Disclaimer: I don't own Hawaii 5-0 or any of the characters. Again, any of the places that I mention, unless I state otherwise, are places that you can actually visit on Oahu. I have no idea if one would be this lucky to bust someone with all their equipment but they can today cause it's my story. No one got back to me so I just went ahead and picked out what I liked aesthetically as far as equipment goes as well as whatever description sounded good to me.
Danny had managed to secure some equipment from the forfeiture locker. Go figure; some ass had been illegally selling specialized electronics from out of their garage. It was a Pioneer DJ DDJ-SX2 Sheraton DJ Controller. They had actually lucked into the whole set-up with the Mackie HD 1251 speakers, stands for both the speakers and lights, all the necessary cables and cords, and lights: both strobe and Royal Galaxian Lasers. He looked through the rest of the equipment but couldn't find a decent laptop for DJing. When he got back to his desk, he got on the phone and started calling electronic stores. He finally found a store with a few different options. He gave Steve a heads up before he went out. He needed time to download music and put together a playlist before tomorrow night.
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Chin had gotten Kamekona onboards with drinks and food. He also asked if he and Flippa could act as security which he agreeded to for a little bit more money. Chin rolled his eyes but agreed as they couldn't exactly hire any companies at this short notice. He had to reign Kamekona in a bit as he was trying to do a full spread when really it was a glorified beach party. Kamekona rebutted that that was no excuse to give a crap layout and that he would dial it down a bit. In truth, Chin wasn't quite sure how but he got Kamekona to accept only $500 for all of his work for the entire night. Granted, he also got a favour from 5-0 in the future but it was well worth it for all the big guy would be doing for them for the evening. Kamekona also agreed to use one of his own trucks to transport everything that he would be bringing to the beach but said that they had to provide tables and coolers for everything which Chin took as acceptable. Once Chin hung up with him, he went about the task of hunting down tables, a few large coolers as well as a few dozen bags of ice. Chin heaved a huge sigh. This was much more work than just their simple backyard parties.
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Kono had finally found a beach that wasn't occupied; Mākua Beach on the Waianae coast, very far from Waikiki or any of the other hotels or beaches. And that was the harder of the tasks because she had a cousin who owned a fencing business and she was sure that she could get a discount on what they needed. She called him up and was easily able to get what she needed. She asked him if he knew someone who could lend or rent them a small stage as well. He referred her to his friends and told her to mention his name. She thanked her cousin and called his friend about the stage. His friend was surprisingly helpful and very excited to help 5-0. After she hung up with him, she sat back at her desk. There must be something else I can do? Kono thought to herself. She sat tapping on her desk for a few moments before she came up with an idea. She picked up the phone and called Steve real quick to secure a few more of the details about the party. After their quick discussion, she thanked him before handing up. She immediately went to work creating a flier with the info on it to show the team. She proceeded to throw together a few different versions to give them a few options to choose from.
A few minutes after she had finished, Danny strode in with a sturdy laptop bag over his shoulder. She speedily sent all the versions of the fliers to the tech table. She got up, walked over to Chin's office and indicated to the tech table. She did the same with Danny and Steve. When they had all gathered around the tech table, she showed them the different fliers to get their opinion on them. When they had all mutually decided on one, Kono kept note of it as Steve asked for an update from everyone on their progress on their part of the mission.
Danny started it off, "I've gotten everything that I need for DJing which includes the speakers, stands, DJ Controller and lights. Had to go out an expense a better quality laptop so I'm gonna spend the rest of the afternoon and possibly part of the evening downloading music."
Chin continued, "I've got Kamekona and Flippa onboard with the plan for $500 but they're providing us with food, drinks and security. The only things we've got to provide for them are gonna be the coolers and the tables for the food. He also wanted to know if we wanted shaved ice as well. He said for an extra $50, he can provide alcoholic shaved ice for the party." Danny grumbled that they were being fleeced but Chin challenged him to find anyone on the island who would do all of that at such a late date and not charge an arm and a leg for it. Danny unwillingly agreed that it would be hard to do at so late a date and closed his mouth.
