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IT WAS DARK and cramped, only the promise of the sparkle in his gloved hands to remind why he was crawling through metal air vents down to the display room.

"wow your ass looks good." jimin complimented from the suite room, smiling at his disappearing friend who crawled further away.

"shut up." hoseok mumbled, he couldn't help the little smile though that appeared. a trickle of sweat had already dripped down his temple, somewhat a mix of the hot confinement's and also the nerves building in his stomach.

"i wonder if namjoon heard that." jin couldn't help but comment while listening in on the feed. he was busy at work in the kitchen, sending people this way and that with trays of appetizers and others with alcoholic beverages. the hat looked nice on his head, the white was a great contrast to his black hair combed neatly back. "he did." namjoon said.

jina giggled, her arm linked with namjoons as they walked down the hotel staircase to mix into the crowd of people enjoying the art. "everyone needs to focus." he said, attention on high alert as he casually glanced around the room, spotting a familiar couple smiling at each other by the entrance into the west wing. jungkook was suppose to stand out, he had to stand out, or else he'd be the first one that anyone would suspect. taehyung was doing a good job at keeping him busy.

"but i am focused." jimin tried to argue.

"don't focus on hobi's ass." namjoon repeated.

"but it's right there-"

"guys," jungkook finally spoke up to cut off all their conversation. he was leaning in close to the brunette, making seem as if he was only speaking to the boy. "we have fifteen minutes. move into place." he said it with a sickly sweet smile, leaving a kiss to taehyungs cheek afterwards. maybe he was enjoying himself a little too much, he would have kissed the boy anyways no matter what the night was.

a voice came over the speakers in the lobby, dinner and speeches were to be held in a few moments. some security began to usher people out of the art rooms and into the main ballroom where round tables were set up with extravagant decor and plates. "let's go." jungkook took the boys hand and started to pull him in the direction of the ballroom as well. "wait," taehyung stopped him and nodded towards the stairs at the retreating woman from the common flow of bodies.

"jina, get on that." jungkook said. the two boys continued to walk now, finding their reserved spots as their fellow team memeber followed seohyun up the stairs.

"damn this bitch walks fast." jina huffed, hiking up her dress to avoid tripping over the long fabric as she climbed the stairs quickly to 'accidentally' run into the other woman. "maybe she like the run from people," jimin suggested, "hey jungkook-"

"shut up." the ravenette cut him off before he could make some remark about his horribly made past decisions. they could always count on jimin to make these comments, a little sprinkle of humor and relief during the stressful situations on a job. gosh the love for that boy was so big.

jina took a deep breath and adjusted the many rings on her fingers, just a tad of gems to maybe encourage the other lady to get a few of her own. the goal was for her to go grab the one hidden in the closet, a simple ploy. "hey sana!" she called out randomly.

seohyun stopped walking and abruptly turned, obviously stunned by the sudden outburst. "excuse me?"

"oh i'm so sorry, my mistake," jina laughed lightly at her intentional mistake, holding her hands in front of her to show the simple display of rings. "you look so much like my friend, i love your necklace."

seohyun smiled, anything to compliment herself would get you on her good side. "i love your... rings." she was searching for something, but the sparkle caught her eyes, and the emptiness to her own fingers made her slightly self conscious.

"thank you!" jina smiled enthusiastically, it hurt to act so happily on command. "they're one of kind," she continued, rubbing in the message a little more, "i wanted to stand out a little amongst all the beauty here. sorry again for mistaking you for someone else, you still look good though."

it was evident, the little frown on the woman's face as jina turned to leave now, finally able to take a deep breathe. "dude she like stares into your soul and it's so cold, how did you do it kook."

"can we please stop directing all these questions towards me." he said, sounding very bored with these jokes that were getting way too old. a few chuckles were heard throughout the feed, and then they all heard the beeping of namjoons watch. time was up.

"hobi go, go, go." jimin was serious now, completely in his element as he accessed the camera attached to the end of hoseoks vest. he was close, right at the end with the cable hooked to the harness around his waist and the pocket full of tools in the pocket of his cargo pants. "i'm here calm down." hoseok said, loosening the screws on the air vent and carefully placing it aside.

"i got the cameras covered." yoongi said, layering over the feed with their recorded version. "you're a ghost."

"wicked." the boy grinned, lowering himself out of the vent and using all his upper body strength not to noisily crash down to the ground. it was a tight fit, through the metal beams over the exhibit to secure the world jewels on their respective stands. hoseok was a small boy, lean and flexible enough to maneuver his limbs though the tight fit. "jin, i don't see you." he said, glancing over at the archway leading to the back hall and kitchen.

"i'm coming, there was a little issue." jin said. the apron was still tied tight around his waist as he pushed a cart through the large kitchen and stopped just before the exhibit room. he glanced up at his friend squeezing through the beams and hanging securely by the harness strapped around him.

jin lifted the metal lid to the food dish and put the remote control dump truck on the ground before starting it up and testing out the controls. "you guys are still clear." yoongi updated them from the security room, occasionally checking the cameras for any security personally making rounds. "namjoon and jina, are you guys still on standby?"

"check."  they both said, standing in their respective spots just outside the ballroom in case a diversion was needed to distract oncoming security.

hoseok pulled out the claw reached from his belt and adjusted his body to lay more angular with the floor, as if he was flying above the gallery. "okay jin, let's do this quick." he said, extending the claw down to start carefully picking off the first necklace from the stand and waiting as his hyung drove the remote control car over to sit just below him. there was a soft pillow in the bottom of the back of it, meant to soften the landing at hoseok let go of the diamonds to fall.

both of them didn't realize they were holding their breathes until the first necklace fell into the back of the car. it was satisfying to see, and jin couldn't drive the car back to him fast enough, carefully taking the jewels and placing it in one of the produce boxed to load secretly into the van for a smooth getaway. "that was so hot." hoseok couldn't help but say before continuing to grab the rest, slowly and carefully, and not without any less stress and anxiety for something wrong to inevitably disrupt the progress so far.

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