A/N: I am so so sorry about how long this took. I'm a very stupid person. Feel free to tell me this in reviews. This is for my Ali even though I don't know if she reads this. I hope you like it babe if you do read it.

Disclaimer: I own nothing at all.

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Ianto ran, ran faster than he'd ever run in his life. Past Gwen chatting happily on her mobile to Rhys, past Tosh tapping away on her computer, past Owen who stared at him in shock, through the rolling door and out of the fake tourist information office. He stood for a few seconds breathing heavily, head spinning, blood pumping. Glancing up, he could see Jack's outline on the building above him. Jack didn't seem to notice him but even the sight of him sat there made Ianto want to run even further. Not wanting to look completely insane by running all the way through Cardiff, he pulled out his keys and hurried to his car. Slipping inside, he shut himself off from the world, waiting for his heart to calm down before driving home.

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When Ianto got home, he flung himself into his shower and tried to empty his mind of all thoughts about Jack but as hard as he tried, it wouldn't happen. Every time he closed his eyes he could see Jack's face gazing at him, smiling his best flirty smile.

"No," Ianto growled, thumping a fist against the wall "this isn't how it's supposed to be. I'm not supposed to be gay! I'm not supposed to want Jack! I'm not supposed to love him. I'm not supposed to… I'm not meant to… I don't want to…"

His anger dissolved into tears and he slid down the shower wall, sobbing his heart out. He felt as though the whole of the world was conspiring against him. Jack Harkness was the worst candidate in the world for crush material and he'd gone and fallen in love with him. He felt so stupid. It took the shower going freezing cold to make him stop crying. Swearing darkly in welsh he turned the water off, pulled himself out of the shower and wrapped himself up in his favourite fluffy towel.

He emerged from his bedroom a minute later, hair standing up all over the place, dressed in clean jeans and a top that declared 'Come over to the dark side… we have chocolate'. Heading into the kitchen he flicked the kettle on and leant against the counter, waiting for something to happen.

Ianto wasn't surprised when, five minutes after he got out of the shower, his phone rang.

"Yes?" he asked, flipping it open, praying that it wasn't Jack.

"Ianto?" Gwen's voice asked.

"Yes, Gwen?" he asked, running a hand tiredly through his hair making it stand up even more.

"We were wondering why you ran off."

There was a scrabbling sound and then a new voice came down the line.

"What Gwen means is, why the hell did you run off? Jack won't tell us what happened and I need coffee!"

Ianto allowed himself a small smile. Trust Owen to make everything about himself.

"I'm sure you can go to Starbucks by yourself Owen, because if I find you've touched my coffee machine, I'll kill you," Owen gave a strangled sort of cough "put Gwen back on."

There was a few seconds silence as the phone was passed back.

"Well?" Gwen asked but in a kind way.

"I don't really know, Gwen. It's just I couldn't be near Jack any longer. He's driving me insane."

"Okay. Then I'd better warn you. About ten minutes ago Jack came down off the roof, grabbed the SUV keys and left. My best guess is he's headed your way and you've got about five minutes to escape."

"Thanks but I'd better stay and face the music. I've never skived off work before. I wonder what sort of punishment I'll get," he said, causing Gwen to laugh lightly.

"Okay," Ianto could almost feel Gwen's patented encouraging smile "good luck."

"Thanks. And make sure Owen cleans the kitchen up. I'm sure it looks like a bomb's hit it by now."

Laying his mobile back on the kitchen table, he glanced at his watch and estimated Jack would be there in about three minutes. He turned the kettle back on again and waited for Jack to arrive.

"Care to explain why you left without saying anything?" Jack demanded the second Ianto opened his front door.

Ianto didn't reply but instead held out a mug of coffee which Jack reflexively took. As soon as the mug was out of his hands, Ianto turned away from Jack and led the way back to the kitchen. Jack followed looking slightly stunned, sipping on his coffee.

When Jack spoke again it was with a much calmer voice.

"So, wanna tell me why you ran away?"

"I ran away from you," Ianto said truthfully, surprising himself by how honest he was being.

"Why?" Jack asked, putting his coffee to one side and fixing Ianto with a piercing stare.

"Because I was scared. You made me realise something that I didn't want to believe."

There was silence as Jack looked confused and Ianto didn't know how to go on.

"You… you asked if I was gay. Well, I am. But I didn't know and you made me figure out I am and… and you made me realise that I'm in love… Oh, fuck it. You made me realise that I'm in love with you and it scared me shitless."

Ianto let out a little sigh of relief as he finished his speech and slumped slightly against the kitchen counter. Not daring to look at Jack, he instead focussed on his shoes, waiting for some sort of reaction. When he got it, it wasn't quite what he was expecting.

A finger hooked under his chin made him look up and when he did he found himself looking into Jack's baby blue eyes.

"Next time, don't run away," Jack said, before gently kissing him on the lips.

As Jack led him backwards towards the bedroom, all Ianto could think was that being gay wasn't too bad at all.

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A/N: Grrr. I totally hated that. The ending was so stupid but I couldn't think what else to put. Oh well, wanna tell me what you thought?