Kono piped in next with her contribution, "I found an unoccupied beach which, as we all know, is hard as hell at this time of year. It's completely private and out of the way. Plus, there is only one road that runs to the beach and it isn't connected to any other beaches. We just have to cordon off however much of the beach that we want and we will be able to control that section. I was also able to secure last minute fencing and covering to go with from our cousin so anyone who even tries to see in can't unless they buy their way in and come through the gate. Then, when I asked, he referred me to his friend who does staging so we also have a stage for Danny to be on as a DJ so he can survey the party from a slightly higher vantage point. The guy lending us the stage had been more than happy when he found out that it was to help out 5-0. It didn't hurt that he seemed to be flirting with me a little bit so yeah, I took a bit of advantage over him for that and got the staging for free and for tomorrow as well." She smirked at that statement. Danny felt a small flair of jealousy flair up at that but he tampered it back down, telling himself that he didn't have any sort of claim or relationship outside of colleagues and friends with Kono and therefore he couldn't really say anything about the way she conducted her life. She continued, "The flier was an afterthought but I figured that every large party has a flier that kicks it all off and figured that especially with how last minute our party is that we need all the help we can get." The guys all assured her that it was a good idea that none of them would have thought of. She blushed slightly at the compliment and thanked them.
Steve rounds it out, "I've got a friend from the service that owns a moving company and can lend us a large moving truck on short notice for use tomorrow whenever we need it for." Steve looks around at his team, "Good job guys. It looks like we've managed to pull together a huge beach party with little notice and in less than 24 hours. Let's make sure we have everything sorted by tomorrow morning and let all your vendors know that we will be coming to their companies to collect what we need instead of them dropping it off. We want to hopefully keep this party as secretive as possible." Steve furrowed his brow, thinking about his last statement. "Kono, we need to amend the flier. Instead of stating the beach, state that we will have buses picking up the party goers and transporting them to the beach. Let's list a few different stops so the bus isn't going all through the streets and stopping at every hotel in Oahu. On that same note, do we know anyone or any companies that have enough buses to be able to transport all these kids?" No one knew anyone with a bus company and seeing as Danny and Kono still had more to do on their part, Steve split the task between him and Chin. He congratulated them all again on their progress and told everyone to get back to work. Kono sent the amended flier back to her work computer so she could blast it everywhere.
Everyone split up and headed back to their office. Once Kono was back at her desk, she set to work blasting the flier over social networks: creating an open group on Facebook under a different name, creating a handle on Twitter and posting it there, putting it on Instagram as some random party that she had heard about (and seeing as her handle was prettysurfercop) she knew no one would know it was her and any other place she could post it where the college and university students would see it. She emailed it to every hotel and asked them to posit it in their lobbies and elevators.
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About 1 hour later, Danny shuts down the laptop and packs it into the bag. He pops into Steve's office to let him know he's going home to finish the work. Steve, still on the phone, acknowledges his departure and goes back to the conversation he is having. He does the same to Chin who just happens to be in between phone calls. Chin says aloha to him and goes back to his list to continue his calls. He finally pops into Kono's office, letting her know that he's gonna go and finish the list at home.
"You want company while you do that? Maybe someone young to make sure you're on the right track?" She teases lightly.
Danny rolls his eyes, "I was gonna invite you but now that you're tryna call me old..."
"I'm kidding Danny. I'll even bring beer while you do it."
"Fine. I accept your beer as apology but make it 2 6-packs for your insolence to your superior."
Kono rolls her eyes at him, "Alright, don't get your shorts in a twist there blondie. See you in a short bit." Danny smirks as he leaves. Kono feels her stomach do a little flip flop at that. She knows she shouldn't have these feelings for someone that she works with and especially a superior but she can't help it.
