Disclaimer: All Characters from Gakuen Alice belong to Tachibana Higuchi.

A/N: This is like a Thief AU (I guess? Or a Crime AU, idk) so there's no Alice Academy

23 - Partners in Crime

"So you know exactly what to do, right?" Natsume asked, watching Mikan stare down at the paper, "I'm not going to explain it again, so you better know."

"I think I get it…" A frown appeared on Mikan's face, and she jammed her index finger onto a point on the paper roughly, "This is where we get in right?"

"Did you listen to anything I told you?!" Natsume's voice was loud, but it wasn't a shout, "That's where we leave! We enter through here!"

He pointed to the opposite side of the paper, and Mikan breathed out a small "Oh" before pouting and giving him an apologetic look. Natsume sighed, flicking her on the forehead before standing up from his sitting position and crossing to the other side of the room, taking the paper with him.

"Well, we've done this hundreds of times before and its always gone fine, so it should work out." Crumpling up the paper and dropping it lazily into the bin, Natsume grabbed two black jackets from a nearby chair, "We need to get going otherwise we'll miss our chance."

Mikan nodded and jumped to her feet, stretching her arm out as she closed her eyes and let out a loud yawn, the sound turning into a squeal when a layer of fabric hit her square in the face.

"How on earth are you good at your job," Natsume sighed, watching as Mikan snatched the jacket off her face and huffily pulled it on, a scowl present on her features, "Y'know you look ugly with that expression, polka dots."

"Shut up." She hissed, walking towards him.

Mikan crossed the room quickly, and when she reached his side he turned to leave, only to be stopped by hands gripping the front of his t-shirt. Natsume turned to look at her, opening his mouth to say something, but his words got caught in his throat when Mikan placed her lips over his, and one of her hands reached up to grip his hair. He reacted quickly, arms moving to wind around her waist as his eyes fluttered shut; but the moment ended just as quickly as it started, and Mikan pushed him roughly away, walking past him and towards the door, leaving him staring after her.

"That's why I'm good at my job," She said happily, back to her usual over-active self.

Natsume gave her a confused look, unsure of how kissing made a difference, and Mikan delved her hand into the pocket of her jacket and pulled out a wallet, a smug look on her face.

"Look familiar?" She smirked, waving it around in the air, "That's a good trick for pick-pocketing."

"That's my-" Natsume patted at his jeans pocket, rolling his eyes when he felt nothing there, "Just give me back my wallet, stupid. We need to leave."

Mikan stuck her tongue out before turning around and making her way out the room, opening Natsume's wallet as she walked.

"Whoa Natsume, you have quite a lot of money in here!" She exclaimed, as he hurried to catch up with her, "You should really keep this safe."

"Whatever…" He looked at her sideways, then down at their shoes as they walked down the street side by side, "And you better not use that technique on anyone else."

"Nah," She laughed lazily, reaching down to curl her fingers around his, "It's a move I reserved just for you."

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in aggeeesss, but I've been super busy... I'll try to get more one-shots out, but I'm also working on an actual story now (Based on the Ghost AU I posted in the last chapter, if you wanna check it out) and so I don't know how often I'll be able to write one-shots but, I'll just go with it :3

-And if you were wondering they were off the rob a museum or art gallery or something, idk. Just, they steal stuff for money. Yup.

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