Blood & Pain: My mafia brothers

Chapter 6: Rome

Rome's p.o.v.

This was the reason everyone was so against the decision about three mafia bosses.

This foolishness. And inconsistency. And immaturity. All is Felix's fault obviously. Sometimes I wish I had killed him in our mother's womb. At least then Knox and I don't have to tolerate his weird mood swings.

" I don't think he is going to come."

Alex sighed as he played with the bullets of his guns. Shaking my head, I snapped my eyes on the wall clock instead. It's almost midnight and we have been waiting for him for two hours now. Bastard.

I don't know what the f**k is wrong with him, but he kind of locked himself in our room since last night. First, he acted that strangely seeing Shouka...which I can understand. She doesn't look like our swan. It's weird. So, I can understand his reaction.

But why in god's name that idiotic brother of mine is not coming out of our room? He even eats breakfast, lunch, and dinner in his room. I can see how hurt Shouka felt that he didn't apologize to her about our disappearance.

At least Knox and I tried!

Anyway, I should think about our sister later...right now we have more pressing matters.

I rubbed my temple with a hand as my eyes met Romeo. He is as tired as me. We have been working for the whole day...some fucker tried to steal our ship last night. It was filled with cocaine and some illegal weapons.

Yesterday was Shouka's birthday so almost every man of ours was in the Arena. Thankfully Alex here is a genius...this kid literally has eyes everywhere and before we lost billions of money, he caught the intruder.

It's some Russian man, undoubtedly linked to Dante. I am tired of hearing that name. We should just kill him. But Dad doesn't want that. And his words are law...so here we are, sitting inside our office in the lake house, trying to figure out what the hell we should do.

I do have a plan but first I need Felix to approve it...Knox, I, and Felix, we three are equal and every big decision has to be approved by all three of us. It shouldn't be this hard, but it is.

Because one of us is a giant animal with no brain! I can kill Felix right now.

" Late for such an important meeting...", Knox mused from my side, " It's not like Felix at all."

I tilted my head and gazed at his numb face, and then at the brown leather diary in his hand. He is writing...probably about some new emotion he can't understand.

Knox sometimes does this...but not to this extent that he literally forgot to eat dinner tonight because he was too busy writing He looks obsessed with whatever words he is bleeding on the pages.

I wanted to say you don't look like yourself either...but I didn't. Don't want him to lock himself in a room too.

Shaking my head at my brothers' foolishness, I focus on my cousin instead, " Looks like I have to start without him."

Romeo looks pissed as our eyes met. I guess he already guessed what I was about to tell. But I murmured the next words anyway. " It's about our business... I have some ideas we could discuss."

His brown eyes darkened to slit. Yup. He clearly knows about my self-destructive plan. f**k Romeo. This bastard knows me too well...we grew up together after all. Now I am regretting that as he is watching me with death in his amber eyes.

He rested his hands on the wooden table dividing us. " Why I have a feeling you are going to do exactly what I told you not to."

Yup. He knows.

Fucker.

I pressed my lips together, trying to hide the smirk that was going to come. " I want more in the betting business."

" How much? Car...horse...or just gambling."

I smiled at my angry best friend, " All of it."

Now he is looking at me like I have lost my mind. " All of it?"

" Rome...", Zero grumbled from the corner that was just near the window. I even forgot he was also here with us until now. s**t. " It's Dante's main business we can't touch it without a fight."

Dante.

Dante.

Dante.

I am sick of that name really. Actually, I am sick of that whole f*****g snake of a family. As if his older brother Dominick wasn't enough, that now this Dante wants to steal my sister too.

I practically raised that kid!!!

Shouka is my responsibility.

And she is not something...or...or a trophy. I want our sister far away from this mafia politics. And right now, Dante is trying to drag my swan into the mud. Over my dead body motherfucker...

Taking a deep breath, I tried to control my anger as I looked at our older brother. "You can't touch Dante's business, brother. But we can."

Dante is the son of a strong Russian moneylender, who once controlled the Russian mafia and planned my real father's death. Dad killed him...or abducted him...nobody knew what happened but Dad took back the Russian mafia empire that rightfully belonged to him.

Everything was fine until five years ago when me and my triplet brothers were announced as the heir...since then Dante has been out for blood, trying to take the territories in Russia.

I am really tired of his bullshit now. God knows what his problem is...and I honestly don't give a f**k. We should just kill that motherfucker and get it over with.

" Dante will think I told you to do that and that could start an unnecessary gang war.", Zero mumbled, snapping me out of my insane thoughts.

I sighed as I stared at Zero, " He can suspect but I guess everyone knows how greedy I can be...they won't think why I am doing this."

His blonde hair was messy and his bright blue eyes were dull and tired as he gave me a pointed look. " I can take care of that arrogant moneylender on my own, I don't need my little brother to protect me."

I know how messy this situation with Dante is...that snake is growling wings now. And we need to kill him before he became a dragon and bite us in our asses.

" I want to. And I have my own reasons..."

A sudden sound of the chair screeching against the wooden floor halted my words. My eyes snapped up at Romeo. " You are not doing this. Father told me to make you stay away from Dante."

