A/N: Thanks for the reviews and to those who add this story to the favourite list. :D I'm feeling very honored. :D

Anyhow, I did write a secomd chapter. Don't know if its going to stand up against the first, fingers cross... and I guess this means I'll have to do a full story.

WARNING: contains spoilers for the episode Cyberwoman... and maybe a hint or two to Fragments. :D (Which is a personal favorite episode) Oh, and not been betaread.

CHAPTER TWO

Ianto stood at the arrival gate of Cardiff airport fidgeting with his tie and suit. He wished he could say he was nervous about meeting Doctor Tanizaki but the truth was he was feeling guilty again.

He'd stood in Jack's office yesterday morning; a tray of tea's in hand and told his employer that he would need to take some time off for a dentist appointment. Jack had given him that bright slightly lopsided smile and cooed over him, cause Ianto to be trapped half way between lust and guilt for the rest of the day.

He'd been feeling like that more and more over the last few weeks, once he'd found Doctor Tanizaki via Torchwood and their contacts. It seemed the close he was getting to having his plan come together, the more his feeling for Jack were becoming.

He'd never been able to figure out what it was about Jack that got him all hot and bothered. He'd never considered himself gay before he'd met the mysterious American, but ever since that evening at the warehouse with Myfanwy, there was this strange buzz between them…. And Ianto hated to admit it was getting stronger and much harder to ignore. Which inevitably led to more shame, cause there was Liza to consider. He'd promised to save her, and Ianto Jones always kept his promises.

But that was before Canary Wharf. His mind taunted. Before the Cybermen…. Before Captain Jack Harkness. When him and Lisa were just two people living relatively normal lives, planning a future.

A voice over the speaker pulled him back to the present and Ianto once again force back everything he was feeling.

The arrival doors opened and he waited, hope making his heart sore. If Doctor Tanizaki was as good as he'd heard and read he would have Lisa back soon. They could get on with their lives together and put Cybermen and Torchwood behind them.

He straightened at the sight of the smaller Japanese cybernetics expert, telling himself over and over that he would be glad to put Torchwood and this nightmare behind him. But even as his mind repeated the mantra over and over, a pair of excitable blue eyes and a lopsided, white smile floated into his thoughts and his stomach tightened.

"Mr. Jones."

Ianto bowed low before the older man, giving him the traditional Japanese greeting before straightening, shaking the man's hand and taking his case. "I am parked close by, Doctor. I will take you to your hotel so you can rest and recover from your flight. – Was it pleasant?" he asked almost as an afterthought, his body and mind still not recovered from his thoughts a few moments ago.

"Yes, thank you Mr. Jones. – Tell me…" Doctor Tanizaki said as he followed the taller man. "… when will I get to know why exactly you can brought me her. – What is this thing you have would have me examine? – I am very much intrigued, Mr. Jones."

Ianto's jaw clenched angrily. Lisa wasn't a thing; she was a person, the woman he loved. But he'd been unable to tell the doctor why he was bringing him over from Japan. He did not want to risk anyone finding out, and the words 'living' and 'Cybermen' would draw attention. He'd worked for Torchwood long enough to know that much. So he'd been vague in his emails to the doctor and luckily, he's said enough to peek the man's interest.

"If everything goes to plan and there are no emergences…. Tonight."

"Wonderful." The old doctor smiled getting into the back of Ianto's hire car as Ianto slid into the driver's seat.

As if from his lips to Jack's ears, Ianto's phone beeped. Smiling apologetically over his shoulder, he pulled out the mobile and flipped it open. Seeing a message from Jack, he held his breathe, only to release it as he read the message.

MSG: JACK

Ianto hopes everything's fine at the dentist. Can you grab some treats on your way back? Something sweet.

Like you. ;)

Jack.

PS: Hurry up. We're all in desperate need of coffee.

Ianto wasn't sure if he wanted to be angry or amused, so he settled half way between the two. Just like everything else.