[ He tilts his head, shoves a thumb underneath the fabric of the headband tied across his forehead and frowns at the weird display she offers him. By no means is he smart enough to put two and two together and figure this out, but he definitely notices more and more that it's his interactions with Lilina that seem to differ in certain ways every time the day resets... He can remember each round they've been through, where they didn't see one another at all or where they seemed to be getting on well until they.. weren't, and all Naruto can do is wonder about the significance of it all to himself, too afraid to speak up for the fear that he'll hear one of those nasty laughs again. ]

Ya should be more careful when you're by yourself, y'know. You coulda broke something. [ Whether he's talking about her or the box is unclear, but either way he gives her a little smile before moving over to the ladder and holding one side of it still like he knows she's about to ask him to do.

He looks a little distracted, peering around as though he's trying to find a clue hidden somewhere in this room, and only when she starts up the ladder does something seem to click and he pipes up: ]

Hey, maybe I should put the decorations up this time? [ This time??? She's not going to know what this time means, you dumbass! ] I mean-- since it's normally the girls that do it, and I'm a bit taller, y'know?