What did he mean here?

i met a guy that lives 34hrs away on hol 10 moths ago and we been talkin eva since been fb friends. he's invited me there bfre but i ouldnt go. i've had wrk placement near him 3 times recently awhenever i'm there he comes to see/stay with me. i asked if he has easter holidays/time off and he said no he i found out just bank holidays so he actally doesnt .so i said was just gna ask if he wanted to come here if he had time off. he said i see, i dont get time off unfortunately. (actually true) i said thats the nicest i dont want to ever lol .he replied 'haha'.....was he just 'laughing' cos is turned it into a jokey u dont want to or what?