It hadn't even been all that funny, honestly! And yet, here we were. There were a few more cough laughs to follow, because apparently getting that easily bombarded was also funny, but Kai couldn't get himself upset about it. He wouldn't have been able to tell you the last time he actually laughed at something so it was. Something different!

...Even if incredibly poorly timed!

The rubs were soothing though, (un)surprisingly effective at smoothing out the roughness of his wheezes. "It's, ha, fine. S'fine." He grinned behind the hand he had been trying to catch his coughs in. "Thanks for, ha, trying your best."