after the incident that occurred on shotaro's fourth day with nct, when the omega obliviously walked on sungchan, renjun, jeno, donghyuck, jisung and jaemin having sex, nothing weird or disturbing for the omega happened anymore.

it seemed like things were normal for the omega – if normal meant being pampered by 22 alphas who also happened to be worldwide know idols, of course. but shotaro was getting used to such a life.

"shotaro, can i get you something to drink?" yangyang asked the boy who was seated on the sofa, watching as jisung and sungchan played videogames on the livingroom's tv.

"h-huh, it's fine." he smiled brightly at the boy. "i can go grab myself something, you know?" he added, standing up and taking a step towards the kitchen.

however, he couldn't go far as a pair of large hands wrapped around his waist and brought him back on the couch – or so, he thought; instead, he had been pulled on someone's lap.

"don't worry about that, pup. yangyang is going to get you a large glass of violet syrup with ice and a straw." his new seat spoke as yangyang nodded and walked away to go to the kitchen.

it's only then that shotaro allowed himself to turn his head, his cheeks already pink due to the fact he had been pulled on someone's lap and called 'pup' in less than a minute.

"y-yuta..." the omega let out, his eyes widening as he looked into the japanese member's eyes.

"the one and only." yuta replied in their language as he placed his hands on shotaro's hips again and lifted him with ease so that he was straddling him instead of just sitting on his lap sideways. "you understand japanese, right?"

"o-of course. i-i speak japanese with m-my sister." the omega replied shyly, feeling weird talking in his native language with someone else than hikari.

"mmh." yuta hummed, listening carefully to shotaro. "you sound hot when you speak in japanese."

the omega couldn't help but turn red at the words that had left yuta's mouth. no one had ever told him that he sounded 'hot', hell, he wasn't even sure 'hot' meant what he thought it meant. usually, when talking about him, people – and nct too – used words such as 'cute', 'adorable', 'lovely' or 'sweet' – which had gotten him instantly into 'sweet delight' as the manager had found him so sweet that he had said it would be a crime not to hire him.

but 'hot'? this was new.

"i-i-i don't know w-what to say..." the omega stuttered; his head lowered so that yuta couldn't see him being a blushing mess.

"don't be so shy, pup." yuta chuckled, using his fingers to lift shotaro's chin up and look into his mesmerizing eyes.

"p-pup?!" shotaro gasped, becoming even redder if possible.

"don't you like it when i call you that?" yuta raised a brow, slightly worried that he had hurt the boy's feelings.

"n-no, no... i like it..." shotaro admitted shyly. "b-but why a-are you calling m-me that?"

"well..." yuta stayed silent for a few seconds, his hand that was holding shotaro's chin sliding along his face, caressing his cheek adoringly. "you look so cute and precious... it makes me want to keep your forever and to protect you from all the hardships in life... just like i would be doing for my pup..."

"o-o-oh..." shotaro's eyes widened as his heart became mad in his ribcage.

"actually, believe me when i say each and every member of nct will take care of you like you are their pup..."

"i have no idea what all of these japanese words mean, but shotaro said he wanted to play videogames with us." jisung interrupted their conversation, saving shotaro from a heart attack.

"y-yeah..." shotaro coughed. "h-huh... i-i'm coming..."

yuta chuckled at the boy's flustered stated before lifting him up again and placing him on his two feet on the floor, just by jisung's side.

the two 20-year-olds headed to the videogame sofa placed in front of the tv where shotaro sat down between sungchan and jisung.

the japanese alpha looked at them for a few minutes before standing up and heading towards the bedrooms. knowing the labyrinth by heart, yuta didn't mistake the different doors and he pushed open jungwoo's bedroom door, finding the boy lying on his stomach on the bed.

"oh, yuta." the boy let out when he saw the older member closing the door behind his back and locking it.

"it's me." he wiggled his brows, approaching the boy on the bed and pulling his shirt off in the process.

"can i know what has you coming to lock yourself in my room and walk so seductively to me?"jungwoo asked as yuta plopped on the bed by his side.

