Marriage Contract

Epilogue

In the third month of the new year, Kongpob  and Arthit's wedding was
held-on the same as Arthit's birthday. Not many were invited to this ceremony, only a few family members and friends from both sides were in attendance.

Kongpob  donned a white suit, while Arthit donned a black one, both
currently standing before a pastor.
"Mr. Arthit, do you take Kongpob as your lawfully wedded husband, from this day forward, to have and to hold; to help one another, for better or worse; for richer or poorer; in sickness or in health-to love and cherish one another, remaining faithful to him as long as you live," the pastor asked.

"I do." Arthit replied resolutely.

"Mr. Kongpob, do you take Mr. Arthit as your lawfully wedded husband,
from this day forward, to have and to hold; to help one another, for better or
worse; for richer or poorer; in sickness or in health-to love and cherish one
another, remaining faithful to him as long as you live?"

"Yes, I do." Kongpob  said with the same resolve.

"Please exchange your rings," the pastor instructed, allow the ones beside
them to go up and pass the wedding bands.

Kongpob  and Arthit each put on the wedding ring for the other, sliding
the silver band onto the other's ring finger, binding them to one another for a
lifetime.

"And now, you grooms can kiss one another." The priest clapped his hands
together. Arthit, hands placed on Kongpob's waist, lowered his head slightly tilting, kissing the younger fellow on his lips.

From the ones seated below looking on, Grandpa and Malee smiled at the
same time with reddened eyes. Seated behind them were Aim, Wad and the
other two, with a baffled Oak nudging Aim, asking, "This is such a good day, so why are you crying, huh?"

"No...its just I'm extremely happy!" Aim blew his nose, "l don't know why it's so touching."

"'Seriously? You, were moved to tears?" Oak was shocked.

Aim's heart overflowed with tears, I didn't just want to cry, l also felt
like I was going to bend... Save me!!!

[T/n: bend/becoming gay 🌈]

Later that night, Kongpob  lay on the the bed, playing around with his ring. It
was a new one Arthit had custom made, and was quite unlike the original pair. Thinking about how other married couples would engrave the inside their rings; he became curious about whether Arthit had also done the same, slipping it off, to then observe it carefully.

After looking he noticed no characters engraved on the inside, but it had a
picture--it was Arthit's WeChat profile picture: the princess' headdress!!

Kongpob  stared at this picture feeling somewhat shocked. Laughing softy
soon after, he then lowered his head, kissing the ring.

Right then, Arthit had just exited the bathroom, drying his hair as he
walked out, saying to Kongpob , "Come help me blow.." his sentence stopped midway due to Kongpob  tugging his hand, then slipping his ring off.
Kongpob  looked at the inner part of Arthit's ring, and just as he had
suspected, inside, was the picture of a saltfish.

Once he saw he was discovered, Arthit was surprisingly quite embarrassed, so he snatched the ring and returned it to his finger.

Kongpob  looked at the inner part of Arthit's ring, and just as he had
suspected, inside, was the picture of a saltfish.

Kongpob  upon seeing this propped up his head with his hand, grinning while
looking at him, "p'Arthit, so it turns out you're a low-key romantic, huh-"

Arthit tossed the towel aside, going over to the bedside, lowered his head to look at him and say, "Do you think taking advantage and acting all clever means you won't be sorted out?"