Lizet's Place

I laughed far too much while typing this. I wanted more inuendos, but I was also trying to give myself a word count limit to stick to...and this is what I came up with.

Set in the same time/universe as the pieces from week 1 and week 2.

"Kuchisabishii" is a uniquely Japanese word that literally means “lonely mouth” or “longing to have or put something in one's mouth.” It can also be explained as mindless eating or eating when you are not hungry.

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There was a group of them standing to the side in the dining room watching the scene unfold.

"My grandmother called it kuchisabishii," Adam said.

The comment seemed random and out of the blue, but they were all watching the same thing.

A beat of silence.

"Alright, I'll bite. What does that mean?" Steve asked with a raised eyebrow.

Adam snorted at Steve's choice of words. "Kuchisabishii is a uniquely Japanese word that literally means “lonely mouth” or “longing to have or put something in one's mouth.” It can also be explained as mindless eating or eating when you are not hungry."

Steve snorted, but for a completely different reason and he turned his attention back to his partner. Danny seemed to be the definition of that. They'd already finished eating, but there he was, snacking on various appetizers that remained while the cleanup crew took the food from the dining room to the kitchen.

"Does he do this often?" Kono asked in amazement. She could put away her fair share of food, but she didn't see how Danny could still be eating.

"Oh yeah, Uncle D always has something in his mouth," Eric added.

Steve, Adam, and Kono snorted.

This has been A WEEK!

Written for Week 2 at therealljidol. The prompt is "What Really Matters". And... I doubled my word count from the last time. Heck yeah! 400 words.

Set in the same time as Black Rainbow.

Doesn't Really Matter

"What really matters," Danny began, "is what others have to say doesn't really matter."

"Getting mighty philosophical there, Williams," Steve replies with a snort.

"No...hear me out," Danny began.

Steve could tell his partner was gearing up for something good. Whether it was truly good or just him trying to hype both of them up remained to be seen.

"This is something we've dreamed about for years. Sure, you initially had to give me the hard sale for it, but I came around when you showed me how much research you'd before even broaching the topic with me," Danny continued.

Steve knew he was right. The dream had started with him...or rather his aunt before her death. The Victorian-style house she owned in California had been updated and modernized and was a nice little Bed and Breakfast that his sister was successfully running. Steve thought the same could be done on the land that his parents owned in Hawaii...but it was proving to be more difficult than he first thought.

"So what if those land developers are trying to take the land from us. You've never backed down from a fight. That's not the soldier you are."

Steve rolled his eyes hard and muttered "Sailor. I was in the Navy, Danny."

Danny waved his hand as if batting the comment away. "You know what I mean, McGarrett. You fought me on this and I came around and believe in you...in this."

"Fighting you is like foreplay," Steve replied. "Fighting land developers actively trying to take our property? That's something different. I don't have the type of money to back us up to fight against them."

"But...you have the people of this land behind you," Danny said. "I'm sure they'd rather have you here knowing that you'll keep the land as it is rather than whatever the developers have in mind for the land."

If he felt like it, Steve could argue the point, but since they started on this pet project, he and Danny have employed quite a few of the Islanders over the last few years and have really made an effort to give back to the community they live in.

"So what you're saying...," Steve began with a slow, cheeky grin, "is that what really matters is what others have to say doesn't really matter."

"Bingo!" Danny exclaimed, ignoring that Steve repeated his own words back to him.

cutting because it could be spoilers if you don't want to know about certain upcoming guest stars on H50

( I think about the oddest things when I should be trying to go back to sleep. )

a fic can be all sorts of good (when it started) but as the chapters go on, it gets boring.

perhaps due to the author posting once a week, or annoyed by some thrown in (in my opinion) relationship, or some other unknown reason, but I'm really bored with a lot of the fics that I subscribe to.

The only real reason, I feel, that I continue reading them is because I have to finish reading them (unless they are too far out there, then I stop and wait until the final chapter has been posted, and read that.

also, this movie I'm watching, Intruders (with Clive Owen) is also kind of boring. I might give it another go another time.

AO3 has sucked away 4 hours of my life. time for a change in scenery.

and by that I mean doing homework - or something that resembles homework.

*sighs*

unless anyone can point me in the direction of some good Danny/Kono fic...