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.

singing about presents left and right. She was just waiting for you to get

“Really?”

handed the present in his hand

parents talked to the

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

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

“Yes I do!”

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

is a

you were

the day you were born a day you get

to ask that question. However, Hong asked a

when is my birthday? And when

at her younger

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

However, it was when she was so little

officially started getting hot. All she remembered was that it

her brother was born in

‘We were young.’

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 like an

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

simply neglected and ignored while being called

‘How persistent.’

looked down at such young things persisting

the emotions behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked

about our birthdays. I

and Hong did not say anything about

* * *

the siblings again because of

“I don’t understand it.”

the siblings rescued from the dark cave with

the Cat siblings were aware of each other but

"What is a king?”

looked at On after hearing

“Mm.”

while the black Dragon observed the night view of the capital that was visible through the terrace window in Cale’s

are great and

his

“I don’t understand it.”

Dragon said the same thing once more

understand why they are doing so much because it is the King’s

the Roan Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as

you are

The black Dragon slightly flinched but

a dark spot in the room away from the

know why a birthday is a

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

who was pretty much lying on the bed looking at the map of the capital, observed the black Dragon and the Cat siblings with a stoic

‘Birthday...’

felt differently about it when he was young,

been a time when it was

‘That-’

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

don’t have

rising from the darkness on the ground that were different

don’t know the

was obvious for

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

to get information was from the things the humans said

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

Isn’t four years enough for you to stop

old he was if the

don't know

I don’t

observed the black Dragon's dark

subconsciously spoke almost in a

have

Hong placed his small front paw on the black

if you don’t

‘Of course!’

one point but smiled. The

his reflection

a voice that was so monotone that no emotions seemed to be

fine if you

fine to

was what Cale

‘However...’

memory from

the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and also the day that he received the

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this year

‘So?’

act this cold toward me even

time when it had been

it was his birthday but because

for a reason as to

and the black Dragon looked at

we

Cale closed his eyes.

be special because we realize that

slightly smiled while looking at the two of them

the

it doesn't have to be your

three children didn’t have birthdays or didn’t

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

approached Cale. The black Dragon did not approach Cale but peeked at

speaking. He recalled the child who

can really choose a random day as

black Dragon asked as

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

turning 50. It was also a world where some bastards

choosing

that be

looked at the children as if to ask

Dragon suddenly jerked his head up in an extremely odd manner. However, his neck

Dragon will think

Dragon did not

were many dates he

was a day he wanted to

the day he first saw the night

the future. He wanted to

to make my own anniversary because

a great, mighty, and

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