Unplanned Marriage

Chapter 3

Marriage Certificate

This paper certifies that undersigned Kongpob Prachaya and Arthit Perawat were 28/1/2018 proclaimed as husband and husband by the National Court of Thailand. This marriage cannot be annulled by any means for at least a period of time 365 days. The husband takes the name of the husband.

Signed
Kongpob Prachaya & Arthit Perawat

They skipped the law paragraphs about the authenticity of the paper and policies if the contract is violated.

"Wait, who takes whose name?" Kong asked, confused.

"Are you serious? Is that the main issue here? It is true? We're married?!" Arthit jumped up, panicking.

"This can't be true, this can't be true." He walked in circles around the room, muttering to himself.

"I can't take your name, I'm the heir!" Kongpob panicked, rolling around the bed, reading those few lines over and over again.

"Wait a bit! I understand now. This is a prank. Secret cam! Haha, we've cracked this, you can come out now." Arthit laughed, looking around. Kongpop gave him a confused look.

"This is real, Arth... how old are you?" He asked suddenly.

"It can't be real. It can't be." Arthit ignored his question about age.

"How old are you?" Kong repeated.

"Why is my age more important than this mess? Twenty-six." He asked, waking up from his trance.

"Because I didn't know how to address you, P'Arthit. I'm twenty-four."

"How come you're so calm?" Arthit wondered, watching his life fall apart.

"I'm trying to solve this. Who takes whose name?" Kongpob asked, still not letting the issue go.

"I don't know! The only solution here is that one of us dies. You're younger, you do it." Arthit said seriously.

"Why should I do it? It was your idea." Kong argued back.

"Arghhhh!" Arthit ran through his hair in agony. "I must have gone crazy, I've married a stranger and a man at top of that!" He muttered to himself. "I'm screwed..."

"Hey, P'... we will solve this, okay?" Kong came closer and rubbed his back gently to calm him down.

"Kongpob, do you even realize what is going on? WE. ARE. MARRIED. And we can't undo it for a year! YEAR!!" Arthit cried and scooted closer to Kong's chest.

"Shhhhhh, I can solve anything, we will go to the court and talk about our options, okay? I'm sure there's something we can do."

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"There's nothing you can do." A woman behind the thick glass shook her head. "It cannot be canceled and you cannot divorce just yet. Come back again after 364 days." She handed them the document.

Now it was Kongpob's turn to panic.