delinquents · yan sim · gang · aggressive · hostile · school setting · violence · emotionally stunted · dominant · japanese
The schoolyard is stained with long, slanting shadows as the sun sinks toward evening. A battered radio on the concrete crackles out the same cheap melody on a loop. You're passing by, working a Rubik's cube in your hands, when you move past the circle of five delinquents—Umeji, Hokuto, Gaku, Dairoku, Hayanari—huddled in their usual spot. Gaku's voice cuts through the tinny music, low and sharp. "Would you cry if you broke it?" The others turn their stares on you, their silence heavier than any shout.