Kono always had a slight attraction to Danny since Day 1. She thinks it's because he's so different from anyone else she's met on the island. The more she got to know about him, the more she got to like him. Yeah, he ran his mouth a lot and usually it was at something Steve did that caused Danny to risk his neck. But no matter what subject he spoke on, he was always expressive; using his hands to establish his point. And if it wasn't Steve or sports then he was talking about Grace and his voice got slightly softer as he talked about the love of his life. It was hard not to love Grace. They had all met her and after only a few times fell in love with her. After only a few meetings, they were all Uncle Steve, Uncle Chin and Kono. Just Kono. And she smiled at that as even she thought she was still to young to be called Auntie. But she noticed that he was always moving, always animated. But always so passionate about whatever the subject is. She had always wondered if that passion crossed over to other parts of his life. She shook her head before she travelled too far down that thought wave. She had completed what she needed to so there was no harm in heading out a bit early. She quickly popped over and said goodbye to Chin who threw her a smile and a wave, still on the phone. She walked over to Steve and repeated the process. He had a slightly annoyed look on his face. He didn't look up but simply waved at her as he continued on his call. She headed out the front doors of 5-0 and headed down to her car.
Kono went home and changed into shorts, a tank top and Keds before hopping back in her car to head to the grocery store. She quickly got 2 6-packs of beers, red grapes and a large bag of red Twizzlers. She put the bag into her front seat and headed to Danny's house. She grabbed the bag out of the front seat and headed to his apartment. It wasn't the usual piece of shit places she's seen in the past, this one is a lot better and looked pretty respectable. She walked up the steps to his apartment and knocked on his door. Danny opened the door and Kono got to take a look at a side of Danny she rarely got to see. He smiled at her. He was wearing a white T-shirt, long jeans and barefoot. He looked ridiculously sexy, positively delicious. Her eyes did a quick scan of him before landing on his face and returning the smile.
"I was wondering when you were gonna show up. I assume you brought the beer?" Kono rolled her eyes as she strode past him, not waiting for an invitation and headed to the kitchen.
"Of course I brought the beer. I understand that it is the currency of men and is necessary for entrance into their caves." Now it was Danny's turn to roll his eyes, though he did it behind her back as he closed the door. Kono had opened the door of the fridge and put the beer and grapes in it. She pulled out 2 beers, popped the tops and grabbed the Twizzlers, heading back to the living room where he had setup the laptop. She handed him a beer and set hers down to open the package. She pulled one out and stuck it in her mouth before offering the package to him. He accepted one and immediately bite of a piece, chewed it and swallowed before taking a sip of beer.
"So, I've got a few classics on there so far but I've still got to get a few of today's hits or remixes."
"Well, since your so out of touch with today's youth, I'll help you out." Kono kidded.
"I'm not that out of touch! I've got a teenager thank you very much."
"Alright, alright, keep your pants on." Danny sat down in the middle of the couch. Kono kicked off her shoes at the end of the couch before moving to the center to sit by Danny. Danny started hunting down different songs and remixes of today as well as some older summer hits. When they had finished their beers, Danny offered to get the next round from the fridge. Danny came back to see Kono hunting through the song list of downloadable songs. He leaned against the doorway and watched her. She seemed to have music ADD, listening to a song for 10 seconds before switching to the next song.
"You know, you could break the laptop like that." He pushed off the doorway and back to the couch.
"Shut up!" She spoke around the Twizzler in her mouth. He placed the beer in front of her on the table. She was sitting crossed leg on the couch with the laptop resting on her lap. He sat down and stretched his arm across the back of the couch. He sipped the beer as he let her continue with her ADD. He had actually managed to get a good portion done so far but he still had more to go. Even though Kono did appear to rush through the list, she did stay on a few for longer than 10 seconds he noticed. He listened to the songs that she paused on and noted that they were actually good. He indicated to her to put it in the download list. "So, how did you become a DJ?" Kono asked as she stared intently at the screen.
