Definitely not off to a good start. He understood that Ianto was nervous, worried about how Jack was going to take the news that he wasn't better, that he was getting worse, but stalling wasn't going to make anything easier. He sighed and shook his head, picking up Ianto's mug and putting it in front of the other man, looking at Jack briefly with a sort of sympathetically annoyed face that indicated he was definitely not liking this any more than Jack was.

He didn't want to step in or say anything, but it was clear that Ianto wasn't going to be saying anything without a gentle nudge or something, and so Sulu sat himself down in one of the chairs and nudged his leg with his foot, giving him a firm look to get it over with.