Heat (Yumark)

Chapter Thirty

Six Months Later

It was a wild six months. Jaehyun and Taeyong got married; their wedding took place in the warehouse, as they didn't want something huge to draw attention to the gang. Not with Woojin back in Seoul. The couple decided against a honeymoon, instead spending it moving into Jaehyun's apartment. Taeyong didn't really feel like going anywhere anyways, "a vacation just the two of us is kinda difficult, what with me being wheelchair bound." Jaehyun was more than happy to stay home as well, fulfilling their promise to Yuta; moving out of the apartment ASAP.

Of course, there was a fair share of drama.

Mark and Haechan finally made up, and all it took was Sungchan asking Haechan out on a date, then becoming an official couple, to see Mark's point of view. They didn't go back to being the best friends they used to be right away though, it took another sparring session (one that landed Haechan in Jaemin's medical room) for Mark to come around.

Mark still remembers the lecture he got from Jaemin. "You can't just beat him up because you're frustrated Mark! I swear, if this is how you solve all your problems you're going to end up killing poor Haechan, or somebody else!" Mark gave him an incredulous look in response. "What do you want me to do?" He couldn't help but argue back. "And it's not like I do that with everyone in the gang! Usually the others give me space, and then we make up over a walk or drive or something. But, they also don't piss me off like what Haechan did. And Yuta, we do the same thing any couple does when they fight." Jaemin gave Mark a dirty look. "I don't need to know how you and Yuta make up, I'm just saying, you can't beat Haechan up all the time when you fight." Mark just rolled his eyes and went to spar with Hendery (Hendery and Xiaojun had become Mark's main sparring buddies, he had the most fun with them).

The gang also kept in contact with Stray Kids. Their plan was approaching, approaching quickly. According to Hyunjin, Woojin was getting impatient, and more angry. With the intel Hyunjin (and Felix) had continuously been sending them, Mark and Taeyong were able to ready their plan. D-Day was coming, and they were ready for it.

.........

Shotaro ran through the warehouse, opening every door, yelling the same phrase over and over again: "Yuta, Kun, and Taeyong are calling for a meeting! Everyone to the meeting room! Now! If you're not there when I get there you're in trouble!"

Everyone sped to the meeting room as fast as they could, not wanting to be in trouble. As they entered the room one by one, pair by pair, or group by group, they took their seats, all waiting respectively for the meeting to start.

And they waited.

Shotaro entered the room after everyone was seated.

They were still waiting.

Finally after about ten minutes, Hendery spoke up. "I don't mean to be disrespectful but, what are we waiting for? Everyone is here, and it seemed from the urgency in Shotaro's voice that this is important."

Xiaojun smacked Hendery's shoulder. "I don't think you noticed but, everyone is not here."

"What?" Hendery looked around the room. "Who's not here? There's Yuta, Kun, Sicheng, Ten, Yang Yang, Sungchan-"

"Mark and Taeyong aren't here. You know, Yuta and Jaehyun's boyfriends? The one that's wheelchair bound, and the one that's always stuck to Yuta like glue? They're not here yet."

"Who's not here?" Mark laughed as he pushed Taeyong in the room, Felix and Hyunjin following behind.

"Hendery didn't notice that you and Taeyong were missing," Jaehyun snorted as he took over pushing Taeyong.