MCA #0, Saturday Morning

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They'd gotten back to Fandom in time to fall asleep last night. After a productive few days back in Hawaii.

Well. Semi-productive.

It was a whole thing. Much like this morning was going to be a whole thing too! Wasn't that just the best thing after a week of being high strung and annoyed?

But for now, Danny at least, was enjoying his sleep even as there was noise in the kitchen that was decidedly not Steven.

[for those kids and the guy living there!]

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Okay, maybe it wasn't a good idea to look too closely into how Nahele could pick a lock, but he'd recognized Charlie from the park and brought him along with him.

And now he was making breakfast.

Well.

Toast.

Now he was making toast.

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Danny forced himself out of bed to make sure Steve wasn't trying to feed him whole wheat again. And then stopped in the doorway to the kitchen at Not Steve.

And Grace's little brother.

"Hi," he said slowly.

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"Danno!" Charlie all but shouted, leaving Nahele on his own to go hug Danny's leg.

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"Aloha," Nahele said with a sheepish grin. "Charlie was hungry."

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"Aloha," Danny echoed faintly, placing a hand on Charlie's head. Then sort of turned his head to bellow, "Steven!" in a way that wouldn't hopefully upset either of the kids in his kitchen.

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"I'm coming, I'm coming, keep your shirt on," Steve yelled back from the lanai where he stopped stripping out of his wet suit and just kind of...sopped on into the room.

"Huh."

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Undeterred by the dampness, Charlie let go of Danny's leg to go throw himself at Steve's. "Uncle Steve! You went swimming without me."

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"Hey there, buddy," Steve said, crouching down to hug him. "I didn't know to wait for you! Sorry about that. Is Grace here too?"

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"Just me an' Nahele," Charlie replied, glancing back at the teenager like it was way cooler than Grace. Nahele wanted to play with him, right? Right?

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Danny smiled at Charlie and then at Nahele in a tight-lipped little motion before having one of those eyebrow discussions with Steve about what the hell was going on here.

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Steve had absolutely no idea, Danny. None.

"Right. Is Nahele your...sitter?" Steve guessed.

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Nahele gave him one of those unimpressed looks that only a teenager could manage. "Not without getting paid for it," he muttered.

It was the most important thing that Kamekona taught him.

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Danny continued that silent conversation with a counterpoint of well, what were you doing sixteen or so years ago?

"Okay, I'm gonna need some coffee for this, I think."

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Steve tried to eyebrow say "nothing this interesting but he ended up looking constipated instead. "Fair enough. So. Nahele. What brought you here?"

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"A, uh, strange portal," he said, frowning as he tried to parse what the hell they were doing making faces at each other. But then again, it was best to not dwell too much on stuff between the two of them.

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"That you just went through?" Danny asked, sounding exasperated as he grabbed the stuff to make pancakes for their guests now that coffee was brewing.

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Nahele muttered under his breath, then shrugged.

Steve blinked. "Charlie, did you just wander through a portal too, or do your mom and dad know you're here?"

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"Danno knows I'm here," Charlie said like Steve was just being silly about this.

Did Danny kinda flinch a little at the nickname? Maybe just a tiny bit. But he was powering on through because the kid was too young to get the whole situation.

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"Well, yeah, buddy, but your folks at home might get worried," Steve said.

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"Grace said she came," Charlie said stubbornly.

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"Yes, but--" Danny took a deep breath. "How about we give your mom a call, yeah? Just to humor me."

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"And what's your...whole thing?" Steve asked Nahele, who sighed and rolled his eyes.

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"Wow," Danny replied dryly, amused at Steve's expense because it was way safer than freaking out over Charlie here. "Watch Steve for me, will you two? I'm gonna make a call."

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Steve gave Nahele a "well?" sort of look as he poured himself a cup of coffee.

"You helped me out of a jam," Nahele muttered to his toast. "You keep an eye on me sometimes."

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"He works at the shrimp truck!" Charlie chimed in. Which might have been another clue that this was definitely the future. Or a future.