“Hey, big bro. When we grow up, we should be rich and powerful so that we can get to buy everything we want”, a young boy of about eleven years with a wrinkled and washed-out polo with shorts on says. Seems like he has just shaved recently as hair seems to be just sprouting out from his head.

Taking a good look at this young boy, his features don’t seem to be too bad, just about a teensy bit better than the average man while he was in this state, just thinking about how he would look if he could achieve his dreams and the amount of attention he would garner from the opposite sex wasn’t something that could be underestimated.

This boy was talking to another boy who was taller than him and seemed to be about nineteen to twenty years old, but he was way younger than his body structure and face presumed him to be, as he was just fifteen years of age.

He had a scar on his face which seems to have come from a sharp object making a connection with his face, but it wasn’t that deep and it was just beside the corner of his eyes.

Unlike the younger boy, this boy had a bit of hair that was growing. It seems a bit kept and his smile was perfect. Although not as good-looking as the younger, he had his perks which could not be overlooked no matter what.

“For sure, little bro. I will be around to keep you safe until you get there”, the elderly boy speaks.

To which the younger boy just smiles sheepishly. He has always been doted on by his elder brother and he has always been happy by his side.

The scenery changes to a few years later and two young men are being interviewed on national tv. Broadcasted all around the nation and the views of the broadcasting were currently in the millions.

“Hahahahahahahaha”, laughs could be heard coming from both the interviewer and the two young men, even from the audience present.

“That’s a good one right there”, the interviewer a young man who was fluent in English says.

“That’s the way things are you know. It hasn’t been easy after all”, one of the two men says.

When one takes a closer look at this man, he seems to bear a resemblance to the younger version of the fifteen years old boy. The scar was even still visible till now, which would mean that the other young man is the junior brother who wore the worn-out shirt when he was younger.

They seem way well to do than they did formerly with their designer clothes, expensive wristwatches, and their expensive shoes. It was hard to connect the lifestyle of these boys formerly to their current lifestyle, how did they come around to be this successful?

“Your success story seems a little farfetched though. It seems almost unbelievable if not for the fact that there are a lot of people who can testify to that fact”, the interviewer says.

“Well, we just had to work our ass out. My junior brother over here is the brains behind everything. All I had to do was to keep on working and following every plan he had mapped out”, the eldest one says.

“Ehn, So you are the brains behind everything, Raphael? And just look at the way you are just staring as if you don’t know what’s going on. Who knows what manner of ideas that head of yours is coming up with while you are sitting there”, the interviewer faces the other man as he says.

“Don’t make me blush, please”, Raphael says while acting all shy to which some of the audience just giggle in response. “Well, I won’t say that I was the brains. I just bring out the plans I want to my big bro and he...”, Raphael says once the audience has calmed but he was cut short by the interviewer who says, “What is with the whole big bro issue? Call his name, or would he skin you alive once you get home?”.

The audience laughs once again in response, the elder brother included. “Sorry, Andrew”, he corrects himself before continuing, “As I was saying, I lay the plans on the desk, then he look at the plans for a long while before laughing wildly at what I thought up while calling me a genius repeatedly”. “You mean he use to laugh?”, the interviewer asks. “Yes, he would laugh a lot after he had seen the plans. The first time he did that, I thought my brother had gone insane and had to move back a bit, thinking he could attack me at any second. His response to my plans didn’t get used to me until after the third time”, Raphael says in reply.

“So can you mind telling us, your audience why you laugh while staring at your brother’s plans?”, the interviewer asks Andrew.

“It’s nothing serious though. I just feel like why didn’t I think about this? This plan would be great. Raphael has always been surprising me since we were young with that brilliant brain of his. But no matter how much I get to experience his intelligence I just can’t get used to it”, Andrew says in reply. “That’s nice, that’s nice. Your brotherhood seems very tight”, the interviewer says. “We are all we had for each other since we were kids after all”, Andrew replies.

“So as you were narrating your story before the break in transmission”, the interview returns to Raphael. “Yes, apart from going through the plans, Andrew also made some adjustments here and there to the plans and perfected them before implementing them”, Raphael says.

“Hmm, that’s good. So both of you were able to create your company by doing such stuff”, the interviewer says, and slowly the voice fades out.

The two brothers are seen inside a car, probably a new model as they are being driven. It was deep into the night and cars aren’t that seen on the road which makes for easy driving with little to no traffic issues, thus their uneventful driving.

“We have finally gotten all that you had ever wished for Raph. Is this enough or do you want to aim higher?”, Andrew asks his younger brother.

