Maruki heaves a deep breath and clears his throat, getting rid of the fizz before he ends up embarassing himself anymore than usual.

It's alright. This is not the Yoshizawa-san of his world. If she rejected his treatment or never got involved in it the first place...more power to him. Hamuko is distracted with talking about her anyway so he should just take the opportunity to learn more without getting too much attention on himself.

Not to mention his treatment on Yoshizawa-san was supposed to be strictly confidential...even if this place is buzzing and spilling sensitive information left and rght. "I am glad that you communicated that to her ahead of time...then again, you've been pretty vocal about your condition either ways. I am curious however- how did she take that info?"