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

“Really?”

man handed the present in his

talked to the

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

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

“Yes I do!”

the house.

is

day you

day you were

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

is my birthday? And when is

looked at her younger

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

named Sophia. However,

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

remembered that her brother

‘We were young.’

were still young but Hong and On were too young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended up

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

in

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

were simply neglected and ignored while being called

‘How persistent.’

looked down at such young things persisting through

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

birthdays. I

Hong did not say anything about birthdays to each other after

* * *

a topic for the siblings again because of a

“I don’t understand it.”

from the

the Cat

"What is a king?”

and he looked at

“Mm.”

view of the capital that was visible through

are great

tilted his head to one

“I don’t understand it.”

the same thing once more before continuing

understand why they are doing so

view of the Roan Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration

you are

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

in the room away from the terrace window and

a

of dark brown eyes that were visible because of the magic light that was

of the capital, observed the

‘Birthday...’

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

a time when it was

‘That-’

the past for a bit when he heard

don’t have a

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

don’t know the day I

was obvious for the

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

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

this big after two years? Should we give him less food? Shit, the cost to make the restraining device is going to be so

bastard! Isn’t four years enough

the bastards

don't know my

result, I

the black

spoke almost

don't have one

small front paw on the black Dragon's smooth

if you don’t have

‘Of course!’

memory of a family he had seen at one point but smiled. The black Dragon's eyes that were looking outside seemed

seeing that his reflection was filling

that

fine if you

fine

was what

‘However...’

memory from his

soup at the orphanage and also the day that he received the suffocating hardship of becoming an adult and having to figure

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this

‘So?’

to act this cold toward me even on

also a time when it

it was his birthday but because

ask me for a reason as to why a birthday

and the

because we are alive

Cale closed his eyes.

be special because we realize

slightly. On slightly smiled while looking at

his eyes. He then looked at the night view outside the window as

have to be your

and scary three children

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

slowly approached Cale. The black Dragon did not approach Cale but

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

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

Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

a world where the King was celebrating turning 50. It was also a world where some bastards were going

choosing an

would that be

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

extremely odd manner. However, his neck was short and his face was round, making him look

Dragon will think

Dragon did not choose a date right

dates he had not

there was a day he wanted

the day he first saw the

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

to make my own anniversary

a great,

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