Name: If I close my eyes

Genre: Romance and Tragedy

Pairings: Japan x Taiwan/ China x Taiwan

Summary: Taiwan is being forced into a marriage she does not want, forced to marry her adoptive older brother Wang Yao. But she soon realises that she does in fact love him, when Wang travels to visit his friend Ivan in Russia, Kiku Honda is being kept prisoner and a servant at Ivan's place. Only one problem, he has fallen for Taiwan and she discovers Kiku and Wang's cold past.

Note: Sorry, but Yao does not say 'aru' in this fic at all. I don't include it for some reason, but if you wanted it. Sorry…

"Bring the princess in" The almighty man at the throne said, the golden double doors at the far end of his throne room flew open and in walked two servants followed by the Princess of the land, she reluctantly followed the two Chinese servants and curtsied to the man in the throne. He smiled, "Come up here with me Princess"

Meimei averted his gaze, his daggers behind his eyes covered by his red iris. She slowly stepped up the steps to the Golden Throne which beheld the Emperor of China, "Yes, Father" she replied politely,

The elder man took his daughter's soft hand, "I am glad to tell you, Meimei. That my former wife's son is to be your future husband, everything is arranged. His name is Wang Yao, you will be wed in five days. You are allowed to meet him tomorrow, I will not allow poor behaviour and no words shall be spoken from now until tomorrow"

She stood helplessly shocked, "But Father!" she began, the Emperor stood in disgust and Meimei jerked away,

"No more words, Meimei!"

And with that Meimei left the room, to meet Wang Yao the next day.

"What do you want mother?" the young man at his mother's chamber asked, the well dressed mistress turned to meet her son's eyes. He stood tall in his Chinese prince clothing, his long black hair tied neatly into a ponytail and trailing straight down his masculine back. The mistress walked up to her son, he was a bit taller than her, she smiled,

"Son, I have incredible news of your future" Wang simply nodded and stood in respect, "I have arranged a marriage for you in the period of five days, you will meet the girl tomorrow"

"May I ask her name and origin?" her son asked, standing tall and handsome,

"Of course, she is the daughter of my former husband, the Emperor of China. Her name is Meimei, she is a young woman of 20 years old. So she is but only 5 years younger than you, I saw the girl only briefly when I visited, you will be lucky to have such a wife" Wang's mother replied, he simply nodded again and bowed to his mother,

"Very well mother, I understand the concepts of an arranged marriage. I looked forward to meeting her, but do not be expecting grandchildren so soon" Wang smiled at the corner of his mouth slightly, his mother chuckled,

"Take the time you need, dear son" the mother replied, "You may leave"

Wang excused himself to his room and sat on his bed, sighing deeply to himself and thinking of what his future wife would look like. He looked forward to the next day.

The rays of light shone in from the window, indicating that morning had come; Meimei sat up in her bed and looked over at the large open window. Outside was the landscape of her motherland and she smiled as the sun cast shadows over the beautiful trees, before long Meimei was dressed in a beautiful one piece dress. It was red but with yellow bows and flowers to it, she placed a flower in her hair and stared at herself in her mirror. Adjusting her posture to make sure she looked formal, she nodded and proceeded downstairs where her father was waiting with his ex-wife.

She saw them conversing happily, but they really hated each other, the only reason they were so gleeful was because their children were to be wed. Meimei gracefully glided down the stairs and placed a hand on her father's shoulder, the Emperor turned to face his daughter and smiled,

"Morning, Meimei. Today is the day, the Prince is almost here, this is his mother" her father said, Meimei averted her attention to the woman. She was small and quirky, long black hair, formal red dress and a beautiful aged smile,

"Pleased to make your acquaintance" Meimei greeted,

"You too Meimei, I hope you have a good time with my son" she smiled, Meimei nodded,

"When will the Prince be here?" The Emperor questioned, Meimei stood behind her father. Women in those days were literally forced to be respectful to their parents, standing behind them as if they were lower class, which is what they were considered to be.

"Why, here he is now" the woman turned and saw two servants opening the golden double doors, walking in, in handsome Chinese Prince clothing, was Wang Yao.

He walked up to his mother and bowed, then bowed to the Emperor. At first he did not see the Princess, for she was standing behind the tall Emperor,

"Greetings, Emperor. I am Wang Yao, please to meet you" Wang said emotionless, the Emperor chuckled,

"Enough with the formalities, son" The Emperor shook the young adolescent's hand and Wang chuckled,

"May I see the dear Princess I am to marry?" Wang asked, Emperor nodded and stepped to one side to reveal Meimei. She looked up, her eyes met his, and then she touched her cheek and felt warmth creeping into them. Wang smiled, Meimei curtsied to the Prince,

"Good Morning, Prince Wang" Meimei politely said, Wang stood inches from her and bowed in front of her. He knelt on one knee and took her hand, making her head shoot up in surprise; he cradled her hand in his fingers,

"Good Morning, Princess" he kissed her hand and stood coherently back up and they were both smiling at each other, the parents exchanged glances and chuckled at their smitten behaviour.

Maybe things were okay like this.

"I will allow you this day with her; you are not to disrespect her. If I find out that you have, things won't come soft on your head, Wang" The Emperor warned,

"I assure you, she will not be harmed" Wang replied, "May I ask where she is now?"

"My daughter is out by the plants, she waters them every day. You can go see her if you please" the Emperor replied.

Wang bowed and exited the Palace Foyer, heading for the gardens, where the apparent Meimei was. He looked among the many treasures of her home, everything was either Ruby Red, or pure Gold, he despised any person who would have all of this just for the pleasure of bragging. He hated people who treated others lower class, which happened to be mostly the women in those days.

Outside, was the clean fresh air, he looked around and saw a huge garden and plant area. And it was huge, maybe 3 acres at least, but being as everything was green, he could see Meimei is her red clothing if he wanted to. That is exactly what Wang did, he scanned the area and saw a young woman leaning against the glass house and sleeping soundly. Wang smiled and walked up to the girl and touched her arm, making her wake, she stared at the face in front of her and rubbed her eyes,

"Wang?" she questioned, he nodded and sat next to the girl, who had a book resting on her lap,

"What are you reading, Meimei?" Wang asked, gesturing at the book,

She giggled a bit, "If you would like, you can call me Mei" she smiled, "This book, is just a log book for how big the plants have grown"

"I see" Wang paused, then suddenly got up and kneeled in front of Mei, looking at her sweetly, "Mei?"

"Yes Wang" she answered, she also knelt, so now they were facing each other and closer than they were,

"Do you want to marry?" Wang questioned,

"No"

"…"

"I want to marry you" Mei smiled, Wang chuckled at her response,

"Why?"

"Well…because you're nicer than the others who have proposed and …. well …. I do kinda like you …"

"Oh thank god" Wang said, his shoulders dropped, Mei cocked her head,

"What? Why?"

"Marrying a woman who hates me, I just can't do"

"I don't hate you, Wang"

Wang laid a hand over Mei's and murmured,

"I am glad"

A/n: Aw, Riotfest actually got me into this pairing. Btw, it is set in Ancient China, forget Yao raising the Asians and think of it like this. It does sound a bit cheesy, but it'll get dramatic, I promise.

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