Disclaimer: I do not own Hawaii Five 0, if I would, Kono would have been treated better... I'm only taking the wonderful characters and play with them for fun, I'll give them right back on time for season 3.

A/N: This fic will incorporate most of the characters from my previous fics such as Mary Ann, Kono's mom, Malia, maybe more...

Starts after S02E10.

Please tell me what you think. It takes me a while until I form an opinion on what I write and where I want to go, and your reviews are the best thing you can do to help me out. They are also make me very happy.

Hope you'll like it.

R.

It happens sometime after he's back from North Korea. Maybe he was tortured there worse than he thinks. it's all a blur really, the blows to his body, the electric shocks, the lack of sleep, and dehydration, must have screwed up with his head or something, and he can only blame himself, because he knew the risks, and the implications of going in there. After they took Jenna and him, the torture part was almost anticipated, and he should consider himself lucky to only suffer this temporarily loss of sanity as a consequence. Tortures are not a game. For crying out loud, he read the fucking manual at basic training, and even went through the actual thing. Twice. His big mouth and uncontrolled tendency to refuse authority made him the first SEAL to ever be punished with being forced to go under interrogations training series two times in a row. This was sheer luck, really, because by the consuming rage he saw on his CO's face at the time, it was obvious he was a promising candidate for a third time, too.

So, maybe this is all just a late reaction to being tortured. At least, this is his story, and he's sticking by it. They can't make him change his story even with physical tortures, which wa exactly his original point.

()()()

He goes back to work after only one day of recuperating at home. He does it despite the very vocal objections of both Chin and Danny, but if they think he's going to stay home to nurse his wounds, climbing the fucking walls with boredom, they are sadly mistaken. Besides, he has to get away from the house because Lori keeps showing up there, bringing special treats and home cooked food and tries to take care of him. He didn't need a woman to take care of him in the last twenty one years, and he certainly doesn't need one now. He doesn't know what is exactly the problem with her, but she makes him restless and on edge every time she's around. If he wasn't too embarrassed to confess it, he would say he's kinda scared of her. He doesn't usually get scared of people, Wo fat's special treatment is another proof of that, so he can't tell for sure. Tactically speaking, he just thinks he shouldn't be alone with her in the same space, leave alone his own house, especially when he's still too weak to fight her off, if needed. If it means having Danny screaming at him for being an ass, then let be it.

()()()

It's good to know he can always count on Danny. The minute he gets in HQ, his partner is all over him, shouting and cursing and flailing his arms in the air, demanding of him to go home. Apparently, Chin shares the same opinion, only he does it in a lower and more leveled voice, so it's easier to bare with his splitting headache. As Chin is much too happy these days to care about anything, and he can take Danny's abuse, if only as a matter of habit, he only has to find a way to avoid Lori with her unnerving eagerness to please him, and he will be all set. He knows he's being a jerk, but he finds a way to send her on a few stupid missions outside of HQ, just to make it easy on himself. After all, this is his natural right as the team leader, and he deserves some slacks with his current injuries.

With Danny's shouting, and the near miss with Lori, he is still in a fragile state of mind when Kono steps in to HQ. Kono. The only piece of sanity around him. Her presence there now, makes him count his blessings for having her on his team in the first place. Kono is the only one who makes it all seems normal again, and under control. Kono, who comes bouncing lightly into HQ, looking happy and energetic as ever, and shines her beautiful dimpled smile towards him...

"You're losing it boss" she tells him, crossing her arms and scanning his battered body slowly "it took you, what? a whole day since your little trip to North Korea and until you marched back in here? way too long for a ninja SEAL like you. You must be getting old..."

"I only thought of you guys" he answers, smiling back in relief "you all came there looking for me, I was worried you couldn't handle things on your own."

"Nah, Brah" she says dismissively "we all had too many vacations days, probably because of your famous oppressive regime around here, we just wanted to go somewhere nice."

"Nice?" he grins widely "it was a fucking Jungle."

"Well..." she shrugs, eyeing him happily "you know how Danny hates the beach..."

"Will you two stop flirting?" Danny looks impatiently at their joyous exchange of words "can't you see he has a post traumatic brain injury? don't encourage him."

"What are you talking about?" she looks doubtingly at Danny "he looks exactly like his normal self."

"Exactly my point" Danny shakes his head in annoyance "like his normal state of post traumatic brain injury. It's not a joke, it tends to get worse when he's wounded. Let's go Iron man" he pulls Steve by his arm, "we actually have a new case."

