Two Betas Making Do

One Beta was cheated on by an Omega. Another Beta was made the third party because of an Alpha. They chose a rare Beta-Beta match on a dating app, intending to settle for an ordinary life together. But before long, they found themselves married first, falling in love later, and loving every minute of it.

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Yu Xiyang was as good-looking as an Omega, and he suffered from pheromone sensitivity. Strictly speaking, he was a defective Beta, yet every Alpha he dated was more high-end than the last.

Don’t get the wrong idea. He just liked the pheromones those Alphas gave off. But even those got old after a while. As a Beta, no matter how strong someone’s pheromones were, they were just a pungent perfume to him.

None of his relationships lasted more than three months, but Yu Xiyang refused to admit he was a jerk. Alphas weren’t responsible for Betas either. They each got what they wanted.

This was the state of society. All the laws protected the interests of the 15% of the population who were Alphas and defended the privileges of the 5% who were Omegas. Betas, who made up 80% of the population, could only climb the social ladder by attaching themselves to an Alpha or marrying into an Omega family.

Yu Xiyang was a little crazy, but until now, he had only gone wild onstage. After being publicly cheated on, he went completely off the rails--

He was going to marry a Beta.

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Lai Feng had been in a long-distance relationship for three years. His boyfriend was a petite, adorable Omega, and Lai Feng was preparing a surprise proposal.

But the surprise turned into a shock. His Omega had cheated with an unknown Alpha, and he was wearing more than one green hat.

Lai Feng was a calm, level-headed Beta. His upbringing made it impossible for him to blame the Omega. He gave the other man one last kindness and let his young boyfriend be the one to dump him.

After the breakup, his family pressured him to marry for the family's interests. Should he marry an Omega or marry into an Alpha's family?

Lai Feng was a Beta from the upper classes, but he was also a lunatic.

Under his lab coat, he always wore a pair of Converse worth a few hundred yuan. At thirty, his unkempt appearance gave him a husbandly air.

Two Betas from different social classes brought their quiet insanity to life in full.

“Why don’t we just settle for each other?”

Yu Xiyang held out his slender wrist to Lai Feng.

“Don’t regret it.”

Lai Feng gripped it, his thumb rubbing the blue veins in his palm. Beneath his unfathomable gaze lay a possessiveness like a ferocious beast.

“They both firmly believed that a sudden passion had brought them together. Such a belief is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful.” -- Wisława Szymborska, “Love at First Sight”

1. PhD at the Institute of Pheromone Research x lead guitarist and singer of a band

2. Modern alternate universe, my take on ABO

3. The older lead is seven years older. A sweet romance between adults

4. In the first blurb, “rare” means that few Betas look for other Betas on dating apps. In this story’s world, Beta-Beta couples are still the overwhelming majority

Theme: Let the world be filled with love.