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.

presents left and right. She was

“Really?”

handed the present in his hand

parents talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

happy birthday in the morning, but you like

“Yes I do!”

child walked into the house. Hong

what is a

day you

day you were

asked a different

is my birthday? And when is your

looked at her younger

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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 exact

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

her brother

‘We were young.’

young to accurately remember something like their birthday when they ended up alone. To

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her

On and Hong about their birthdays or to celebrate it by the time they

neglected and ignored while

‘How persistent.’

such young things persisting through it

Hong’s pure eyes but looked

know about our birthdays. I don’t

and Hong did not say anything about birthdays to each other

* * *

topic for the siblings again because of

“I don’t understand it.”

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

at a time when the Dragon and the Cat siblings were

"What is a king?”

opened wide and he looked at On after hearing that

“Mm.”

view of the capital

are great and

then tilted his head to one

“I don’t understand it.”

the same thing once more before

are doing so much because it is the King’s

view of the Roan Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration of the

day you

black Dragon

dark spot in the room away from

to know why a birthday is a special

brown eyes that were visible because

was pretty much lying on the bed looking at the map of the

‘Birthday...’

didn’t know whether he felt differently about it when he was young, but it was just another day with a different

a time when it was

‘That-’

thinking about the past for a bit when he heard a

don’t have a

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

the day

obvious for the black

that dark

from

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

bastard! Isn’t four years enough for you

the bastards guarding the cell didn't

don't know

I don’t have a

the black Dragon's dark

spoke almost

have

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

okay even if you

‘Of course!’

at one point but smiled. The black

seeing that his reflection was filling up those

heard a voice that was so monotone that no emotions seemed to be behind them at

wrong. It’s fine if you

fine

what Cale

‘However...’

memory

did not find his birthday to be important. He just remembered that it was the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and also the day that he received the suffocating hardship

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this

‘So?’

dreary bastard! Are you going to act this cold toward me even

was also a time when

birthday but because of the

for a reason as to why a birthday is

the black Dragon looked

we are

Cale closed his eyes.

can be special because we realize that we

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

the night view outside the window as

it doesn't have to be

children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

Dragon did not approach Cale but

recalled the

I can really

black Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

was celebrating turning 50. It was also a world where some

choosing an

would that be an

to ask what the issue with it was, before

extremely odd manner. However, his neck was

will think

not

dates he had not experienced

there was a day

the day he first saw the

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

own anniversary because

a great, mighty, and cautious

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