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.

about presents left and right. She was just waiting for

“Really?”

the present in his hand to

talked to the

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

happy birthday in the morning, but you like me saying it once more after giving you a

“Yes I do!”

the house. Hong quietly watched them

is

you were

you were born a day

wanted to ask that question. However, Hong asked a

my birthday? And when is

looked at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it was when she was so

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

remembered that her brother was born in early

‘We were young.’

still young but Hong and On were too young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

phrase just roamed in her memories like

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

ignored while being called mutants

‘How persistent.’

were simply looked down at such young things persisting through

pure eyes but looked away

birthdays. I don’t remember anything about them

anything about birthdays to each other after

* * *

became a topic for the siblings again because of

“I don’t understand it.”

that the siblings rescued from the dark cave with

time when the Dragon and the Cat siblings were

"What is a king?”

looked at On after hearing

“Mm.”

of the capital that

are great

his head to

“I don’t understand it.”

same thing

so much because it is

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

you

peeked at On before slowly walking over to the black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched

peeked toward a dark spot in the room away from the terrace

why a

brown eyes that were visible because of

of the capital, observed the black Dragon and the Cat siblings with a

‘Birthday...’

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

a time when

‘That-’

for a bit when he heard a cold

don’t have

from the darkness on the

don’t know the day I was

obvious for

way to know anything in that dark

him to get information was from the things the humans said

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

Isn’t four years enough for you to

wouldn’t even have known how old he was if the bastards guarding the

don't know my

a result, I don’t have

quietly observed the black

subconsciously spoke

don't have one either,

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

okay even if you don’t have

‘Of course!’

a family he had seen at one point but smiled. The black Dragon's eyes that were

even brighter after seeing that his

a voice that was so monotone that no

wrong. It’s fine if you don’t

was also fine

what

‘However...’

recalled a memory from his

it was the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and also

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

you going to act this

was also a time when it

his birthday but because

for a reason as to why a birthday is a special

siblings and the

is because we

Cale closed his eyes.

can be special because we realize that we

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

the night view outside the

it doesn't have to be your birthday to have those

cared if 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

a moment before speaking. He recalled the child who received a present under

curious to know if I can really choose

black Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

a world where some bastards were going to terrorize

them choosing an anniversary for

would that be

if to ask

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

this Dragon will think about

black Dragon did not choose a date right

were many dates he had not experienced

a day he wanted

the day he

even better day might appear in the future.

my own anniversary because I am

great, mighty, and cautious

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