"i just won a bet, and i'm expecting my reward." yuta informed simply, his hands fidgeting with his trousers until he had opened the top button and the zipper, revealing his leopard printed boxers which hid a growing bulge.

jungwoo kept his eyes on the hidden member for a few seconds before looking up in yuta's eyes again.

"and... what bet are we talking about exactly?"

"the bet which involved you sucking me for an hour straight if i won."

the korean male had his eyes widening as he sat up on the bed abruptly. "you dared to call him 'pup'?!"

"yep." yuta accentuated the popping sound on the 'p'. "and he liked it."

"really?" jungwoo asked.

"you should have seen him, all shy and stuttering... he was so fucking cute. and i had to hold myself from getting a boner because he was straddling my lap." yuta explained. "and holy shit, the sole feeling of his ass on me was enough to send me into overdrive."

the younger alpha smiled at yuta's words, imagining really well how hard it could be to hold himself when facing such an alluring sight as shotaro on his lap. all of the members agreed that they would give everything to have shotaro's body pressed against theirs, or to fuck him senseless until all he was screaming was their name and their name only. they were horny alphas after all, but shotaro was an innocent omega, and they knew better than breaking his perfect innocence.

"well, a bet is a bet." jungwoo declared, pushing yuta so that he was lying on the bed and grabbing his trousers and his boxers before pulling them away and throwing them on the floor, leaving yuta completely bare, with a huge boner.

"one hour, huh?" yuta asked, propping on his elbows as junwgoo got between his legs.

"could become an hour and a half if you pull on my hair just like i love." jungwoo replied, lowering his head until his lips were brushing yuta's tip.

"count on me." yuta replied, bringing one of his hands to jungwoo's scalp, ruffling his hair.

"let's go then. time starts now."

and with that said, jungwoo's lips parted open, and he swallowed yuta whole, making the japanese male arch his back and pull on the other's hair mercilessly.

as expected, the start of a very long, but very pleasing hour.

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"do you realise that tonight will be your last night here already?"

"lucas, it's like 8am, do you think it's the moment to bother him with that?" renjun replied in chinese, eating a spoonful of cereal right after dissing his older member.

"no, but he's got a point." winwin pointed his spoon at lucas. "shotaro is leaving soon."

"i know, but he could stop reminding us about him leaving so that we could enjoy the last two days without anticipating his departure." renjun explained, still in their native language.

"h-huh... sorry... c-can someone pass me the milk...?" shotaro interrupted their conversation in mandarin, making the three chinese males face him.

"don't tell me we were speaking in mandarin and he felt excluded." renjun facepalmed himself.

"and that's exactly what you are doing again." lucas snorted, reaching for the bottle of milk by his side before handing it to the omega. "here you are, shotaro." he said in korean.

"t-thank you." shotaro smiled, pouring himself some milk and eating his cereal as well.

lucas had pointed it out a few minutes earlier, but shotaro hadn't really realised it.

today was already his 6th day in the nct dorm. he had one night left surrounded by the 22 crazy alphas, and then, he would go back to living his normally boring life.

there would be no more watching nct practicing, no more accompanying them to interviews or reality shows, no more flushing beet red each time one of them would compliment him... and this made shotaro kind of sad.

after only 6 days hanging around nct, he had gotten used to their presence and constant remarks. he was more comfortable around them now, and even if he still stuttered and blushed whenever they would compliment him, he had less trouble talking with them or starting a conversation, and he wasn't scared to ask them anything anymore.

and it seemed like nct enjoyed his company as well. during those six days, he had barely had any time on his own; except at night when he was using namkyu's room, at least one of the 22 alphas would always be around, making sure shotaro had everything he wanted or that he didn't need anything particular. this made the omega feel important, as if he had 22 maids for him and only him. but instead of being maids that he paid and knew nothing about, they were alphas that he kept getting closer to every day.

one thing was sure for shotaro; he had grown attached to nct, and he was starting to wonder how he would survive away from them starting the next day.

and he hoped nct didn't look forward to him leaving either...