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

“Really?”

man handed the present in

talked

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

said happy birthday in the morning, but you like me saying it once more after giving you a present,

“Yes I do!”

the house. Hong quietly watched them

what is

you

day you were born a day you get

asked a

is my birthday? And

at her

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

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

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

faintly remembered that her brother

‘We were young.’

accurately remember something like their birthday

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her memories

to celebrate it by the time they learned some numbers and could count the

were simply neglected and ignored

‘How persistent.’

at such young things persisting through

pure eyes but looked away and stoically

about our birthdays. I don’t remember anything about

Hong did not say anything about birthdays to

* * *

became a topic for the siblings again because of a new

“I don’t understand it.”

siblings rescued from the dark cave with Cale and Choi

the Dragon and the Cat siblings were aware of

"What is a king?”

looked at On

“Mm.”

view of the capital that was visible through the terrace window in Cale’s room as

great and

tilted his head to one

“I don’t understand it.”

thing once more before continuing to

they are doing so much

more beautiful as they prepared for the celebration of the

day you are born

black Dragon slightly flinched but Hong

the room away from the terrace

know why a birthday is

of dark brown eyes that were visible because of the magic light that

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

‘Birthday...’

he felt differently about it when he was

a time when it

‘That-’

thinking about the past for a bit when he

don’t have a

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

know the

obvious for the

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

get information was from the things the humans said whenever they

after two years? Should we give him less food? Shit, the

four years enough for you to stop glaring so

if the bastards guarding the cell

don't know

I don’t have

observed the black Dragon's dark

spoke almost

have

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

brighter after seeing that his reflection was filling up

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

fine if

fine to forget

was what

‘However...’

memory from

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 of

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this

‘So?’

going to act this cold toward me

there was also a time when it had

was not because it was his birthday but because of the memories

me for a reason as to why a birthday is

Cat siblings and the black Dragon

is because we

Cale closed his eyes.

because we realize that we are still

while looking at the two

opened his eyes. He then looked at the night

to be

these vicious and scary 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 Cale

He recalled the child

I can really choose a

Dragon

“...Is that really okay?”

Cale’s response

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

a world where the King was celebrating turning 50. It was also a world where

choosing

would that be an

ask what the issue with

extremely odd manner. However, his neck was

this Dragon will think about

black Dragon did not choose

he had not

there was a day he

day he

even better day might appear in the future. He wanted

going to make my own anniversary

a great,

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