You guys have no idea how thankful I am for all your hits & follows & reviews. MAHALO MAHALO MAHALO. As you can see, I'm super excited for this story, I have no idea why. I just seem to write chapters day after day, it's just the editing that's time-consuming (but it's all worth it). Just wanna add a not here: Sometimes, I refer to Danny as Danno, so in the same paragraph, you might come across 2 Danno's & 3 Danny's, so just to spare the confusion.. THEY ARE THE SAME DANNY WHOM WE LOVE & CHERISH! MAHALO guys again for being my motivation. Read on!

Disclaimer: I do not own Hawaii Five-0 or any of characters/settings... Shit that hurts.

"How about a kiss, Danno?"

A distant voice that sounded like Steve called

"Danno! How about a kiss?"

Steve's voice seemed to come closer

"DANNO!"

Now Danny woke up, startled, only to see Steve's perfectly-made face inches away from his own. Steve's perfume filling Danny's nostrils, making him feel tingly in the gut. "You fell asleep back there. I was asking you to help me carry this" & Steve immediately pointed at the luggage that was now out of the trunk. "Danno, come carry this!"

Danny was disappointed after he figured that the sentence he actually heard whilst dreaming was just a twist of what Steve was actually saying created by his unconscious which probably stood for extreme desire.

"So I take this as a sign that we arrived?" Danny asked Steve who is now carrying two suitcases & heading straight towards the silhouettes of what looked like the Five-0 team.

"Yep" Steve answered, he was struggling with the weight the suitcases were exerting so Danny rushed to aid his gorgeous partner. Steve & Danny exchanged glances & Steve gave him a smile of gratitude & the duo made their way to the rest of their crew.

"Hey! You two finally made it!" Chin greeted his co-workers. "Well Chin, you know me, always fashionably late" joked Steve. The two laughed & pound hugged. The rest of the team came around to greet the two guys. They all exchanged hugs & greetings. Then, Danny & Steve looked around the magnificent camp site that has been set up by their comrades.

There were three tents put up in a specific order: The beige one was for Kono & Chin, the larger gray one was for Max & Steve, & the largest red one was for Kamekona & Danny.

There were chairs everywhere & a few logs were collected for the camp-fire later that night. There were 4 coolers that contained ice, water, drinks & some foods like chocolate, chicken, meat, shrimp, bread & cheese. Max has set up a table for his laptop & a mini-satellite connected to his laptop for internet purposes. There were also speakers & an iPad playing Hawaiian folk music in a low, almost inaudible volume.

"I thought this was a no-technology camp?" Danny inquired as he saw all the gadgets lying around, "And where are you getting the electricity from?"

"On the contrary, my dear Danny" Max quickly answered, raising his eye-sight from his jet black laptop which he seemed super-focused on & directing it towards Danny's figure. "Nobody said this camp had no gadgets included. These gadgets work on the power of sunlight. As you can see, the speakers have sun-light receptors which turn the energy it catches from the sun into electricity & molecules that help the speakers function. As for my laptop, it's running on a battery I designed which lasts around 72 hours if used moderately, which of course, is my amount of usage. But the iPad, well it's not mine, so I'm not really concerned."

Danny was astounded by the speed at which Max can pronounce & annunciate perfectly. As for his scientific genius, he was so used to that "You seem well equipped here Max, though usually in normal camps, having a gadget with you is pretty much frowned upon 'cause camps are usually for nature-love purposes & so-"

"-Just shut up & embrace it, Williams" interrupted Kono, carrying some a few more logs she went to fetch as soon as him & Steve arrived. Danno smiled & helped her with the carrying which then ended as they placed the logs with the rest of the lot. Kamekona, Steve & Chin broke out a game of cards on one of the benches that were on camp site, but the weather, to Danny, was just right to sit, drink an ice-cold beer, inhale fresh, clean air & just relax.

Danny laid back & enjoyed the peace of mind he was in, forgetting his emotional conflicts, work-related stress, everything there is… His eyes were closed, he was surrounded by the mountain breeze, had ice cold water dripping from the beer bottle in his hands, he was drowning out all the noises surrounding him & just focusing on one thing… Grace.

He was thinking of Grace; remembering her birth, her first words, her first steps, the first time she smiled, the first time she said "Danno", the way she used to say "sudelkaket" instead of "supermarket", Danny had the biggest grin on his face & he didn't even know it, he kept remembering the little things she used to do when she was a toddler & he was now thinking of how she's all grown up & slowly turning into a young lady. Grace was his world & he couldn't help but always think of her wherever he went, she's his priority & his reason… she's his Monkey. Unconsciously though, Steve walks in to his thoughts so suddenly, taking over what was Grace's stage in Danny's thoughts. Steve was smiling at Danno, looking even more perfect than he already is in reality; his hair was shinier, his skin was brighter & his smile was even more breath-taking. Danno was smiling back without even knowing it, his grin growing even wider. "There's something about you, Danno, have I ever told you?" said the Steve in Danny's thoughts, whose voice was still stern, yet equally mesmerizing & compassionate. Steve was now walking closer towards Danny, who was feeling helpless, aiming his lips to his partner's. Everything was finally falling into place, everything seemed so strangely right, until Danny opened his eyes. He was feeling some sort of terror, but a good kind of terror, whatever that is! He awoke only to find Kono snapping pictures of him & her sweet laughter filled the campsite, he snatched her cellphone & saw how he was… Dreaming with his eyes closed but with a super-wide smile; he looked like a total creep.

"Now, THAT's creepy!" Steve said who is suddenly behind Danny, looking at that exact picture & laughing. Danny deletes the image (but there were tons others he had no idea about) & laughs back to show those two that he doesn't care.

Hours passed by & the crew had always something to do. After the "funny" incident with Danno's creepiness, everybody joined in Chin, Kamekona & Steve's game of cards, where everyone was split into pairs & well, Max & Kono eventually won Chin & Danny's team, as well as Kamekona's & Steve's. After that, Steve & Kono went to collect logs from the woods before it got too dark, Chin broke out his painting kit & started working on his hidden talent (painting) as he painted trees & birds which he saw all around, Kamekona was sitting in silence but probably thinking of how dinner will be prepped, Max was back behind his laptop working on a software of his own or a new experiment or, well, who knows. Everyone was busy except for Danny, who was left alone trying to figure out how to kill time, so he asked a question which, apparently, no one had the answer to.

"So where do we shower?"