"Ah. I get that sometimes," Adrien said, the smile lessening slightly, and the distance in his eyes growing. It was funny. Marinette had started that way too, seeing his friendship with Chloe, mixed with his status and had been so ready to write him off.

The question catches him off guard, pulling him back to himself. The smile fades into a slight frown, because honestly?

It was a question he hated to ponder.

"..." He hesitates, years telling him to give partial truths to look good. But it just reminds him how suffocating the past several days had been before the Wake. How it still claws at his mind thanks to his father. He doesn't want to stop breathing again.

"A boring, socially awkward person whose occassionally helpful." At least, Adrien was.