A/N : Very Jack/Ianto again, but more of other characters in the next chapter :)
Jack was sat on the grass, watching Ianto. He was surprisingly good at hockey. Tosh walked over, disturbing Jack from his thoughts. "Has he noticed you yet?"
Jack looked up at her, "I don't know, if he did look over he'd ignore me anyway."
"Don't give up on him Jack," she put a hand on his shoulder, "Whatever's happened I'm sure you can fix it."
Jack frowned, it was weird that Tosh was giving him this advice, he then noticed a blonde girl standing quite a distance behind her, "Who's that?"
Tosh turned, "A new friend of mine," she looked back down at Jack, smiling, "her name's Mary. We normally hang out after school. I should go. Good luck." Jack watched her walk off with Mary. 'Weird' he thought.
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After another half hour of watching and waiting, hockey club had finished and the boys were walking back into the building. Jack jogged over to Ianto.
"Ianto, can I have a word?"
"Have two. Fuck. Off." Ianto continued walking and didn't look at Jack, who was now walking beside him, the rest of the hockey team were in front of them.
"Please Ianto. I'm sorry, for whatever I did."
He stopped and turned to face the boy. "You don't even know what you did?! Think about it Jack!"
"Is it about what Mr Richards said?"
"Partly." Ianto said calmer than before.
"That was ages ago, honest. You have to know I wouldn't do anything to hurt you, intentionally anyway."
There was a short pause. "What are we to you?"
"What?"
"You say something like that, which actually makes it sound like you care, but you say we're just 'seeing each other'," the Welsh boy continued to look into Jack's eyes.
"That's why you've been ignoring me all day?" Jack laughed slightly, Ianto frowned, "Ianto, I only said that because I didn't know how you would react if I called you my boyfriend."
"Really?"
"Really. Ianto I-"
"Jack? What are you doing here?" Mr Richards asked walking over to them.
"I just needed to speak to Ianto."
"Must have been important to be sat out here for an hour."
"Oh my God, Jack!" Ianto hit him lightly on the shoulder, "You've been out here that long?!" His reply was a small smile.
"Come on boys, we should go in."
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"Hey. My mum said I can't come over," Jack said disappointed, as he walked back into the empty (save for Ianto) changing rooms, "I've got homework to do apparently."
"But you never do your homework."
"She doesn't know that," Both boys smiled, "We'll just have to make the most of the time we've got." Jack stepped forward and put his hands on Ianto's hips to pull him closer.
"Jack, what if-"
"Fine." Jack turned around and took a step forward.
"Wait." He could hear Ianto take a small step towards him.
"Why are you so scared?" He said as he turned to face him.
"I'm not."
"Then why won't you let me kiss you? And at school, you just act like we're only friends. That's why I didn't say you were my boyfriend!" Ianto could sense the anger in Jack's voice.
"I'm sorry," he looked down, "I guess I'm just not as confident as you."
"Ianto, if you're uncomfortable with us being together just say."
"That's not the problem. I do really care about you, I just…" He stopped, unable to say what he was thinking.
"It's ok. Whatever the problem is you can tell me." Jack put his hands on his shoulders and rubbed them gently.
Ianto took a deep breathe in, "I love being with you. I'm just worried about how other people will react, you know, to us." He looked up to see Jack staring right into his eyes.
"As long as I'm around nothing bad is going to happen to you. I promise." Jack wrapped his arms around Ianto's shoulders and hugged him. Ianto put his arms around Jack's waist.
"Jack?" He said in slight shock and confusion.
"Calm down, it's just my phone," Jack pulled back from him and took his vibrating mobile out of his trouser pocket, "Yeah?" He said down the phone, "Ok, I'll be out in a sec."
"You're leaving me?"
"Not before I do this." Jack put his hand on the back of Ianto's neck and kissed him softly on the lips. Ianto responded without a seconds pause, and poured all the passion he'd been hiding over the last few days into this one kiss. He could feel Jack's hands drop to his hips, as he himself ran his fingers through Jack's hair. Jack pulled away, only enough to speak, "I really have to go." He said quietly. With that he walked over to the changing room door and pulled it open.
"Jack."
"Yeah?" He stopped.
"You might want to fix your hair first." Both boys smiled as Jack continued out the door.
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