He talks about the garden instead. (Nature route)

He was certain that she would just get angrier if he started to ask her questions. It would be best if she's in a better mood for that kind of topic. Julius looked around and tried to find an answer and found it when he looked at the state of the garden.

Julius might have called it a garden, but that would only have been a fitting description a decade ago. These days it had few plants in it as the ground it grew in was ruined by a chemical spill. The few plants that did grow here were scrawny and unhealthy. That the school hadn't tried to fix the problem after so many years was a mystery to him.

"I wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help." He realized that he should be more specific. "The garden that is, it's a shame it still looks like this."

Her expression hadn't changed much at first, but as soon as he mentioned that he was here for the garden she almost lit up and it was almost like he looked at a completely different person.

"The garden?" She looked at him with interest. "What do you mean by that, there aren't exactly many people that come here these days."

He was silent for several seconds in shock by the fact that it had to be the most Julius had ever heard her talk. She hadn't even tried to insult him once!

"Yeah, this is my first time here actually. I always see it outside the window in class and today I got here a little earlier than usual." He gave a small smile." Maybe you have a few tips?"

She would have said something in response if the bell hadn't rung at that exact moment. There was a sound from his phone at the same moment and saw a notification that said that the number had risen from 1 to 23. He didn't have time to find out any more about it before Amethyst called for his attention.

"You probably need to get to class now, but maybe we could talk later? I think you're in my biology class." Julius nodded. "Good. After that class there's a 30-minute break, we can talk more then."

He didn't have anything planned so he had nothing against that and started to walk past her. He looked back again, uncertain if what just happened was real and was confused by what he saw.

"What's wrong? "Her brown eyes were now a vibrant green and her purple highlights had turned green. "Shouldn't you be hurrying to class."

"Yes." He had so many questions now, but she hadn't reacted to what he saw as if she always had green eyes. "See you later."