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

“Really?”

the present in his

talked to

“Sophia, happy birthday.”

in the morning, but you like

“Yes I do!”

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

is a

you

is the day you were born a day you

question. However, Hong asked a different question

when is my birthday? And when is your

at

‘Birthday-’

It was faint.

celebrated like this girl named Sophia. However, it was when she was so little that she didn’t know the

when the weather officially started getting hot. All she remembered was

faintly remembered that her brother was born in

‘We were young.’

to accurately remember something like their birthday

It was just...

‘Today is On’s birthday.’

roamed in her

was nobody to tell On and Hong about their birthdays or to celebrate it by the time they learned

were simply neglected and ignored while being called mutants and

‘How persistent.’

at such

behind Hong’s pure eyes but looked away and stoically

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

anything about birthdays to each other after

* * *

became a topic for the siblings again because of a

“I don’t understand it.”

was younger than them that the siblings rescued from the

time when the Dragon and the Cat siblings

"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

great and

tilted his head to

“I don’t understand it.”

same thing once more before continuing to

are doing so much because

Kingdom's capital was slowly getting more beautiful as

you are

before slowly walking over to the black Dragon's side. The black Dragon slightly flinched but Hong ignored it and slowly sat down next

then peeked toward a dark spot in the room away from the terrace

why a birthday

dark brown eyes that were visible

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

‘Birthday...’

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

‘That-’

thinking about the past for a bit when he heard

have a

black Dragon was looking at the lights rising from the darkness on the ground that were

the day

for the

no way to know anything in that dark cave. The flow of time, the

him to get information was from

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

Isn’t four years enough for you to stop glaring so

the bastards guarding the cell didn't shout at

know

I don’t have a

observed the black

spoke almost in

don't have

Dragon turned toward Hong. Hong placed his small front paw on the

if you

‘Of course!’

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

after seeing that his reflection was filling up those empty

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

not wrong. It’s fine if you

was also fine to forget

was what Cale

‘However...’

a memory from

birthday to be important. He just remembered that it was the day he got seaweed soup at the orphanage and also the

‘Rok Soo.’

‘What is it?’

alive this year

‘So?’

to act this cold toward me even on

also a time when it had been

birthday but because of the

you ask me for a reason as to why a birthday

siblings and the black Dragon

is because we

Cale closed his eyes.

we realize that we are still

slightly. On slightly smiled while looking at the two of

his eyes. He then looked at the

to be your birthday to have

cared if these vicious and scary three children didn’t have birthdays

“Then just make it.”

“...Make it?”

Hong’s ears twitched.

“Yeah.”

approached Cale. The black Dragon did not approach

He recalled the child who received

am curious to know if I can

Dragon asked

“...Is that really okay?”

heard Cale’s

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

was also a world where some bastards were going

them choosing an anniversary for

that

as if to ask what the

However, his neck was short and his face was

this Dragon will

Dragon did not choose

were many dates he had

there was a

was the day he first

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

am going to make my own anniversary because I

great, mighty, and

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