*three years later*

"nct! on stage in five minutes!!" a random assistant yelled backstage, causing the few people that were around to jump slightly at the sudden scream.

however, despite the assistant's interjection, the 22 alphas that composed the kpop boy group nct were still in their own little world, not even caring that they were supposed to be on stage to sing their title track in five minutes.

"what do you mean i look awful?!" jungwoo frowned. "have you seen yourself with this asymmetric turtle neck?"

"well, at least i don't look like i just got out of my bed." sicheng tackled back. "the stylists even had your hair looking like you've had a rough night."

"maybe that's because i had a rough night." jungwoo declared. "because someone i would not state the name of decided to take all of the blanket."

"i won't take criticism coming from someone dressed as a half-asleep nun, thank you." jaemin spat at jungwoo, knowing very well that he was the one to be blamed for the blanket crime – because apparently stealing someone's blanket while sleeping with them was illegal and should be punished.

"so, i'm a nun, now?" jungwoo scoffed. "you're not looking better jaemin with this excuse of a shirt you're wearing."

"at least it makes me look- "

"come on... stop fighting over nothing... you guys all look perfect in those clothes."

all eyes immediately turned to the 23-year-old omega that had barged in the conversation with a smile, his pheromones invading the angry alphas' senses instantly and calming them down in a snap of fingers.

"aw... thank you pup, at least i'm happy someone knows how to appreciate my beauty." jungwoo cooed, pecking shotaro's cheek quickly.

"huh... we appreciate your beauty too." jaemin stated, pointing at sicheng and himself.

"by saying i look like a nun?" jungwoo raised a brow as he wrapped both of his arms around shotaro to hug him.

"we're making fun of your allure in it, but don't worry, we know how to appreciate a nice butt when we see one. and damn... this nun costume makes me want to go against the bible." sicheng replied while wiggling his brows.

"we're in public!" shotaro gasped, hitting sicheng's arm lightly as he looked at his surroundings with red cheeks.

the boys chuckled at his behaviour, knowing that he was still a bit embarrassed when they used such crude words in public. "i'm sorry pup, i'll watch my mind next time." sicheng declared, taking shotaro's hand in his and pecking it.

"i-it's fine..." the omega stuttered.

three years had passed since the boys had met each other, became mates and gotten together. three long years full of love and passion between the 23 boys, and yet, shotaro still managed to flush red or stutter whenever the boys would act like gentlemen with him – which happened quite regularly.

nct was still a very successful boyband, known and respected worldwide because of its very particular composition. the world now knew about shotaro as their cute omega mate as the boy had been introduced in their comeback, three years ago, when the 'wild' pictures of nct with their bite marks were published. shotaro wasn't a big fan of becoming famous at first, but with his boyfriends and mates by his side, everything was much easier as they could make him feel at ease with a simple pheromone release.

the 23 boys still lived together in the same nct dorm, and shotaro still owned his pastel purple room – known as namkyu's old bedroom – even though he barely slept there anymore. in fact, all of the boys rarely slept in their own beds as they would rather sleep together in someone else's bed. since the 23 of them couldn't sleep in the same bed, they took turns in sleeping together and with shotaro, so that everyone was happy and good spend some quality time with the other boys.

nothing had changed much for the past three years, except perhaps for shotaro's innocence. nct had somehow tainted the boy's immaculate innocence with time going on, but these were things that were meant to happen since shotaro was getting older and started questioning himself and his body. however, even if their tainted it, the boys didn't ruin his innocence fully, involving him in the greatest orgies of all times. no, shotaro was still pure of any sexual action of the sort, even if he was now aware of the sexual activities of his mates. but he didn't mind. he was glad that they could enjoy themselves that way, and he didn't feel the need to experience this just yet. having nct being his mates and boyfriends was already so overwhelming for him that he didn't need anything more for the moment – but the time would come one day.

so, yeah, everything was going smoothly for the 23 mates, and it was perfect that way.

