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.

right. She was just waiting for you to get home,

“Really?”

handed the present in his hand to the

talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

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

“Yes I do!”

child walked into the house. Hong quietly

is

day you

the day you were

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

my birthday? And when is

looked at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it

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

that her brother was born

‘We were young.’

like their birthday when they ended up

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

just roamed in

their birthdays or to celebrate it by the time they learned some numbers and

were simply neglected and ignored while being

‘How persistent.’

simply looked down at such

the emotions behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked away and

don’t know about our birthdays. I don’t remember anything

say anything about birthdays to

* * *

the siblings again because of a

“I don’t understand it.”

from the

when the Dragon and the

"What is a king?”

opened wide and he looked at On after hearing

“Mm.”

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

are great

tilted his head to

“I don’t understand it.”

same thing once more before continuing

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

view of the Roan Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as

the day you are

walking over to the black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly

room

a birthday is a special day,

eyes that

the map of the capital, observed the black Dragon and the Cat siblings with

‘Birthday...’

Rok Soo did not find his birthday to be very important. He didn’t know whether he felt differently about it when he was young,

been a time when it

‘That-’

about the past for a

don’t have a

black Dragon was looking at the lights rising from the darkness on the ground that were

the

was obvious for

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

way for him to get information was from the things the

give him less food? Shit, the cost to

Isn’t four years enough for you to stop glaring

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

don't know

I don’t

quietly observed the black Dragon's dark blue

then subconsciously spoke almost in a

have one

Hong. Hong placed his small front

even if you don’t

‘Of course!’

the memory of a family he had seen at one point but

even brighter after seeing that his reflection

that was so monotone that no emotions seemed to be behind them

It’s fine if you don’t have a

also fine to

what

‘However...’

recalled a memory from

important. He 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 life

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

going to act this cold toward me

there was also a time when it had

birthday but because of the memories

ask me for a reason as to why a birthday

the black Dragon looked

is because we

Cale closed his eyes.

special because we realize that

looking at the two of them tilt their heads in

He then looked at the night view outside the window

doesn't have to be

scary three children didn’t have birthdays

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

slowly approached Cale. The black Dragon did not approach Cale

moment before speaking. He recalled the child who received a present under

if I can really choose

Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

also a world

them choosing an anniversary

would that be an

children as if to ask what the

manner. However, his neck was short and his face

Dragon will

did not choose a date

many dates he had

there was a day he wanted

day he first

an even better day might appear in the future. He wanted

am going to make my own anniversary because

a great, mighty, and cautious

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