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

“Really?”

present in his hand to the

talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

morning, but you

“Yes I do!”

child walked into the house. Hong quietly

what is

you

the day you were born

asked a different question after looking

is my birthday? And

looked at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

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

remembered that her

‘We were young.’

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 her memories like an

tell On and Hong about their birthdays or to celebrate it by

simply neglected and ignored while being called

‘How persistent.’

were simply looked down at such young things persisting

behind Hong’s pure eyes

birthdays. I don’t remember anything about them

say anything about birthdays

* * *

birthday became a topic for the siblings again because of a new

“I don’t understand it.”

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

and the Cat siblings were aware of

"What is a king?”

opened wide and he looked at On

“Mm.”

the black Dragon observed the night view of the capital that was visible through

great and

then tilted his

“I don’t understand it.”

Dragon said the same thing once

understand why they are doing so much because

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

day you are

black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but Hong

in the room away from the terrace window and opened his

a

brown eyes that were visible because of the magic light

at the map of the capital, observed the black Dragon and the Cat

‘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 different

there had been a time

‘That-’

about the past for a bit when he heard a

have a

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

the day I

obvious for the black

no way to know anything in that dark cave. The flow

from the

him less food? Shit, the cost to make

bastard! Isn’t four years enough for

old he was if the bastards guarding the cell didn't

know my

I

the black Dragon's dark

then subconsciously spoke almost in

don't have one either,

front paw on the black Dragon's smooth body and

okay even if you don’t have

‘Of course!’

point

brighter after seeing that his reflection was filling up those empty

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

It’s fine if you don’t

fine to forget

what Cale

‘However...’

memory from his

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

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this year

‘So?’

Are you going to act

a time when it had

not because it was his birthday but

you ask me for a reason as to why a birthday is a

the black Dragon looked

we are alive

Cale closed his eyes.

be special because we realize that we are still

slightly smiled while looking at

then looked at the night view outside the window as

doesn't have to be your birthday to have

and scary 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 Cale but

for a moment before speaking. He recalled the child who received

I can really choose a random day as

Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

King was celebrating turning 50. It was also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the people using magic bombs on the

was just them choosing

would that be an

ask what the issue with it was,

odd manner. However, his neck was

this Dragon will think about

did not choose a date

were many dates he

a day he

was the day he

day might appear in the future.

own anniversary because I

was a great, mighty,

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