Sibling Rivalry

[Luigi Largo]

"Don't you shove me, frocio!" Luigi shouted grabbing his brother's throat pushing him against the wall and holding him up by his throat. His grip tightened and he glared at Pavi. How fucking dare this little shit say something like that to him. Luigi fucking Largo
"Apologize, now!" Luigi demanded giving Pavi a violent shake so that the back of Pavi's head hit the marble wall hard. "Or so fucking help me Pavi I will make damn sure you can never fuck that bagascia, again."

That was true, if Luigi bought the circus he'd make it very, very difficult for Mina and Pavi to see one another let alone touch one another. He might make it so that he can look at her, talk to her but never, ever touch her again. That would be worse than death for someone like Pavi, to want someone and never be able to so much as lay a finger on them.

[Amber Sweet]

Amber jumped up from her seat the moment Luigi slammed Pavi's head against the marble wall, that was one step to far for Amber. She didn't mind if the two of them fought or hurt one another. If only because that meant she'd be able to do quite a bit of stuff behind their backs while they were off fighting or pouting.

Mostly forging their names on any documents that she think might cause a problem, for example anything that may or may not give her more power in the company.
But she drew the line at anything that could leave permanent damage, like say hitting one brothers head hard enough to give him brain damage.

"Luigi!" Amber shrieked grabbing his ascot and piratically strangling with it to get his attention. "Put Pavi the fuck down! Or I swear on Mama's grave I will fucking throw you out of the company in the blink of an eye!" She looked him in they eyes. "Just see if I don't!"

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi grit his teeth as he was familiarly slammed up against the wall, tensing his throat as Luigi's grip began to tighten. Goddammit he was so fucking tired of this. This same shit every time he managed to rub Luigi the wrong way, no matter how trivial it was. Granted, shoving him was a more justifiable offense, but that wasn't the point. Pointblank, he was getting rather tired of this treatment from Luigi, despite never having shown a discrepancy with it until these last few weeks.

However, before he could instinctively kick the other in the crotch or some other action to get him away, Pavi was suddenly held silent by Luigi's threat. Like it or not, Pavi had to take the suggestion seriously. Luigi could very well buy out the circus, or just Mina herself, as he'd said before, and keep her away from him for as long as he wanted. And Pavi couldn't risk that. It was far more important for him to see Mina than to maintain his pride, at least in his own mind.

Swallowing what little dignity he had left, Pavi closed his eyes, ignoring Amber's angry shouting at Luigi as he attempted to speak. "Mi....mi dispiace, fratello," he struggled to speak, his voice coming out rather strangled from the grip around his throat. "Mi dispiace!"

[Luigi Largo]

"See, that wasn't so hard was it?" Luigi said promptly letting Pavi go, though fast and hard enough so that hopefully Pavi would lose his balance and slam ass first into the hard marble floor. Then Luigi turned around and sat back down at the table, ignoring his siblings as he finished off his coffee and started on his breakfast.

Though secretly he was wondering if Pavi did something like apologize, something he never did willingly, what else would he do if he had the circus, and Mina, under his thumb. It would be very interesting to see just how far he could push him.

[Amber Sweet]

"Jesus Christ!" Amber said in aggravation, well at least Luigi put Pavi down before he hurt him to bad.
"Pavi?" She asked after a half minute of silence. "You ok? I mean I've never, ever seen you apologize to Luigi before...or anyone really? Did you catch something?"Amber looked over at Pavi wondering what exactly it was about this Mina woman that made him swallow his pride. She'd have to speak to him in private about that.

Amber would also have to arrange a private meeting with the woman; just to meet her, to make sure she wasn't a gold digger or worse some spy from a rival company or protest group. That was all they needed right now!

Them being away from the GeneCo tower alone was causing quite a stir, if word got out that Pavi was here because of someone the media would descend like the pack of vultures they are.

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi did indeed fall straight to the floor, colliding with the hard tile rather abruptly as Luigi walked away. Pavi narrowed his eyes at his brother, but said nothing as he tried to scrape together what little dignity he had left with him.