He smiled before taking a sip of his beer at her intent look as she scrolled through the songs, "Well, when I was younger, we had a neighbor who lived 2 houses down that used to DJ at a club on the weekend. A few times a week I would hear him practicing as I walked home from school. So one day I walked up and knocked on his door and asked if I could come in and listen. He said I could if I also did my homework. After a month of this, I asked if he could teach me how to do it. He agreed but only if the next few tests I had I brought home B's or higher then he would teach me. So I studied my ass off and pulled off a few A's, A-'s and a few B's and he proceeded to teach me in the ins and outs of DJing. He taught me up until I went away to college. He said I was pretty good at it so, when I went, I checked to see if I could DJ at the on campus club on the weekends and they said yes. Of course they wouldn't let me drink but I still had fun and a lot of girls slid me their number anyway."
Kono looked up at that and smirked, "Daniel Williams, a player? I would have liked to have seen that."
"I was not a player. Just because they gave me their numbers, doesn't mean I called them." Kono gave him a 'Seriously?' look. "Okay, I didn't call all of them, just a few. Anyway, I branched out to a few clubs in the area and got a few weekend gigs as well. It just helped to give me some pocket change through college. Once I finished college and started at the academy, I gave it up as training took up all my time but it was still always something I was interested in. So there you go, the story of me becoming a DJ."
"Oooo, fascinating."
"Don't throw Lilo and Stitch references at me. It was fun and it was easy money. Plus, it really did help me get laid so I wasn't mad at that. Your turn." Danny tilted his empty bottle towards her. Kono rolled her eyes and placed the laptop on the coffee table. She grabbed his bottle from him as well as her empty and headed to the kitchen. Danny pulled his right foot underneath him, grabbed his laptop back and continued on with the task at hand. He grabbed another Twizzler while he scanned the list of songs. Kono came back in with 2 bottles of beer in one hand and the grapes in a bowl in the other. She handed a bottle to Danny. They clinked bottles and each took a sip from their bottle. She picked a grape off, threw it up in the air and caught it in her mouth. She kept doing it again and again, throwing the grapes higher and higher. Danny eventually noticed by seeing the grapes flying in the air just above his eyeline. "What the heck are you doing?"
Kono, preparing to throw another grape, paused before stating, "Eating grapes." Before she continued to throw the grapes again and catch them in her mouth. Danny rolled his eyes at that.
"Well I see that! I meant why are you throwing them up in the air instead of eating them like a normal person."
"Cause this is how I always eat grapes at home. Care to try?" She offered up the bowl.
Danny shrugged his shoulders, "Sure, why not?" He placed the laptop back on the coffee table and plucked a few grapes and threw one up in the air. As he attempted to catch it in his mouth, it hit him in his nose instead. He caught it in his hand before it fell to the couch. Kono giggled at his failed attempt before throwing a grape in the air and catching it in her mouth, smirking at him as she chewed. It took Danny a few more throws but he was starting to get the hang of it. Soon, they were both competing to see who could throw the grape the highest in the air while still catching it in their mouth. Even though they were going grape for grape, Kono's experience won out when Danny made a throw that went a bit rogue and rolled under his recliner.
Kono smiled at him, "I win. You should never go up against a pro."
"Alright, alright. Fine, you win. Let me get the grape before it gets forgotten and starts rotting under there."
