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A/N: I have decided to rate this chapter as M to cover my bases. It's semi-smutty.
Apologies for the wait! RL got in my way big time. I hope this chapter makes up for it. Mahalo for all the aloha, nonetheless!
Steve hurriedly parked his blue Silverado pickup in the short-term surface car park at the Honolulu International Airport. Mary's plane had been landed, and he and Kono were running late as they were, well, you know.
"She's probably so pissed right now," Kono said as she unbuckled her seatbelt. Just as she was about to open the passenger door, he grabbed her arm to prevent her from hopping out of his truck.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on," he said seductively with a smile. "What's your hurry? We're already late, anyway." He then kissed her hard and possessively, taking ownership of her lips.
She didn't fight his kiss at first; she giggled and willingly opened her mouth, allowing his tongue to massage hers. He wriggled himself as close as he could to her as his hand slid up her thigh. She spread her legs apart as he unbuttoned her pants, reaching into her panties to feel her warm and wet entrance against his fingers.
Just as he was rubbing circles over her clit, she grumbled into his mouth, breaking their kiss and slightly pushing him off of her. His hand froze in place as he looked at her with a confused expression.
"We have to go," she giggled as she took his soaked hand out of her panties to lick his fingers clean.
He groaned, pushing his erection down. "You're evil."
"Don't worry, you can taste me later," she said before placing a chaste but promising kiss on his lips. She buttoned her pants back up then hopped out of the truck, closing her door behind her.
"So fucking evil," he mumbled and shook his head in exasperation before climbing out of his truck.
…
Steve watched the baggage carousel grind to a halt. "I don't know where she is," Kono called out as she walked back toward where he was standing, his arms crossed over his broad chest. She then halted next to him and pointed to the unclaimed luggage on the carousel. "I'm assuming those are hers."
A TSA security guard then approached them with a hesitant look on his face. Kono and Steve looked at him then at each other with the same unsurprised looks on their faces. "This is about my sister, isn't it?" Steve asked flatly as he looked back at the security guard.
Kono and Steve each grabbed a piece of luggage off of the carousel before following the security guard to the airport's holding room where Mary was apprehended for disabling a smoke detector in the airplane lavatory.
As the guard left to speak to his supervisor about releasing Mary to Kono and Steve's professional custody, Kono walked over to Mary, whose hand was handcuffed to the table. "You couldn't wait five and a half hours?" Kono laughed as she hugged her.
"Shut up," Mary chuckled softly as she hugged her with her free arm.
As Mary looked up, she saw her brother looking at her with an angered expression. The softness in her smile suddenly turned to a sharp nervousness. He sat down on the other end of the table and turned his head toward a window, a disappointed look now filling his face. Kono pulled away to see the flushed look on Mary's face. She turned around to see Steve with his arms crossed as he stared out of the window. She then snickered to Mary, "Someone's in trouble."
Mary just looked at her sourly before turning back to Steve to apologize.
…
Kono's phone alerted her of a text message. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and smiled as she read the dirty text message from Steve.
Chin, who was driving them toward Kaka‛ako Beach Park where their suspect had parked a car he had stolen, noticed her smiling. "Why are you smiling? Who texted you?" he asked, snapping her out of her reverie.
She hurriedly stuffed her phone back into her pocket. "No one and nothing important," she said unconvincingly.
He rolled his eyes and smiled. He had a hunch at who it was. "It's a boy, isn't it?" he asked in a teasing tone as he played dumb. "Who is he? Is he cute?"
Still smiling, she held her hand up to his face, causing him to shut his mouth. "Okay, leave me alone."
"I knew something was up. You got that glow."
She looked at him as if he had offended her. "Okay, I do not glow."
"Uh-huh. Give it up. What's his name?"
"You'll find out when the time is right."
"Oh, alright, be like that. But just remember who's going to walk you down the aisle."
"Okay, calm down. I don't even know how serious we are or are going to be," she said almost disappointingly.
"If you say so." His tone then changed to one of a more serious nature, yet his mouth was still curved into a smile. "So, what's up with you and Steve?"
Her eyes widened with nervousness as she attempted to avoid his gaze. "What do you mean?" she asked in a confused tone.
"I mean, you do still like him, don't you?"
"Uh…" she stammered, unsure of what to say. Luckily, they had arrived at their destination. "That's it, right there," she changed the subject as she pointed to a car that matched their description. Chin just smiled to himself as he doubled parked the car.
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Kono entered Steve's office to find Mary sitting on his couch with a bored look across her face. "I thought you might be hungry," Kono said to her as she proffered a takeout bag from Rainbow Drive-In.
"Oh, my God, I love you," Mary said as she grabbed the bag out of her hands.
"Yeah, you better love me," Kono laughed as she sat next to her on the couch.
"I do," Mary said as she took the box of loco moco out of the bag. "So, talk to me. How are things with my brother?"
"Amazing," Kono said unconvincingly as she leaned back onto the couch.
Mary clattered her fork and knife down onto the Styrofoam takeout box and turned her entire body toward her. "Okay, what's wrong? And don't try to tell me that it's nothing."
Kono sighed as she combed a hand through her hair. "I've been in love with your brother since I was a preschooler. Now that I have him, I don't want to lose him."
Mary just smiled at her sympathetically. "You know, I think he's falling for you. He just doesn't realize it yet."
"You think so?"
"Hell yeah. From what I've seen in the last few hours, he's definitely into you."
Kono then sat there silently for a couple of moments before plastering on an obviously fake smile and speaking in a soft voice. "You're probably right. You know him better than I do."
Mary continued to look at her with concern. Kono just rolled her eyes in protest. "I'm fine. Don't look at me like that."
Mary looked at her with a raised eyebrow, unconvinced by her declaration. "You're a liar," she accused before turning back to her food.
