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Kono and Maggie walked around the mall for what seemed like hours. It was wedding shopping day, they were supposed to buy her wedding dress, not walk around in circles. Maggie tried as hard as she could to make her friend look happy, energetic even but so far nothing. Kono looked gloomy and no matter how much she tried there was no way Maggie could change that.

Then Maggie had found what she called the perfect wedding shop. She dragged her in, Kono resisted for a few minutes but then she let her friend guide her.

She forgot how many wedding dresses she had tried on in the last hour, and how many times Maggie had said she looked beautiful. She couldn't choose one because they were all beautiful, and she could have done a better job if her mood were different.

She tried on one, the tenth dress, and looked ay herself in the mirror. Maybe it was because she was tired, or because searching for dresses was not her thing, but as she saw her reflection she pictured herself next to Steve. Holding his arm in front of her friends and family, smiling contently as the priest called them 'Mr. and Mrs. McGarrett', him kissing her the way he had done last night.

A tear rolled down her cheek.

"I think she found it…" the sales lady spoke, smiling at Maggie.

Kono let herself cry, covering her face with her hands as her friend hold her between her arms.

She comes home, the dress hanging on her arm. She had cried all the way to Maggie's house, she thought they should stop by her place for her to relax a little, she knew Dylan would ask questions she wasn't ready to answer yet.

Dylan was waiting for her with dinner, she was thinking about excusing herself and going to bed, but he looked eager to see her and she didn't have the energy to reject him.

They sat on the table quietly, at least she was quiet. He talked about work, about his coworkers, about his family. She had listened in silence, nodding every once in a while, her mind elsewhere.

"I've been thinking, since I have no close friends here, that I could talk to your friends about being my best man."

She snapped her head towards him, shocked at his new idea.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I'm gonna ask Steve, since you two seemed to be close."

She almost choked on her wine at his words. She watched him, thinking he might be joking because this seemed to be a terrible idea, but then she remembered that to Dylan Steve was just a friend and a coworker, he had no idea about them because they had never discussed it.

"Oh, that's not going to be possible," she said, playing with the food on her plate, avoiding Dylan's eyes. She wondered if he was able to read her like Steve did.

"Why not?" he asked.

"Because…" she tried hard to make a quick excuse for Steve's absence and she spoke the first words her brain told her, "he has been called on duty."

"Just in time for our wedding?"

"Yeah, well you know it's his job. It's something he cannot say no about…"

She hoped he believed her, because right now that was the only idea she had in her head.

"Was that why you were crying?"

She frowned in confusion. He had seen her cry the day Steve left, after they kissed, he had walked home and she was so miserable in her little bubble she hadn't seen his presence, she hadn't had time to wipe away her tears.

"I… yeah" she whispered and he nodded. "Steve had stopped by to tell me about his mission. I'm sorry I didn't mention it before."

"It's alright. I understand how hard it must have been. I know he means a lot to you."

He had no idea how much.

"I told him that Steve had to leave on a mission," Kono spoke on the phone, sitting outside her house, enjoying the breeze on her face.

"Did he believe you?" Maggie asked

"Yeah, I mean I think so…"

"Kono I told you, you should have ended this a week ago."

"Maggie, he gave his mom's bracelet. He looked so happy doing so. How was I supposed to tell him 'hey Dylan I can't marry you because I love Steve'?" she whispered, casually looking around her house, making sure Dylan hadn't heard a word.

"So what if he gave you his mom's bracelet? You say 'No thank you, I can't take it' and ' I can't marry you, I'm sorry' simple!"

"Maybe to you! But to me it's hundred times worse…"

"What do you mean?" Maggie asked. She fell into an awkward silence. "Kono, did something else happen that you haven't told me about?"

"No… yes," she sighed heavily and took a few moments to prepare herself for Maggie's reaction, which meant lots of yelling. "We kissed"

"Who?"

"Me and Steve, who else?"

"You did WHAT?"

"The night he stopped by to tell me he wasn't coming to the wedding," she explained, "he said he loved me, and then he kissed me."

"Kono…"

"Look, I know what you're thinking, but this doesn't change anything. I'm still marrying Dylan in two weeks."

"You're crazy."

She rolled her eyes. She forgot how many times she had heard that from her.

"Maybe, but still there's no turning back."

"You are getting yourself into a huge amount of crap. I don't get it."

"I know."

"I mean, did you even like the kiss or not?"

She smiled, touching her lips with her fingertips, thinking about how good Steve's lips felt on her own. How they fit together perfectly.

"I loved it…"

"Then what the fuck, Kono?. What exactly are you doing?"

She wanted to know that herself.

Steve sat at his desk in silence, lost in space. He had been there for hours, looking outside his window, playing with the pen in his hand. His mind was anywhere but here, where he should be working on his forsaken report.

In two weeks Kono would no longer be free. She will be someone else's and it was killing him inside. Each day he cursed himself for not seeing how much he loved her, and how he was losing her. He had tried, he really had, but she had already made up her mind and there was no way he could change that thought. No matter how much he begged.

Danny knocked on his friend's door, sending his attention directly towards him.

"You alright man?" Danny asked to which Steve nodded.

"Yeah. I'm cool."

"Cool, really?"

He laid back in his chair, closing his eyes for a brief second and taking a deep breath. He knew him better than himself, that much was true.

"I'm not going to the wedding, Danny," Steve spoke, his friend watched him with surprise.

"Why not?"

"Why not? Danny, I love her," Steve explained. "I love her and she's marrying someone else. I cannot go to her wedding and pretend I'm happy…"

"She needs you, Steve. She wants you there otherwise she would have never asked you."

"But I can't," he shook his head slowly, sighing heavily. "I can't be there, Danny. It will break my heart."

"So you'd rather break hers instead?"

"I already made my decision. I'm not going."

"Fine," Danny spoke firmly. "But don't tell me I didn't warn you about how wrong this is."

He turned around and walked away. Steve wondered how right Danny could be right now.

TBC

Not the best chapter...still let me know if you like it or not.