Chapter 5

Cath fell asleep with her hand in Kono's, and Kono soon followed falling asleep with her head resting on the hospital bed.

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When they awoke hours later, the sun had set and neither questioned their positioning. As they both groggily sat up, Cath wincing every couple seconds, they heard a phone go off somewhere in the room.

"Not mine." Kono said digging her phone from her pocket.

"It's probably mine, can you check my bag?" Cath said pointing in the general direction of the bag.

While Kono was searching for the phone it stopped ringing, but she found it none the less.

"Here you go," Kono said handing the phone to Cath. "You missed the call, though."

Cath replied as she checked the screen, "That's okay, it was just my ex anyway."

"Gonna call him back?" Kono asked.

"Nah, I might answer if he calls again but I'm not going to call him."

"Why?" Kono asked as she took a seat on the edge of the bed near Cath's hip.

"Because he wants to get back together, whereas I couldn't care less."

"Ahh, makes sense."

Cath's phone began to ring again.

"Uggh" Cath groaned before answering, "Lieutenant Rollins."

"You're okay." Steve said.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"You were next to an explosion!"

"Steve calm down, and stop acting like your still my boyfriend."

"I'm just..."

"No, you know what just stop. Don't tell me you were worried. And defiantly don't do the whole 'I'm McGarrett I'm a navy SEAL' thing. Just stop calling me I'm done and I'm completely serious." With that Cath angrily hit end and put her phone down next to her.

"Wait, Steve McGarrett is your ex?" Kono asked surprised.

"Ya, why?"

"I... It doesn't matter."

"Kono..." Cath said placing her hand over Kono's, "please." Cath could sense the other woman's apprehension.

"Because he's my boss and I... I like you okay." Kono pulled her hand away and walked out the door quickly, very quickly.

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Cath hadn't talked to Kono in days and had no idea what to do when she landed on Oahu in an hour. She desperately wanted to know why Kono didn't stay.

Cath was trying to drop subtle hints but maybe they didn't work.

She added another thing to her list of things she knows:

4) Kono likes her

Just now what?

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By the time 9:00 pm rolled around Cath had finished a bottle and a half of red wine, 3 bowls of popcorn, and 2 cheesy hallmark movies. There was a knock at the door, Cath rose to answer it but had to steady herself with a wall, she might have been just a little bit tipsy.

"Kono?!" Cath said surprised.

"Hey." Kono said nervously.