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.

been singing about presents left and right. She was just waiting for you to

“Really?”

man handed the present in his hand to the

parents talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

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

“Yes I do!”

into the house. Hong quietly watched

is a

day you

day you were born a day

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

is my birthday? And when is

at her

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

like this girl named Sophia. However, it was when she was

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

her brother was born in

‘We were young.’

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

celebrate it by the time they learned some numbers

were simply neglected and ignored while being called mutants and

‘How persistent.’

such young things persisting through it

behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked away

our birthdays. I don’t remember anything

and Hong did not say anything about birthdays to

* * *

the

“I don’t understand it.”

them that the siblings rescued from the dark cave

when the Dragon and the Cat

"What is a king?”

looked at On after hearing

“Mm.”

view of the capital that was visible

great

his head

“I don’t understand it.”

said the same thing

don’t understand why they are doing so

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

the day you are born

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

dark spot in the room away from the terrace window and

want to know why a birthday is a

the pair of dark brown eyes that were visible because of

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

‘Birthday...’

he felt differently about

had been a time when it

‘That-’

for a bit when he

don’t have

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

don’t know the

obvious for the

to know anything in that dark cave. The

from the things the

him less food? Shit, the cost to

bastard! Isn’t four years enough

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

don't know my

I don’t have

the black

then subconsciously spoke

don't have one

small front paw on the black Dragon's smooth body and

okay even if

‘Of course!’

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

his

that no emotions

fine if you

also fine to forget

what

‘However...’

recalled a memory from

his birthday to be important. He just remembered that it was the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

act this cold toward me

a time when it

birthday but

a reason as to why

the black

because we

Cale closed his eyes.

because we realize that we

tilted their heads slightly. On slightly smiled while looking

eyes. He then looked at the night view outside

to be your birthday to have

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.”

Dragon did

He recalled the child who received a present under the

I can really

black Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

50. It was also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the

choosing an anniversary

would that

ask what the issue

extremely odd manner. However, his neck was short

Dragon will

black Dragon did not choose a

he had not

course, there was a day he wanted to

he first saw the night

appear in the future. He wanted to

my own anniversary because

great, mighty, and cautious

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