A good bond between siblings -Part 1
Luke arrives at his house, which is always very well guarded by security guards, but has a magical lock around the entire house, only people of the same blood pass through and authorized people can pass freely, he had already left the car and went to the pharmacy for a walk, he notices that Justin is cleaning it, it's too late for a car cleaning, he decides to disturb his brother:
"Justin, why don't you leave it until tomorrow? Are you going out by any chance?"
Justin is concentrating on waxing and cleaning the inside of the car, if he lets Luke, he starts to put various things in it, like a tank, not that he's against being prepared for everything, but Luke goes a bit overboard sometimes, Justin sighs and says:
"Yes, now the car is clean, and without all that junk you want to leave in the car, you'll soon be sleeping in the car, and I wouldn't doubt it if you did that, so I've only left what's really necessary for both of us."
Luke notices that there's a box full of stuff, Justin has really cleaned it out, and he looks through it to see what he's actually taken out of the car, and notices that there are some knives, punhal, brass knuckles, his English punch, he picks up his brass knuckle and mutters: "My brass knuckles, why did you take them out of the car? This is all necessary, you can put it back in the car."
Justin frowns slightly and retorts:
"No, it's not going to stay in the car, no more fights Luke, no more fights, it's only going to be necessary, there's your dagger, punhal, in the trunk some clothes, medical kit, my bow and my clasps, and that's it, only necessary hunting items."
Luke sighs deeply, he already knows that when his brother Justin says something, there's no changing his mind, his brother is very good humored, friendly, and very sincere, his sincerity is such that it irritates him sometimes, he notices that his notebook that he uses for the Student Guild is in the box, and opens it exactly on the page that has Ana's name, and several X's crossed out, it was exactly this book that he opened as soon as he woke up from his p're coma after his fight with Scoot, he thinks it's bad and complains:
"My notebook, I use it for the Student Guild, you can put it back in the glove compartment of the car!"
Justin rolls his eyes, now really angry, and says:
"No, it's all scratched, it's all garbage now, make another one."
Justin is a year older, already 17, so his parents say that younger brothers must obey their elders. Luke hardly ever fights with his brother over trivial things, he likes to annoy them just to test their patience, but he often fails, his brother is either busy training, or reading a book, or even acting as a bodyguard for him, but they love to compete with each other, so Luke challenges him:
"Okay, you can take the stuff in the box out of the car, but my brass knuckles and my passbook stay, if I can climb faster than you, they stay in the car."
Justin looks at his watch, it's already 10 pm and they've done their training for the day, but he can't resist competing for something with his brother, he turns and says:
"Deal, but you have to break my record time."
Luke smiles, and with his arrogant air, retorts:
"OK, that will be easy."
They go to the training area of the house, it's a more open area where they do their daily training, for the Awakening Test, there are 8 months until the test, they still need to improve their skills, after all the Test will require a lot of skill, after all they were trapped in an area with several demons defined by levels, they have to conjure them and finish everything within 2 hours, so they need to be fast and skilled, they decide that they will climb one of the larger walls, but with their demonic form, which is much faster than their human form, that way they don't even need to use the protective equipment, Justin puts his stopwatch on his watch, they both apply lime to their hands so they don't hurt them so much, which by the way is already getting calloused, Luke prepares himself like Justin, his eyes change, his pupils thin out, making the color of his eyes even lighter, his canine teeth become much sharper, their musculature becomes even more marked, they already have more muscular bodies but boys of 16/17 years and so they start climbing, much faster by the way, Justin always takes the lead, Luke is not far behind when they are in the middle of the climb, Luke has a lapse of memory:
(Hmm, because a scene came into my head, of a kiss with Ana, just like that, and at that moment, on a climb, what the hell, I'm going to lose like that...I can't...)
Luke had stopped for a few seconds, and sees that Justin has moved ahead of him in the climb, he forces himself to go faster, his strength increases and he ends up climbing even faster, managing to get ahead of his brother, no one can stop a boy who is determined to win, he reaches the top, 30 seconds before his brother Justin, he sits on the edge of the wall, a large, thick wall in ruins, he holds out his hand to Justin, Justin accepts, because even though they're competitive, they're cordial to each other, after all, the Test isn't just about one of them winning, it's about the whole team, they both have to help each other, that's what Father Han Becker taught them, to be cooperative, with each other, they can compete, and even disagree or fight about something, but they won't go to sleep without each other, it's about working it out before they go to sleep.
Luke gives a triumphant smile and says:
"Bro, as agreed, my brass knuckles and notebook are back in the car."
Justin doesn't have much to say about it, he just goes along with it, but makes it clear:
"Ok bro, but if you leave the car messy again..."
Luke interrupts him:
"I get it, I get it, I'm even afraid of what you'll do to me..."
His father, Han Becker, sees them standing at the top of the ruined walls and whistles loudly to attract their attention, they both listen, Luke grumbles:
"Dad's home, I can see what it's about..."
Justin thinks it's strange that his father calls them at this time to talk, he didn't say anything during the afternoon training session they had, he asks Luke:
"Did you get into trouble, did you do something wrong?
Luke frowns and replies:
"No, I didn't do anything wrong, why are you saying that?"
Justin smiles and replies:
"I don't know, you always get into trouble, I need to know so I can deny it and get you out of trouble..."
Luke grumbles:
"Oh, yes, he always believes in Mr. Perfect...but I can already imagine what it is, if I get it right you'll have to take two shots at the party."
Justin sighs:
"Okay, so you've packed your drinks, let's go downstairs soon."