Sulu noticed a little stumbling there at the beginning, but he chalked it up to Ianto being tired and let it go with a smile. Truthfully, Ianto didn't sound all that enthused about it, and Sulu didn't want to keep talking about something that he wasn't interested in talking about. "All right, then," he said, letting the topic go. Unfortunately, that really only lead to two other topics - and if Ianto wasn't feeling well, he'd probably only tell Sulu if he pestered him about it a little.

So, he squeezed Ianto's hand softly, thumb brushing over the back of his hand, and asked, "Other than the reading, though - how's your day been?" He nearly let it go at that, but then added, "And... how have you been doing?"