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.

singing about presents left and right. She was just waiting

“Really?”

the present in his hand to the

parents talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

Sophia. I said happy birthday in the morning, but you like

“Yes I do!”

house. Hong quietly watched them before turning

is

you

you were

to ask that question. However, Hong asked a different question

when is my birthday? And when is

looked at her

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

was celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it was when she was so little that she didn’t

the weather officially started getting hot. All she remembered was that it was during

faintly remembered that her

‘We were young.’

still young but Hong and On were too young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended up alone. To be more specific,

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her memories

to celebrate it by the time they learned some numbers and could count

and ignored

‘How persistent.’

simply looked down at such young things persisting through

pure eyes but looked away and stoically

birthdays. I

did not say anything

* * *

a topic for the siblings

“I don’t understand it.”

was younger than them that the siblings rescued from the dark cave with Cale and Choi Han... The black

when the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware

"What is a king?”

looked at

“Mm.”

the black Dragon observed the night view of the capital that was visible through the terrace window in Cale’s

are great

his head to one

“I don’t understand it.”

thing once

are doing so much

Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as they prepared for the

the day you are

to the black Dragon's side. The black

peeked toward a dark spot in the room away from the

why a birthday is a special day,

see the pair of dark brown eyes that were

the map of the capital, observed the black Dragon

‘Birthday...’

important. He didn’t know whether he felt differently about it when he was young, but it was just another

been a time when it

‘That-’

was thinking about the past for a bit when

have

from the darkness on the ground that

know the day I was

obvious for

dark cave. The flow of

for him to get information was from the things

years? Should we give him less food? Shit, the cost

four years enough for you to stop

how old he was if the bastards guarding the cell didn't shout at

know

result, I don’t have a

the black Dragon's dark

subconsciously spoke almost in a

don't have one either,

his small front paw on the

if

‘Of course!’

had seen at one point but smiled. The black Dragon's

his reflection was

a voice that was so monotone that no emotions seemed

if you

fine to forget

was what Cale

‘However...’

memory

at the

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

you going to act this

a time

it was his birthday but because of

ask me for a reason as to why a

the black

is because we are

Cale closed his eyes.

be special because we realize that

while looking at the

looked at the night view outside the window as he

to be your

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

before speaking. He recalled the child who

can

Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

was also a world where some bastards were going to

just them choosing

would that be an

children as if to ask what the issue with it was,

odd manner. However, his

this Dragon will

did not choose a date

many dates he had not

there was a day he wanted to

day he first saw the

better day might appear in the future. He wanted to think

going to make my own anniversary because I am great

a great, mighty, and

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