"What do you mean I had to GO to college for studying!!! I'm doing fine..."
Vin said loud and clear for everyone to hear.
"No more shouting at the dinner table." Dad said calmly.
But Vin doesn't know how to talk like a normal human.
"I am not going out of this house and that's final." He pointed at everyone with his butter knife.
"Figlo mio it's for your own good. You have to finish your study..."
"And why's that?" He raised an eyebrow at his father.
"What do you mean by why it's for your bright future of course."
"Huh! My future is already bright." Vin declared proudly.
"Yeah, it's so bright that I can't even see it.." A raspy voice comments.
Vin could just glare at Rainero, his quarter brother and Laure, his half brother's newly betrothed. They tried to hide their smiles with great effort.
"Hey Nero! If you disrespect me one more time I'm gonna cut your useless tongue with this knife. Don't forget you're just half of a half brother to me."
The said brother could only rolled his eyes as it wasn't the first time he was hearing this a-quarter-brother crap. He doesn't know what to say as he was Vin's step mother's son. As for his father...let's not go there.
"Vin, put your butter knife down. It's not a way to talk to your youngest brother." Dad lightly scolds his oldest then warned Nero who was just going to smiled to infuriate Vin more. "Rainero don't tease your brother. And you Lorenzo?" He looked at his middle one. Enzo 'the sane' one.
"Yes father?" Enzo looked at his father.
"Tell Vin's guards to take him tomorrow for shopping." After hearing the word 'shopping', Vin's looked at his father with sparkling eyes. "Tell them to buy everything that's necessary for a college student."
Sparkling eyes are gone, only a death glare remains.
Dad ignored Vin's sulking face and left the table calmly. Leaving every one to tease his beloved son.
"Why the hell are you all laughing about!? I am not GOING anywhere!" He yelled out while his both brothers - Enzo and Nero were grinning from ear to ear.
"What was father thinking to send our crazy brother for studying. Gawd, I can't even imagine HIM in a freaking college uniform." Nero continued his teasing.
Vin threw his used tissue paper at his face. From the corner of his eyes, he saw few guards, they were also hiding their smile.
"Hell! I don't wanna go. Why should I? Huh? Both of you go to college. Why does dad want me to go too? I mean it's not that you both achieve anything big or something." After receiving double-glare from his brothers Vin changed his tone. "Ahmm well, I am not interested in business like you Enzo. And I don't want to learn arts like you Nero. I'm happy with my play room so why in the happy world would I go to college? Huh?"
Vin asked everyone present at the dinner table. But no one answered. They were busy enjoying his current situation. The way he was going... crazier.
"Hey Enzo, you are the heir of our clan. You are the future leader, go and talk some sense to our old man."
"Me!?" He pointed at himself with his fork. Vin rolled his eyes.
"No, I'm talking to this steak in your plate. You idiota."
Enzo first looked at his own plate then to his crazy brother and asked with his serious-capo-famiglia face. "What would you pursue if you ignored outside expectations?"
"Well, I desire many things but for now I don't want to go to college. Wearing stupid uniforms, carrying a bag pack, sitting in ugly class, listening to boring lectures, and eating cheap food from the canteen... Damnation!" Vin shudders at his own imagination.
"Don't be so dramatic. It's not that bad you know." Enzo assured while looking at Laure, his intended for help.
"Hey, don't look at me. I can't deny Vin's words. He draws a vivid picture of a student's tough life." She said honestly.
"Thank you Laurey for supporting me." Vin almost hugged her.
"I'm not supporting you, Vin. I think you should give it a try. You are not the first human to study at college. You're our eldest, be brave for once. Show that you're not as crazy as everyone said you are."
Laure was speaking, Vin's face turned red, Nero returned the same used tissue that Vin threw at him a few minutes ago. Now that tissue was thrown at her, which Enzo caught easily. Laure give him a thanks-honey smile. Vin could only grown.
"Look fratello we are not your enemy, okay? We also want what's best for you. Trust me and just give it a go. I'll help you. It's my final year at college. So it's better if you go now." Enzo tried to reason with his eldest brother.
"Yeah he's right. And look at me I'm also in my third year. Even though we're in different faculties, at least we're in the same year. Don't worry after Enzo's graduation I'll help you." His quarter brother also pushes his half brother's rational point. Even though it was shocking that he was offering to help considering how Vin taunt him every chance he gets. Which is quite often and only when his youngest provoke him first. Some would say it's their love language.
Now all the eyes in the hall were fixed on Vin.
"Damn it. Fine I'll go. But I won't wear a uniform. Not in this life." He shouted and left with his usual dramatic style.
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Vin's POV:
They have no idea what they're asking from me. I can't leave this house. I can't go out in a world where I don't fit in. I'll do everything to dodge this good-for-nothing opportunity.
I will never submit to anyone. I'm Vincent Hart Lucchese, the eldest son of the Mafia Clan. I'm the King of my own world! You think you can change my mind?
Nahhh. Not in this life.
It's 10 in the morning. The whole night I tried to make an escape plan. At dawn, I realized something or 'someone' more precisely.
Do you want to know my next move? Let me give you a hint. In this cruel world, no one can save you if you don't try to save yourself.
Look I don't want to be rude. But I'm the freaking prideful first son of the Lucchese famiglia. Nobody can force me to do something against my will. Not even my mafia papà... period.
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