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Pairing: Mark Lee x Nakamoto Yuta

Prompt: Teasing + Phone Sex + Toys

WC: 1k+

Genre(s)/Aus: Smut, Light Humor, Non Idol AU, Established Relationship

Tws: Swearing

Sws: Phone Sex, Video Call Sex, Teasing, Dildo Riding, Dick Piercing, Dirty Talk

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Kinktober 2021 Masterlist

Day 21                           Day 23

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Chapters: 6/10 Fandom: NCT (Band) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Mark Lee/Nakamoto Yuta Characters: Mark Lee (NCT), Nakamoto Yuta, Jung Yoonoh | Jaehyun, Lee Taeyong, Suh Youngho | Johnny, Kim Jungwoo (NCT), Osaki Shotaro, Lee Donghyuck | Haechan, Kim Dongyoung | Doyoung Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, vampire!Yuta, human!mark, Horror, mentions of past!mark/jaehyun, Gore, Minor Character Death, Blood and Violence, Blood Drinking, Supernatural Elements, vampire hunter!jaehyun, Slow Burn, vampire!Taeyong, Vampire!Johnny, mentions of Yuta/Johnny/Taeyong, Hurt/Comfort, Sexual Tension, Nightmares, vampire!Jungwoo, Morally Ambiguous Character, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Angst, Porn With Plot, Mark is Dealing With Stuff, Blood Kink, Choking, Dirty Talk, Painplay, Breathplay Summary:

Taeyong: Uh oh.

Yuta: What?

Taeyong: Somebody's in love.

Yuta: Yeah, right. I just think Mark's cute. It's not like I lay awake at night thinking about him.

This was a promo day - 127 had multiple asian interviews that are still being released. They also filmed the album unboxing on this day and given by mark’s outfit in this bubble update on 210918 - this was the date of the interviews. [edit] looking at mark’s hair colour, it seems this was recorded earlier than i thought since on 210917 at sticker’s press con mark’s hair was the darker mix of green and blue

when i first watched the album unboxing with yumark + taeil, i was surprised to find yuta quite tone-downed in his intensity with mark than what we have seen in previous contents like this. immediately i compared it with the punch unboxing from last year with yumark + doyoung. as soon as photocards were mentioned, yuta said he wanted mark’s twice and flirting of this nature was very frequent. however, in present day unboxing, this yuta is nowhere to be seen, as is the case in much of 127′s recent contents. yuta is significantly less obviously flirty with mark. i was perplexed until i saw the interviews series which was filmed on the same day. i will analyse the interviews later in this post. 

my first theory in yuta’s change of behaviour:

yuta has matured a lot over the past year and a half - his radio show and solo activities have played a large role in this. he is very conscious about what fans perceive him as and in the past a lot of his personality and visibility was unfortunately boiled down to ships - yuwin, yutae, yujae, doyu, yumark, etc or his eccentric tendencies being misinterpreted as him not enjoying being in the group and overanalysed as him wanting to leave. both yuta and mark are very aware of fans side-eyeing yumark as a purely fanservice ship, fans have blatantly asked them both if yuta loves mark more than mark loves him, it’s creepy how he only obsesses with mark and not other members, have told mark to stop calling yuta oppa and he listened (!) what i take from this is: no matter how righteous yuta is in believing he should live and do as he pleases, this has definitely impacted the way he publicly displays his relationship with mark. he has made it a point to continuously say he loves the other members just as much (take the sticker q&a where he had to emphasise this point before he could even begin to say mark and yuta are the ones he cares for the most. and even then, he had to emphasise it’s because they care and love him just as much - hence, shutting down the perception that he is creepily obsessed with mark; no it’s reciprocated. again, this leans towards my theory that yuta is trying to combat these perceptions fans have of him. the yuta from last year would have made the q&a a mark love-fest, just like he did with the nct 2020 questionnaire - all his answers were mark. maybe this is the era of a more genuine yuta who treads carefully with how he displays his relationship with mark, it’s a delicate one, but it’s not completely hidden. he has found a way to balance his love for mark publicly along with being fair to other members or simply making it less of the yumark show. good for him. i support this. 

my second theory in yuta’s change of behaviour:

mark is reciprocating in a way yuta was never prepared for - things have gotten a little too real. 

