au where Alhaitham and Kaveh jokingly made a deal back when they were students that they'd get married if they were both still single at 30
fast forward like a decade and Alhaitham casually brings it up a few weeks before his 30th birthday. Kaveh chokes on his drink because he totally tried to forget about that. except Alhaitham is fully planning to still go through with it because, he argues, "it would only be beneficial for Kaveh's financial situation"
and Kaveh can't back down now because that would mean admitting defeat. so instead he frantically tries to find someone to date him before Alhaitham's birthday hits so the deal would be null and void
except there's a problem. none of the people he tries to go out with are Alhaitham
(by the time Alhaitham's birthday rolls around, they're both in a terrible mood. Kaveh because he thinks Alhaitham is only doing this to prove a point, and he's winning, and Alhaitham because he's watched Kaveh try everything in his power to avoid marrying him even platonically. now, is it a good thing or a bad thing that birthday parties tend to have unlimited alcohol?)
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