Heat (Yumark)

Chapter Eighteen

Mark groaned. His head hurt. His arms hurt. His legs hurt. His whole body hurt.

He tried to move his hands but found them restricted, the distinct sound of chains clanging hitting his ears. When he moved his legs they moved freely. He sighed in relief.

"Where am I?" He tried looking around, but something was blocking his vision. He pulled at the chains at his hands, trying to reach his face.

He kept trying until he heard footsteps. The person walked into the room, and stopped a few feet away from him.

"I'm sorry Mark... I had to..." the person started crying, their sniffles loud enough for Mark to hear.

It took Mark a couple minutes to recognize the voice. It was Felix. "No, no, no. I don't blame you. I can't blame you. You only did it to survive."

"Thank you Mark, thank you so much."

Mark smiled, hoping it would smooth Felix.

"Well, well, well. Mark Lee. Yuta Nakamoto's lover. I don't know if I should kill you now, or if I should lure Yuta here and kill you both together. Maybe I'll put you on the edge of death, lure Yuta here, than he can sit with you while you die then I'll kill him. Which would you prefer?"

Mark thought he recognized the voice, but the slight ache of his head prevented him from fully recognizing it. "Who-"

The cloth was ripped from his eyes. Stood before him was Woojin. "You! Why can't you just leave us the fuck alone?! I'm getting sick of you coming after Yuta and I!"

He felt his head hit a wall, and his viosion went blurry.

Woojin scowled. "Don't speak to me like that. I don't even want to look at you right now."

Woojin stormed out, Felix in tow.

"Did your gang do him wrong too?" A voice asked.

"My boyfriend did," Mark sighed.

"Ah I kind of got that from what I heard. What gang are you from?"

"NCT."

"Wait, they're still together?" There was a hope in the person's voice.

Mark didn't understand why.

"Yeah, why?"

"Because I'm Lee Taeyong."

"W-wait!" Mark scrambled to look for Taeyong. His vision was blurry and was only able to see his figure and red hair. "Lee Taeyong? Like the leader of NCT? How am I sure that you're not tricking me?"

"Mark-that's your name right?"

"Yeah. Mark Lee."

"Okay Mark. You might not believe me but Yuta-wait did Woojin say that your boyfriend is Yuta Nakamoto?"

Mark smiled shyly. "Yeah. We've been dating for a few months now."

"How many months exactly?"

"At least three."

"Ah. I'm glad Yuta found someone. Johnny always teased him about being jealous of Jaehyun and I. By the way, how is Jaehyun doing?"

"Jaehyun hyung? He's doing alright. He really misses you."

"He didn't move on from me?"

"No. Actually, a while ago Yuta got some information saying you were alive. Jaehyun was so relieved. It took a bunch of the guys to get him to calm down."

"Who's all in the gang now? When I... disappeared, it was just Johnny, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Doyoung, Jeno, Chenle, Jisung, Renjun, Taeil, and we had recently formed with Kun, Sicheng, Xiaojun, Hendery, Ten, and Yang Yang."