Heat (Yumark)

Chapter Twenty-Four

Mark sat on the ground, dog toy in hand, playing with Lion. The sounds of laughter and shouts surrounding him. Lion only giving his attention to the Canadian, sometimes stopping to look around. Usually it was to stare at someone who came "too close," other times, it was because of a mysterious shadow or noise. The warehouse was a big place, and it was filled with lots of noises and sights for the puppy to be hyper aware of.

"Lion why are you stopping?" Mark whined. He felt around in front of him until he felt the fur-ball. "Is somebody coming over?" Lion yipped in response and moved closer.

Mark visibly flinched when a body slammed down next to him; setting Lion into an attack mode.

"Woah, woah, woah! Lion calm down! It's me! Lucas!" Lucas put his hands in front of him, allowing them to be sniffed. "See? I'm Mark's friend. I'm not going to hurt him." He smiled when he felt small licks to his hand. "You okay Mark? You look a little freaked out."

"I'm fine Lucas. I just-"

"You scared him when you sat down like that Lucas," Ten smacked said boy on the back of the head. "We told you you need to make yourself noticed before you approach Mark. He can't see you, and he's not used to using his hearing more than his sight yet. Plus..." he sat down next to Mark slowly, and rubbed his hand up and down his back to calm him down. "...he has PTSD from the whole thing remember? Or were you not listening to Yuta, Taeyong, and I earlier?"

"I was I just-" Lucas ran a hand through his hair. "I'm not used to it. I'm sorry if I freaked you out Mark. I'll try to be better about announcing my presence."

"It's okay Lucas, just be careful that you don't set Lion off. He jumped on Jaehyun yesterday." Ten burst into laughter. "The look on his face was priceless too! I wish I got a photo!"

"What did he do?" Lucas looked between his friend and Ten.

"He woke Mark up from a nap!"

"What?"

"Yuta wanted to take Mark out to the park for some fresh air and exercise, so he asked Jaehyun to wake him up-"

Lucas frowned. "Why didn't Yuta hyung wake him up?"

"I think his mom called. I'm not one-hundred percent sure though since he was talking in Japanese."

"He was talking to his parents," Mark mumbled.

"Did Yuta tell you what they talked about?"

Mark nodded his head. "He was having a normal conversation with them. Mostly talking about me though."

"And?"

"And they asked him to bring me to Japan so they can see me."

"Wait really?" Ten squealed. "Oh Markie that's so exciting! Are you excited?"

"Honestly?" He looked to Ten's direction and smiled. "Yeah. I'm also nervous though."

"That's to be expected. I'm sure Yuta's nervous as well. It's always nerve wracking meeting your significant other's parents."

"I guess."

"Okay we can talk about that later," Lucas sassed. "What happened when Jaehyun woke Mark up?"

"Okay, okay," Ten internally cooed at Lucas's big puppy eyes. "So he shook Mark awake, which kinda scared the poor baby awake."

"Baby? Really hyung?" Mark frowned. "Also, it wasn't necessary Jaehyun shaking me that scared me awake."

Both boys stared in concern at their friend. The next question would have to be asked gently, both of them knew that. They made eye contact for a moment before nodding.