He stood up, and right now he is pacing left and right in front of me, literally making me dizzy. " You are not going down the revenge path."

Like anyone can stop me. Every mafia heir had to start training since they turned seven...that training at least goes for ten years, sometimes even fifteen.

Anyone with a mind can guess what kind of training the leader of most wanted criminal has to go through.

Me and my brothers had done that training in just five years...and suffered something far worse that we are taking to our graves.

So, no one...and I mean literally no one can stop us from killing Dante. As for Dominik... My sister deeply cares for him, and even though I don't like their closeness, but I won't hurt him. At least for now.

" What is your problem with Dante anyway? Zero will take care of Russian business on his own...you should focus on ours. Let Dante go..."

I glared at Romeo, " His father was the reason I can never see my Father."

I can never let him go.

" Yeah, and my Dad and your Dad had taken that revenge."

Huh. f**k that revenge.

" I am not satisfied."

" The real reason is...", I glared at Alex when he opened his big fat mouth. Little s**t has no fear because his taunting blue eyes are smirking right at me while he is telling something he promised he won't tell anyone. " Rome asked me to keep an eye on Shouka and everything related to her..."

This punk!

" And Dante has a big portrait of Shouka in his bedroom ..."

" And how the f**k do you know that?", Romeo asked me but glared at Alex. I really am not in the mood to see these love birds fight. I hope nobody else can notice what's going on between them.

Uncle Aston will kill Romeo. Not really. But Romeo will wish he would die instead. Being gay is fine in the mafia as long as you are not the boss...or the right-hand man of the boss.

Romeo is our right-hand man so... Elders are not that open-minded. Or maybe I am just being too observant like always and nothing is going on between Alex and Romeo. I mean Romeo can't even tolerate breathing in the same air as this brat so... And as for Alex, I think he was in love with Shouka since he was a little baby.

Ugh, maybe it's only my foolish brain that is thinking too much.

" I was the one who told Rome.", Alex screamed, jerking my eyes back to him and Romeo. "And don't even ask me how I find out..."

" You are stalking our Shouka... You really are sick, Alexander.", Romeo grumbled, shifting his angry brown eyes down at me now. " You both are sick."

I think taking care of your family is not sick. And I only want what is best for Shouka. I hadn't said that to Romeo though, I owe him no explanation... So I ignored him instead and looked at Zero now.

Because I do owe him an explanation. As much as it hurts me to acknowledge this... But Zero is Shouka's real brother. And I will never do something against his wishes...even though everyone knows that we love Shouka like our own. Blood or not we five are siblings.

Still... I guess I should ask Zero before doing something drastic.

I sighed as I met his tired gaze, " Our sister is not a decoration, Zero. We can't allow Dante to live after this..."

Ump.... Zero is irritated now. f**k.

" Geez, then do whatever the hell you want.", he stood up and started walking outside the office instead, mumbling god knows what in Russian. " Start a gang war for all I care. I am outta here."

I watched his back as he opened the door to leave, " You are not going to snitch to Dad, are you?"

Zero showed me his middle finger and then...he left.

Taking a deep breath, I looked at Romeo. I dont think Zero will say anything to Dad yet. Good. " So, Romeo..."

He shook his head as he crouched down on his chair again. " We will discuss the plan in the Estate."

" Fine.", I grinned...or probably bared my teeth at him. I know how hideous I look while smiling like this, can't help it though. Because Romeo is really going to burst with anger now. "But I don't think I have a plan."

" WHAT THE HELL....Rome??!"

" I have one."

Knox mumbled lowly from my side. So he was listening after all. I smirked at my brother as I met his identical gaze... It's impossible to read Knox, but right now its clear as the dark sky outside that how excited he is.

Dante should never have looked at our swan. We have to destroy him now.

Romeo rolled his eyes as he watched the excitement in our faces. " Greedy bastards."

It not about business but still... I patted his shoulder as I stood up. " Money is never enough, Romeo."

I was too tired to stay for drinks and left the office too. Tomorrow we will discuss the whole plan. And it won't be easy I know... Dante is far from weak.

The sound of my shoes echoed in the dark hallway as I reached upstairs. There were several guards patrolling around our bedrooms...but my gaze only found one.

Dominick.

He is sitting in the chair outside my sister's room. And even though I know its midnight and Shouka might be asleep... I walked toward her room anyway.

I just...dont trust Dominick. No. This is such a lie. I am just jealous that he was here to comfort Shouka after what happened five years ago.

Nobody knows who killed Romeo's sister Ram...or who saved Shouka. All I know is the night we left our swan...was the same night everything crumbled around her. So much so that she needs to attend therapy now.

I stopped in front of her closed white door. So much silence... I should leave. I should try talking to her later. I don't think Shouka wants to talk to me anyway.

She is just so...different. And cold. And cruel. Nothing like the shy tom boy kid I left behind.

And its weird too... I mean...she is not a kid anymore. I shouldn't go to her room in midnight like this. Teenager needs privacy. I should leave. I really should. But I reached for the cold metal knob anyway, and it opened with a click. s**t.

Fuck it. I am just trying to reconnect and apologize with my sister whom I left when she needed me the most. I will only enter her room and check up on her...that's it.

What worse can happen anyway?