K-I-S-S-I-N-G

A Torchwood Fanfic

Janto

Ianto was sitting at the coloring table with crayons in hand when a new boy walked into the room. It was immediately obvious that he was different. New kids were ALWAYS nervous. But not him. He walked in with a smile a mile wide and the bluest eyes Ianto had ever seen twinkling.

The teacher led him over to the coloring table. Ianto couldn't help being intrigued by the other boy, who was so happy, so different. "Ianto, this is Jack. This is his first day, so I expect you to be nice to him and show him around." The teacher turned to Jack. "Jack, this is Ianto. I'm sure he'd be glad to show you around today." She smiled at both of them. "Have fun, kids." She walked away.

Ianto sat, not really sure what to say. Finally, he picked up a book and a few crayons and offered them to Jack. "Like to color?"

"Yeah, I do. There's a cool program on the computer, but the old-fashioned way is fun too." Jack shot Ianto a 1000 watt smile, which surprised him nearly as much as his American accent.

"That's not a Welsh accent," he said. He could have kicked himself. He hated stating the obvious.

Jack didn't seem to mind, however. "Yup. My family just moved here from the States. It's rainier here, but still, I like Wales."

Ianto found himself enjoying the boy's company more and more. There was a certain amount of mystery to him, created in part by the fact that he was from America and Ianto had never been there. Ianto took charge at recess, introducing all of his friends to Jack. Owen seemed a bit sour when meeting him, but that was just Owen. Tosh seemed to like him, but she was nice to everyone. Gwen seemed a bit too interested in him, despite the fact that Rhys was always trying to get her to come swing with him or play tag. Jack seemed a bit wary of Lisa, saying only that she reminded him of someone back home, someone who he obviously didn't trust.

It only took a few days for Jack to become fully integrated into the group. It really was hard for anyone to resist his dazzling smile and non-stop sense of humor. By the time the week was over, Ianto had spent almost every second of each day with Jack, and in complete contrast with how he usually felt, he was dreading the weekend. Because he didn't want to spend even one day without seeing Jack.

His intuition was right. The days without Jack were torture. Ianto told his mother all about Jack, and she said, "Ianto, I think you've found a new best friend." She shook her head as he offered no protest to naps, knowing he was hoping that the time would go faster.

He leapt out of bed and was ready long before they needed to eat. He started shoveling down his cereal at high speeds before his mother saw him and scolded him to eat slower or he would choke. He did as he was asked, but as soon as he was done he started begging his mother to leave.

"What's your rush?" Rhiannon asked. She had just walked into the kitchen and began pouring herself cereal. "It's a half an hour until my school bus even gets here! What, you found a girlfriend at preschool?"

Their mother shook her head. "No, just a new friend. His name's Jack. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't hear about him. He's all Ianto could talk about this weekend."

At long last, Ianto got to school. Despite all his rushing, he didn't get there very early, because his mother had postponed leaving until a reasonable time. He found, to his intense relief, that Jack was already there, and struck up a conversation with him.

"My mom took me to the museum this weekend," Jack said. "Have you been there?"

"Of course!" Ianto loved going to the museum. "What's your favorite part?"

"The dinosaurs," Jack said with a mischievous gleam in his eye.

"Really? Mine too!" Ianto exclaimed excitedly.

"So what dinosaur's your favorite?" Jack asked eagerly. "Mine's the T-Rex."

"Pterodactyl." He replied immediately.

"Really?" Jack's eyebrows went up.

"Really. Always have been. I have a stuffed pterodactyl, I named it Myfanwy." Ianto flushed, not knowing why he had told him that.

Jack tilted his head and smirked. "You know, you're kinda cute when you blush."

The color of Ianto's cheeks deepened, and the teacher walked up to find him bright red and Jack laughing. "Come in, boys, you can't stand over here all day!"

Ianto spent the morning coloring with Jack just like the first day. Jack had managed to find a dinosaur coloring book and he worked on a T-Rex while Ianto concentrated on a pterodactyl.

When recess came, Jack wanted to climb one of the trees in the school yard.

"Jack, I'm not sure if that's a good idea..." Ianto said uncertainly.

"Come on, climbing trees is fun!" He looked at Ianto and seemed to see the reason behind the reluctance. "I'll make sure you don't get hurt."

"I don't know..." Ianto still hesitated.

"Please?" Jack drew out the word, making a puppy dog face. Ianto smiled and finally gave in, rolling his eyes.

"Alright, then."

"YES!" Jack's face converted back into his blinding smile and he began to climb the tree. Ianto followed him with slightly more difficulty.

Jack sat down on a sturdy branch and helped Ianto up beside him. Ianto stared down past their dangling feet to the ground, which seemed impossibly far, even though he knew they weren't even high enough to cause much damage if he fell. Jack glanced over and saw his worried expression.

"Don't worry, I won't let you fall."

Ianto just nodded. But the truth was, even though he couldn't explain why, the words comforted him. He didn't know why he trusted Jack so completely, but he did.

Jack began to swing his feet, and Ianto followed suit. They sat in silence for a while before Jack said, "You know, my dad told me about how he got caught in a cupboard with a girl when he was in preschool. Said he figured I'd do the same thing." He turned his head to look Ianto in the eye. "But you know what I thought?"

"What?"

"I thought, what would happen if I didn't get caught with a girl?" He smiled. "What would happen if I got caught with a boy?" And then he leaned forward and kissed Ianto quickly on the mouth.

For a moment total shock took over Ianto's consciousness. And then he heard Gwen's voice below.

"Jack and Ianto sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" She sang while she skipped around the tree.

Jack began to laugh and jumped down from the tree, glancing up and beckoning for Ianto (whose face was flaming red again) to come down as well. "If you want, sometime someone could be saying that about us," he said, winking at her. Giggling, she ran off. Tosh walked up, serious-faced.

"You guys know the next bit of the rhyme, don't you?" she asked.

"'Course," Jack replied, glancing at Ianto, who was still blushing.

"So... are you two going to have a baby then?"

Ianto's blush deepened as Jack giggled. "Nah, I think we'll wait a while for that." Tosh, too, ran away giggling.

Jack turned to Ianto, grinning. "See you later, then?" He turned and began to walk away.

"Jack!" Ianto called out, half regretting it even as he did so.

He turned. "Yeah?"

"Why'd you do that?"

Jack smirked. "I like being different." And with that, he walked away, leaving a startled Ianto Jones in his wake.


A/N: Sorry, guys, I know I'm weird :) this idea popped into my head quite a while ago, and wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it. If the premise was too confusing, here it is in a nutshell: you know all those adorable, little tiny kid relationships? So, this is basically just me imagining what it would be like with Jack and Ianto in one of those. And I had to throw the other characters in there, it just sort of happened when I wrote it. And hopefully by now it's clear why I named it like that. I tried to make them all act like little kids, but ya know, it's hard sometimes. A lot of what happened in this fanfic wasn't planned when i started writing it, but that's part of the fun. Such as the dinosaur part. that just was a nice touch that happened while i was writing.

Any questions, feel free to ask. And check out my ongoing Janto fanfic and my DW fanfic if you feel like :) not that I know when i'll update... PEACE :D