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 for you to get home,

“Really?”

handed the present in his hand to

parents talked to the

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

in the morning, but you like

“Yes I do!”

the house. Hong quietly

what is

you

were born

question. However, Hong asked a different question

is my birthday? And when

looked at her younger

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

time when her birthday was celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it was when she was so

officially started getting

that her brother was

‘We were young.’

like their birthday when they ended up alone. To be more specific, it was

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her memories like an

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

were simply neglected and ignored while being called

‘How persistent.’

at such

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

about our birthdays. I

did not say anything about birthdays

* * *

the siblings again because of a

“I don’t understand it.”

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

the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware of

"What is a king?”

wide and he looked

“Mm.”

of the capital that was visible through the terrace window in

great and

then tilted his head to one

“I don’t understand it.”

black Dragon said the same thing once

they are doing so much because it

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

the day you

On before slowly walking over to the black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but Hong ignored it and

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

to know why a birthday is

eyes that were visible

the bed looking at the map of

‘Birthday...’

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

had been a time

‘That-’

about the past for a bit

don’t have

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

know the

was obvious for the

way to know anything in that dark cave. The flow

way for him to get information was from the things the humans said

grew this big after two years? Should we give him less food? Shit, the cost to make

enough for you to stop glaring

have known how old he was if the bastards guarding the

don't know

result, I don’t

black

then subconsciously spoke almost in a

don't have one

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

okay even if you don’t have

‘Of course!’

point but

after seeing that his reflection was

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

if

also fine

was what

‘However...’

recalled a memory from his

find his birthday to be 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

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

to act this cold

also a time when it had been

was not because it was his birthday but because of

ask me for a reason as

Cat siblings and the black Dragon looked at

because we

Cale closed his eyes.

can be special because we realize

while looking at the two

at the night view outside the

doesn't have to be your

vicious and scary three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

The black Dragon did

recalled

I am curious to know if I can really choose a random day as my birthday

Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

was also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the people using

was just them choosing an anniversary for

that

at the children as if to ask what the

an extremely odd manner. However, his

Dragon will think

did not choose a

many dates he

was a day he wanted to

day he first

the future. He

going to make my own

a great,

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