[ There's less left buttoned than when this evening started, for sure. For as nicely as he could clean up for events like this, he really had a much larger preference to be relaxed and comfortable. Probably why his school uniform had never been anything resembling the neat and tidy of several of his classmates. Instead, he was often untucked and maybe partially unbuttoned, and tonight seemed to have already been going the same way.

But he doesn't pull away when Claude sits up and starts tugging at his shirt, a smirk twitching about the corner of his lips as he bites back a laugh and waggles his eyebrows at him. ]

If you wanted to get me naked, all you had to do was ask, you know.

[ A pause, as he shoots Hilda a fully-formed smirk now and a flirtatious wink. ] Although I'm not sure our darling Hilda's sensibilities are up to that. Look how red she is. She might actually combust if you're not careful. Especially because if I start losing clothes, the rest of you need to as well. It's only fair.