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

“Really?”

present in his hand to the

talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

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

“Yes I do!”

the house. Hong

what is

you were

the day you were born a day

ask that question. However, Hong asked a

is my birthday? And

at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

named Sophia. However, it was when

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

also faintly remembered that her

‘We were young.’

still young but Hong and On were too young to accurately remember something like their birthday

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

phrase just roamed in her memories

nobody to tell On and Hong about their birthdays or to celebrate it by the

and ignored while being called mutants

‘How persistent.’

at such young

pure eyes but looked away

about our birthdays. I don’t remember anything about

Hong did not say anything

* * *

the siblings again because of a new

“I don’t understand it.”

was younger than them that the siblings rescued from the dark cave with Cale and Choi

and the Cat siblings were aware of each

"What is a king?”

looked

“Mm.”

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

are great and

then tilted his head

“I don’t understand it.”

black Dragon said the same thing once more before continuing

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

more beautiful as

day you are born

black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched

then peeked toward a dark spot in the room

to know why a

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

was pretty much lying on the bed looking at the map of the

‘Birthday...’

he felt differently about it when he was

a time when it

‘That-’

for a bit

have

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

the day I

obvious for the

way to know anything in that dark cave. The

for him to get information was from the things the humans said whenever they

food? Shit, the cost to

four years enough for you to stop

he was if the bastards

don't know my

I don’t have

observed the black

subconsciously spoke almost in a

have one either,

Hong placed his small front

even if

‘Of course!’

a family he had seen at one point but smiled. The

smiled even brighter after seeing that his reflection was filling up those

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

not wrong. It’s fine if you don’t have

also fine to forget

was what Cale

‘However...’

recalled a memory

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 the

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

Are you going to act this cold toward me even on my

there was also a time when it

was not because it was his birthday but because

a reason as to why a birthday is a

and the black Dragon looked at

we are

Cale closed his eyes.

because we

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

at the

to be your birthday

scary three children didn’t have birthdays

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

approached Cale. The black Dragon did not approach

hesitated for a moment before speaking. He recalled

can

Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

a world where some bastards were going

just them choosing

that

if to ask

suddenly jerked his head up in an extremely odd manner. However, his neck was short and his face was round,

will think

not choose a date

were many dates he

course, there was a day he

day he

even better day might appear in the future.

to make my own

great, mighty, and

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