DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto/Boruto or any of the characters in this story.
That heist was a piece of cake, a walk in the park, like taking candy from a baby and every other cliche humanity could come up with. Mitsuki disabled the alarms and looped the CCTV feed, Boruto caused a diversion across the street and Sarada accessed the central server and downloaded the data completely undetected. In and out in under eight minutes. No muss, no fuss.
They executed their plan perfectly and left nothing to fate and yet they found themselves trapped in some sort of commercial center the next day. Having decided to lay low, their exit plan wasn't until the news of the heist, if any, had died down. Being that they did steal something supposedly important, it wouldn't be weird to have someone trying to track them down. So, it wasn't a literal surprise when they see an FBI team was barricading the motel they were staying at just as they were getting back from a breakfast diner.
The three quickly step back and blend in with the crowd, grateful that they always kept the hard drive with them at all times. Boruto turned around just as the motel manager was describing them to a man in a white suit. A chase was bound to happen soon. Such luck.
"How did they know where to find us?" Sarada asked, speeding up as they wove through the crowd with ease, walking in the general direction away from the motel. It wasn't like them to get tracked at all, and they were supposed to be extracted tonight. How annoying.
"Maybe we were bugged?" Mitsuki offered, his smile still unwavering as he nonchalantly and gracefully grabbed some cash from every other wealthy person he saw along the way. They'd need more cash than the change they got from the diner, that's for sure.
"Maybe the data had an embedded tracker." Boruto suggested, taking off his jacket and quickly putting it around an old beggar on the sidewalk before catching up with his team. He was left in his white shirt and black pants. They'd need to change soon.
"Mitsuki, you didn't mention any bugs during your first run through of the drive." Sarada took their phones, reformatted them and hid them inside a vending machine they pretended to use.
"Maybe I missed it. I can check again and be sure this time. I just need a computer." He told them, still smiling. It would be unnerving to others, but Mitsuki smiling even in critical situations was a sort of comfort for Sarada and Boruto.
"Okay. The mall we ate at yesterday had laptops. Let's go there." Sarada lead the way, her boys trailing closely behind.
When they arrived at the mall, they quickly bought new clothes and trashed their old ones before making a beeline for a the nearest computer. Pretending to be enthusiasts arguing about the latest model and whatnot, they walked into a shop, chose a laptop and let Mitsuki do his thing.
"Found it," Mitsuki said after three minutes of fake small talk. "They're definitely tracking us." He smiled at them again.
"As in they know where we are right now?"
"Yes, and they'll be here in about three minutes because they found our signal just as I disabled it." Mitsuki bent down and started typing again. "I only need three minutes to disable any more trackers just to be sure. I'll meet you both in the parking lot across the mall as soon as I can, just get the car for us." They always had an emergency getaway vehicle somewhere public and close to their hideout.
"But-"
"Mitsuki knows what he's doing." Sarada gave her golden eyed team mate a small nod before grabbing onto Boruto's arm. "Let's go, Baka-Boruto." She didn't miss the reassuring look the two boys gave each other as they parted ways.
"Have a little faith in Mitsuki," she told him, making their way through yet another crowd.
"I do have faith in him. I just worry when splitting up isn't part of the plan." He intertwined their hands and smiled brightly at her like they were talking about dreams instead of escaping.
Plan F, they called it, operation act like a couple.
Sarada smiled back at him before leaning in to kiss his cheek. "I see two tag teams ahead by the stairs, we have to go to the escalator." She giggled as she pulled away. Plan F had yet to fail them.
Boruto nodded with a smile before quickly putting his arm around Sarada and laughing as he smoothly guided them away from the suspicious looking guards. What kind of normal male guards had long hair and knives poking out their jackets?
"Nice save," she told him, her arm on his lower back to sell the couple look more, or so she tells herself.
"I try," he tells her cheekily. He loved plan f more than he cared to admit.
As they got to the escalator, they let go of each other so Sarada could get onto the steps first. A flash of white entered her vision and she quickly turned around to look up at Boruto. There was a pretty good chance that the man in the white suit would recognize them if she didn't do something.
"Kiss me." She told him unabashedly.
"What?" Boruto was thrown off by the sudden request. It sounded more like a demand, actually.
"Public displays of affection make people uncomfortable," she explained, pulling his head down. Their training was really starting to kick in.
"Yes, they do," Boruto said, before leaning into the kiss, a flash of white entering his field of vision just before he closed his eyes. Oh.
It wasn't a particularly long kiss, nor was it great or breathtaking, but it was their first and it felt pretty awesome. Of course, they didn't exactly have time to contemplate that at the moment, since what seemed like professional hunters were looking for them.
"Still uncomfortable?" Sarada asked as she turned around and walked ahead, desperate to hide her blush. She had no idea what came over her when she asked him for that kiss. Sure it was for the sake of not getting caught, but still, they'd never done that in the past and there was definitely something there. For her, at least.
"That's not exactly the word I would use." He caught up to her and reached her hand as they walked the rest of the way to the parking lot. "I really like that part of plan f," he said, smiling at her like an idiot. "We should use it more often."
Sarada couldn't help but laugh a little at his unabashed conclusion. She hummed in response before looking away, a small smile on her face. "Maybe we should."
Mitsuki arrived the the parking lot just as Boruto started the engine. They paid the parking fee and drove away from the mall just as a swarm of cop cars appeared on the other side of the road. Now, they just had to make contact Konoha for proper extraction.
Mitsuki was sleeping soundly at the backseat while Sarada was watching the moving scenery and Boruto was driving. They couldn't exactly relax, but nothing bad had yet to happen and it didn't look like they were being tracked anymore so Boruto decided to take a risk.
He switched the car to automatic and reached for Sarada's hand, intertwining it with his. A bit surprised, she looked at him with a raised brow but didn't pull her hand away.
He didn't say anything, one hand on the steering wheel, both eyes on the road, a shit eating grin on his face. Sarada sighed, and decided to just go with it. She quite liked plan f too. Even when they didn't need it.
Mitsuki was tempted to tease them, knowing full well what was happening, but decided against it. He'd tease them later, once they were safe.
A/N: How was it? Did you guys like it? I kinda wrote this to get out of my reading slump because I couldn't come up with the next chapter for my other Borusara fic 'Realizations.' Anyway, this is one of the many AUs I've been playing around with in my head and I'll probably post more chapters here because they're honestly more fun to write. I just really like how they work no matter what AU I put them in. I really love Mitsuki and he'll probably be part of most of the chapters. I hope to update again soon. Thanks for reading! Please tell me what you thought about it and feel free to point out any mistakes and holes in the story. God speed! :)
