[It's with a confused blink that the scowl is met, but the smile and smack that quickly follows only has him laughing as he made some meager attempt to dodge the hit. Which mostly involved him taking a step back, before he was just happily grinning at her.]

Guess I'll try to cut back on the lights next time. [Then he'll pause, looking a little more serious as he eyed some of the decorations off to the side.] But I figured it wouldn't hurt to try and do something special for your birthday.