"I'm-a fine," Pavi muttered, wincing up at Amber as he pushed himself to his feet. He felt as though he'd given up a part of himself at his submission to his brother, something he didn't like to willingly give into. Brushing off his clothes, Pavi stared at Luigi for a moment, before shaking his head and heading out into the hallway. He didn't even bother giving Amber a passing glance, too wrapped up in his thoughts for once to be concerned with either of his siblings.

He'd have to find a way to keep Luigi from using him like that again...but how? His brother was already playing the field with his tactful business maneuvers...something Pavi wasn't good at in the slightest. He'd just have to wait, and observe...if he could afford to at this point.

[Amber Sweet]

Amber scowled at Luigi once Pavi left, than quickly followed behind him. Moving as quickly as she could with her stiletto's on, she tripped a couple of times trying to run after Pavi.
"Pavi!" She finally shouted breathless. "Wait up, I just...want to talk. I swear."

Amber paused and collapsed into a chair trying to kick off her heels, but sadly they were strap ons and she felt to worn out (from coming off a Z high) and couldn't reach her ankles. Which was a shame because her feet ached.
"Big brother..." Amber sighed. "Please talk to me about what went on at the circus! I swear I won't judge and I won't breath a word of what you say to Luigi or anyone else. We can go somewhere private so no one can over hear us either alright?"

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi turned at the sound of his sister's voice, frowning as he saw collapse into a nearby chair. He could tell that she'd obviously just recovered from a Zydrate hit, and it bothered him to see the affects it was having on his sister's behavior. Each time he saw her after one of her Z highs, it seemed worse to him. And he hated seeing his little sister like that, despite the way they might act at times.

Sighing, Pavi knelt beside Amber's seat on the ground, routinely unhooking the straps on her tall heels and tossing the shoes to the side as he did so. He'd done this several times before, and didn't really mind doing so, but it did get to be a chore every now and then. It was starting to get old.

"There isn't much-a to tell…" Pavi muttered, taking Amber's foot in hand and rubbing it gently. He knew the girl was probably exhausted, as usual, and more than likely was in need of some form of care from someone.

"Alright. I'll-a tell you," Pavi said after a few moments of this, against his better judgement. She would find out about it eventually from someone. It might as well be him, he supposed. At least he could trust that side of the story.

[Amber Sweet]

Amber let out a long appreiciative sigh as Pavi took off her shoes and rubbed her feet. That was what she hated the most after coming down off a Z high, the pain just felt more intense. Which meant she'd just take more Z until it wore off and then she'd take some more and on, and on it went. But at times like this she was glad at least one of her brothers cared enough for her to help her.

As Pavi spoke and rubbed her feet Amber relaxed even further, letting her head go back onto one of the arms of the couch.
"So first of all..what's her name? And how did you two meet, or is that some thing I'm better off not knowing?"

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi said nothing for several seconds, watching at Amber leaned back against the couch in exhaustion. He rolled his eyes, unable to completely conceal his slight disgust. He loved his fratelli, of course...but there were things about them that he hated as well. Particularly Amber's Zydrate addiction. It did things to her that he didn't like to see, and he feared that one day she'd simply take more than she could handle. Of course, that would put him closer to getting GeneCo for himself, but he would miss her.

Shaking these thoughts away, Pavi continued to rub the woman's feet, thinking to himself just how he should go about answering her question. He couldn't tell her every little detail, obviously, but he supposed he could trust Amber enough to tell her whole of the situation.

"Her name is-a Mina," Pavi at last said, taking a seat beside Amber on the couch. "She's one of-a the acts, obviously...and a vampire, as-a you already know. We met..." Pavi paused at this, wondering if he should really go into detail describing their first encounter. Deciding it was best to summarize, he continued, "We met-a by chance one-a day when I wandered into-a her tent. Let's-a just say that-a she...grabbed my attention."

