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

“Really?”

the present in his hand to

talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

happy birthday in the morning, but you like me saying

“Yes I do!”

walked into the house. Hong quietly watched them before

what is

day you were

you were born a

asked a different

my birthday? And when

looked at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

officially started getting hot. All she remembered was that

remembered that her

‘We were young.’

like their birthday when they ended

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

in her memories like an

birthdays or to celebrate it by the

and ignored

‘How persistent.’

such young

Hong’s pure eyes but looked away

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

not say anything about birthdays

* * *

became a topic for the siblings again because of a new

“I don’t understand it.”

them that the siblings rescued from

time when the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware of each other but

"What is a king?”

he looked at On after

“Mm.”

of the capital that was

are great

tilted his

“I don’t understand it.”

said the same thing once

doing so much because

capital was slowly getting more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration of

the day you are born

Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but

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

a birthday

that were visible because

who was pretty much lying on the bed looking at the map of the capital, observed the black Dragon and the Cat siblings with a stoic

‘Birthday...’

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

there had been a time when

‘That-’

for a bit

don’t have

darkness on the ground that were different from the stars in the night

don’t know the

obvious for

in that dark cave. The flow of time,

from

food? Shit, the cost to make the restraining device is going

enough for you

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

don't know my

a result, I don’t have a

black Dragon's

spoke almost in

have one either,

small front paw on the black Dragon's smooth

okay even if you

‘Of course!’

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

his reflection was filling

that was so monotone that no emotions seemed to be behind

wrong. It’s fine if you don’t

also fine to

was what Cale

‘However...’

recalled a memory

just remembered that it was the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and also the day that he received the suffocating hardship of becoming an adult and having to

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this

‘So?’

dreary bastard! Are you going to act this cold toward

was also a time when it had been

that was not because it was his birthday but because

as to why a

siblings and the black

we are alive

Cale closed his eyes.

special because we realize that

smiled while looking at the two of them tilt their heads in the

looked at the night view

have to be your birthday

these 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.”

approached Cale. The black Dragon did not approach Cale but

speaking. He recalled the child who received

I am curious to know if I can really choose a random

black Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

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

them choosing an

that be an

looked at the children as if to ask

black Dragon suddenly jerked his head up in an extremely odd manner. However, his neck was short and his face was round, making him look really

this Dragon will think about

black Dragon did not choose a date

many dates he

there was a day he wanted

was the day he first saw

an even better day might appear in the future.

own anniversary because I am great

was a great,

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