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.

been singing about presents left and right. She was just waiting for you

“Really?”

the present in his hand to

talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

morning, but you

“Yes I do!”

house. Hong

what is a

day you were

the day you were

ask that question. However, Hong asked a different

birthday? And

at her

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

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

remembered that her brother was born

‘We were young.’

too young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

just roamed in

to tell On and Hong about their birthdays or to celebrate it by the time they learned some numbers and

neglected and ignored while being called mutants and

‘How persistent.’

were simply looked down at such

Hong’s pure eyes but looked away

about our birthdays. I

say anything about birthdays to each

* * *

became a topic for the siblings again because

“I don’t understand it.”

was younger than them that the siblings rescued from the

when the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware of each

"What is a king?”

eyes opened wide and he looked at On after hearing that

“Mm.”

the black Dragon observed the night view of the capital that was visible through the

are great and

his

“I don’t understand it.”

black Dragon said the same thing once more

don’t understand why they are doing so much because it is the King’s

more beautiful as they prepared for the

the day you are

the black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but Hong ignored it

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

know why a birthday

could see the pair of dark brown eyes that were visible because of the magic light

who was pretty much lying on the bed looking at the map of the capital,

‘Birthday...’

not find his birthday to be very important. He didn’t know whether he felt differently about it when he

there had been a time when it was

‘That-’

for a bit when he

have a

at the lights rising from the darkness on the ground that were different from the stars

don’t know the day I

obvious for

was no way to know anything in that dark cave. The flow of time, the

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

him less food? Shit, the

Isn’t four years enough for you

wouldn’t even have known how old he was if the bastards guarding the cell

know

result, I don’t have

observed the black Dragon's dark blue

then subconsciously spoke almost

don't have

turned toward Hong. Hong placed his small front paw on the

even if you don’t have

‘Of course!’

had seen at one point but smiled. The black

smiled even brighter after seeing that his reflection was filling up

so monotone that no emotions seemed to

wrong. It’s fine if you

also fine

what

‘However...’

a memory

just remembered that it was 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

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this year

‘So?’

act this cold toward me even on my

was also a time when it had been

it was his birthday but because of

you ask me for a reason as to why

and the black Dragon

because we

Cale closed his eyes.

special because we

heads slightly. On slightly smiled while looking at the two of them tilt their heads

eyes. He then looked at the night view outside the window as he

have to be your birthday to

if these vicious and scary three children didn’t have birthdays

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

The black Dragon did not approach Cale

He recalled the child who

curious to know if I can really

Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

was a world where the King was celebrating turning 50. It was also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the people using magic bombs on the same

just them choosing an anniversary

would that

to ask what the issue with it was,

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

this Dragon will think

not choose

many dates he

was a day he wanted to

the day he

might appear in the future. He

make my own anniversary because I am

great, mighty, and