He paused when told, relieved for only having to give one breath before being stopped. The one had been bad enough, so he would have been more than happy not to have to follow through with the second. Unfortunately, as he could see thanks to how close he was with the magician's face, he could tell that Fai still was not breathing. One more then... until the blond went and changed his instructions.

"What...?!" his eyes shot back and glared. Two, he'd said only two! Now it was up to three and then two every five seconds?! The hell?! But Kurogane had already started with this breathing thing, so he couldn't very well back out now. This had better be helping! He drew in a breath again, this one sounding much more like a growl, then breathed into Fai's mouth again. If he answered the blond now, he'd end up too flustered to be able to do anything further.