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.

left and right. She was

“Really?”

handed the present in his hand to the

talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

said happy birthday in the morning, but you like me saying it once more

“Yes I do!”

the house. Hong quietly watched

is

you

the day you were born a day you

wanted to ask that question. However, Hong asked

when is my birthday? And

looked at her younger

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

when her birthday was celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it

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

her brother

‘We were young.’

were too young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended up alone. To be more specific, it

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

in her memories

about their birthdays or to celebrate it by the time they learned

ignored while being called

‘How persistent.’

down at such

emotions behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked

know about our birthdays. I

Hong did not say anything about birthdays to each other after

* * *

became a topic for the siblings again

“I don’t understand it.”

from the dark cave

the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware of each

"What is a king?”

he looked at On

“Mm.”

of the capital that was

great

then tilted his head

“I don’t understand it.”

said the same thing once more before continuing

they are doing so much because it is

night view of the Roan Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration of the King’s 50th

day you are born

to the black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but Hong ignored it and slowly sat down next

room away from

to know why a birthday is a special

see the pair of dark brown eyes that were visible because of

on the bed looking at the map of the capital,

‘Birthday...’

know whether he felt differently about it when he was young, but

a time when it was

‘That-’

the past for a bit when he heard a

have

the darkness on the ground that were

know the day I

was obvious for the black

was no way to know anything in that dark cave. The flow of time,

get information was from the things the humans said whenever

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

Isn’t four years enough for

if the bastards guarding the cell didn't shout at him with

don't know

I don’t have a

the black

spoke almost in

don't have one

his small front paw on the black Dragon's

even if

‘Of course!’

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

smiled even brighter after seeing that his reflection was

voice that was so monotone that no emotions seemed

not wrong. It’s fine if you don’t have a

was also fine to

was what Cale

‘However...’

recalled a memory from his

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

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this year

‘So?’

act this cold toward me even on

there was also a time

because it was his birthday but because

you ask me for a reason as to why

the black Dragon

we

Cale closed his eyes.

we realize that we

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

his eyes. He then looked at the night

have to be your birthday

and scary three children didn’t have

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

did not approach

for a moment before speaking. He recalled the child who

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

Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

was also a world where

choosing an

that

looked at the children as if to ask

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

will think

black Dragon did not choose a date

he had not experienced

was a day he wanted to

the day he first saw

day might appear in the future. He wanted to think about it a

going to make my own anniversary because I am

a great,

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