tamed - nct, shotaro x nct

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"shotaro, everything alright?"

"mmh..."

"are you sure?"

"mmh..."

"positive?"

"mmh..."

a few seconds of silence.

"what time is it?"

"mmh..."

hikari heaved out a sigh at her brother's reply, standing up from the couch shotaro was sitting on and walking to the kitchen where hawoon was preparing dinner for the three of them.

"oh, hika, are you coming to help me?" the boy asked as his lips curved up in a smile.

"i don't know what to do with shotaro anymore..."

hawoon's smile turned into a frown as he stopped focusing on the stove to look at his girlfriend. "is he still sad?"

"yeah..." hikari sighed. "and it seems like it's getting worse with time passing..."

"do you... do you think nct could have done something to him?" hawoon hesitated, the thought of their favourite idols being mean to shotaro not fitting with their minds.

"no, of course not!" hikari shook his head. "he seemed so happy when he came back from their dorm. and judging by what their manager said, nct were happy as well..."

"i know, right... but he's been like that since he came back..."

shotaro had been living with his sister and hawoon again for a week long. seven days ago, namkyu had brought him back to their small apartment, and he had been ecstatic to see hikari and hawoon again, and he had told everything that had happened at the nct dorm with so much joy and happiness. and then, everything had changed.

with days going on, shotaro's usual happiness and bubbliness seemed to transform in sadness and dullness.

the first day, he had simply been less smiley and less invested in hikari and hawoon's conversations, and then, he started to stop smiling, his face always blank or with a hint of sadness, as if day after day, something was sucking all of the brightness out of him. his state had degraded more every day, and now, seven days after coming back from the nct dorm, shotaro barely interacted with hawoon and hikari anymore, and he didn't answer by anything else than hums. he was slow and lazy in his acts, he seemed bored all day, and was willing to do nothing, he didn't take care of himself as much as he did in the past and he didn't even seem to realise how he was slowly changing; it looked like he was having a depression.

"i mean... nct have to have something to do with this..." hawoon stated, breaking the silence that had taken possession of the small kitchen.

"but i don't believe that they did something bad to him." hikari replied. "i tell you, he was so freaking happy."

"i know, i saw it." hawoon nodded. "but he isn't anymore, which means something happened."

hikari let out a loud sigh rubbing her temples with her fingers while trying to understand what could have happened to her baby brother.

"look, we'll ask him more about it during lunch. i'm making his favourite dish, hopefully this will cheer him up a bit." hawoon pulled his girlfriend in a hug before going back to cooking and making sure the meal was excellent.

sadly, even though hawoon had cooked something very tasty and delicious, this didn't have the effect both betas wanted on shotaro.

the omega still looked like he was done with life as he toyed with the food inside his plate using his chopsticks. hikari and hawoon kept glancing at each other in silence, indirectly asking each other what they could do to make him stop being like this; it pained them so much to see the boy they were attached to being so depressed.