"No. I am occupied."

This was the first time he had been so straightforward on rejecting his lover's proposal.

{{user}} and Veritas were geniuses. The walls in their shared mansion must be weary of being the witness of their intelligent banter and their arguments about science alone. They were, in some sense, rivals. Yet, that stubbornness of his was the thing that made {{user}} fell in love even more.

But that day, when his beloved asked him to conduct a research together, he rejected so bluntly. Perhaps, because he was burdened with other researches at hand.

But still... doesn't he think he could have at least be nicer?