tamed - nct, shotaro x nct

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"what the fuck...?!"

for the nth time that day, namkyu stared at the alphas in disbelief, his eyes wide and his mouth agape.

nct had been unusually calm since they filmed the reality show a few hours ago, meaning that they didn't try to kill each other or to pick up fights together or even to do anything that could make the tension escalate between them. the 22 alphas with anger issues all seemed to be in a collective daze that prevented them to attack each other.

namkyu wasn't complaining. not at all. in fact, he enjoyed this peaceful day as much as he could, knowing that moments of rest weren't so frequent when it came to nct's alpha characteristics. however, even if the manager was very happy about this moment of calm and serenity, he wondered what the hell was wrong with them and why they hadn't started to hit each other violently for something stupid again.

right now, namkyu watched taeil pouring himself some juice in a glass but spilling everything next to the container and on kun's foot without the chinese male bulging. usually, kun would have snapped at the other, and probably thrown the glass of juice to trail's face as revenge. but right now, nothing was happening, as if kun wasn't slightly bothered by the sweet liquid that landed on his foot.

a few meters away, chenle was lying on the couch, his eyes focused on the tv that displayed a cartoon that seemed way too childish to watch for a 21-year-old. and what surprised namkyu even more was the fact johnny - who was sitting on another couch - stared at the cartoon on tv seemingly as mesmerised as chenle was, when it was common knowledge that johnny would never watch a cartoon if he wasn't forced to do so.

and the other boys weren't in sight, but namkyu could only believe that they were in similar dazes.

a knock on the door interrupted namkyu's confused thoughts and made the four boys around look at him. the manager didn't wait a second to get to the door and open.

"surpriiiise!" a short male exclaimed, his arms lifted in the air and his lips in a wide smile.

namkyu sighed, a grin appearing on his face at the sight of exo's manager. "babe, what are you doing here?"

"exo are done with their schedule and they're a group of betas that can watch over themselves very well." daeho replied, pulling his taller boyfriend in a hug. "so, i came to help you."

"well, i appreciate the gesture but- "

"where's my kiss?" exo's manager pouted, looking up at namkyu with puppy eyes.

the tall beta rolled his eyes, his lips contorting in a smile. daeho may be a beta, but he surely had some omega tendencies. him and namkyu must have found themselves well, because namkyu could pass for an alpha, and daeho for an omega. it was almost as if nature had told them that they would need to get together.

"whiny baby." namkyu chuckled before bending forwards and placing a long kiss on his boyfriend's pouty lips.

daeho stood on his tippy toes, his arms wrapping around his giant boyfriend's neck while he deepened the kiss.

"okay, so... as i was saying..." namkyu started speaking again after they parted. "i appreciate that you came to help me, but it doesn't seem like i need help right now."

"you don't?" daeho frowned in confusion.

"yeah, i'm surprised as well but... the boys have been awfully calm since the show this morning." namkyu replied. "see by yourself."

daeho entered the dorm and looked around the living room, witnessing the same scene that his boyfriend had witnessed a few seconds before. and knowing how hard it was to manager nct, daeho was very surprised as well.

"what the hell happened to them?!"

"i have absolutely no idea." namkyu sighed, his arms wrapping around his boyfriend's body as he glued his chest to the boy's back. "but i'm not complaining. a bit of rest is all i ever needed..."

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"asshole! it was my turn to go to the shower!"

"asshole yourself, you agreed to let me go first!"

"are you kidding me?! i said that i was about to go!!"

"no... no... no... no... god, no!" namkyu sighed, taking his head between his hands as the screams of a few nct members put an end to his peaceful time with his boyfriend.

the manager peeled his body off daeho's and immediately rushed to the corridor leading to the rooms and bathroom from where loud voices could be heard.

and he was right, because doyoung and yuta were there, standing in front of the bathroom's open door in nothing but their boxers, screaming and growling at each other.

"guys, what is the problem now?" the manager asked with a sigh.

"HE'S THE PROBLEM!!" both males exclaimed at the same time, pointing at each other.

"okay. what's happening with you two?" namkyu asked again. "you were all calm a few minutes ago! what changed in the past minutes for you to get angry again?!"

"HE'S JUST BEING THE USUAL ASSHOLE!!" the two alphas yelled. "NO YOU!!!" they added, looking at each other before growling loudly and starting to fight physically. "I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO FIRST!!!"

"okay, okay. guys! GUYS!" the manager raised his voice to try reasoning them. "i think that you- "

the noise of an object shattering interrupted his sentence.

"hendery, you prick! you knew that this was precious to me!!" kun's voice resonated across the house.

"i wouldn't have broken it if you hadn't been such an idiot to believe me not able to do so!" hendery tackled back immediately before their argument switched to a series of chinese curse words, barely audible above the ruckus yuta and doyoung were making in front of the bathroom.

namkyu rolled his eyes again, deciding to focus on the bathroom problem before the chinese one.

"okay, GUYS STOP AND LISTEN!" he interrupted the boys' bickering, making them turn their heads towards him even though their hands were still clasped around each other's throats.

"you go have relieving shower sex, and that way you'll both have the bathroom at the same time AND you'll be able to relieve all of that tension." namkyu told quickly. "hurry, now!" he added, pushing the two boys inside the bathroom and then slamming the door shut.

another exasperated sigh left his lips as namkyu took hurried steps towards the kitchen in which hendery and kun were throwing each other death threats in chinese.

however, before he could reach the kitchen, his body froze at the sight of the living room, and this time, more than a sigh, a gasp slipped past his lips.

almost all members were there, screaming at each other in a variety of languages, blaming each other for meaningless things and fighting against themselves without mercy.

"babe, babe! everything alright?! i head you- ohhh!" daeho froze by namkyu's side as soon as he set a foot inside the living room, witnessing the violent fight that was taking place. "they're fighting again..."

namkyu sighed, wondering what was going wrong with the boys he was supposed to manage.

how the hell had nct become so calm and peaceful for so long, and how the hell had they gotten back to a violent state?

"indeed, they are fighting again..."