[Perhaps if he were more self-aware, he would have the good sense to be embarrassed about how clumsily he had delivered that compliment, but that awkward pause passes and he lets out a soft, self-deprecating chuckle, realizing the need for clarification.]

I did mean yours, but I thank you for the compliment.

[She certainly doesn't owe him any, but he won't remind her of that. It hardly needs to be said. Instead, he lets her hair fall against her neck and between her shoulder blades, then takes the scarf and drapes it over top before he carefully begins to twist her hair into a loose knot to be wrapped. His efforts are simple, but result in her hair being neatly gathered within the scarf once it's tied.]

It is nothing extravagant, but hopefully it will be to your liking?