TBBT 4A Apartment.
"So, you and the waitress, huh?"
Leslie understood at a glance, though her look turned a little strange.
"No, there's nothing between Penny and me."
Leonard couldn't stand that look and immediately denied it.
Honestly, while he wasn't as nakedly dismissive of Penny's job as Sheldon and Leslie were, Leonard did care about it a little deep down.
It was just that Penny's prominently displayed big (fat) brains had dazzled him, concealing that contempt and prejudice.
But whether it was in the original timeline, when even his mother had come over and he still hadn't introduced Penny, or now, when Leslie's look made him unwilling to have her associate him with Penny—
Both revealed the problem.
"So, you can keep playing?"
Leslie didn't press further. Instead, she got straight to the point like a man.
She knew Leonard was trying to cover something up, but she didn't care.
"Of course."
With things already said this far, did Leonard have any other choice?
Naturally, he happily agreed.
That night, they even had an extra practice session together.
The next morning, Leonard woke up, picked up his glasses, and glanced beside him. The cello was still there, and the smug curve of his lips was unmistakable.
Then, before he had even officially started work, that "promising relationship" was over...
According to Howard, Leonard was like blue ice thrown out of an airplane toilet.
He was undeniably a Tool Person.
Fortunately, Leonard didn't think he had gotten the short end of the stick. After all, the number of girls on his list had doubled outright!
The day after that.
St. Bonaventure Hospital of San Jose.
In the American TV Show World, there were no other forms of entertainment, only one wild party after another.
And unsurprisingly, several more people were