Hitting the disconnect button on his phone, Chin leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes.

"Did you reach Danny's parents?" Kono asked quietly as she joined Chin outside Steve's hospital room.

"Yeah, they are trying to catch the next flight here." Chin answered as he opened his eyes and looked at his cousin, "I just hope they make it in time."

"Danny's not going to die." Kono stated firmly, her lip began to quiver as she added softly, "He can't die, Chin, not now, not after everything that's happened."

Chin shrugged, too upset to even speak as he wrapped his arms around his cousin and pulled her closer, his head resting on hers as she sobbed into his shoulder, his own tears slowly trickled down his face. Chin continued to hold Kono for a minute or two, before he released her and quickly wiped away his tears with his hand. Swallowing hard, he asked, "Did you know that Danny's father had a mild heart attack a couple of weeks ago? His sister just told me."

Kono's eyes opened wide in surprise, "No, is he okay? Why didn't Danny say anything?"

"His dad's looking good for a full recovery." Chin sighed before he shrugged guiltily and added honestly. "I don't know the reason why Danny didn't tell us or Steve. Maybe he thought we just wouldn't care…"

Startled by Chin's answer, Kono wiped away her own tears as she stared at him, "Why would he even think that we didn't care? Danny knows he's ohana, Chin, of course we care."

"Does he really know if he's still ohana, anymore?"

"Of course he does." Kono answered before she frowned uncertainly, "He has to know that, right? I mean Chin, he's Danny!"

Chin shook his head slowly, his heart breaking, as the realization that had washed over him like a tsunami when he had watched the nurse pick up the only card that had wished Danny to get well, washed over him again. The only card that Danny had received was from his own children. There had been none of the cards or well wishes from anyone else that Steve had received.

Chin could still see the hurt, he had not allowed himself to acknowledged, in Danny's eyes when Danny had asked if any of the many cards Steve had received mentioned him. Instead they had laughed and told him 'No' and teased him about it. Hell, they couldn't have made it more obvious who they believed was the most important patient in the room last night. They had all crowded around Steve's bed, leaving Danny with just Gracie and Charlie around his bed. Danny must have felt like he was the third wheel in the room, just an unwanted roommate whose presence was merely being tolerated.

Deep down Chin knew that it wasn't how everyone felt. The last few hours had been a coaster ride of emotions that had ranged from the depths of despair and fear when they had believed they were going to loss Steve to total elation when the transplant operation had been a success and they found out Steve would make a full recovery. No one had even thought of the risks Danny was taking. He was unable to push away the guilt of ignoring his own voice that screamed in his head that Danny needed to be completely checked over after the plane crash, instead he had allowed himself to turn a blind eye to any possible unseen injuries Danny might have suffered and he had allowed Danny to go after the bastards who had almost killed Steve.

Chin shook his head slowly as he admitted that Danny was an extremely important member of their close knit ohana, the level headed brother who could keep them in check when they needed it. Chin swallowed down the hot bile that rose in the back of his throat as he realized that sometimes actions could speak louder than words, even when those actions did not mirror the truth of how they really felt about him. Looking back at Kono, he softly admitted, "No, I don't think Danny does anymore, Kono."

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AN- I'm sorry this is such a short chapter but the next one will be longer I promise- I just wanted to do a quick update so you would know this story has not been abandoned.