Ianto chuckled slightly, shaking his head. "I think you know me a little too well to ever think I was capable of purposely making a mess out of the order of things that I've so carefully established. Lucky for you, there won't be any manufactured messes to help me with."

"Sounds like a plan, though. Pretending to be any other normal, boring couple every now and again. I don't see you enough for it to be every day, though, so we better stick with only occasionally for now." He paused for a minute of their conversation, listening. "You know what, though, I think the water might be finally boiling now. It might be time for phase two, here." And Ianto didn't know whether he was anticipating or dreading the next few steps in cooking, really.