[ thanks for not judging him, rise... except he's kind of judging himself. at least the fact he struggled to put together a get-up shows he's genuinely up for this?!

adrien plants his hands idly on his waist, slipping his thumbs into his pockets. well, that's one thing he can't do in the spandex. ]

I wouldn't be much of a puzzle if it just took a shopping trip to unmask me, right?

[ with that joke out of the way (mainly so he can convince himself this is Not Silly and get some kind of confident roll going. the success of this can be debated), he gives her a smile that he hopes is at least somewhat more reassuring than worn out.

is he that obvious... ]

But no worries, it's all good. I'm just... adjusting the schedule, somewhat. Cats, nocturnal, you know how it is. [ waving that away with a hand gesture. ] So, ready to go?