Julien wasn't sure why he didn't feel relieved to hear that he hadn't misinterpreted anything - whatever it was that he felt he tried to pretend was relief anyway.
He gave Marcus the startled look of someone who had sincerely never thought of whether he looked 'nice' or not before coupled with the shock of hearing that at all. Marcus' final statement though brought him out of it.
"Oh..." He had no idea what he was feeling now. "Well, it's a good thing I didn't think he was asking me out or that would have been awkward." But for who?