bertall | Iɴʙᴏx ✉ Vɪᴄᴛᴏʀʏ Rᴏᴀᴅ

No? I mean, a lot of people meet by being friends first. And I'm bi so it'd be hypocritical and much weirder if I found it weird, wouldn't it?

It just... wasn't the most common where we're from.

[ God he hates Bert/Armin/Jean's homeland the more he hears about it. ]

Not the most common or just not talked about? Cos, it's pretty open and common where I'm from. Hell, my Dad's gay.

Some people can still be twats about it, but there's laws and shit protecting their rights just like everyone else. If you wanna marry a dude, you can marry a dude. And have a house and adopt a kid and all that. And most people won't give a damn. Some people do, but that's because some people just look for a reason to hate other people, even if it's something as stupid as the colour of their skin.

Both, I think? It's, uh... Our population was already low, and after everything that happened it dropped even further, so...

_{[One would think they'd be thankful for people like that - it'd be less mouths to feed in the end, right?]}

I never told anyone back home though. I only just recently told Jean and the others because I felt they deserved to know why I was such a mess. They seemed okay with it.

...Do you think it's possible to have that here? Not exactly adopting kids or anything but uh... Getting a house and stuff?

[ Oh no...Bert hadn't told many people before? And he was still a bit of a mess because of it? Ash felt an immediate need to take Bert under his wing. ]

Funny you should mention that, me and a friend, we're real close but we're not dating, have been talking about renting a place together. Divides the cost and it looks like the rent doesn't change much with more people living in a house. So, long as you got room and the landlord is cool, you can have as many people and Pokemon as you want in one place. Long as they get their money and you don't like, detonate the place every weekend, I don't think they'll care what the mix up of people in there is.

And I mean. I've got a guy I'm kinda seeing. We've been out a couple of times to see if there's a spark, see how things go and all. So I'd say it's all very possible here. And if it wasn't, I'd strive to make it possible. After some of the things that have happened back home to people I love, I ain't gonna stand to be in a place where they'd be treated poorly cos of something as petty as who they love.

_{[It was A Week. He learned... a lot about himself and his future, and the worst of it is he can't even remember it all. The majority is there, but a lot of the finer details were muddled or just plain gone.

Though in the case of his future, it's probably for the best.]}

...What's it like going out to places with them? With only them? Reiner didn't|

We just sort of stayed in my tent most of the time. Apparently it was a long time since the last time he saw me, so I... don't think he wanted me to vanish anywhere.

Just like it is going out with a friend. People don't stop or stare or anything like that. They got their own lives to think about, instead of going 'oh hey, is that two boys holding hands?'

I mean...it's like going on a date with a girl. And I've done both, so you can trust me when I say it's pretty much the same. If people act like dicks then it's usually just cos they were looking for a reason to be a prick.

I wouldn't know what it's like. I, uh...

I've never been on any dates with anyone before.

That's fine. I was pretty clumsy on my first date actually. Didn't know what the hell I was doing, so I just took her out to Hyde Park. It was like hanging out with a friend really, but there's that layer of...something else, ya know?

You said you hadn't told anyone, so I'll keep it quiet yeah? I'm not shy about it personally but I'm guessing you want some time to think about it, and really it's your business not mine.

Sort... of? Not really? It's|
I don't know.

...What would I need time to think about?

Just, if you wanna tell people. Some people have trouble with it cos they think they'll be alone in how they feel, or think people they know won't be nice about it. Or they got other shit to deal with when it comes to this.

Either way, I don't want to like, bring it up to someone only for you to have not wanted them to hear it from me. Like, idk Armin or Jean.

...I was mostly just worried that Jean and the others would look at me differently. I told them already and they|

They seem okay with it? Jean is still letting me share a room and a tent with him, so I can only assume he's fine or he doesn't really care. They had a right to know though, I mean... I didn't want to find out later down the road that they didn't like people like me, you know?

And it's not as if I just like only guys?? I like girls too but I don't know if they'd find that weirder or if theres even a term for that. Outside of them though, you're the only other one who knows and, uh, well...

I trust you?

Well that's kinda what I meant. I don't want to be accidentally telling people if you're worried about that sort of thing. But I'm real glad they've been okay with it! I've heard some real horror stories about people coming out and the people they care about not taking it well.

[ Like when his Dad was outed to his grandfather... ]

Thanks for trusting me mate c: And yeah, there is a term! If you like both guys and girls, it's called being bisexual. I'm bi too. So, I don't reckon it's weird at all to like both. But...I mean, like I just said I'm in the same boat as you so, of course I wouldn't find it weird.

But here's the thing; does it hurt anyone? Us being bi? The answer's no, we're not hurting anyone by liking both men and women. It's just between us and whoever we date.

I'm not entirely sure how the people back home would've taken it if I knew back then. I never imagined someone could like me to begin with though, so I never really had to think or worry about it? It's still a little weird to think about.

...Could I ask something personal? You're free to say no, of course!

Go for it. If it's too personal I'll just back out.

How did you know?

My first crush was on a girl I hung out with. But the next time I started liking someone, it was a guy. It did take me a bit of time to think about it and I realised, it wasn't about who I liked at that precise moment, it was just that I could fall for both.

It probably helped that my Dad's gay, so it easy to ask him how he knew and learn from him that it was alright. He's cool with it. He just wants to me to be okay and to be happy. He took me to Pride last year too!

Oh RIGHT Pride is like. A big festival where gay, bisexual, transgender and all sorts of people come together and celebrate who we are. Because people were horrible and did some pretty bad things to people who were anything but straight, but now it's way more accepted to be whatever, long as you're not hurting someone.

That eas|

Wait, uh... If your dad likes guys, then did... he adopt you? And if I'm uh... bi, does that mean I have to go to those big festivals too? Because that might be a little too much...

Yeah. I mean; we were both in a rough situation. He found me on the streets when I was like...3? He was 18 and took me in. Eventually he got us a little apartment, made sure I went to school and all that. He's amazing.

And yeah you don't have to go haha! It's not forced or anything. It's just a big sorta party that happens once a year, all over the world.

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