Ianto let Sulu take his hand, cocking his head to the side and smiling at him as he did. "Yeah, I suppose that regular dates are supposed to end around this time, like this. We should at least humor the tradition and try it a couple times, before we throw the tradition to the wind and all." No matter how much he'd like to throw the tradition to the wind, they really should try it at least once. Who knows. Maybe the next time they got together, they might not be able to part so easily, with time left to spare, after all.

"Yeah, I know," he said, in response to Sulu's comment about them marathoning dates. "Giving us time in between them won't get us to start expecting more of that every week, after all. I mean. Look how long it took us to set up this first one. Two in one week would be...overwhelming, really," he said, smirking at Sulu. "We'll... We both know that there's going to be another date soon, so. We can leave it at that for now, alright?" He squeezed Sulu's hand. "I'll talk to you on the phone, then, yeah? Briefly, at least."