Maruki for a moment really was taken aback by Drake's words. In fact, he even blinked back at him in surprise- like he seriously wasn't expecting him to say those words to his face.

...Is he even being honest?

Does it even matter.

The danger has passed, right? The doctor is known to always shift to a more positive approach on the side of things and then- for the miscommunication to be splintered off this severely from the middle. For a moment he closes his eyes and brings the juice box to himself, sucking from the straw just to feel something other than this torrent of heaviness.

"Oof- seems like I walked right into that one, didn't I?"

He chuckled easily, playing along with Hamuko's joke.