13 Ensnared - Part 6 (2/2)

How could we not realize this sooner? And we showed him such a feminine Astolfo picture… Of course he'd call it a girl. He's an expert at this stuff!

Scarlet seemed knowledgeable too… Don't tell me she's into traps too?! It's no wonder she dated Chase despite avoiding guys all this time then!

Aughhh…

”Nick…”

Sig looks into my eyes.

He seems to have resigned himself to accepting these circumstances after all.

”Traps are…”

”Yeah.”

I nod at him.

We gaze into each other's eyes, silently taking in the solemn atmosphere as we finally uncover the truth.

There's no need for doubt.

We both utter the words at the same time.

”Traps are pretty gay, aren't they?”

The question which has plagued male sexuality for a long time now.

After all this time, we've finally uncovered the truth.

We've finally solved the dungeon in this chapter of our lives, and it feels as if a huge weight has finally been lifted from our shoulders.

”Hahahaha!”

”Hahahaha…”

We laugh together.

Oh, how we're laughing.

Haaa, how amusing.

To think that Chase of all people would show us the truth.

Life sure can present answers in comical ways, huh?

Sig sighs as he regains his composure.

”Haaa, It can't be helped, then. I guess I'll be deleting my Astolfo folder after all.”

”Wha- hey wait! There's nothing wrong with being gay Sig! Think this through! That folder is 30 gigabytes!”

Sig pauses for a moment, then smiles at me one more time

”I…”

Only, his eyes are filled with tears this time.

”I can't do it, Nick. I can't look at Chase the same way I've been looking at Astolfo all this time.”

”… Sig?”

”I mean… He's our aniki, you know? I can't look at him with those lustful eyes. Don't you think that's kind of fucked up? Don't you?! I'd rather die than accidentally ruin our friendship with Chase! I mean, he's…”

Sig…

You've thought this through. You've been suffering with this for a long time, haven't you?

Goddammit…

I feel the tears beginning to well up in my eyes as well.

”Yeah, you're right. We can't let ourselves fall into that hell. He gave up his shot at being a major Chad to hang out with us.”

Sig nods with the tears still forming in his eyes.

”Chase is a bro among bros. He's not a failed normie like the other posers, he really did choose to hang out with social rejects like us.”

We can't betray him. We can't betray him by continuing to fetishize traps like we have before. He's the comrade we don't deserve, after all.

Despite not understanding us, despite not getting our hobbies, he still chooses to stick with us every single day.

If we trampled over that by looking at him with the same eyes we looked at other traps with, then…

We'd be failures as human beings.

”Let's head over to your place and play some videogames dude. So we can forget about everything that happened today.”

”Yeah, you're right. I think Chase would appreciate it if we did. That way, things can stay the same as before.”

The two of us bump fists as we continue on our path home.

Chase may never know that we found out about his secret. But that's only because we respect him enough to keep on moving forward as friends despite it. The last thing we'd want to do is ruin what the three of us have over something like that.

And so...

Today...

We closed the door on our love for traps.

For the sake of our good friend who we love so dearly.