Matt and Ryan

Matt and Ryan is the former rivalry and current friendship in Carter Corp.

## Overview

Matt and Ryan is the occasional former rivalry turned friendship between Matt Ortega and Ryan Carter. Matt and Ryan did not have a good start in Ryan's route, the two never interacted in his season one other than Matt expressing annoyance that Ryan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and that he could be a CEO too at Ryan's age if he had his grandfather's money too. When they finally did in season 2, Ryan was very jealous of Matt and his friendship with the player, sometimes believing that they were something more than friends. Matt also didn't like Ryan either but tried not to show it that often, especially since Ryan was dating his friend. But the two couldn't relate to each other and didn't seem like they wanted to try either.

When the player goes to Matt's apartment to hang out with him since she didn't want to be alone after being upset that Ryan was in Toronto, Canada with Alicia Boone (and to apologize) Ryan had come back from Toronto quickly to be with the player but found out that she was with Matt. Ryan was furious and showed up to Matt's apartment and stormed into his place to confront the player. Ryan was angry with Matt and seemed like he wanted to fight him. When the player talks to him Ryan feels like all the player talks about is Matt and asks her if anything went on which shows that Ryan doesn't trust Matt at all and believes that he would sleep with a woman in a committed relationship if possible.

Ryan and Matt were thankfully able to patch things up by the end of the season, mostly by Matt proving that he is a good guy with good intentions, as he saved Jenny Blake from being kidnapped and helped take down Alicia Boone and held her at his apartment until she was arrested. Matt won Ryan over and Ryan showed Matt that he wasn't a bad guy either, especially since Matt gave him the befit of the doubt. Matt was close enough to Ryan (but mostly the player) that he attended his wedding and was happy for the couple. Matt is usually at Ryan and the player's loft a lot which doesn't seem to bother Ryan, especially as he was once shirtless in it too while on their couch and Ryan didn't seem to care when he walked in despite the player being present, which shows that Ryan has come far to trust Matt and the player in their platonic friendship.

Matt also babysits Ryan's child very frequently since he's good with kids, which shows that Ryan trusts Matt with his son's life, and also asks about how their day went and is glad Matt is able to spend time with his son since he looks up to Matt as an uncle figure. Matt and Ryan sometimes go out to bars and clubs together with their friend group and will be seen talking and laughing like buddies, which is far better than the animosity they used to have. Matt and Ryan don't have the deepest or most complex friendship in the Is it Love? series, as they never really hang out together by themselves, but it's apparent that the two are good friends and get along very well now.

## Trivia

* They both got married at the end of their second seasons.
* They are both 2 of the 8 original Is it Love? characters and 5 of the original love interests.
* They both appear on the cover of the Is it Love? Art Book and have art featured in it.
* Both of their story routes were originally adapted from books written by Claire Zamora.
* They were both based off of real life actors, Ryan was based off of Chris Pine and Matt was based off of Ian Somerhalder.
* They can both be considered as the unofficial third "love interests" in another characters story route. (Ryan in Colin Spencer's and Matt in Daryl Ortega's).
* Matt was the first character to have a brother and Ryan was the first character to have a sister. (Both of which were the first brother/sister to appear on screen).
* Gabriel Simons has been jealous of both of their relationships with the player at some point during his story route.
* They both used to be on the cover of Gabriel's route (until it was updated).
* Neither of them have living parents.