Pavi smirked a bit at this, remembering that day with what felt like nostalgia, despite it only occurring about a month and half to two months ago. "I...paid the circus to send-a her here for a...private performance, and-a soon it led to several of-a those performances. And-a now..." Pavi shook his head, uncertain how to phrase the rest. If he simply were to tell Amber that he'd fallen in love with the woman, he doubted she'd believe him. But perhaps she'd decipher it on her own, as Luigi had.

[Amber Sweet]

Amber nodded sleepily as Pavi spoke and massaged her feet, let out a small appreciative murmur when he worked a particularly soar spot.

It didn't surprise her at all that he had brought her here, when Pavi was interested in someone he usually stopped thinking with his head and thought with something else entirely. Amber was just happy that this woman hadn't been a real danger otherwise there was not telling what could've happened.

"And now she's your current favorite." Amber finished. Thinking that that's what it was, every once in awhile Pavi would become fixated and enamored with some pretty man or woman. Having sex with them as much as humanly possible until he got bored, needed a new face, or someone else caught his eyes.

How was Amber to know that this was something so much more than that? Having just arrived in this little town not far from the circus, and being completely out of the loop about just how involved her brother had become. Because with both of her brothers gone on their little "vacation" that left her solely responsible for all of GeneCo.

[Pavi Largo]

"Not…exactly," Pavi replied, biting his lip. He wondered if he should just let Amber think that way, as she wasn't one to really understand matters of the heart that went past the bedroom. And neither was he, normally, but this time was different. Very different.

Well, she was going to find out eventually. And Pavi would rather that she found out from him than someone else, as that would likely lead to one of her temper tantrums because of his refusal to tell her.

"Amber…sorellina, it's-a much, much more than-a that," Pavi answered slowly, leaning in towards her with a serious expression. Meeting her tired eyes, Pavi took a deep breath, at last continued, "I'm in-a love with her."

[Amber Sweet]

Amber sat up at that, shocked and wide eyed Pavi's confession. She looked at him blankly unsure if she really just heard what he had said. Pavi, her older brother and the biggest playboy on the face of the earth, was not only in love with one woman, but he was admiting it as well.

"How, did that happen?" Amber said completely sure how to react to this news. She wasn't sure if she felt happy for Pavi or worried.
"When did this happen? You've never ever, ever, ever, ever even had a girlfriend or boyfriend for that matter! I just...how can you be sure?"

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi sighed, laying back against the couch and turning away from Amber for a moment. How could he answer that? How did it happen? He didn't know how to describe something that even he didn't completely understand yet. Because, for all the meaningless "relationships," if he could even call them that, Pavi knew next to nothing about love...that is, until now.

"How-a do I know?" Pavi repeated, giving a small laugh, shaking his head as he tried to think how to explain it. Mina had simply become the most important thing in his life, and it hadn't taken much for her to become so so suddenly.

"Amber...I've-a never felt-a this way about-a anyone," Pavi answered, looking at his sister with a soft smile, leaning against the arm of the couch with his elbow. "I can't-a stop thinking about-a her...and I want-a her all the time," Pavi continued, his eyes lighting up as he began to think and talk about the vampiress. "And it's not-a just about the sex. It's...it's-a just so much more than-a that. Sister, I could-a spend every moment with-a this woman, just talking. She makes-a me feel so happy...I just-a know. I love-a her more than anything."

[Amber Sweet]

Pavi's description of how he felt towards Mina made Amber's stomach hurt, it was like a ball of ice was forming inside her. She also felt a bit angry at this woman she had never met for making Pavi feel this way. Amber was jealous, jealous that someone was finally taking Pavi away from her.

In all their years together it had always felt like it had always been just her and Pavi at times. Sharing secrets, talking fashion and gossip, and at times (when both of them felt the urge) sharing each others bodies. And now with this woman in the picture Amber was afraid all of that would stop. Pavi was the closest thing she had ever had to a 'best friend' and it terrified her that she might lose him now.

"Do you love her more than you love me?" Amber finally said, looking down at her finger nails, picking at the chipped polish nervously. Her voice cracking a bit with an un-released sob.