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I'm gonna adress and issue. I'm aware there are many stories like this, Kono engaged to someone else but being in love with Steve, I haven't read none anyways BUT my story is different. Someone said this was JUST like others, well the plot might slightly alike but this one is completely different. I don't want anyone to think I stole something because that, to me, is the worse thing a writer can do. Just wanted to point that out.

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Kono thought her wedding should be special, like most women do; the process of getting engaged, sharing the news with the ones she loved.. it should be perfect and full of happiness. The last couple of days had been hard. Scratch that, they had been extremely complicated. She had been arranging the invitations with Maggie and she had set three of them apart for Danny, Chin and Steve. The last one was going to be complicated to deliver, especially since she was doing it personally and not by mail like the others.

She held the envelope tightly in her hand; she walked the remaining steps into Steve's office. He was, like many times before, stuck with a pile of paper work surrounding him. He hadn't noticed her presence instantly, so she waited until he raised his head.

He gave her a weak smile. Not because he was sad or mad at her but because of pure tiredness. God knows how long he had been locked inside his office.

"Sorry to interrupt," she spoke and he put his paper work aside to put his full attention on her.

"It's okay. I kind of need a break." He leaned back on his chair and watched her as she stepped a little bit closer to his desk. He saw an envelope in her hands and she played with it nervously. He wondered what that meant. "What are you doing here, anyways; I thought this was your day off?"

"Yeah, I just stopped by to give you this."

She hands him the invitation, he takes it, glances at her and the envelope back and forth.

"It's the wedding invitation," she continues, watching as his demeanor changes completely. He looked wide awake now, awake and a little bit sad, probably because he wasn't expecting her to walk in just like that.

"Oh right…" he peeks inside, looking at the names engraved in the white paper. His fingers barely brush at her name and she feels her heart break a little bit inside.

This shouldn't have been done this way. No.

"Thanks." He mouthed, disregarding the invitation for a minute and pushed the folders back into his desk. He pretended to be concentrated in his work once again, while Kono stood there watching him. "I don't mean to be rude or anything but I have tons of paperwork to finish, do you mind?"

She should have been hurt at his reaction; he was basically kicking her out, but she couldn't blame him. He was as sad and hurt as she was so she didn't complain. She nodded slightly and walked out of his office in silence.

Once she was out of sight she took the opportunity to cry freely. Inside his office, Steve threw the pen away, losing all focus on what he was supposed to be doing.

She sobbed for what seemed to be the fifth time in ten minutes. Maggie ran her hands down her back, making soothing circles over and over again, but no matter what she did Kono sobbed harder than before. She was feeling utterly miserable.

"You should have seen him Maggie," she cried, wiping way the tears blocking her vision. "He looked sad and… God, I made him feel that way. I did."

"Honey, you need to calm down a little bit, alright? You did what you had to do."

"But I made him sad. I caused all the pain and… I shouldn't have."

"Hey! It's not your fault that he realized he loved you when it was too late. You can't keep blaming yourself."

She sobbed again, covering her face with her hands and crying. Her chest ached, her heart ached. She couldn't erase the look on Steve's face when he saw the invitation from her mind.

"I love him…" she whispered, raising her head to look at her friend who stared at her with a pitiful look on her face. "I love them both and I don't know what to do about it. If I leave Dylan I'll make him suffer and I'll break his heart. But if I stay with him the one heartbroken will be Steve. I mean, what can I do?"

"I wish I could tell you, honey," Maggie whispered, still caressing her back for comfort. "But this is a battle you have to fight on your own. I can give you advice, as much as you want, but the choice is entirely yours."

How was she supposed to choose? Both were perfect, both sweet and kind and loved her. Dylan had made sacrifices for her, moving to Hawaii so she wouldn't have to leave, he had quit his job to make things less complicated. He was everything a girl could ask for.

But Steve, he was the man she had loved for two years. Part of her heart (a big part) belonged to him, and the reason why she thought she could move on was because he had an entirely different life that did not include her (at least not the way she wanted).

How could she let him go if she still loved him? But how could she let Dylan go if she loved him too?

"God this is such a mess…" she whispered, sighing heavily.

"That I agree." Maggie spoke "You got into this completely unnecessary mess."

"Unnecessary?"

"Of course. You shouldn't have said yes to Dylan in the first place."

Kono was about to say something but Maggie stopped her before she could actually speak.

"I know what you're thinking," Maggie continued. "You couldn't just wait for Steve to see you, yes I know. But you shouldn't have said yes if you weren't sure about your feelings about Dylan,"

She stared at her friend and was amazed at how well she knew her. It was sort of scary; it was as if she were reading her mind.

"I hate you," Kono spoke, shaking her head at Maggie's words

"Of course not. You love me and you KNOW I'm right."

"Still, it's too late to change my mind."

"According to whom?"

"I already sent the invitations, Maggie. The wedding is on/"

"No, of course not. You can still talk to Dylan, explain the whole situation, then make a few phone calls and voila!"

"Are you seriously telling me to break my engagement?"

"I'm only saying you deserve to be happy, and you know and I know that happiness is NOT with Dylan. No matter how awesome and cool he is."

TBC