"Nah, I've got it." Kono said and got up before he could move. She walked across him and dropped to her knees, facing away from him. She bent down and stuck her arm under the recliner which, subsequently, stuck her ass in the air. It gave Danny a great view which he took the time to admire. She had a look of concentration on her face as she attempted to find the rogue grape. As she searched back and forth, he ass wiggled. Danny leaned back and relaxed. He hoped that it would take her a little while until she found it. "Ah ha!" She exclaimed. As she pulled her arm out, she wriggled backwards, causing her ass to follow suit. Danny contemplated 'accidentally' getting another grape stuck under there just to watch her do that again. She stood up and headed to the kitchen to throw the grape on the trash. When she came back, she had another 2 beers in her hand. Danny quickly finished his beer and handed her the empty before snagging his laptop into his lap again. He took a large sip before resting it on the side table and getting back down to business. Kono sipped her beer on the other end of the couch as her head bobbed to the music. She got up off the couch and started dancing around his living room. Danny looked up from his laptop and watched Kono dancing around his living room. He smiled softly at Kono, though she didn't see it. Keeping one eye on Kono, Danny threw together a quick playlist before grabbing his beer and joining her in dance. They weren't trying to impress each other, just enjoying the music, the alcohol flowing through their systems and each other's company. Kono noticed that Danny's beer was close to empty so she danced over and plucked it from his hand.
"Hey!" he exclaimed.
"Don't worry, I'm just getting you a fresh one. Keep enjoying your music!" Kono danced her way into the kitchen, deposited the empties in the trash and grabbed another 2 from the fridge. She returned to the living room to see Danny still dancing around to the music only he had turned off the overhead lighting and had instead turned on the few lamps that he had. When she handed him back the beer he wrapped his hand around hers and the bottle, preventing her from pulling away. She looked into his eyes. He smiled back at her.
"Dance with me," he stated simply, the alcohol making him a little more bold.
Kono smiled back and stepped into him, plastering herself to him, "Sure." He slid an arm around her waist. She slid both of hers around his neck, holding the beer in one of her hands but keeping it away from his skin. He spressed one of his thighs between her legs as they swayed back and forth to the music, casually taking sips from their beer bottles. "So, this how you danced with all the club bunnies back home?" Kono asked.
"Only the truly beautiful ones." Kono blushed at the implied compliment. Thank goodness it was dark and he couldn't see it. "Don't get me wrong, a lot of the girls were pretty back home but they always wore too much makeup so you rarely saw their true beauty. But the ones who did a little less always intrigued me more because you got to actually see them."
"Wow. That was a more thought out answer than I would have expected. That's actually pretty sweet Danny. So deep down, you really are a sweet guy." Danny ducked his head slightly.
"My sisters like to tease me over that as well. They say I'm loud like the rest of them and that I have a hard shell on the outside but, at my core, I'm soft and doughy like pignolata."
Kono turned her head to look at him and questioned, "What is a pignolata?"
Danny smiled, "A pignolata is a Scicillian dessert that's made up of a soft pastry where half of it is covered in chocolate hard icing while the other is coated in lemon hard icing. It sounds a bit weird but it's really good."
Kono wrinkled her nose, "It almost sounds like someone saying piña colada really badly."
"Yeah, I know."
Kono was silent for a few minutes. She down the rest of her beer and leaned over to pu the bottle down before she spoke again, "You any good at cooking?"
"Oh hell no! The only recipes I got as far as cooking go are a grilled cheese and my gran's lasagna. I am pretty good at baking though. Still working on the perfect pie crust though. That always eludes me."
"I've always been a sucker for dessert."
Danny grinned up at her, "Good, then you shall be putty in my hands."
Kono rolled her eyes, "You wish Williams."
Any other time Danny knew he would have held his tongue but the beer was taking a stronger effect now, especially seeing as they were both 5 in, "So what if I do sometimes." The comment hung in the air between them. He finished off his beer and placed the bottle down on the table.
