Pasadena.
Bowling alley.
The atmosphere suddenly turned strange when Shaun complimented the scent of Penny's perfume.
Rajesh, who couldn't speak in front of women without drinking, immediately leaned over to whisper in his best friend Howard's ear.
"Yes, you heard him right. He really said that."
Howard scrutinized Shaun and murmured, "At first, I thought he was another Sheldon. Now it looks like he's one of us."
"Don't flatter yourself."
Penny immediately shot back when she heard that. "Shaun isn't like you guys at all..."
But then she seemed uncertain again. Looking from Sheldon to Shaun, she asked, "Right, Shaun?"
"I'm just me."
Shaun didn't know what to say.
"That's easy."
Howard was as sleazy as ever. "Do you like girls?"
"Yes."
Shaun glanced at Penny and nodded. "They're very pretty. The scent from their hair releases hormones into the air. I like it."
"Definitely not Sheldon."
Howard laughed. "Definitely one of us!"
"Oh, my god."
Leonard's expression turned grim, and he couldn't laugh at all.
Sheldon had once said that he didn't know about everyone else, but among the four of them, Leonard was the one most likely to eventually win Penny over.
Because Rajesh couldn't talk to women, Howard was too creepy, and as for the last one, Sheldon simply had no interest in that sort of thing at all.
That was why Leonard had the best chance.
But what if Sheldon were interested?
Who among the four of them would then have the best chance?
Leonard didn't want to say it, but he had to admit that Sheldon was the one most capable of attracting girls' attention.
With his long, mantis-like build, he was far more attractive than hobbit-halflings like them.
Even his face was more appealing than theirs.
Just look at Lalita Gupta, Rajesh's old blind