“I’m going to have to talk to your chef. The food is amazing.” He smiled truly.
He reached for his water glass and noticed his wine bottle unopened. He glanced at the other bottle and shrugged. He couldn’t really take offense after all it was a seven hundred dollar bottle. That price still made him squirm. He finished the water, took up the wine glass and gestured to the open bottle. “Do you mind?”
“I’m so glad to hear that, and… oh! Ah, not at all…” Hakuba set his own glass down and immediately went for the wine bottle, pouring the exact standard amount into his glass– not a little more or a little less, then set it aside and went for the water pitcher.
“God, I’m sorry. I’m all out of sorts. I hope that you don’t mind that I opted to go with this other bottle… I’d of course be more than willing to drink yours with you, but…” He laughed uneasily, setting the water pitcher down afterward.
“…I always err on the side of caution, you know.”