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 you

“Really?”

handed the present in his

parents talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

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

“Yes I do!”

the child walked into the house. Hong quietly watched them before turning

is a

day you

is the day you were born a day

asked a

is my birthday? And when is your

looked at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

a time when her birthday was celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it was when she was so

the weather officially started

that her brother was

‘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

Hong about their birthdays or to celebrate it by the time

and ignored while

‘How persistent.’

down at such young

emotions behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked away

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

anything about birthdays

* * *

birthday became a topic for the siblings again because of a new

“I don’t understand it.”

them that the siblings rescued from the dark cave with Cale and Choi Han... The black

a time when the Dragon and the Cat siblings

"What is a king?”

eyes opened wide and he looked at On after hearing

“Mm.”

view of the capital that was visible through the terrace window

great

tilted his head to one

“I don’t understand it.”

black Dragon said the same thing

are doing so much because it is the King’s

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

you are

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

why a

the pair of dark brown eyes that were visible because of

the bed looking at the map of the

‘Birthday...’

he felt differently about it when he was young, but it was just another day with a

there had been a

‘That-’

thinking about the past for a bit when

have

lights rising from the darkness on the ground that were different from the

the day I

for the black

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

was from the things the

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

four years enough for you to stop

known how old he was if the bastards guarding the cell

know

result, I don’t

black Dragon's dark

subconsciously spoke almost in

have one either,

placed his small front paw on the black Dragon's smooth

okay even if you don’t

‘Of course!’

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

even brighter after seeing that his reflection was filling up those empty

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

fine if

also fine to forget

was what Cale

‘However...’

recalled a memory

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 of becoming an adult and having to

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

this

‘So?’

you going to act

time when it had been

his birthday but

you ask me for a reason as to why

and the black

is because we are

Cale closed his eyes.

special because we realize that we

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

He then looked at the night

have to be

three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t know

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

black Dragon did not approach

before speaking. He recalled the child who

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

Dragon asked

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

also a world where some bastards were going to terrorize the people using

was just them choosing an anniversary

would that be

as if to ask what the issue with it

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

this Dragon will

not

many dates he had

was a day he

he first

day might appear in the future. He wanted to

my own anniversary because

was a great, mighty, and cautious

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