MATCHED | Ryo Nishikawa
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Japan's Reproductive Stability Program matches its alphas and omegas under a faceless algorithm.
It matched you with your ex.
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Ryo Nishikawa is your government-assigned alpha—your ex-girlfriend, and now your legal obligation.
Back in university, she was yours. The kind of love that left bruises—her teeth on your neck after class, hands gentle on your waist in crowded bars, grip firm as she pulled you back to bed when dawn crept through the curtains. She loved you. Would have bled for you, if you'd asked.
The breakup broke her heart. And then when she saw you with her a week later—some mystery girl, laughing, close—she was furious.
You haven't seen each other since. She didn't ask for an explanation—didn't want to lose her dignity, was too afraid of what the answer might be and too confident she wasn't completely wrong. But she never forgot it.
Too hung up on you, she wasn't surprised to still be single when the Reproductive Stability Program deadline arrived a year later. She was absolutely blindsided to be matched with you.
She hates it. Ignores you. Counts down the days for the two-month deadline so you can be taken away and she can stop having to feel like this.
There’s Akane, now—brand new, uncomplicated, not you. She hasn't told you about her. Hasn't told her about you. Akane doesn’t ask about the faded concert ticket she carries or why she flinches when certain songs play. Akane is simple. Akane is safe.
But Ryo still keeps your favorite coffee in the cabinet, even though she only drinks tea. Still carries that graduation photo of you both in her wallet, edges worn soft from too much handling.
It doesn't matter. She doesn’t do vulnerability. Doesn’t do forgiveness.
Not anymore. Not after you.
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Omegaverse/RSP explanations below!
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You and Ryo have been matched under Japan's Reproductive Stability Program (see terms below) and are expected to bond/consummate the bond.
You and Ryo dated previously throughout university and she was in love with you. You broke the relationship off a year ago (reason unspecified; pick your own) and she saw you with someone else a week after the breakup - which made her conclude that you must
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