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 just

“Really?”

handed the present in his hand

parents talked to the

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

you like me saying it once

“Yes I do!”

and the child walked into the house. Hong quietly

is

day you were

the day you were born a day

However, Hong asked a different question after

is my birthday?

looked at her

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

birthday was celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However,

weather officially started getting hot. All she remembered was

faintly remembered that her brother

‘We were young.’

and On were too young to accurately remember something like their

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her

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

ignored while being

‘How persistent.’

at such young things persisting through it

behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked away

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

Hong did not say anything about birthdays to

* * *

topic for the siblings again

“I don’t understand it.”

was younger than them that the siblings rescued from the dark cave with Cale and Choi

at a time when the Dragon and the Cat

"What is a king?”

wide and he looked

“Mm.”

capital that was visible through the

are great and

tilted his

“I don’t understand it.”

thing once more before continuing

understand why they are doing so much because it is the

getting more beautiful as they prepared

day you

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

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

know why a birthday

could see the pair of dark brown eyes that were visible

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

‘Birthday...’

be very important. He didn’t know whether he felt differently about it when he was young, but it was just another day with

a time when it

‘That-’

thinking about the past for a bit when he heard a cold

have a

on the

the day

was obvious for

to know anything in that dark cave. The flow of time, the changes in

for him to get information was from the

grew this big after two years? Should we give him less food? Shit, the cost to make the

Isn’t four years enough for you to

known how old he was if the bastards guarding the

don't know my

result, I don’t have

quietly observed the black

then subconsciously spoke almost

don't have one

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

even if you

‘Of course!’

recalled the memory of a family he had seen at one point but smiled. The black Dragon's eyes that were looking outside

smiled even brighter after seeing that his reflection

was so monotone that no emotions

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

also fine to forget

what

‘However...’

recalled a memory from

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

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this year

‘So?’

to act this cold toward me even on

there was also a time

because it was his birthday but because of the

reason as to why a birthday

the black Dragon looked

we

Cale closed his eyes.

special because we realize that we are

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 view

have to be your birthday to have

three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

black Dragon did not

He recalled the child who received a present under the

if I can really choose a random day as my birthday

Dragon asked

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

was a world where the King was celebrating turning 50. It was also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the people using magic bombs on the

was just them choosing an anniversary

would that be an

looked at the children as if to ask what the issue

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

this Dragon will think about

Dragon did not

he had not

was a day

day he first saw

day might appear in the future. He wanted to

to make my own anniversary because

great, mighty, and cautious

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