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Up at the fifth floor of the Super Rock villa, there is a luxurious, super comfortable reclining seat that is prompted next to the wide opened window. Bright morning sunlight poured through that window along with a fresh breeze of morning air that smells like freshly trimmed grass and flowers. Earlier at dawn, a chorus of melodic birdsong drifted in. Sitting lazily atop the seat was Cale Henituse, who miraculously woke up earlier than usual.
He just had his sensational breakfast prepared by Beacrox with a sweet and ice cold lemon tea. And even though Cale was not a fan of sour things, he enjoyed the beverage as it made him feel freshened up.
Right next to the seat is a table that serves various types of fruits that he liked. His mother, Duchess Violan personally hand picked them from their farms's fresh harvest for Cale and was given through the ever reliable Ron Molan. Even as the duchess lives away from their eldest child, she started to monitor his diet and food intake as she noticed that he is getting thinner and thinner in each day that passes. His butler agrees to it and makes sure Cale follows his food schedule. The fruits delivered each schedule was more than one person could actually eat and that is because three certain children are very healthy eaters.
Since the duchess started her food plans for Cale, the three kids gained weight faster than him. Raon looks more like a round pillow than a dragon and it worries Cale that he might become overweight. Thankfully Eruhaben-nim there is no such thing as an overweight dragon.
Cale put a piece of grape in his mouth and sighs in contentment. This is the best thing ever. This is the life he dreamed of. If there is a radio it would be even more perfect. Before he became Cale Henituse, Kim Rok Soo might not look like it but he likes listening to old songs on the radio.
"Making my way downtown
Walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound..." Cale started to sing in mumble.
He remembers this song, it's a good one. Especially the funny version of it in the movie "White Chicks" that he gets to watch with Choi Jung Soo in an almost broken laptop back when they just started to work at their company. It was one of the luxuries they got to do after monsters appeared on Earth. And even though he didn't laugh out loud at the movie unlike Jung Soo and team leader Lee Soo Hyuk, he really did enjoy it.
"Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way through the crowd.." he continued his off key singing silently while chewing on grapes while his other hand was tapping on the arm rest.
The kids who were eating near Cale scrunched their little noses at the sound their human is making.
"Did he finally lose it?" On can't help but to ask.
"Noona, I told you he is weird since earlier. It is not normal for him to wake up before the sun rises." Hong said with eyes going wide. The grape in his hand fell down and bounced to the ground.
"Oh, no... Should we tell grandpa Ron?" Raon said with genuine worry in his eyes.
"And I need you... Tenenenenen.. And I miss you. Tenenenenen... And now I wonder..." Cale even sang the music part while shaking his head to the rhythm he thought he was creating.
But to the eyes of the three children it was weird. On actually went down to get their most trusted and skilled butler grandpa while Hong meowed and jumped at Cale's lazily stretched legs.
Cale took the red kitten in his both hands and raised him up to the air. The red kitten was hanging to his hand and wondering what was going on.
"If I could fall into the sky. Do you think time would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just see you...tonight."
Cale looked into Hong sang song while shaking him playfully. He was gentle but the kitten was still weirded out and Hong swings his tail left and right. Cale put him down to his lap and started playing with Hong's little paws instead while still singing off key.
"Making my way downtown. Walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound..."
Little did Cale know that people around and inside the villa can hear him singing and they cannot help but smile at his nonchalant voice. They are glad to see Cale resting and relaxing, he usually does all the hard work and protects them all. This time, they will protect him and let them do whatever he wants.
"Human! Why are you assaulting my brother like that?!" Raon burst as he saw Hong trying to get away from Cale.
"Do you want me to sing for you too? I don't know a lot of them but I know some that's good." Cale let go of Hong who immediately yeeted out of the scene and hid under a pillow of Cale's bed. His hand then reached for Raon's hind paw, and the little dragon instead suffered Cale's weirdness.
"Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed..." Cale took Raon's paw and started singing again. He moved the chubby paws up and down like what he did to Hong. The dragon started to struggle as well.
"Human!!"
"You don't like that song?? Okay how about this...
Seid ihr das Essen?
Nein, wir sind der Jäger!"
"No!!"