[if he could loudly hiss no on kidnapping without grabbing attention he would, but the face he makes at roxy's "rihanna agreste" is probably enough of a tell. that's. that's not even french. he's dying, squirtle.

also the slow mounting realization that half this party has no idea how regular teenagers work. "your blaugh is a big hit overseas". this is how and when rose kills them. adrien will lean closer to rose to whisper at her and try to salvage this:]

Sorry, my sister and Judar aren't very good at this, but they're trying to cover for our friend. She's got a huge crush on your brother and wanted to talk to him one-on-one, but she doesn't want to say it so bluntly, and in front of other people, too. It's a whole culture thing, I think?

[it's easier to lie when it's to someone's mental construct of their twin sisters and it's like, half truth.]