Name: If I close my eyes

Genre: Romance and Tragedy

Pairings: Japan x Taiwan/ China x Taiwan

A/N: Like I said in the last chapter note, this is not supposed to be accurate, however, this is Fan FICTION, which means that unless I wanted it to be 100% accurate I would say, if I didn't, define: FICTION for me.

How many times had Wang thought over the marriage, it was nearing closer and closer with every breath that he took, he was anxious but happy at the same time. It was now the night before the wedding day and he was dressed for going to sleep, but like he always did, he did not sleep; he just placed his hands behind his head and stared into space.

'I wonder what Mei is thinking' Wang thought to himself, he looked over from his bed and saw that in the corner of his chamber was the downry (A wooden type bed that parents prepare for their daughters when they are to be wed, the downry is sent to the groom's family before the wedding, some were big enough to live in) that was delivered yesterday; it was bigger than the usual downry though. Being that some even had toilet bowls and mah-jong tables inside them, it was bigger than that, almost like a second house. It was shiny brown and inside there were draws and everything you would need to start a morning.

Wang sighed and smiled, then he remembered what his mother had said, 'Take all the time you need, dear son' and Wang reddened slightly at the thought of such an action, but if he was going to bear children with Mei, he would not do it now, Mei still had her youth.

Without a second thought on the subject, Wang closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep, waiting for the sun to come up the next day, the day he would treasure forever.

Mei's Chambers: 08:47

The beams stretched through Mei's room and she squinted and sat up in her bed, stretching her arms, not getting the final message that today was the Wedding Day. But as she was about to get out of bed, she froze and realised, today was the day, the day Wang would proclaim her to be his wife. At the thought of that, Mei blushed, suddenly very nervous about the whole thing.

Mei was barely out of bed when her servants came rushing into her room, dragging her behind the shade, one of them clutching a white dress which Mei thought was convenient for the situation. The servants dressed Mei in a traditional red dress, flowing down to her feet and the top of the dress resting on her breasts. The sleeves were happily resting on the edge of her shoulders and they were very long sleeves, the servants stood back to admire the girl and they squealed in excitement,

"I'm so glad Princess is getting married! And to a gentle but handsome man such a Prince Wang, he has such a reputation s to be shut out from the world" she looked at Mei, "You have stolen his heart, Princess Mei"

She chuckled and blushed, "Stop it"

Her bedroom door flung open again and in came another woman, well dressed and make up plastered on her face, she smiled at Mei.

"Let's us get prepared, Princess Mei" she said, standing aside to let Mei through, Mei slowly walked from the other side of the shade to the room across from her own, inside was a small chair and a big mirror in front of it.

The other woman sat Mei down and started by her hair up, she placed a lovely gold ornament on her head that kept the tied hair in place. After she did this, she began placing the forehead piece of jewellery on her, also adding black ink to Mei's eyelashes.

She turned Mei's face to face the other woman and she admired the young woman,

"Beautiful, you'll make a fine bride" she said, Mei looked at herself in the mirror and smiled, she wondered what Wang's reaction would be when he removed the cloth over her face. Mei touched her cheek, feeling yet another little blush surfacing, the older woman stood Mei up and began attaching yet more beautiful wraps over her dress. Including wraps around Mei's chest area and the hem of the dress, a long see through piece of red fabric trailed behind Mei and finally the cloth covering her face was attached, she could see through it but nobody could see her face.

The older woman led her by her arm and began talking about her instructions,

"Now, princess, you will wait inside, the wedding area is just outside your front entrance of the house. When the Zhonghu play, your sister will lead as the maid and behind her you will walk, you will then begin the ceremony, is that clear?" The older woman asked smiling politely, Mei looked at her and smiled, still nervous,

"I am ready to be wed" she replied.

The two stood behind the closed door of the front entrance and Mei inhaled sharply.

Wang's Chambers: 09:02

Wang was already awake by half past eight, he was too excited to go back to his dozing dreams, in fact his servants were jumping for joy a long time before that. So he was really woken by his servants bursting in holding his wedding clothes carefully, now, what Wang was doing was preparing himself in his clothes and tying his hair up.

He gathered his black hair in his hands and ran his hands through it multiple times before he tied it together, he smiled and sighed, the wedding was not far away, his servant would come and get him when he needed to be there. He nodded at himself in his reflection and sat down on a nearby stool, fiddling with his sleeves, waiting for his door to open.

He had waited for about five minutes until a servant came through the door; he touched Wang's shoulder and nodded,

"Excuse me, Prince Wang" the servant said, "It's time"

Wang smiled and inhaled deeply, the servant led Wang into the wedding area. Anxiety swallowed Wang as he stood in front of the guests and waited for the Zhonghu to start playing.

Wedding: 09:15

The Zhonghu began to play and through the golden double doors, Mei walked in, her red wedding dress trailing lightly behind her, however slightly walking in front of her was her younger sister, her name was Nien, but since Mei was older, she was getting married first.

Wang looked over at his bride and saw her figure walking to him slowly; he smiled as Mei had finally got to the other end, her father, the Emperor, took Mei's hand and led her up a few steps to where Wang was standing.

She stood in front of Wang, he could not see her face, but she could see that he so wanted to reveal her beauty and unveil her face. Wang was then told to and he nodded and obeyed, in between his fingers he took the cloth and threw it over Mei's head, she looked up and smiled at her husband to be and he marvelled at the young woman's beauty.

The wedding silence was broken by a religious man, asking them both to give their thanks and in doing just that, the wedding would be over, the religious man tied the red string of fate to both the couple's fingers and the guests rejoiced, as the Prince and the Princess were finally wed.

The young couple smiled and their leaving carriage had taken them to their new home, which was a gift from Mei's father, the couple exited the carriage hand in hand, the red string still strong on their fingers, they looked at each other and smiled.

The night awaited for them and the pure thought of it made them both blush wildly.

A/N: Is it me or is this chapter a bit small, oh well, I did rush the Chinese wedding cuz I know ZILCH about that sort of thing, despite this I hope you liked this chapter, and yes EVERYTHING will be described in the next chapter. Heheheheheh. I think this should be an M now, cuz well…..it's lime next.

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