Responses
I think he’s more or less confused about what he’s feeling towards her. As he said, he had never fallen in love before. Right now, he might feel something towards her (and we all know its love of course) but he couldn’t name what he’s feeling. He doesn’t understand what love is and with how she explains what ‘love’ is in her experience during her past life, they really both couldn’t figure out that they already falling for each other
I feel like Julius knows he’s in love with her for two reasons: 1) At the beginning he said “YOU don’t love me” not I don’t love you 2) he hesitated before responding that he liked her to when she said she didn’t love him. I just think that julius either knows he’s in love or suspects he might be