At the thieves’ hideout, everyone was training hard for the upcoming heist tomorrow, the group having serious looks on their faces. Max was checking the routes they will take on the map and that they have enough supplies, overseeing everything is in order. Tim is training up this thieving and stealth skills, not acting cocky as he usually does when he trains. The big, muscly man from before was using one of the training dummy’s for close combat training, face stony in concentration. As for Jasper, he was throwing knives at a target on the wall, most of them hitting the target. The boss finally comes out of his ‘office,’ looking tired, and he claps his hands loudly to get everyone’s attention,

“Okay, guys! I want to do a dry run before the big day, so we will go into stores and only take supplies we need and some valuables for extra cash. We have to be quick and unnoticeable, treat this like it is the real deal. Understand?” Everyone nods in sync, packing the things they will need for the trip.

Once the group was ready, they stood at the entrance a little while before heading out. The squad goes into tow, searching for the perfect store for their dry run. They all decided on a small grocery store with a manageable amount of people with it, the group of thieves spread out into different aisles once they enter so they can cover more ground.

Everyone else was stealing as much as they could while Jasper was roaming around, taking the odd thing here and there. As he walks the aisles, he remembers his younger years of being a thief, how to become as skilled as he is now, and how much fun he had done it. Jasper stops walking down one of the aisles when he sees a mug sitting on one of the shelves; it was a simple looking mug with a goofy design of a cartoon animal on it.

He smiles to himself, picking it up carefully and inspecting it, remembering the first time he ever went on a thieving mission with the group. Jasper remembers when his boss put a hand on his shoulder and told him to take a souvenir so he can never forget this day. He stares at the mug for a little while longer before snapping out of it, putting it back and continuing with his stealing spree. Jasper subtly nods as he passes Tim by, he stole a few things while they walk past each other.

He once again stops at the refrigerated section, staring at the frozen food and suddenly a mischievous feeling overcoming him. He opens one of the doors, grabbing as much food as possible before he got caught by one of the employees and eyes wide he runs away, ducking into aisles to lose them. The others noticed that Jasper was being chased, so they run after them, bumping into people as they go.

The biggest of the thieves pull the chasing employee away from the submissive thief away from him, making a big enough opening for everyone to leave. The group of thieves runs until they stop, exhausted near an unfinished building, and everyone sits down at different spots. Jasper sits, stunned, on a concrete pillar before bursting out laughing, shoulders shaking with the force. The other thieves give him a confused look, Tim shoving his shoulder roughly,

“What the hell is wrong with you!? We could’ve been caught because of you!” He continues to laugh with tears pricking the corner of this eyes, shaking his head. Then the rest of them started laughing too. The disgruntled thief looks at all of them like they are crazy,

“What is so funny!? We could’ve gotten into serious trouble back there!” he demanded, face scrunched up in anger and hands on his hips. Max comes over to Tim, still laughing, slapping him on the back,

“Come on! Relax a little. We didn’t get caught, so there is nothing to worry about.” He huffs, grumbling as he steps away from his boss,

“I can’t believe this, what happened to treat this like the real thing?” Jasper finally calms down, taking a deep breath and wiping the unushered tears from his eyes,

“I have no idea what came over me, honestly. I remember our first time stealing together, and I felt this sudden feeling come over me.” The big boss grins at him, eyes twinkling with nostalgia,

“I remember that. You were so proud when you showed us that mug as your souvenir.” Everyone grinned at that, even the angered Tim, as they remember that day. Max sighs after he snaps out of it, walking over to the now calm submissive and laying a hand on his shoulder,

“Just try not to do something like that again for the huge heist tomorrow.” Jasper nods, eyes full of determination. The leader then gave the nod back, turning back to the rest of the gang,

“Okay, everyone! We all had a long day, and I, for one, want to go back to base to rest.” The gang of thieves all agree on this, the tiredness they felt suddenly crash onto them,

“Then let’s head back.” The group got up; the youngest thief gathered up all the things that fell from his arms and followed behind the rest of them.