An Unbreakable Bond

Don't You Trust Me?

Synopsis: Bamba had a habit of keeping even the littlest of things a secret from everyone. Unfortunately, a secret he wants to very much keep gets threatened to be revealed by someone who hates him

TW// transphobia

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There were some things that were better to keep quiet about at times. Things that no one ever needed to know about. However, Bamba took that a bit too far at times. He kept a lot more secrets than were needed. Especially around close friends.

Everyone was becoming increasingly aware of this fact. It took a lot of effort to learn such simple things about him. Even if everyone else had shared similar things with everyone, he still refused to answer most times.

The newest event in this area had taken his literal ex to tell them. Despite everyone else being open about their sexual preferences, no one had learned that one, Bamba was gay and two, that he had actually had a boyfriend at one point. It had taken his old boyfriend to bring that all to light.

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"Nada, don't you think you're pestering Bamba too much?"

"Hmm? He doesn't care."

It was not long after they had all saved Nada from Gaisorg. They had gone to the house to relax after all of that. Nada had started getting all up in Bamba's space. Bamba was mostly ignoring him.

"Really?" Everyone knew Bamba to not deal with nonsense like this. It was surprising he hadn't given Nada a few words yet.

Bamba remained silent throughout the conversation. He didn't seem to have any interest in talking about what was going on here. That was also quite normal.

"He's used to his boyfriend getting in his face." Nada responded.

"Ex-boyfriend..." Bamba corrected quietly, seeming not pleased that the secret was out.

"Eh?!" Everyone was quite shocked at the news.

"Come on! We never really ended our relationship. Don't be so cold." Nada protested his response.

Bamba just stared at him. Nada rolled his eyes and faced everyone again.

"You guys..." No one seemed to know what to think of this relationship that had once been.

"Yep." Nada smiled.

"Did you know about this?" Melto leanedover and whispered in Towa's ear.

"I knew he had a boyfriend before but... not who it was." Towa replied.

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The only person that knew more about Bamba was Towa. It was only natural that his little brother would pick up on some things others wouldn't. Bamba did tell him a bit more than he would ever disclose to anyone else. However, there was one thing he absolutely refused to let anyone know about.

He had tried to reason that at least Towa should know this secret, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything. It was arguably a trauma response to keep this one secret under heavy lock and key. He had been treated horribly by all that knew, so now he feared letting anyone in. Even his own little brother.

It wasn't that dire of a secret that needed to be told, but it was one that Bamba felt should be disclosed. They were all close friends. They deserved to know the truth. And yet, he had kept quiet about it for so long.

It all started coming undone one day. They had received a tip that there was a minosaur around the town. Off they went to go intercept it before it could cause too much damage.