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?”

handed the present in his

parents talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

morning, but you like me saying it once more

“Yes I do!”

house. Hong quietly watched them before turning his

what is

day you

is the day you were born a day you get

wanted to ask that question. However, Hong asked a different question after

is my birthday? And

looked at her

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

some point after the rainy season when the weather officially started

her brother was born in early

‘We were young.’

were too young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended up

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

in

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

ignored while being

‘How persistent.’

such young

behind Hong’s pure eyes but

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

say anything about birthdays

* * *

a topic for the siblings again because of a

“I don’t understand it.”

from the dark cave with

at a time when the Dragon and the Cat

"What is a king?”

opened wide and he looked at On after hearing

“Mm.”

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

are great and

his head to one

“I don’t understand it.”

black Dragon said the same thing once more before

are doing so much

slowly getting more

day you

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

toward a dark spot in the room

to know why a

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

was pretty much lying on the bed looking at the map of the capital, observed the black Dragon

‘Birthday...’

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

had been a time when

‘That-’

for a bit when

don’t have

on the ground that were

know the day

obvious for

no way to know anything in that dark cave.

way for him to get information was from the things the

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

enough

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

don't know my

a result, I don’t have

observed the black Dragon's dark

subconsciously spoke

don't have

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

okay even if

‘Of course!’

one point but smiled. The black Dragon's eyes that were looking outside

that his reflection was filling

monotone that no emotions seemed to be behind

not wrong. It’s fine if

fine to forget

was what

‘However...’

memory from his

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 figure out his

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

act this

was also a time when it

not because it was his birthday but because of the memories associated

me for a reason as to why a birthday

and the black

we are alive

Cale closed his eyes.

can be special because we realize that we are

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

He then looked at the

be your birthday

if these vicious and scary three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t know

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

slowly approached Cale. The black Dragon did not approach Cale

He recalled the child who received a present

I can really choose a

Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

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

just them choosing an anniversary for

would that be an

looked at the children as if to ask what the issue with it

jerked his head up in an extremely odd manner. However, his neck was short and his face was round,

will think about

Dragon did not choose

were many dates he had not experienced

a day he

he

in the future. He wanted to think

going to make my own

was a great, mighty, and

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