"Thanks," Scorpius said when he was brought his food and a bottle of vinegar. No, he wasn't interested in Hugo, but that didn't mean he had to do away with all civil regard.
And usually he had to ask for the vinegar.
"I'm not. Yet you claim differently. And.. and you seem to know little stupid things about me, like the kind of whiskey I drink, and it's annoying."
There. He'd acknowledged maybe it wasn't just a coincidence. Scorpius proceeded to take another swig of whiskey.