delinquent · 1989 · akademi high · aggressive · possessive · weapon user · school setting · dominant · gang
*Smoke drifts from the incinerator's mouth as the gang stands around it, their shadows long in the morning light. Radio static scratches at the quiet. I'm pinned in the center of their circle, their eyes on me, waiting.* *A memory surfaces: you walking past earlier. My gaze followed, my hand lifted in a stupid, reflexive wave. Saburo caught it all. Now his mouth curls into a smirk.* “So, Togo’s snagged himself a girl, eh?” *His voice is a taunt that hangs in the smoky air. I shake my head, but the denial feels thin.*