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"He's gone. I'm sorry, there's no other cameras on that road," Kono sighed as she watched the black Mercedes disappear into a tunnel through a camera feed.
Steve closed his eyes in disappointment and nodded. "Okay, it's okay. Thank you. I'll see you in a bit," he said softly as he hung up the phone. The sweetness in his voice made Chin raise his eyebrow in amusement. Good God, they suck at being discreet.
"Wait a sec," Steve murmured before calling a Naval Intelligence officer named Catherine and turning the speaker function on once again.
"I was beginning to think you forgot about me," Catherine smiled as she pressed on her Bluetooth earpiece to answer his call.
Instead of responding, he changed the subject. "Cath, I need your help. I'm pursuing a suspect in a black Mercedes. He's headed west into the Halawa Valley. Can you give me a visual?"
She sighed before murmuring, "This could raise some flags."
"Classify it as an NSA request for a Black Ops Drop Box, okay? Come on, Cath. I need this."
"You know, you're like the good looking guy in high school who knows how cute he is and just won't take 'no' for an answer," she said as she pulled up the information that he needed, causing him to clear his throat in discomfort. "Alright, I'm sending you the grid coordinates and imagery now."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"You owe me a date during my next leave," she commanded.
"Uh…" he stammered as he looked at Chin from the corners of his eyes. "I'm afraid I can't do that."
"What? Why not?" she asked softly, though with an obviously shocked tone.
"I've been seeing someone for a few weeks now."
She furrowed her eyebrows. "You're a couple? Exclusively?"
"It's getting there, yeah," he smiled.
She was momentarily shocked into silence before she recovered. "Well, well, who would've thought that Steve McGarrett would ever consider going steady with a girl. She must be something special."
"She is," he replied with an obvious smirk. "I'll repay you, somehow. I'll buy you a beer."
"Oh, you are not getting off that easy," she smirked. "Let me know if you change your mind."
He then abruptly hung up the phone and cleared his throat once more, awkwardness rolling off of him. Chin, who had been glaring at him suspiciously during the entirety of his phone call, spoke up. "Who are you dating?"
"Oh, uh, it's no one you know," Steve uttered nervously.
"Uh-huh, okay," Chin said as he looked away from him, unconvinced. Steve sighed inwardly as his phone buzzed with a text message. "There," he said, getting Chin's attention. "Address that."
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Steve found Mary standing over their father's gravestone, small tears slowly falling from her eyes. He walked up next to her, placing his hand over her shoulder as he looked down at the gravestone, sighing quietly.
She noticed him holding a brown paper bag in his hand from the corners of her eyes. She then sniffed before wiping her eyes. "What's that?"
He looked at his sister and smiled, holding up the bag for her to see. "Our picnic." He then sat down cross-legged on the soft patch of grass next to the gravestone. She chuckled softly as she followed suit, laying her purse down onto the grass.
She watched him take the food out from the bag with appreciative eyes. "Thanks for this," she smiled. "I've missed you."
He smiled back as he handed her food to her. "I've missed you, too, sis."
She continued to smile at him. "So, talk to me. How are things with my best friend?" she asked as she took a bite.
"I really like her," he nodded as he swallowed his bite.
"Good, you better," she muttered. "She's a little insecure about you, you know."
He furrowed his eyebrows in concern. "Why is she insecure?"
"She's liked you since she and I were children. Now that you two are finally dating, she's afraid that something might go wrong. She's not gonna tell you that, of course. She wants to appear strong."
He looked down at the grass underneath his feet thoughtfully. He then smiled softly as he looked back up at Mary. "Catherine wanted me to go on a date with her."
She then looked at him suspiciously, raising her eyebrow in disapproval. "Is this the same Catherine I met in Coronado?"
"Yeah."
The disapproval in her eyes changed to pleading. "Oh, Jesus, Steve. You better not have agreed. You know how much I don't like her."
"I'm aware, you've told me enough times," he deadpanned, rolling his eyes. "Don't worry, I rejected her."
She looked at him with a big grin, amazed. "Seriously?"
"Seriously. You know I don't do commitment, but I think Kono's worth trying."
"Aww!" she squealed as she walked on her knees to him, hugging him from his side. "You're falling in love with her!"
He just chuckled as he hugged her back. "Okay, calm down. I'm not quite there yet."
She pulled back from her hug, her expression changing suddenly. "I swear, if you hurt Kono at all, I will end you. I don't care if you're my brother."
"Gee, thanks. I love you, too," he scoffed with a laugh.
…
"Finally," Kono answered her front door with a seductive smile and tone of voice, clad in black lingerie and high heels. "I was about to start without you."
Steve just stood stoically on her porch as he looked at her with a heavy heart, causing her to look back at him in question. "What is it?"
Instead of responding with words, however, he just lifted her into his arms, her legs wrapping around his hips on reflex as she breathed nervously before him. "Steve?"
Still without speaking, he gently kicked her front door closed behind him and walked them into her bedroom, his hand threading through her hair as he placed a long, soft kiss onto her lips.
He gently dropped her down onto her bed before slowly climbing on top of her. His eyes still glistened with thought as he gazed endearingly at her, his hand softly caressing the side of her face. Concern never left her eyes as she locked her gaze with him. "Is something wrong?"
"No," he nodded softly with a smile. "I just like being here with you, like this."
She smiled as he dropped his head down to kiss her longingly and sweetly.
He then pulled away slightly, looking into her eyes once more. "There's nowhere else I'd rather be right now. You know that, right?"
She was silent momentarily as she studied his face. His eyes were honest and sincere, which gave her confidence in knowing that he really wanted her. She then smiled as she nodded her head and threaded her hands through his hair. "Yeah, I know."
