TBBT 4A Apartment.
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
Penny's protective girlfriend instincts immediately kicked in. "Let go of Leonard, or I'll give you a shoulder throw right now. With that skinny little body of yours, I guarantee I can pull off a beautiful suplex!"
"He started it first!"
Facing the Omaha cowgirl, Howard's crazed momentum instantly vanished. He released Leonard and muttered resentfully.
"What did I do?"
Leonard was still completely baffled.
What had he done?
"Quit pretending."
Howard sneered. "You really had this all planned out. Not only did you win over the prom queen, you're trying to win over the top girl beneath the queen too.
Inviting my girlfriend to see your particle accelerator?"
"So?"
Leonard asked, confused.
"You've really got some moves."
Howard seemed so angry he laughed.
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
Leonard was speechless.
"Using amazing experimental equipment to lure women in—that trick was invented by me."
As Howard spoke, he grabbed Leonard's hands again and stared straight into his eyes. "You don't want to go against me. When I go crazy, even I'm scared of myself."
"...I believe you."
Leonard mocked, "Adam was invited too. Why didn't you say anything about him?"
"Please!"
Howard complained, "With Adam's advantages, if he really wanted to do something, what could we possibly do?"
"What are you doing?"
Bernadette came out, surprised by the scene.
"Nothing."
Howard instantly changed his expression and released Leonard with a smile. "I was just playing a staring contest with my good buddy."
"Bernadette, listen."
Leonard could not be bothered with him anymore, and he truly did not want to cause a conflict with Howard over this. After choosing his words carefully, he said, "You'd better discuss the particle accelerator tour with Howard."
"Why?"
Bernadette did not understand.
"Yeah,