"Oh!" Kono said softly. She leaned back to properly meet his eyes. Kono knew the alcohol was definitely helping influence her decision and she didn't know if his response was because of attraction or the alcohol but Danny's pupils were dilated, she could see that. Danny was staring intently into her eyes. She quickly looked down at his lips before their eyes connected again. They had stopped dancing at this point, just standing and staring at each other. She did another quick look down to his lips and back to his eyes. He had also looked down to her mouth but his eyes came back to hers a second later so she was able to catch him looking. He could see the debate in her eyes before it seemed like she had come to a conclusion. "What the hell," she whispered before closing the short distance between their mouths and slanting her lips over his. She wrapped both her arms around his neck to pull herself closer to him while he wrapped his other arm around her waist so that there was no space between them. His lips were soft and warm beneath hers. This wasn't a kiss of the guys she was used to dating; unsure and trying, this was the kiss of a guy who knew what he was doing, a guy with intention. He lightly probed the line of her lips with his tongue, testing to see if she would allow entry. She opened her mouth and he gently but assuredly delved in, tentatively searching out hers. Their tongues weren't battling but just in a slow, exploratory search with each other. She could taste the beer on his tongue though, she supposed, he could taste the same thing on hers. They spent a few minutes like this, just testing the waters of their first, albeit slightly drunken kiss. When Kono felt the need for a short change to the other side, she attempted to pull back but found that Danny simply followed her forward. She changed the position of her hands and used them to pull at his hair to pull him back. He groaned into her mouth. She used the momentary distraction to pull back from him. "I didn't think that hair pulling would be a turn on for you. You're usually so particular about people touching your hair otherwise."
"Different circumstances babe. I like having my hair played with as well as playing with a woman's hair." As if to reiterate his statement, he skimmed his hand up her spine and slid it into her hair. He got a soft grip on it and moved her head to the side so he could get at her neck. He placed soft kisses at the juncture of her neck and shoulder, working his way up to just behind her ear before starting the process over again but nipping lightly at her skin along the same path until he got to her earlobe which he pulled into his mouth and worried it gently with his teeth. She made a small noise of satisfaction. Danny kissed his way back down her neck to her pulse point. He started kissing at the point, then he switched to biting at it before he finished it off by applying a light but constant suction to it. Kono tightened the grip she had in his hair to keep him there. Encouraged by her moaning and her hand tightening in his hair, he made the suction slightly harder and Kono moaned louder. After a few minutes of this, Danny pulled back with a slight pop. "Kono," he whispered to her.
"Hhmm," Kono still looked a little dazed and out of it from their brief makeout session.
"Kono," Danny said with a bit more force so she would open up her eyes and concentrate on him. She opened up her eyes and focused on him. When he was sure he had her attention, he continued, "if you want to stop then please say something now because if we keep going like this, I'm not going to want to stop. With you, I don't think I could or would want to stop. So, do you want to stop?"
Kono didn't want to stop. A combination of the music, heat, beer and Danny didn't really make her want to stop. But she had been dreaming of this, of him for quite a while now and she definitely wanted to remember all of it. She wanted to be there and in the moment. She definitely didn't want her first time with Danny to be fueled by beer. So, regardless that her body was screaming 'YES!', she heaved a deep sigh and shook her head. "As much as I want this Danny, and believe me I do, I don't want our first time to be fueled by alcohol." Kono extracted her hands and body from his person.
Danny smiled at the implication that there might be a time in the future where they would actually sleep together. "Okay then. I'll see you tomorrow at work." He collected the 2 empty beer bottles and the bowl of grapes and padded back to the kitchen. He deposited the bottles in the trash before opening the fridge and placing the grapes on a shelf. When he came back into the living room, Kono had her shoes back on and the Twizzlers in hand. She turned and headed to the door when she saw Danny emerge from the kitchen. He followed her to the door and opened it for her. She turned back around to face him.
"Good night Danny. Thanks for a fun evening." She smiled.
"My pleasure. Thanks for helping put together a playlist. I'll see you at work tomorrow." He smiled back. He leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek. "Good night Kono. Get home safe."
"Thanks Danny. Good night." She turned around and headed down the walkway to her car. She hopped into her car and took a minute to collect herself. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself. She opened up her windows to let in the slightly cool night air to both sober her up and keep her from feeling any sort of drowsy. She started up her car for the drive back to her house.
Thanks again everyone for staying with me! I'm sorry about any errors that I make. My stories are unbeta'd so any mistakes are my own. If you notice either inconsistencies or any errors then please feel free to shoot me a message or leave a comment. See you next chapter!