It looked like that to me too until I read the part where it was the "straight" guy's idea.
"Earlier in the year, Pineda told Duarte, Yo, take me to homecoming. That's when Duarte knew he would have to step up the proposal."
So these 2 ass munchers finally came out of the closet.
With that discovery of yours...then these 2 faggots made a spectacle or PLANNED it from the beginning.