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.

about presents left and right. She was just waiting for you to get home,

“Really?”

the present in his

talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

Sophia. I said happy birthday in the morning, but you like me saying it once more after giving you a

“Yes I do!”

child walked into the house. Hong quietly watched them before turning his

is a

you

the day you were born a day you

that question. However, Hong asked a

my birthday?

looked at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

weather officially started getting hot. All

remembered that her brother was born in early

‘We were young.’

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

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

just roamed in her memories like

was nobody to tell On and Hong about their birthdays or to celebrate

simply neglected and ignored while being called mutants and

‘How persistent.’

down at such young

the emotions behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked

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

did not say anything about birthdays to each other

* * *

a topic for the siblings

“I don’t understand it.”

the siblings rescued from

when the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware of each other but

"What is a king?”

eyes opened wide and he looked at On after

“Mm.”

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

great and

his head

“I don’t understand it.”

same thing once

so much

slowly getting more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration

you

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

a dark spot in the room away from the terrace window and opened his

want to know why a birthday is a special

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

bed looking at the map of the capital, observed the black Dragon and the Cat

‘Birthday...’

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

a

‘That-’

a bit

have

was looking at the lights rising from the darkness on the

the day I

obvious for

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

was from the things the humans

Should we give him less food? Shit, the cost to make the restraining device is

bastard! Isn’t four years enough for you to stop glaring

was if the bastards guarding the

know

I

quietly observed the black Dragon's dark blue

spoke almost

don't have one

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

okay even if you don’t

‘Of course!’

one point but smiled.

smiled even brighter after seeing that his reflection was filling up

so monotone that no emotions seemed to

if

also fine to

what Cale

‘However...’

a memory from

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

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this year

‘So?’

dreary bastard! Are you going to act this cold toward me

also a time when

was his birthday but

you ask me for a reason as to why a

Cat siblings and the black Dragon looked at

we are alive

Cale closed his eyes.

we realize that we

while looking

his eyes. He then looked at the night view

doesn't have to be your birthday

these vicious and scary three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t know their

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

Cale. The black Dragon did not

speaking. He recalled the

can really choose a random day as

black Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

It was also a world where some bastards were going to

just them choosing an anniversary for

that

the children as if to ask

in an extremely odd manner. However, his neck

will

did not choose a date right

were many dates he had not

course, there was a day

was the day he

appear in the future. He wanted to think about it

going to make my own anniversary because I

a great,

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