On one hand, he doesn’t fancy getting kicked, but he doeswants to see him laugh. “It would serve me right, wouldn’t it?”

He moves to one side of Ram and continues to search for a ticklish spot, all the while continuing to admire every part of him. He’s under no illusions that this good thing will last, but for the moment he just wants to lose himself and pretend. Nothing else exists but the two of them.