tamed - nct, shotaro x nct

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"hika... i'm going to work!" the omega exclaimed, his hand on the door handle as he was about to leave the place him, his sister and her boyfriend lived in.

"sho? did you say something?" hawoon appeared next to him, his hair still wet from his morning shower.

"yeah. i'm leaving. i start working in half an hour." shotaro repeated what he had said in a barely audible voice before. "where is hika?"

"she's having a shower, but i'll warn her, don't worry." hawoon smiled, ruffling the omega's hair adoringly.

shotaro purred, his eyes closing slightly as he leant into the touch, feeling like he needed love and attention.

"your forehead is burning..." hawoon pointed out as his hand left the boy's hair to be placed on his forehead. "and your cheeks are flushed... and your eyes- sho, is everything alright? you look sick."  he added worriedly.

"yeah, it's just my first day of heat." the pastel purple lover announced with a sigh.

"oh." hawoon blinked, not that familiar with the omega cycle of live despite living with the boy for a few years. "did you take a mini-pill to lessen the heat? do you want me to get it for you? where do you store them?"

"no, i didn't take any." shotaro shook his head. "but they made me really sick last time, so i don't want to take them anymore."

being an omega wasn't easy everyday.

heats occurred every five weeks, lasting between 4 and 7 days, and they were the time when omegas were the most vulnerable and defenceless. at that time of the month, omegas produced more pheromones, and were hit by extreme tiredness and when they grew older, extreme need to mate or to have sexual encounters - but thankfully, shotaro had never experienced such intense desires yet. and if making them vulnerable wasn't already enough, heats made other beings aware of the omega's presence, causing alphas and even sometimes betas to smell the divinely mesmerising scent produced by the omega's pheromones and to get attracted to them like powerful magnets.

thankfully, there were ways to prevent omegas to be the centre of attention while on heat and to get attacked - or worse, raped - by any hungry alpha who would have smelled their addictive sweet scent. while on heat, omegas had two options: suppressants or mini-pills.

suppressants were pills that omegas could buy in any pharmacy and take while on heat to suppress their scent. problem though, the pill didn't reduce the heat, meaning that the sick feeling in the omega's body was still present, but imperceptible for other beings.

mini-pills required a prescription given by a doctor, making them less accessible. those pills were more efficient for omegas with heavy heats since they helped lessening the symptoms of the heat, but left the scent intact to other people around the omega. they were highly demanded by omegas, but sadly, they weren't the best solution for everyone as they could have many side effects, which is why the doctor and the omega would need a few appointments to define which brand of mini-pill was the more adapted to each omega.

but the worst part of these omega medicines  was that suppressants and mini-pills weren't compatible and needed to be taken with at least a 2-day gap if the omega didn't want extreme sickness and a multiplication of heat symptoms.

so, yeah, being an omega may not be easy, being an omega in heat was even worse.

"do you want me to accompany you to work, then? that way you won't be alone." hawoon asked, genuinely concerned for the omega male.

"thank you so much, hawoon, but i don't want to bother you, really." shotaro sook his head as his eyes widened at the thought of taking some of his sister's boyfriend time.