Trash of the Count's Family

TCF S4.5

The baby kitten with red fur kicked the floor.

Tatap!

“Huff, huff.”

The breath was lacking in his chest despite taking deep breaths. His whole body was hurting as if he was being pricked by needles.

That was why he stopped walking. It was too hard.

“Those damn street cats!”

The red kitten curled his body up at that moment. He felt warmth embrace his body.

He then heard a scary noise.

Pow!

The kitten opened his clenched eyes.

A big rock slammed into the ground not too far from him.

His legs were shaking.

He was scared.

“Hong.”

However, the red kitten put some strength into all four of his legs.

The warmth he could feel behind his back...

That was his sister, On.

Hong quickly kicked off the ground and ran forward after hearing his sister’s calm but shaky voice. On followed behind him as if she was protecting him.

“That, that!”

They heard an angry voice behind them.

“Meeow!”

On ran past Hong and charged into the dark alley first. Hong followed behind her after hearing her meow.

“These damn petty thieves!”

Pow!

Hong heard a rock hitting the ground behind them again but he did not turn around. No, he couldn’t do that.

He could only do whatever he could to continue breathing and push forward.

No.

He could only run away.

“Huff. Huff.”

He ran and ran until they finally made it to a quiet place.

It was an alley with regular looking houses.

Hong stopped in front of a small house with the lowest fence and tried to catch his breath.

“Meeow.”

On came over and looked to see where Hong was injured.

She did not let her guard down even as she did that.

Hong quietly whispered so that nobody else could hear.

“I'm sorry, noona.”

Even On and Hong, who were used to all sorts of situations, found it difficult to find food whenever they came into a city and hunting became tough.

“J, just...”

Hong recalled what just happened in front of the bakery.

"I subconsciously touched it because the bread looked so warm.”

He wasn’t planning on eating it. He was roaming around the shop to see if there was any food that someone threw away but the bread on the stand looked so delicious that he subconsciously walked over and touched it.

That was the reason he had to be chased by that bakery shop owner.

“It’s okay.”

Hong had to curl his body even after hearing On’s calm response.

‘I'm hungry.’

He was hungry.

However, he could not complain. His sister roamed around even more than he did every day. She should be even hungrier than he was.

"What the?”

They heard an unfamiliar voice at that moment and Hong curled his body even more.

“Hmm.”

The man looked at On and Hong for a bit before looking away and walking through the door of the gate within the fence.

‘I guess that’s the person who lives here.’

Hong slowly hid in the shade underneath the fence.

The sun was setting.

They might have to sleep underneath this fence tonight. That was why he didn't want to do anything to anger the person who seemed to live in this house.

Slam!

The door to the small house opened at that moment.

“Daddy!”

The door opened and a young child ran out.

“Sophia! Were you waiting for daddy?”

The man smiled brightly and opened his arms toward the approaching child.

The child jumped into the man’s arms. She then asked with a smile on her face.

"Daddy, my present!”

"Aw. You care more about your present than your daddy.”

The man was smiling despite sounding disappointed. A woman appeared at the door. She shook her head at the child before talking to the man.

and right. She was just waiting for you

“Really?”

in

talked to the

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

I said happy birthday in the morning, but you like me saying it once more

“Yes I do!”

the child walked into the house. Hong quietly watched

what is

you

day you were born a day

ask that question. However, Hong asked a different question after looking at On’s

when is my birthday? And when is your

at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

was celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it was when she was so little that she

after the rainy season when the weather officially started getting hot. All she remembered was that it

faintly remembered that her brother was

‘We were young.’

were too young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended up alone. To

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her memories like

or to celebrate it by the time they

were simply neglected and ignored while being called

‘How persistent.’

down at such young things persisting through

pure eyes but looked away and

don’t know about our birthdays. I

and Hong did not say anything about birthdays

* * *

birthday became a topic for the siblings again because of a

“I don’t understand it.”

who was younger than them that the siblings rescued from the dark cave with

time when the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware of each other but not

"What is a king?”

and he looked at On after hearing

“Mm.”

of the capital that was visible through the terrace window in Cale’s room as he

are great and

his

“I don’t understand it.”

Dragon said the same thing once more before continuing to

are doing so much because it

night view of the Roan Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration of the King’s

you

black Dragon

peeked toward a dark spot in the room away from the terrace window

know why a birthday is

brown eyes that were visible because of the magic

map of

‘Birthday...’

didn’t know whether he felt differently about it when he was young, but it was just another day with a different name as

been a time

‘That-’

thinking about the past for a bit when he

have

darkness on the ground that were different from the stars in the

don’t know the day I

for the black

anything in that dark cave. The flow of time, the changes in the

to get information was from the things the humans said whenever they showed

him less food? Shit, the cost to make the restraining device is going to be so

motherfucking bastard! Isn’t four years enough for you

was if the

don't know

result, I don’t have

observed the black

subconsciously spoke almost in

have one either,

toward Hong. Hong placed his small front paw on the black Dragon's smooth body and

if you don’t have

‘Of course!’

the memory of a family he had seen at one point but smiled. The black Dragon's eyes that were

that his reflection was

was so monotone that no emotions seemed to be

if you don’t have a

was also fine to forget

was what Cale

‘However...’

memory from his

the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and also the day that he received the suffocating hardship of becoming an adult and having to figure out his life outside

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this year

‘So?’

going to act this cold toward me even on my

also a time when

was his birthday but because of the memories associated

for a reason as to why

the black Dragon looked at

is because we are

Cale closed his eyes.

because we realize that we are

slightly smiled while looking at the

at the night view outside

have to be

vicious and scary three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

Dragon did not approach

recalled the child who received a

am curious to know if I can really choose a random day as

black Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

King was celebrating turning 50. It was also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the people

just them choosing an

that be

looked at the children as if to ask what the issue with it

in an extremely odd manner. However, his neck was short and his

will think

black Dragon did not choose a

were many dates he had

there was a day he wanted

was the day he first

might appear in the future. He wanted to think about it a

make my own anniversary because I

was a great,