"So you guys all coming to meet Rhys tomorrow then?" Gwen asked her group of friends in their Friday drama lesson.
"I-I'm not sure I can make it."
"Come on Ianto please. I want the whole Torchwood gang to meet my boyfriend."
'Yeah and I'll just kiss him and see how you like it, shall I?' Was what Ianto wanted to say, but instead he said, "Fine, ok, I'll go."
"I'll go." Owen said before looking over at Tosh and smiling.
"I'll go too." She said smiling back at Owen.
"Jack?" Gwen asked, sounding hopeful.
"Sure." He said, not noticing Ianto was looking at him.
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"What time did you tell them?" Rhys asked his girlfriend as he looked at the time on his mobile phone. 1:30.
"I said 1. Something important must have happened to make them late. They're not normally like this."
"Sure."
"Wait, there's Jack." Gwen said pointing to the good looking boy who was walking through the park towards them.
"Him?"
"Yeah." Gwen said, "Hey Jack."
"Hey." He said to Gwen before turning to the boy next to her, "And you must be Rhys."
"Yeah, hi."
"Where are the others?" Jack asked looking around.
"I don't know. I was going to ask you the same thing. It's not like Ianto to be late."
"Yeah well, he's not been himself recently. I think you know why."
Rhys shot a questioning look at Gwen after hearing Jack's serious tone, she shrugged. The three were talking for about another 10 minutes before there was sight of Tosh and Owen. Rhys had seemed to notice how 'friendly' Gwen and Jack were being. They kept smiling at each other, and occasionally got a little too close for his liking. When Tosh and Owen came over they noticed this as well, but said nothing. About another 10 minutes later Ianto walked over, looking tired and less than happy.
"Hey Ianto." Tosh said cheerfully, but Ianto didn't reply as he was looking over at Jack, Gwen and a very annoyed looking Rhys. "You ok?" Ianto also noticed the envious look on Jack's face when Gwen kissed her boyfriend.
"No. I'm not feeling well, I think I should go." He replied not taking his eyes off Jack until he turned around and started walking away.
"Jack!" Tosh said loud enough to get the boys attention, he immediately noticed Ianto in the distance.
"Sorry guys, I got to go. Nice meeting you Rhys." Jack quickly walked off, and pulled his mobile out of his jeans pocket, "Hey, can you give me a lift to Ianto's… At the park… It's an emergency… Thanks."
"What the hell?" Owen said frowning.
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Jack rang the doorbell of Ianto's house.
"Hi Mrs Jones. Can I see Ianto please?"
"Come on in. He looks like he could do with a friend at the moment."
"Thanks," Jack replied before running up the stairs taking them two at a time. "Ianto?" He said as he pushed open his friend's bedroom door. Ianto stood from where he was sitting on his bed.
"What are you doing here?"
"Why did you leave so early?"
"Jack why are you here?" He said, anger creeping into his voice.
"Come on, you know I care about you." Jack took a step forward, Ianto matched it with one backwards.
"You care about me?! Do you really expect me to believe that?! I've seen you kiss Gwen, twice! And the way you two were today! You know what the worst part was? The look on your face when she kissed Rhys! The only people you care about are yourself and Gwen!" Ianto's was getting louder.
"You dumped me Ianto! What am I supposed to do?! Stay single for life?! Not move on?!"
"I ended it with you because I didn't want to get hurt, but it just made it worse."
"Ianto…" Jack took another step forwards.
"Do you have feelings for Gwen?" Ianto asked solemnly.
"What?! No!"
"You kissed her Jack!"
"She kissed me!" Both boys were shouting loudly now, and Ianto's mum could faintly hear their voices. She began to walk up to her son's room.
"I saw the look on your face when she kissed Rhys! You were jealous!"
"Jealous?!" Ianto's mum was about to open the door when she heard Jack speak more calmly, "The only thing I could be jealous of about Gwen is the relationship she has with Rhys. I want that Ianto, with you. And you're right, I do care about Gwen, but I… I love you."
"Jack, don't say that if you don't mean it."
"Ianto. Shut up." Jack took a few more steps forward, and with each step Ianto's heart beat grew faster. Jack stopped leaving a few inches between them, and put a hand on Ianto's shoulder, before running it down the length of his arm, and stopping to hold Ianto's hand. Ianto closed his eyes as Jack leant his forehead against his own. "I'm so in love with you Ianto Jones." He whispered softly.
"Jack. I love you too. I love you so much, but I'm scared. Scared you're going to hurt me. Scared what other people are going to do."
"I've said this before. As long as I'm around nothing bad is going to happen to you." Jack and Ianto both leant forwards, and their mouths joined in a tender kiss. Ianto's mum took the silence as her cue to go. After what felt like hours Jack pulled back. "I should go."
"What? Why?"
"My mum's parked around the corner." They both laughed, and Jack added more seriously, "I meant everything that I said."
"I know. So did I."
"You know, Gwen's going to be so pissed with us on Monday." Jack said grinning.
"Your mum is going to be pissed if you don't go now."
"You know, I sometimes get the feeling you just don't want me here." Jack said jokingly as he strolled over to the door.
"You know I do." Ianto said following him.
"I'll call you tomorrow." Jack said walking down the stairs, as Ianto watched while standing at the top of the stairs. A second after Jack shut the front door behind him Ianto's mum, called Ianto into the living room.
"Yeah mum." He said as he walked into the room.
"Come sit down Ianto." This worried him, she sounded serious, but Ianto did as he was told, "Do you want to tell me what that was about, and what's been wrong the last few days?"
"It was nothing. Me and Jack had an argument it's fine now." Ianto said surprisingly smoothly.
"Ianto, I know it must have been hard for you growing up without a father, but you can talk to me, you know that right?"
"I know."
"So what did you argue about?"
"Mum, it doesn't matter."
"Was it about a girl?"
"Kinda." Ianto's nervousness was starting to show. He didn't know how to tell his mum he was in love with another boy, let alone Jack. How do you tell someone who expects you to end up married to a nice girl, and have kids, that that isn't what you want? He didn't even know if Jack had told his mum, and if he did, how?
"Kind of?"
He took a deep breath in, "I saw Jack being kissed by one of our friends."
"And…"
Ianto paused for a moment to think of the best way to say this, "And we were, well he was my boyfriend."
"I take it you two have sorted things now?"
Ianto's eyes widened slightly in shock; that was not what he was expecting. "What? You're not disappointed?"
"Why would I be?"
"Because I'm dating another guy."
"You're my son, Ianto, I'm always going to love you. Whether you're interested in girls or boys isn't going to change who you are as a person." Ianto gave her a small smile, "So what about Lisa?"
"I'm bi mum." Ianto started turning slightly red.
"Don't be embarrassed. I'm proud of you."
"Why?"
"It's a brave thing to do, coming out. Taking that risk to be rejected by someone you love can't be easy. I really respect that. I'm glad you told me." Ianto put his arms around his mum, and hugged her tightly.
"Thanks mum."
A/N : I'd really like to know what people thought of Ianto's 'coming out'. Please review. X
