setting ablaze ( a queen is born)

Home sweet

It had been two days since he touched  Russian soil. He kind of missed it, keyword kind of. His brother came to pick him up from the airport as expected. Demitri and Victor always had a strong bond between them despite their differences. They shared a few things in common, one of which was a sperm doner , some traits and blood. They, however, have different mothers. Their family was very confusing. Breaking from his trail of thought, he stretched his hand towards his nightstand to turn off the upcoming alarm, he always had a wired habit of waking up fifteen minutes before the alarm went off. Getting off the bed, he sighed and felt his muscles tense for a bit. It was hard to relax when all he could was think of how he didn't want to be here.

After a long hot shower, he felt his muscles relax a bit. A ding sound from his bed drew his attention.  He made his way towards it while drying his hair. With a towel well secured around his waist and another drying his hair, he had to use his free hand to pick up the phone and check what it was. He saw two notifications on his screen,  one from Victor and the other from his usual client.  The latter was to confirm a transaction over his last painting job he did. The first was to request his presence in the office.

Opening the door without knocking, he made his way towards the sofa. Victor stared at his brother and chuckled to see that old habits still remain. If it was anyone, they would be on the floor faster than they could blink, but that's it. Dimitri wasn't anyone, he was his brother.  The air in the room was a bit heavy, choking even, as both men just sat in silence.
Dimitri cleared his throat and turned to look into his brothers eyes. He hadn't seen his face in two years he missed his brother.
Playing with the ring on his finger, he broke the ice," You've grown older." He joked.
" we're just a few months apart, Dim," He chuckled out. This caused the brothers to let out a light laugh .
" I missed you, brother, even though I don't appreciate you dragging me back here." He stopped moving the ring and looked at Victor. " It's for your own good. You've been gone for a while and went on a killing spree. I needed to bring you back home to family. And plus мать  ( mother) has been asking for you" He said, leaning into his seat.
Dimitri sat straight at the mention of his mother's name. He felt a bit guilty for leaving his mother all alone and not even visiting for her birthday. They didn't have the same mother. Dimitris mom was a maid here until his father wanted her to do more than clean shelves even though he was married. Adeline,  his mom, was also married at that time, though that wasn't the only reason why she refused his advances. He was an evil man. He killed her husband in front of her, making her watch his grousome death. Despite her protest, he had his way with her without her concent obviously, which led to dimitri. Victor was born a few months before by his mom.

However, she was the one who acted more like a parent to both. She never discriminated against Victor. And that's why he loves like he was hers. He, however, wished deep down that his own mother would care at least, but that's wishful thinking. She raised them together, making them like fraternal twins even, leading g to the strong bond between them.
" Moving on, you'll be going on a mission  soon. Something strange has been going on among the Italian and Spanish msfias. I don't wantbit to happen here, hence you'll be going there to gather information at a casino." S file was handed to dimitri containing the info he needed. " It's a simple job. Don't stay there for long. You'll  be leaving in a few days , I'll advise you to get some rest, brother.  You look like trash. "
With thet he closed the door behind  him leaving dimitri in the office. He was thrilled that he wasn't going to sit here and rot away. But now he had to go and find something to eat.

He went down to cook something for himself. Starting on some egg toast, he was anticipating the end result.  He did more in case Victor wanted some. He just added extra chilli in it for him as he paid back for dragging him back. Just then, the front door opened, and footsteps were heard. Drawing him out of his evil monologue. A gasp sounded , causing  him to turn from the stove and look back. He froze, and his mom stood right in front of him. She looked more healthy and strong. In set of a eence of relief in him. He felt a familiar pair of arms engulf him. Her head rested on his back.was snapped out of it when he heard a sob. He detached her from himself.
"Please tell me this is real,I can't if it's not," she said, staring at him.
" I'm tally hear mother you're not dreaming." she hugged him again before slapping him across the face. His face turned, and a slight burning through the side she hit. He forgot how strong and aggressive she could get. " That's for not visiting or calling  dim."
Just then, Victor walks in with a smirk on his face. Dimitri could guess it was from his misery. He grabbed a toast and shoved it in his mouth. He threw it out and placed his head under running water. Dimitri was laughing only to receive a head flick from his mother. Turning off the tap, he laughed at the action. Dimitri stared at his family and liked it just the way it was. Deep down, a weired gut feeling kept raising. Making him nervous of the future.