i think we can all see just how whipped mark is for yuta, as i’ve entitled this post: the revealing interviews because they tell us a lot in how mark feels towards yuta these days. now i’m not saying yuta is uncomfortable with mark developing a real crush on him since i think yuta himself has feelings for mark but i believe he never expected them to be reciprocated to this extent. sure, yuta can obviously tell mark thinks he’s hot from way back - the prolonged staring just to see mark get flustered by him. but this era is different. the crush has developed into something stronger and yuta initially did not know how to react to this - as we can see from the end of 2020 to early 2021 there was a shift in yumark’s dynamic, things were calmer but more intense in that sense, a lot less “fanservicey” or “comedic.” yuta gets visibly flustered around mark sometimes nowadays which is quite rare for him being known as the “confident gay”

baring in mind, i’m writing this based on moments from before 210917 in which we didn’t get all the music show stares etc so it seemed yuta was treading carefully in how he interacted with mark as well as spoke about other members in comparison to mark.

MOVING ON... THE INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEW 1 - [🔗] this link works on desktop best.

Firstly, yuta is touchy with mark in all of these interviews becuase they are sitting for a long time and it’s a natural behaviour for him. unlike in the unboixng vid, the objective was clear: unbox the album and talk about it, it wasn’t as natural a setting as a series of interviews where the attention wasn’t on them alone.

2:35 - mark’s first “cute” to yuta comes out as yuta speaks about going to the a language club at school if he were to have a language major. mark often calls members cute but it’s undeniable that he has started doing it with yuta over literally anything he does. another easy way for him to insert himself in yuta situations.

5:16 - yuta is about to be asked his question, of course mark is already staring at him, smirking even, but quickly pulls himself together. yuta is flustered by being praised for his fashion, sure everyone is laughing but mark’s laugh is completely fond and completely for yuta alone, his entire body is facing yuta and he’s the only one looking at yuta as he laughs. he can’t contain just how fond his is.

5:25 as yuta begins to give his answer, notice how mark’s face becomes serious and almost uncomfortable. this is what yuta answered:  Me? I think fashion is all about self satisfaction. So no matter what other people around me say, i will do whatever i want. I hope you guys can do that as well. Of course this is going to hit home for mark, especially when it’s yuta saying it. mark is picture-perfect idol. or at least he tries to be. he never wants to be rebellious or let go of his perfect put together image and it’s part of what makes me think he’s attracted to yuta. yuta is the opposite, like he said, he’ll do whatever he wants. i believe mark aspires to be like this so hearing yuta saying it so carefreely, will obviously hit home for mark in many ways, not only in his relationship with yuta.

5:37 jaehyun is asked about a vlog he’d like to do and yuta immediately mentions the gojaedo punishment. mark is clearly bothered by it- the eye roll, playing with nis nails, 

7:20 when mark is asked about a JB collab, and yuta’s interest is piqued finally. he repeats “let me think about it” - of course, mark is his baby, he is going to react to something like that and finally he’s looking at mark

8:25 the segment is a quiz, they’re all shouting, it’s more relaxed, yuta is very touchy with mark here. it’s his habit to use mark as a arm rest, he never does it with the other person beside him and mark always lets him, welcomes it even by staying close to him. it’s intimate.

9:08 mark teasing yuta and then yuta clinging to mark’s shoulder and mark caressing his wrist to his arm. very intimate, playful and flirty.

11:24 - now this is the main star of the interview, of the whole series of interviews from this day. it’s pretty revealing considering everything i’ve theorised about yuta’s behaviour with mark recently, i was almost expecting him to answer a different member. but no. yuta won’t go that far. mark will always be the cutest member for him. despite being a little shy to answer mark, completely different from yuta of last year. he is very sincere in his answer, even answering that mark is naturally cute and that’s what he likes about it. the eyebrow raise as he says this shows firmness; a reminder that yes, he will balance his display of affections for mark in public, but mark will always be the one for him. before yuta answers, mark’s lips are in a straight line, he was anticipating the answer being him. his little laugh was that tension being released, until he schools his expression again as yuta explains his answer.

