"Don't know. Maybe. I'll text you if anything comes up on my schedule."

Which, of course, translates to, 'I will be holing up in my lab and distracting myself with science all night, and for the foreseeable future, because I'm a spoiled, neurotic manbaby and I don't know how to deal constructively with my feelings.'

And that's exactly what he does.

Instead of texting Gene, Tony, like a total coward, he has Trish send Gene an updated schedule that gives him the next two days off. Then he buries himself in his inventions.

He returns to his default diet of junk food, protein bars, and coffee, and whenever he does return to his apartment, it's always briefly, and at odd hours of the night. It's not at all unusual for Tony to get caught up in his work and vanish for a couple days, but given the circumstances, it's probably pretty obvious that he's avoiding Gene.

If Gene wants to know what the hell his problem is, he's probably going to have to ambush him. Or maybe he'll get over it in a few days.