a love tap," she murmured confidently.

Chin rolled his eyes before looking at Danny's direction. "Cousin, this is Danny Williams, he's a detective in District 7," he said to Kono, pointing his thumb at Danny.

"Hi," Danny greeted, shaking her hand. She chuckled as he continued to shake her hand, causing both Chin and Steve to lift their eyebrows at Danny. "That's good, brah," Chin quipped.

"Sure," Danny muttered, letting her hand go.

Chin looked back at Kono as he shook his head in bemusement. "I told them that you're graduating from the academy next week. They want to offer you extra credit."

She nodded and smirked. "I'm listening…"

"Alright, that's it," Steve said as he took his headset off and turned to look at Chin. "Pull the plug. Let's get her out of there."

"Relax," Chin said calmly. "She can handle herself."

"Maybe you're a cop," said Sang Min. "Did anyone check her for a wire?"

"We checked her when she came in," said one of Sang Min's men who was standing next to him with his arms crossed at his chest.

Sang Min shot him a glowering look. "Maybe you missed it." He looked Kono down and up before speaking again. "Take off your dress, so I know you're not wearing a wire," he ordered as he turned back around to sit behind his desk.

Steve's eyes widened and his mouth hung in shock as he watched her take her dress off slowly from the camera feed. Her bra pushed her breasts firmly together, creating a tantalizing cleavage. Her panties were snug where it counted. He caught himself thinking dirty thoughts and shook his head to rid of them. Now is not the time, he cursed himself inwardly.

"Turn around," Sang Min requested to Kono. She did what she was told, a panicked expression never leaving her face. She twitched as he dragged a finger over her back. Steve couldn't help clenching his jaw. He didn't understand where all these feelings of lust and protectiveness were coming from.

As Sang Min took a picture of her with his mobile phone, she covered herself with her hands. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to send this photo to a friend of mine, and he's going to show it to his friends. If anyone recognizes you, you're dead."

"Trace the call, Danny!" Steve requested, panic obvious in his voice.

Danny swore under his breath as he read the results on the computer screen. "Mobile number unlisted."

"You got a location?"

As he got a lock on the phone's location, Danny's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. "Danny!" Steve yelled.

"It's ringing inside my precinct," he said with a shocked tone in his voice.

"We gotta move!" Steve said as he hopped into the driver's seat and sped the truck toward the warehouse where Kono was. Kono ducked as she heard the truck crash into the warehouse. As Steve opened the passenger door with a gun in hand, he looked around anxiously for Kono. Kono, who was still crouched down on the ground, looked up and met his eyes.

"You're early," she commented breathlessly.

"You alright?" he asked genuinely as he hopped down from the truck.

A smirk suddenly spread across her face. "Now I am."

"Where are you going?" Kono asked Danny as she took a swig of her beer, laughter still in her voice.

"I have to go pick my daughter up," Danny said as he stood up, taking the last few swigs of his drink.

"I have to go, too," Chin said as he also got up from his chair.

"And what's your excuse?" she asked Chin flatly, raising an eyebrow in defiance.

"I'm meeting Cousin Liko in a half hour. We're supposed to go fishing."

"Fine. More beer for me, then," she smiled as she lifted her beer in the air.

As the two men said their goodbyes, Kono looked at Steve slyly. "Looks like it's just me and you, sailor…" she said smoothly, sipping the last of her drink as she sat back into her chair. "Unless you're ditching, too."

Steve, who was leaning on the table, gazed at her challengingly. "You trying to guilt trip me, Kalakaua?"

"Maybe," she flirted, twisting the caps off two beer bottles before holding one of the bottles out to him. "What's it gonna be, sailor? You gonna keep me company?"

He thought about it before smiling. "Yeah," he said as he sat on a chair next to her and took the bottle out of her hand. "Why not?"

She smiled as she sat up straight, lifting her bottle up to Steve's. "To the start of a good night," she toasted.

He clinked his bottle against hers, a small smile forming in his lips. "Cheers."

Within a little over an hour, they had gotten really drunk and were now only inches apart as they sat on the ground together, laughing hysterically as they reminisced about when they were kids. "Do you remember when you used to play dress up?" she laughed.

"No! I never did such a thing," he defended.

"Yes, you did!" she said as she swatted him on the arm. "I remember Mary and I would find you digging through an old trunk. You loved wearing that God-awful clown costume."

It was his turn to swat her playfully. "Shut up," he chuckled as he took a drink out of his almost empty beer bottle. "That was actually pretty fun. Fuck you for bringing that up."

She chuckled as she clumsily grabbed the last beer out of the box. "Fine, fine. I'll change the subject." She smirked before continuing. "Do you have a girlfriend?"

He was stunned at her question. "No, I don't."

She smiled as she flipped the cap off her bottle. "Good. Don't be surprised if I ask you out."

His eyes widened, nearly choking on his beer. "Wait, you wanna ask me out? You like me?"

"I've always liked you," she mumbled while laughing.

"You've always liked me?" he asked. He tried to recall when she had started to look at him the way she was now. He then remembered a conversation he had about her with James back when they were adolescents. Holy shit, the bastard was right. She really did like me.

Her voice snapped him back from his thoughts. "I don't know how you couldn't tell. It was pretty obvious," she said with a flirt in her voice. "It still is pretty obvious."

She was now leaning closely against him, her lips hovering an inch from his. "It's also pretty obvious that you're curious about me."

"No, I'm not," he said instantaneously, his voice trembling nervously.

"You're a horrible liar. I can see it in your eyes," she whispered seductively. His heart thumped faster as she playfully brushed her lips along his. "Just give in to me, Steve. Don't you want to know how I taste?"

Just as he was about to let her devour him, she purposely pulled away. That fucking tease…

"You'll give in one day," she purred as she stood up. "It's going to be fun working with you, McGarrett."

He scoffed loudly as she turned around and walked toward the bathroom.

I'm so fucked.


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