A/N: okay, this chapter kinda ended up a little drabble with a nice Janto ending to it. Sorry if it's not as good as my usual chapters, but I tried!

Disclaimer: If I owned Torchwood, I wouldn't be writing on here would I?

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Ianto had been ecstatic to be with his family again, and he knew Jack felt the same, but this time they had Tosh with them. He had watched as she had gone from being cautious, to being full of wonder, and eventually, she became extremely happy.

Tosh and James had definitely taken quite a liking to each other. They flirted and bantered and walked arm in arm together along the harbor with the rest of the family, enjoying the sunny day.

"I do believe that James has made our dear little Toshiko happy." Jack whispered as he and Ianto walked hand in hand together.

Ianto smiled and nodded in agreement. "I do believe he has. I know they've been talking on the phone every day. Tosh usually calls him around lunch before he heads into work, and he calls her while he's on lunch before she goes to bed."

"They look cute together." Jack said honestly.

"They do look very cute together."

"Owen's going to be so jealous when James moves out there." Jack snickered slightly.

Ianto wanted to laugh. "Especially because the two have been talking about letting James stay with Tosh since she has a spare bedroom."

"Tosh and James as flat mates?" Jack muttered thoughtfully. "I think Tosh would be coming to work with a big grin on her face every day he was there."

This time Ianto chuckled softly. "James would make sure of that." he agreed. "Alistair said if Tosh decides to spend the night, he'll help her get home tomorrow. You think we can spare her for a day?"

"I do believe we could." Jack agreed.

Ianto smiled. He had been correct in thinking that James was just what Tosh had needed, and to top it off Tosh had pulled James out of his small bout of depression that he had fallen into after his last girlfriend had broken up with him with a 'dear john' letter while he was in Afghanistan.

"Okay, so, what are we doing exactly?" Tosh asked curiously.

"We're going to take a tour of a navy ship." said Ianto with a smile.

"The U.S.S. Makin Island is here this year." said James.

"Oh." said Tosh. Then she paused. "I have no idea what that is."

"Don't worry Tosh, I don't either." said Jack with a smile.

Ianto watched as they talked, but then he smiled when he saw Gareth and Alonso walk up, and Gareth was wearing the exact same clothes.

'I saw we scare Tosh a little Gareth.' he thought with a smile.

He heard his brother chuckle in his head. 'That's a little cruel isn't it?' Gareth thought back.

'Just a fun little scare.' Ianto protested.

So the two brothers devised a plan, and they waited till the group stopped and Tosh was busy talking to James.

Gareth suddenly walked up behind Tosh and when she turned around she bumped into him.

"Oh! Ianto, don't scare me like that!" she protested, talking to Gareth.

"I'm right here Tosh." Ianto said, gently grasping her shoulder from behind.

Tosh let out a sudden cry of shock making everyone laugh as she looked between Gareth and Ianto. "Ianto! There's two of you!"

"He's my twin Tosh." Ianto chuckled.

"Though we might as well be two of the same person sometimes." Gareth said with a laugh.

Tosh starred. "And he sounds like Jack!"

"Don't feel bad Tosh, it was a bit odd to me at first too." Jack pointed out.

"I think it was awkward for most of us." said Alistair walking up to them.

Tosh looked up and gawked at him. "Good Lord you're tall."

"Tosh this is my oldest brother Alistair." Ianto said, introducing her. "But don't worry, you get used to him."

"Yeah, it's his son Alan you've got to watch out for." Jack chimed in. He let out a sudden cry of shock when someone pounced on his back.

"Hey! Don't be rude about me! Just because I'm a suicidal maniac, that scares the entire FBI building with my diabolical laughter, that doesn't mean you've got to watch out for me!" Alan said, pouting playfully.

Ianto jumped up and smack Alan on the back of the head.

"Ouchies!"

"You're an idiot sometimes you know that!" Ianto protested. He paused though when he saw the bandage wrapped around Alan's neck. "What'd you do this time?"

"I got a dart to the neck." he said with a chuckle.

"Playing darts with Luis in the bar while they were both drunk." Alayna protested, standing beside him.

"You're a piece of work you know that Alan?" Ianto sighed, shaking his head. "A dart to the neck. Wow, EPIC FAIL! You looser!"

"Yes! But I'm an entertaining looser!" Alan proclaimed.

Tosh tugged on Ianto's sleeve. "Are you really related to him?" she asked softly.

"Not biologically thank God." Ianto admitted.

"And personally I like to pretend that I'm not." Alistair admitted. "I don't know where you got the evil laugh Alan. I don't have an evil laugh and I take dark souls."

Tosh looked up at Ianto inquisitively and he just shook his head with a smile.

"Don't worry about it. This family is so far beyond average that we make Torchwood look normal." he told her with a smile.

"No wonder Jack found a place to fit in." Tosh giggled.

"So what's up short stack?" Alan asked, roughing up Ianto's hair.

"Don't call me short stack!" Ianto snapped. He always hated that name. He was always fine when Tim called him 'Yan' but 'short stack' was way too far out of line.

