TBBT 4A Apartment.
"What do you mean, thank Penny for teaching you what friends with benefits means?!"
Leonard chased after him and grabbed Sheldon by the arm.
Even though it was Mitotic Sheldon saying it, Leonard still felt his scalp tingle and his head grow heavy.
"Exactly what it means."
Sheldon looked puzzled. "As friends, I help you, and you help me."
"That's it?"
Leonard stared at Sheldon, half believing and half doubting. "That's all you learned today?"
"Oh."
Sheldon suddenly understood. "I also learned that you're a stud!"
"Why would you say that?"
The corners of Leonard's mouth lifted despite himself.
"Adam pointed out several details I'd never noticed before."
Sheldon said with great interest, "First, whenever the subject of a huge career booster comes up, you always go on and on about it from unusual angles. It's obvious you've spent plenty of time thinking about it.
Especially when horses are mentioned.
Second, whenever you stop me from talking, the signal you give me is always clip-clop-clip-clop. I never noticed before, but after Adam pointed it out, I realized that was the sound of horse hooves.
Third, I heard Mrs. Gunderson call you 'Der Jia,' and I've heard Penny call you that too. That's actually the sound of riding a horse.
So subconsciously, you think you're a horse—and a stud at that. Am I right?"
"That's all unconscious."
Leonard smiled with reserved pride.
He had never hidden his desire in that area, nor his desire for others to acknowledge it.
Leslie called him a beast.
Penny called him Der Jia.
Those were nothing but compliments!
"True."
Sheldon pursed his lips and tilted his head. "Though even if you are a horse, you're a little pony."
"...Stop talking about horses!"
Leonard's mouth twitched. "How did you even get onto this