()()()

It happens sometime after he's back from North Korea. Maybe he was tortured there worse than she thinks, and this is what explains his temporary state of insanity, but she has the sneak suspicion that it's not entirely the case.

Because, it actually happens before Chin's wedding. The very night before Chin's wedding if you want to be more specific about it, which she doesn't, because she really wants to forget all about it and keep it away from her mind. No need to dwell on it, if you ask her. No need at all.

()()()

She wants to be Chin's best man at the wedding, and she really thinks she has a good case for it, too. She means, she is definitely the best candidate after all. She was the one to have his back for so many years and to stick by him, and she's family, and Malia likes her, now, when they're on speaking terms again... So yeah, definitely, the job should be hers, if you only ignore the tiny little detail that she is, in fact, not exactly a man. Apparently, her otherwise loving and open minded cousin is unable to ignore that fact, and offers the job to fucking Steve instead. Which she has to admit, has some positive qualities going for him, but still... What the hell? He is still a little, and she's being kind here, damaged from his nice little vacation in North Korea, so this is the only reason she doesn't challenge him into a duel for the title, even though she's so fucking mad, she thinks she would have actually won.

After taking away her natural place at Chin's side, they do another shitty thing, and try to keep her away from his bachelor's party. They tell her that this is a guys' thing, and she should go and have fun at Malia's party. They know fucking well, she will never survive a whole evening of girl's talks, about love and babies, while being surrounded by pink ornaments and tacky overly commercial and unnecessary presents, even if they will have cupcakes, which they will, and it actually makes her consider it for a millisecond or so. Luckilly, Malia knows it. Probably, because she is reluctant to do it herself, and is being aggressively pushed into it by her mother and practically all of Chin's and Kono's aunts. When they all discuss it again, for the hundredth time, and someone suggests Kono will practically organaize the stupid party, it makes Malia to practically explode with laughter. Fortunately, Malia's support and her understanding of Kono's limited ability to sustain such an experience, is calming enough to prevents her from actually shoot someone.

Eventually, Chin probably sees his cousin's point, or much more likely, gets a specific instruction from his bride to be, because he invites her to his bachelor's party the next day.

()()()

"Ok, you can come" Danny says, looking exasperatingly at Kono "but I want to make it clear for the protocol, that I'm worried you would totally ruin my vibe there."

"What vibe?" she asks curiously. She had known Danny for a year and a half now, and for the life of her, couldn't detect anything that might be counted as a vibe.

"My vibe, my groove..." No. Nothing. He'll have to try to be more specific.

"He thinks you'll ruin his moves with the ladies..." Chin explains helpfully. Well, not as helpfully as he might think, she can't recall any moves either.

"I'll try to stay away from you" she says, trying to reassure him "if you want I can tell everyone I'm your sister." He looks at her doubtfully. "Maybe your adopted sister...?"

"I didn't realize the purpose of the party was to get you a date" Steve says from behind them, joining the conversation.

"It's not" both Chin and Kono answers in unison.

"Good" Steve says decisively "but if you really need a date, maybe I can hook you up with Max. I'm sure he'll like it."

"Do that, and I'll let Lori know you want to take her with you" Danny says it without blinking. The sheer panic that forms on Steve's face makes the three of them glow with happiness. They all think he needs to pay for the fear and distress his disappearance with Jenna had caused them. It's not even come close to the full price yet, but it's a promising start.

"What are you all talking about?" Lori steps in, and stands next to Steve. She always stands a little bit too close to him, and it's funny to see the way he unconsciously cringes when she does that.

"We're planning my bachelor's party" Chin says kindly to her, and it gets Kono worried she might try to push herself into it. You know, like the way she pushed herself into the team. Her team. She should really talk to Chin about his overly exaggerated and ill directed politeness.

"Sounds fun" Lori smiles sweetly "I think Malia is planning a real nice gathering too, she asked me to bring chocolates and some other stuff. What are you bringing Kono?"

Malia is probably the kindest, smartest, most beautiful creature in the entire world. Her overwhelming generosity in forcing Chin to take her with him and her willing to sacrifice herself by inviting Lori to her own party, is the best present she could offer Kono, after stealing her beloved cousin. If Chin wouldn't have married her, she would have done it herself.

()()()

They go to a really nice bar in Chinatown, and sit in the corner of the bar, ordering several rounds of beers .

Danny makes a big fuss about forcing Steve to pay for the first round, to prove he has his wallet, and surprisingly, he does. They tease Chin for getting married and Danny takes the time to explain what a crucial mistake he is making, and how he should start collecting money for the divorce. She knows Chin is practically a saint, but the fact that he keeps laughing at Danny's rants and lets him keep talking, is a new level even for him.

