When Ianto had agreed to going out, he hadn't really thought about his birthday. He hadn't truly celebrated it for a long time. His dad had died the year before so nobody had really thought about it or felt like celebrating it. And maybe the fact that Ianto had fled away hadn't helped. But now he felt better. He wasn't doing great at University, but he was doing enough, he would start his second year in September and he had a few friends. Not a lot, but again just enough. He was sharing a flat with two of his friends for this second year, rather than with a random student found on Internet, as he had known nobody in London, and he somehow felt at home. More than back with his father, for sure – or his mother or sister now that his father had passed away.
He was doing okay, and his friends taking him out in a club for a good night had confirmed his thoughts. He had made a good choice in leaving his old life behind him and coming here.
Kevin – one of his room mates – and Adam were already drunk, and dancing like mad men while their four friends were laughing at them. After a while, Ianto was drunk enough to join them, along with Danny – his other room mate – who wasn't drunk but just loved to dance even though he couldn't dance at all. It was probably Ianto's best birthday so far and he enjoyed his friends' company. At least until Ruby kissed him. He had spent the last few months realising he had a small crush on her, and suddenly she was kissing him, and he was too drunk to have a smart reaction, so he tried to talk while she was still kissing him, which was really awkward. In the end, their couple didn't make it to the end of the summer, but it had been two weeks of funny moments with her, and Ianto laughed when he saw his friends' reactions when they kissed at the club. Well, he had laughed later on because on the moment, he was looking as shocked at them.