"what the hell are you guys doing?! you're awaited next to the stage! you're performing in three minutes!!" namkyu exclaimed as he noticed sicheng, jaemin and jungwoo chatting with shotaro without a care in the world. "move your fucking asses and get there A.S.A.P!!" he yelled for the nth time – he had already had to yell on a few other members who didn't seem to understand that they were here to perform and not to have a coffee break or to fuck each other backstage.

shotaro chuckled as nct's manager sighed loudly, rubbing his temples with his hands.

"i'm getting too old for this bullshit..." he declared, looking in the direction all of the members had run in.

"you're doing your job perfectly." shotaro assured, giving the manager a sincere smile.

"see babe?! what was i telling you this morning?!" daeho exclaimed from a few meters away before blowing a kiss in his husband's direction – they had exchanged their wishes two years ago, and were the happiest married couple.

"go deal with exo, now." namkyu replied, throwing his husband a blowing kiss back.

"sure, babe!"

namkyu rolled his eyes with a silly smile on his face as he diverted his eyes from daeho who was trying to get baekhyun's attention as the boy was supposed to go see the makeup artist.

"i would never have been able to do all of this without you." nct's manager declared, looking at the omega.

"good thing you found me, then." shotaro smiled. "we should go see the boys right before they go on stage."

"yeah, you're right." namkyu nodded as the two males started heading towards the stage. "i can't imagine how things would have been if i had cancelled that reality show on the day you met them for the first time." the manager stated. "they were such a pain in the ass that day, i was seriously debating on punishing them by not having them leaving the dorm."

shotaro laughed at this anecdote. "thank god you came, then."

"i don't know what went through my head, but it was the best decision of my life- wait no, second best. the first was marrying daeho."

the omega smiled again at the manager who was back in a loving daze, images of his and his boyfriend's wedding flashing in his mind. love really was a powerful feeling...

"pup! pup! quick! come here!"

shotaro turned his head, seeing his 22 boyfriends standing in line just next to the stage's entrance, looking at him. "yeah?"

"the lucky kisses!" chenle told, making shotaro gasp.

"oh, i almost forgot!"

the omega walked to the very first alpha in line, right in front of the stage entrance, and he glanced at the room full of fans from backstage.

"and now, NEO CULTURE TECHNOLOGY!!" the speaker announced, signalling that it was time for the boys to go.

"lucky kisses!" shotaro exclaimed before leaning forwards and pecking xiaojun's lips as the boy was standing first in line.

the chinese male then walked on stage as the next in line – johnny – got in front of shotaro and pecked his lips as lovingly. this went on as yuta, jaehyun, mark, jeno, sungchan, lucas, yangyang, renjun, taeyogn, ten, jisung, jungwoo, jaemin, hendery, doyoung, chenle, taeil, kun, sicheng and doyoung waited for their kiss from shotaro before going on stage and performing as if it was their last time on stage.

they had created the 'lucky kisses' ritual around two years ago, as the alphas claimed that this last kiss before any performance – whether it was a concert, a show or an interview – helped them staying focused and do everything perfectly. shotaro was sure that it was just that they were always hungry for his kisses but he didn't mind because kissing them had to be one of his favourite things in life...

"and here we go..." namkyu sighed as he stood backstage by shotaro's side while they looked at them dancing and singing so amazingly.

"don't they look perfect like that?" the manager asked after a while as nct did all of their moves flawlessly, and contrarily to three years ago, with now tensions or want to kill each other in the middle of the performance.

"like what?" shotaro asked, diverting his eyes from his boyfriends to namkyu, not really understanding the question.

another sigh left namkyu's lips as he recalled all of those times he had had to scold and punish them because of their anger issues and their over-the-edge behaviour. it was so much better now that he had found shotaro, the missing puzzle piece to this uncomprehensible mess that were those 22 horny alphas.

"namkyu, like what?" shotaro repeated.

a smile appeared on the manager's face as he ruffled shotaro's hair lovingly.

"tamed..."

α the end α

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