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After sufficient time has passed, Leonard, came out of his room dressed in his usual attire, sat down at his desk in a huff. He didn't know what to do about Sheldon's behavior, he didn't want to go to him for fear it may just aggravate him more. He rubbed his temples, wishing that Sheldon would just come out on his own. He looked at the clock, it was nearly noon and Sheldon hasn't come out of his room, not even to take his unfinished oatmeal back to his room. Whatever is going on with Sheldon, is something that Leonard has never experienced before living with him. Maybe he's finally lost it. His genius exploded in his brain and now he can't think straight. A noise came out of Sheldon's computer on his desk, it sounded like a Skype call was coming through, it was Amy. Leonard looked back to the hallway hoping to see Sheldon standing there, but he wasn't. He decided to answer the call anyway.
"Hi, Amy" Leonard greeted.
"Hi, Leonard. Where's Sheldon?" She asked frowning, not expecting her boyfriend's roommate to answer the call.
"He's in his room, sulking. He's been acting weird this whole morning and I kind of pushed too hard to get him to talk about what the problem was." Leonard confessed.
"Oh…Well… Is he okay?" Amy is always concerned.
"Yeah, Yeah, I'm sure he is, he's just not talking to me right now" a light bulb popped into Leonards mind at this time "But I'm sure he'll talk to you, do you want me to take you to him?"
"Uh, yeah, I guess, but maybe he wants to be alone"
"Oh no I'm sure you talking to him might help," Leonard said dismissively, unplugging the laptop and carrying it down the hall. This is a perfect excuse to at least just check on Sheldon. He knocked lightly on the door. "Hey Sheldon, Amy wants to video chat with you", he said smiling. There was a pause before Sheldon answered.
"Does she need something urgent?" He asked. Leonard looked at Amy who shook her head.
"Yes, she does," Leonard said, lying to his friend. Amy looked confused and a bit irritated that Leonard was pushing her to talk to him when he clearly didn't want to talk. He heard the unlocking of his door before it opened, Sheldon standing there still in his robe. Usually, Sheldon would be fully dressed in his day clothes by now. Leonard could tell that he had been crying but not very recently. He looked tired and his eyes were bloodshot. Leonard was slightly taken aback by his friend's appearance. Sheldon held out his hands, to take the computer.
"Thank you," he simply said before closing the door. Leonard threw his arms up in defeat and walked back to the living room.
Inside Sheldon's room, he had placed his laptop down on his bed, which he normally never does since he doesn't typically take his computer with him into his bedroom. However, this was a special circumstance and really didn't want to leave his room. "Hey Sheldon, how are you"
"I'm fine," Sheldon said simply.
"Leonard tells me that you've been acting strangely, is something wrong," She asks showing concern. Sheldon sighs.
"I've told Leonard, that I do not wish to discuss the matter, please don't push it, Amy," He said tiredly. Amy nods, understandingly, respecting his boundaries. "Leonard said that you had something urgent to discuss with me, what is it?" Amy was scrambling.
"Uh, well I was wondering if you needed uh a basket… because I have one here and it's taking up a lot of space, and I'm looking to get rid of it and thought you would benefit from this basket because I, urgently need to get rid of it" Amy was just as bad a liar as Sheldon. Sheldon raised an eyebrow, recognizing something suspicious.
"No, I don't need a basket, Amy," Sheldon replied, going along with her ruse. "Is that all?" he said trying to be polite, but failing miserably.
"I guess… I just hope you feel better soon Sheldon." Amy said, attempting to engage him one last time.
"I do too," Sheldon said, not reassuringly, which also disturbed Amy. "Goodbye Amy Ferrah Fowler", she managed a smile.
"Goodbye, Sheldon" Amy smiled back before hanging up. Sheldon gingerly closed his laptop, and took in a breath, closing his eyes. He has to get over this. This incident cannot disturb his meticulously planning out routine, and the bond that he developed with his friends. If he just pushes it in the back of his mind, as if it didn't happen, then everything will be fine. He continued to reassure himself that he will never let anything happen like this again, and no one will ever have to know, and he won't have to suffer the humiliation of revealing his dark secret to his friends, watching the pity in their eyes. No one pities Sheldon Cooper. The nightmare was a close one, and he nearly unraveled it to Leonard. He shuddered to think of how Leonard will treat him or look at him if he ever found out, or if Amy ever found out. She would leave him, be disgusted. No, he won't allow it. He will get back into his routine just like the day that he came back from experiencing the most humiliating and frightening incident that he's ever had. He would take a shower, get dressed and go about his business. Yeah, that's what he will do.