()()()

Steve and her spend most of the time arguing about their last case. She calls it arguing, but it might be a tad more volatile than that. They have a very simple difference of opinions where she feels he used the wrong tactic storming the warehouse where the gun dealers were hiding, and acted foolishly all together, and he thinks that he didn't. Obviously, he is wrong.

She tries to make her point by showing him the correct approach, because she really tries to be helpful here, and she uses their beer bottles and most of the peanuts in the bowl they share, to prove her point. At the same time, he keeps moving the really nice formation she presents there, while he tries to make his own case. It all starts to deteriorate and become more and more heated, and really fast.

When she thinks back about what happens next, she blames it partly on of the high alcohol consumption, at least on her part, the control freak beside her only drinks a couple of beers, and partly on the fact that the blond bartender keeps hanging around their corner, sending smoldering looks towards Steve, and flashes him with her cleavage, every time she leans over.

She doesn't really know what possesses her, but the next time the cheap harlot comes their way, smiling flirtatiously towards him, and makiing him smile back, diverting his attention from the very important discussion they are having, she stands up in her seat, reaches to her little apron, which probably serves only to highlight her curves, pulls her closer, and tells her to stay the fuck away from him.

There's a sudden quiet around their corner when both Chin and Danny are looking at her with surprise, and Steve has an unreadable concentrated expression on his face as he watches her strong arm forces the blond girl on the counter, while the other lays protectively across his chest.

"You can let her go now" Chin says quietly, after nobody moves for a few seconds, and she realizes she still looks at the slutty girl with pure murder in her eyes. She does let her go, and tries to regain her composure with as much dignity as possible, but the damage is already done.

When Danny tries to salvage the situation, ranting animatedly about how he can't take Steve anywhere anymore because, every woman in a one mile radius is eye-humping him, and it makes him feel cheap, she can't bare it anymore, excuses herself and disappears to the bathroom.

()()()

He is still banged up, possibly brain damaged from his near death experience, and she is partially drunk, and already riled up with their recent argument and her collision with Miss. cleavage over there, so when he chases her across the poorly lit bar, and grabs her hand she initially shakes it away from him, as she tries to avoid further escalation. He is too strong though, and the fact that she's trying to fight him off, only causes him to react in a more demanding way, and he finds himself pushing her against the wall, effectively pinning her againsg it with his body.

"What are you doing?" he asks her with an air of intensity in his low voice, his eyes boring into hers, making her stumble on her words at first.

"N-Nothing..." she tries to push him away from her without success. "Leave me alone" she tries again, and with a strong and well directed kick to his shin, catches him off guard and makes him move away. "Let it go Steve..." she says again behind her back as she makes her way towards the door.

He takes a deep breath, when she gets away from him, and he thinks he should go back to the bar, to Chin and Danny, but when he looks towards her retreating back, he catches her sending a quick look towards him, just before the door slams behind her. She doesn't smile, or makes any movement to indicate that she wants him to follow her, so he tries to convince himself that he's only doing it because she's drunk and he is concerned about her safety, but he knows it's not true the minute he runs, yes fucking runs towards her. He finds her walking towards the parking lot, and pushes her the thirty feet which separate them from his truck. He is crashing her forcefully against the side of the vehicle, and they are back to where they were less than a minute ago.

Yeah, he's really starting to piss her off with the way he touches her, and forces himself on her. Maybe she's more drunk than she thought, because she took pity on him, in the bar just now. She should have directed the kick a little higher and to the middle, and cause some real pain. She is about to do exactly that, when she looks up into his deep blue eyes, and feels like her sobriety comes back at an instant. She concentrates on his slightly opened mouth, and her breaths becomes faster and more labored. When she suddnely feels his body relaxes, she suspects that he finally got his senses back too. She's right, because he's about to let her go, but he's so close, that her judgement is all gone again, so when he starts to pull away, she really has only one option. One, so she acts fast, before the opportunity escapes.

She makes a swift movement, and grabs his polo shirt's collar, pulling him towards her and crashing her lips onto his. As she swings them around, to pin him against the car, while her hands still holding his shirt tightly, she feels his initial surprise changes into a frenzied attack of his own. There is a low feral growl that he makes when she moves her leg between his, and his arms take a hold of her waist. There's an electric storm around them, and they both know, there is effectively no way back anymore.

So this is when it happens. This is when they sleep together.