A/N: I have to learn 214 radicals – parts of characters that appear in every Chinese character. So this is my reward for studying hard and yours, if you like :D Some will be sentences, others paragraphs. And now…

One stroke

Yi (one, whole) – Merle smirks as she watches Van glance to where Hitomi is, then turns back to the Basramian councillor. She has to bite back a laugh when Hitomi follows suit only a second later from across the room.

Gun (vertical stroke) – His hand curls over hers, moulding her grip to the knife as it slides through the three tiered cake Millerna had a breakdown over creating. They both smother laughter at the sound of the pattisière squeaking as the cake is destroyed.

Zhu (a dot) - She can't understand why but her husband has a magical sense of knowing when she is practicing. But it doesn't stop her from carefully flicking her wrist, adding the last dot to the katakana spelling out Hitomi de Fanel.

Pie (stroke curved to the left) – Never has he been more thankful for Freidian costume, dazzled by the swathes of silk swirling round the green eyed girl's form, the sari jingling as she dances. He just has to make sure he doesn't stare at her bare midriff, and that no one else does either.

Yi (bend stroke) – Hitomi really has herself to blame as her heart leaps in her throat, a hand infusing heat at her back as she finds herself parallel to the marble floor. The twinkling garnet eyes smirking at her only make it worse. But she finds that maybe it isn't all that bad, dancing with the King.

Jue (a hook) – It takes a lot of explanation and persuasion for a koi pond with a bridge to be installed in the Palace gardens. It takes one second and Allen asking whether the King was too lazy to leave his own home to fish for both King and Queen to burst out laughing.

Two strokes

Er (two) – "We can't be…we can't…" Hitomi rolls her eyes as the Fanelian King hits the ground unconscious. She doesn't see why having twins is that shocking. But maybe she'll remove his crown so his head doesn't hurt too much.

Tou (head, above) – Hitomi smiles every time she sees a Dragon flying above them. When Van asks why, he soon blushes at her reminiscent smile and wonders if maybe there is a chance for something after all.

Ren (man, person) – "It doesn't matter," she says, choking on her words and staring at his blood stained wings. "You saved the world. They should be damn well grateful you don't eat humans."

Ren (man, person – at bottom of graph) – Van appreciates just how much of a woman Hitomi is when she acts nothing like the giggly idiots thrown at him by his councillors. He doesn't appreciate however, how he reacts as a man.

Ru (to enter) – It hurts and she doesn't know if it's even worth it, but as he gasps her name and buries his nose against her shoulder she realizes that maybe this is what love is.

Ba (eight) – Even after eight years Van feels like a teenager as he watches a pillar of light descend with a woman, most definitely a woman floats to the ground and smiles the same way she did all those years ago.

Jiong (wilderness) – Yukari can't understand why Hitomi has a dazed smile on her face as they sit round a campfire in Nara. It certainly isn't because Akio offered to help put up her tent. And she can't understand how her best friend knows how to make a fire last all night.

Mi (roof, cover) – They're nineteen and overly aware of things that they had no clue of four years ago. But for some reason it's a lot easier to curl up together in a barn, sheltering from the pouring rain.

Bing (ice) – Fanelia is a temperate country and he's never seen snow before. Yet it feels like his heart is encased in ice as he sees the Knight lower his head, the girl from another planet tilt her face up to meet him. The rain hitting him turns to pellets of frozen water biting at his skin.

Ji (small table) – The first time Merle sees it she asks her adopted brother just what goes on when he visits the Mystic Moon. The next time he wanders past the sitting room in Hitomi's quarters, he smiles at the sight of Merle curled up and asleep under the Kotatsu.

Kan (wide opened mouth) – He can barely keep his eyes open as a councillor rattles off yet another proposal for something or other. His chin is about to slip off his hand but he stops, mouth wide open as the Fanelian King states that he has no need for a list of eligible women, as he is already engaged.

Dao (knife) – It didn't matter that she was lying limp in his arms, he felt as though he had been stabbed, desperate to restart her own heart. Desperate to see her eyes open. To be slapped even.

Li (strength) – She doesn't care about the whispers, the malicious stares from women and men who call her all sorts of names. She just has to look at the man standing before the priest staring at her with a dazed smile and finds the strength to look every person in the eye and smile blissfully.

Bao (to embrace) – She tries her best to sneak into the throne room, after all it'll be hers one day. She stops however after opening the door a fraction and sees that her parents are both sat on the chair she had come for. And they are whispering, in an empty room. Her father is stroking her mother's stomach. Yue wonders if her mother is ill. She leaves the pair alone, hoping she'll feel better soon.

Bi (ladle, spoon) – Hitomi grins the first time she tries to show Van and Merle how to eat ramen the proper way. Merle finds that chopsticks are easier to use when flicking boiling hot noodles at the other two occupants of the kitchen. Van just goes off in search of three spoons, apparently he likes the ramen she—his girlfriend—makes.

Fang (square box) – Van wasn't very happy at the way his girlfriend kept giggling at his reaction to the square picture box. He still couldn't comprehend it and no matter how much Hitomi tried through her laughter to explain the concept, Van found himself no wiser. So being the dignified monarch he was, he slid an arm round his girlfriend's waist and kissed her senseless.

Xi (round box) – If there's one thing Hitomi loves about Gaea, it's the baths. Round wooden tubs heated by fires underneath are perfection. She also likes the blush on a certain man's face when she wanders back to her room with dripping wet hair trailing down her back, smelling slightly of jasmine. Maybe next time she'll extend an invitation to join her.

Shi (ten) – She shifts, trying to move the heavy arm around her waist but not to dislodge the cheek resting against the top of her head. A shriek of laughter and nervous giggles make her smile, waving at the children playing before them. Hitomi decides her husband deserves his rest; they can enjoy their wedding anniversary when he wakes up.

Bu (divination, prognostication) – It took him a long time to even look at the tarot cards she left behind. Even longer to go through them and figure out each meaning. But it was a good thing in the end he realized, when he predicted her return.

Jie (seal, stamp) – Merle rolls her eyes but can't stop herself from peeking behind the pillar as Van carves the seal to signify his newly wedded wife's royal status. She can't help grinning with delight as the two morons finally kiss after so bloody long.

Han (cliff) – Any time she closes her eyes she can remember sitting on a cliff, the image of his pristine white wings shadowing her from a blazing sunset seared into her mind. Not that she can use that as an excuse when she falls asleep in class.

Si (self, private) – He can't understand why she laughs when he smiles. It makes him paranoid, wondering what is just so funny. He can't decide whether to be angry or laugh with her when she tells him he has a secret smile only for her.

You (further, again) – She can hear Merle yelling at her, calling her crazy. Feel the wind whipping her short bangs into her eyes, smell the blistering cold air. But it doesn't matter as she takes the run up and leaps into nothing. All for a boy she barely knows.

A/N: Thanks for reading, as always review and apologies for lack of updates. University is scary times when you're studying Chinese from scratch and heading there in 8 months. But I will get Worlds up soon! That's a promise!

Also late Happy Birthday to InLuvWidVan

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