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SHADOW AND BONE 1.08 - No Mourners 2.08 - No Funerals

[liberty-barnes]

Shall We Play A Game?

Kaz Brekker x Reader

Summary: In which Kaz should pay less attention to his greed, and more attention to who exactly he’s stealing from.

Warnings: uh, robberies? Well like pickpocketing but still, kaz gets outsmarted and he’s Not Happy About It™

Word Count: 1k words

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

A/N: Had this idea after reading SoC and it just stayed until I wrote it out so enjoy, I guess.

Masterlist

Kaz looks around in search of his next victim. As much fun as planning heists is, sometimes it’s nice to get back to his roots, do some simple pickpocketing, maintain his flawless sleight of hand. So far, he’s stolen three wallets, two necklaces, and an expensive-looking watch, and the clock hasn’t even hit ten bells yet.

He looks around for his next victim. That guy has too many friends around, that other one looks a bit too trigger-happy for his taste, that girl’s a fellow pickpocketer so he’ll stay away.

One lonely girl walking the streets, looking around like an over-excited puppy and patting her pocket periodically. Perfect.

He follows her at a safe distance and keeps his eyes on her pocket. From the way her jacket dips and the volume on the pocket, he’d say it’s decently full. Bless those pigeons.

He picked up one of the smoother rocks on the ground that looks to be about the same weight. Now, all he has to do is get close enough.

He quickens his pace a little, almost imperceptibly, making sure to look like he belongs, like he’s just another kind, welcoming local.

The streets get rougher the more she goes along, bigger rocks, more holes. People living here are used to it, but tourists never are.

She puts her foot down wrong and her ankle twists slightly, bringing her down in the middle of the street.

Time to play the helpful part.

“Oh my, are you alright?”

He extended his gloved hand and she smiled thankfully using it to pull herself up. He moved her hand towards his arm so she could support herself and made a show of bending forward as if to look at her injured foot.

“Is your ankle alright, that looked like a painful fall?”

She flexed it a bit and he moved his hands quickly. In and out, replacing the rock with the wallet, putting the wallet in his pocket.

“Oh, no, it’s fine. I think the shock was the worst part, really, I’ll be okay.”

She straightened up and he slowly let her go, waiting until she was back on her feet.

“Well, then, I’m glad you’re okay. Be careful around here, the streets are dangerous.”

She giggled.

“I’m well aware, Mister. Have a good night.”

Oh, he will.

“You too.”

He walked away, focusing on the weights in his pocket. His previous acquirements hadn’t fallen during his exchange, and from the extra weight in his left pocket, he’d say that girl’s wallet was quite the steal.

He took shortcut after shortcut, looking to get to the Slat as soon as he could. He had some money to count and it wouldn’t do well to count it outside. Too many eyes.

Thanks to his knowledge and years spent walking the streets, he was at the Slat and in his office in no time. He closed the door behind him and moved to sit in his chair, then started emptying his pockets. But…

What?

The left pocket, normally containing the necklaces and watch was full of rocks. He started to sweat. The right one, containing the wallets, had three rocks and the wallet he stole from the girl. He opened it.

A folded up map of Ketterdam. That’s what’s inside it? A folded up map? He opened it and growled at the words.

Oh, come on, you didn’t think I was that fucking dumb now, did you? ;)

He balled up the stupid map and threw it away, punching his desk in frustration. A giggle came up from behind him.

“Aw, what’s wrong, darling? Your little plan didn’t work out how you wanted it to?”

Her hand touched his shoulder briefly before she moved away, putting some distance between the two of them.

“Where’s my stuff?”

He cursed himself for the way his voice shook. She couldn’t know she was affecting him.

“The necklaces are with Nina and Inej, they liked them, matches their outfit. Jesper, Wylan, and Matthias have a wallet each.”

She threw the watch at him and he tensed.

“How do you know my crows?”

She giggled yet again and he had to bite down his annoyment.

“I know everything.”

She pulled out a stack of kruge and Kaz’s hand immediately went to the inner lining of his coat, where the secret pocket was. Where he kept his kruge. But of course, it was empty.

“I’m keeping this as compensation for you trying to rob me. You should keep your money in a safer place.”

She sat in front of him and shoved the money in her bra. Now that his attention was drawn to it, he could see that the left side used to be bigger. The money she’d stolen from him evened her cleavage out again. He met her eyes again and she smirked.

“It’s nice to meet you, Kaz Rietveld, we have a lot to talk about.”

You watched as Kaz stole yet another wallet, a perfect technique, absolutely seamless. Three wallets, two necklaces, and a watch, he shouldn’t have much space for anything else in his pockets. One more steal and he’s done. You just had to make sure you’d be the victim.

You got down from the roof on gentle feet and put your heels on. Your coat looked expensive (you’d stolen it from a high-end store) and your heels precariously high (also stolen, but these were from a pleasure house down the street). You patted the fake wallet yet again. Now all that was left to do was walk in front of him and look stupid.

“Oh my, are you alright?”

Shall we play a game, Rietveld?

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