Heat (Yumark)

A 20k Special

A/N: a special one-shot to thank you all for 20k reads! Please enjoy!

It had been five years since Mark joined NCT. Five years since he found his happiness. Five years since he met the love of his life. Five years since he met his husband, Nakamoto Yuta.

Nothing had really changed since then, they still did their gangly business (even though both Mark and Yuta, as well as Taeyong and Jaehyun had kids...). Mark wouldn't change anything for the world.

"Mark. MaRK. MARK! MARK LEE NAKAMOTO!"

Mark whipped his head around, coming face to face with his husband.

"Jeez," Yuta laughed. "I know I left you alone with the twins last night, but I didn't realize they'd be that bad."

"It's not them..." Mark sighed. "I was just thinking about how happy I feel right now."

Yuta's jaw opened, then closed. "Well... I'm glad you're happy, I wouldn't wish for anything else. But-"

"DADDY YOU'RE HOME!"

Mark watched with a mushy heart and fondness in his eyes as two small bodies attacked Yuta. Giggles rang in the air, loud and full of joy.

"Can we hang out with our uncles today? Please?" the girl, Jooyoung, asked.

"Yeah!" Joohyuk, the boy, shouted. "We haven't seen them in forever!"

Mark rolled his eyes and shook his head. "You saw them two days ago."

"Yeah! That's like, forever ago!"

"And uncles Jaehyun and Taeyong were over yesterday with your cousins."

"Yeah but that was just them! I wanna hang out with uncle Hendery!"

"And I wanna hang out and play hide and seek with Lion and uncle Shotaro!"

"You guys..." Mark looked to Yuta, who shrugged his shoulders in response. "Fine. But!"

The twins looked at Mark in anticipation. The word 'but' was never a good thing with him, it always meant they had to do something in return.

"You have to give both of us a thirty second hug and a kiss first."

"We can do that!" Jooyoung smiled.

"So we don't have to clean our rooms?" Joohyuk asked.

Mark shook his head. "Nope. You cleaned your rooms a couple days ago and there's nothing else I want you to do. I just want some love from my kids."

The twins looked at each other before shrugging their shoulders. A bit of love and affection isn't that bad. Especially not when they give it to them everyday anyways.

.........

"JOOYOUNGIE!!!"

"UNCLE SHOTARO!!!"

Mark and Yuta watched with fondness as Jooyoung and Lion took off towards their favorite playmate, Shotaro. As much as Lion loved Mark, he loved Shotaro almost as much. (Because Shotaro gives him lots of treats and belly rubs).

"I'm gonna go find uncle Hendery! He promised me he would teach me how to fight today!"

"Joohyuk-" Yuta reached out to grab the six year old, but failed miserably. "Never mind."

Mark snickered at Yuta's defeated expression. "It's alright, you have me at least."

"Can we just, I don't know, leave the kids here and go on a date or something?"

"I mean..." Mark thought about the idea for a moment. "I guess we could. We know nothing will happen to them here since they're with Shotaro and Hendery..." a smile spread on Mark's face. "Let's do it!"

Yuta smiled wide when Mark began pulling him through the door. It wasn't as if alone time was scarce, but they did learn to cherish the time they had together, just the two of them. Those pleasant moments of complete quiet they spent together, whether they took a bath, watched a movie, or even laid in bed and shared kisses; it was those simple moments that reminded them of why they love each other so much. But the idea of being able to go in a date, just the two of them, without their two [lovely] children, was exciting.

"...we should definitely go to the place where we got married!"

Yuta stopped in his tracks, pulling Mark to a stop as well. "Why? I mean, I know it's where we got married, but otherwise it's just a field."

"I know, I know. But remember we went there before we got married, and there were so many pretty flowers! And it was just so green and plush and beautiful! Plus, it's quiet so we can be as loud as we want, and we can take pictures! And I can add those pictures to my photo album..."

"Aren't you glad I got you that for Christmas now? You weren't very happy about it then, but now you put a picture of every fleeting moment in it."

"I know..." Mark played with Yuta's hand, twisting the wedding ring on his finger. "Can we get some more albums? The one I have is almost full already."

"Of course baby, I'll get you another couple next time I go back to that shop."

"Thank you so much!!!"

"Anything for you Markie, anything for you."

.........

Yuta and Mark spent the rest of the day in the same field they got married at. They spent the day running around, chasing after each other, dancing and singing to their hearts' content, and sharing kisses. But it was nighttime when it fully came alive, the stars shining and twinkling brightly, the fireflies lighting just as bright.

It was so romantic on its own, but became even more so when Yuta played some slow music. He grabbed Mark's hands firmly in his, pulling the younger from the ground and into his arms. He held Mark securely as they swayed back and forth, the soft music and gentle breeze dancing around them.

They continued this for some time, until they heard loud laughter and barking. The loud laughing and barking of Jooyoung, Joohyuk, and Lion. Yuta and Mark laughed as they fell to the ground, their giggling twins and panting dog on top of them.

"Can we dance too?" Jooyoung asked, a glimmer of hope sparkling in her eyes.

"Of course," Yuta kissed her on her forehead, a big smile spreading on both of their faces.

And that's how they spent the rest of the night, Mark and Yuta, hand in hand with their kids as they danced the night away; Lion running and yipping excitedly around them.

This, Mark decided, is true happiness.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR 20K READS!

When I started this fic, I expected maybe 1K reads, but to have 20k? I could just cry

Well maybe I did

I'm so glad that you've all enjoyed this story from start to finish!

But, I am considering rewriting this at one point or another- I won't delete this [because it's so bad it's good] I would just make a new version

This was my first fic so it's kinda iffy, but I'm still proud of it!

And hey! If you like this fic, I also have another YuMark fic called Amnesia, and a one shot book dedicated to YuMark

I don't update a lot because of school and work, and I've also been working on a couple other fics just for fun (they're not YuMark or nct at all, they're actually chanbaek Seongjoong and Hyunlix but I mean- I might post them when I'm finished with them but idk) I just go where the inspiration is-

But seriously, I love you all and thank you so much for reading this fanfic!