"What? You don't like that name?" Alan asked playfully.

"You remember the fight we got into last time you called me that?" Ianto asked.

"Oh come on, the name's not that bad!"

Ianto just began rattling off in Welsh making Gareth double over in laughter and Alistair chuckle while everyone else starred.

"What did you say?" Alan asked, obviously confused.

"He said you're nothing more then a then a giraffe with half a brain!" Gareth laughed.

"Well that's mean!" Alan protested.

"Then don't call me short stack. You know that bugs me." Ianto shot back. "Or then I'll really get angry."

"If you really wanted to Ianto, you could just call him daikaiju." Tosh said.

"What's that mean?" Ianto asked, perplexed.

"It's means giant monster. Like… say, godzilla." Tosh giggled.

Ianto smiled as Alan let out an annoyed huff.

"I'd prefer to be called none of the above." he muttered.

"So then, no name calling, deal?"

"Deal." Alan sighed.

"Did you really call him a giraffe with half a brain?" Jack whispered in Ianto's ear.

"Yes, yes I did." he admitted with a smile. He knew Jack was going to be quite surprised about his new attitude. He had behaved last time around family because of Alistair's wedding, this time, he was around his favorite brothers, his most annoying nephew, and he was going to just let loose and act like his old self.

And that meant regaining his title as the loudest, most outgoing, out there, rowdy and rambunctious sibling of the family. A side of himself he never showed in Cardiff, but a side he knew would make Jack start pining over him the moment they got home.

But for now, he focused on the favorite nephew who was now jumping up and down excitedly for Tosh's attention.

"Hi Miss Tosh!" said Kit hugging the small Japanese woman tightly. "You came to visit!"

Tosh laughed and hugged him tightly. "I came to visit."

"Thanks for the watch Miss Tosh. I really like it, I wear it every day see?" Kit told her, holding up his wrist with the watch on.

Ianto smiled. Between Kit and James, he could feel Tosh's emotions settle into extreme content and happiness and nothing else. It was perfect in his opinion, and he knew nothing was going to spoil the mood.

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The day had been extremely content and full of laughter. Ianto found himself holding Jack's hand most of the day, ignoring the occasional disapproving glance from people outside of the family, but he didn't care. He was surrounded by family, Jack, and Tosh, and everyone was happy making him happy too.

Ianto and Jack had stayed for dinner before Alistair helped them back home.

But Tosh stayed with James.

Jack had decided she needed time away from Cardiff just as he had, and so Alistair had taken her home to her flat to retrieve some clothes, and she was going to stay with James until later that week.

"So…. How are we going to explain to Gwen and Owen where Tosh is?" Ianto asked with a smile as they walked into his flat after driving home from the hub.

"We'll just tell them the truth, that she's in the states with James for the week." Jack said with a smile.

Ianto chuckled. "I'm not sure I really want to feel the jealousy that's going to be radiating off of Owen when we tell him tomorrow morning."

"Hey, he kinda deserves it for being an ass to Tosh. Don't get me wrong, Owen is my friend, but…. It's kinda nice to see our dear little Toshiko get some payback."

"I have to agree." Ianto said with a smile and a nod as he sat down on the bed and slipped off his shoes. He laughed though when he felt Jack's emotions come through full blast, affection, adoration, and quite bit of lust. "I knew acting as outgoing as I did today, I'd get you all worked up."

"You did that on purpose!" Jack protested.

Ianto laughed again. "I did!" he admitted.

"You're cruel when you're happy."

"Not cruel. I just enjoy teasing you mercilessly." Ianto said, giving Jack the smile he knew would drive the older man up the walls. He stood up and walked over then he gently tugged on Jack's braces, leaning in till their noses were almost touching. "You're drooling Jack."

Jack gulped and closed his eyes, obviously trying to tamp down his reaction.

"Oh no you don't!" Ianto pulled him down by his braces and pushed their lips together in a deep, fevered kiss. Then walked backwards towards the bed before flipping them around and lunging forward so that Jack fell backwards with Ianto on top of him.

"I love it when you take control." Jack said excitedly between kisses.

"Like I said all those months ago. I may be a nerd, but I'm certainly not innocent." Ianto said breathlessly with a smile.

Jack just laughed, and with that, Ianto starting kissing him again while they made quick work of each other's clothes.

Deep down Ianto couldn't help but feel extremely happy with the way he was changing. He promised he would never blend into the shadows and wallow in his self pity ever again, that he was going to enjoy life as each day passed.

He decided if he was going to die young, at least he had officially climbed out of his shell, and had fallen madly in love, and he wouldn't have it any other way.

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A/N: like I said, the whole thing ended up a bit more like a drabble, but I did like writing the Janto ending. Anyway, let me know what you guys thought! Next chapter... well I'm thinking we'll get somewhere around the episode 'out of time'. So we're getting closer to... dun dun dun... end of days! whoo... let's see how that goes over shall we? Anyway, thanks to my faithful reviewers! You guys keep me writing!