Raphael smiles at first before replying, “This is enough. We should just keep on maintaining things like this for now. We can find peace in this place we are currently in. I don’t want to lose everything just to go higher. And I know the insults and pains you had to go through just to get me here. You have done more than enough. We are after all the richest and also youngest business owners in the country right now”.

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Seems like they have even gone way past what they had initially sought after

Andrew was shocked at first, then pinched Raphael’s nose lightly before saying, “You seem to have gotten all matured on me so soon. I preferred my adorable little brother. Where did he go?”. Raphael just laughs lightly before saying, “Your adorable little brother is still here with you, big bro. Or am I not still adorable?”.

“Nope. Not a tiny bit”, Andrew replies while dragging Raphael’s cheeks, to which Raphael just pouts and turns away from Andrew. Although they were now adults, they were still behaving like they did when they were young, which was nice.

Andrew drags Raphael while kneading his head playfully, to which Raphael quietly accepts without resisting like he had found true peace.

To him, Andrew was more than just his brother, he had acted like his father and mother also. He couldn’t help thinking back to the time when some kids were trying to bully him, kids older than even his brother and had sturdier builds.

His brother had come rushing from God knows where to fight for him.

Although he was hurt and had blood stains all over his clothes, Andrew still came out the winner. He was a strong wall that protected him while attacking the boys. He was unyielding and didn’t for once fall to the floor no matter how many hits he had received.

He saw a new light of his brother who had always avoided fights and apologized no matter what was said or done to him. It was also from that fight that he gained that scar on his face.

He rushed his brother who was perfectly fine to the hospital and made sure that nothing happened to him as he was perfectly checked. While he who went through all that fight with injuries didn’t accept any checkups and called it a waste of money, he also carried his brother back home on his back worried that there was something the doctors failed to see.

From then on though, nobody had tried to mess with him, probably scared off by Andrew’s tenacity and ruthlessness. He was happy because of that.

Andrew had always tried his best to make sure his brother had the best. Andrew had stopped schooling in grade nine when their parents died. Their family although not wealthy was average and could afford the necessities.

Their relatives came around and usurped all the properties left behind without leaving a single thing for the boys. Andrew had disappeared for a while after the burial and the little properties they were supposedly left with had been taken. But half a year later, he came back to pick up his brother who was being maltreated by their relatives who took him in.

Since then, he had been feeding, clothing, and sheltering his brother. He also sent his brother to school while working himself off and probably going hungry for most days. Even when they had started the business and Raphael had requested a huge amount to start everything, Andrew had brought all that he had to fund the business with no questions asked at all. Although there were challenges here and there when they just started the business, Andrew ensured that his brother always got everything he had asked for and luckily his brother didn’t go down the wrong path due to their circumstances.

Not sure if Andrew would have minded if such a scenario had played out though, his love for his brother could be seen from the way he is behaving. Such a perfect brother that anyone could ask for.

“I don’t mind going an extra mile if that’s what you want though”, Andrew says while patting his brother’s head. “No need for that”, Raphael replies immediately while adjusting his head to rest properly on his brother’s lap.

There is a time skip once again, not too far into the future, but the night of the next day. There were police sirens loudly blowing, an ambulance was present in the place also, with reporters saying a thing or two which wasn’t too clear as an ominous sound was being played in the background, camera’s light flashes every once in a while, and a lot of people were gathered outside the hotel, both those formerly in and passerby.

It was in front of a hotel, Andrew comes down from a car that he had driven without even bothering to close the door, his heart was beating wildly as he ran forward towards the building, passing every barricade on the way.

He didn’t listen to anybody and pushed away everyone who dared to come into his path. Slowly but steadily, he gets to the front of the hotel and he sees something which crashes his whole world down. There lay his brother on a stretcher as he was being rolled to the ambulance.

He has been dead for a while now. This wasn’t something that he would have expected. Even though he knew that his brother was dead, he still ran to the stretcher pushing the workers away while shaking the body of his now deceased brother profusely while saying in a trembling tone, “What’s happening, Raph? Hey, come on, answer me. What is wrong? Raph, hey. Wake up and answer me. I know you are joking. You are trying to pull a fast one on me just because I played a little prank on you earlier today right? Hey, answer me. You can’t do this to me. Enough of this game. Raph, Raph, wake up Raph”, towards the end, he started screaming.

The ambulance officers tried to keep him off the corpse with the help of the police officers. It wasn’t an easy feat though but they were finally able to and got the corpse into the ambulance before driving off leaving Andrew behind who was at a loss for words, not knowing what to do.