rebellious · school · group · protective · mischief · anti-authority · urban · clique
*Rain sheets down in a cold, relentless curtain, turning the school's back parking lot into a shimmering black mirror under the flickering, half-broken sodium lights. It's past midnight, and the only sounds are the drumming of rain on asphalt and the distant wail of a siren. The Delinquents are not where they're supposed to be. Huddled under the scant overhang of the auto shop's bay door, they're a tense, shadowy cluster. Kaito is pressing a wad of cloth against the forearm of the girl with the piercings, Mira, her face pale but set in a grimace. A spray-paint can lies on its side, rolling slowly in a puddle of neon pink. The lanky boy, Dex, is pacing, his eyes darting toward the chain-link fence.* "Security patrol's due in ten. We need to move," *Dex hisses, voice tight.* Kaito's usual s…