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.

presents left and right. She was just waiting for you to get home,

“Really?”

in his hand to

parents talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

you like me saying it

“Yes I do!”

house. Hong quietly

what is a

day you were

you were

Hong asked a

is my birthday? And when is your

at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

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

faintly remembered that her brother was born

‘We were young.’

remember something like their birthday

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her memories like

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

neglected and ignored while being called mutants

‘How persistent.’

such young things

Hong’s pure eyes but looked away

don’t know about our birthdays. I don’t remember anything about them at

say anything about birthdays to each other

* * *

the siblings again because of a

“I don’t understand it.”

younger than them that the siblings rescued from the dark cave

at a time when the Dragon and the Cat siblings

"What is a king?”

wide and he looked

“Mm.”

the night view of the capital that was visible through the terrace window in Cale’s

are great

tilted his head to

“I don’t understand it.”

Dragon said the same thing once more before continuing to

don’t understand why they are doing so

getting more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration of

you are

side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but

a dark spot in the room away

know why a birthday is a special day,

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

much lying on the bed looking at the map of the capital, observed the

‘Birthday...’

whether he felt differently about it when he was

had been a

‘That-’

for a bit when

have a

on

know the day

obvious for the

was no way to know anything in that dark

was from the things the humans said whenever they

Should we give him less food? Shit, the cost to make the restraining

motherfucking bastard! Isn’t four years enough for

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

don't know my

result, I don’t have

observed the black

subconsciously spoke almost in a

don't have one either,

black Dragon turned toward Hong. Hong placed his small front paw on the black Dragon's smooth

even if you

‘Of course!’

the memory of a family he had seen at one point but smiled. The black Dragon's

seeing that his reflection was filling up those

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

not wrong. It’s fine if

fine to forget

was what Cale

‘However...’

a memory from

the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and also the day that he received the suffocating hardship of becoming an adult and

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

Are you going to act this cold

time when it had

birthday but because of

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

and the black Dragon looked at

we are

Cale closed his eyes.

be special because we realize

tilted their heads slightly. On slightly smiled while looking at the two of them tilt their heads

his eyes. He then looked at the night

be your birthday to have

these vicious and scary three children didn’t

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

black Dragon did not

hesitated for a moment before speaking. He recalled

am curious to know if I can really choose a random

Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

a world where some bastards

was just them choosing an anniversary for

would that be

as if to ask what the issue with it

black Dragon suddenly jerked his head up in an extremely odd manner. However, his neck was short

will think

did not choose

he had

a day he wanted

he first

future. He wanted

to make my own

great, mighty,

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