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 just waiting for

“Really?”

present in his hand to

parents talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

Sophia. I said happy birthday in the morning, but you

“Yes I do!”

walked into the house. Hong quietly

is

you were

you were born a day you get

However, Hong asked

is my birthday? And when is

at her

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

the weather officially started getting hot. All she remembered was that it was during the

remembered that her brother was

‘We were young.’

accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended up alone. To be more specific, it

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

phrase just roamed in her memories

their birthdays or to celebrate it by the

ignored

‘How persistent.’

simply looked down at such young things persisting through it

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

I don’t

did not say anything about birthdays

* * *

became a topic for the siblings

“I don’t understand it.”

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

the Cat siblings were aware of each other but

"What is a king?”

he looked at On after hearing that

“Mm.”

view of the capital that was visible

great

tilted his

“I don’t understand it.”

thing once

doing so much because it

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

the day you are born

Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but Hong ignored it and

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

know why a birthday is

dark brown eyes that were

who was pretty much lying on the bed looking at the map of the capital,

‘Birthday...’

his birthday to be very important. He didn’t know whether he felt differently about it when he was young, but

a time

‘That-’

about the past for a bit when he heard a

don’t have

on the ground that were different from

know the day

for the

in that dark cave. The flow of time, the

to get information was from the things

after two years? Should we give him less food? Shit, the cost to make the restraining device

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

the bastards guarding the cell didn't shout at

don't know

result, I don’t have

black Dragon's

then subconsciously spoke

have

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

if you

‘Of course!’

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

after seeing that his reflection was filling

was so monotone that no emotions seemed to be behind them

It’s fine if you don’t have a

was also fine to

was what

‘However...’

a memory from

day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this year

‘So?’

going to act

time when

it was his birthday but because of the

reason as to why a birthday is a special

the black

we

Cale closed his eyes.

can be special because we realize that we

smiled while looking at the two of them tilt their heads

then looked at the night view outside the window as he

have to be your

three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t know

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

The black Dragon did not approach

He recalled the child

can really choose a random day as my birthday

black Dragon asked

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the

choosing

that

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

odd manner. However, his neck was short and his face was round,

will

did not choose a date right

were many dates he had

a

was the day he first saw the

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

own anniversary because I am

a great, mighty,

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