INTERVIEW 2 [🔗w/subs] [🔗w/out subs but better quality] [🔗]

1.10: mark can’t resist, he’s enamoured by everything yuta says

3.32: mark says breakfast is his fave song on the album, (he’s answered lemonade before, so likely he chose this since everyone was chosing different songs) and yuta seems a bit surprised but then says “good, good” why? he’s impressed his baby is finally showing his adult-side. yuta mentioned on the same day in the unboxing video he wants to see the sexier expressions of mark. i take this to mean the less picture-perfect mark also. mark mentioning breakfast, the sex song, as his favorite? a step in this direction. mark explains because the song itself makes him want to know it more deeply? know what more deeply? the feeling of being with a lover? no wonder yuta is so responsive.

3:48 once again, yuta has mark’s undivided attention and similarly he also answered “good” to yuta’s choice.

7.13: the little whisper . it looks like yuta wanted mark to check over his answer since he wrote it in english. cute. there is trust there. i wonder if yuta would do the same with johnny? 

7:57 mark is whipped,  what else is there to say? he knows this better than yuta himself! why so confident?   he is absolutely distraught he got yuta’s answer wrong. checking everyone else’s and it must hurt more that jaehyun got the exact answer. there’s nothing platonic about this - it’s very revealing - nobody gets this annoyed by getting something about their friend wrong. when there are another 7 friends’ to also get right and mark got some of theirs wrong but he wasn’t this bothered. also, mark asks yuta “isn’t it beanies” mark has clearly observed that yuta has been wearing beanies recently. mark’s answer is an observation of recent yuta, not yuta as a whole. this shows a different kind of closeness compares to the other members. mark has so many memories of yuta, his mind picks the most recent one.

8:30 this is such a genuine disappointment from mark that johnny once again noticed (i think johnny has clearly observed that mark has a very obvious crush on yuta) and so reassuringly taps his shoulder 

9:21: yuta’s “you and mark don’t suit” to doyoung. sure, he could be joking to tease doyoung, but this is mark after all

11.08: the q on who mark contacts the most - he looks at what yuta wrote. yuta takes a while to decide what to write. everyone said chenle, yet yuta insists it’s renjun. he then adds constant contant doesnt mean someone is your best friend. why did he feel the need to say this? the way mark looks at him as he says this tells us he agrees. i take this to mean that a lot of what mark posts with dream members is to show their closeness.

INTERVIEW 3 [🔗]

1.36: it’s the same moment from 1:10 of interview 2 but in better quality

2:30 taeil picks yuta as the member he wants to stick with forever. mark’s reaction is fond, not jealous (for once heh). taeil is not a threat to mark, he’s the hyung of hyungs, he doesn’t engage in fanservice with anyone, mark is unbothered. even when yuta mentions the way taeil speaks it’s as if him and taeil are a 30 y/o married couple, this doesn’t bother mark! he finds it funny and even repeats it himself. taeil is safe 

5:37 mark chooses jungwoo as the one he wants to stick with. this doesn’t phase yuta either. mark’s go-to answer for this kind of question is recently jungwoo as it used to be jaehyun back in the earlier years. mark will choose someone who is 100% comfortable with. i’m not saying he isn’t comfortable with yuta, of course he is and has said so, but there’s a difference between the comfort you feel with your best friend and the comfort you feel with your oppa crush. as we have seen countless times, yumark is very intense, yuta is very intense with mark and often makes him flustered.

6:00 mark believes for yuta it will be him. “actually it’s me” so no matter who yuta chooses, you know the real answer is you mark? ok.

7:55 yumark chose each other for the person they want to go on a trip with. it’s endearing this answer will never change for them. they always chose each other for this. what’s interesting is mark needed to point out it’s every trip he wants to go with yuta. yuta was really anticipating to be chosen, it’s their thing after all, you can see he gets restless almost thinking mark won’t say his name but his relief and happiness when mark does that the “me mark too” just tumbles out. and then AND THEN.. one of the best parts of this interview series. the jealousy. but this time it isn’t hidden. mark blatantly said “he’s mine” when doyoung chose yuta (doyoung is messing with haechan who chose him). when has mark ever spoken about another nct member like this or reacted like this? mark is affectionate with a lot of members, is touchy with them. but he has never had outbursts like this and non-platonic ones either. yuta has truly gotten under his skin. mark sulks and clings to him. he hits him playfully when yuta says he’s popular but then quickly realises yuta’s reaction and instead softly clings to him. everyone says it, but mark truly is yuta’s baby. all the jealousy built up and he exploded. with a statement. he’s mine.

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